Black Hole, Curse

One wen?

Did he take me for an idiot?

Zeng Shu grumbled inwardly, but he did not dare snatch it and could only suppress his curiosity.

Qin Qinxue, meanwhile, was very puzzled.

"Why are his eyes so sharp?"

She began reflecting on herself, feeling that she simply was not observant enough.

Sure enough!

Success was never accidental!

"He even picks up one wen? Brother Li Bai, that isn't a good habit. We're cultivators, so why care about money..." Cao Quan took the opportunity to show off, lecturing Yi Xiaofeng relentlessly.

This time, even Qin Qinxue could no longer stand it.

Other than showing off, this guy was truly useless.

In any case, they had learned almost everything they needed to know!

Qin Qinxue said, "Brother Cao, the rain has eased. Let's split up. My fellow disciples and I have other matters to attend to, so we'll be leaving first."

With that, she pulled Yi Xiaofeng away.

Zeng Shu hurriedly followed.

"Hey, Miss Qin, you... I..." Cao Quan wanted to follow, but Qin Qinxue waved him off, leaving him too embarrassed to do so.

After Yi Xiaofeng and the others shook him off, Zeng Shu could not help complaining, "I've wanted to split up with that idiot for ages. He's such a bootlicker!"

Qin Qinxue shook her head with a smile. Though she was the one being flattered, she was not happy about it at all.

Instead, she found it irritating.

Before, they could still get some information from Cao Quan. After leaving the Slaughter Field, all he had said was nonsense.

Yi Xiaofeng did not respond. He was recalling the feeling from earlier.

The rain had been too heavy, so he had not seen clearly what he picked up, but he could still remember how it felt.

It was not paper or cloth, which meant it was not a secret manual.

It felt very much like a metal shard.

What could it be?

Yi Xiaofeng's heart itched like it was being clawed by a cat.

It was just like waiting for lottery results to be drawn.

The viewers were also curious:

"Yi Xiaofeng moved so fast!"

"He really seemed to have picked something up just now!"

"With such heavy rain, does he have the Sharingan?"

"One wen? What a load of nonsense."

"Master of Lies—Yi Xiaofeng!"

"Poor tool Cao Quan, getting abandoned just like that. See? Bootlickers never get treated well."

The torrential rain at Zhuo Ye Fortress came quickly and vanished just as quickly.

Walking along the muddy streets, Yi Xiaofeng and the other two remained extremely cautious, afraid that enemies might rush out from the shadows.

They did not encounter many people along the way. They would only see someone every hundred meters or so, showing just how vast Zhuo Ye Fortress was.

At this moment.

A group of cultivators ran out from a nearby street and rushed past them without slowing down.

"Someone died again?"

"Yeah. This time, it was the Young Fortress Master's younger brother and sister-in-law. Apparently, the couple had both been beheaded."

"If that's the case, the killer isn't after the Seven-Colored Glass Fruit. They want revenge against Zhuo Ye Fortress!"

"Perhaps. Zhuo Ye Fortress has existed for two hundred years and has made plenty of enemies."

"The Young Fortress Master is furious and has already begun gathering Zhuo Ye Fortress disciples to search the fortress."

Listening to the cultivators, Yi Xiaofeng and the other two exchanged looks.

So the heads mentioned earlier by the Straw Cape Man belonged to Shan Tiange's younger brother and sister-in-law.

They did not follow them over. Going would be useless anyway; they would only get to watch Shan Tiange lose his temper.

Under Qin Qinxue's lead, they searched everywhere for the original residents of Zhuo Ye Fortress.

For some reason, they had seen very few of the fortress's commoners along the way. It felt like an empty city.

At long last, they spotted an old woman in front of a pavilion.

The old woman sat on a stool, leaning on a cane. Her eyes were cloudy, and she sat there without moving, like a statue.

"Ma'am, why are you the only one around here?" Qin Qinxue bent down and asked.

The old woman turned to look at her and slowly said, "I'm waiting for my son to come home for dinner."

"Ma'am, I'm asking why everyone else is gone."

"I'm waiting for my son to come home for dinner."

"Ma'am, can't you hear me?"

"I'm waiting for my son to come home for dinner."

"..."

Qin Qinxue was speechless.

Yi Xiaofeng frowned slightly.

Was this implying that her son had met with misfortune?

Zeng Shu said, "Let's find someone else."

Qin Qinxue sighed, rose to her feet, and left with Yi Xiaofeng and Zeng Shu.

"Never go to the Black Hole. People will die." The old woman suddenly spoke.

Startled, Yi Xiaofeng and the other two turned back to look at her.

The Black Hole?

Qin Qinxue pressed, "What is the Black Hole? Where is it?"

It certainly was not the cosmic black hole they understood it to be.

The old woman replied, "I'm waiting for my son to come home for dinner."

Qin Qinxue was speechless again.

Unwilling to give up, she asked several more questions.

But she did not get a third answer different from the others.

Yi Xiaofeng suddenly saw red light flickering on the doorpost behind the old woman.

He immediately stepped closer.

A Golden Cricket was nailed to the doorpost.

With quick hands, he immediately tore the Golden Cricket down and stuffed it into his belt.

"Isn't that a little wrong? That gold belongs to the old woman..." Zeng Shu widened his eyes and reminded him.

Hadn't they said Yi Xiaofeng was a rich man?

Why did he care so much about gold and silver?

Yi Xiaofeng calmly said, "The old woman is home alone. If criminals see it, they might hurt her."

Zeng Shu gave him the middle finger.

The Barrage also flooded with the words "shameless."

Zeng Shu and Qin Qinxue did not think much of it. As long as it was not a secret manual or a clue, they did not care.

As they left, Yi Xiaofeng pondered.

Why was there another Golden Cricket?

Could the Bei Wei Royal Family have once massacred Zhuo Ye Fortress?

That should not be possible!

If that were true, the matter would certainly have caused a huge uproar.

Yi Xiaofeng felt that the old Fortress Lord's death might be connected to the Bei Wei Royal Family.

Four women approached from ahead. Each was petite and beautiful, carrying a treasured sword with cold, indifferent eyes.

As they passed Yi Xiaofeng and the others, the woman in green at the front suddenly raised her sword and blocked Yi Xiaofeng.

"Someone previously claimed that you are the son-in-law of Wei Qixin from Su Xin Palace," the woman in green said.

Zeng Shu and Qin Qinxue frowned.

Yi Xiaofeng examined them, surprised inwardly.

He shook his head. "Utter nonsense!"

It was so direct that he naturally had to deny it!

The woman in green frowned, then withdrew her sword and turned to leave.

"How baffling," Zeng Shu muttered, though his eyes flickered.

Yi Xiaofeng deliberately did not look at them.

But he vaguely had an answer in his heart.

Perhaps these four women were disciples of Su Xin Palace.

Su Xin Palace was mostly composed of women.

The three continued onward.

After the time it took to burn an incense stick, they finally encountered another commoner.

She was a middle-aged woman, likewise waiting in front of her own pavilion.

The moment she saw Yi Xiaofeng and the other two, she was so frightened that she hurriedly hid inside and tightly shut the door.

Qin Qinxue went forward and knocked. "Miss, don't worry. We're not bad people. We want to investigate the old Fortress Lord's case. Can you tell us about Zhuo Ye Fortress's past?"

Calling a middle-aged aunt "miss" was acceptable too.

Yi Xiaofeng grumbled inwardly.

The middle-aged woman did not answer.

Yi Xiaofeng turned to look at the eaves beside them.

Zeng Shu asked curiously, "What is it?"

"It seemed like someone was watching us just now," Yi Xiaofeng answered.

He was at Qi Refining Layer 3, while Zeng Shu and Qin Qinxue were only at the first layer of the Qi Refining Realm. Naturally, their senses could not compare to Yi Xiaofeng's.

Hearing that, Qin Qinxue also turned to look.

At that moment, the middle-aged woman's voice came from inside the house. "You three, I advise you to leave quickly... If you stay here, you'll die... You'll definitely die... No one can escape the curse..."