I am a living immortal.

"Where are you from, sir?" The old man led the way, and the light of the tinder could illuminate a small area ahead.

"I came to Shengjing to visit friends there."

"That's very elegant. Where are you from, sir? Your accent doesn't sound like you're from nearby."

"I'm from Yuannan, Rangzhou. It's a bit far away."

"Rangzhou?" The old man thought about it in his mind. It was very unfamiliar and he didn't know where it was.

"I really don't know, it's far enough... We're here."

The old man put out the fire in his hand and then knocked on the door, while Su Mu patted the old goat and told him to find food by himself.

"Dong Dong Dong!!"

"Old lady... I'm back..."

"Here I come, here I come. I thought you wouldn't come back tonight." An old voice came from inside the door. Soon Su Mu heard footsteps, and then the door was opened. It was a white-haired old man. When he saw Su Mu, his face was stunned. Because the old man had a hunched posture, Su Mu would be very conspicuous if he stood behind him.

“This is…”

Su Mu tried to speak in a gentle voice, "Sorry to bother you."

"Don't disturb me, don't disturb me, come in." The old woman opened the door and motioned for the two to come in.

First he brought two bowls, poured some water in them, and then said, "I guess you're all hungry. I'll make you something to eat."

Su quickly refused: "No need to bother."

"No trouble." The old woman smiled and went into the kitchen to busy herself. The old man also patted Su Mu to indicate that he didn't have to be polite.

"Normally there are only two of us living in this house, and it's finally become popular."

Su Mu looked around the house. It was not shabby at all. All the necessary furniture was available and the house had obviously been renovated. From the outside, she could see that there were two side rooms beside the main house. It was obvious that the two old people did not live in poverty.

"We have a daughter and a son. Our son is working in Pingqing County, and our daughter is also married in Pingqing."

"They also invited us old couple to live there for a while, but it wasn't as comfortable as here, so they had no choice but to renovate the old house to make it more comfortable for us. I went to Pingqing before to give them some chickens, ducks and vegetables raised by my family, and to visit them on the way."

Su Mu praised, "You two are so lucky to have such filial children. You should just enjoy your old age and the happiness of family."

"You are a young man who really knows how to talk. Here."

After a while, the old woman brought out two bowls of noodles from the kitchen, with a few handfuls of vegetables and a few pieces of meat.

"Just eat it, you're welcome."

"Thank you. I won't be polite then." Su Mu saw the old woman picking up her chopsticks and started eating as well. She kept praising the food while eating, which made the old woman very happy.

The old man chatted with Su Mu for a few more words before speaking seriously.

"Sir, since you're so kind, I'd like to remind you that if you don't have a compelling reason to go to Pingmo County, it's best to take a detour."

Su Mu asked curiously, "Ah? What happened?"

The old man shook his head, looked outside, and found it was late at night and quiet. He whispered, "Pingmo County has been in turmoil lately. Many people have died in Pingmo County in the past few days. It is said that evil spirits are at work. Taoist priests and monks have been invited in batches. Some say it is revenge by the Jianghu people, and those master constables have also been invited."

"But people are still dying, and it's all from the same family, the richest one."

"No one has a solution."

"Those people on horseback just now went to Pingmo County?" Su Mu thought of the Taoist priest and a few wanderers.

"Yes, the Mao family is in a panic, and the whole of Pingmo County is in a state of chaos. Every day and night, they are either performing rituals or chanting scriptures. I heard that those who have relatives in Pingmo County have all fled to the countryside. Every night, there is a "da da da" sound on the rooftops."

"What is it?"

"What else could it be? People, those chivalrous knights on patrol. They stay awake in the middle of the night, not walking on the main roads, but on the rooftops. Not only do they disturb people's sleep, but they're also useless."

"The key is that I'm angry, but I have nowhere to vent it. I have to swallow it down. It's so painful."

"Is there such a weird thing? Is this a human or a monster?"

The old man slurped up a mouthful of noodles and continued, "If you ask me, this is what people are like. Don't forget, although this place is a bit far from Shengjing, it's still within its range. To put it nicely, it's called the footsteps of the Son of Heaven. Even evildoers can't escape from a place like this, so how could they possibly come here?"

"In the past ten years or so, there have been very few deaths in Pingmo County, let alone a demon. He must be a martial artist with great martial arts skills. Otherwise, the frequency of the Taoist monk chanting to exorcise demons is really annoying."

Su Mu finished the last bite of noodles and gulped down the noodle soup.

"Father-in-law, someone's dead, how can you still have the energy to make fun of him?"

"To be honest, I was scared at first. After all, this isn't the era we were in back then. But as time went on, it became clear that the people who died were all members of the Mao family. They were already acting tyrannically in Pingmo County, and who knows what kind of people they might have offended. It wouldn't be surprising if they were killed. Besides, the Mao family is large, so if a few of them died, they would be able to take some of the heat off."

The old man's outspokenness was immediately met with a killing look from the old lady.

"Why are you glaring at me? I'm just telling the truth."

"Those in their family are idle all day long. That one from the next village... wasn't she abducted and made a concubine a while ago? I don't know if she's alive or dead yet, and there's no further news of her."

"The government doesn't care." Su Mu frowned.

"Of course we care, but it's useless. The Mao family is rich, and they spent a few hundred taels to settle the matter. The parents of the robbed family are silent, and even speak well of the Mao family. The government can't do anything about it."

"Besides, the Mao family has someone behind them, and the government doesn't dare to offend them too much."

What the old man said made sense.

At the end, I sighed and said that in this prosperous era, it is inevitable that there will be people like this. It is impossible for them not to exist.

Su Mu gave a thumbs-up: "What the father-in-law said makes sense."

"But the world is much better now than when I was young. When I was young, the world was in chaos. Now that I've gotten through this, it's nothing compared to what it was back then."

Then the old man changed the subject and told Su Mu about his experiences in his youth...

With Su Mu's words as a supporting role, he became more and more excited.

It wasn't until the old woman had cleaned up a room that she finally had to interrupt: "Let's not talk about these trivial things. It's almost dawn, and it's time to go to bed."

"I forgot, I forgot. Sorry, sorry. Take a rest."

"No, I really admired your elegance back then."

After a few polite words, Su Mu was sent by the old man to rest.

Late at night, the lively atmosphere lingers in the living room for a long time.