Chapter 144: Investigation
“They’re all orphans from the village, their parents died, and they’ve been taken care of and raised by Granny Ma ever since.” Ying Luo sighed and narrated.
“According to what you said earlier, there were quite a few disciples from Mount Fangcun in Longevity Village. Even after many years, they had limited lifespans, but there should still be some sort of heritage left, right?” Shen Luo knew there was certainly some tragic story behind this, so he didn’t delve into it further and asked instead.
“Some of those disciples from Mount Fangcun died on the road while exploring, some died while climbing up the mountain for help. The remainder was not many, and over time they left the world one by one. They all trained pupils to pass on their knowledge, but the lifespans of the pupils and grandchildren they accepted were even shorter, some even died earlier than they did. By the time when the village started to experience monster attacks a few years ago, it was only Granny Ma and I left.” Ying Luo nodded and spoke slowly.
Shen Luo deeply understood the difficulties of cultivation.
Even a small sect with systematic heritage like the Spring and Autumn Pavilion, could not guarantee that all disciples would understand the Dao, and then pass it down from generation to generation. The destitute small mountain village was even more impossible to do so. The successors of those cultivators would only sink little by little.
Whenever he thought about the cultivators in the village being trapped here and dying helplessly one by one, and the situation in the village deteriorating day by day, he inevitably felt a sense of sadness.
“Were these monsters around since ancient times, or did they just appear a few years ago?” Shen Luo asked again.
“About four years ago, the village suddenly suffered from an epidemic, many children were infected. Several villagers went to Mount Fangcun to look for medicinal herbs, against their ancestor’s warning. As a result, those beasts on the mountain seemed to have gained spiritual wisdom, and ate all of them, which triggered their ferocious nature, they began to actively descend the mountain to attack us.” Ying Luo nodded and said.
“Demons will still have some nature left before tasting blood. But once they have tasted it, they will pursue the taste and never stop.” Shen Luo sighed and said.