Chapter 1 Lantern Light

The oil lamp on the table could only illuminate an area about three meters in radius, and beyond that was darkness.

I just slightly activated my ghost eyes, and I saw shadows in the darkness, like geckos crawling down the walls of the teahouse. Their fingers hooked onto the window lattices, pressing their bodies tightly against the window, suspended in mid-air.

One of the ghost shadows even raised its head and smiled at me. It also had no eyeballs, only a pair of dark eye sockets.

Gui Ting Bi! (Ghost Listening on the Wall)

The thought flashed through my mind.

How could I have forgotten another skill in the art of divination that only a blind person could perform?

In the art of divination, there is a sect that specializes in gathering intelligence and delivering messages. There are various names for this sect, but the most common is "Feng Men" (Wind Gate). Half of the disciples of the Wind Gate are ghosts, and half are humans.

Gui Ting Bi is one of the secret techniques of the Wind Gate. Simply put, it is when blind ghosts stick to the wall to listen to what people inside the house are saying.

The people in the room who are secretly discussing important matters would never imagine that there is a ghost without eyes hanging upside down outside the wall.

The fortune teller slowly walked to the table and said, "Everyone, I am Mang Yi, a blind man. I am a disciple of the Wind Gate and the owner of this teahouse."

"Because what I am about to say is related to the life and death of the Wind Gate disciples in Erlin Town, I have to be cautious. I hope everyone will forgive me."

I said lightly, "You hung Gui Ting Bi in the house to find out what's going on outside?"

"Yes!" Mang Yi said, "I have to be very careful with every word I say, I don't know which word will attract her. If she comes, I'm afraid half of us won't be able to leave."

When I heard him say this, I immediately winked at Lin Zhao.

People from the Wind Gate are good at collecting information, but they are also good at creating false information.

When dealing with Wind Gate disciples in terms of scheming, I not only have to be careful, but I also have to think about whether every word he says is true or false.

I winked at Lin Zhao to tell her to ask Mang Yi to clarify anything she didn't understand.

Mang Yi said, "I have already heard what you two just said."

"Erlin Town, as you said, is a stronghold for diviners, and Erlin Town was not underground back then, but above ground."

Mang Yi pointed to the sky and said, "Back then, sixteen divination sects, including the Zhenxie Wuxun (Evil Suppressing Martial Merit) family, all rushed to the mountain and stayed here for ten years, just to wait for the birth of Tanlang (Greedy Wolf star)."

I couldn't help but raise my eyebrows, "Who told you that Tanlang would be born here?"

"Rumors from the martial world." Mang Yi's words immediately made me and Jun Jixue frown.

Can rumors from the martial world cause a bloodbath?

The answer is yes.

The legends of the martial world originate from the rumors of the martial world.

People in the martial world are curious and love to gamble. They go to the places mentioned in the legends, even if it's just for the "what if," in the hope of gaining unexpected benefits.

Even if they get nothing, they can still meet friends in the martial world.

So, when people in the martial world move upon hearing rumors, it's not because they are mindless, but because adventure and legend are their lives, a life filled with hope and despair.

Mang Yi continued, "I thought the Wind Gate was the sect that got news the fastest, but when I led the Wind Gate disciples to this place, three sects and more than a dozen solo diviners had already gathered near Erlin Town."

"After I brought my people to settle down, other sects came one after another. More and more diviners gathered here, but no one revealed their true identity. At least on the surface, we didn't reveal our identities."

"Since everyone was hiding their origins, we built houses and shops here with various identities, and that's how Erlin Town was formed."

Mang Yi said self-deprecatingly, "In the beginning, even the tofu sellers in Erlin Town were divination experts. Can you believe that?"

Lin Zhao said in a deep voice, "Did you discover anything?"

Mang Yi shook his head and said, "All of us went out early and returned late, farming, hunting, and running businesses. But we were also gathering information about Tanlang."

"Everyone had their own gains, but no one was willing to tell others what they had found."

Mang Yi smiled bitterly at this point, "We were like this when we were alive, and we still don't share information with each other after death. It's laughable!"

"We don't know how the news of us building a town here was leaked. That's what attracted that family."

"That family's original intention was to come and suppress Erlin Town, but the family head at the time, Fifth Master, changed his mind after arriving at Erlin Town."

"He also wanted Tanlang to be reincarnated."

Lin Zhao asked again at this time, "I have always been confused about one thing, why do people in the art of divination keep looking for Tanlang? Even the court's Wuxun (Martial Merit) family wants to get involved."

"Haha... why?" Mang Yi laughed, "For survival, for power, for wealth and glory, what else can drive people crazy besides these?"

"Tanlang, do you know what it represents? It represents a general who can stabilize the country, a demon star in troubled times, and a famous minister who can save the world."

I couldn't help but frown, but I quickly understood what he meant.