The two of them were silent. Old Xu slowly lowered his head and did not speak. Xiao Chen’s eyes narrowed as he finally said, “Master Xu has always felt guilty these past few years. If he didn’t fight with others that day, if he didn’t go to the Drunken Immortal Lake to fetch water, and if he delayed his return, perhaps … perhaps he could save his wife and children, right?”

“You … you …”

At this moment, Old Xu was even more shocked. It was as if he had seen the most terrifying thing in the world. He pointed at Xiao Chen, his expression filled with fear. He staggered back continuously, and even kicked the bench to the point where he almost fell.

Xiao Chen extended his hand to support him and said in a harmonious voice, “Master Xu, there is no need to be afraid. I am is a disciple of the Xuanqing Sect. He is investigating the mystery of the ancient village more than 20 years ago. He will definitely not harm you.”

Hearing that it was a disciple of the Xuanqing Sect, Old Xu finally calmed down. He looked at the white-clothed Childe in disbelief. No wonder he brought the fish back from Suzhou so quickly during the day. So it was the “Immortal” disciple on the Xuanqing Mountain …

“You … you …”

However, at this moment, Old Xu was still unable to remain calm for a while. The scene of the Asura hell from back then was still lingering in front of his eyes. Every time he closed his eyes, he could see the dead villagers and the faces covered in blood.

“I died so miserably … I died so miserably … Help me … I don’t want to die … Help me … It’s so cold … The Underworld is so cold …”

“Ah … Ah! Don’t kill me … Don’t kill me!”

Suddenly, Old Xu seemed to have seen a ghost. He was so scared that he retreated repeatedly. His face was extremely pale, and he kept saying “Don’t kill me”. It was obvious that he had lost consciousness temporarily because of the old incident.

Xiao Chen had no choice but to hold him down and quickly cast a layer of Xuanqing Sect’s Heart Cleansing Art on his head, which allowed him to slowly calm down.

After a long time, Xiao Chen said, “Can you tell me … what happened back then?”

“Back then …”

At this moment, Old Xu seemed to have fallen back into the memories of many years ago. Scenes after scenes flashed through his heart one after another.

After a long time, Only then did he hear him slowly say, “That year, I’m twenty-eight, Engrossed in cooking, so they started a family later, But there was also a child, During that time, the village was often beastly, One day I came back from outside the village, The villagers panicked when they saw a few leopards rushing into the village. Another leopard rushed towards my house. At that time, I was scared out of my wits. There were still children and their mothers in the house. In a critical moment, a figure rushed over and killed the leopard with a few fists … ”

At this point, Old Xu paused for a while before continuing, “Later on, I learned that the benefactor is Yang Jin. He brought his wife through the Wu Village. The husband and wife are only in their early twenties. They have fled the war and have a child who hasn’t had a full moon yet …”

Xiao Chen frowned slightly and asked, “Then what? Did the Yang couple ever tell him about their origins?”

Old Xu shook his head and continued, “They only said that they came from another country. Yang Jin should have practiced martial arts. When the village chief saw that he could kill a leopard with his bare hands and was kind, he and his wife stayed in the village. With Yang Jin here, those wild beasts would no longer dare to hurt people in the village.”

“Sigh …”

At this point, Old Xu sighed deeply and continued, “Yang Jin and his wife are not far from our home. Every night, they always hear babies crying. They cry very hard. I wonder what kind of crime a little baby has suffered. It turns out that Yang Jin’s wife has never given milk to a baby. She has never been pregnant before, so where did she get milk from?”

“In other words, the baby was not born to Yang Jin and his wife.” Xiao Chen asked with a frown.

“That’s right …”

Old Xu nodded and continued, “The child is so young, how can you not drink milk? My wife saw that the child was so young, how could she drink porridge? She couldn’t bear it, so she asked Madam Yang to carry the child over, and she came to feed the child …”

At this point, Old Xu let out another long sigh. A look of fear gradually appeared in his eyes. His voice also trembled. “Just a month later, When I heard that there was a famous chef from Suzhou, I went to Qingzhou. Just as Childe said, the famous chef took out a fish that I was jealous of. At that time, I was young and energetic. I was angry, so I went to the Drunken Immortal Lake to fetch a bowl of water and made a bowl of water without fish. It was late at night when I returned to the village. I can’t forget that scene. ”

At this point, his body trembled even more, and his face became paler and paler. His eyes were filled with fear, and it was obvious that he could no longer continue speaking.

Seeing this, Xiao Chen stretched out his hand and pressed down on his shoulder, “Master Xu, don’t be nervous. Tell me what exactly you saw at that time, who the murderer was, and what method he used …”

“I … I saw, I saw …”

Old Xu’s entire body couldn’t help but tremble as he said in a trembling voice, “I saw houses collapse, corpses all over the ground, blood flowing into rivers. Everyone, everyone is dead … None of them survived, everyone is dead …”

“Do you see who did it?”

“No … no … when I went back, everyone was already dead …”

Old Xu trembled as his eyes became increasingly cloudy. Xiao Chen could imagine the cruel scene that night and asked, “What about Yang Jin and his wife? Did you see them?”

“No … I didn’t see …”

Old Xu shook his head in a daze and muttered to himself, “They are probably dead … A layer of miasma suffused the village. I couldn’t even dig out my wife’s corpse from under the rubble, so I had no choice but to leave …”

Back then, things were slowly surfacing. However, they were shrouded in layers of mist. Xiao Chen knew that he could no longer ask anything. His own background was still a mystery. However, the only thing he could be sure of now was that he was not from the ancient village.

The night was blurry. After leaving behind some silver, Xiao Chen left the inn. Counting the days, he had left the Cyanwood Cliff for almost a month. It was unknown how Shen Jing was doing.

…

Two days later, he returned to the Cyanwood Cliff. The valley was filled with flowing water, lush vegetation, blooming flowers, and songs of birds. It was filled with spring. Compared to when he first arrived, the valley was much warmer.

Entering the depths of the valley, Shen Jing happened to be refining medicine outside. Seeing that he had returned, she immediately stepped forward and asked, “How is it? Did you find that person?”

“I found it.”

Xiao Chen nodded lightly. However, for some reason, he felt a little heavy from what happened in Qingzhou City. He didn’t even think about it anymore. He looked into the cave and asked, “Where is Wei Yang? How is she?”

“She …”

Hearing him ask Hua Weiyang, Shen Jing frowned and slowly lowered her head. She didn’t know how to tell him, but she shook her head gently in the end.