[Mo Dao Zu Shi Fanfiction] I Raise A Ying in Yiling

Chapter 246 Searching for Relatives

Qingyan nodded understandingly, then furrowed his thick, dark eyebrows: "Third Brother, haven't you figured out the root cause of why Sister can't leave the Yiling region? Isn't this usually only seen in earthbound spirits? Sister is a living, breathing person!"

Qi Ye's eyes were deep and unfathomable: "Be careful what you say! We are still carefully investigating. Since it involves my sister, we must be extremely cautious!"

Qingyan: "That's certainly how it should be done! But, as long as the root cause isn't traced back to a clear understanding, we can't start working on solving it, and consequently, my sister will have to endure another day of constraint!"

"Third Brother! Do you know? Every time we leave home, when I see my sister's lonely and longing eyes, I feel terrible!"

Seven Nights: "..."

Qi Ye and Qing Yan sighed to each other, while Wei Chao Yan was busy with all her energy, just waiting for the tent to be set up so she could go in and rest properly before getting up to wait for good news from Wei Ying and the others!

Meanwhile, Wei Ying and Lan Zhan, having parted ways with Wei Chaoyan and the other three, strolled leisurely across the cursed wall built at the foot of the mountain by the Wen clan ancestors, through the swirling cold winds and layers of fierce corpses and evil spirits, and walked along the rows of rustling black forest. They stood silently on either side of a narrow, desolate mountain path that led deep into the wilderness, like ghosts that had remained unchanged for thousands of years.

Along the way, crows cackled, and the branches and leaves rustled incessantly through the towering black forest, which was pierced by gusts of cold wind. It sounded like the endless dirge of the dead, or like the unconscious murmurs of thousands of voices that were neither male nor female, neither old nor young, neither human nor beast.

Wei Ying looked up and stretched his eyebrows, carefully surveying the top of the Burial Mound that pierced the clouds. He then turned to look at Lan Zhan, who was walking beside him, and raised an eyebrow: "Lan Zhan, do you still remember the first time we entered the Burial Mound?"

Lan Zhan turned around, smiled gently, and nodded: "I remember!"

"Tsk tsk, that was truly a heart-pounding escape! We entered the mass grave from another direction, but after going around in circles, we ended up on this mountain path that leads directly to the Demon-Subduing Cave! Sigh! It seems I'm destined to be deeply entangled with this mass grave and the Demon-Subduing Cave!"

Upon hearing this, Lan Zhan's light-colored glass eyes darkened, and he clenched his crossed fingers in strong disapproval: "Wei Ying!"

"Oops! It was a slip of the tongue, a complete slip of the tongue!"

Feeling the slight increase in pressure on his fingers, Wei Ying's heart skipped a beat. He immediately realized that he had said something wrong and promptly apologized with a sheepish smile.

Then, as if nothing had happened, he changed the subject, "Speaking of which, when we came in back then," he said with amusement, glancing around at the hordes of fierce corpses and ghosts hidden in the dark forest around them, who dared not approach within a mile of them yet were reluctant to leave, "these things weren't as sensible and obedient as they are now!"

It was the second month after Wei Ying and his companions had painstakingly searched for the cause and effect of the deaths of his parents, Zezang and his wife, and the various human entanglements involved. Young, impetuous, proud, and pampered by everyone, Wei Ying could no longer suppress his inner thoughts. Finally, he found a perfect excuse to separate from Qi Ye and the rest of the group.

He didn't know if Qi Ye and the other accompanying gentlemen had guessed the purpose of his trip. In any case, as soon as he separated from the main group, Wei Ying flew on his sword to the nearest large city. There, which bordered the Qishan Wen Clan and the Qinghe Nie Clan, there was a large market selling items from the immortal sects. It was a place with a large scale, profound heritage, and a relatively clean atmosphere.

Wei Ying changed his appearance several times and wandered among the dazzling shops and stalls in the market. In just a few days, he bought or exchanged a large amount of equipment and supplies. After being fully armed, he couldn't wait to fly back to Badong County and sneaked in from the direction in which his parents were forced to enter the mass grave.

Of course, Lan Zhan was always by Wei Ying's side, never leaving his side.

And so, the two of them ventured into the northwest edge of the mass grave.

Following the cursed wall, guided by the tracing device, tracking talisman, and bloodline kinship disc used in conjunction, they traveled south until they found the two corpses, their limbs intact but their faces bluish-purple and disheveled, on the mountainside of a white bone mound next to a den of vengeful beasts in a relatively hidden mountain valley between layers of stone forests on the side of the desolate mountain where the Demon-Subduing Cave was located, facing away from Yiling.