Feng Chenye straightened his clothes, took out a fan, assumed the air of a storyteller, and began telling the old man his newly written tale-
The story followed Qin Luo, a disciple of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect, who left his sect to journey through the mortal world.
The Heavenly Mechanism Sect belonged to the Profound Sect and could divine heaven's secrets and glimpse the paths of all things' destinies. Whatever secret in the world the Heavenly Mechanism Sect sought an answer to, the truth would surely surface.
Yet this special way of exploring the Great Dao was difficult for the Heavenly Dao to tolerate.
The price of divination was the depletion of one's own lifespan.
After he entered the martial world, everyone who learned of his ability racked their brains for ways to get him to tell their fortunes.
Humanity's greed was laid bare before him.
Some wanted to capture him and force him to divine heaven's secrets.
Some approached him and befriended him. These so-called confidants constantly used "loyalty between friends" to morally blackmail him into helping them.
Some staged elaborate displays of misery, painstakingly fabricating tragic circumstances to win his sympathy and steadily wear down his conscience.
Even many women from prestigious families willingly used themselves as bait, deceiving him with love into serving the powers behind them.
Amid flashing blades and mutual deception, he grew increasingly suspicious and withdrawn, his feelings ever more indifferent.
He no longer wished, or even dared, to divine heaven's secrets!
The mortal world was not worth it!
Then a demonic sect leader named Ren Lang began slaughtering innocents in pursuit of the Martial Dao, harvesting their spiritual essences to refine demonic pills.
Ren Lang's actions drew condemnation from many righteous people, and Qin Luo joined them.
While fighting the Demon Sect, Qin