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Chapter 142 Confirming the Aura
As soon as Shang Xingjian finished speaking, there was a moment of silence. Cheng Mai was wondering where someone might come out when he heard a rustling sound.

Something crawled out from a corner of the cave.

Xiaoqian immediately picked up her magical artifact and looked around warily.

"We have never done anything wrong, why must you, God, force us so hard?" The first to step forward was an old woman leaning on a cane with a snake's head.

The old woman had a full head of silver hair, triangular snake eyes that gleamed green, and a face full of wrinkles that bore the marks of time.

Cheng Mai looked the old woman up and down, and had a vague feeling that she knew this person.

But this illusion only lasts for a moment.

“This is an urban area where humans have lived and multiplied for a long time. Moreover, you are not warm-blooded animals, and this place is not your best habitat. Why do you keep staying here?” Cheng Mai had seen the cave, which was obviously formed later.

However, City A has many mountains, and even the Taoist priest knew to hide in the mountains. Shouldn't these snakes, who have cultivated themselves into spirits, know where is suitable for them?

The old woman's drooping snake-like eyes looked at Cheng Mai, as if she were observing her.

Cheng Mai was not afraid and looked at the old woman in the same way.

The old woman chuckled, "This was originally our place of residence. They built houses and buildings here later."

Cheng Mai looked at the merchant's profile.

City A has been a fortress since ancient times and has long been inhabited. Could this snake demon be very old?

"You say this is your place of refuge?" Cheng Mai countered.

The old woman, leaning on her snake-head cane, approached Shang Xingjian. "Your Excellency is returning to this familiar place. Back then, Madam Shang saved me from danger, and I swore an oath that I would not leave until I repaid this kindness." Madam Shang?
The merchant's wife from that time?
"Where is he? How did you manage to hide his information?" Shang Xingjian looked down at the old woman. "You've been hiding all these years, all for him?"

The old woman looked puzzled, but pretended to be confused. "What is the Divine Lord talking about?"

“That person just now was Xuanji.” Shang Xingjian looked around. The damp atmosphere was always unpleasant. He raised his hand to evaporate the moisture. Small snakes around him hissed. They preferred dampness.

The old woman was instantly shocked. It was a mystery, a legendary mystery that could predict the affairs of the world.

The old woman seemed a little excited, staring wide-eyed at Shang Xingjian.

"I only ask you, where is his soul?" Shang Xingjian asked again.

Unable to withstand Shang Xingjian's questioning gaze, the old woman stepped back, sat cross-legged, and closed her eyes. "My life was saved by Madam Shang. Before Madam Shang appeared, I would never have handed over the young master. Back then, the Divine Lord disregarded marital affection and killed his wife and children. Who knows if the Divine Lord will repeat the same trick this time?"

Shang Xingjian tightened his grip behind his back, but his expression remained unchanged.

"If he hadn't killed his wife and children, how could you be standing here?" Cheng Mai grabbed Shang Xingjian's wrist and pulled him behind her, looking down at the meditating old woman. "If you've received a favor, don't stand on a moral high ground that doesn't belong to you to condemn your benefactor."

“In this world, apart from the Mrs. Shang you mentioned and her unborn child, no one has the right to condemn him.”

The old woman looked up disdainfully at Cheng Mai, who had reprimanded her, and said, "Another foolish woman. The goddess's charm is as strong as ever."

"Since you're so stubborn, Qian, smash this hole in her body."

"You dare!" The old woman suddenly stood up, her body growing larger and larger, her upper body transforming into a snake, and she fiercely attacked Cheng Mai.