Because Wen Xuan was determined to remain, after the three people returned to the little town, Cultivator Sun found a place to stay for them.
This kind of small town couldn’t compare to staying in the city. It rarely received outsiders so there was no inn. However, this wasn’t a big issue. Cultivator Sun just found a family in the town, spent some money, rented a few empty rooms, and smoothly settled the three of them in there.
Jian Yi’s mood was somewhat low. When he entered the house, he retreated to his own room to rest.
Wen Xuan originally wanted to ask Jian Yi to come with him, but when he opened his mouth, he felt like there was something in his throat preventing him from speaking. While he wanted Jian Yi to accompany him, he also felt like this investigation might unveil some troubling truth. It was better for him to do it solo. After hesitating slightly, he shook his head and sighed, ending up heading out alone.
Entering the center of the town, the view wasn’t much different from when he first arrived here. There was still a group of kids playing on the street. There were still some people resting under the tree.
It wasn’t completely the same people that were here yesterday. However, Wen Xuan can clearly see that the middle aged man from yesterday was still here, looking like the idler type.
Wen Xuan walked over. That person raised his head and said with a somewhat sour tone: “What’s that old fellow?” This was him expressing displeasure over how Cultivator Sun prevented him from making money yesterday.
Wen Xuan shook his head and didn’t answer. He only pulled out a few pieces of silver: “I have something to inquire from you.”
Cultivators usually didn’t use gold and silver, but in this kind of place, they were much more useful than spiritual stones. When that middle aged man saw these pieces of silver, his eyes immediately became fixed. With a face beaming with joy, he promptly extended his hands to grab them.
However, Wen Xuan’s speed was even faster. Before those hands reached over, Wen Xuan closed his hands and held those silver in his fist: “I want to know a little more about the female ghost mentioned yesterday.”
That person helplessly withdrew his hands, smacking his lips in regret. His gaze remained staring unblinkingly at Wen Xuan’s fist: “Cultivator sir, since you already know it’s a female ghost, what else do you want to ask?”
“I want to know about her life.”
When he heard these words, that middle aged man froze. Instantly, he shifted his gaze from Wen Xuan’s hand to look at Wen Xuan’s face. His entire expression looked somewhat dumbfounded. Of course he should be dumbfounded. When that female ghost started haunting that mountain, he wasn’t even born yet. For him to be questioned about this matter, Wen Xuan really found the wrong person.
However, Wen Xuan had his own plans. He knew with people like this, even if they couldn’t give him the answer, they could help point him in the right direction.
Surely, after this middle aged man struggled for a moment, he had an idea. Deliberately smiling calmly, he said: “Although I can’t answer you directly, I know who can tell you.”
Wen Xuan nodded, stopped squeezing his fist, and handed the pieces of silver over.
The middle aged man held it extremely happily, then got up to guide Wen Xuan. Soon, they arrived at a somewhat old fashioned house.
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Saying this, he gave that old man an eye gesture, probably indicating that Wen Xuan was rather generous with money.
Old man Zhao understood tacitly and immediately gave an enthusiastic smile: “What does this cultivator sir want to know?”
This person was probably 60-70 years old. He was only about 10 years older than Wen Xuan. But as a mortal, this was an age that most people couldn’t live to. Although old man Zhao was clear-headed, his appearance couldn’t help but emit a rather aged aura.
“The female ghost in that mountain.” The middle aged man answered for Wen Xuan: “The cultivator sir wants to know about when she was alive. Do you know anything?”
When he heard these words, old man Zhao visibly had a shock.
After a while, he controlled his surprise, expression changing subtly, like he was recalling something. This was actually a memory that shouldn’t be recalled. Old man Zhao’s expression gradually became sorrowful.
Seeing this reaction from him, Wen Xuan knew there was a story here. His expression unconsciously became grave. In regards to the story he was about to hear, actually he was somewhat nervous and uneasy. But he also knew that he couldn’t avoid investigating this truth.
After some unknown time passed, old man Zhao finally gave a sigh: “Her…… I’ve been hearing people call her female ghost, female ghost. It’s really been many years since anyone talked about her life.”
“Do you know her?” Wen Xuan hastily asked: “When she was alive?”
“It’s the same town after all. Although it can’t be called close, I still saw her here and there.” Old man Zhao said: “What do you want to know?”
For a moment, Wen Xuan didn’t know where to begin asking and could only say: “Anything you want to say.”
Therefore, old man Zhao began recounting from the very beginning.
“At that time, we were the same age. She was already a flower in the town. When all the guys in town saw her, their eyes instantly became transfixed. Unfortunately……” He shook his head and pointed at his mouth: “She’s a mute.”
So she really was a mute. Wen Xuan unconsciously felt his heart constrict.
Old man Zhao already forgot what her name was and could only remember that people in town called her Mute Flower back then. Mute Flower had a father and two older brothers at home. Her mother died early. Her life was very hard since childhood because her father didn’t like dealing with her, her older brothers kept bullying her.
“But at that time, at least she lived like a human.” Saying this, a look of terror appeared on old man Zhao’s face. His voice trembled somewhat: “Until that time, that time, that thing suddenly flipped over that mountain, charged into the town. That thing……”
His entire body shook as he spoke inarticulately: “That… that monster!”
Wen Xuan hastily poured him a cup of tea. Old man Zhao drank it and took quite a while to calm down.
“Was it the heavenly demonic beast?” Wen Xuan asked.
“I don’t know any heavenly demonic beasts. That was just a monster.” Old man Zhao said with a deathly white face: “A monster that ate people.”
Old man Zhao attempted to describe the appearance of that heavenly demonic beast, but that memory was practically a nightmare to him. In the end, what he described was a complete mess. Wen Xuan could only gather that it was a blue colored monster with a huge body. It had the strength of three bears and was covered completely by scales. The heavenly demonic beast’s horn and sharp fangs were also described repeatedly by old man Zhao, clearly having left behind quite a heavy shadow in his heart.
“There was a cave on that mountain before.” Old man Zhao pointed at the snowy mountain: “At that time, it was occupied by that monster which made it into its nest.”
Wen Xuan nodded. He knew that cave.
The words that followed, however, made Wen Xuan’s complexion change slightly. “That monster grabbed the townspeople over there, ripped them apart and stuffed them into that cave. Half of the cave was stuffed full, blood and flesh mixing together.”
What kind of terrifying image must that be? Wen Xuan couldn’t resist recalling the view of that cave, remembering the dark colored walls and ground. His face unconsciously turned pale.
“That nightmare continued for over a year, over a year!” Old man Zhao’s mood became animated again: “We couldn’t do anything back then and could only run around all over, doing our best to hide. However, people still got captured by it one by one! My younger brother, my father, my uncle, they were all taken by it! Until one day, two cultivators discovered this place and helped us kill that monster……”
Saying this, old man Zhao was practically crying: “I finally found their corpse, in that cave, ripped to pieces……”
Wen Xuan continuously comforted him and attempted to guess the relationship between that terrifying memory and the female ghost: “So at that time, she was also……”
“Also snatched over.” Old man Zhao gave a definite answer: “Snatched over together with her father. Later, we also found the body of her father in the same way, scattered all over, mixed in together with the other people, practically indiscernible.”
Wen Xuan’s expression was solemn: “Since the cause of death was so horrendous, it’s not strange for that soul to remain there for so long.”
“Are you talking about that Mute Flower?” Old man Zhao heard him, but revealed a strange expression: “That’s not right. She didn’t die at that time.”
Wen Xuan was stunned.
“Everyone that the monster ripped apart were all of the young and old men in this town.” Old man Zhao told Wen Xuan: “As for all of the women back then, although they were also stuffed into that cave, most of their corpses were intact. Some even survived.”
“This……” Wen Xuan started feeling incredulous. He was just about to ask when he understood. His expression instantly changed.
As expected, old man Zhao continued with a sigh, shaking his head: “But what they encountered…… who can say, perhaps getting ripped apart directly was even better. Some of those who were finally rescued couldn’t stand the humiliation, and took their lives soon after.”
Wen Xuan squeezed his fists tightly in his sleeves, saying silently ‘ just as I thought’.
That heaven demonic beast didn’t only capture the townspeople to feast on, it also captured the youth women to rape. It’s really heinous beyond redemption. How infuriating. Good thing Chu Lian and Ye ShengGe arrived in the nick of time and eliminated this evil from the world. What a noteworthy achievement.
“As for that Mute Flower. She managed to survive back then but didn’t live for more than two years.” Old man Zhao said in the end: “Since she had that kind of encounter…… After that, she became a little crazy. Not to mention her father died. Her two older brothers took their anger out on her and bullied her even worse. Finally one day, she was found dead inside a gully and passed just like that.”
This was the ending to the story. The Mute Flower ghost’s life was very simple, yet very tragic, making people lament endlessly for her.
Wen Xuan recalled the scene he encountered inside the cave and felt a wave of heaviness in his heart.
“However, for her life to end like that, didn’t really count as a bad thing.” Old man Zhao exclaimed with a bitter smile: “At least she was free.”
Wen Xuan looked at this bitter smile, then suddenly felt something wasn’t right.
This story wasn’t right.
If death was really a release, she wouldn’t have become a ghost and remained in this world. If everything were really that simple, it couldn’t explain the reason for her heavy regret. It also didn’t explain her strange behavior inside the cave. How can she show such a strong attachment to a life so tragic?
Although the old man said a lot, he seemed to have covered up something.
At this moment, Wen Xuan thought about a lot of things. He thought about what kind of logical explanation could fit into all of this. Then he stared into old man Zhao’s eyes and asked one last question.
“Did she leave a child?”
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Fuck I was right! She’s his mother.
Now I just need to know what happened to YSD.
Que dor, ela sofreu tanto…
YALL.. I WAS WRONG BUT THIS IS EVEN FUCKING BWTTER YO….
YALL THE TEA IS boiling RN YALL. HELP ME OMG YALL..
This was my second theory regarding his origins bc why else would the elders despise him so 😭
He is half demonic beast? Then did that ye shenge guy seal away his demonic attributes? Using his own visage to hide him away?
Clever!!!
DAMN THE FORESHADOWING FROM MS MURONG! WHOOOOO
WHOAAAAAAA
Is wen xuan also half breed?
BOOM!!!
I bet he’s that kid
I already said there’s no way he is 100% human
But damn! His mother had a tragic life and death