Later events she felt were not necessary to elaborate on, so she mostly glossed over them with a few words.
As the ’lonely soul’ of the Li Family, she could only change her identity in order to survive.
Rather than the reason for her resurrection, she was more interested in knowing who hard the Li Family.
After settling down, she learned through questioning others that it was their son-in-law, who had always been courteous and mild-mannered.
"I initially didn’t believe it,"
Perhaps that person was too well-disguised.
In the months following his marriage to their young lady, even the Li Family’s master, who was initially dissatisfied with him, gradually was impressed by his character, believing he was soone they could entrust to.
"So I thought it must be one of those folk legends that mysteriously circulated."
People these days may not be aware, but in their era, although lacking the internet or novels as we do today, there were still storybooks and places for storytellers. Without many entertainnt options, when people gathered, they enjoyed discussing various strange occurrences they had witnessed. Among them were often outrageous tales, spoken as if they were true, and the more they were passed around, the further they deviated from reality.
"Nevertheless, this was a big surprise for , because it ant that man wasn’t dead."
It’s only those who survived that would be the subject of speculation.
Otherwise, it’s unexplainable why everyone in the Li Mansion was investigated, but only he survived.
"At that ti, due to happiness and the urgent need to know the truth, I used every ans to find him."
The old lady’s fists unconsciously clenched.
"But what I never imagined was that in just a few months, he transford into the princess’s husband."
Mu Yunchu raised an eyebrow.
This was sothing she didn’t know.
After all, in the Illusion Realm, she saw that man jumping into the lake, and that was the conclusion.
And now, hearing that he didn’t actually die, Mu Yunchu was even more certain that this Illusion Realm had made so alterations based on the person’s mories.
Perhaps he felt guilty about Li Shang dying in the lake, and wanted to seek forgiveness through such ans.
The old lady said that she investigated many matters afterwards and finally confird that the downfall of the Li Mansion was entirely orchestrated by this man.
"Do you know why he did this?"
Mu Yunchu recalled by the pond, where the other person had told her countless tis, that from the very beginning, he approached Li Shang with a different intention.
"Was the original purpose the Li Family?"
Although many years had passed since this matter, Mu Yunchu still felt there wasn’t much significance in asking now, but as it concerned Li Shang, she continued questioning.
However, the other person shook their head.
"I don’t really know."
"Later, I used various thods to et that man up close once, and he admitted to my accusations. However, before I could ask more questions, he knocked out and threw outside of the city."
Mu Yunchu maintained a skeptical attitude towards the words ’knocked out.’
For the person who truly knew the truth, how could it be as simple as knocking out?
Mu Yunchu even speculated that she should have been ’killed’ and thrown outside the city, but survived due to so reason.
"Do you know why you are still alive today?"
The old woman shook her head in confusion.
Initially, she aged normally, but at seventy, her body stopped changing.
It was after then she realized she was neither aging nor dying, but the reason remained unknown. She couldn’t ask anyone else, so she would move occasionally to prevent others from discovering her secret.
Because she knew, once people discovered her body’s peculiarity, they would only see her as a monster or take her for research.
If she had t Mu Yunchu sooner, soone would have explained the reason to her.
"If there’s no accident," Mu Yunchu’s eyebrows pressed down, revealing her analysis results, "it’s likely because you ate Tai Sui."
"Tai Sui?"
Mu Yunchu: "This is all recorded in ancient texts."
She had never seen anyone in reality who had eaten Tai Sui at.
"Tai Sui can also be referred to as Flesh Ganoderma. It is said that eating it can render one ageless and immortal, extending their lifespan."
So legends have also ntioned this.
The old lady repeated the term again and again.
"But I never ate it."
"Soone probably fed it to you," Mu Yunchu said.
However, she couldn’t understand that person’s purpose.
On that night, hundreds from the Li Family died, yet this person saved a seemingly ordinary ’wet nurse.’
The only thing Mu Yunchu could know was that the woman before her was whom King Yan was searching for.
After hearing her recount these stories, she slowly revealed her purpose for this visit.
"You shouldn’t exist in this world."
Upon hearing this, the old lady wasn’t too saddened.
Actually, she had been exhausted from living for several hundred years with such a body.
Many might pursue immortality, hoping never to age.
But they must have such thoughts because they cherished many things in the world.
Perhaps it’s family or loved ones by their side, but she was rely lonely and isolated.
Or it might be because of having power and wealth at hand, yet she was rely an ordinary vendor owner. Though she indeed accumulated so wealth over the years, through the wars and changes across history, she couldn’t retain much.
Moreover... people who resist aging are often in the pri of their youth.
The old lady touched her face, full of wrinkles from ti.
How could any woman want to remain in a perpetual state with a wrinkled face and a halting gait?
She had nothing, making eternal life a tornt.
Even if she t new people, she had to repeatedly go through separation. So, later on, whenever she arrived in a new place, she lived alone in a secluded spot and no longer wished to develop deep connections with anyone.
If soone could offer her release, it would also be a good choice.
"I know."
"Even if I must finish what I want to do, I’d be willing to die imdiately."
"What is it you want to do?"
Mu Yunchu frowned. Even though she couldn’t see the expression on the other’s face, she could feel her current excitent.
She thought of sothing, and her face involuntarily fell, "What do you want to do."
"I want to avenge the Li Family."
"Even if I find his reincarnation, I must kill him with my own hands."
"Otherwise... I will have failed the master and lady above..."
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