“Benefactor!” Old Man Shui was too excited for words. “Benefactor, is that you?”

But the blood shadow that retracted the black gas showed no courtesy to Old Man Shui, knocking him on the head with his cane again as if teaching a junior, causing Old Man Shui to shrink his neck abruptly, the few lone hairs on his head sticking up in a strange manner.

Having regained his clarity, Old Man Shui understood in a moment. He must have been affected by that black gas just now. After all... after all, that black gas was originally left to him by his benefactor to save his life, something his benefactor snatched from the Chairman.

At the moment, Wu was still in a semi-chaotic state, and the tender sprout on Old Man Shui was growing bigger and bigger, constantly drawing away his power.

The blood shadow turned around, seemingly wanting to wake Wu up by knocking him with the cane as well, but as the cane was halfway extended, it seemed to think it wasn't appropriate, so it turned to Old Man Shui and knocked him again. Then, the blood shadow threw the cane back to him, reached out to Wu, helped him tear off the sprout on his shoulder, and scratched Wu's face. From Wu's eyes, a stream of black gas floated out, with the same texture as Old Man Shui's black gas, but in much greater quantity.

As the black gas was drawn out, Wu's body trembled violently, as if enduring torture.

“It’s Xia Tan! Xia Tan's door saved Wu!” Fatty shouted excitedly, he once thought that Wu was about to die.

Jiang Cheng’s body swayed after the extreme tension, and he was about to fall, but Wu Yingying quickly grabbed him.

“No wonder, no wonder Old Man Shui can use my moves, no, he can use many moves that don't belong to him, all because of that ball of black gas.” The doubt in Wu Yingying’s heart was finally resolved, “And Wu, the black gas in his body is even more than Old Man Shui, so he can so powerfully control those guys to fight for him.”

Compared to Old Man Shui, the blood shadow did not take away Wu's black gas, but filtered it through his own body before sending it back into Wu's body.

After doing all this, the blood shadow became much more illusory, and then, ignoring Old Man Shui’s tearful cries, he turned and returned to Wu’s shadow.

As the blood shadow completely disappeared, the barrier blocking Jiang Cheng shattered with a crash.

Everyone immediately rushed to Wu's side. Old Man Shui, completely awake, had a bitter face. Many bumps had been knocked on his head by the cane, which, combined with the few lone hairs on top, made him look even somewhat pitiful.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry to you all. I was blinded by that thing. Now I believe it, the benefactor wasn’t killed by you.” Old Man Shui pointed to his head with his finger. “Look, the benefactor used so much strength to wake me up. I’m already so old, yet I still made the benefactor worry. I’m really… I’m really…”

Huai Yi was still angry, and looking at Old Man Shui’s dying appearance made him even more angry. He put his hands on his hips and shouted, “I said, weren’t you quite capable before? Couldn’t you have explained things clearly before acting? You’ve lived to such an old age…”

Huai Yi suddenly stopped talking, because he had just realized that Old Man Shui was just being reasonable now, but that didn’t mean he was easy to deal with. As long as Old Man Shui wanted, he could slap himself to death at any time, so it was best to leave a way out.

Thinking of this, Huai Yi couldn’t help but shudder, then waved his hand and put on a magnanimous look, “Alright, I won’t say much about you. You’re a senior after all. If you admit your mistakes and correct them, everyone will still accept you.”

Old Man Shui nodded repeatedly, moved. “Thank you, thank you all.”

Wu was not the kind of person who would press someone when they were down. After clarifying the truth of the matter, he accepted Old Man Shui’s explanation, put away the knife, and his injuries gradually recovered as his power flowed back.

“Right!” Old Man Shui suddenly slapped his forehead, then took out a lot of rice from his arms, and then somewhat embarrassedly handed the rice to Wu Yingying, “Well, girl, these are all yours. Originally, I was worried that you would interfere in our affairs, so I didn’t return them to you immediately. Now… what belongs to you is returned to you.”

Seeing the rice and feeling the familiar power on it, Wu Yingying’s eyes lit up. These powers were all hers, powers that were sucked away by that tender sprout during her battle with Old Man Shui. She originally thought that these powers had been absorbed by Old Man Shui, but she didn’t expect…

After figuring this out, she couldn’t help but feel a little more respect for Old Man Shui. In the battle with Wu, when Old Man Shui was at a disadvantage, he didn’t think about absorbing this power to continue the fight. At the most critical moment, this power was enough to change the outcome of the battle. It seemed that Old Man Shui’s previous promise wasn’t false. He really intended to let them go in the end, no matter the outcome.

The misunderstanding cleared up, everyone could finally sit down and chat peacefully. Jiang Cheng also learned about what had happened in the past from Old Man Shui for the first time, and combined with what he had seen and heard, the context of the matter gradually became clear.

It turned out that the Chairman’s invasion of this world many years ago was not accidental, but to track down a person, and that person was Xia Tan.

As the leader of the resistance army, Xia Tan led a group of high-level disciples in fighting in the old Chairman's territory. After experiencing countless difficulties, only he was left. And he alone was facing the siege of the Chairman and a group of Night Watchmen experts.

It's unclear what happened in the middle, but Xia Tan accidentally entered the world belonging to Old Man Shui, and then hid. The Chairman and others followed, and a fierce battle broke out with Old Man Shui in this world, wanting to completely occupy this world.

At this time, Xia Tan appeared. He not only saved Old Man Shui, but also severely injured the Chairman and his party, almost killing the Chairman. Before leaving, he even gave some of the black gas he had torn from the Chairman to Old Man Shui, which led to Old Man Shui's strength greatly increasing from then on. Even the Chairman could not easily break into the barrier he had set up, and Old Man Shui finally had the ability to protect himself, and then the situation remained stalemated until now.

According to Old Man Shui's recollection, the Chairman did not appear often. He often felt that the Chairman's aura had disappeared from this world.

Jiang Cheng naturally understood that the Chairman had returned to the real world via the bus. He had many important things to deal with in the real world, and it was impossible for him to waste time with Old Man Shui. And the reason why the Chairman had to eliminate Old Man Shui was also found. He wanted to take back the part of the black gas that Xia Tan had stolen, which was his most fundamental thing.

Judging from Old Man Shui’s description, Xia Tan was already seriously injured at that time, and he was alone. Then the resistance army he led at that time should have been completely wiped out. According to the final result, only Xia Tan escaped, and it was at the cost of being completely eroded.

“Right.” Old Man Shui looked solemn as if he suddenly remembered something, “I forgot to tell you something. That thing that was brought over by the Gate of Souls, it seems… it seems to be injured. There’s a battle going on in its domain. I vaguely feel a very strong and crazy aura behind it.”