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As evening approached, she secretly slipped out while Mo Ping was out surveying the terrain.

This morning, the fourth leader still didn't let her leave the valley, but she did receive a promise from him.

She could go back to him to collect her money later if she thought of it.

However, there probably won't be a chance; she'll be leaving the valley tonight.

Thinking of this, her steps seemed to lighten considerably, and she couldn't help but hum a little tune.

The young man will surely keep his promise, after all, this sword looks quite valuable.

……

Not long after, she followed the stone wall and finally found the low stone standing at the entrance of the cave. When she saw that the other sword that was placed next to the low stone had been taken away, she knew that the boy must have survived.

She entered the cave full of anticipation.

Some remnants of the burnt reeds from yesterday were still there, and the bloodstains on the ground had long since dried. The medicine bowl that had been placed next to the boy that day remained untouched, but there was no sign of the boy at all.

Not just in that one place, but nowhere else could the boy be seen.

He should keep his promise.

Maybe she just arrived too early.

She sat at the cave entrance, staring intently at the only path she could take.

As the sun sets, the moon begins to appear, like a shy maiden cautiously peeking out from behind the clouds.

Xiao Ran gazed at the stars in the sky, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

Perhaps the young man was dissatisfied with her attitude yesterday and deliberately arrived late.

She'll just wait.

……

He should keep his promise.

Shit!

The bright moon was shrouded in dark clouds, the vast earth was covered with a black veil, and the strong wind tousled her hair.

It looks like it's about to rain.

Xiao Ran returned to the stone cave, untied the strip of cloth that was used to secure the sword, and threw the short sword to the ground.

boom!

A deafening clap of thunder came from outside.

Raindrops began to fall, pattering against the stone wall, the dense sound instantly reaching her ears.

She had been waiting for an unknown amount of time, so long that she had forgotten that this boy had once tried to kill her.

She was still not satisfied and stomped on the valuable short sword she had just thrown on the ground several times.

She's so stupid! She actually trusted a boy who once tried to kill her.

The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, beating the green grass and wetting Xiao Ran's clothes.

But she quickly rallied.

Yes, she still has hope. If she begs the Fourth Master, she might be able to exchange some of the secret recipes he knows for a way out of the valley. If all else fails, she can secretly find a way out of the valley herself.

It's better than wallowing in self-pity here.

She rushed into the rain, her quick footsteps carrying away streaks of sticky mud and creating ripples in the water.

-

"Why has it been raining every day these past few days?" Mo Ping complained as he stood at the mountain gate, holding an umbrella.

After returning from his inspection, he didn't see his junior brother again. Although his junior brother always did things that surprised him, he knew that his junior brother would definitely come back.

Sure enough, not long after, he saw a person running towards him through the rain.

The senior brother, as expected, didn't hear him. The junior brother merely glanced at him seemingly casually, and then... ran straight past him!

Mo Ping was somewhat confused.

Why does it feel like the area around me gets a bit colder when my junior brother runs by? Is it just his imagination? But this morning he saw that the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.

What's going on here?

But no matter what happened, he still chased after him, shouting, "Junior brother, don't get wet in the rain!"

……

Xiao Ran ran straight to the fourth master's house. Today, she was determined to get the information about leaving the valley out of him, no matter what, even if it cost her everything!

Her rebirth shouldn't waste time in this desolate valley.

But just as she called out "Fourth Master" a few times and was about to knock on the door, she suddenly heard her senior brother, who had chased after her, scream in the courtyard.

"Who are you? Who gave you permission to come in?"

She turned her head and saw a group of burly men in straw raincoats bowing to Mo Ping.

Seeing that they had frightened Mo Ping, they respectfully apologized, saying, "We're sorry, Brother Mo. We are the chief's men. There's an emergency in the village, and the chief wants everyone to gather, so we had no choice but to come and bother you at this time."

Hearing this, Mo Ping's shock did not subside in the slightest; on the contrary, it intensified.

Aside from the time his master was injured, there had never been such a grand commotion before.

Is...something wrong?

Mo Ping still refused to believe it, so he declined, saying, "But my master has already gone to sleep. If there's nothing important, please come back tomorrow."

But they were talking very loudly, including Mo Ping's scream and Xiao Ran's shouts, so the people inside must have been awake long ago.

Sure enough, the door in front of Xiao Ran suddenly opened, and the fourth master pushed out a wheelchair.

The burly men immediately bowed and said, "Fourth Master, the First Master invites you."

……

Not long after, Mo Ping pushed the wheelchair, with Xiao Ran following behind. They remained silent the whole way, as if everyone was filled with unease about the leader's summons.

When she arrived at the village square, she saw that everyone around her had their heads down and looked unnatural, and she felt that the atmosphere was very heavy.

Suddenly, a faint sobbing sound was mixed in. She looked up and saw the Seventh Master kneeling beside a person covered with a white cloth.

The fourth leader was also shocked by the situation and hurriedly had Mo Ping push him to the first leader's side to ask what was going on.

"Brother, what's this?" he asked.

“…This is the fifth brother,” the head of the gang said in a deep voice.

The fourth leader froze. He clearly remembered that the fifth leader had come to his courtyard this morning and exchanged a few jokes with him, but how could this be...?

He spoke again, his voice trembling slightly: "Who...who did this?!"

The leader closed his eyes and shook his head.

"Who else could it be but that brat?!" The third leader suddenly stepped forward, gritting his teeth and shouting angrily.

The chief leader felt that his third brother was causing trouble. The matter had not yet been investigated, so how could he make such wild guesses?

This was inappropriate, and he was about to speak up in rebuttal when he saw the Sixth Master step forward, chanting "Amitabha."

"Third Brother, we shouldn't jump to conclusions."

The third leader snorted and stood aside, flicking his sleeves.

They acted as if it were none of their business.

The leader stepped forward, reaching out to comfort the person in front of him, but he didn't know how to start. In the end, he could only say, "Seventh Sister... please accept my condolences."

The woman on the ground cried even louder.

"My husband and I have devoted ourselves to Liuyun Village, hoping only to have a safe haven in this chaotic world, instead of dying without knowing why!"

After saying that, she threw herself onto the Fifth Master's corpse and cried loudly, calling out for Honglang.

Presumably, Honglang is the name of the fifth leader.

The leader merely lowered his hand, his heart filled with grief, but quickly turned to the crowd behind him and said, "Where are the people who went out with Fifth Brother! Tell me what happened!"

A man emerged from the crowd, trembling, and stammered, "They're all...dead..."

"Then why did you bring your head here?!" the leader roared.

The man immediately knelt on the ground, "I...I had food poisoning, so I asked my brother to take my place. I never expected things to turn out this way..."

At this point, he suddenly kowtowed, his face contorted with grief, and cried out, "Master, you must do justice for Fifth Master!"

The leader rubbed his temples, feeling irritable and agitated.

He wanted to make a decision, but the situation was unclear, the murderer was unknown, and even his fifth brother's motive for going up the mountain was unclear. How could he make a decision?

Seeing that the leader was on the verge of collapse, the sixth leader stepped forward understandingly and asked, "How did you find the fifth leader?"

The man looked up, his forehead covered in a bright red welt, a bloody mess from the fall, a truly horrifying sight.

"Tonight at Hai hour, I was wondering why my brother and the Fifth Master hadn't returned yet. Even when they were on missions, the Fifth Master never came back this late, so I thought I'd go into the mountains to look for them. But I never expected this..."

"Say!"

"I never imagined that the Fifth Master would have his tendons severed and be hung upside down from a tree. The rest of them, including my brother, were all killed with a single sword to the throat, their limbs severed, and they fell to the ground dead..."

Everyone gasped.

The manner of this death was extremely horrific. Was this...the King of Hell himself reborn?

The sixth leader uttered "Amitabha," seemingly feeling reluctant, while still chanting sutras.

Then he asked, "Did Fifth Brother say what he went there to do?"

"I don't know..." The man shook his head.

At this moment, the seventh leader on the ground stirred, turned his head while sobbing, and spoke in a mournful voice.

“Last night, I was having a boxing match with Honglang when someone suddenly came to report that they had whispered something in his ear. He then hurriedly went out and came back with a serious expression.”

“I asked him a few questions, and he told me that his men had discovered traces of the Emperor’s Imperial Guards in the mountains and forests. He thought he would capture them for my elder brother and question them, so as to help my elder brother resolve his worries about being a traitor in the village these past few days.”

“I thought it was just a few people, so I didn’t take it seriously. Hiroro brought a lot of people with him, how could anything happen to him? But that’s what I thought… and I couldn’t even see him one last time…”

After saying this, she threw herself onto the Fifth Master's corpse and burst into tears, saying:

"Honglang, you must wait for me. After I avenge you, I will come to join you..."