Liang Tianxin's cold eyes were like two icicles in the cold winter, piercing my body. At the same time, a powerful aura surged from his body, making my ears ring like thunder.
Even so, I felt relieved. Since Liang Tianxin had stopped, it proved that I had made the right bet.
That year, the Twenty-Eight Fiend Yellow Springs Formation, the big tomb, the underground palace, the red shadow, and even the glass of wine I had drunk seemed to be connected by something invisible.
Liang Tianxin was most likely the culprit!
I didn't know why Liang Tianxin had set up that formation, but after dozens of years of planning, I knew that the red shadow was stronger than the Heavenly Master, Li Ying's corpse hadn't decayed, the skeleton's old principal, He Yuanshan had regrown his arm, and the fat man's father had come back to life.
All of this indicated that this matter was perhaps even more important to Liang Tianxin than his only son.
Just as I had expected, he stopped and coldly looked at me for half a minute. Then, he said, "So, you wanted to kill my son because of Li Ying's ghost, right?"
I shook my head. "Not only for Li Ying, but also for the three people who died in his hands."
Liang Tianxin sighed and didn't say anything. Instead, his eyes gazed at the floating corpses in the Yellow Springs River.
Did he find something?
I didn't know, but I could only wait for his reaction and the appearance of the floating corpse bridge in the Yellow Springs River.
After a few minutes, Liang Tianxin finally spoke. At this time, his voice had returned to its previous old voice. He faintly asked me, "So, you must be Zhou Yi, right?"
I was bewildered. He didn't know my name just now. How did he know it all of a sudden?
After learning that Liang Kaixiong was dead, he immediately set out to chase after me. He shouldn't have had time to figure out what had happened.
Before I could figure it out, Liang Tianxin suddenly pulled out his right hand from his sleeve. He gently waved his hand, and several dark shadows appeared in front of him.
I instinctively thought that he had summoned the ghosts to attack me, but when I took a closer look, my face changed dramatically.
Because I know all of these spirits!
Old He, the old Taoist priest with the steel sword, the other old man with the peach wood sword, He Yuanshan, and even Liu Dayi who died under the old headmaster's hands in the underground palace, as well as everyone who went down into the underground palace that day.
More than a dozen black shadows stood in front of Liang Tianxin, floating motionlessly with blank expressions on their faces.
My head buzzed. Sure enough, it was Liang Tianxin. He killed everyone who entered the underground palace!
However, there were still two people missing from this group, Fatty and I.
Why didn't he look for us all these years?
Liang Tianxin's eyes were still fixed on the floating corpses in the Yellow Springs River. He suddenly said with an indifferent expression, "There seems to be a True Dragon Vein hidden here?"
I was stunned. He was a Heavenly Master, so his senses towards dragon veins were definitely sharper than mine. Standing here, it wasn't a big deal for him to sense the aura of a true dragon vein. However, why didn't he mention Old He and the others? Why did he suddenly mention this?
I stood there and looked at the ghosts of Old He and the others. I didn't know what to say.
Liang Tianxin seemed to feel sorry for them. He sighed and said, "Unfortunately, after I reached the Heavenly Master Realm, the True Dragon Vein was useless to me."
Then, he turned around and stared at me. His voice had regained its previous coldness. "Since Li Ying's grave was opened, I've been investigating that place for many years. I've found the coroner Lin Acheng and his son, He Taiyi, He Yuanshan, Cao Yang, Zhang Xuanlin, and more than a dozen people. I've even found Li Anbang's remains and Li Ying's soul. I've used all kinds of methods to find them.
However, no matter how I asked or searched their souls, I couldn't find the thing I wanted! "
At this moment, Liang Tianxin wasn't as mad as he had been when he'd sent me the voice transmission. However, his face scared me even more.
He seemed to be questioning me or mumbling to himself. Then, he said, "I tried my best to find the underground palace, but I couldn't find anything. I thought I was wrong. I thought that the clue I'd found that year was just an illusion … But I wasn't willing to give up. Although I couldn't kill the young man from Zhan Shi Sect, I risked my life to search his soul. However, I didn't get any useful information. Except for the underground palace and the vague female ghost in the red wedding dress, which gave me some hope, I didn't get any other valuable information."
Then, he suddenly smiled at me. His old, bony face looked exactly like a ghost's. However, when he looked at me, he smiled happily. "I didn't get anything, but when I thought about it, I felt that something was wrong. That female ghost in the red wedding dress wasn't a mortal. Why would she save those people?
How could a group of muddle-headed juniors come out of that place alive?
Over the past few years, I kept deducing what had happened back then. I even learned the Taoist techniques of the Zhan Shi Sect. Hehe, guess what happened in the end? "
His stare gave me goosebumps, but I couldn't understand what he meant. I could only look at him in a daze.
Actually, Liang Tianxin didn't need my answer. After he finished talking, he chuckled. His old face was wrinkled like a withered chrysanthemum. He seemed to be extremely happy, and his eyes became gentle when he looked at me.
"In the end, I found that there was another person involved. This person was very important. Because of this person, those people could come out of that place alive. Only a fairy like the female ghost in the wedding dress was willing to save those mortals … But Zhou Yi, did you know?
No matter if I interrogated or searched their souls, you weren't in their memories! "
Liang Tianxin stared at me with his burning eyes. He said word by word, "They remembered opening Li Ying's grave, going down to the underground palace, or coming back, but they didn't remember you!"
I didn't know if it was because of his eyes or because of his words, but I felt goosebumps. They didn't remember me?
What did he mean?
Liang Tianxin pointed at the ghosts of Old He and the others in front of him and said, "All these years, in order to find you, this old man has made a list of all the people who have come into contact with these people, including everyone in your village, and investigated them one by one. In the end, I identified a few suspicious people.
Your name was among them, but I quickly ruled it out.
Now that I think about it, it's clear that you're the biggest suspect. But why did I rule you out? "
He asked an inexplicable question, and then he gave an inexplicable answer. "Maybe this is the rule … I just didn't expect that after everything reached a dead end, you would find Li Ying. It's fate!"
Liang Tianxin gently waved his right hand and collected all the souls of Old He and the others. Then, he said to me, "All right, follow me."
Follow him?
Although I didn't know what he meant, I could vaguely feel something that made me feel very uneasy. This kind of uneasiness was even greater than the danger I'd felt earlier.
I stood up from the riverbank, but I didn't follow him. Instead, I took a step back. My feet were already at the edge of the riverbank, and I could jump into the river at any time.
While Liang Tianxin was talking to me, I didn't look at the time, but I was calculating in my head. There was only one or two minutes left before the floating corpse bridge appeared!
In the middle of the river, the floating corpses had slowed down, and there were faint bubbles rising from the water.
As long as I could stall Liang Tianxin for a few more seconds, I could jump onto the floating corpse bridge.
"I don't know what you're looking for, but I won't go with you." I looked at Liang Tianxin and tried to maintain my composure.
Liang Tianxin didn't mind. His eyes became gentle, and his wrinkled face revealed a smile. "Since I found you, it's fate. You won't go with me?
How could that be? "
While smiling, he extended his hand to me.
Right at this moment, the bubbles in the Yellow Spring River surged, and a continuous stream of floating corpses rose from the bottom of the river.
Time's up!
I didn't hesitate anymore. My feet pushed against the riverbank and I jumped into the river.
After my body sank halfway into the water, I stepped on the floating corpses and slowly floated back up.