False evidence

Chapter 316 Butterfly Eggs
Fang Ling handed the lamb to me.

I waved my hand abruptly: "I don't have time for that now! Tell me, what did Jiang Budai say when he came?"

Fang Ling said, "He never came here at all. I only found out that Jiang Budai had been here when Xiao Fan climbed over the wall in the middle of the night."

I squeezed my eyes shut.

During this period, I stayed at home during the day and worked at night, so Pidan stayed at my own house.

Fang Ling said, "Why did Jiang Budai go to find Pidan? Even if he knew you weren't here, shouldn't he have come to me?"

I took out the fortune slip that Pidan had given me in the early morning and looked at it repeatedly.

"I know a little about divination, but a single divination can only predict one thing."

Fang Ling sighed: "Xiao Fan wouldn't leave without a reason, and her mother wouldn't leave without saying goodbye to us. Unless... Jiang Budai told them something bad."

Seeing me get up, Fang Ling blocked my way: "You want to go find Jiang Budai? Do you know where he is?"

"We have to find it even if we don't know where it is!"

Fang Ling shook her head and then stuffed the lamb into my arms again.

I looked at her for two seconds, took the lamb, and examined it briefly. I discovered that the three-legged lamb was not disabled by human intervention, but was born without a front leg.

Meng Chao said, "I've examined this lamb. It can eat and drink normally, and there's nothing wrong with it!"

I handed the sheep to Fang Ling: "We still need to go find Jiang Budai."

Fang Ling shook her head: "I don't think you can find him."

Before he could finish speaking, the doorbell rang.

The monkey ran over and opened the door, paused for a moment, then turned around and said, "It's Mr. Liu!"

Liu Hong pushed the wheelchair in, but the person sitting in the wheelchair was not the paralyzed Wei Min, but Liu Yi'er.

Last time, I was just acting on impulse; I didn't really have any grudge against Liu Hong.

Although I was upset, I still invited Liu Yi'er into the house when he came to visit me in person.

"Thank you."

Liu Yier cupped his hands in greeting to me, his voice surprisingly aged, a stark contrast to his previous booming voice.

"you……"

"I'm old, really old."

Liu Yier took off her sunglasses and mask.

I was genuinely surprised when I saw his face.

His face originally had half that looked like a demon, while the other half resembled that of a middle-aged man.

At this moment, the half-dried face has actually become fleshy and bloody. Although it is still ugly, it is clearly showing signs of returning to normal.

But the half of his face that was once intact has become wrinkled and layered. Half of his black hair, along with his eyebrows, has turned completely white, without a single stray hair.

Liu Yi'er coughed a few times, his cloudy eyes looking at me, but his pupils couldn't focus:
"After what happened last time, I realized that the reason I've lived to this age and remained so vigorous was because I took the lives of my children and grandchildren! Thank goodness for you, you saved Xiao Hong's life. Hehe, this old body of mine... oh dear, I've finally become a 'proper old man'."

I realized that the dwarf Gu Han had died in place of Liu Hong. But Gu Han wasn't a member of the Liu family, so his lifespan couldn't be extended for Liu Yi'er.

Without the extended lifespan he was entitled to, Liu Yi'er aged considerably in less than two months, and his legs and feet became less agile. His eyes...

The monkey waved in front of his face.

Liu Yi'er's ears twitched slightly. "Don't try it. I went blind as soon as I got up at the beginning of the year."

Seeing how much he's aged in such a short time, I felt a mix of emotions, but I had something on my mind and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Liu Yi'er only said a few words before appearing somewhat tired and waving his hand.

Liu Hong stepped forward from behind, cupped his hands in thanks to me, and before I could speak, he abruptly said:
"Do you remember why Ji Jianjun and Gu Han came to find my wife?"

"I remember, he asked Wei Min for something..." I said, "I have something urgent right now, unless you have something else to say..."

Liu Yi'er suddenly raised his voice and said, "Child, we want to repay a debt of gratitude!"

I had barely waved my hand when Liu Hong quickly said:

“Wei Min is my wife. She is kind by nature. She harmed you last time to save my life. After she put you into the Gu formation, she felt very guilty, so she gave something to your girlfriend. That thing is what Ji Jianjun is looking for.”

I frowned slightly: "What is that?"

"An insect egg."

"Insect eggs?"

Liu Hong nodded: "Let's not talk about what it is, I can't really explain it clearly either. Let's just say that the first time I met your sister-in-law... your wife, my grandfather and I could tell that she had a terminal illness and didn't have long to live."

Wei Min realized this too. Out of guilt, after knocking your lover unconscious, she implanted the unusual insect egg into his body. Her intention was to prolong his life, but she didn't understand the insect egg itself. A good intention gone wrong…

My mind suddenly clicked, and I grabbed him, demanding, "What do you mean? What do you mean by 'made a mistake'?"

Liu Yier patted my hand weakly on the back of my hanging hand and said feebly:
"Those are the eggs of the Ghost Butterfly, said to come from the underworld, formed from the resentment of hundreds of vengeful spirits. People with special constitutions can have the Ghost Butterfly eggs implanted in their bodies, and not only will people in the mortal world not remember their appearance, but even the ghost messengers in the underworld cannot identify them. Since they cannot be identified, they cannot take souls and kill people!"

My heart suddenly pounded wildly, and I let go of Liu Hong.

Liu Yier grabbed my hand again and said slowly:

"Leaving aside the concept of Yin and Yang, in the Gu sect, the Ghost Butterfly Egg is a miraculous medicine that can save the lives of those with terminal illnesses. My granddaughter-in-law originally wanted to save people, but she wasn't very proficient in Gu techniques. She didn't know that the Ghost Butterfly Egg only works when implanted in a man's body; it has no effect when implanted in a woman's body!"

Liu Yier raised his face to face me and said, "I spent twenty-four years in hell, and my left ear can hear the voices of the underworld. I know that you have been borrowing the life force of the underworld to prolong the life of that little girl. If it weren't for that, being implanted with the Ghost Butterfly Egg wouldn't be a problem. But... but the Ghost Butterfly Egg has a characteristic—it also consumes the life force of the underworld!"

My heart sank: "You mean, if I don't remove the Ghost Butterfly Egg, borrowing more Yin Life won't help?"

Liu Yier said, "The key issue is that the ghost butterfly eggs can't be extracted..."

My blood boiled: "You...you all..."

"you listen to me!"

Liu Yi raised his voice slightly and tightened his grip on my hand: "It's the nature of the Ghost Butterfly Egg to feed on Yin life! Once it can find someone who survives on Yin life as a host, why would it come out again?"
Xiaomin meant well but things went wrong, though it's not irreversible! If they can find another extraordinary thing to cause the egg to hatch into a ghost butterfly, even if the little girl doesn't immediately absorb enough yin energy, she can still live for three more years!

I noticed that Liu Hong's expression changed when he said that.

I asked, "What if the egg doesn't hatch?"

Liu Hong avoided my gaze and whispered:

"If the eggs don't hatch by the next Yin day, the Yin life your lover borrowed will be exhausted by the ghost butterfly eggs, and she will..."

(End of this chapter)