Although Qin Manjiang had already deduced from various clues that Li Xijiu was very likely still alive.
Now that he had actually received definite news, he could barely contain his excitement.
There was actually one issue Qin Manjiang had been overlooking all along: Li Xijiu's family.
If Li Xijiu had really gone missing, Qin Manjiang would certainly have been the first person to receive a call from the Li Family.
Yet the fact was that Li Xijiu's family had not called him once in the past two months.
Qin Manjiang himself felt somewhat fortunate, too. Subconsciously, he had been avoiding speaking to the Li Family, so he had been unwilling to think along those lines.
In fact, this was the strongest evidence that Li Xijiu was still alive.
Li Xijiu had been staying in touch with his family all along, which was why Qin Manjiang had never received a call from the Li Family.
But why hadn't he contacted me?
Li Xijiu couldn't be a ghost... a ghost wouldn't pay its respects to Old Qin.
Then why hadn't he contacted me?
Perhaps he was indeed still alive, but his current condition no longer allowed him to meet Qin Manjiang.
Qin Manjiang vaguely guessed at several possibilities.
But whatever the case, this was already the best news he had received on this trip.
Qin Manjiang let out a long sigh of relief.
[Eye Realm] had detected an extremely terrifying Ghost Story in Lower River Village, but had been unable to investigate it clearly.
This village... the place where he had grown up, hid many secrets.
He had never felt that way when he lived in the village, but now, looking at it as an outsider, there really was something eerie about every corner of Lower River Village...
For instance, Qin Manjiang