Chapter 1257 The Returnee's Notes 331
The iron gate was very heavy, and the ghost child had the key, so she didn't need to bother prying it open.
Black Egg walked back to Xie Ning's side from the kitten, its vertical pupils fixed on the front. After tilting its head, it climbed directly onto Xie Ning's canvas bag by her trouser leg.
Even with just a tiny crack, a blast of cold air escaped, sending a stinging sensation across one's face.
Once the door is fully open, a set of steps leads to a very spacious stone chamber. There are no electrical wires here, only candles lit on the walls.
Xie Ning saw the bookshelves around her and the old books and papers piled up on the table next to her. Instead of entering the passageway, she looked at the notebook on the desk, which looked like a diary.
The contents were nothing but personal names. Xie Ning's heart stirred, and he started searching according to the year Wu Yaodong died. Sure enough, he found his name in the middle.
The above details the time and source of Wu Yaodong's death.
It is mentioned in the footnote that Wu Yaodong was not actually dead when he fell off the cliff, but this place was too remote and there was no doctor to be found. People usually went to this small courtyard when they were sick, where Master Yue and his apprentice would help them with their medical treatment.
Of course, when handling funeral arrangements, they also consulted Elder Yue. Firstly, Elder Yue was highly respected in the area, and secondly, he was old and knew more about the customs. Over time, consulting Elder Yue to handle funeral arrangements became the "rule".
At that time, Wu Yaodong sought out Master Yue. He was too badly injured to be saved, but Master Yue had no intention of saving him. Instead, he extracted Wu Yaodong's life force while Wu Yaodong still had a chance to live.
Then... it was sold to the people of Moon Gate.
As for Yue Lao himself, he has no need for such a spirit; he only cares for old ghosts.
For the living, directly extracting their soul would undoubtedly cause immense pain... The process of extracting the soul was not described in detail above, only a few sentences with personal opinions were added.
The recorder was very excited at the time, feeling that he had learned another skill, and he enjoyed the suffering of others.
He also said that Master Yue originally did not intend to extract Wu Yaodong's soul, but since the teaching opportunity was presented to him, Master Yue directly used Wu Yaodong to teach his disciples.
The recorder also mentioned Wu Xiaochun, who seemed to have seen it while they were extracting the soul.
But that didn't matter, because Wu Xiaochun had gone mad, standing there like a puppet.
Wu Yaodong didn't fall down by accident; he fell while trying to save Wu Xiaochun. At that moment, a villager who was going up the mountain to check if his trap had caught any prey happened to see it.
Many families in the world have a preference for sons over daughters, and this is especially serious in this backward and remote mountainous area. The Wu family is considered to be a little more enlightened, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to let Wu Xiaochun study for so many years.
But even this little bit of open-mindedness was not enough for them to forgive Wu Xiaochun for causing Wu Yaodong's death.
Yes, in the eyes of the villagers, it was Wu Xiaochun's ignorance that caused Wu Yaodong's death and the extinction of the Wu family line, which is an unforgivable crime.
She won't survive either.
Whether it's speaking for this person or feeling guilty and remorseful due to various worldly pressures.
Moreover... Xie Ning's fingers tightened around the notebook. Even if Wu Xiaochun withstood all of the above, the recorder would not let her off the hook.
After all, only the dead have the tightest mouths, and no one knows whether Wu Xiaochun is pretending to be stupid.
More importantly, he also wanted to put his newly learned methods into practice, and Wu Xiaochun was a very suitable candidate. Even if she died, no one would mourn for her.
Not to mention anything else.
Unfortunately, Wu Xiaochun got married in a hurry just a few days later, leaving the Wu family with ten yuan as a bride price and nothing else, before going to another family.
She was running away, but ahead lay another abyss.
The candle tears stream down the bronze plate, the biting wind blows, the departing person is overwhelmed with sorrow, and the candle falls in despair.
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