The sect asked me to marry, and I cultivated to the pinnacle of martial arts!

Seeing this, Lu Ye became even more certain that the child must have something on his mind.

After confirming that no one was around, the little boy hung the bucket on the hook, lowered it into the well, and then... began drawing water.

However, after the first bucket of water was brought up, the little boy struggled to lift it out, looked at it, and shook his head in disappointment. He poured it out, and then started on the next one...

Soon, five buckets of water were brought up, but the little boy didn't take any of them; he just kept shaking his head.

"He's probably not trying to fetch water, but rather trying to retrieve something?"

Upon seeing this scene, Lu Ye had some vague guesses in his mind.

After all, if it's for fetching water, why would it be like this?
Could it be that this little boy is also here to retrieve that gray tile?

Lu Ye's heart stirred.

A short while later, the little boy poured another bucket of water into the well, muttering wearily.

"It's over, it's over, we really can't get it out."

Just then, a voice suddenly rang in the little boy's ear...

What are you fishing for?

In the middle of the night, the little boy was startled by the sudden sound of voices and instinctively replied, "I...I'm scooping up something gray."

After saying that, he suddenly realized what he had said, quickly covered his mouth, and looked around...

They tried to find out where the person who had just spoken was.

But looking around...

The little boy didn't see anyone else!
At that moment, the fear that ordinary people have of ghosts was immediately aroused, and the little boy visibly panicked, his legs began to tremble.

"You...who are you?"

The air remained silent, as if what I had just heard was completely untrue.

The little boy grew increasingly frightened and was about to throw away the bucket and run away when a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

Is this... what you're looking for?

Lu Ye appeared, holding the gray tile in his hand. With the help of the moonlight shining through the night sky, ordinary people could see the outline of the tile, though they couldn't see it clearly.

The little boy clearly recognized him; his face immediately changed, and he stammered, "This...how...how could it be in your hands? I clearly fell into the well by accident!!"

Did he fall into the well?

Lu Ye asked in a deep voice, "What happened? Tell me, or I'll tell your parents."

Sure enough, no matter where you are, the fear of this phrase is ingrained in your very bones. The little boy immediately panicked and blurted out everything...

It turned out that the little boy had accidentally dropped the gray tile into the hole.

A few months ago, he accompanied his parents on a visit to relatives in Hongshan Town, a town located a thousand miles away and under the jurisdiction of Qingshan City.

In this world, ordinary people lack cultivation, and their means of transportation are ordinary, unlike in my previous life where a journey of a thousand miles could be completed in just a few hours.

It will take several days.

Therefore, visiting relatives is usually done once a year or every few years.

The little boy went to Red Shirt Town. The two families' adults talked and chatted at home, while the little boy, having been to Red Shirt Town a few times before, was somewhat familiar with the place and played with the host family's children in the town.

As they played, the two arrived outside the town. The host's child said he knew a very mysterious place and wanted to take the little boy there.

The two then came to a cave, where the little boy discovered the tile. The pattern drawn on it intrigued him, and he brought it back with him when they returned to Cloudleaf City.

However, a few days ago, while fetching water for my family, I accidentally dropped a piece of tile that I was carrying into the well.

The little boy had just lost a toy and felt it was a bit of a shame. He had tried to retrieve it before, but had failed, and wanted to give up.

But in the last few days, my mother has started saying that she hasn't been feeling well lately...

Now the little boy started to panic. He didn't know if it was because he had dropped the thing.

Moreover, other elderly people in the village also began to say that they were not feeling well, which completely panicked the little boy.

These past few days, because they dare not retrieve it during the day, the little boy has been bringing out a wooden bucket at night to try and pull it up.

"The wooden bucket is most likely not going to sink. Even if you try to dredge it for another half month, it may not be effective."

After listening, Lu Ye shook his head.

When he found this demonic palace tile, which exuded an evil aura, it was at the bottom.

"How did you get out? Did you go down the well?" the little boy asked curiously.

Could it be that this person went down the well?
"I have my own methods," Lu Ye said calmly.

"Tell me where you found the tile." Intuitively, Lu Ye felt there was something wrong with this place; otherwise, the Demon Palace tile wouldn't have appeared. He decided to go check it out.

A distance of a thousand miles is a long journey for ordinary people, but for Lu Ye, it is just a matter of a thought.

"That place is very far away, how will you get there?" The little boy was at an age where he was very curious about everything, and he couldn't help but ask this question.

“If you ask again, I’ll go tell your mother right now,” Lu Ye said.

The little boy was so frightened that he dared not ask any more questions and obediently told them the location.

He felt that this older brother looked quite kind, but why did he always seem to want to tell his parents what he said?

Too scary!

After a moment, Lu Ye said, "Alright, I've retrieved the item. You can go back now."

"Okay, thank you so much, big brother. If it weren't for you, I really wouldn't know how I would have been able to get it up here."

The little boy nodded. He knew that if he stayed out too long late at night and didn't go home, his parents might be worried if they found out.

After watching the little boy leave and sensing that he had indeed entered a villager's house, Lu Ye left Mo Village.

Just moments later, Lu Ye's figure disappeared from Cloud Leaf City and reappeared in Redwood Town.

At this time, Redwood Town had fallen into a state of desolation.

After scanning the area with his spiritual sense, Lu Ye had a clear understanding of the general distribution of cultivators in the town.

The two strongest individuals are both at the ninth level of the Acquired Realm, and they are only one step away from breaking through to the Innate Realm.

"The cultivators in this town are quite good."

Lu Ye was somewhat surprised. It was quite rare for a small town to have two people at the ninth level of the Acquired Realm.

The next moment, Lu Ye crossed the town and arrived at a mountain range not far from it.

"This place is so remote, how dare those two kids come here?" (End of Chapter)