Chapter 1 The Greedy Old Man

That Yin San’er picked up the money without batting an eye, rubbed it with his hand, and a greedy look appeared in his turbid old eyes.

“Uh, this, zouyin (soul-walking) people, I do know some, it’s just…”

Yin San’er took the money, revealed some information, and then began to hesitate again.

Chen Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly. He already understood that this old man was treating him like a fat sheep.

But he didn’t care. If money could solve the problem, it wasn’t a problem at all.

“Lao Qi!”

Chen Xiao called out.

Qi Tianhu took out two more stacks of money and placed them on the edge of the kang.

Yin San’er, like a cat smelling fish, snatched the money over in a flash and stuffed it into his waistband.

“Hehe, this young sir is really generous, a dragon among men at first glance! His future achievements are immeasurable, in my humble opinion…”

Yin San’er spoke a lot of nonsense, flattering Chen Xiao to the extreme.

But he skirted around the issue of zouyin people and didn’t mention it at all.

Chen Xiao’s expression immediately darkened.

In the fortune-telling business, in addition to being eloquent, the ability to observe people’s expressions is also a basic skill.

Seeing that Chen Xiao’s expression was not right, Yin San’er quickly stopped his flattery and said seriously, “Young sir, may I ask how to address you?”

“My name is Chen Xiao.”

Chen Xiao decided to give this old thing one last chance. If he still didn’t understand, then he would turn hostile.

“Mr. Chen, since you can ask about ‘zouyin people,’ you must also know something about this profession… It concerns the secrets of yin and yang, so I dare not reveal it casually!”

Yin San’er sighed.

“What, you want more money again?”

Chen Xiao sneered.

Yin San’er smiled awkwardly, “Not at all, Mr. Chen. As the saying goes, ‘take money to help people avoid disaster.’ Since I have already taken your money, I will naturally tell you everything I know in detail.”

“However, if I do this, I may be revealing secrets of heaven, so I need to abstain from meat for three days. Doing so can minimize the backlash from revealing secrets.”

“So, Mr. Chen, please come again in three days. Please go back today!”

This Yin San’er took the money, and after beating around the bush for a long time, saying a lot of nonsense, he then issued an order to Chen Xiao and Qi Tianhu to leave.

He thought Chen Xiao was a fat sheep, and according to his rules, he had to fleece him several times, otherwise the patriarch would not agree.

“Damn it, old thing, I think you’re getting a bit too much…”

Before Chen Xiao could lose his temper, Qi Tianhu directly turned hostile.

He cursed at Yin San’er, glaring at him angrily.

“Impudent!”

The young man pointed at Qi Tianhu’s nose and shouted, “My teacher has already told you to come back another day. Don’t be unreasonable and ungrateful. Don’t think we’re afraid of you just because you’re Qi Tianhu!”

“Oh, for fuck’s sake!”

Qi Tianhu was so angry that he laughed. Throughout Jiang City, there were no more than a handful of people who dared to point at his nose and talk to him.

“You little bastard, I gave you some face, didn’t I!”

Qi Tianhu couldn’t stand it anymore, and with one kick, he knocked the arrogant young man to the ground and began punching and kicking him.

“Master, save me…”

The young man shouted for help. The old man sitting on the kang was furious.

“Audacious madman, stop!”

Yin San’er jumped off the kang barefoot.

“If I don’t show you some color today, I’m afraid you won’t know how many eyes I have!”

Yin San’er reached into his arms, took out a bagua (eight trigrams) mirror, and shone it on Qi Tianhu. A burst of wailing sounds immediately rang out.

In an instant, Qi Tianhu felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Goosebumps rose all over his body, and his teeth chattered.

A puff of black smoke emerged from the bagua mirror and went straight for Qi Tianhu.

In the blink of an eye, the black smoke swallowed Qi Tianhu.

A series of miserable sounds came from within the black smoke, wailing and lamenting.

Chen Xiao took a look and saw it clearly.

It turned out that the black smoke was full of wandering spirits.

This old thing Yin San’er really had something.

Ordinary fortune tellers would not possess such evil objects.

Seeing those wandering spirits pounce on Qi Tianhu, as if they were about to tear Qi Tianhu apart, Chen Xiao naturally wouldn’t stand idly by.

“Mere wandering souls, you dare to hurt my brother? Old fool, let me show you my methods today!”

Chen Xiao shouted, forming a sword with two fingers.

A flame burst forth from between them.

Swoosh—

Chen Xiao casually pointed, and the flame flew out, instantly igniting among the wandering souls.

Boom!

The flames soared into the sky, burning the wandering souls with sizzling sounds.

After a moment, the wandering souls were burned to ashes.

“You thief, who are you, daring to hurt my yin souls? I want your life!”

Yin San’er was so angry that his eyes were about to pop out. The yin souls in this bagua mirror were collected over most of his life.

Unexpectedly, they were all burned away by Chen Xiao with a single fire.

Enraged, he gritted his teeth and was about to fight Chen Xiao.

He hadn’t realized yet that the difficulty of him trying to fight Chen Xiao was no less than an ant trying to trip an elephant.

Chen Xiao was only keeping him around because he still had use for him; otherwise, with just a thought, he could make this old thing’s soul scatter instantly.

Under the crushing pressure of divine sense, Yin San’er suddenly found that he couldn’t move his hands or feet at all, let alone cast spells.

Only then did he realize that he had kicked an iron plate today.

He thought Chen Xiao was a fat sheep, but he didn’t expect him to be pretending to be weak, and his magic power was many times higher than his.

“Master, spare my life! I know I was wrong. Please, Master, spare my life! I will return the money to you and move away immediately, never setting foot in Jiang City again.”

Yin San’er begged for mercy desperately.

His body was just being controlled by Chen Xiao; otherwise, he would have already knelt in front of Chen Xiao and kowtowed repeatedly.

“I don’t need you to return the money, nor do I need you to move out of Jiang City. I just need you to tell me the news about the zouyin people.”

Chen Xiao said indifferently, his eyes as indifferent as if he were looking at a dead man.

His patience was running out. If Yin San’er dared to play any more tricks with him, he would start killing.

Anyway, there were plenty of fortune tellers in the world, not just Yin San’er.

Yin San’er’s ability to observe people’s expressions was top-notch. When he saw Chen Xiao’s eyes, he suddenly realized that this was a ruthless killer.

Immediately, he didn’t dare to play any more tricks and honestly said, “Master, I do know a zouyin person, but we don’t have a very deep relationship. We can only be considered nodding acquaintances. I can introduce him to you, but I can’t guarantee whether he will help you.”

“Who needs you to guarantee?”

Chen Xiao withdrew his divine sense and ordered in a calm tone, “Tell me everything you know about him!”