Qin Mu didn't quite understand the elders' reaction. He blinked, and seeing that Grandpa Cao Ya was still calm, he tugged at Cao Ya's sleeve, then took Granny Si's hand and whispered:
"Grandma, don't cry. Grandma and Grandpa are both good people. They won't die. Look, Grandpa Cao is very calm."
The elders were taken aback, glanced at Cao Ya, and indeed he remained calm.
They were all a bit confused. Some were quite dissatisfied, feeling that Cao Yatai didn't care about Qin Mu, while others had a sudden thought that Cao Ya might know some way to make amends. This was because they were unaware of many of Cao Ya's past performances and secrets, but Cao Ya seemed quite familiar with them.
Whether Cao Ya has a way to remedy the situation is uncertain.
But the elders could only manage a wry smile at Qin Muqian's words.
Master Ma gave a self-deprecating laugh, tinged with bitterness, and said:
"A good person? Ha..."
He shook his head and frowned, saying:
“We useless people were forced into the Great Ruins and have been barely surviving until now. The Great Ruins are too dangerous. Without us, Mu’er will have a hard time surviving… We should send him out of the Great Ruins. It’s much safer outside.”
The butcher's tone was icy, and he cut to the chase:
“If we send him out, our enemies will find out and we will all die. He will also be implicated and die.”
The elders were all worried because Qin Mu was a mortal and could not cultivate.
In this world, mortals who cannot cultivate themselves cannot even control their own destiny, nor can they see it clearly. They live in a daze, like cattle and sheep being herded into captivity.
It should be noted that these disabled people in the Village of the Disabled were all famous in the outside world and had glorious pasts, but for various reasons, they could only retreat to this village deep in the ruins to eke out a living.
After raising Qin Mu for so long, everyone still has a strong bond with him.
Qin Mu's eyes widened in surprise.
"Why did we die? Master Cao, we got out, why did we die?"
Cao Ya laughed. Qin Mu, who was only eleven or twelve years old at the time, was still very young and did not have the thick skin and cunning he would later develop.
In the silent, dilapidated village, Cao Ya's laughter was quite jarring.
Cao Ya was about to speak when a thought suddenly struck him. He looked at the village chief, who was also looking at Cao Ya. Suddenly, the village chief laughed and clapped his hands in praise:
"Great, that's wonderful!"
Everyone else was stunned. Cao Ya was one thing, but why had the village chief gone mad too?
Granny Si was puzzled and asked:
"What's good? Village chief, have you lost your mind?"
The village chief glared at Granny Si:
"Nonsense, I'm perfectly fine."
Then he laughed loudly:
"I mean Mu'er has a good physique and is a good seedling for cultivation. He is much better than us old guys. He is rare in history and can hardly be seen in a thousand years."
The butcher, the pharmacist, the blind man, the mute man, and the others were all taken aback, not understanding what he meant.
Only Cao Ya raised an eyebrow, guessing what the village chief was about to say.
The village chief laughed loudly:
"If I'm not mistaken, Mu'er's physique should be another extremely special spiritual body, a domineering body that combines the strengths of the four major physiques."
Granny Si and the others looked puzzled:
"Overlord Body?"
They were all well-informed people, but they had never heard of the name "Overlord Body".
The village chief said loudly:
"Yes, it's the Overlord Body! The strongest physique in history, almost without exception. Ordinary spiritual blood is difficult to activate the Overlord Body. You need to collect the blood of the four true spiritual beasts to make the Overlord Body manifest."
After a moment's thought, he said:
"There are no pure-blooded Four Great Spirit Beasts in the Great Ruins, but the offspring of spirit beasts are not hard to find. You continue to capture fierce tigers and giant snakes, refine spirit blood, and drink more of it, which will naturally stimulate Mu'er's Overlord Body."
The village chief was very authoritative, and he spoke with great conviction, appearing very confident. This caused a group of elderly people with missing limbs who had initially scoffed at him to become skeptical after seeing the village chief's confident demeanor.
Grandma Si became happy and said joyfully:
"Tomorrow I'll go with that cripple to catch the giant snake and tiger. Mu'er, you should go to sleep early too, we still need to drink more spirit blood tomorrow."
Qin Mu revealed an expectant look.
He didn't want to see his elders die, so he was determined to become that kind of overlord body, so that the elders wouldn't have to send him away, which led to his enemies finding him and hunting him down to his death.
Cao Ya laughed heartily. Unlike his genuine confidence, the claim of the "Overlord Body" was simply something the village chief made up. He had no confidence in it at all. This "Overlord Body" was just something to fool everyone, because he was worried that they would have difficulty surviving if they lost their attachments.
The pharmacist seemed to have discovered the truth as well. He forced a smile, but his eyes were full of worry.
The village chief gave the pharmacist a look, and he understood immediately. His smile brightened, but he felt even more anxious and uncertain inside.
The villagers of the Remnant Village have diverse backgrounds, but they were all forced into the Great Ruins and ended up in this remote village, barely surviving and wasting their days. They were filled with resentment and bitterness, and it's undeniable that Qin Mu deserves credit for their survival until now.
Well, Cao Ya might be the only exception among them.
Although they also had feelings for Qin Mu, that was because they had raised Qin Mu. If Qin Mu had never appeared, and it was just the old folks like them, all the villagers believed that Cao Ya could live peacefully here. If he broke through, he might even break out of the Great Ruins and fight against the heavens again.
But apart from Cao Ya himself, there was no one else in the Remnant Village with such a firm Daoist heart.
The main reason is that Cao Ya understands the truth of this world and has traveled here from another time, so he wouldn't accidentally discover the truth of the world and cause his Dao heart to collapse.
But for the other villagers, with their Dao hearts shattered, they lost much of their will to live. Even if they hid in the Remnant Village, they probably wouldn't last long before collapsing and committing suicide. It was the arrival of Qin Mu, this healthy little boy, that dispelled the resentment in their hearts and subtly changed their attitudes. Everyone raised Qin Mu, teaching him and passing on their life experiences, treating this little boy as their closest relative. Qin Mu sustained the fragile hearts of the Remnant Village residents.
If the villagers knew that Qin Mu only had an ordinary physique and could not survive alone in the Great Ruins, they would probably lose control and do who knows what they would do.
The pharmacist was very worried.
The village chief had no choice but to try to deceive them and keep their hope alive.
Others may have noticed, but out of trust in him as the village chief, and a little unspeakable ulterior motive, they were willing to believe this story.
“Village Chief…” Cao Ya suddenly said quietly, which startled the village chief. He thought that Cao Ya had also seen through his trick and was going to expose him in public, so he quickly gave Cao Ya a wink.
Seeing this, Cao Ya chuckled, shook his head, then straightened his expression, placed both hands on Qin Mu's small shoulders, and solemnly said:
"Mu'er, your village chief's grandfather's invincible body... well, let's not talk about that."
Immediately, the village chief secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
But at the same time, I'm also confused. If we don't talk about his fabricated "overlord body," what is Cao Ya going to talk about? Is he going to come up with a fictitious body as well?
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