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Chapter 380, The Boy with the Dark Eye

The tiger demon at the Spirit Platform Realm was also decisive. Seeing that its physical body had been devoured by the flames, it abandoned its body without hesitation. Its demon soul transformed into a white light and shot out from its body, trying to escape.

The onlookers tried to seize it, but unfortunately, the demon soul was too fast and they couldn't catch up.

Just as the demon was about to escape, suddenly, a firebird the size of a fist descended from the sky.

"Ah~"

The demon soul was pierced through by the firebird and engulfed in flames with a 'boom'.

A few breaths later, the demon soul was burned to ashes, and the firebird also vanished.

The onlookers, all cultivators, were once again shocked by this scene.

"That firebird is..."

"Suzaku?"

The Vermilion Bird Army, having just escaped from the jaws of death, bowed in the direction where the firebird had appeared.

Upon seeing this, the onlookers realized something and all shuddered.

They suddenly realized that the Lord of Lingguang Palace should, seemed, appeared to be nearby!
They didn't fight or harm any innocent people today, right?
The cultivators reflected on their recent behavior and, after confirming that they had not offended the Palace Master of Lingguang Palace, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

High in the sky, Hua Changxi, whose figure was completely shrouded in spiritual clouds, saw that the patrolling Vermilion Bird Army had collected the charred body of the tiger demon and left. She glanced at the surrounding cultivators and then followed the residual aura of the Vermilion Bird's spiritual shadow towards the mass grave not far away.

As soon as her feet touched the ground, a nauseating, pungent odor hit her face, and Hua Changxi's nose immediately wrinkled.

In order to find clues, she had no choice but to endure the unpleasant smell and search around the mass grave.

She arrived rather late and only saw the tiger demon attacking the Vermilion Bird Army. She didn't see the people who had attacked the Vermilion Bird Army earlier.

However, judging from the lingering aura of the Vermilion Bird's spirit, this mass grave should be the place where the Vermilion Bird Army was first attacked.

From the outside, this mass grave has been abandoned for many years, but the eerie atmosphere of this place is quite astonishing. Even just walking on the outer perimeter, you can feel the chilling wind.

The mass grave wasn't very large, and Hua Changxi explored the entire area in less than an hour.

Nothing!
However, a few miles away from the mass grave, she discovered a mortuary where a thin, emaciated boy who looked only twelve or thirteen years old lived.

It's strange to see a little child living in such a gloomy and remote place.

Just then, Hua Changxi also wanted to inquire about the mass grave, so he walked into the mortuary: "Young brother."

The little boy sat in the courtyard, grinding yellowed and moldy rice with a stone mill. He didn't respond, not even raising his head, as if he didn't know someone had entered the mortuary.

Hua Changxi raised his voice and called out again, "Little brother."

The little boy still didn't react and continued grinding rice with his head down.

Hua Changxi carefully examined the little boy and then noticed that his pupils were white and devoid of light.

He was blind!
Hua Changxi made some noise again, but the little boy still didn't react.

He doesn't react to sounds either. Could he be deaf?

The fact that a blind and deaf child was living alone in a mortuary not far from a gloomy mass grave made Hua Changxi feel even stranger.

Immediately, she activated her Eye of Truth to investigate the little boy's condition.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the Eye of Truth was activated, the little boy who was grinding rice with his head down suddenly looked up and stared at him fiercely with his white pupils.

Yes, fiercely.

Even though the little boy's pupils were lifeless, Hua Changxi could still sense the anger bursting from his eyes.

However, at this moment she had no time to pay attention to the little boy's hostility.

There was no other reason than that she used her Eye of Truth to see the little boy's bloodline totem, which turned out to be a blood-red chain!
The blood-red chains exuded a powerful binding force; just seeing them gave Hua Changxi a feeling that she was about to be judged and punished.

This was the first time she had ever seen such a strange bloodline totem, and she was somewhat taken aback.

When she came to her senses, she saw that the little boy grinding rice had stood up, looking at her with hostility and defensiveness, his right hand behind his back, his bloodline power gathering in his hand, as if he was ready to swing a blood-red chain at any moment.

Hua Changxi looked at him: "You can 'see' me and 'hear' me speaking, right?"

The little boy did not respond.

Hua Changxi looked into his eyes: "Are your eyes heterochromatic?"

The little boy still didn't speak.

Hua Changxi took a deep breath and asked again, "Was it you who attacked the Vermilion Bird Army today?"

Seeing that the little boy still didn't speak, Hua Changxi disregarded the fact that he was a child and with a 'boom,' a ball of flame appeared in her hand. In an instant, the originally cold and gloomy mortuary was engulfed in scorching heat.

Sensing the danger of the flames, the little boy took a few steps back in fear, then shook his head.

Hua Changxi frowned upon seeing this: "You mean, it wasn't you who attacked the Vermilion Bird Army?"

The little boy stared warily at the flame in Hua Changxi's hand and nodded.

Seeing that he could communicate, Hua Changxi put away the flames first, and then continued to ask, "Although you didn't do it, you know who did it, right?"

The little boy fell silent again.

Hua Changxi was helpless. Through her Eye of Truth, she saw that the little boy's flesh and blood were not tainted by the eerie aura. Instead, his blood was surging wildly due to the blood-red chains.

This child wasn't one of the people who attacked the Vermilion Bird Army!
After hesitating for a moment, Hua Changxi took out the Vermilion Bird Token: "I am a member of the Vermilion Bird Army. The Vermilion Bird Army maintains order in Nanxiang County. If we don't arrest the villains hiding in the shadows, Nanxiang County will not be peaceful."

Upon hearing this, the little boy did react, but his reaction made Hua Changxi want to hit him.

The little boy sneered, his face full of mockery.

Hua Changxi instantly understood his meaning. The Vermilion Bird Army had first been impersonated, and then there were disappearances, which was indeed quite damaging to their reputation.

Hua Changxi took a deep breath: "Has the mass grave been abandoned for many years?"

The little boy did not respond.

Hua Changxi then asked, "Is someone using the mass grave to carry out some kind of conspiracy?"

The little boy still didn't react much, but he pursed his lips.

Hua Changxi noticed this scene and seemed to be deep in thought.

She had used her divine sense to explore the underground of the mass grave, but the cold, yin energy underground was too strong. The deeper her divine sense went, the colder it became, even making her soul feel the chill, forcing her to withdraw her divine sense.

Judging from the little boy's reaction, the mass grave was probably only abandoned on the surface, and someone was definitely doing something there in secret.

Afterwards, Hua Changxi asked the little boy a few more questions, but the little boy did not respond at all.

Unable to coerce the little boy, she could only leave, preparing to return to Lingguang Palace and send the Vermilion Bird Army to keep an eye on the mortuary.

As Hua Changxi turned to leave, she suddenly remembered the high regard the people of Nanxiang County held for Song Weimin. With a try-it-out mentality, she turned back to look at the little boy.

"If even the Vermilion Bird Army could not escape the scourge of the villains hiding in the mass grave, then the people of Nanxiang County would be even less able to escape."

"If Lord Song knew that the people of Nanxiang County would be in danger because of the mass grave, I wonder how worried he would be."

Seeing that the little boy still didn't react, Hua Changxi had no choice but to step out. As she stepped out of the mortuary gate, a hoarse and childish voice rang in her mind.

"You know Lord Song?"

Hua Changxi's eyes lit up, and he transmitted his thoughts through divine sense!

Just as she had guessed, the little boy, though physically weak, possessed a powerful soul.

Hua Changxi thanked Song Weimin hundreds of times in her heart, then turned around with feigned composure: "Of course, to be honest, the Vermilion Bird Army has always admired Lord Song."

The little boy looked at Hua Changxi and used his divine sense to transmit his voice again: "Your soul is very pure, I believe in you."

Hua Changxi was taken aback by what she heard and asked, "Your eyes can see through a person's soul?"

The little boy nodded: "Grandpa said I was born with a pair of eyes that can see through souls." He paused, then added, "There's danger underground; it's the Vermilion Bird Army being attacked by the Ghost Hand."

Hua Changxi: "Ghost Hand? What ghost hand?"

The little boy shook his head: "I don't know, but Grandpa knew, but unfortunately Grandpa is dead."

Hua Changxi then asked, "Since you say it's dangerous underground, have you ever been underground?"

The little boy nodded.

Hua Changxi: "How do we get down?"

The little boy said, "You are very strong, with abundant physical energy and blood. If you go down there, you will be discovered, and it will be very dangerous. When my grandfather died, he also told me not to go down."

Hua Changxi fell silent, suddenly remembering something.

This mass grave is located in the southeast of Nanxiang County, and its gloomy and cold environment corresponds perfectly with the Ghost Fire Well, one of the twelve blessed lands.

Hua Changxi looked at the little boy: "Is there a well with ghost fire under the mass grave?"

Upon hearing this, the little boy's pupils dilated in surprise, as if he was astonished that the person in front of him actually knew the name of the deep underground well!
(End of this chapter)