Chapter 516 Epilogue Doubts

Thus, Qi Yu led the others down again, heading to Luojia Village to inspect every nook and cranny of the village, preparing to find the curse left by the former Heavenly Dao.

But finding a curse was not that easy. It wasn't like children playing house, where you just had to find it within a designated area. The former Heavenly Dao had too many places to hide a curse, it could even be a patch of grass on the mountain behind the village.

Therefore, to find the source of the former Heavenly Dao's curse without any prior knowledge was truly not an easy task, and it might even take a whole month without success.

"This former Heavenly Dao really knows how to cause trouble. Why leave so many curses when they had nothing better to do, causing endless future problems and needlessly increasing our workload," Si Qing sat on a cloud, complaining. "If it were any other curse, it would be fine, just let anyone go. But a curse like the former Heavenly Dao's, no one but the new Heavenly Dao can resolve it. We all have to go together."

Qi Yu agreed wholeheartedly.

She, who was so lazy, should have been traveling the world after taking the position of the new Heavenly Dao. But now, she was held back by different matters every day, and eight out of ten of these matters were caused by the former Heavenly Dao.

Yan Hua was much calmer about it. He sat on another cloud with his legs crossed, fiddling with his prayer beads, and said, "There's nothing we can do, just bear with it. If you're really angry, Qi Yu, when you're about to abdicate and pass the position to the new Heavenly Dao, hoard a bunch of these issues and then dump them all on the new Heavenly Dao, keeping them just as busy."

Qi Yu's eyes instantly lit up.

Si Qing said leisurely from the side, "Sister, can you not look so delighted every time you hear this? It's as if you can't wait. I don't think that's good. You should at least act reserved, politely refuse, and then secretly cause trouble behind the scenes."

Upon hearing this, Qi Yu became furious and slapped her thigh. "When did I look delighted? That was a look of extreme composure. Besides, am I the kind of person you described?"

Si Qing pouted.

Everyone looked up at the sky together.

Chen Xi directly changed the subject, "Hey, are we almost at Luojia Village? After we arrive, how should we arrange things? Should everyone go to different places? I'll go to the farthest end of the village."

Yan Hua nodded in agreement. "If you go to the farthest end, then I'll check around the village entrance. If it's not there, I'll go to the back mountain. The others can go to different places and search one by one. We'll take turns searching."

Qi Yu was exasperated. "Hey, what's going on with you all? Why are you all acting like you didn't hear me? How can you all deliberately ignore me?"

"No, we didn't ignore you," Si Qing said, clearing his throat and then acting very serious. "Sister, what were you saying just now? I didn't hear you."

Qi Yu rolled her eyes at him.

...

After that, they arrived at Luojia Village.

A funeral was being held in Luojia Village; the old woman had passed away.

The two women previously referred to as the eldest and second eldest were nowhere to be found, presumably having fled directly after their souls returned.

Qi Yu walked over and cast a cold glance. She then turned and surveyed the surroundings, noticing that not many people from Luojia Village were attending the funeral, only about four or five in total.

And each of them was quite old.

They stood expressionlessly before the tombstone, dressed in white, their complexions appearing much more withered, unlike how Qi Yu had seen them when she first arrived at Luojia Village.

Si Qing also noticed this and was not surprised.

The people of Luojia Village had a history of evil deeds, having committed many heinous acts. Especially the elders standing before the tombstone now, like the old woman before them, they had aided the fox spirit and the bear spirit.

Before, with the protection of the fox spirit and the bear spirit, these old folks had been safe and sound, even appearing younger than their peers, though more sinister and eerie. But now that the fox spirit and the bear spirit had fallen, and the resentment of Luojia Village was released, allowing the wronged souls to be freed and reincarnated in the underworld, the karma they had accumulated was naturally due to ripen. Hence, their faces appeared more decadent and aged than before, and their lifespans had been greatly reduced.

Si Qing mused that if he wasn't mistaken, in less than two years, the old women and old men of Luojia Village would likely pass away one after another and report to the underworld.

Qi Yu looked for a short while before shifting her gaze and separating from the others, circling the perimeter of Luojia Village on her own.

The front yard of the village was desolate, with a path artificially cleared. The bushes on both sides were unkempt and messy, filled with cobwebs.

Qi Yu squatted down and gently pushed aside the cobwebs with her hand.

Sensing the natural aura emanating from Qi Yu, the spiders on the webs immediately retreated, making way for their woven homes.

Qi Yu acted with great care, rolling up the cobwebs like a blanket. She looked underneath and felt around, confirming there were no traces of the former Heavenly Dao's curse before retracting her hand and using her spiritual energy to repair the cobwebs she had rolled up.

The spiders, which had been scared away, all crawled back and returned to the center of their respective webs.

As a gesture of gratitude, Qi Yu specifically used her spiritual energy to conjure a handful of spirit insects and threw them one by one onto their respective spiderwebs.

Then, she stood up and continued to move in other directions, looking around as she walked.

However, even with this all-out, carpet-style search, they couldn't find any trace of the former Heavenly Dao's curse.

Qi Yu walked back to the village entrance with a sense of helplessness. Seeing everyone gathered there, she couldn't help but sigh and inquire with her eyes. All she received were shakes of the head.

"I originally thought that with so many people searching for one curse, we couldn't possibly fail to find it. Who would have thought we actually couldn't find it," Chen Xi said, spreading his hands in disbelief. "How could this be? Where on earth was that curse hidden?"

The old man in the underworld shouldn't have lied to them.

"Is it possible that the curse was cast directly upon the entire Luojia Village, and therefore there is no specific source?" Wang Lanqing wondered. "But if that were the case, then this entire mountain would likely be affected."