"It looks like he has been dead for a long time, right?" Lin Yueru said, looking at the corpses that had turned into skeletons on the ground.
"No, these people have been dead for less than an hour." Zhao Ling'er shook her head and said.
"But, how could it become like this in such a period of time?" Lin Yueru was a little puzzled. Although compared to Li Xiaoyao, Lin Yueru was more attentive to her daughter's family, but after all, she was not as good as Zhao Ling'er.
"Ling'er is right, these people died of poison, caused by immortal cultivators or monsters." Although the surrounding monsters have dissipated, the traces here all illustrate the conclusion Ji Shaoyu said.
There is still a sour smell left in this piece of soil. Man-made poisonous damage cannot achieve such an effect. Moreover, the rich businessman's belongings are still here. If he had been dead for a long time, they would have been taken away by passers-by.
Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru dug a pit and buried the bodies of those people. As for the property, Lin Yueru would not take it, but Li Xiaoyao was not polite. Li Xiaoyao made a big fortune and put the gold and silver jewelry into the storage scroll. The smile on his face never disappeared for a moment.
"Look at you, you have some potential, okay?" Lin Yueru couldn't stand it and said something to him contemptuously.
"As for this, you don't understand. How can a wealthy lady like you, who only has clothes to stretch out her hands and food to open her mouth, understand the value of money?" Li Xiaoyao took two steps and said.
In the mountains and forests, there is a faint miasma, with a hint of evil in it. After Zhao Ling'er dispersed some of the miasma, she settled down with Ji Shaoyu, Li Xiaoyao, and Lin Yueru in a relatively open space in the mountain forest.
At night, Zhao Linger and Ji Shaoyu leaned on each other and sat on a rock. Ji Shaoyu closed his eyes and rested, refining chakra in his body. Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru were alone in a place on the tree. Li Xiaoyao was practicing chakra and Lin Yueru was sleeping.
Suddenly, Zhao Ling'er opened her clear and vivid eyes and looked around curiously. She seemed to hear a woman's cry. Without waking Ji Shaoyu, Zhao Linger walked in the direction of the sound. It was a cave, and Zhao Linger was not afraid and walked in. Above the cave, water flows down, gathers into a pool, and flows out of the cave.
In front of Zhao Ling'er was a woman in her twenties, sitting by the pool, crying very sadly. Even when Zhao Ling'er walked in, she didn't notice it at all.
Zhao Ling'er shouted, "Sister!"
The woman immediately turned around and looked at Zhao Linger warily. She has long hair shawl and wears a goose-yellow dress. Although the long hair hangs down and covers half of the woman's face, it can be seen that the woman's face must be very beautiful. However, when the woman turned around, Zhao Ling'er still saw her disfigured half of her face, which was covered by her long hair. Just such a small flaw makes a beautiful woman look ugly.
"In such a desolate place, it is very dangerous at night. Are you encountering difficulties?" Zhao Ling'er's simplicity and kindness made her not afraid at all, let alone disgusted with the woman. The clear and smart eyes made the woman put down her guard.
"Why? Why do you have to suffer such a crime when you fall in love with someone?" The woman seemed to be hurt by love, and her words were filled with sadness and confusion.
Seeing that she seemed sad, Zhao Ling'er couldn't bear it and said, "Sister, can I help you?"
"I want to find my husband," the woman murmured.
"Did you get separated from him?" Zhao Ling'er didn't think in a bad direction.
At this time, Zhao Ling'er was wearing a green lining and a long white undergarment, with the collar turned to the left, a white belt dyed with a light ocher red around her waist, and a yellow waistcoat outside. The front is tied with a ribbon of the same color as the waist. The hairpins on both sides of the headdress are each decorated with two white leaves made of jade, and behind it is a row of white bead curtains.
This outfit is more delicate and smooth than the previous ones. Ji Shaoyu specially selected it for Zhao Linger. It does not change Zhao Linger's usual simple dressing habits, but adds a bit of sophistication.
"No, he abandoned me." The woman said excitedly after hearing this.
"Why?" Zhao Ling'er didn't understand why her husband abandoned her.
"Because he actually fell in love with another woman." This woman's original name was Liu Meiniang, and she was originally a lady.
One day, Liu Meiniang met a down-and-out scholar and fell in love with him. At that time, the scholar's family was harmed by others, and everyone in the family was killed. He was the only one left. The scholar asked Liu Meiniang to help him take revenge. Because in Liu Meiniang's home, there is an ancestral "Golden Toad Secret Book", which can be practiced very quickly and with great power, but its side effect is that it disfigures the appearance. Liu Meiniang couldn't stand the scholar's pleading, and because she loved him deeply, she agreed to the scholar's request and practiced "The Secret Book of the Golden Toad".
A few months later, Liu Meiniang became successful in her studies and avenged the scholar's blood. Unexpectedly, at this time, because half of her face was completely disfigured, the scholar not only found a new love, but also left her in a hurry. Liu Meiniang could not withstand such a huge blow, her temperament changed drastically, and she became hating men.
"Since he is unfaithful to you, why do you still want to see him?" Zhao Ling'er's mind was relatively simple. Zhao Ling'er felt that such a man was simply not worthy of Liu Meiniang looking for him again.
"I must kill this heartless man. I will take out his heart and worship my child." After suffering such a blow, Liu Meiniang was no longer the same Liu Meiniang. Although she hated men in the world, Liu Meiniang couldn't help but feel good about the simple and kind-hearted Zhao Ling'er. She restrained her murderous intention and whispered to Zhao Ling'er, "Did I scare you?"
"Is the matter really that serious?" It is really hard to imagine that two people who originally loved each other would hate each other so much. Zhao Ling'er found it difficult to understand.
"If you fall in love with someone, but after he discovers that you are a monster, he forgets all about the previous alliance and falls in love with another woman, what will happen to you?" After practicing "The Secret Book of the Golden Toad", Liu Meiniang is already a half-demon, especially her current appearance, which is enough to scare most men.
"You are not a human?" Although Zhao Ling'er was a little surprised, she was not afraid. After leaving Fairy Island, Zhao Ling'er experienced a lot of things. Even she once thought she was a monster. (To be continued.)