It doesn't matter if your souls are scattered, as long as you die.

Seeing that Yun Li remained silent, Ming continued, "Actually, those children are all children of our family."

"Their parents, and even some of the children, knew that they had made sacrifices."

Yun Li was shocked, as were Mu Qian and the others.

Ming continued, "You should know about the Ancestor's situation. He has an immortal body, and naturally there are other special things on him, such as his blood."

"Whenever someone in the family falls seriously ill, the ancestor would personally bleed to cure the family member."

"All the clansmen are very grateful to the ancestor. Everyone is willing to sacrifice so that the ancestor can become truly immortal."

"nonsense!"

The person who spoke was Jiang Ting. She took two steps forward to be level with Mu Qian, but did not take another step forward.

"I was able to come here because a highly skilled martial artist told me. He should also be a member of your family. He originally wanted to come and kill this patriarch, and even entrusted his mother to me."

"The reason he wanted to kill this patriarch was because his son was killed by this patriarch."

"As the child's father, he had no idea that his child had been used as a sacrifice."

Upon hearing this, the old man's eyes widened slightly, and he turned his head to look blankly at Ming.

After a moment of contemplation, he asked, "What's the name of the person you're talking about, and where does he live?"

"I don't know his name, I only know that he lives in Xiaowan Village and has an elderly mother at home."

Ming knew who it was; just a few hours earlier, he had informed him to leave with his mother.

It turns out he didn't board the ship.

The reason he didn't board the ship was probably because he wanted to pick up his son and go together, but somehow he found out that his son had died.

Ming glanced at a corner. "Yin, do you know what's going on here?"

Everyone looked in the direction he was looking, and a figure slowly appeared in the corner.

Most of them are not ordinary people, and even ordinary people become extraordinary when they gather with such a group.

Therefore, no one was surprised to see this.

He walked over.

"Ancestor, Wei Zha was in charge of raising the Immortal Flesh. He was killed the day the Immortal Flesh was lost..."

At this point, he looked at Yun Li, "She killed him."

"I suspect that the reason why A-Zun did this was because he didn't have enough people, so he secretly arrested people or deceived people with children to find an excuse to take their children away."

The old man's eyes were hidden beneath droopy eyelids, making it impossible to discern his expression.

Ming was wearing sunglasses, so his expression was unreadable, but you could tell from his tightly clenched hands that he was in great pain.

Times have changed. People have become more self-reliant and no longer have the servility of the past, nor the mindset that they would give their lives at any time if their master needed them.

This is also why fewer people are willing to contribute their children.

The scene was completely silent; no one spoke.

After a long while, Ming spoke up, "Since it has already happened, we will not shirk our responsibility. I will investigate which families did not act voluntarily and do my best to compensate them."

These words are actually quite weak and powerless, but the man is already dead, and he has no ability to bring those children back to life.

"Nine children are still alive." Yun Li turned to look at Jiang Wei. "Have those children been reunited with their families?"

Jiang Wei was stunned for a moment. To be honest, he didn't know either. When those children lost too much blood and were sent to the hospital, they were handed over to other people in the police station.

He then went to investigate the person behind it all.

"I need to go back and ask."

Ming said, "There's a telephone in the house you can use."

Yin immediately stepped forward, "I'll take you there."

Jiang Wei glanced at Yun Li, and seeing her nod, he then disappeared into the shadows.

In less than ten minutes, Jiang Wei and Yin returned. Ming saw the excited smile on Yin's face and felt relieved.

"They're all still alive, right?" Yun Li asked. She had saved those children, so naturally she didn't want anything to happen to them.

"Yes, they are all alive." Jiang Wei smiled. "After the incident in the cave, in order not to cause panic among the public, we did not make a big fuss about finding the children's parents."

They only allowed families of missing children who had reported them missing to come and identify their children, but none of them turned out to be the parents of the nine children.

After she finished speaking, Yin continued, "Most of the clansmen nowadays are unwilling to let their children become sacrificial offerings, so the people who take over this matter use deceptive means."

The parents whose children were taken away all believed that their children were being raised and nurtured, never imagining that they were being used for sacrificial purposes, and naturally, they did not report it to the police.

"In addition, when something happens in the clan, it is usually the clan members who help solve it, and they rarely go to the authorities."

"That doesn't make sense!" Master Liu frowned and said, "You've performed so many sacrifices before, so your people should know about these sacrifices. Didn't you have any doubts about the child being taken away?"

"There will be no doubt," Ming said calmly. "Because this time it's not time for the ritual yet, the reason it's been brought forward..."

At this point, he looked at Yun Li and said, "It's because the lightning ability user killed Min Miaomiao in that cave, and her blood destroyed the formation."

No one expected that this was the reason.

Yun Li remained calm, showing no remorse or guilt, let alone the fact that she didn't know that killing Min Miaomiao there would disrupt the formation.

Even knowing that she would do the same thing, and would do it even more thoroughly.

The situation is basically clear now; the next step is to figure out what to do with the old man.

The old man's wish was to die completely.

Yun Li initially didn't want him to die a peaceful death; he should stay in this world and suffer torment—that would be the best punishment for him.

But after hearing that the sacrifices to the dead children were all voluntary, she couldn't judge right from wrong.

In the eyes of some law enforcement officers such as Jiang Wei and Mu Qian, even if it is voluntary, life should not be harmed.

The old man is guilty, terribly guilty!

But Yunli's thoughts were different from theirs. If someone wanted to commit suicide, she would never try to persuade them to.

She respects the thoughts of every living being.

Since it is a voluntary act, there is no oppression or bullying involved, and therefore the beneficiaries are not at fault.

For example, in ancient times, if the castration of eunuchs was considered oppression and abuse, then wouldn't every emperor be a heinous sinner deserving to be reborn as an animal?

Actually, no. Emperors with merits will not only not be reborn as animals, but will also have a good next life, or even escape the cycle of reincarnation and enter the realm of gods.

Human beings' self-awareness of laws and rules is completely different from the cause and effect in the world.

Therefore, she is now willing to fulfill the old man's wish.

"What's your name?" Yun Li asked the old man.

The old man looked up and said, "Wei Cheng."

"Is this your only name?"

"Of course there are more, but only this name is my true name."

Yun Li nodded. "Wei Cheng, I grant your wish."

Upon hearing this, the old man smiled, and his eyes, which hadn't shed a tear in hundreds of years, became moist.

Ming and Yin walked to the old man's sides, each holding one of his hands, and said their final farewell blessings with tearful voices.

Having received the primordial energy of creation from heaven and earth, it should naturally return to heaven and earth.