The other party was too close to me, and the rock under my feet was too narrow.

I had to cling to the mountain wall to leave a foothold for Ye Yang.

But could this rock really bear the weight of both of us?

The thought had barely flashed through my mind when I felt the rock beneath my feet tremble slightly: Ye Yang was coming up!

Before I could turn my head to look at Ye Yang, I was pushed towards the stone wall by a force from behind. I felt a darkness before my eyes, and I was pressed into the mountain.

When I opened my eyes again, I was standing in a tomb passage full of torches. The ghost that had pushed me in was now standing in front of me, silently striding forward.

I gestured to Ye Yang behind the ghost, signaling him to send a message to Lao Liu that it was time to act.

As I followed the ghost into the depths of the tomb passage, Lao Liu was at the Meng residence, drinking tea and playing chess with the old man Meng.

With a slight tremor of his hand, Lao Liu placed a chess piece on the board.

Old Man Meng laughed heartily, "Brother Liu is brilliant, I've lost!"

Lao Liu put down his chess piece, "It's not that I'm brilliant, but that the Master is brilliant. Brother Meng, shouldn't you make your move as well?"

Old Man Meng shook his head slightly and said, "The outcome is not yet decided, I dare not gamble. If I lose, I will not only lose the entire Meng family, but also the entire art of this province."

Lao Liu smiled, "If you don't act, you won't lose?"

Old Man Meng shook his head again, "Li Po is too young, I don't know if he can suppress the other party."

Lao Liu put down the chess pieces, "Meng Die is also young, can you suppress her? I'm curious, is Meng Die really a member of your Meng family?"

"Yes and no! From a bloodline perspective, she is my granddaughter, Hao Yun's daughter." As Old Man Meng spoke, he pointed to his head and said, "But from this perspective, she is not only not a member of the Meng family, but also an evil spirit that will destroy the Meng family!"

"Once a person is brainwashed with a certain way of thinking, they can never return to normal. Even if you burn her body, her ghost will still not be able to escape her original way of thinking. That is Meng Die."

"Hao Yun is not suitable to be the head of the family. He is proud to have such a smart and capable daughter, and he handed over everything in the Meng family to Meng Die. But he didn't see her gradually eroding the Meng family."

"In recent years, Meng Die has been maneuvering among the younger generation of the four major families, seemingly keeping her distance from the young masters of the four families, but in reality, she is using the four young masters to control their families."

"In fact, the four young masters have long become the real decision-makers of those families. As long as they are willing, they can replace the head of the family and take control of the family in minutes. Meng Die is the one who has been planning all of this."

"Tell me, isn't Meng Die terrifying?"

Old Man Meng looked at Lao Liu, who smiled and said, "If that's the case, why does the Meng family still have to fulfill the agreement back then?"

Old Man Meng said, "Because someone asked Meng Die to wait for Li Po to appear here. That person is called Cang Tianji, she is Meng Die's teacher, and also the person who brainwashed Meng Die."

Lao Liu's expression changed slightly before returning to normal, but the change on his face could not escape Old Man Meng's eyes: "Brother Liu knows Cang Tianji?"

"The Master has fought with Cang Tianji before!" Lao Liu said, "Cang Tianji is good at calculating fate, but the Master is probably a variable in her calculations. Because she has never been accurate when calculating the Master."

This time it was Old Man Meng's turn to change his expression: "Are you telling the truth?"

Lao Liu took off the message talisman on his hand and placed it on the table, saying, "The Master has sent a message that he has led Meng Die into the Dead Man's Gully. Isn't that enough?"

Lao Liu said, "A fate master can predict the future, but cannot interfere with the heavenly secrets. That is the biggest flaw of a fate master."

"You said that Meng Die is waiting for the Master, which means that the Master is the only one in the heavenly numbers who can solve a certain problem."

"However, Meng Die can only follow behind the Master and assist him in completing the heavenly numbers, but she cannot tell him the results in advance, let alone replace him. With this alone, the Master can be invincible. Isn't that enough?"

Old Man Meng said, "I still can't believe you. At least not now."

Lao Liu said, "Then let me tell you what happened after the Master went up the mountain. With this talisman, as long as the Master is willing, I can get news of their every move in the first time."

After Lao Liu told the story, he asked, "Brother Meng, if you were in the Master's position, would you be able to see through Meng Die's plan?"

Old Man Meng shook his head and said, "I think Li Po woke up too suddenly, I don't believe your statement."

Lao Liu shook his head and smiled bitterly, "It seems that you have also made the same mistake as Meng Die."

"The reason why the Master suspected Meng Die was because there was a loophole in Niu Bao's story."

"How high was Niu Tianlu's cultivation level? Niu Tianlu is at most a third- or fourth-rate character, how dare he break into the Dead Man's Gully and knock on the coffin gate?"

"Because the secret burial of the Coffin Gate will not target the descendants of the Coffin Gate. Otherwise, wouldn't Niu Tianlu be a dead fool?"

"Meng Die repeatedly emphasized that the eight branches of the Coffin Gate were at odds and killed each other, which aroused the Master's suspicion. So she lost."