The Tarot Club's past

"Decades?!"

Shen Hui clicked his tongue. Could it be that Tarot Club start recruiting so early?

There must have been Tarot Club before that, and the origins of those Tarot Club could be traced back to who knows how far back.

"I know you must have a lot of questions, but I don't know that much either."

"Over the past few decades, I've almost forgotten that I'm a member of the Tarot Club."

"While I can't offer much help in that area, I can still lend a hand in other small ways."

"I don't have such high ambitions as that old bastard Huang Luoshan, like becoming a leader in an organization."

"He invited me to join them many times before, but I always refused. I'm penniless and alone, and I'm more comfortable being on my own."

"Now that I'm old, I don't have much to offer except my skills."

"Since I've known Zhiyue for years, and we're all here together now, then we're all in this together."

Judging from Zhang Qingfeng's words, Huang Luoshan, whom he mentioned, should be Huang Lingheng's grandfather.

Shen Hui could basically conclude that this old man's strength was at least at the level of the Lord of Night.

It's not impossible that he might even be more powerful than the Lord of Night; he must be one of those hidden old guys.

Unexpectedly, Zhiyue would bring such a person along, and even more unexpectedly, the other party would choose to join them.

Either way, their safety was greatly improved after Qingxue and the others entered the Chaos Forbidden Domain.

However, Shen Hui recalled what Guild Leader Fan Hao had said about the Chaos Forbidden Domain, and couldn't help but offer a reminder:

"Senior Qingfeng, I heard President Fan Hao mention before that if one goes to the Chaos Forbidden Domain and the level of the Creation World exceeds ten, it might actually bring greater harm. That's why the World Association only selects those at level ten or below. I wonder if you are aware of this?"

Hearing Shen Hui's reminder, Zhang Qingfeng chuckled, "Kid, you're thoughtful. But there's no need to worry about that, otherwise I'd be unworthy of the Tarot seat as a source of power."

It seems that the other party's power is related to their strength, Shen Hui thought to himself.

Since the other party has said so, then there's naturally no problem.

"Grandson, what are you standing there for? Aren't you going to make your great-grandfather a pot of tea and bring him a grand chair?"

Zhang Qingfeng stared at Huang Lingheng was still withdrawn, and called out.

Huang Lingheng finally realized that this old man was his grandfather's sworn enemy, someone he would never speak to again.

Now that they've taken their personal grudges upon themselves, they're completely innocent victims!

But I... don't seem to have the means to resist, and I might actually need their help when the time comes.

This made Huang Lingheng feel very embarrassed, so he simply pretended not to know.

Huang Lingheng remained silent.

Leng Zimeng immediately spoke up, "Senior, there's a teahouse up ahead. Why don't we go sit there for a while?"

Zhang Qingfeng hummed in agreement. "Yeah, you're the most sensible one. Look at your brother, he's like a block of wood, just like his grandfather back then, so stupid."

Leng Zimeng could only offer an awkward smile before leading the way.

Seeing that they had walked some distance, Huang Lingheng couldn't hold back any longer.

"Damn it, this old man is infuriating! He's just trying to mess with my mentality."

"After going through all that trouble, and my grandpa's not even here, all he does is annoy me, but I don't know anything about it! Damn it!"

Those still present couldn't help but laugh.

Shen Hui comforted him, "Isn't this a good thing? This person is quite strong, at least on par with your grandfather."

"You've recognized someone like that as a relative. If it were anyone else, they'd be begging and pleading to be recognized. And you're still not satisfied?"

"Look on the bright side. After all, you're related now, so you'll have some protection in the Chaos Forbidden Domain."

Zhiyue nodded in agreement. "Shen Hui is right. It took me quite a while to build a relationship with Senior Qingfeng. Look at you two, you're so close as soon as you meet."

Huang Lingheng listened, unsure whether this was meant to comfort him or to continue to irritate him.

His expression was complicated, and after a moment, he finally let out a breath.

"Oh well, never mind, I'll just ignore him."

Then, as if remembering something, Huang Lingheng immediately lowered his voice and spoke to Shen Hui and the others:

"Don't you dare talk about this. If my grandpa finds out, he'll beat me to death."

"Hahaha!"

Shen Hui laughed heartily. This was probably not as simple as just being beaten to death; it was possible that he would be removed from the family register altogether.

Seeing that Leng Zimeng and Zhang Qingfeng were about to disappear from sight, Shen Hui and the other three did not delay any longer and immediately gave chase.

Inside a private room at the teahouse.

Qingxue gradually became more attentive to matters concerning the Tarot Club.

Taking advantage of the fact that they were all together, Qingxue looked at Zhang Qingfeng and asked, "Senior, although you said you don't know much about the Tarot Club, you joined so much earlier than us, you should know some things that we newcomers don't, right?"

Zhang Qingfeng took a sip of tea before slowly saying, "I guess you could say yes. If you have any questions, you can ask me now."

"It's best not to discuss these things at the Tarot Club gatherings; not everyone likes dwelling on the past."

Qingxue asked the first question, "Senior, since you said you Tarot Club decades ago, do you know how long ago the Tarot Club was founded?"

Zhang Qingfeng thought for a moment, "Hmm... I haven't considered this question. When I was young, I thought this organization was really awesome, so I joined. Who knew that after joining, it was like I hadn't joined at all. I've almost forgotten about it now."

For a moment, everyone was speechless, not expecting his reason for joining to be so hasty.

"However... anyway, when I joined, I should have been considered part of the next batch of people in the organization."

"At that time, my power level was inherited from someone else."

We were indeed not the first group...

Shen Hui pressed on, "Then what happened to your power before, senior?"

Upon hearing Shen Hui's question, Zhang Qingfeng seemed to fall into deep thought.

After a moment, he hummed in agreement. "Hmm... Dead. I killed it back then, otherwise how would I have obtained the Power Rank? You guys agree, right? Haha."

After Zhang Qingfeng finished speaking, he let out two strange laughs.