C23 (1/2)

By the time the old lady had covered more than ten meters, Yi Yun had already untied the red thread. The thread was tied with a copper coin as he said in a low voice, ”Here!”

Just as she finished speaking, the copper coin tied to the red thread seemed to have grown a pair of eyes as it chased after the old lady.

Yi Yun's attack was fast, but the old lady seemed to be even faster. Before the bronze coin got close to her, she twisted her waist and a black shadow sprang out of her body. The old lady's body fell to the ground with a clatter.

I thought to myself, ”Something's wrong.” Then, I immediately ran over.

”Don't move!” Yi Yun shouted coldly and stopped me. At the same time, he rushed to the old lady's side. His fingers flew around, and in a short moment, he had wrapped the red thread around the old lady's wrists.

Yi Yun didn't even look at the shadow that came out from the old lady's body as he shouted at me, ”Come and help me!”

When I reached the old lady's body, I lifted her up with both hands.

It was a strange thing, this old lady looked very skinny, her figure wasn't considered tall, but rather surprisingly heavy. The most unusual thing was that her body was very cold and stiff, to put it bluntly, she looked like someone who had been dead for a few days.

”The seven spirits are scattered in all directions, and the body is in chaos. Of course it's heavy, have you not heard of Death?” Yi Yun replied snappily.

”Old granny!” A roar sounded out, startling me. I immediately raised my head to look and saw the old man on the mountainside running towards us with a hoe in his hand.

”Crap, quick, dodge!” Yi Yun's expression changed. He immediately put the old lady down and pulled me to the side to hide.

However, when the old man saw this, he became even angrier. Even if it was Yi Yun, who was dodging and explaining at the same time, he still wouldn't be able to do anything.

I realized that the old man thought we had hurt his wife, and for a moment I was angry and amused.

”Don't move. If you move again, I'll retaliate.” Yi Yun said in a threatening tone as he stood on the spot with a dark expression. It was useless to even try to explain himself.

”You've killed my wife, I'll fight you to the death!” The old man glared angrily as he swung the hoe in his hand.

Hearing the old man's words, Yi Yun sighed helplessly. After dodging the old man's attack, he reached out and grabbed the hoe. With a tug, the old man staggered and fell to the ground.

”I've seen your son and daughter-in-law before.” Yi Yun threw the hoe in his hands far away as he said to the old man in a bad mood.

”Ah, you've met my son?” When the old man heard this, he was overjoyed and looked excitedly at Yi Yun.

Yi Yun nodded his head, hesitating to speak. He sighed, ”However, you won't be able to see it!”

The old man's face paled and he almost cried.

Yi Yun walked over to help the old man up, pulled him over to the bonfire and sat him down. He pointed to the place where the old lady had been sitting before and said, ”Your son and wife are already dead.”

”Impossible, they're still fine today, they just made a ruckus!” Yi Yun's words caused the old man to burst into tears, muttering to himself. Apart from that, he didn't question Yi Yun's words too much.

I was a little curious. The old geezer's reaction was completely out of my expectations. Logically speaking, the first reaction of hearing such news should be to deny such rumors. The second reaction should be to vent my anger on the person.

However, I didn't see any sign of this in the old man's expression. I even vaguely felt that this old man knew that his son and his daughter-in-law were no longer alive.

Yi Yun sat to the side and stopped moving. Instead, he picked up the things that this old lady kept throwing into the fire. When I looked closely, it was actually a paper metal ingot.

I sucked in a breath of cold air. Why would this old lady be so good as to burn that thing?

”Tell me about your wife. You must know something.” Yi Yun had a playful look on his face as he sized up the golden ingot in his hand.