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Chapter 171 Seven Stars Peering at Fate, Newly Exempt from Emptiness!

Being a ninja is an ancient profession.

Originating in Japan's Sengoku period, it was essentially a tool for generals and important figures, used for tasks such as reconnaissance, espionage, protection, and assassination.

As times changed, the Japanese shogun was overthrown, everyone had their own surname, and the world changed.

The ninjas are no longer needed.

Those in power believed that since ninjas possessed special and powerful abilities, they no longer needed to have thoughts. Thus, a group of ninjas were sealed away and exiled to the mountains for a hundred years.

They were the ninja of Mount Hiei.

On this day, several visitors arrived in the mountains after a long absence. Ono Noriyoshi, the current leader of the Hieiyama ninja clan, personally greeted them.

"As the war progressed, I guessed that we 'tools' might be put back into use one day, but I didn't expect it to happen so quickly, and all we had to do was kill one person."

Ren Tou looked slightly surprised and said, "No problem, sir. Assassination is what we do best. But if you want my kids to go to China to do something that's so dangerous, what's the reward?"

Opposite him was a high-ranking official of the Japanese military, who calmly replied, "As long as you kill that Chinese sorcerer, you can participate in this war as normal individuals and be liberated."

Ren was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled.

Bringing the children back to the light of day was his lifelong pursuit. He thought he would have to pay a heavy price to achieve his goal, but he never expected that the other party would so casually state such a condition.
Sure enough, what he was pursuing was nothing more than a trivial matter in the eyes of the big shots.

This also made the leader of the ninja clan realize that the target they were going to kill was no ordinary person.

"Please give us information about our target first."

Thus, from military officials, Ninja learned all the intelligence Japan had gathered about Guan Yi, including the foundation of the Wuhou faction.

This made his brows furrow gradually.

"Assassination? How could a sorcerer who can foresee the fate of a nation and predict the future be assassinated? All actions will likely turn into a direct battle, forcing children to fight to the death, with a slim chance of survival. No wonder you offered such conditions."

He pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Ninjas are not afraid of difficult missions, but if you forgive my bluntness, if the other side truly possesses the kind of ability you described, our chances of a successful assassination are almost zero. This would be sending us to our doom on their own soil, into their trap, while they are fully prepared..."

"You are not the main force. To be precise, what you need to do is to lure Zhuge Yi out and use Yin-Yang techniques to conceal the whereabouts of another master, creating an opportunity for him to get close to Zhuge Yi."

"...Another sir?"

The official opposite said respectfully, "We have invited Lord Shinmian Xuyi."

Ren Tou's expression changed in surprise. After silently considering for a moment, he nodded: "It seems the intelligence was accurate. That sorcerer is indeed extremely threatening, even alarming Lord Xu. If even he personally went out... then there's no chance of failure!"

Shortly thereafter, the ninja leader selected a group of the best ninjas and sent them on a ship bound for China. However, the ninja leader told the ninjas that he was the only one who was carrying out the assassination mission.

It wasn't until they arrived in China, traversing the mountains and forests, and concealing their movements as they made their way to the Tang Clan, that the ninjas suddenly discovered that there was an extra person in their group.

The man was in his forties, tall and upright, wearing a faded old haori and wooden clogs, looking like a ronin from a hundred years ago.

He had two samurai swords, one long and one short, hanging on his left and right hips respectively. He had a calm demeanor and moved lightly, but he did not seem like a trained ninja.

Most of the ninja, seeing that their leader tacitly agreed, didn't ask any questions. Only one young man asked with dissatisfaction, "Hey, old man, who is this strange guy? Is he going to join us?"

He had bluish-gray eyes and hair, wore an old-fashioned black school uniform, and a low-brimmed hat. He looked unremarkable, but his eyes gleamed with a fierce and bloodthirsty light.

"Eita, you must not be disrespectful to Lord Kyōdai!" Shinobu said in a deep voice.

"Kyoichi? Hmm, that name sounds vaguely familiar..." Eita Nikaido frowned slightly, then his pupils contracted as he stared intently at Shinmen Kyōichi, a bloodthirsty smile spreading across his face: "It's you? So it's you? The guy most worthy of a beating?!"

"The demon sword Hiruma?" Shinmen Kyōichi merely glanced at the sword at Eita's waist and said indifferently, "The master who forged it was a fine swordsman. It's a pity he wasn't born in the same era as him."

"Hey! You bastard..." Eita was furious at being ignored. Just as he placed his hand on the demon sword, a bone-chilling cold enveloped him.

will die!

After obtaining the demon sword, he killed countless people, but he had never felt this way before.

If I were to draw my demon sword and swing it at this man in front of me, he would kill me!
*Snap!* Just then, Shinobu grabbed Eita's wrist and said, "We have a mission, Eita, control your emotions!"

"whispering sound--"

Eita gritted his teeth and went down the slope.

……

"Many people have some misunderstandings about sorcerers, thinking that as long as we perform divination, we can easily obtain the answers to everything in the world."

Tang Sect, Guan Yi explained to the crowd in front of him: "Actually, no. The difficulty of divination is largely determined by the causal weight and information barriers between the answer sought and the truth of the world."

A warlock's life cultivation is like a lever, used to move weight. Because my life cultivation is stronger than other warlocks, I can move the greatest weight, but even this strength has its limitations.

"For example, predicting the Northeast war situation and influencing the course of the world, even with the assistance of my elders, and 'pressing' their weight onto my weight, it's just a matter of going from 1 to 5. Compared to the answers that are as many as 100 or 1000, it's still not worth mentioning."

At this point, a clever approach is needed. We need to narrow down the scope of the question, for example, to "Will the Japanese invaders launch a military operation against a certain district in SY City within the next six months?" By dividing the entire question in this way and using only "yes" or "no" answers, we can finally obtain the result.

Guan Yi smiled and said, "So outsiders see that my Wuhou School is invincible in divination and sees through all the Japanese invaders' actions in advance, but in fact, the methods we use are very clumsy. Every time, we calculate little by little, and then have people analyze and summarize, and finally we can barely summarize half a year's worth of intelligence."

Even so, even if that's only part of it, I'll still need to stay in bed and recover for a long time.

"Aside from events that involve too much of the world's fate, the most difficult thing for a sorcerer to divine is their own destiny. As long as it is related to themselves, the difficulty increases tenfold."

Just like the upcoming new attack by Japanese invaders and supernatural beings, I can only foresee that one of them is a huge threat to me, but I can't figure out its identity or origin. Similarly, because I can't determine my own fate, I can't predict how we should fight this battle.

In situations like this, it's best to have elders around to assist you. If not, I can only set up a small array like today.

Lu Ci stared blankly at the starry sky above, then looked at Guan Yi on the distant platform. His lips twitched slightly as he murmured, "You call this a small formation?"

Guan Yi was standing in the center of a huge stone platform built over several days, based on the mountain where the Tang Clan's gate was located, waving his whisk.

On that stone platform, Guan Yi had engraved countless intricate star trails, hexagrams, and energy pathways with profound techniques. As Guan Yi waved his whisk, they were gradually illuminated by Qi!

This light gradually illuminated the starry sky, making the Big Dipper shine even brighter.

As the two forces intertwined, Lü Ci could even faintly see a gigantic, three-dimensional Big Dipper constellation that covered the entire mountaintop in the night sky!

Tang Bingwen and other senior members of the Tang Clan were also around the altar, all showing expressions of shock.

They didn't understand it, but they felt that only a predecessor like Zhuge Liang could reliably prevail with such a method!

"Seven Stars Peering at Fate!"

With a low shout from Guan Yi, all the patterns instantly intertwined and converged around him, making his figure appear like that of an immortal or Buddha!

The divine spirit descends into the inner realm, questioning the will of Heaven!
Rumbling--

Inside the inner world, the enormous fireball of destiny was shattered and absorbed by Guan Yi. He glimpsed many things, including the figure of Shinmen Xuyi!
a long time.

Guan Yi, who had been standing on the altar with his eyes closed, slowly opened them and asked, "Master Tang, Brother Lü, have you ever heard of the name 'Xin Mian Xu Yi'?"

"Who?" Lü Ren asked, his face filled with confusion.

Tang Bingwen's expression changed drastically: "It was him?! Then it's no surprise. The Japanese really spared no expense to kill you. I wonder what methods they used to get that guy involved."

He paused, then said solemnly, "After the war began, the Tang Clan was prepared and collected some intelligence on Japanese supernatural beings. Among them, we need to pay special attention to these ten supernatural beings who are known in Japan as 'One God, Two Curses, Three Precepts, and Four Saints'."

The Four Saints are four powerful swordsmen in Japan who are known as sword saints. We have already met one of them, and he is currently locked up in the back mountain. He is no match for you, Young Clan Chief Zhuge.

But the newly exempted one is that 'one god'.

At this point, Tang Bingwen took a deep breath: "In other words, that guy is very likely the strongest superhuman in Japan today!"

(End of this chapter)