Chapter 97 Fire Appears

Hahahaha!

Bai Yuheng couldn't help but laugh: "Why is your code name so plain and unadorned?"

Cui Mingcan snorted: "You guys don't understand, do you? The stronger a powerful being is, the more simple and down-to-earth their code name will be!"

After saying that, Cui Mingcan flicked his wrists, a flash of purple light appeared, and he held two knives in his hands, saying, "Don't you think my weapons look a lot like kitchen knives?"

“…It really does look alike.” Cen Ying paused for a moment, then asked the question that had been lingering in her mind for a long time, “Why did you choose this?”

"Don't you think it's quite unique?" Cui Mingcan showed off a couple of moves, then stylishly raised his chin. "This is my signature weapon! From now on, whenever someone in the martial arts world sees this cleaver, they'll remember the incredibly talented, unparalleled, skilled, and handsome—the Cleaver Master!"

The four people: "..."

Whatever makes you happy...

"Alright, enough chit-chat, let's get down to business."

Grandma Yang's house.

Is anyone home?

After knocking and calling out several times without getting a response, the group, fearing something had happened, immediately kicked the door open and rushed in.

An old man was lying on the threshold of the house, his face pale and his breath weak.

"Grandma Yang!?"

After Bai Yuheng and the others clearly saw Granny Yang's face, they remembered that this old woman was the one they had met at the He family's house in Furong Town.

It suddenly dawned on me that no wonder the name Luoshui Village sounded so familiar.

In this vast world, we meet again.

Before the four could even express their feelings, they fell silent at their current situation.

If this person is Granny Yang whom I met in Furong Town, then... that lively and adorable Gou Dan...

Cen Ying glanced at Li Tiankuo silently, pursed her lips, and focused on treating Granny Yang.

Bai Yuheng and Cui Mingcan were speechless for a moment, their hearts filled with complicated emotions, and they only dared to steal a glance at Li Tiankuo.

The child learned a few moves from Li Tiankuo and even regarded Li Tiankuo as his master...

The dark main room was silent, and the group of people all turned their attention to Cen Ying, who was administering acupuncture, and Granny Yang, who was breathing weakly.

"how's it going?"

"Luckily we found it in time, otherwise we would have been dead tonight." Cen Ying breathed a sigh of relief and fed the pill into her mouth. The pill, the size of a red bean, dissolved instantly in her mouth and slid into her body.

"Help her to bed. I'll check her injuries again. Yu'er, you help me."

"good."

It took a few quarters of an hour to apply medicine to all of Grandma Yang's external injuries from the fall, and Li Tiankuo just happened to bring in the rice soup he had cooked.

"Let's feed her something first; she probably won't wake up for a while."

The two of them, one feeding and the other supporting, spent another fifteen minutes feeding the rice porridge.

At this moment, Granny Yang slowly woke up, her rough, hoarse voice emitting painful groans.

Grandma, are you alright?

Who are you?

Grandma Yang could no longer see, and only vaguely saw several people sitting and standing in front of her. She cried out anxiously, "Can you help me find my grandson? He disappeared a couple of days ago! I woke up and found him not in bed..."

Her grayish pupils couldn't find anyone, glancing around helplessly. She held the person in front of her tightly, and two streams of hot tears flowed down her cheeks.

She's been shedding more and more tears this year.

Is your grandson named Gou Dan (Dog Egg)?

"Yes, yes, yes! Can you help me look for him? My little Dan'er is the most obedient and sensible child, he couldn't possibly be gone for so long!"

Hearing this, the group was overwhelmed with mixed emotions. They thought of the clever and adorable Gou Dan and the kind and gentle Granny Yang from a few months ago, and compared them to the frail and dying old woman in front of them now. It was heartbreaking to hear and tearful to see.

"Grandma, Gou Dan, he..." Cui Mingcan hesitated, not daring to tell her the truth.

"Get out!" Granny Yang suddenly sprang to her feet, shoving Bai Yuheng and Cen Ying, who were sitting on the edge of the bed, aside. Her eyes flashed with ferocity. "Our little Dan'er isn't dead! You're talking nonsense! Nonsense!"

"It's all just nonsense from outsiders! Our little Dan'er is the most obedient. He even said he'd stay with this old woman for life and make me the best coffin! Impossible, impossible..."

Bai Yuheng couldn't bear it: "Grandma..."

Grandma Yang covered her face and wept, as if she wanted to cry out her heart and soul, until all her tears had dried up.

"Get out! Get out! Get out of my house! You're just like them, spouting nonsense! Cursing our little egg! Get out!"

Exhausted, Grandma Yang nearly fell off the bed with one movement.

Several people helped her up, inserted a needle, and her initially agitated emotions calmed down, though she was still breathing heavily like a broken bellows.

“How could our little Dan’er be dead? He clearly went to play! Yes! Our little Dan’er just went to play!” Granny Yang pleaded, holding Cen Ying’s hand. “Go find Gou Cai! It must have been Gou Cai who took him to play again! Gou Cai, the one who lives at the edge of the village, he loves taking our little Dan’er to the mountains…”

"It must have been those guys who did something naughty, leaving our little Dan'er in the mountains, boohoo... Please, please go and look for him in the mountains! My little Dan'er must still be waiting for me there. He hasn't come back for days. He's afraid of the dark, he must be terribly frightened. Please, please, please help me look for him in the mountains! He's my only grandson, my lifeblood! Little Dan'er, my little Dan'er..."

"Alright, alright, Grandma, don't get upset. We'll go find Gou Dan for you in a little while!"

"Thank you, thank you so much! You are such kind people! You will surely live to be a hundred years old!" Grandma Yang cried, wiping away her tears. "You are such good people, unlike those people outside who are spreading rumors that our little Dan'er is dead! Bah! Our little Dan'er even brought me a pheasant to eat just two days ago, how could he be dead!"

"They must be jealous of our little Dan'er's obedience and ability!" Granny Yang grabbed Cen Ying's hand and pleaded humbly, "Girl, kind people, please help me! Go to the village entrance and look for Gou Cai, he must know where Gou Dan is..."

"Okay, Grandma, don't worry, we will." Bai Yuheng said to the two people standing outside, "You two hurry up and find someone to go into the mountains! Find out where Gou Dan is!"

After seeing the two people leave, Grandma Yang breathed a sigh of relief, her heart pounding with anxiety. She repeatedly thanked the girl whose face she couldn't make out.

After calming Grandma Yang down, Cen Ying casually asked, "Grandma, I heard you have a very cute cat? Why haven't I seen it?"

Grandma Yang smiled as she mentioned this: "Oh, you mean Mao Mao? I'm not bragging, but our Mao Mao is so beautiful, so shiny and smooth. She's even prettier and cuter than the dogs that other people in the village keep. She's also smart. She can guard the house and catch fish for us from time to time!"

"When did you raise it?"

"We brought her back from the mountains when Xiaodan was three years old. She was so tiny back then, and Xiaodan fed her bite by bite! The two of them are very close!"

Cen Ying and Bai Yuheng exchanged a glance.

Bai Yuheng then asked, "What does Mao Mao look like?"

"Mao Mao is so beautiful! Its fur is half white and half gray, and its two eyes are bright green, like little green vegetables in the field. It's so pleasing to the eye! Oh, and the most distinctive thing about Mao Mao is the tuft of bright red fur on its forehead..."

Upon hearing this, Bai Yuheng understood the situation.

Having asked enough questions, the two excused themselves that it was getting late and left the inner room. Before leaving, Cen Ying lit some calming incense.

"My energy and spirit have been depleted too much. If I get any more stimulation, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on..." Cen Ying sighed.

Bai Yuheng also sighed, "Fortunately, we didn't come over openly these past few days, otherwise, if the villagers saw us and misunderstood, it would be a shock to Grandma."

"well."

"Hopefully we can catch Mao Mao soon."

"By the way, why did you ask about Mao Mao's appearance?" Cen Ying asked, remembering the question.

“I suspect that Mao Mao is a descendant of the mountain lord,” Bai Yuheng said slowly. “Mountains have mountain gods and mountain lords. A god governs a mountain in a certain area, while a demon is the master of a mountain.”

"Do you remember when we fought Mao Mao, he transformed, and that red mark on his forehead?"

“That is the mountain lord’s unique mark. Not to mention his two-tone body, the red hair on his forehead alone proves that he is a descendant of the mountain lord.”

Cen Ying understood.

Just as they were about to ask more questions, Li Tiankuo and Cui Mingcan, who had just made an excuse to leave, came over, followed by Pei Yuan, who had disappeared halfway through.

The three looked somber and heavy-hearted. Bai Yuheng and Cen Ying felt a pang of fear, worried that Mao Mao had come down the mountain and killed someone. They hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

"What happened? Why do you look so serious?"

Pei Yuan pursed his lips, pointed to the two or three sizable rooms next to each other, exhaled, and said, "The bodies of the dead are all in the back."

The five people walked to the small vegetable garden behind the house. In the dilapidated house that used to store old things and odds and ends, there was a neatly hanging thing, covered in white hair, with a bloodstained face that was white to the point of being bluish, and a deep yin energy.

The dogs that have just died, and even the first one they remember, Gou Dan, are all on display here.

"It's already reached a dead end."

*

"Immortal Master! Immortal Master!"

"Something terrible has happened, Immortal Master!"

A slightly plump aunt rushed in, leaning against the door frame and panting, "No, something terrible has happened!"

"Auntie, please speak slowly. What happened? Has that cat demon harmed people again?"

"No, no!" the auntie hurriedly waved her hand, panting, "A group of people... they're surrounding Grandma Yang's house! And they're carrying torches!"

"What!?"

Cui Mingcan and Li Tiankuo carried their aunt, asking as they flew on their swords, "What happened?"

"The village chief sent me to tell you that someone found something in the vegetable garden behind the Yang family's house today..." The aunt was originally afraid of flying and tightly hugged her left and right arms. But when she thought of the corpse in the house, she was so frightened that her hair stood on end and her spine went cold.

"..."

The group exchanged glances and secretly thought, "Oh no!"

In just a few words, the group flew to Granny Yang's residence.

The two or three houses were surrounded by layers of villagers, each with a solemn expression, holding torches and carrying firewood, intending to burn the place down.

And the families who have already been killed are crying out and cursing.

"You, Yang Jiangshi! You actually raised such a beast! Not only did you cruelly kill my son, but you also dug up his remains and used some kind of evil magic to turn him into this! You bastards! I'll burn you all alive!!!"

As he cursed, he tried to snatch the torch from the person next to him, intending to burn down the Yang family's house.

"stop!"

Bai Yuheng's golden snake in her sleeve timely wrapped up the torch, thus stopping the fire.

"Immortal Masters, why have you come? Don't stop us! We know everything! It was all the work of that beast raised by Yang Jiang! We must avenge our child!"

"Yes! Revenge!"

Burning them all wouldn't be enough to quell the hatred in my heart!

"Burn them! Burn them! Burn them!"

"Revenge! Revenge!"

The crowd was filled with excitement, and their loud, resounding voices sent the mountain birds scattering in all directions.

"Everyone, please be quiet!"

"Revenge! Revenge!"

Bai Yuheng glanced at the corpses laid out on the ground, used a megaphone spell, and said, "Quiet!"

A moment of silence.

“I understand your feelings, but this is not Granny Yang’s fault. It was not Granny Yang who killed your children. It was the cat demons in the mountains who killed them!”

"Why should the immortal master defend her? If it weren't for her cat becoming a spirit, how could it have caused my son's tragic death?!"

"Immortal Master, please leave. This is a matter for our Luoshui Village! We will decide for ourselves!"

"Yes! This has nothing to do with you! Don't try to exonerate the criminals!"

"If Granny Yang is a criminal, then what about you? What are you? Arsonists and murderers!?" Li Tiankuo said sternly.

"If someone is a murderer, they should be reported to the authorities for prosecution, not subjected to vigilante justice here!"

"You make it sound so easy! It wasn't your son who died!"

"If the government were useful, why weren't they here earlier?!"

"Stop wasting time talking to them! Let's take advantage of the good sun and kill this murderer with a single fire!"

"right!"

"Kill them! Kill them!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!!!"

The villagers, filled with resentment and righteous indignation, raised their torches high and approached step by step, quickly piling up firewood, their gazes both heroic and heavy.

The hatred in their eyes was so intense that they wanted to kill Bai Yuheng and the others who were blocking their way from executing criminals.

Bai Yuheng's heart skipped a beat, and a long-lost yet unfamiliar emotion spread through her.

It is hatred.

It is evil.

Pei Yuan placed his hands on her shoulders and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Bai Yuheng shook her head.

Suddenly, a cold wind arose, tigers roared and dragons howled, and black crows circled and shrieked.

The torches in everyone's hands suddenly went out, and people were filled with panic.

A sharp and fierce voice came from the mountains and forests, causing the earth to shake and the mountains to tremble, as if a god was raging and the innocent bystanders were affected.

"Let's see who dares to burn it!!"