"All dead."
Xiong Changsheng gave an answer that made Jin Da and the invisible Song Yushan feel horrified.
"Dead...dead?"
"That's right, dead, of old age."
After Xiong Changsheng drank a glass of wine, he continued:
"Brother Jin, have you seen the county magistrate today? How old do you think he is?"
Uncle Jin did not see the county magistrate, but Song Yushan did, and she used wind language to send a message to Uncle Jin.
Jin Dacai said: "You should have it when you are sixty or seventy years old!"
Xiong Changsheng smiled and shook his head: "He is only thirty-five!"
"What? Thirty-five?" Jin Da asked in shock.
The young lady's eyesight cannot be wrong, it can only be that the magistrate of Ying County does look very old.
But thirty-five can’t be called old!
"That's thirty-five!"
Xiong Changsheng said with certainty:
"Mortals in Ying County age very quickly. Those who are over thirty are almost the same as those who are over sixty elsewhere. Their life span is only forty or fifty years at most, and some even only have more than thirty years."
"How could this be?" Jin Da asked quickly.
"I don't know either." Xiong Changsheng said: "Brother Jin, you don't have to worry, our demon's life will not be affected. Only mortals can do this."
Song Yushan was thoughtful.
She had never seen the bone ages of people in the county today and didn't know how old they were.
She used wind language to transmit the message again: "Uncle Jin, ask him why there are no ghosts here."
Jin Da heard this and immediately asked: "Brother Xiong, it's strange to say that I haven't seen ghosts since I entered Ying County. Are all the ghosts here hiding in the underworld?"
"There are some who come out, but they are very few. But when I go to the city, I often hear that ghosts tell dreams, and the business of white goods shops in the city is also good." Xiong Changsheng said.
Before long, Xiong Changsheng was completely drunk.
After that, nothing valuable was asked.
"Uncle Jin, you stay here first, continue to get information from him, and then leave after a while to avoid his suspicion."
Song Yushan told Uncle Jin.
Although the chance of Xiong Changsheng deceiving them was low, she decided to go to Ying County to verify what he said.
"Okay! Miss, feel free to go!" Jin Da said.
Song Yushan left a paper man next to Uncle Jin for easy contact, and then returned to Yingxian County.
She sneaked into the homes of several people in the city and explored their bone ages.
Sure enough, it is consistent with what Xiong Changsheng said. In his thirties and forties, he looks like an old man with gray hair and a face full of grooves.
There is not much contrast between the appearance and age of children and young people.
It's as if people in Ying County start to age rapidly in their twenties.
This is so abnormal.
But there is only a big difference in appearance and bone age, and there is no abnormality worth exploring in these people.
Using the Qi Observation Technique, one can only see that the energy and spirit of the mortals in Ying County are somewhat lacking.
This may be what causes rapid aging.
But she couldn't tell where the energy had gone.
There can't be a big demon that is constantly absorbing the energy of mortals in the county!
Song Yushan searched the city for a whole day, but found nothing new and had no clue as to the source of the anomaly.
Just when she didn't know where to start, Xiao Yi came back and gestured at her.
After Song Yushan understood the message he conveyed, he was dubious:
"The entrances to the underworld are not guarded? Are the blind scholar and the others doing well? Did they even say hello to you?"
The younger one nodded.
Song Yushan used his true energy to pick up Xiao Yi and checked it over and over to see if it was being held hostage or controlled by others.
She really didn't notice anything strange, so she said doubtfully:
"Is it really okay? I just don't want to do it anymore?"
The younger one nodded and spread his hands, looking helpless.
Song Yushan: "..."
I was just about to say that I would go with Xiao Yi to the underworld tonight to have a look, but when the words came to my lips, I changed my tune: "Then tell them to come out to see me tonight!"
She wrote a letter to the blind scholar and the others and gave it to Xiao Yi:
"After working for me for so many years, even if you resign, you still have to pay some severance pay! Let's settle on the top of Wangfeng Mountain outside the city!"
Xiao Yi hugged the letter and drove the pony away.
Song Yushan watched Xiao Yi go away, feeling puzzled.
Xiao Yi was indeed not controlled.
It was made by her own hands and would never be deceived.
Since it is not controlled, the message it conveys is true.
At least that's what it sees.
Song Yushan couldn't help but speculate on conspiracy. Could it be that Xiao Yi was discovered after entering the underworld?
So what it saw was all performed by other ghosts to confuse it?
In fact, the blind scholar and the others have already been kidnapped?
But what's the point of doing this?
Is it bad for her to lead her into the underworld?
But after she entered Ying County, she had been hiding in the dark and never showed up.
She is already a monk in the Divine Sea Realm. Who can find her so easily when she is invisible using the perfection-level Yin-Yang Invisibility Technique?
And which monk would lead someone into the underworld?
The underworld is equally detrimental to every living person.
Only ghosts can do this, but it is absolutely impossible for ghosts to discover her body and soul that have been hidden together using the yin and yang invisibility technique!
This is simply a paradox.
Song Yushan felt that the yang and yin worlds in Ying County were full of mysteries, and there was no clue at all.
But it is absolutely impossible for her to believe that there is no problem here.
Abnormalities, whether natural or man-made, always have a cause.
And although Ying County has been like this for hundreds of years, it is obvious that this is not an anomaly that has always existed.
There is definitely a human element.
Song Yushan sat on the cloud, overlooking the entire Yingxian County, and was puzzled.
Why is it like this?
Not long after, Xiao Yi came back again and brought back a note.
Above is the reply from the blind scholar and the others.
"Agreed?" Song Yushan became a little doubtful after reading it.
The blind scholar and the others agreed so easily to meet her at night, which overturned all her previous suspicions.
It didn't look like she was being held hostage at all, as if she had really overthought it before.
They were really fine, they really just wanted to resign, but they just happened to get together to hand in their resignation letters.
Could it be that she, the shopkeeper, did such a bad job? So much so that all his employees resigned en masse?
Song Yushan couldn't help but think about it and see if he had done anything recently that the employees hated, which had caused such a big consequence.
But she has always been generous to her employees! I am often thanked by employees!
Didn’t the last meeting go well? I don’t see any wrong emotions!
Although the collective resignation may be a bit of a blow to her, it is better than the danger to them.
As long as they were really fine and really just wanted to relax without working, then she would be relieved.
Song Yushan really didn't want to experience what happened when his employees in Taihang County sacrificed their lives and failed to save him.
(End of chapter)
