Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 773 - 138:

Making peace, but also probing.

However, I owe her nothing because even if she hadn't bothered the child, I planned to run anyway.

As for afterwards, I set up the offering table, burned five sheets of yellow paper, reserving two, and the woman also burned five papers, reserving three.

What was reserved was intended for the other party.

There was no need for sentimentality here; the intention to lend a hand wasn't strong—it was purely out of fear that without giving the other party a share, they might lash out in desperation, ruin my setup, and drag me down with them.

Didn't you notice how both sides quickly completed their own arrangements before holding onto the excess paper money to see how the other would react?

If either of them were that altruistic, one of them would have already called out, "Don't worry, I have a solution!"

They were rather indifferent people, but indifferent people could get along better; before confronting absolute conflicts of interest, they would be very restrained from causing unnecessary disputes.

The woman turned to look at the old couple on the ground: "Tell your people to kill these two old things."

Li Zhiyuan: "Why don't you do it yourself?"

Woman: "I'm not convenient."

Li Zhiyuan nodded: "Coincidentally, neither am I."

Then, Li Zhiyuan pointed to his forehead: "I suspect there's something wrong with these two old folks here."

They're not actors. From the moment they entered here, Li Zhiyuan never stopped observing them and saw no problem, which means they likely weren't acting at the time.

But when the corpse-driving crowd arrived, the two old people showed abnormal excitement and efficiency.

This situation seemed like a transformation of personality-thought process after a certain stimulus, similar to Lin Shuyou's future illness, splitting personalities.

Run Sheng and Tan Wenbin stepped out; they truly rummaged and searched everywhere, and Run Sheng was holding two sets of old yellow Taoist robes, along with Eight Diagrams Mirror and Peach Wood Sword apparatus on them.

Tan Wenbin held a photo frame, found under the bed, and the picture had four people: the two old folks in the center weren't that old then, and their twins beside them hadn't fully grown yet, but they could be recognized as the two yellow-robed young Taoist priests in the front and rear of the corpse-driving crowd.

The woman also saw these things and looked at the two old people again, thoughtful.

Suddenly she stepped on the old man's chest and demanded, "Tell me, what's your relationship with them!" 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

The old man mumbled, showing only pain, without replying.

The woman continued to ask, "What's the relationship between your sons and that thing!"

Upon hearing "sons," the old man's expression froze, then he exclaimed, "Both my sons went out to work, earn big money, strike it rich, then come to bring us into the city for a good life!"

The woman took a deep breath, clearly showing her current rage.

Li Zhiyuan voluntarily walked over and said, "Let me ask instead."

The woman retracted her foot, stepped aside, giving space for the boy.

"Brother Binbin, find a chopstick and bowl."

"Alright."

Li Zhiyuan approached the old woman, took out a Heart Clearing Charm, and stuck it on her forehead.

Originally panicked and fearful, the old woman suddenly calmed down.

The boy slowly waved the Bone Ring on his fingertip before the old woman's eyes.

The old woman's eyelids lowered slightly.

Li Zhiyuan made a gesture.

Tan Wenbin picked up chopsticks and began to knock on a bowl: "Ding... Ding... Ding..."

The old woman's eyes regained their brilliance, as if she had changed persons.

Li Zhiyuan brought his face close, talking quietly to her, and the old woman started responding at the same volume.

During the exchange, Li Zhiyuan raised his hand, snapping his fingers several times towards the woman.

No eavesdropping.

The woman was so angry her chest puffed up and down.

After the questioning, Li Zhiyuan pressed his thumb onto the talisman paper on the old woman's forehead, and she shivered before falling asleep.

Immediately afterwards, the boy took out another Heart Clearing Charm, applied and pressed it onto the old man's forehead, and he fell asleep too.

"Brother Runsheng, carry them back to the bed."

"Got it."

Run Sheng carried the two old people back into the room.

Li Zhiyuan then looked at the woman without speaking.

Want to hear?

Exchange it for information.

The woman spoke up: "Old Heavenly Gate's four corpse-driving families, do you know about them?"

Li Zhiyuan: "I know."

"Behind Meiling Town Taohua Village is a lake, anciently named Drinking Horse Lake.

It's always been said locally that beneath the lake is a water burial, where an ancient general is interred.

Later, a troop of Yuan soldiers came, excavated the water burial, plundering the tomb for treasures, awakening the general, causing chaos, almost affecting the whole area.

For the people, for the hometown, Old Heavenly Gate's four families united with the help of a significant figure and suppressed the general back down.

Do you know about this?"

Li Zhiyuan impatiently replied, "I know."

"In this battle, that significant figure was gravely injured and since then has vanished from the Jianghu.

Old Heavenly Gate's four families also suffered greatly, especially the Niu Dao Jie Family; it's said that the head of that generation's Jie family personally sacrificed to restrain the corpse, helping that significant figure complete the seal and dissolve the disaster.

Later, the remaining members of Niu Dao Jie Family relocated their estate to Taohua Village, guarding it for generations.

This was partly because their family had suffered too much in that battle, and avoiding the world was not beneficial for development.

Niu Dao Jie gradually declined, though still holding the name of Old Heavenly Gate's four families, it's no longer as true as it once was.

Do you know all these?"

Li Zhiyuan: "I know, is there anything fresh?"

"During the Ming and Qing dynasties, it should have been the golden period for corpse-driving development; Niu Dao Jie also attempted revival multiple times, but unfortunately all attempts failed."