As expected, Yu Xing finally peeped into the reason why the shaman had sent him away. After the person disappeared into the water and the shaman walked upstream, Yu Xing headed back to the village.

Although this mountain forest was quite confusing, Yu Xing had a strong memory and had no problem remembering the way. He passed through the trees that blocked the sunlight and returned to the village.

When he first arrived in the village, which was just yesterday, the villagers who opened the door for him were unfriendly. It seemed like they didn't want to talk to him, almost as if they were avoiding the plague god. He could guess the reason.

The villagers all thought of themselves as lucky ones who were sheltered from the reapers of souls, Black and White Impermanence. Before anyone joined them, there was a possibility that their secrets could be leaked.

If more people knew about this, it would expose the immortal beings, and their eternal dreams would be shattered!

It can be said that many times, deceivers take advantage of the victim's mentality. If the victim doesn't want to be discovered, it's really hard for others to rescue them.

Now, Yu Xing was not as embarrassed as he was yesterday. The fact that he had been accepted by the shaman had already spread throughout the village. Everyone looked at him with curiosity, as if he were the youngest member of their family.

Yu Xing didn't want to have any interaction with these foolish dreamers. After entering the village, he went straight to the shaman's house. He casually searched for the medical kit that the shaman had placed before leaving, and quickly found the box, then left.

At this time, the young and middle-aged people in the village were working in the fields, and even the women went to help, leaving only the elderly and children.

When he stepped out of the house, for some reason, he was suddenly stared at by a child.

The child was probably five or six years old, with a round head and a body much stronger than the adults in the village. It seemed that he had not been sacrificed much, probably because he was still young and his family didn't need him to be sacrificed to the gods so early. He was also more cheerful than the adults in the village and not at all shy. At first, the child was squatting on a small mound, but when he saw Yu Xing, he jumped down and grabbed Yu Xing's clothes. "Big brother, what are you carrying?"

"A medical kit." At this stage of his memory, Yu Xing was the most indifferent and sensitive. He didn't want to talk to the child at all, so he answered the question and was about to leave.

"Brother, brother, can you play with me for a while? If you don't play with me, I heard that you came from outside. Can you tell me a story?" The child looked at him with big eyes.

Yu Xing "..."

Yu Xing originally wanted to shake off the child, but then he thought that perhaps some things would be easier to find out from the child. So he softened his tone a bit and said, "I can tell you a story, but in exchange, you have to tell me something, okay?"

"What do you want to know?"

Yu Xing asked, "Are you the only child in the village?"

The child looked at him and shook his head. "No, there are many, but they don't play with me."

"Why?"

"They say I'm stupid and always side with outsiders... You're not an outsider now, are you? I came to play with you, will I be scolded?" As he spoke, the child suddenly shrank back, looking wary.

Yu Xing was attracted by the child's question. Looking down, he could vaguely see some scars on the child's neck.

He pointed to the child. "Here, were you hit?"

The child looked down, pursed his lips, and seemed a little sad.

"Because you side with outsiders, so the children your age hit you?" Yu Xing's narrow phoenix eyes squinted, and he patted the child's round head. "What's your name?"

"Xiao Hu."

"Okay, Xiao Hu, tell me... who came to this village before I did? What did you do to make the other children bully you?"

"Just a few days ago, a little girl came to the village. She was sent by the people from the neighboring village. She cried so miserably when she came, but the shaman accepted her, saying that she had a connection with the immortal beings and wanted to send her to the immortal beings." Xiao Hu clenched his little fists. "But I saw that she didn't want to at all. Although everyone wants to get close to the immortal beings, she didn't want to. So why not send someone else instead of forcing her?"

"I said that at the time, and the shaman seemed very unhappy. I was scolded by my mother, and later, the other kids didn't come to play with me, and they pushed me. They said I was stupid and bold, daring to defy even the immortal beings... what was that word again? Oh, right, rebellious!" Xiao Hu looked wronged, but Yu Xing understood.

The little girl sent by the neighboring village... most likely, it was Mai Mai.

From the conversation he had overheard between the shaman and the water ghost, it was not difficult to guess that the little girl was already dead and had been eaten by the water ghost.

A bit of a pity.

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Yu Xing sighed. Although he had only met her once, or rather, only in his memory, Yu Xing had a good impression of Mai Mai. She was a lively little girl.

Why did the village where Old Zhang lived forcibly send Mai Mai to this village to the shaman? Did Old Zhang know?

When he mentioned the neighboring village to the shaman before, the words the shaman used were "betrayal" and "greed." Could it be that...

The people in the village, without Old Zhang's knowledge, kidnapped Mai Mai and sent her to the shaman?

He looked at Xiao Hu again. "Your thoughts are not wrong. It's the others who are dumber than you, so they can't understand you."

"Really?" Xiao Hu's eyes lit up, and he seemed to have received the most precious gift.

"Really, so, tell me, what happened to that little girl later? Did you see how she was sent to the side of the immortal beings?" Yu Xing showed a keen interest in the matter.

"I didn't see it. I only saw the shaman taking her outside the village, and then I was locked at home and beaten by my mother." Xiao Hu pouted.

He remembered his original purpose in stopping Yu Xing and tugged at Yu Xing's clothes. "Big brother, it's time for you to tell me a story."

"Okay." Yu Xing did get some information from Xiao Hu, and Xiao Hu's way of thinking made Yu Xing feel that there was still hope. So Yu Xing decided to reward Xiao Hu.He looked at Xiao Hu, placed the medical kit on the ground, squatted down, and his tone softened, "Let me tell you a... ghost story."

Xiao Hu was startled, never expecting someone to tell him this.

Isn't he still a child?

Yet Yu Xing didn't give Xiao Hu a chance to negotiate. He slowed down his speech, using a captivating tone that bewitched others to focus on his voice, "Once upon a time, there was a woman in the village. Her husband had broken his leg by falling near a grave while walking at night, so she had to do the farm work alone, working very late into the night before returning home."

"That day, after finishing her work, it was already pitch dark. As she walked on the road home, she saw an old woman in black clothes standing on the roadside graveyard. The Granny saw her and asked, 'How do I get to the village?' The woman didn't think much of it, assuming she was a relative of someone from the village, and replied, 'Just follow this road straight ahead.'"