The tone of the old man's speech was always plain, but when he heard it in his ears, he was heart-wrenching.

I took a deep breath, tried to calm my emotions down, and did not speak, waiting for the old man to continue.

"Are you curious, why did your grandfather even abandon your newborn eldest brother when he was at odds with Jinmen, and he had to stay in Sanchawan and refused to leave until he died?"

The old man's words once again hit my heart, my whole body trembled slightly, and I opened my mouth and said, "Why? ”

The old man sighed softly, staring at the jumping flames with a bit of confusion in his eyes, and then sighed for a while and said, "The reason for this is actually all me." ”

"If I hadn't forced your grandfather back then, maybe many things would be the same as now, and the most bitter thing is actually you, hey."

The old man suddenly stopped his voice as he spoke, let out a long sigh, and finally looked up at me and said: "The Bai family and Kinmen, in charge of the two Yellow Rivers on the ground and underground, have been incompatible since ancient times, your grandfather did not hesitate to betray the family and take refuge in the old enemy in order to protect you, under the protection of Kinmen can make you live to grow up to the present, if it is not for the reappearance of the Yellow River Niangniang, maybe you can be an ordinary person in your life, not disturbed by these complicated trivial things." ”

My heart shook suddenly, he also said the same thing when he saw his grandfather last time, and he said that Yingzi was the only change in the whole thing, but with grandpa's strength, why was Yingzi forced to the point where he needed to fight to the death, and entrusted me to the enemy to escape this catastrophe, who is Yingzi, what does the Yellow River Niangniang represent, this has been a problem that has been bothering my heart for a long time, is it true that I can find the answer in front of this old man who is like a beggar and claims to be my great-grandfather?

The cave fell silent all of a sudden, the old man didn't speak, I didn't know where to start, the palpitations for a long time made my heart beat more and more intensely, and finally I couldn't help but ask, "Why?" ”

"What do you want to ask?"

The old man looked up at me, his cloudy eyes couldn't see a trace of emotion, and said lightly: "Do you want to ask why the Bai family couldn't tolerate you at that time, or how did you come here?" ”

I shook my head and said, "I want to know all the causes and consequences of the whole thing." ”

"But the truth isn't necessarily what you want."

The old man was silent for a while, and said lightly: "Who is the most important person to you?" ”

I was slightly stunned and replied, "Everyone around me." ”

"Then among these people, does it not include Nanshui Ji Eighth Master and Ji Zongbu?" The old man asked again.

"Of course, he is my master, the person my grandfather entrusted him with before his death, and my reborn parents." I replied aloud.

But who knew that the old man smiled after hearing this, shook his head and said: "True and false, false and true, false and true, this Ji Zongbu is really as you can see, clean and clean, without a trace of problems?" ”

"You want to sow discord between me and my master?" I said in a deep voice.

The old man smiled: "Then did you know that Ji Zongbu brought a country woman to Chengdu eighteen years ago?" ”

I nodded and said, "Of course I do." ”

"And do you know who this country woman is?" The old man said in a dark voice.

"Who is it?"

The old man's cloudy eyes suddenly flashed with a cold light at this moment, looked at me and sneered: "Liu Ying." ”

"Impossible!"

My mind buzzed, and without even thinking about it, I immediately replied, "Why do you say that?!" ”

The old man kept staring at me, his eyes didn't blink, and he said lightly: "The Yellow River Niangniang is the most terrifying existence in the Yellow River, but where there is a Yellow River Niangniang in the world, it will inevitably cause natural disasters, resulting in the destruction of life, where it passes, not a single inch of grass grows, if the Liujia Village incident was not a master's action, the consequences caused by it are unimaginable." ”

"But what does this have to do with my master?" I said in a deep voice.

The old man shook his head slightly, and the iron rod stabbed the bonfire, and said: "What I said is only what you know, but that year, until the entire Liuwan Village chicken and dog were not left, and no one could extinguish the anger of the Yellow River Niangniang, even if the two Buddha heads of Kinmen shot at the same time, it did not have the slightest effect, and what really killed the Yellow River Niangniang was actually one thing." ”

"What's that?"

"The Water Divider."

The old man said lightly: "The water sword is the god of Dayu to govern the Yellow River to kill demons and eliminate demons, follow him for a long time, the dragon and snake giant turtle that died under its blade are countless, and its own murderous aura is enough to make the real dragon retreat, plus it is the personal sword of the god of Dayu, it has long been stained with aura, cultivated into a fine, and boasts of guarding the Yellow River as its own responsibility, but where there is a big demon born in the river, it will leave the town guard and kill it." ”

"So back then, seeing the cholera of the Yellow River Niangniang in the world, and no one could stop it, this water-dividing sword came out of the bottom of the river and stopped all this?" I was incredulous.

The old man nodded noncommittally and said: "Everything has advantages and disadvantages, although the power of the water sword is endless, but it also inherits the compassion of the gods of Dayu, and never attacks mortals, which also leads to some people trying to take advantage of this, vainly taking this artifact for their own use, but in the place where it guards the bottom of the river, there are old dragons guarding it, and there are many people who are in danger, but they can come back alive, but they have never been." ”

I seemed to understand what he was going to say, my heart trembled slightly, and I murmured, "Only by forcing it out of the old dragon's guards, taking advantage of its weakness that it will not attack mortals, and attacking outside, the odds of victory will be much greater." ”

"That's right."

The old man sighed and said: "This weakness was also exploited after the incident in Liujia Village, but the ordinary water ghosts and river demons are not in its scope of consideration at all, and it is impossible for many forces to sit idly by and watch these things kill innocent people, and they were killed in the bud without waiting for those demons and evil spirits to make a noise, so only when the Yellow River Niangniang reappears, beyond the ability of these forces, can force the water dividing sword to leave the bottom of the river, do the thing of killing demons and demons, take the opportunity to take it down in one fell swoop, is the safest way. ”

After listening to the old man's words, I was stunned for a quarter of an hour, and gradually understood what he wanted to say next, shook my head and said, "Even so, I really can't believe that it is my master who caused everything in Sanchawan based on your own words. ”

The old man seemed to have expected this, shook his head lightly and said, "But don't you think that everything is too coincidental?" ”

"As soon as Liu Ying died, Ji Zongbu appeared in Sanchawan, and turned a deaf ear to what happened, until after your grandfather died, he only killed an inconsequential Yellow River water boy."

When the old man said this, he suddenly stopped, looked at me and said, "Do you know why he didn't attack Liu Ying directly, but only killed that water boy?" ”

I shook my head and didn't say anything, waiting for him to continue.

The old man smiled and said, "Because the most terrifying thing about the Yellow River Niangniang is not herself, but the ghost baby in her belly." ”

Ghost baby again?

I frowned and said, "Didn't the ghost baby of the Yellow River be sealed by the god Nuwa thousands of years ago, how can there still be a ghost baby?" ”

The old man shook his head: "In fact, the ghost baby is the same as the Yellow River Niangniang, it does not specifically refer to a certain type of thing, they are all symbols of a kind of hoodoo, today Yingzi can be the Yellow River Niangniang, then tomorrow it may be something else, as long as the conditions are met, anything can become the Yellow River Niangniang." ”

"Yes, what conditions are required?" I trembled.

"If you look at what Yingzi is like, what conditions are needed."

But the old man didn't give me a chance to think at all, and continued: "A Yellow River Niangniang alone can't actually touch the water dividing sword, what is really intolerable by heaven and earth is the ghost baby in her belly, and the Yellow River water boy who pretends to be a ghost wife is the midwife who delivered the baby for Yingzi. ”

"So ......"

I didn't dare to continue, I looked at the old man in a whisper, and saw him sigh softly: "Ji Zongbu only came to hold the treasure, and he didn't want to cause the curse of heaven because of the ghost baby, so he killed the midwife before Yingzi gave birth, in fact, if he had attacked Yingzi at that time, Sanchawan would not have fallen into such a field." ”

"But if he stopped Liu Ying and didn't flood Sancha Bay, how could he make Liu Ying's resentment strong enough, from a water ghost to the Yellow River Niangniang, how did this water-dividing sword come out?"