Chapter 1710: The Grave
Su Yang understood Black Widow's character. She was someone who boldly loved and hated, not caring about traditional etiquette. What Qi Zhishan did indeed made her look down on him.
"Sis, are we straying off topic?" Su Yang said, "Shouldn't you be telling me how to find Qi Zhishan?"
"I've been telling you all this to teach you how to find Qi Zhishan!" Black Widow said. "In two days, it will be that girl's death anniversary. Qi Zhishan hasn't visited her grave in seventeen years. This time, he might go to pay his respects. If he doesn't, then there's no point in finding someone so heartless and ruthless. What use is there in finding such a person?"
Su Yang finally understood Black Widow's intentions and hurriedly asked, "Then where is this girl's grave?"
Black Widow told him the location, and Su Yang memorized it, not daring to delay, he promptly left the World Melting Furnace, bringing Lv Donglin along to head to the southern six provinces.
Of course, during the journey, Su Yang caused some commotion in Pingbei Province. He gathered some information near a city in Pingbei Province and then charged into the city, killing a person sent by the Major Sect to guard it, before hurrying to leave the city.
When killing this person, Su Yang took the opportunity to learn a bit about the current situation of the Major Sect. Although he didn't learn much, it was still barely sufficient.
After the Beigong War God incident ended, the Major Sect didn't rush back to the Capital City but wandered around as if they planned to abandon the Capital City stronghold.
The southern heavenly group sent several challenges to the Major Sect, but the Major Sect completely ignored them, as if they saw nothing.
From this, it seems like the Major Sect is evading the heavenly group. After all, given the Major Sect's current power, if they truly were to face the heavenly group, it would probably be troublesome for them.
Realizing this, Su Yang felt slightly relieved. The pressure from the heavenly group on the Major Sect allows Su Yang to have less pressure. Otherwise, it would really be hard for Su Yang to confront the Major Sect.
Su Yang continued to kill some of the Major Sect's henchmen in several cities in Pingbei Province. Additionally, the direction of his killing route was just opposite to his intended direction to leave some false clues, deceiving people from the Major Sect and the heavenly group. As for Su Yang and Lv Donglin, after reaching the Yangtze River, they disguised themselves, and Su Yang gave Lv Donglin some medicine to conceal his power, allowing them to quietly cross the river and head toward the Qi Family.
Upon arriving in the city near Lake Heart Island, Su Yang followed the location Black Widow mentioned and reached a small hill seventy kilometers north of Lake Heart Island. Here lay the girl's burial place.
Initially, the Qi Family had intended to bury her in the Qi Family's ancestral grave. However, the girl's husband claimed she had disgraced the family and buried her alone in this barren and desolate place.
Reaching the vicinity of the girl's grave, Su Yang couldn't help but feel a sense of sorrow. This was truly a geomantic wasteland. Without any spiritual energy, a body buried here—how much suffering would the soul endure?
Seeing this, Su Yang harbored even more resentment toward Qi Zhishan. As a man, Qi Zhishan was truly too stubborn. To endure such an event—no wonder Black Widow looked down on him. Under such circumstances, what woman could esteem him?
Checking the time, it was over two hours until the next day. In other words, if Qi Zhishan were to pay respects to the girl, he would arrive at least two hours later.
Su Yang tidied up a bit, restoring his original appearance, but did not immediately recover his power. He wasn't sure if people from the heavenly group were watching; if he revealed his power and was sensed, it would be troublesome.
Along with Lv Donglin, they chose a concealed spot to hide, resting temporarily while waiting for the next day.
They waited in this manner for ten hours, and finally, around eight the next morning, someone came.
Su Yang looked up to see a pair of white-haired elderly arriving from afar. Supporting each other, they came to the girl's grave, arranged some fruits from a basket, and slowly began to talk in front of the grave.
Listening to the elderly couple, Su Yang then understood that they were the girl's parents. Although over a decade had passed, every year on the girl's death anniversary, the old couple would come to pay their respects.
The two elders were deeply sorrowful over the girl's death, especially the old woman, who, when she got emotional, directly brought up Qi Zhishan, expressing her anger toward him. If not for the old man's few words of comfort, the old woman might have flown into a rage and started cursing.
The two elders spoke for a long time, for over an hour, before finally gathering their things and slowly getting up to leave.
However, before they departed, more people arrived on the small path behind them. Leading them was a man in his thirties or forties, with an arrogant expression. Seeing the elderly couple, his expression was even more mocking.
"Father-in-law, Mother-in-law, you two are quite early!" the man sneered.
The elderly couple's faces were somewhat flustered. The old man, holding his wife's hand, forced himself to calm down, and said in a deep voice, "You... you don't need to address us so intimately. We aren't fortunate enough to be considered your in-laws. What are you here for?"
"What am I here for? This is my wife's grave, of course I'm here to pay my respects!" the man sneered. "My wife is your daughter. It's normal for me to call you in-laws, isn't it?"
"You... you dare to speak..." the old woman said angrily. "You... you're the one who killed our daughter, you… don't call us in-laws!"
"Mother-in-law, I think you're mistaken. How did I kill your daughter?" the man sneered. "That slut, even after marriage, was promiscuous, flirting with men, ultimately dying from lovesickness, bedridden until her death—all this has nothing to do with me, does it? Speaking of which, your son-in-law here is the real victim. I married such a filthy woman, shouldn't you comfort me? Why speak this way? Do you know how much pain I feel inside?"
"You... what are you saying..." the old woman said furiously, pointing at the man. "You... don't insult my daughter..."
"Did I say anything wrong?" the man sneered. "Even at her deathbed, your daughter was calling another man's name. Isn't that promiscuous? You two elders raised such a daughter—don't you feel ashamed? And you tell me not to insult her? Isn't what your daughter did an insult to me?"