With Qi Xuan’s addition, the bandits were quickly dealt with. He didn’t kill anyone, but he left them disabled. However, the people from the escort agency didn’t spare them.
Qi Xuan thought about how soon he would see the two Ghost Messengers again.
"Thank you, brave warrior. Your skills are remarkable. Can you join our escort agency? You will certainly be well-rewarded."
The leader of the escort agency felt quite troubled. Although he had traveled this road many times, these bandits were not so greedy in the past. It’s nice to have cleaned them up, so traveling this route in the future will be worry-free.
Qi Xuan shook his head, "No." With that, he intended to leave.
Xiao Wan ran over again, "Thank you, benefactor."
"You’re wele." Qi Xuan left again.
To be honest, he found it quite interesting that he had saved them twice.
He waited in the shadows for them to leave.
The leader of the escort agency seemed like a good person. Despite being in a hurry, he buried those people.
Burying them is to give peace to the dead, even if they were bad in life.
By the time the burial was done, it was almost dark.
This time, there were several people traveling with the escort agency, and they all disagreed about staying here overnight?
"If you do not agree, then leave. There’s no one further on, and it’s safe here right now."
Xiao Wan’s family said nothing and followed the arrangement. They had their own carriage, and soon the whole family was resting inside.
"Grandmother, that hero saved us twice."
"Yes, indeed." The elderly sighed, recalling a blind fortune teller in the capital who said Xiao Wan might not survive the year.
The elderly couple only had their grandson and granddaughter left, so no matter what, they couldn’t bear to send their children off before themselves. They bowed to the fortune teller, who advised them to leave the capital immediately.
The couple packed up overnight, transferred the shop the next day, and prepared to return to their hometown with the two children.
Who would have known that road was not peaceful, encountering several waves of robbers along the way?
The elderly pulled their granddaughter’s hand, "Xiao Wan, we surely can go home. In the future, we will live peacefully at home."
With hardships and exhaustion not to fear, as long as they survive, to see the granddaughter marry and grandson wed and have children.
"Grandmother, we definitely can go home."
Qi Xuan, hidden not far away, heard the elderly couple’s words.
Soon, the Ghost Messengers appeared, and Qi Xuan showed himself to greet them.
Thinking to himself that this time they came quite early, and in his understanding, when people die, Ghost Messengers e to collect the soul.
"It seems both Ghost Messengers have progressed in cultivation."
"You can tell?"
"I feel that your bodies are different from before, but I can’t really explain it."
"We’ve been cultivating in recent times, which delayed us."
"Cultivation is more important."
"Yes, but these people still cause trouble. Especially that girl; she should have died long ago."
Qi Xuan froze for a moment, thinking the fortune teller had been quite accurate.
"But her fate has changed."
Qi Xuan didn’t understand this and didn’t care too much.
"If there’s anything you need, you can tell me. I plan to stay here for some time."
The Ghost Messengers thought the whole family was quite generous?
"Thank you, fellow cultivator. We don’t need anything right now."
Having sent off the Ghost Messengers, Qi Xuan left again.
He moved quickly, traveling through the night.
Upon reaching a river, he stopped there.
Meditating by the water was still effective.
Returning to the escort agency, before dawn, they woke everyone to set off.
"If you move too slowly, you’ll still have to camp outside tonight."
Nobody wants to be outside; it’s too dangerous and unfortable.
This time, no one plained.
By noon, they reached the riverside to rest and cook.
Xiao Wan looked at the fire beside her, thinking it must be the benefactor who stopped here. She smiled and continued to light a fire on the pile of ashes.
Qi Xuan traveled on and off, arriving at a small mountain village two days later.
The village wasn’t large, with only a little over thirty households. Looking around, they seemed quite poor.
Although he didn’t understand feng shui, learning about Arrays gave him some understanding of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams.
Here, near a mountain and beside water, seemed like a feng shui treasure.
After entering the village, he noticed something was amiss. This was the Mortal World, why would there be an Array?
Thinking if he could e to cultivate, others might as well.
However, this Array was an Evil Array, absorbing all local feng shui.
Qi Xuan approached. It was the village’s ancestral hall. Was everyone in this village from one family?
Looking at the willow tree beside him, he smiled, realizing the people here were quite capable.
The Array was actually quite simple; Qi Xuan could break it with a wave of the hand, but without understanding what’s going on, it’s better to investigate first.
Encountering something interesting naturally made him want to stay and see.
At this time, there was no one in the village. They should all be in the fields. He saw an old man sitting at the gate, weaving a basket. "Old man, I’m passing through here. May I ask what village is this?"
"This is the Che Family Village, every household makes their living with vehicles."
"Old man, I would like to lodge here; do you know which house would be convenient?"
"You want to lodge?"
"I wander around, and seeing that your village is nice, I want to live here for a while."
"Then you can stay at my house. It’s just the two of us old folks."
"Thank you, old man."
"There’s a bench in the courtyard, you can get it yourself."
It’s been so long since they’ve seen outsiders, the old man answered all the questions Qi Xuan asked.
"This village had someone remarkable, but their family has moved out, and they are all high officials now. Every year, they return to the ancestral hall to worship, but they don’t offer much aid to the villagers."
Qi Xuan roughly understood that they referred to those who left and became successful.
"Old man, do they e every year?"
"Yes, they should be ing these days."
"Old man, aside from their family, are there any ambitious households in the village?"
"No, everyone else farms at home."
Qi Xuan was thinking to wait and see them, the Array has been around for decades, and those ing for worship might not certainly know what’s going on.
Actually, it wasn’t that important. He mainly wanted to know how this Array came to be, who set it up. If not the people from their own family, there wouldn’t be a need to take such a risk.
Soon after, an old woman carrying a basket came back.
"Old woman, this warrior wants to stay at our home."
"Alright, that’s fine."
Qi Xuan stayed at the gate, watching people return from the fields. Each seemed quite miserable, and their spirits were not well.
Besides, it was obviously noticeable that the men’s health wasn’t in great condition here.
Thinking it might be due to poor living conditions.
At night, he ate with the elderly couple. Honestly, the living conditions were very poor. He had just a piece of sweet potato, thinking to help before leaving.
Looking at their situation, they probably didn’t have children.
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