
What are these people doing?
Yi Hua rubbed the sweat running down his forehead. The pain in his hand was still there, but not as severe as before. Yi Hua had also regained his sight. Sometimes he thought why Shen Qibo was so strange by constantly closing his eyes, when he could see. Without good eyesight we can do nothing.
I don't know.
"What are you guys doing? You guys want to be buried here?" wei Qionglin said as he stared intently at the merchants.
The man had just finished treating someone who was inhabited before, so he could only overcome these merchants. After all, he did not think that these people would be so greedy in a crucial moment. Moreover, taking mushrooms that are clearly no bigger than the pinky of adults.
One of the merchants lowered his head to pay his respects to Wei Qionglin, "We will not dig so much, General Wei. This is a rare thing that can't be found anywhere. Plus who guarantees that we won't be bitten again along the way."
That makes a little sense!
However, Wei Qionglin obviously could not be harsh on civilians. Moreover, he was not currently on duty. He could only watch, and make sure these people came out safely from the Valley of Dust.
Wei Qionglin tried to ask Yi Hua for her opinion, but Yi Hua simply shrugged her shoulders. It was as if Yi Hua did not care so much. In fact Yi Hua only avoided useless debates. Another case if his opinion is heard here.
After all, does anyone understand the meaning of being so rare?
Something very hard to get. If you get one cow in the ocean, it doesn't mean you get it again. It's very simple to think about. Clearly Yi Hua could judge the outcome of all this. They won't be able to get it.
One of the merchants, whom Yi Hua did not want to know his name at all, pointed towards Yi Hua. In his hand was a typical sword-like short sword for cooking in the kitchen. He clearly knew that the sword was one of the things sold in his merchandise.
"You must have taken all that mushrooms! You should have shared. How could you want to make a lot of money by yourself?" his shout did not accept as he pointed at Yi Hua.
This towering useless high uncle dared to greedyly shout greedy!
After all, she clearly saw that Yi Hua only had one mushroom in her hand. That's no bigger than a single kuaci. If not for Xiao, who was the system, confirming its location, Yi Hua would not have found it either.
"Basic! Try to think Yi Hua. Tell me, if you get that mushroom, but the payoff is you're buried in the ground. Which one did you choose?" xiao asked in Yi Hua's ear.
"Of course I want to get a mushroom, and not buried in the ground," explained Yi Hua who was obviously greedier than everyone else.
Yi Hua's voice was loud enough to be heard by the others. However, Yi Hua is Yi Hua ... If he is not arrogant and good at insulting, then he will wither.
The uncle was getting angry. If there was no General Wei Qionglin here maybe he would attack Yi Hua who looked fragile like a kapok fruit. Unfortunately, he was also somewhat wary due to Yi Hua's ability in using talismans. So that Uncle chose to point from a distance.
"I guessed it. You have the antidote mushroom. Give us a little, and we'll both sell it. You must be a new trader and have no connections. I can find a buyer who will buy the mushrooms with expensive," said the Uncle with typical negotiations of the merchant.
Yi Hua nodded his head while folding both of his arms around his chest. "Very interesting."
Yi Hua immediately picked up something that was tucked inside his pocket. It made the merchants stare at the spirit. Then, Yi Hua's hand grabbed a package, and headed towards Ping.
"Hey, little boy. Eat this! Maybe we'll be here a long time, and I don't want to hear a smelly little boy like you whining about hunger" said Yi Hua, who has a speech that has no sweetness.
What Yi Hua handed over was a piece of meat-filled bread that Yi Hua had stored. While they were still in the restaurant before Yi Hua kept the remaining untouched bread on the table. Who would have thought that it would be useful, whereas Yi Hua simply did not want to waste food.
Ping exclaimed happily while biting at the already-cooled meat bun. "Thank you, brother."
Ping father also lowered his head to thank Yi Hua. Looks like Ping's father isn't impressed to interfere. Moreover, the old man only cared about Ping's safety.
"Thank you, Miss ... I mean Sir," said Father Ping who always forgot about the thing that Yi Hua reiterated.
But it made the anger of the merchants ignited. "How could you be so greedy? You must want to get out of this place safely alone!"
Now they're talking about greed and all that? You better talk to your own knee, who knows your knee can bring your brain back. So that your brain no longer stays on your knees. Those were the words of pearl that Yi Hua nurtured in his head. He just didn't want to say it directly because he was afraid of sin.
Yi Hua nodded. "Of course I want to get out safely. I still have to let go of the neighbor cow I kept in the closet."
"That doesn't make sense. You're playing us!" the merchant shouted furiously.
Yi Hua clapped his hands a few times. "Exactly. That doesn't make any sense. You see that I only get one mushroom. Obviously you all saw that I used all of that mushroom to treat Uncle. The rest is with General Wei, and it has also been used. If there's anything I can hide, then it's the Mushroom's spirit."
Then, they can't say anything more. It made Wei Qionglin admire Yi Hua who was very good at deceiving others with his words. Honestly speaking Wei Qionglin was rarely in the Li Kingdom High Court because he served outside the City Center.
However, he often heard the Officials complaining about Yi Hua who was now quite good at explaining and insulting them at once.
Wei Qionglin was sure that if Yi Hua wanted to obtain it, he definitely had an idea about it. However, Yi Hua could not do it. That's all because if the fungus is heard coming out, then the Valley of Dust may not be a place to be feared anymore. It would be safer if this place remained hidden. Because there are a lot of secrets there.
Including countless bones. Who could think positively on the remains of such a massacre?
It should be now that Yi Hua came out of this hole, and went home. Wasn't his job just to get General Wei to meet Shen Qibo? He had also found the antidote mushroom, so Yi Hua obviously had no interest here.
The merchants were at a loss for words, so they continued their excavations on the cave walls. This time Yi Hua did not care about it. Wei Qionglin was also probably already very lazy to deal with it. He just did not want to get carried away with emotions to make the traders hurt.
And, ...
TUKS!
The stone bounced towards him so Yi Hua put on his head covering as usual. He had already given the rope for his headgear so as not to disappear, even though Yi Hua had forgotten. These people were so excited to dig this place, and Yi Hua did not care.
But, ...
Just as Yi Hua wanted to dart like he was accustomed to after being in debt at the stall, the shouting voice of a merchant made Yi Hua's move come to a halt. Not because he cared about the man, but more about what he cried out.
"There's a skeleton here ..." The shout made the other traders also panic and away from the hole wall.
Yi Hua flew his talismans into the air. His eyes caught a strange image that was actually writing. Yi Hua frowned. Why does he seem to know this writing?
Yi read it in his heart, "The destruction of the Li Kingdom."
Whahuh?
"How can you read it?" asked Xiao in a flat tone. As if this is a very serious matter. I don't know which is more serious. The meaning of the writing or how Yi Hua could read it.
"Read it," Yi Hua said as he was.
At first Yi Hua was unaware of these images because her eyes were almost blind. However, after his eyes could see again, he immediately knew that this place was the new tunnel he had reached in the Dust Valley hole. He had never been to this tunnel before. Also, ...
Xiao continued, "That is a kind of cipher that is often used by the Li Kingdom. Usually only educated people know. I can't believe that Yi Hua can read it either, because these ciphers are only a handful of people who know. Not even many royal officials know about it. If you don't believe me, ask General Wei. People like him usually know the password."
If Yi Hua couldn't possibly know, what she herself was, she meant, she was in her previous life who knew it.
"General Wei, the wall ..." Show Yi Hua on the wall decorated with strange images.
It was like being dredged with a sharp object on a stone wall. Also, it should be so powerful that it could dredge a girl deep enough in the cave walls. Even though these strange images were written for a long time, what was written there was not easily lost by water and moss.
Wei Qionglin groped the wall to be sure, "Did these images tell me about the plan?" wei Qionglin asked with a pale face.
The question is ... Wh who?
"A few years ago, the Blind Priest, Shen Qibo committed a great massacre. One city was wiped out in one night" said Yi Hua, who began to assess what had really happened.
If anyone had written about this plan, it would not have happened after the massacre. It was all because there was no one else in this dead city, and this city had already become the Valley of Dust. If there really was this plan, then it was planned before Shen Qibo did his crazy stunt.
Suddenly Yi Hua thought something quite bad. Moreover, Shen Qibo was one of the members of the Night Army.
Do you remember that the Night Army is the ones who do the dirty work to protect the kingdom. It was like no one knew their identity, and their dead lives no one knew. No one knows their real names, and they might die without their real names. That's a reasonableness.
Like a member of the Night Army in disguise. Use other names and other identities. Then, he died in his mission, then he would die as his identity in disguise. No one will know about it all.
If Yi Hua had never dreamed about Yue Yan and Shen Qibo's past, then Yi Hua would not have known if Shen Qibo was a member of the Night Army either. Or rather a former member of the Night Army.
Yi Hua rubbed the red jewel on his left ear. "If I'm right, maybe this is a big secret of the kingdom" Yi Hua said as he looked at the dead body inside the wall.
Wei Qionglin followed the direction of view from Yi Hua. Perhaps this man also understood what Yi Hua was thinking. It was just that this was somewhat unacceptable for him when he thought about it. How could all his hatred for Shen Qibo seem meaningless when he saw all these possibilities?
Wei Qionglin suddenly recalled something. "At that time ... After the death of Princess Li Wei, a prophecy emerged ... I don't know from who."
A prophecy? Is this from Yi Hua?
Xiao did not confirm about it, "If it's about Yi Hua, then you're wrong. During the great strife in the Li Kingdom, Yi Hua was even still very small. Maybe Yi Hua at that time was just a child who often rubbed his snot until it stuck in the nose."
"What is the content of the prophecy, General Wei?" yi Hua asked to be sure. Obviously he was lacking information about all of this.
Especially when all the problems widened at length times high, but the edges returned again to Princess Li Wei. It's like everything is connected there.
"The "wrong king. The one standing on the throne is not someone who is endowed with a God. You know not that the decline of the Li Kingdom was based on a prophecy from the Gods," explained Wei Qionglin who was suddenly dizzy.
So, all of these problems stem from the dark past history of the Li Kingdom. Even after Princess Li Wei died, misfortune still came in the Li Kingdom.
"What is His Majesty King Li Shen ..." Yi Hua hung up her sentence just so she wouldn't mention something she shouldn't have mentioned.
Wei Qionglin shook his head. "No. This is about the previous King. Father of His Majesty King Li Shen."
Hehh??
The kingdom ordered Wei Qionglin to rescue the residents. However, on the one hand the kingdom also has a plan to eliminate the traitors of the kingdom, namely these residents. And then, well, there comes one offender who is responsible for all this.
Shen Qibo's. He closed his eyes to blind himself to the world, for the world was also blind to him.
Is that possible? Then, what is everyone's hatred for Shen Qibo for?
"If anyone could foresee all of that, it might just be Ling Xiao. That was why he was expelled from the Li Kingdom," Wei Qionglin said in the end.
Ling Xiao's ... Yi Hua had met Ling Xiao once, and it was not a good meeting. He was even given a drink to unlock his true form. As Yi Hua recalled, An said that Ling Xiao lived not far from the Dust Valley. The man was alone while painting.
Anyway, ... Who was the person foretold as the previous heir of the Li Kingdom at that time? Why are there so many disputes because of the prophecy? Yi Hua really could not deduce anything.
BRACKET!
Yi Hua heard a loud bang from the North. He touched the wall to feel the vibration. The hole inside this Dust Valley was like a labyrinth, so there were many paths there.
However, from the ground vibration Yi Hua could tell if the fight was close enough.
Is it time to end the fight between An and Shen Qibo?
Wei Qionglin sighed before saying, "We're out of here."
"cover it?" yi Hua asked with a very flat face.
"Yi Hua, ..."
Yi Hua headed towards the door of the hole they had managed to make earlier. They had to get out immediately because maybe the battle would make this underground hole wall waver. This place will probably be closed forever soon. And the secret in it too.
Even a little bit will only create a lot of disputes
BRACKET!
The stone walls around them suddenly collapsed. It created a new panic. Coupled with someone who looked out from the pile of rocks. The figure was definitely not human, as it looked fine when it slammed.
Soon someone else appeared from the dark. It was a figure in his all-black clothes. Yi Hua already knew who was coming.
Shen Qibo was smiling as he wiped the black blood flowing from his face. He is no longer human. All the bad energy resulting from the hatred of the people he killed made him a sinner. Healing for her is easy.
"Mr Shen, isn't it time for you to stop?" yi Hua asked while paying her respects.
Shen Qibo stared at the twists of worn cloth binding his arms. Yi Hua guessed that it was the cloth that Shen Qibo often tied to his eyes. However, due to the disguise earlier, Shen Qibo removed the cloth from his eyes.
"You recognize me?" shen Qibo asked with a smile on his face.
Yi Hua shrugged his shoulders. "Someone who claims to be a guide, and knows the Valley of Dust well. You also have a different skin color on your eyelids. That already shows that the section is often covered. Moreover, you are also not accustomed to the sunlight that hits the eyes, even though today is not so hot."
He even knew the guide was Shen Qibo.
"Seele Yi's eyes are meticulous," Shen Qibo replied as he wrapped the shabby cloth to cover his eyes again.
"You're purposely a guide just so there won't be any more victims, right? However Yue Yan still killed anyone who entered the Dust Valley," Yi Hua guessed.
Shen Qibo again shrugged his shoulders. "I'm afraid that Seer Yi is thinking too well of me."
Shen Qibo was just a person who lived with all the guilt in his daily life.
"I'm not a good person" Shen Qibo said in a very slow tone.
Indeed, if there was one thing that kept Shen Qibo alive until now, it was Yue Yan. The man lost all things in his life to Shen Qibo, so vengeance was the thing left of his life. It's very simple, but in life there's only one in a thousand people you can call a friend.
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