195: Chapter 195 You've Been Deceived

"Are you sure? Are you sure it is within the Lost Land?"

Tian Cai's voice was anxious, his rapid speech sounding like he was urging him on. Song Yiqing, however, did not pay much mind to it and nodded slightly, saying, "It can basically be confirmed."

"Strange, this is truly strange."

Tian Cai stroked his chin, once again lost in thought. The current situation was completely beyond the scope of his expectations. "Too strange. How could this happen?"

"What is it?" Song Yiqing immediately asked. "What have you thought of?"

"No, wait a moment..."

Tian Cai quickly sat on the ground, took out a set of copper coins, and began to divine. His movements were swift; every time he cast them, he would quickly retrieve them, as if afraid that someone might see the divination result.

However, after repeating this dozens of times, the Fatty beside him couldn't help but say, "What's this? Old Taoist, what are you doing? Why are you calculating so frantically here? Didn't you say that divining in this place would be interfered with by someone?"

"..."

Tian Cai looked at him with a hint of helplessness, then withdrew his gaze, not wanting to pay him any mind. Immediately after, he looked at Song Yiqing.

"In our previous deduction, your entry into the Lost Land was a scheme by the people of Penglai. Their goal was to trap you here completely. But the current situation is that the Earth Immortal Village, which legend says should exist in the heavens, has appeared within the Lost Land. This presents a problem."

"The heavens?" Song Yiqing asked, puzzled. "Why would it be in the heavens?"

"I don't know. It's all just legends and strange tales."

Tian Cai waved his hand to indicate that he shouldn't worry about such small details. He continued, "If all of this is part of the Forbidden Zone's scheme—from the moment you stepped into the Taklamakan Desert, to being tricked by Penglai into entering the Lost Land, and up to now—perhaps all of this is pushing you to enter the Earth Immortal Village."

"The Forbidden Zone's scheme..." Song Yiqing repeated the phrase, then nodded slightly. "Your reasoning is very intuitive and makes a lot of sense."

"Since that's the case, do you still intend to enter the Earth Immortal Village?"

Tian Cai looked at him curiously, and Song Yiqing nodded without any surprise. "I must go."

"..."

Tian Cai nodded slightly. "Then I support you, but..."

"Stop!" Song Yiqing's mouth twitched slightly. "I can tell you don't want me to enter the Earth Immortal Village, but I want to say that some things must be done. This might concern the true fate of this world."

"..."

Tian Cai fell into silence again. This time, he was silent for a full five minutes, to the point where the black fog was already within reach.

"Go!! Quickly!!"

Tian Cai shouted sharply, and immediately moved first. However, when he saw Song Yiqing catching up beside him, he asked, "Have you really decided?"

"Yes," Song Yiqing nodded.

In reality, what Tian Cai was worried about was also what he was worried about. However, the reason he wanted to enter the Earth Immortal Village so badly was because, after inferring from some minor details, Song Yiqing unexpectedly discovered that perhaps all of this was indeed predetermined and arranged long ago.

Although the Forbidden Zone could disguise itself, that refined voice was clearly completely different. This was not a refinement that could be faked by changing one's vocal cords or other means. The most crucial point was that the refined voice only said the three words "Earth Immortal Village" and did not say that cracking the Earth Immortal Village would truly kill the Forbidden Zone.

In other words, perhaps there was something else hidden within the Earth Immortal Village, such as the heart scepter mentioned earlier. This was also an important reason why Song Yiqing had to go.

Just as he was thinking, the Fatty asked in confusion, "Lord Song, where are we going this time? Isn't this direction still the direction of the small peak from before?"

"Yes!" Song Yiqing nodded heavily. "If there is any place in this area that is the most peculiar, it should be this small peak. Although the Earth Immortal Village is not necessarily inside it, it might just have some connection to it!"

"Hiss!" The Fatty gasped, then quickly increased his speed. "Lord Song is right!"

"Heh," Song Yiqing chuckled, but the next second, his expression changed instantly, and he reached out one hand, pinning the Fatty to the ground.

"Ah!!!" The Fatty exclaimed subconsciously.

But when a roaring sound rang out ahead, he was completely stunned. "My god!! What's going on?? Another monster has popped up??"

While he was confused, he regained his senses and saw the existence he had previously seen at the entrance of the house—the Blind Man!!

"No!! Lord Song, am I seeing things! I must be seeing things, right??"

He rubbed his eyes frantically in shock, then noticed the shocked gazes of Wang Shan, Lin Tianyi, and the others. Most importantly, Wang Xianzhi stared dumbfounded at the figure of the old man wearing hunched clothing. "Master? Is that you?"

"..."

The Blind Man opposite did not make a sound. At this moment, Tian Cai spoke, "This Blind Man's state is a bit strange. Although he looks quite like the Blind Man on the surface, the feeling he gives me is completely different."

"He is the Blind Man," Song Yiqing gave a definite answer. Even Tian Cai, upon hearing this, couldn't help but show a look of confusion. "But why? Clearly, he already died in the Taklamakan Desert Forbidden Zone, and the Forbidden Zone has already disappeared. How could he possibly appear here..."

"What if he never died from the beginning?" Song Yiqing spoke again, simultaneously looking at Wang Xianzhi. "You have been deceived."

"I..." Wang Xianzhi choked up instantly, looking at the figure opposite, her hand tightening around her sword.

At this moment, Tian Cai beside her seemed to suddenly recall something. "Wait, I remember the Blind Man came to Penglai a long time ago and competed with someone in Penglai, eventually losing one eye. But I heard another rumor: the Blind Man was looking for a human sword, which is why he came to Penglai. After he found that child, he left quickly..."