Excessive ferocity due to caution

Chapter 627 "Exorcising Evil" Back Then

"Zhao Yi!?"

"You dare come alone? You're courting death!"

"puff!"

"Don't kill me!"

...

"Hahaha! I knew you weren't dead out there. Perfect, I'll use your corpse to curry favor with the Li family!"

"Ugh...you, you actually?!"

"impossible!!"

...

"Huh? Zhao Yi!"

"Hmph, you've got some nerve, daring to come all alone!"

"I will kill you today!"

"Ah...cough cough, you can't kill me, my father is..."

...

In just one day, Zhao Yi appeared in various areas of Bright Cliff, leaving behind several mutilated corpses each time he left.

He killed very quickly, almost instantly.

The guards following behind, collecting the bodies, stared blankly at the mangled corpses on the ground.

Although since Ren Wudi opened the gate to the mysteries of heaven and earth a hundred years ago, more and more masters of the unity of heaven and man have appeared in this martial arts world, but in a hundred years, there have only been a hundred or so who have broken through, unlike today where so many have suddenly appeared.

Such unparalleled masters are among the top in this martial arts world, renowned throughout Bright Cliff. Their mere presence can change the very fabric of the world and stir up the winds and clouds!

Even when facing attacks from vengeful spirits in the outside world, a peerless master at the Unity of Heaven and Man realm can advance and retreat with ease!

They never imagined that such a powerful and unparalleled master would die so silently in their own room...

What kind of terrifying existence must it be to kill a master of the Unity of Heaven and Man realm with a single blow?

Silently collecting the corpse.

As evening approached, Zhao Yi stopped and sat down in the courtyard with Su Xingcan to eat and drink.

"If I had foreseen the arrival of an old friend and the untimely situation, I should have secretly left behind two jars of wine back then, so that we could dig them up and drink to our hearts' content today!"

Su Xingcan sighed with regret.

This courtyard, neither too big nor too small, contains a plum tree, but otherwise is simple and unrefined, unlike the residence of a nobleman.

Dried cured meat was also hanging on the doors and windows outside the house.

Yu Chonglou is also here.

However, he did not sit at the table, but stood at the gate of the courtyard, holding his knife against the wind.

There are three generals guarding our gate. They are not always busy. When they are not busy, they like to follow Su Xingcan around.

"Brother Su, how much do you know about the diseases that ravaged the Warring States period?"

Zhao Yi smiled slightly, exchanged a few pleasantries with Su Xingcan, and then got down to business.

Su Xingcan thought carefully for a moment, then slowly recounted everything she knew from back then:

"This is a bit of a long story, let me break it down for you—"

"When this disease first appeared during the Warring States period, it was about 80 years ago. At that time, it did not attract much attention. Everyone thought it was just the fulfillment of what the gods and spirits said."

"So instead of investigating the matter of ghosts and spirits, the government arrested the people who reported the case and conducted a thorough investigation. They suspected that these people had killed their relatives and friends, which is why their relatives and friends had become vengeful ghosts and returned to claim their lives."

"But as the number of reports of crimes within the six countries increased and many similar cases remained unsolved, many government officials in the six countries finally became alert."

"They established a special investigation team to investigate the matter, but after several years, they found nothing. Even many of the investigators within this team contracted a disease and turned into vengeful ghosts!"

"Many things were left unresolved, and by this time, the rulers of the six states had almost completely stopped caring about them."

At this point, Su Xingcan sighed.

Su Qingyao, standing to the side, didn't quite understand and asked:

Why?

"Isn't the situation getting worse?"

"How can they sit still and relax?"

Su Xingcan chuckled.

"Yes... Miss Su understands this principle as well."

"But those rulers, sitting high above in their gold and silver robes, simply don't understand."

"They only treated the common people as prey, and never cared about their lives."

"Moreover, in these people's imaginations, the so-called 'lower classes' will only endlessly give birth to 'younger lower classes,' like leeks, cut one crop after another, without end..."

Su Xingcan paused here, then said rather sarcastically:

"My analogy is actually not appropriate."

"Because when people harvest leeks, they at least provide enough nutrients to the roots of the leeks, giving them time to rest and recuperate... In comparison, the people of the six kingdoms are not even leeks."

"The monarchs and nobles of the six kingdoms, of course, didn't care about any of this. In their eyes, these 'lowly people' would never die out. No matter how harsh the environment, they would always find a humble way to continue to eke out a living..."

"And so, with their neglect, the disease called 'sin' finally broke out completely sixty-seven years ago."

Su Xingcan spoke calmly, but everyone present could tell that he was not at peace inside.

"In the six kingdoms, almost 90% of the population died within a year."

"Corpses littered the ground, vengeful ghosts roamed freely, fields lay desolate, and human habitation was barely visible."

"The despair of that time made everyone unable to lift their heads, and some even took their own lives..."

"As the largest intelligence base in the martial arts world, the Star Gazing Tower failed to make any contribution to it. Everyone was at a loss, waiting to die in despair at the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion..."

"But no one expected that, at this critical moment of life and death, a man who had been missing for decades would suddenly step forward..."

Zhao Yi looked up.

"Who?"

Su Xingcan slowly uttered a familiar name:

"Ren Wudi"

A glint flashed in Zhao's eyes:

"He's not dead?"

Su Xingcan:

"without."

"At the most critical moment, Ren Wudi wrote a letter, which was carried by a black crow. He told me that he had left a mark on Bright Cliff that could prevent disease, and asked me to take the survivors from the six kingdoms there for refuge."

"After more than a decade, people have finally settled down at Bright Cliff and have endured hardship until today."

"During that time, I did consider going out to investigate the source of the disease, but..."

He gave a wry smile and didn't continue.

Zhao Yi was able to understand his difficulties.

If diseases in the outside world are not detected and contained in time, even the most serious ones cannot prevent infection!

Those who went out to try to investigate the origin of the virus certainly did not come back alive.

Zhao Yi picked up a piece of food and suddenly said:

Where is Ren Wudi now?

Su Xingcan remained silent for a moment.

"I don't know."

"I have never seen him."

"We did exchange a few letters in the earlier years, but that was about it."