The little girl stared at her hands in disbelief; this was how they looked before she died!

She's finally back to normal!

Madam Zhang held her tightly, tears streaming down her face. "Yu'er, it's all my fault! If only I had taken you away from here sooner! Otherwise, we wouldn't be in such a state."

"Mother!" Sima Yu'er finally confirmed that she was indeed her mother! Although her appearance had changed, she would never forget the warm scent of her mother!

After 160 years, the mother and daughter were finally reunited and couldn't help but hug each other and cry.

Yan Qing's gaze was directed out the window. The commotion from the fight between the green-skinned monsters was quite loud, and it seemed that everyone had noticed it.

A sarcastic smile crept across her lips. "Looks like everyone's all here again this time!"

The words had barely left his lips when several voices came from outside the courtyard. Looking closer, he realized, well, everyone who was supposed to be there had arrived.

The old monk, Doctor Zhang, and the housekeeper were all there. The housekeeper, in particular, couldn't help but shed tears when he saw the mother and daughter embracing each other in grief.

"Alright, since none of us will be able to sleep tonight anyway, let's go somewhere together."

Yan Qing spoke up, directly instructing the steward, "Carry that person and coffin from the ancestral hall to the lakeside."

Mentioning the artificial lake, the old monk stroked his beard and sighed deeply.

"Amitabha."

This time it was quite fast; in the time it takes to eat a meal, the man in black robes and his beloved coffin were packed up and taken to the artificial lake.

Yan Qing looked at the black-robed man who was bound hand and foot, and smiled at the butler.

"Grandpa, you're so thoughtful!"

Not only were the people bound tightly, but even the black coffin was bound securely with iron chains. Violent scratching sounds came from inside the coffin, but it couldn't be moved an inch.

This time, the butler didn't smile at all. Looking at the black-robed man who was tied up on the ground, he revealed a look of hatred in his eyes for the first time.

"Since that's the case, there's no point in the old man pretending anymore. That's right, the reason the old man has stayed in this mansion for over a hundred years is simply to take care of the young master."

His eyes fell on the six or seven-year-old girl, and red tears of blood streamed from her eyes.

“Young master, before I die, I have finally seen you and your daughter reunited. Even if I am gone forever when the sun rises tomorrow, I will have no regrets.”

"It was worth it, it was worth it—"

The housekeeper's words sent a chill down Yan Qing's spine. If she hadn't suddenly figured it all out tonight, the old housekeeper and the new mistress, "Madam Luo," would have vanished the moment the sun rose tomorrow.

—The truth will never be discovered.

So that's why no one has cleared the "Bowing to Heaven and Earth" dungeon yet. Actually, the name of the dungeon already clearly hinted at this, didn't it?

First bow to Heaven and Earth, second bow to the parents, third bow before entering the bridal chamber. Three days later, the truth is impossible to tell.

"Wait, wait, wait—" Yan Che scratched his head. The amount of information tonight was too much for him to process. The reversals were too drastic, so he could only ask his sister for help first.

"Qing—Master Su, what's going on?" She changed her tune quite quickly.

Yan Qing sighed, first looking at the black-robed man bound hand and foot on the ground, and said,

“Master Sima, things have come to this point, do you need me to tell you the truth?”

The coffin emitted another ear-piercing scratching sound. The man in the black robe looked at the coffin, then lowered his head; there was no sound.

Yan Qing clapped her hands. "You won't tell, huh? Fine, then it's my turn."

"First of all, there's the identity of Master Sima. The one in the coffin is fake, I'm sure everyone knows that."

"Amitabha!" the old monk nodded.

Yan Qing pointed to the enormous coffin and asked, "What brings you all here?"

The old monk was greatly alarmed. "Could he be related to Tai Sui?"

"You guessed right! Lying in the coffin is the Tai Sui you're looking for. However, it's a Tai Sui without a body. Master Yijing, you must have heard the legends about Tai Sui, right?"

“You flatter me, benefactor. It is said that Tai Sui is a divine object, but its owner is ominous. However, the flesh of Tai Sui can grant immortality. I have never seen such a divine object before.”

Yan Qing smiled and said, "That's true."

Then she changed the subject and told everyone a love story.

"About 160 or 170 years ago, there was a scholar who was dissatisfied with his lowly status as a son-in-law, so he traveled away from home for many years to study. During this time, he fell in love with a woman named Mo Li. The two were deeply in love, but unfortunately, the scholar already had a wife, so the two could not be together."

"So Mo Li gave him an idea: the two of them pretended to break up. The scholar returned home and first tried to win back his wife's favor. As his wife relaxed, he gradually took control of the family and became the true head of the family."

"After a few years, once his position was secure, he deliberately poisoned his wife, and at that time, a woman named Mo Li brought the medicine to his door. Master Sima loved his wife dearly and did not hesitate to exchange his vast fortune for two pieces of Tai Sui meat, hoping to achieve immortality with his wife."

"Out of gratitude, his wife, Ms. Luo, ate it without any suspicion. But when she woke up the next day, she found herself transformed into a giant, transparent ball of flesh. This ball of flesh was the Tai Sui meat cage."

Yan Qing paused here, then looked down at the silent man in black robes. "So, am I right?"

The man in black robes, Master Sima, sneered, "If that's the case, then tell me, how did I become what I am now? And Mo Li, how did she become like me?"

"That's because even Heaven doesn't want to let you two, you adulterous couple, off!" Yan Qing was furious. She glanced at Dr. Zhang's wife.

"Madam Zhang, you must be perfectly aware of the whole story, don't you?"

Dr. Zhang's wife hugged her daughter tightly and slowly straightened up. She walked step by step to the man in black robes, looking down at him.

"You probably can't imagine how much the deceased Mrs. Luo loved you."

"She chopped up the two pieces of Tai Sui meat and put them into the food. She originally thought that since someone was so willing to think of her, she wanted to repay them in kind. But two pieces of Tai Sui meat were not enough for three people, so she chopped them up and put them into three bowls of chicken soup."

"Luo Shi was ill for a long time, so naturally she was the first to drink the chicken soup and go to rest. So she naturally fell into your plan and became Mo Li's substitute, turning into that Tai Sui meat cage. And Mo Li also successfully got rid of the Tai Sui body and became a living person."

"The Grand Duke Jupiter is an ominous sign; consuming it grants immortality, but this is the price of immortality. Mo Li knew this truth all along, which is why you two deliberately devised this scheme. You've been planning this for years; you've truly gone to great lengths."

At this point, everyone fell silent. No one had expected that the legendary secret of Tai Sui's longevity was actually this?

Such immortality is better left unfulfilled!