"Are you saying that the reason why the Rootless Lifeform rejected Perfected Zi Yang is because he doesn't want the things here to affect the stability of society?" Wang Zhenqiu looked at Liu Xiaojiang in surprise.
"He is the former sect leader of Quan Sheng. If he really cared about the overall situation, why didn't he just dismiss the members of Quan Sheng?"
"It's just a guess." Liu Xiaojiang turned to Xia Liuqing and Mei Jinfeng and smiled. "There are many people in Quan Sheng who commit all kinds of evil. These people often don't care about anyone other than themselves."
"However, it is undeniable that not everyone in Quan Sheng is evil. There are grannies who joined Quan Sheng because they worship the Rootless Lifeform, Old Xia who no longer hurts the innocent because he likes grannies, and there are also mutants who can only choose to join Quan Sheng because of their own abilities."
"..." Mei Jinfeng and Xia Liuqing blushed.
"These people."
Liu Xiaojiang looked at Wang Zhenqiu again and said, "Perhaps they have acted together with Quan Sheng before. Perhaps they are guilty … But from the company's attitude, they are not unforgivable."
"After all, where there is light, there is darkness. Where there is justice, there is evil."
"Instead of eliminating childish evil like Quan Sheng and letting those people who claim to be righteous create new evil and unknown evil, the company might as well let Quan Sheng continue to exist."
"Little b * stard, is this really the company's attitude?" Xia Liuqing could not help but look at Wang Zhenqiu.
"... Yes." Wang Zhenqiu did not deny it, but he still looked at Liu Xiaojiang and frowned.
"What does this have to do with the Rootless Lifeform?"
Liu Xiaojiang looked at Wang Zhenqiu meaningfully. "Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. This kind of thing depends on how you interpret it. Anyway, I feel that the Rootless Lifeform person, hmm … is quite contradictory. He is a very interesting guy."
After saying that, he did not care how Wang Zhenqiu interpreted his words. He immediately turned around and walked to the exit of the cave. Without looking back, he said,
"Everyone, we have already understood what we need to understand. There is no other gain by staying here. In my opinion, we should leave this place first and go back to digest the facts we have learned."
Seeing this,
Barran, Xia Liuqing, Zhang Chulan, and Feng Bao Bao followed Liu Xiaojiang out of the cave. Only Wang Zhenqiu and Mei Jinfeng looked at Liu Xiaojiang's back with different expressions.
"Granny, what's wrong?" Wang Zhenqiu noticed the expression on Mei Jinfeng's face.
"It's nothing …" Mei Jinfeng looked up at Wang Zhenqiu and walked towards the exit of the cave.
"…" Wang Zhenqiu was speechless.
— — —
After a long time.
The group took a shortcut and left the mysterious valley, arriving at a forest fork that did not contain any special aura.
"Bye, Xia, thanks to you, I've seen a lot of interesting things recently. If something like this happens again, remember to contact me."
"Okay, got it."
Barran looked at the surrounding roads, his hands gripping the straps of his backpack as he looked at the rest of the group with a faint smile. In the end, his gaze rested on Liu Xiaojiang.
"Everyone, it's nice to meet you. I hope we'll have the chance to explore together."
After saying that, he carried his bag and walked into the distance, leaving the group with a slightly strange back view.
"Hmph, this strange foreigner …" Xia Liuqing looked at Barran's back as he left and muttered. She then turned to look at the others and said,
"Alright, no matter what, it's been hard on you guys this time. I thank you on behalf of Jinfeng. Let's part ways here."
After saying that, he wanted to leave the forest with Mei Jinfeng.
"Granny!" Zhang Chulan suddenly said.
"Hmm?" Mei Jinfeng, who was about to leave, stopped and turned to look at the sect leader's godson.
"I'll definitely visit you again!" Zhang Chulan said with a serious expression.
"You won't give up on tracking down the person who took the collection, and I won't give up on tracking down the clues to the source of the gas, so …"
"There might not be any clues to the source of the gas in that collection," Mei Jinfeng said.
"I'm willing to believe that the clues are in that collection." Zhang Chulan shook his head and said, "No, even if there aren't any clues, I'll still deal with the person who took the collection."
"You …" Mei Jinfeng stared blankly at Zhang Chulan and said, "Child, why are you helping me?"
"You're a member of the company, but I'm an all-rounder …"
"Granny, I'll say it again. We're all family members of the 36 Thieves!" Zhang Chulan pointed at himself and interrupted.
"Family … family members!" Mei Jinfeng's defense was broken in an instant.
"Family members? What family members! How can Jinfeng be the sect leader's family! "Xia Liuqing roared with a face full of displeasure.
"Jinfeng! Don't listen to this little thing's nonsense! "
"Granny, regardless of whether this matter brings about pain or happiness …" Zhang Chulan ignored Xia Liuqing's dissatisfaction and looked at Mei Jinfeng with an extremely serious expression.
"All of this, without the 36 Thieves, we wouldn't have experienced everything. We have the right to enjoy it, and we have the obligation to bear it."
"We should inherit the legacy they left behind. We should solve the mystery they left behind. If what they left behind is a scourge, we should eradicate it … Everything is what we should do."
After saying that, he slowly took a deep breath, as if he had calmed down. Then, he wanted to leave this place with Feng Bao Bao.
"Granny, that's all I want to say. In the future, I'll contact Old Xia through Qiu 'er to look for you. Now, just like Brother Liu said before, we need to go back and think about what to do in the future. Goodbye."
"Wait …" Mei Jinfeng called out to Zhang Chulan. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a piece of paper.
"Child, this is my phone. It's normal that you can't get through. I'm not used to carrying my phone …"
Seeing this..,
Zhang Chulan immediately walked forward and took the note from Mei Jinfeng. "Okay, I'll contact you directly."
— — —
At night..,
In a three-way room in a hotel in the city..,
Liu Xiaojiang and the other two walked into the room calmly and put their backpacks and luggage aside. They couldn't help but sit on the bed to catch their breath.
It wasn't that they were tired, but other than Feng Bao Bao, Liu Xiaojiang and Zhang Chulan had to be careful of Wang Zhenqiu, the troublemaker, no matter what they did these few days. After the matter came to an end for the time being, they felt a little tired.
A moment later..,
Zhang Chulan first looked at Feng Bao Bao, who was playing with her phone in the room. Then, he turned to look at Liu Xiaojiang with a solemn expression and said,
"Brother Liu, do you really not know anything about the true secret of the valley, which is the gift left behind by Perfected Zi Yang?"
Liu Xiaojiang leaned against the headboard of the bed and didn't say anything. When he heard this, he only looked at Zhang Chulan and said briefly,
"I know, but it has nothing to do with the baby. It can be considered the source of all the events."
"… eight strange skills?" Zhang Chulan asked tentatively.
"It's possible." Liu Xiaojiang didn't think that if he denied it, Zhang Chulan wouldn't be able to connect it to this matter, so he said,
"But regardless of whether it's true or not, the things left behind by Perfected Zi Yang only contributed to the eight strange skills at most. It doesn't involve the baby's background."
At this point, he suddenly thought of something. He looked at Feng Bao Bao, who had already put down her phone, and said,
"Chu Lan, because of what happened in Bi You Village, it seems that bastard really sympathizes with the baby. This time, he didn't pay attention to the baby at all."
"But after suffering in your hands, with that bastard's personality, as long as he has the chance, he will most likely pester you and not let go, right?"
"…" Zhang Chulan.
"Apart from that." Liu Xiaojiang pointed at the baby and said, "Mei Jinfeng's attitude is very strange. Even Xia Liuqing is the same. They are a little too curious about the baby."
"I remember you saying that when Mount Longhu was attacked by all sides, Xia Liuqing and Barran looked for the baby alone. I don't think Barran would suddenly be interested in the baby. It's likely that Xia Liuqing tricked him into going to Mount Longhu."
"And Xia Liuqing …"
Liu Xiaojiang pondered for a moment and said, "Previously, someone told me that the reason why all sides paid attention to the baby and sent people to capture the baby during the chaos was because they discovered in the memory fragments of your grandfather's corpse that the baby didn't show any signs of aging."
"What?!" Zhang Chulan immediately stood up from the bed. "Can this be confirmed?"
"Yes."
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