Lin Hao frowned in thought, feeling something was amiss.
What he had just used was no ordinary divination method.
It was the Nine Palaces Flying Stars, the most profound of the Ma Yi lineage.
Even if his grandfather's realm was much higher than his, with the Nine Palaces Flying Stars and the Lin family's fortune, he should have been able to determine his grandfather's life or death.
Yet, the result was that he couldn't calculate anything at all.
As Lin Hao pondered these matters, he couldn't help but shake his head.
He felt it wasn't due to his grandfather's realm being too high.
No matter how high his grandfather's realm was, after using the Nine Palaces Flying Stars and the Lin family's fortune, he should still have been able to discern some clue.
There was no situation where nothing could be calculated.
Since it wasn't his grandfather's doing, it must be Kunxu's.
Thinking this, Lin Hao nodded, feeling this possibility was high.
His grandfather's life and death were unknown, and the divination yielded no results. It seemed he had to go to Kunxu immediately.
No matter what, he had to find his grandfather.
Lin Hao stood up, opened the ancestral hall door, and prepared to head to the airport to travel to Kunxu.
Kunxu was located in a valley at the foot of the Kunlun Mountains.
Although Lin Hao had never been there, people in the術法界 (shù fǎ jiè - the world of arcane arts) knew Kunxu's address.
However, despite knowing the address, few people went there.
Many, even if they went, would only linger at the mouth of the valley before returning disappointed.
Lin Hao exited the ancestral hall and was about to call Xiao Hei to head to the airport directly.
But as he looked at the group of Lin family members gathered in the distance, he was stunned.
He suddenly realized that in all the time he had been at the Lin family's residence, he hadn't seen his junior sister, Lin Qingxin.
Thinking of the lively and adorable junior sister, Lin Hao's brow furrowed as he looked at Lin Yuanshan, Lin Yuanqiao, and Lin Yuanting.
"Where is the little girl? Why haven't I seen her?"
"Little girl" was Lin Qingxin's nickname. Lin Hao used to call her that when he was at the Lin family.
Upon hearing Lin Hao's words, Lin Yuanshan, Lin Yuanqiao, and Lin Yuanting's expressions changed instantly.
However, Lin Yuanshan then looked at Lin Hao and said, "She's gone."
"Gone?" Lin Hao frowned, looking at Lin Yuanshan. "You'd better tell me the truth."
"Don't make me divine her whereabouts, and then you'll regret it."
As Lin Hao spoke, his gaze turned cold.
Although Lin Yuanshan hadn't blinked when he spoke, Lin Hao could tell he was lying.
But it didn't matter if Lin Yuanshan didn't say anything.
His grandfather's situation was uncalculable due to special reasons.
But for the little girl, Lin Qingxin, he was quite confident.
He wouldn't even need a top-tier method like the Nine Palaces Flying Stars.
He could figure it out with just Liu Yao (六爻 - the six-line divination method).
Hearing Lin Hao's words, Lin Yuanshan's expression also changed.
He knew Lin Hao's capabilities.
He was the only one in the entire Lin family who had learned everything from the old master.
Although he wanted his son, Qingsong, to learn as well, his son didn't like these things.
Since his son didn't like it, he had no choice but to give up.
Besides, in this day and age, instead of fiddling with these things, it was better to do business and make money.
In the current era, money was king.
As the saying goes, money makes the world go 'round.
As long as he had enough money, what couldn't be done? Why would he need divination?
Moreover, divination wasn't something one could learn just by wanting to.
Therefore, since his son didn't like it, he didn't force him.
Thinking this, and looking at Lin Hao, Lin Yuanshan hesitated.
He was wondering whether to tell Lin Hao the truth.
This was because he planned to marry Lin Qingxin to his son, Qingsong.
Lin Qingxin was such a beautiful girl, who had grown up eating Lin family meals. How could she be given to outsiders?
Furthermore, Lin Qingxin seemed to have some secret.
Once Qingsong married Lin Qingxin, they would all be family, and he didn't believe Lin Qingxin wouldn't reveal her secret.
However, if he revealed the truth now, given Lin Hao's relationship with Lin Qingxin, Lin Hao would definitely not agree.
Most importantly, Lin Qingxin herself would not agree.
If Lin Qingxin agreed, even if Lin Hao didn't, it would be manageable.
But now, with Lin Qingxin's disagreement and Lin Hao's opposition, his son's marriage was bound to fail.
Thinking this, Lin Yuanshan felt he couldn't tell Lin Hao.
Even if he didn't say anything, Lin Hao might still deduce that Lin Qingxin was still at the Lin family, but it was only a possibility.
What if he couldn't calculate it? Then nothing would have happened.
If he did calculate it, he could find a way to gloss over it then.
With these thoughts in mind, Lin Yuanshan looked at Lin Hao, suppressing his nervousness, and said, "Lin Hao, I'm telling you the truth. If you don't believe me, you can ask your second and third uncles."
"Qingxin, she really left."
"After you left back then, Lin Qingshan left, then the old master left, and finally Qingxin left too."
"And she ran away secretly, without leaving a note. We don't know where to look for her."
As Lin Yuanshan finished speaking, Lin Yuanqiao and Lin Yuanting, who had been dragged into this, immediately chimed in their agreement.
Lin Hao listened to their words, his eyes chillingly fixed on them, and said coldly, "You brought this upon yourselves!"
As the words fell, before Lin Yuanshan and the others could speak, Lin Hao muttered a phrase and tossed six copper coins into the air.
Then, the coins landed one by one in Lin Hao's palm.
Lin Hao knew Lin Qingxin's birth date and time, so he only needed to look at the hexagrams to know if she was alive or dead and where she was.
Unless Lin Qingxin, like his grandfather, had entered a place like Kunxu.
As the coins landed one by one, Lin Hao looked at the hexagrams in his hand, and a hint of killing intent surged into his eyes.
The hexagrams indicated:
Lin Qingxin was not only still at the Lin family but was also in mortal danger!
Seeing such a hexagram, Lin Hao glanced at Lin Yuanshan, Lin Yuanqiao, and Lin Yuanting, then bolted towards a small house in the backyard.
That small house was originally a woodshed.
But when Lin Hao reached the house, he found the woodshed door locked.
Lin Hao gripped the iron lock, exerted force, and directly pulled it off, then pushed open the door.
The moment the door opened, he saw Lin Qingxin, holding a brick, her eyes closed, about to smash it against her own forehead.
"Little girl!"
Lin Hao cried out in alarm and lunged forward!
Just as the brick in Lin Qingxin's hand was about to hit her forehead, Lin Hao reached out his hand.
The brick in Lin Qingxin's hand then fiercely struck the back of Lin Hao's hand.