Chapter Thirty: A Sorrowful Past Event

  Lei Ga listened silently to the conversation between Xie Pu and Xu Lingtian, he was very clear that Xie Pu's second lesson was not just about telling him the history of Crow Ridge.

  In fact, this is more like a battle, a battle on the negotiating table - Xie Pu teaches him how to grasp the initiative of victory.

  When Schepp pushed that crumpled paper back towards the alchemist, a hint of understanding smile appeared at the corner of Lega's mouth.

  Xu Lingtian stood still like a sculpture in the distance, and after a while, he slowly opened his mouth to say: "I really can't do anything to you, but what makes you think I have the Moon Demon Grass?"

  This sentence is tantamount to admitting that one indeed has Moon Demon Grass, but unless it's said out loud, the exchange of benefits still can't be carried out.

  She slightly furrowed her brow and said with some trepidation, "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie? Lies sound nice, but the truth can be hurtful."

  "Honestly."

  Xu Lingtian said without hesitation: "For such an important matter, I would rather you hurt me than make a wrong decision in a muddle."

  Xie Pu nodded. "Rumor has it that when you were expelled from the War Bear Claw Guild, you took away enough medicinal materials to fill ten horse carriages."

  "Three cars."

  Xu Ling Tian shook his head. "Actually, one of them is loaded with daily necessities, and many are gifts from friends I trust in the Maple Snow Kingdom to help me on my journey. If you think the Moon Demon Grass is among them, then you're greatly mistaken - is this what you call speaking the truth without hurting others?"

  "Of course not."

  Xie Pu paused for a moment, clearing his throat: "After leaving the Maple Snow Kingdom, you settled down in Dusk Village and then got to know a young and beautiful girl..."

  Xu Lingtian's body suddenly shook, his face twisted in pain, his dry chest heaved under the large brown cloak, as if he couldn't catch his breath. His cracked lips trembled several times before he finally let out a slow sigh: "Yin Lisha..."

  Seeing Xulintian so excited, Leiga secretly wiped a cold sweat for him. Just one woman's name almost took the life of this master-level alchemist, it can be imagined that his miserable situation today was probably because of this woman.

  Xie Pu said softly, "You are ten years older than her, but you truly love each other. Although you were expelled from the War Bear Claw Guild, your many years of alchemy qualifications have already made you very wealthy, so Elisa's family did not object, and you had a grand wedding as desired. By the way, the fine wine at that wedding was all provided by me, and your wife is indeed very beautiful."

  Tears filled Xu Lingtian's dry eye sockets at this moment, "That was the most beautiful time..."

  "Yes, the good times only lasted for half a year, and then Yoon Lisa contracted a strange illness. As an alchemist, you can almost cure all the difficult diseases in the world, but you can't even cure your own loved one." Seo Pu sighed and shook his head.

  "Don't say another word!"

  Xu Lingtian's spirit seemed to have reached the verge of collapse, and he angrily raised his voice, "These things have nothing to do with the Moon Demon Grass!"

  Xie Pu ignored him and continued on his own: "Yin Lisha is dead, the villagers of Dusk Village held a grand funeral for her, at the moment of burial, you suddenly went mad and pushed away the crowd, hugged her body from the coffin and ran back home, no one could stop you."

  "Don't say another word!"

  Xu Lingtian's clenched fists made a cracking sound, and his pale face also turned purple with excessive anger.

  "The villagers all thought you were just overly sad and would come to your senses after a while. But on the third day, you opened the door and walked out with Yelissa."

  Shepard's tone turned stern: "You used a malevolent means to revive your wife."

  "Don't say another word!"

  Xu Lingtian slammed his fists heavily on the table, and Leika clearly heard the sound of bones breaking.

  Xu Lingtian didn't care about his fingers at all, he almost begged Shao Zhen: "Don't... don't say it again..."

  It's still not enough, he must admit it himself that there is a Moon Demon Grass!

  Xie Pu licked his lips and continued: "But you never expected that after your wife's resurrection, she would be completely different from before. She had no heartbeat, no pulse, and no appetite for any food. Although she could walk and talk, her body was still rotting away like a corpse every day. You posted a reward at the tavern, gathering all the delicious foods from the Four Kingdoms, but in the end, you discovered that what Yinxia really wanted to eat was... human flesh. And you satisfied her."

  Xu Lingtian let out a despairing sigh, his body as limp as a water-soaked rag, slowly collapsing onto the chair. His blood-stained fingers trembled non-stop. "I love her, you don't understand..."

  "You spent all the money, buying corpses from all over the world, under the guise of researching new medicine stability, but in reality, you were feeding your wife. However, Elisa's appetite grew bigger and bigger, while your money became less and less, she started digging up graves, stealing and eating corpses... until she was caught by the night watchman. As for what happened next, I don't know much."

  She stopped here.

  Now that it's come to this, there's no need to hide anything. Xu Lingtian let out a miserable smile, "That's right, they nailed her into the coffin and reburied her underground. By the time I arrived, I could still hear the heart-wrenching screams coming from beneath the ground. I went door-to-door begging for mercy, especially from those families whose relatives she had devoured, hoping they would be magnanimous and spare her life. I was willing to give up all my possessions in exchange for Yinxia's freedom, promising to take her far away and never return to Dusk..."

  A faint, cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. "But they ruthlessly rejected me. Yoon Lisa wailed in the underground for ten whole days, and then she completely lost her voice. I was forbidden from entering the cemetery, not even allowed to offer a bouquet of flowers."

  Lei Ga saw the deepest hatred in Xu Ling Tian's eyes, bloody, intense and clear, like an eternal wound that could never heal.

  Xu Lingtian gradually calmed down, and coldly said to Xie Pu: "You deliberately brought up this past event to hurt me, your purpose has been achieved. But you still can't confirm that I have the Moon Demon Grass. If this is how you treat old customers with sincerity, then I can only bid farewell. As for future medicinal prescriptions, I'm afraid I won't be able to help." With that, he was about to stand up.

  "What's your secret for keeping her looking so good after Yurisha was revived?" Shep asked abruptly.

  Xu Lingtian's face changed, "Our conversation ends here, goodbye, Xie Pu. Buddy, please help me open the door."

  Lei Ga sympathized with the alchemist's misfortune but was unmoved by his request, standing coldly in place.

  Xie Pu urged Ah Ling Tian to say: "As a master-level alchemist, you should be the most familiar with the effect of Moon Demon Grass. It is the essence of the demon tribe and the essence of the moon. Many people only notice that it can break the effect of holy light magic, but they all ignore another point at the same time - it can delay the decay of corpses! And this, you can't not know!"

  Xu Lingtian looked at Xie Pu with a strange expression, and after a long silence, he finally spoke up: "What puzzles me is that you, a small tavern owner, actually know so much..."

  "We all have secrets." Shep said calmly.

  Xu Lingtian sat back in his seat, his face gloomy as he said, "You guessed correctly, I do have the Moon Demon Grass."

  Admitting this point requires taking a great risk, but since Shep has already spoken so bluntly, there is no point in hiding it anymore.

  Xie Pu took a light breath, trying to suppress the longing in his heart, and calmly said: "Alright. I'll give you someone who can help you, and you give me Moon Demon Grass."

  "This is not a deal where one hand pays and the other hand exchanges."

  Xu Lingtian shook his head and said, "At least I have to see the person you're talking about first, and after he helps me complete the task I require, I'll give you the Moon Demon Grass."

  "Considering your identity and the value of Moon Demon Grass, this request is not excessive." Xie Pu said.

  "When can I meet the person you've found for me?"

  "As a matter of fact, you've already seen it." Xie Pu raised his chin slightly.

  "Him?"

  Xu Lingtian's gray pupils suddenly contracted, "Excuse me for being presumptuous, isn't he your partner? All my missions are extremely life-threatening, in the past three years, seven or eight powerful warriors have died..." He furrowed his brow and stopped speaking.

  Actually, from the moment he saw Shepu's note, Leiga had a faint feeling that the person Shepu was talking about was himself, so at this time he didn't feel unexpected. Moreover, death is something he experiences almost every day.

  The only thing that worried him was that his Dou Qi had been defeated by the witch A Xing and had not recovered yet, plus his physical injuries, he feared that he would be unable to complete the task and lose Shu's people.

  Xie Pu's face regained its cunning and shrewdness, "Alchemist, if my little partner can't complete your task, you don't have to give me the Moon Demon Grass. What loss would you suffer?"

  Xu Ling Tian thought for a moment, then glanced at the calm and peaceful Leiga, and finally nodded. "Alright, since even the astute Mr. Xie is not worried, what can I lose? Leiga, if you agree, come with me to Dusk Village, I have some tasks that need your help."

  Lei Ga walked up to Xie Pu and said in a low voice: "I have no weapon, nor even... internal energy..."

  "What's wrong?" Xulintian asked in confusion.

  "There is no nothing!"

  Xie Pu smiled and said to Xu Lingtian: "My partner is injured, I want to ask you for some special recovery medicine, but it's not good to open my mouth."

  "This is no problem, at that time I will naturally tailor it according to his physical condition." Xu Lingtian guaranteed.

  Xie Pu turned around and walked into the bar, pulling out a double-handed heavy axe. Leiga recognized at a glance that this was the axe used by Deke.

  "As for weapons, let's start with this expensive-looking greataxe."

  "No."

  Lei gave a disgusted glance at his mouth.