Jade Pendant Information, Handling Loose Ends

"Ah!"

"It hurts!"

"Help... help me..."

Screams rang out in an instant. Amid the cries of agony, three figures suddenly collapsed to the ground.

They rolled about frantically. The three flames were exceptionally fierce; in just a few breaths, they stopped moving.

The flames swiftly burned them to ashes, leaving behind only a patch of black soot.

Ma Xiuwen and the old woman beside him stared at the man in black robes with terror on their faces.

"Sir, you... what are you trying to do...?"

By then, Ma Xiuwen had already stepped in front of his elderly mother.

Li Qing looked at them quietly and said flatly, "I saved you because I wanted to ask you some questions."

"You only need to answer me truthfully. I won't do anything to you."

At this point, the old woman clutched her shoulder and slowly rose to her feet. She gave Li Qing a slight, respectful bow.

"Thank you, sir, for saving our lives. If not for you, my son and I would surely have come to no good end today."

"Whatever you wish to ask, sir, I can answer."

Li Qing nodded silently. "Do you know that you are Ma Bowen's descendants?"

Hearing Li Qing's words, the old woman's heart skipped a beat.

She nodded and said, "We know. My son's ancestor was indeed Ma Bowen."

"What I want to ask now is, where is Ma Bowen's tomb? Do you know?"

The old woman hurriedly shook her head. "Many people have actually come to ask about what you are asking, sir."

"We also know what you wish to ask."

"The Ma family's ancestor truly was a figure who shook heaven and earth."

"But he did not pass down even the slightest bit of any cultivation method. He merely told the Ma family's