Chapter 535 Never Married

Grandpa Wu's cooperation surprised Ye Wanxi. She was prepared to talk to him at length, but she didn't expect him to be the one to figure it out first.

After much thought, Ye Wanxi finally attributed the matter to the Gu King dumpling on her shoulder.

Feng Tianyu glanced at Grandpa Wu and thought that perhaps this man had guessed something, which was why he changed his attitude towards them.

But in any case, it's good that they're willing to cooperate.

Such a big thing cannot be hidden and must not be hidden. Even if Ye Wanxi doesn't say anything, Grandpa Wu plans to tell the clansmen about it as soon as possible.

After settling the ancestors in the ancestral hall, Grandpa Wu instructed Wu Chi to ring the alarm bell in the village, which was used to call the clansmen to gather.

Once this bell rings, it signifies a major event within the clan, and all clan members must drop what they are doing and gather near the ancestral hall as quickly as possible.

Because of this unique characteristic, the bell has not rung for many years, let alone in the quiet of the late night.

Many people were awakened from their sleep and, realizing what had happened, quickly put on their clothes and rushed towards the village.

Before they could even run out of their own gate, they heard the old clan chief's voice, which seemed to be coming from a distance.

The voice was a loudspeaker manifested by Ye Wanxi using talismans.

This was because Ye Wanxi considered the virus's transmissibility; large-scale gatherings would actually accelerate its spread.

Besides ringing the bell to communicate with everyone, the only other way in the village was to use a loudspeaker to talk loudly. That's why they had to take extraordinary measures during this special period and try to make such a thing for Grandpa Wu.

The group, who had just been awakened from their sleep, were somewhat bewildered by the sudden sound of Grandpa Wu's voice.

But what Grandpa Wu said next startled them awake.

It is said that people who recently returned to their village brought back a highly contagious virus. People in the same group may have been infected, and their families and others who had contact with them may also have been infected.

The entire village now needs to be placed under lockdown for disinfection, and everyone must stay in their own homes and not go in or visit each other freely.

The village chief and several elders led people to each household to disinfect and inspect, and to deliver food and daily necessities.

Grandpa Wu was also worried that this matter would cause panic among the people in the tribe, and repeatedly emphasized that sealing off the village was for everyone's safety, and that as long as everyone cooperated, there would be no problem.

Of course, those who do not cooperate and insist on wandering around or leaving the village will be treated as traitors.

The villagers have a strong sense of belonging to their big family, and Grandpa Wu's warning has effectively curbed the petty thoughts of some restless individuals.

Grandpa Wu then explained in detail the symptoms of infection he had learned from Shi Yuyan, warning everyone that they must report any similar symptoms immediately. This was not only to save their own lives, but also to consider the health of other members of the tribe and reduce their risk of contracting the disease.

After everything was explained, no one in the village dared to go out.

The families of those returning to the village, as well as those who had been in contact with them in the past few days, were on tenterhooks.

Some people with weaker mental resilience couldn't help but cry, as if they could see their future illness.

Those who had not been in contact with them were also on edge, fearing that someone they had been in contact with these past few days might be carrying the virus and could infect them.

As the saying goes, a doctor cannot heal himself. Most people in the village know a little bit about Gu poison and raising poisonous creatures, so they naturally know a little bit about medicine, but only a little bit.

This virus, which they had never heard of before, was an unknown to them, and because it was unknown, it felt especially terrifying.

This night was destined to be a sleepless one for everyone in the village.

Various negative emotions gradually ferment in the dark night, waiting for their moment to erupt.

Broadcasting the news is just the beginning; the key is what needs to be done next.

Their seclusion made the overall isolation of the clan relatively simple, but the lack of medical conditions and the scarcity of professional doctors would make everything that followed extremely difficult.

After the loudspeaker finished announcing the news to everyone, the dark clouds hanging over their heads did not dissipate; instead, they became even thicker.

Ye Wanxi knew that in the end, this kind of thing still needed to be handled by professionals, so she turned to Feng Tianyu and asked, "When will they arrive?"

"Xiao Baihui and the others are far away and have other things to do, such as preparing supplies, so they may be a little late. Academician Liu should arrive first, at the latest around noon tomorrow. But they have already started mobilizing local supplies and medical personnel, and the supplies are expected to arrive around six or seven in the morning."

Upon hearing this, Wu Chi and the others breathed a sigh of relief, thanked them sincerely, and then apologized somewhat awkwardly for their previous actions.

Ye Wanxi and the others didn't take it to heart and generously accepted their apology.

After a long night of hard work, and with supplies still not arriving, everyone should take this opportunity to rest in preparation for the tough battles to come.

However, everyone was still on edge, and no one could relax.

After sitting with them blankly for a few minutes, Ye Wanxi suddenly seemed to think of something and asked curiously, "Your ancestor's tablet says Yu Yang Qi Shi. I know Yu Yang is a place name. But this Qi Shi, could it be that the person she married also had the surname Qi?"

Grandpa Wu was surprised that Ye Wanxi would ask this, and paused for a few seconds before saying, "You misunderstand. Qi on the memorial tablet is the ancestral master's own surname. The ancestral master never married in her life."

"What?" Ye Wanxi was taken aback. "Then you..."

Grandpa Wu coughed and chuckled, "Although our ancestor never married, she took in several direct disciples. Most of the people in the village today are descendants of these disciples."

Ye Wanxi's eyes flickered slightly. So that's how it is. No wonder she didn't feel any bloodline connection with these people.

If she were a descendant of her senior sister, even after a long time, there would still be a trace of her senior sister's familiarity in her bloodline, but none of the people she met had that.

She had previously thought that it was because too many generations had passed and the bloodline was too thin to tell.

After all that, it turns out these people have absolutely no blood relation to my senior sister.

However, Ye Wanxi asked casually and would not change her attitude towards these people just because they were not her senior sister's bloodline.

Those who cultivated in their previous lives, though not immortal, could easily live to be a hundred or two hundred years old.

In the long course of life, family ties may only occupy a very small part. To them, whether it is descendants or the successors they value, they are all the same.

Most importantly, it's their own approval of these people.

(End of this chapter)