Reborn as a tree, the peerless god is obsessed

After everything was deployed as planned, Xueyao and others prepared to hide in the dark and wait for the opportunity.

But at the end of a long corridor, she suddenly felt something was wrong with the air. Xueyao signaled everyone to be careful while she cautiously moved forward.

After turning a few corners, he accidentally opened the secret door in the wall.

Xue Yao and the others immediately took a few steps back vigilantly. They stared closely at the door, fearing that something dangerous would rush out.

However, to their surprise, the person who walked out of the door was an old man in tattered clothes.

The old man had white hair and a face covered with wrinkles, looking very old. His eyes were a little cloudy, and he seemed a little confused.

"This...what's going on?" Xiao Lin'er looked at the old man in front of him in surprise. He didn't understand why such an old man would appear in this door.

Xue Yao took a look and found that there was a basement behind the door. She did not say anything, but just quietly observed the old man, trying to find some clues from him.

The old man didn't seem to notice their presence. He staggered out, mumbling some incomprehensible words.

Xue Yao's heart moved, she stepped forward and blocked the old man's way.

"Old man, who are you? Why are you here?" she asked gently.

The old man raised his head, a trace of confusion flashing in his cloudy eyes. He looked at Xueyao, then at Xiaolin'er, and seemed a little scared.

"I... I don't know... I don't know who I am... and why I am here..." he said tremblingly.

Xue Yao frowned, feeling that the old man was hiding something. She decided to take him back to the Secret Garden first and then slowly question him.

"Old man, please come with us first, we will take good care of you." Xue Yao said, reaching out to hold the old man's arm.

The old man did not resist and let Xue Yao support him.

Xueyao brought him into the secret garden, and Xiaolin'er and Xiaoying followed closely behind.

After the old man finished eating, his spirits seemed to improve. He sat on the stone bench, his eyes still filled with confusion and fear.

"Old man, can you tell us how you got to that basement?" Xue Yao asked softly.

The old man raised his head, looked at Xueyao, and then looked at the people around him. He was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "I... I don't remember... I only remember that I was wandering in the darkness until someone opened the door..."

Xue Yao's heart moved, and she asked, "Do you still remember what that person looks like?"

The old man shook his head and said, "I don't remember... I just remember that he was wearing a black cloak and I couldn't see his face clearly..."

Black cloaks? They must be those men in black.

Seeing that she could not get any useful information from him, Xue Yao gave him some spiritual spring water, let him fall asleep, and then gave him acupuncture.

As the silver needle penetrated deeper, the old man's body began to tremble slightly, as if he was experiencing a painful struggle.

Xue Yao frowned and observed the old man's reaction intently. She knew that this process was not easy for the old man, but she had to persevere in order to find his lost memories.

Time passed little by little, and the old man's body gradually calmed down. Xue Yao gently pulled out the silver needle and placed a pill in the old man's mouth.

The pill melted in his mouth, and the old man's face showed a trace of relief. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at Xue Yao, his eyes full of gratitude.

"Thank you, little girl." The old man said softly.

Xue Yao smiled slightly and said, "Old man, do you remember anything?"

The old man was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke: "I remember... I remember that I was once a general, but because of a great war, I lost my memory and was trapped in that basement."

Xue Yao's heart moved, and she asked, "What happened in that battle? Can you tell me in more detail?"

The old man shook his head and said, "I only remember that the battle was extremely brutal, and countless soldiers died. I was hit from the back of the head by a powerful force, and then lost consciousness. When I woke up, I was already in that basement."

Xue Yao frowned. Battle? General?

However, the old man seemed unwilling to talk about the past. He closed his eyes and stopped talking.

Xueyao knew that forcing it was useless, so she didn't ask any further questions.

The old man lay in bed, his heart swirling with turmoil. Xue Yao's acupuncture and pills had brought back fragments of his memories, and those once familiar scenes and people flashed through his mind one by one.

He knew he couldn't give up like this. He had to regain his memory in order to uncover the truth of the war and seek justice for those lost lives.

But when he tried to think, his head hurt unbearably.

Seeing him holding his head in pain, Xue Yao carefully examined his head again.

During this examination, it was discovered that there was a long needle behind his head, almost penetrating his scalp.

"Mother, who is so cruel?" Xiao Lin'er said in surprise.

"If someone wants to kill him, they will naturally not be polite." Xue Yao said.

After taking out the long needle, the old man suddenly felt much more relaxed, more energetic, and his memory gradually returned.

The old man's name was Lei Wu, and he was actually a great general who was once famous all over the world. During that war, he received an order from the court to go north to fight the enemy.

He led his soldiers on a journey of day and night, and when they reached a valley, they were suddenly ambushed by the enemy, all of whom were men in black and top-notch masters.

They were agile and ruthless. Although Lei Wu's army was brave, they seemed powerless under the siege of these men in black.

Lei Wu tried his best to break out, but those men in black seemed endless and kept pouring forward.

Just when Lei Wu was about to run out of strength, a black shadow suddenly appeared behind him, holding a long needle in his hand, and stabbed it fiercely into the back of his head.

Lei Wu only had time to turn around before he saw the black shadow quickly retreat and disappear into the darkness.

He only felt a sharp pain and then lost consciousness.

After waking up, he found himself trapped in the basement and had lost all his memories.

After listening to Lei Wu's narration, Xue Yao and others couldn't help but feel a chill.

They didn't expect that there was such a deep conspiracy hidden behind this.

"Mom, who are these men in black? Why did they attack General Lei?" Xiao Lin'er asked in confusion.

Xue Yao shook her head and said, "We don't know yet, but we can be sure that these men in black are definitely not good people. They must have some ulterior motive."

Lei Wu also nodded and said, "Although I have lost my memory, I can feel the familiar aura emanating from those men in black."

Familiar? Xueyao's heart moved. Underground palace?