After listening, everyone fell silent. It was obvious that Ji Qing had tricked Lin Yu, even though he eventually realized his mistake and left the child with the Lin family.
But it still ended up harming Lin Yu.
However, no one mocked Lin Yu; he had his own persistence and his own obsession.
Perhaps he knew that Ji Qing wouldn't come back, and that Sheep Village was fake, but his love for Ji Qing was real.
His waiting was probably just because he didn't want to lose.
"Never chase after someone you're destined to miss!"
Ling Yun felt a surge of emotion.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit heavy, Ling Yun changed the subject:
"Uncle, where did your daughter and the people from Niutou Village move to?"
Hearing this, Lin Yu's face showed a hint of pride, and he smiled:
"My daughter is as beautiful as a flower. She caught the eye of the city lord's son, and now my son-in-law has inherited the position of city lord."
A few years ago, Tianlin City expanded, and many houses were built. My son-in-law moved the people from Niutou Village to live in the city!
Seeing Lin Yu's expression, everyone knew that their daughter had married into a good family, and the city lord must treat her very well.
The atmosphere fell silent again, and the topic kept revolving around the old man's arduous journey to Niutou Village.
At that moment, Ling Yun and Da Sheng both looked down the mountain ten miles away from Niu Tou Village, where there were dozens of solitary graves, including Ji Qing's.
Ji Qing and her so-called brother Yan Kun were husband and wife. Yan Kun came from a wealthy family and was a landlord in Yan Family Village, ten miles away from Niutou Village. Ji Qing came from a poor family and was not a good match for Yan Kun.
The two eloped, intending to go to Tianhai City to seek refuge with Yan Kun's uncle, only to find out upon arriving that their uncle was not there at all.
At that time, Ji Qing and Yan Kun were penniless and starving. They knocked on Lin Yu's door and, upon learning that Lin Yu was alone at home, they had evil intentions.
Ji Qing stole half of Lin Yu's family fortune. On the way back to Yan Family Village with Yan Kun, Ji Qing discovered that she was pregnant with Lin Yu's child.
Thinking of the meticulous care Lin Yu had given her during that time, Ji Qing felt extremely guilty and decided to return to the Lin family to give birth to the child.
Those are Lin Yu's flesh and blood!
Later, the two returned to Yanjiacun Village and learned that Yan Kun's parents had died of illness, and the two were finally able to be together.
However, the peaceful days were shattered when Lin Yu arrived in Niutou Village.
Despite being ten miles apart, Yan Kun was panicked, thinking that Lin Yu had come for revenge, since fraud and theft were serious crimes in the Tianyuan Dynasty.
Fortunately, after settling down in Niutou Village, Lin Yu did not continue on his way.
Yan Kun regained his composure, but Ji Qing could not. The long-standing guilt and longing for her daughter made her cry every day. Her daughter was so close, but she dared not see her.
Unable to bear the longing for her daughter and the guilt towards Lin Yu, Ji Qing persuaded Yan Kun to divorce her. She decided to go to Niutou Village to serve Lin Yu like a slave and repay her debt of karma.
Yan Kun agreed, and that noon, Ji Qing packed her bags and set off for Niutou Village.
Halfway there, a torrential rain caused a landslide, and Ji Qing and dozens of villagers were buried forever. Before he died, Ji Qing saw Lin Yu carrying his daughter and walking further and further away.
This is what the Great Sage and Lingyun saw in the long river of time.
For decades, Lin Yu would often take his daughter to Tianlin City, and every time they would pass by that cemetery. However, Lin Yu's gaze never fell on the tombstone engraved with Ji Qing's name.
Fate is cruel!
Seeing the scenes unfolding along the river of time, Lingyun and the Great Sage were overwhelmed with emotion.
The two exchanged a glance and nodded.
Immediately, Ling Yun waved his hand, altering Lin Yu's memories to show that he and Ji Qing had been together for decades.
"I'm going to Tianlin City with you tomorrow. I want to pay my respects at my late husband's grave tomorrow morning!"
Lin Yu spoke with a smile.
Abao and the others looked at each other in surprise. How did an old partner suddenly appear? But they didn't ask. They thought that Ling Yun had changed Lin Yu's memory.
The following morning, Ling Yun and his group accompanied Lin Yu to Ji Qing's tombstone.
Lin Yu leaned against the tombstone, his eyes filled with a sense of parting. He said nothing, yet it was as if he had said everything.
Finally, he wiped the tombstone clean, cleared the weeds from the grave, and followed Ling Yun and his group to Tianlin City.
Upon entering the magnificent Tianlin City, Ling Yun and the others planned to first take Lin Yu to the City Lord's Mansion before enjoying a beef hot pot.
However, upon entering Tianlin City and seeing everything around them, everyone frowned.
Everyone in Tianlin City was laughing, and it was a very strange laugh. They were laughing even while eating, hawking their wares, and even when they were being beaten.
Abao asked an old man on the street:
"Grandpa, has something happy happened in Tianlin City? Why is everyone laughing?"
"Haha...haha..." the old man replied with a laugh.
"I don't know, I just wanted to laugh. Isn't that weird? Haha..."
Upon hearing this, Ling Yun and the others exchanged glances, knowing without a doubt that something was wrong.
I asked many people, and they all gave the same answer: they just wanted to laugh for no reason.
Caught up in the laughter, the little white fox Lingxi also laughed.
However, her laughter was so captivating that everyone who heard it instantly stopped laughing and their eyes became mesmerized.
Lingxi immediately stopped laughing, and the people of Tianlin City started laughing again.
Not only were ordinary people without cultivation levels laughing, but even martial artists and cultivators were laughing.
Ling Yun and Da Sheng exchanged a glance, both seeing the gravity in each other's eyes. They decided to send Lin Yu there first.
Soon, the group arrived at the city lord's mansion. Upon learning that the city lord's father-in-law had returned, the city lord Yu Xing and his wife Lin Qingqing hurriedly came out from the backyard to greet them.
"Father, you're finally willing to live with us!"
Lin Qingqing hugged Lin Yu's arm, her face full of smiles.
The city lord's mansion has a magic array set up by the Tianyuan Dynasty's Imperial Sacrifices, which makes it impervious to all evil, so that eerie laughter did not appear.
"Thank you all for bringing my father back!"
Yu Xing and Lin Qingqing bowed slightly to Ling Yun and the others.
Suddenly, Yu Xing paused slightly, looked at Ling Yun tentatively, and asked:
"May I ask if you are Ling Yun?"
The emperor of the Tianyuan Dynasty distributed Ling Yun's portrait to each city lord, requiring them to treat Ling Yun well whenever he entered the city.
Yu Xing had seen the portrait and felt that the person in front of him was Ling Yun, and he was right.
"Please come in, fellow Daoists!"
Yu Xing invited Ling Yun and the others to the main hall of the city lord's mansion.
After exchanging pleasantries, Abao asked:
"Lord City Lord, why are all the people of Tianlin City laughing? Is there some evil spirit appearing?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Xing's face turned solemn, and he said:
"About a month ago, a thunderbolt suddenly struck the sky that night. The next day, everyone in the city was laughing, except for the city lord's mansion, which was unaffected because of the formation."
The people from the Imperial Sacrifices came and said there was an evil spirit, but they searched for a long time and couldn't find it.
The situation is getting serious; more and more people are dying of laughter in their sleep.
Upon hearing this, Ling Yun said in a deep voice:
"This kind of evil spirit is called the Laughing Demon. Once the Laughing Demon appears, it foretells an impending calamity."
A great calamity may be about to befall the Golden Cloud Continent!
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