[Mo Dao Zu Shi Fanfiction] I Raise A Ying in Yiling

Having received Wei Chaoyan's strong plea, and considering that they were only watching through a live stream, even though they were in empathy mode, there was still a dimensional barrier between them. The intimidating power of the Yiling Burial Mound was greatly weakened for the netizens. They were indeed terrified at first, but now they had recovered somewhat.

So, netizens with a strong sense of participation mustered their energy and started taking screenshots frame by frame to find the differences—no, I mean, to find the truth—into the new empathy mode, each displaying their unique skills to search every inch of the freely traversable area like a carpet. (Note: In empathy mode, netizens can move freely within a radius of 100 meters centered on the anchor Wei Chaoyan, and do not necessarily have to follow Wei Chaoyan closely to perceive the world from her perspective.)

While a large number of netizens were diligently scanning and searching, Wei Chaoyan was also working hard. Although she could only observe with her naked eyes from her horse, which prevented her from conducting a detailed search herself, she could observe the surrounding terrain, vegetation, and the intensity of resentment from her elevated position. She compared these observations with the details her father had described to her many times in her memory. When she found similarities, she whispered to Yan Qing behind her to mark them down. At the same time, she called on netizens in the live stream to send some people to investigate in these directions.

As the sun began to set, the sun, which had been bouncing around all day, grew a little sleepy. Its face was flushed with weariness, and it yawned, sometimes long and sometimes short, as it stumbled homeward.

As evening approached, Yan Qing silently and firmly stopped Wei Chaoyan, who was already exhausted but still stubbornly insisted on continuing the search: "It's getting late, it's almost Shenzheng, we need to return to the town."

When Yan Qing forcefully stopped their actions, Wei Chaoyan was angry and upset. But when Yan Qing uttered the words "it will be almost midnight," Wei Chaoyan froze as if struck by lightning. Why? Because Yan Qing reminded her that she had made a promise to Wei Ying and the other two before they set off.

And now? It's almost Shenzheng (3-5 PM), and only an hour or two away from her promised "before sunset." In such a short time, even if they ride at full speed, they won't be able to reach the outskirts of Yiling Town! Besides, it's getting late, and the danger along the way is increasing. Yan Qing and the others will definitely have to devote most of their attention to guarding against any sudden dangers. Under such circumstances, their travel speed will inevitably slow down a lot. In that case, let alone reaching the cloth shop before sunset, it would be good if they could even get back before Hai Shi (9-11 PM), after all, it took them four or five hours to get here during the day!

With a tearful expression, Wei Chaoyan said to Yan Qing, "Uncle Yan, I understand. Let's go back first, and come back another time. This harvest has been pretty good." Indeed, with the help of several parties, they had identified five places that were suspected of harboring the Resentment-Repelling Grass. With the exact locations, they could prepare thoroughly and choose a good time to come and verify them one by one. If they could confirm that even one of these five places did indeed harbor the Resentment-Repelling Grass, they would have made a profit.

However, while Lady Yan and her companions made a fortune on this trip, Wei Chaoyan didn't see it that way. Although she gained a lot of viewers' favor points, the entire live stream was in empathy mode, which cost a considerable amount of favor points. She didn't know how much she would have left after all the spending. More importantly, the search for the last traces left by Wei Ying's parents, Zezang and his wife, near Yiling Town was not completed, leaving Wei Chaoyan very dissatisfied.

However, it was already late, and although this place was far from the mass grave, it was not a safe place. At the same time, the group of people, including the netizens in the live broadcast room, were exhausted and overwhelmed after an afternoon of thorough searching, and they could not continue searching. Moreover, Wei Ying and the other two were anxiously waiting for Yan Niangzi's cloth shop to return. Wei Chaoyan had no choice but to make the decision to return.

As Yan Qing pulled on the reins, urging his horse to turn back towards the town, Wei Chaoyan turned to look at the other side of the receding mass grave, where no trace of them could be seen. A sudden, strong intuition told her directly that the place where Zezang and his wife had perished was somewhere within that mass grave. She didn't know why she had this intuition, so strange yet familiar. Strange because no one knew where Zezang and his wife had fallen; even the original novel, until the very end, never explicitly stated that Wei Wuxian had found them. How could she, Wei Chaoyan, a mere wandering soul who had strayed into the demonic path, know such things? Familiar because she felt as if she had truly, undeniably, found Zezang and his wife's bodies and belongings at that very spot.

This eerie yet harmonious feeling fueled Wei Chaoyan's growing doubts. Coupled with the inexplicable inner voice urging her to risk coming to the mass grave earlier than expected, these doubts only intensified. She decided that she would have to have a thorough talk with Number 001 when she got back.

Right now, the most important thing is to get back to Yiling Town safely and unharmed as quickly as possible, and also to figure out how to quell the rising anger of Lady Yan, Wei Ying, and even Qi Ye!

With a bitter feeling in her heart, Wei Chaoyan stared intently at the mass grave behind her, which had almost become a small black dot, for a few moments. Then she turned around and shrank back so that Yan Qing could better control the reins. Her mind raced as she tried to come up with a reasonable explanation for her late return without incurring the wrath of Lady Yan and the others.

They forgot to turn off the empathy mode in the live stream, so the netizens who were still waiting in the live stream and hadn't logged off early got a "experience card" of bumping along the outskirts of Yiling at night. The netizens who were "delighted" to fall into the trap laughed through their teeth like pigs.