"Bang—!!"
Heaven's Secrets Tower, Central Continent.
Gou Shengzi smashed the wine cup in his hand onto the floor.
"What!?"
Mo Zi knelt before Gou Shengzi and said guiltily:
"Huang Chengan is dead. A Shushan Disciple did it."
Mo Zi, whom outsiders called an ancestor, trembled with fear before Gou Shengzi.
"Where is that Shushan Disciple?" Gou Shengzi asked coldly.
Mo Zi fell silent for a moment before slowly saying, "He escaped."
After saying that, Mo Zi hurriedly defended himself:
"Di Nüfeng was there that day as well, so... so... he got away."
"Useless!"
"This disciple is incompetent."
Mo Zi immediately said.
Gou Shengzi clenched a handful of copper coins.
The coins rang crisply as they collided in his hand.
Then, without hesitation, he opened his hand and let the coins scatter across the floor like raindrops.
The coins struck the ground with clear, resounding chimes that echoed through the silent air.
Every coin seemed to have its own path and resting place. They rolled and collided across the floor before finally coming to a stop, forming a unique pattern.
Gou Shengzi's gaze closely followed the coins as they rolled.
He carried out his own deductions based on their positions and relationships.
Gou Shengzi's face was as dark as still water.
Mo Zi did not even dare breathe loudly, afraid of disturbing his master's divination.
After a long while, Gou Shengzi waved his hand.
The copper coins on the floor flew back into his sleeve.
"If, in the future, there is someone capable of killing me, it would be this person."
Hearing this, Mo Zi hurriedly said:
"Master, he is merely a Shushan Remnant. Shu Mountain has already been destroyed—what storm could he possibly stir up?
This disciple will surely make up for his failure, find this man, and ease Master's