Outside the western suburbs of Jiangcheng, by the road leading into the city.
Ye Ling walked ahead, while Jian Shishi limped along behind him.
Although the moon was high and bright that night, there were no streetlights along the road. It was also two or three in the morning. Jian Shishi dared not walk alone at night, and she was also a little afraid of Ye Ling. She could only grit her teeth and endure the pain to follow Ye Ling.
All the way, Ye Ling was thinking about the memories of the Yin Curse Elder.
The Yin Curse Elder had accepted a commission from the Jiang family to curse Shen He and Liu Xiu, aiming to kill them with his curse.
The Jiang family was a prominent and powerful family in Jiangcheng, and one of the masterminds behind the Ye family's tragic incident back then.
When Ye Ling was tricked by Li Qingshan and Li Ruolan years ago, it was someone from the Jiang family who took him away and ultimately shot him.
The death of Uncle Shen, the curse on Mother Shen… Now, with new grievances added to old hatreds, Ye Ling had no reason to spare the Jiang family.
However, judging solely from the Yin Curse Elder cursing Uncle Shen to death, the matter had become rather perplexing.
Before the Yin Curse Elder accepted the commission and cursed Shen He, people from the Jiang family had taken Shen He away for a period of time. Only after returning Shen He did they let the Yin Curse Elder act and curse Shen He to death.
Furthermore, the Jiang family did not make a move on Liu Xiu immediately. Instead, it was three years after Shen He's death that the Jiang family found the Yin Curse Elder again and instructed him to curse Liu Xiu to death.
The Jiang family wielded immense power in Jiangcheng, capable of covering the sky with one hand. With their influence, they had no need to resort to such roundabout methods and create trouble for themselves.
It was precisely because of the Jiang family's actions that these two incidents were filled with strangeness.
It was likely that the Ye family's bloody incident back then was not as simple as it seemed.
Ye Ling had always believed that the Ye family's downfall was merely the result of malicious commercial competition. However, judging from the current situation… even Shen He, who had helped investigate the Ye family's tragedy, had been cursed to death by an ability user like the Yin Curse Elder. There must be a greater secret hidden within this.
"Immortal… I, I really can't walk anymore… Can you wait for me!"
At this moment, Jian Shishi's weak voice pulled Ye Ling back from his thoughts. Ye Ling turned to look and saw Jian Shishi had collapsed on the ground, her face pale.
Although Ye Ling had used his spiritual energy to heal Jian Shishi's wounds, she had lost a lot of blood before that. Her stamina was already depleted, and it was her limit to be able to follow Ye Ling this far.
Seeing the tears in the corners of Jian Shishi's eyes and the fear and grievance in her gaze, Ye Ling sighed slightly, gently waved his hand, and a wisp of breeze brushed past, lifting Jian Shishi up.
"Flying, flying!"
Seeing her body lift off the ground, Jian Shishi was flustered and shocked, but also a little excited.
In her entire life, she had never had such a magical experience.
The moment she was lifted by the breeze, Jian Shishi suddenly felt that her day was not so unlucky after all.
Ye Ling asked, "Where is your home? I'll take you back."
"Okay, okay… It's in the Old West Street."
Jian Shishi said to Ye Ling, somewhat incoherently.
"Old West Street? You actually live in that place!"
Ye Ling was somewhat surprised, not expecting to have such a peculiar connection with Jian Shishi.
Old West Street was the oldest part of Jiangcheng in the past, filled with dilapidated houses, mostly inhabited by the poor and migrant workers.
Six years ago, the authorities had announced that Old West Street was to be demolished and rebuilt.
Moreover, it was their Ye family who had contracted this project at that time.
In order to facilitate the demolition, Father Ye had taken Ye Ling to Old West Street more than ten times to appease residents and finalize demolition compensation.
During their visits to Old West Street, many things had happened, so Ye Ling was quite familiar with the place.
Before the Ye family's incident, all the residents of Old West Street had been resettled, and even the construction team had begun work. Unfortunately, Father Ye did not live to see the skyscrapers rise in Old West Street before the Ye family's commercial empire collapsed.
"What, what's wrong with that place…" Jian Shishi was stunned by Ye Ling's reaction. "I don't have much money. Old West Street is the cheapest place for rent in Jiangcheng, so I can only choose to live there."
"The cheapest place for rent?" Ye Ling frowned slightly. "Has Old West Street not been rebuilt?"
"Immortal, you're not from Jiangcheng, are you? Old West Street is the most famous slum in Jiangcheng, filled with stubborn residents who refuse to move. Who could rebuild that place?"
"If my salary wasn't low, I wouldn't live there," Jian Shishi said with a smile, though her smile was somewhat forced and bitter.
"I see…"
Hearing Jian Shishi's words, Ye Ling realized that something else had happened in Old West Street later, which prevented the demolition from proceeding smoothly, causing it to be delayed until now.
However, Old West Street was merely a memory to Ye Ling. He didn't pay much attention to the changes in the place and said to Jian Shishi, "Hold on tight, I'll take you there."
Jian Shishi nodded, "Okay, I… Ahhh!!!"
Before she could finish speaking and prepare herself, Ye Ling took her and soared into the air, heading rapidly towards Jiangcheng.
When Ye Ling brought Jian Shishi to Old West Street, she was completely stunned. She knelt dazedly on the wisp of breeze, her hair standing on end.
Her soul was still left outside the western suburbs.
The journey had taken less than a minute, but Jian Shishi felt as if she had lived through a century, and the entire experience was ten thousand times more thrilling than a roller coaster!
With no safety measures, flying at high speed in the air, such an experience was probably only bearable for professional skydivers!
Ye Ling gently placed Jian Shishi down and looked at the pitch-black old street ahead, his brow furrowed slightly.
The appearance of Jiangcheng Old Street was exactly the same as it was six years ago. However, Ye Ling sensed an extremely dense Yin energy emanating from deep within the old street.
This place had become a place of great ominousness!
In the Eastern Profound Continent, places that typically became places of great ominousness were either where peerless demons cultivated and broke through, or where people often died with resentment, causing that hatred and Yin energy to accumulate continuously, eventually polluting the area.
On Earth, within a mere six years, it was clearly impossible for any peerless demons to have cultivated there. Therefore, the only remaining explanation was that people had long been dying there with resentment…
"It seems… that the failure to demolish Old West Street has a secret behind it…"
Ye Ling did not expect to gain any unexpected insights from coming to this place. He then turned to Jian Shishi, who was still slumped on the ground in a daze, and asked, "May I come to your home for a while?"
Upon hearing Ye Ling's words, Jian Shishi immediately snapped back to reality. She looked at Ye Ling with a face full of pleasant surprise, not expecting Ye Ling to want to visit her home!
In the middle of the night, at two or three in the morning, a man and a woman alone in a room… Jian Shishi knew what Ye Ling meant without even thinking about it!
Jian Shishi's cheeks flushed, and she nodded with considerable excitement, "I, I'll take you right away!"
Spending a night with a handsome immortal, Jian Shishi felt incredibly happy just thinking about it!