No hope for eternal life

The beautiful woman in red took out a jade box and said to Mu Changsheng: "I just happened to get a top-grade foundation-building pill a few days ago, so I'll give it to you, little brother. I'll also consider it as a sacrifice to my poor child."

The development of the matter far exceeded Mu Changsheng's imagination. He did not expect that the two parties had just met by chance and the other party was going to give him a top-grade foundation-building pill.

Out of caution, Mu Changsheng declined politely, saying: "Thank you for your kindness, senior, but I cannot accept such a generous gift without merit."

Seeing this, the beautiful woman in red began to beg: "I've already said that this is to comfort the spirit of my dead child in heaven. Just consider it as a mother's consideration for me and accept it."

"This..." Mu Changsheng was in a dilemma, hesitating whether he should accept it or not. Finally, he could only turn to the old man in hemp clothes beside him for help.

Seeing Mu Changsheng's pleading look, the old man in hemp clothes understood and helped to persuade him: "Madam, you should take back the foundation-building pill. Everyone has their own destiny and you can't force it. You think you are doing a good deed, but you don't know that this young man may be destined to use a special-grade foundation-building pill to build his foundation. Using your high-grade foundation-building pill will harm him instead."

The old man in hemp clothes' persuasion really convinced the beautiful woman in red. She took back the foundation-building pill and finally solved Mu Changsheng's dilemma.

After this, Mu Changsheng's trust in the old man in hemp clothes and the beautiful woman in red increased a lot, and the three of them began to chat.

During the chat, Mu Changsheng also learned that the two people were named Wang Shichuan and Liang Hongyu.

The three of them chatted almost all the way until six hours later, when the boat speed began to slow down, indicating that Mu Changsheng had arrived at his destination - Nansha Ferry.

"Two seniors, it's time for me to get off the boat. Goodbye." Mu Changsheng said to the two reluctantly.

"Take care, little brother." The old man in hemp clothes said with a smile.

The beautiful woman in red still had a slightly sad expression on her face, and she wished him a happy journey: "Good luck, little brother."

Mu Changsheng got off the boat and left. The beautiful woman in red who stayed behind took off her sad "mask" and whispered to the old man in hemp clothes beside her: "Are you really not getting off the boat?"

"This little guy is indeed a greenhorn, but he is very cautious. He is not tempted at all by your foundation-building pill." The old man in hemp clothes analyzed slowly.

Judging from their words and actions, it was obvious that the two men had known each other for a long time.

The beautiful woman in red asked in confusion, "Doesn't this just prove that he has a rich family? Why let him go?"

"You only see that his family is wealthy, but you don't see that he is calm and confident in the face of adversity. Haven't you ever thought about why he, who is only in the Qi Refining Stage, dares to come out alone?" the old man in hemp clothes scolded.

"He is just at the Qi Refining stage. No matter how powerful he is, what can he do?" The beautiful woman in red was still a little unconvinced.

“Better safe than sorry.” The old man in hemp clothes shook his head and said, “Before I boarded the ship, I just received news that the Golden Snake couple at Niujiao Ferry had died. The cause of death is unknown, and we don’t even know when they died.”

"Ah, how is this possible?" the beautiful woman in red exclaimed. The Golden Snake couple from Niujiao Ferry were in the same business as them. They specialized in roaming around various ferry crossings and ferries to select targets and rob them. Their methods were much more sophisticated than the two of them, yet they were defeated just like that.

At the same time, Mu Changsheng, who had just got off the ferry, had no idea that he had been plotted against, and continued to head towards Nansha City. There were many people heading in the same direction as him, and they were obviously all heading to Nansha City.

After leaving the Nansha Ferry, Mu Changsheng was less than a hundred miles away from Nansha City. He walked briskly, but he saw bursts of black smoke coming from the distance on his right. The black smoke was extremely thick and very eye-catching.

Mu Changsheng took out the map he carried with him and looked at it. He frowned slightly and thought to himself: "That direction is a town called Xukai Town. Could something have happened?"

Mu Changsheng then shook his head again, took back the map, and put away his curiosity. Things in the world are unpredictable. Even if he has the Qingshen Talisman to protect him, he can't do whatever he wants. Maybe there is someone in Xukai Town whom he can't afford to offend. It's better to mind his own business.

"Gee, gee, gee!" A group of monks dressed in rough clothes suddenly rushed past on the road. They all rode on monster mounts and were extremely arrogant. Mu Changsheng and other passers-by hurriedly made way.

"Woo woo woo!" That group of rough monks let out bursts of strange laughter and whizzed past.

After the group of people left, a passerby spat and cursed: "These bandits are so arrogant."

"Isn't it? Xu Kaizhen next to him must have fallen into their hands." Another cultivator echoed.

Having said that, everyone is in the mindset of minding their own business and is unwilling to meddle in other people's business and continues to go their own way.

"It turns out that it was bandits who were causing the rebellion." After hearing that it was bandits who were causing the rebellion, Mu Changsheng immediately changed his mind and chose to take another route to Xukai Town.

Mu Changsheng's change of route attracted a lot of people's attention. After all, at this time, people would deliberately avoid Xu Kai Town. Only Mu Changsheng went in the direction of Xu Kai Town, which was really a bit eye-catching.

"After all, he is still young and doesn't know that curiosity kills the cat." A passerby sighed and continued on his way without any intention of trying to persuade him.

Ignoring the strange looks from others, Mu Changsheng headed towards Xukai Town with determination. He had no idea about the situation in Xukai Town before and did not dare to go there easily for the sake of caution. Now that he knew it was bandits causing the chaos, he felt more confident because he had two high-level talismans given by Yang Wuque.

Moreover, Mu Changsheng knew in his heart that Yang Wuque sent him to deliver the letter, not only to keep it confidential, but also to test him. It would have been fine if he had not met him, but now that he had met him and learned the whole story, he should go and take a look.

After walking for several miles, Mu Changsheng came to a high point and looked down at Xukai Town not far away. All he could see were broken walls and billowing black smoke. It seemed that a big fire had just broken out.

Seeing this scene, Mu Changsheng felt heavy in his heart, thinking that fortunately Yang Wuque was in charge of his hometown Qingliu Town. Everyone within hundreds of miles around knew Yang Wuque's reputation, and no one dared to offend him.

With a heavy heart, Mu Changsheng walked down from the height and continued towards Xukai Town.

After entering the town, Mu Changsheng first smelled a strange smell. Following the smell, Mu Changsheng walked into a ruin and saw three charred corpses, one small and two large. The strange smell came from these three charred corpses!

"Ugh, ugh." After realizing this, Mu Changsheng couldn't help but step back repeatedly. He didn't vomit, but he vomited a lot of sour water.

After stopping vomiting, Mu Changsheng didn't dare to look at the three charred corpses anymore and walked away. This was the first time he saw dead people, and in such a tragic state.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng continued to go deeper into the town, where he heard sounds of wailing and mourning.