“Why is it taking so long?”

Outside the cave, next to the old locust tree, the shopkeeper of Cao Xin Pharmacy from the city paced back and forth with his hands behind his back.

Seeing that Hu Ma and Second Master hadn't returned after so long, he vaguely guessed what was happening. Considering human nature, he wouldn't rush them, but he still felt some dissatisfaction. He looked up at the sky and sighed, "It's getting dark again…"

"Collecting bones and delivering last words takes time, doesn't it?"

From inside the sedan chair, someone spoke calmly, seemingly patient after the long wait.

"Yes, yes, Miss is kind-hearted. Otherwise, he might not even be able to find his elder's remains."

The old shopkeeper hurriedly flattered her with a smile.

His anxiety stemmed from worrying about delaying the important matters of the person in the sedan chair. Since she wasn't in a hurry, only a fool would be…

"Shopkeeper Xu…"

Just then, the person in the sedan chair suddenly said, "What's the level of those two fighting?"

"Hmm?"

The old shopkeeper paused, looked again at the traces he had already observed, frowned, and smiled, "Just the old tricks of dispelling evil spirits and summoning ghosts, like those *zouguiren*."

"That old woman can summon yin lightning, which means she has opened the Fu Gate, but she was forced into a dead end by this old locust tree, which shows she has some skill, but that's all. How could Miss take her seriously?"

"Yes, just those tricks…"

The person in the sedan chair was silent for a moment. It felt like there was a gaze behind the curtain, looking towards the vast mountains.

In the distance, a dark cloud seemed to be rolling in, misty and hazy, hanging low in the sky.

Inside, vaguely, people in colorful clothes were playing music, jumping and dancing, holding banners, carrying sedan chairs, and wielding staffs to drive souls, both real and illusory.

Even she couldn't help but feel a slight shock in her heart, and she hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to look. The old housekeeper and others next to her didn't even notice.

"…"

"…"

"Second Master…"

Standing outside the cave, Second Master, who was anxiously waiting, finally heard Hu Ma's voice after a long time.

He hurriedly turned around, looked at Hu Ma with a lost expression, and hesitated.

Hu Ma just stood there silently for a while before saying, "Grandma said… I should take her back to Lao Huotangzi (Old Fire Pond)."

"Ah?"

Second Master was shocked and rushed into the cave, where he saw Grandma had already closed her eyes.

However, she had a smile on her face, looking content and peaceful.

"A lifetime of suffering, old sister…"

Second Master's trembling and sorrowful voice echoed in the cave. Hu Ma stood silently for a long time, thinking about what had just happened.

After Grandma gave him the things, she patiently and repeatedly told him many things, as if she was still worried and had a lot to say to him. However, after the candles she lit in front of her burned out, she finally stopped slowly.

She looked at him one last time with reluctance, then slowly sat up straight, looked ahead, and suddenly scolded in a deep voice:

"What's the rush? Does this old woman not know the time?"

"…"

Hu Ma's heart sank slightly, and he looked at Grandma with concern, only to see her slowly sighing and waving her hand.

She whispered to Hu Ma, "Incense has already been lit over there. If I don't go, it will arouse suspicion."

"But once I leave, grandson, you'll suffer…"

"…"

At this point, Hu Ma didn't know what to say, but Grandma seemed to have finally made up her mind, saying:

"It's okay, my grandson has grown up, the Hu family still has someone…"

"…"

Her voice gradually lowered, and Hu Ma couldn't help but feel his heart clench.

He didn't know how long had passed when he vaguely heard a sigh, and faintly felt that a figure slowly got up, looked at him for a long time, and then walked to Xiao Hongtang (Little Red Begonia) at the cave entrance and touched her head.

At this time, outside the cave, the world seemed to change, and a black wind blew. Vaguely, a sedan chair, even better than the one the noble people in the city sat in, stopped at the cave entrance.

Grandma got into the sedan chair, and then there was a long cry, accompanied by bursts of gongs and drums, slowly fading away.

Only then did Hu Ma raise his head and see that Grandma had already closed her eyes.

The two candles she had lit had just turned into candle tears, and a little flame was slowly submerged in them.

"Grandma went to the ancestral shrine, but where is this ancestral shrine?"

Hu Ma looked at the extinguished candles and thought silently, "She said she would call me back, but when?"

The final conversation, although dangerous, finally put his mind at ease.

"Grandma has recognized me, so there's no danger."

"However, Grandma can no longer do the things that I have to do myself…"

"…"

After thinking for a long time, he adjusted his emotions and came to invite Second Master in with a sad face.

Only Xiao Hongtang (Little Red Begonia) at the cave entrance was still stunned, feeling a little wronged, "Grandma really doesn't want me anymore, she didn't even take me to ride in the sedan chair."

"Kid…"

Just as he was thinking, a voice sounded not far away. It was the shopkeeper slowly walking over.

He looked at Hu Ma, as if he had seen something, and sighed softly, "Did you find your elder?"

"Yes."

Hu Ma nodded silently and said, "Grandma has passed away."

"Poor child."

The old shopkeeper heard this and sighed softly, "Although we don't know your grandma, she was able to enter the forest to eliminate evil spirits, and even at the risk of injuring herself, she left a line of life for the kind old locust tree, so she must be respectable."

"Our Miss said that such a person is admirable. Take this bolt of cloth and use it to collect your grandma's body…"

As he spoke, one of the guards behind him had already brought up a bolt of black cloth.

Hu Ma thanked the other party and couldn't help but look up at the sedan chair.

Now that his affairs were over, he should tell her about the Hundred Corpses Tomb according to the agreement.

However, she repeatedly warned him in his dream not to mention it in reality, so it seemed he could only wait until night.

That day, because it was late, everyone settled down nearby. Those who came from the city sent Hu Ma some candles and paper money to keep watch over Grandma all night. When Hu Ma fell asleep in a daze at night, he connected with that transmigrator.

"Thank you."

He couldn't raise his spirits and just said to the other party, "I found my grandma, so I should give you the information."

"The place you're looking for is called the Hundred Corpses Tomb, right?"

"I do know this place. It's located in Lao Yinshan's (Old Yin Mountain) Fox Coffin, under Dongqiao (East Bridge). Also, I need to tell you that a month ago, a transmigrator code-named Erguotou (a type of strong Chinese liquor) had already gone there."

"But you also need to be careful. There seems to be some danger there. When I connected with him, he was already at the end of his rope and used some kind of method to seal himself up, and can only last for another month."

"If you go now, you can just rescue him. As for how to divide the things, you two can figure it out!"

"…"

"Oh?"

The transmigrator code-named White Wine seemed a little surprised and said softly, "You're not going?"

"According to the unwritten rules among us transmigrators, if you really go, even if your cultivation is lower, you'll get a share."

"…"

"Transmigrators have such rules?"

Hu Ma felt a little strange, but after thinking about it, he still refused with a wry smile, "Forget it."

"I don't know what's there, but you're all so interested, so it's probably something very powerful, right?"

"Unfortunately, I have more important things to do now."

"After dawn, I will set off to send Grandma back to the village."

"…"

It wasn't that he wasn't tempted, nor was it that he didn't feel closer to those from the same world and easier to trust. It was just that, would they really be willing to share something they had worked so hard for?

Hu Ma didn't quite agree with this in his heart. Besides, Grandma had already told him, and it would be too inappropriate to put her words aside as soon as he turned his head.

The other end of the incense thread was silent for a long time, as if Hu Ma's words had touched her.

"You're a smart guy…"

After a long time, she suddenly sighed, and her voice suddenly became hoarse, and she laughed, "Maybe you can live for a long time."

"I now believe that we will have opportunities to cooperate in the future…"

"…"

"Hmm?"

Hu Ma was a little surprised to hear her suddenly switch back to that hoarse voice. He had heard this woman say before that she had deliberately changed her voice to such a hoarse one in order to be more careful.

Now, this sudden change in voice gave him another feeling, as if this person's voice was originally so hoarse and strange, and she had only changed it to be clear and pleasant.

"We transmigrators are born to guard our own secrets and are always not very trusting of the people around us."

Her voice was still hoarse, like a non-human voice, more like something else was forcibly imitating human speech:

"In addition, when we open our eyes to a strange world, facing strangers, even men and women who may not be as old as us, shamelessly calling us parents and begging for closeness, there are not many who are willing to do that, so we are always lonely and more willing to seek some warmth among our own kind…"

"But there are no restrictions between our own kind, how to trust, and how much to trust, that is one's own judgment…"

"You are so kind to the people of this world, so in my eyes, you are a trustworthy person, and there will be opportunities to cooperate again."

"…"

Hu Ma heard her say this and felt a slight movement in his heart, "What about you? Are you not on good terms with your family in this world?"

"Good?"

That voice was low and hoarse, not like a human voice, eerie, "I've almost killed them all…"

"Most of us transmigrators are orphans, even if we weren't at the beginning, we are later, do you want to guess why?"