Gu Yuan Village.
It was an utterly ordinary village, and its people were all honest and dutiful.
Originally, this place had been isolated from worldly strife, known to very few. Only after the strange phenomenon spread did people learn of it.
However, after the city lord stopped investigating, the village returned to normal once more, and the villagers gradually grew accustomed to the strange phenomenon.
Chi Yu followed Zi Lin back to this village. The villagers all greeted them warmly, assuming Chi Yu was one of Zi Lin's fellow disciples.
Neither of them explained. After exchanging a few pleasantries, Zi Lin led Chi Yu back to the wooden house on the hillside.
There was no one in Zi Lin's home. She had been raised by Grandma since childhood and had never met her parents or grandfather.
She had asked Grandma about them, but Grandma had deliberately avoided the subject. Grandma passed away four years ago, and her parents and grandfather became an eternal mystery.
A year after Grandma's death, she had been noticed by a passing Old Man, taken in as his disciple, and brought away from the village. From then on, fate had toyed with her as described above.
She had not returned for three years. The furnishings in the wooden house remained unchanged, but everything was covered in dust, with cobwebs everywhere.
After opening the door, Zi Lin looked at Chi Yu rather awkwardly.
Chi Yu smiled, and the two of them tidied up the wooden house once more.
Before long, the village chief brought some people over with food, resolving their immediate need.
Chi Yu did not sit idle either. He became a hunter once again, completely solving their food and clothing problems.
Late at night, dark clouds blanketed the sky. Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, and