One person: Reborn as Huangxian, seeking the title of Feng Baobao at the beginning

After listening to Master Qingfeng's instructions, Zhao Haijiang nodded, naturally understanding the principle.

"I will be careful, and I will never joke with my own life!"

Zhao Haijiang was aware of the dangers and wouldn't put himself in a truly perilous situation.

Since Xu Yuyi was at the front, the order of the group changed, with Shen Tongyu moving to the very back. As Hu Jiu'er passed by, Ma Xiaoling sensed a familiar presence. She looked at Hu Jiu'er's back with a hint of mystery in her eyes. After hesitating for a moment, she ultimately chose to make way for Wang Ye and Wu Xie, stepping aside to stand beside Shen Tongyu.

"What is the background of this Hu Jiu'er?"

Regardless, Hu Jiu'er came with Shen Tongyu, and Ma Xiaoling believed that Shen Tongyu should know something about Hu Jiu'er.

"She has connections to Northeast China and is probably a shamanic disciple, but I don't know much else about her. Isn't your Ma family's base in Northeast China?"

"Wouldn't it be better if you went to ask Hu Jiu'er yourself after things are settled here?"

Shen Tongyu didn't need to investigate everyone's identity thoroughly. She genuinely didn't know much about Hu Jiu'er's background, and Huang Miao didn't say much either. After all, that was the situation in the Northeast, and the Shen family's influence hadn't extended that far; they were indeed uncertain about the situation there.

After listening to Shen Tongyu's words, Ma Xiaoling understood the situation.

After all, she was still in the Xichuan region. She rubbed her palms and thought seriously that perhaps she should go to the Northeast after the Xichuan region was resolved.

Even if the Ma family is in my hands, it may not be able to restore its former glory, but what it once possessed will surely return to me little by little in the future.

"oops!"

Suddenly, a cry of alarm rang out. Wu Xie stepped on something, lost his footing, and fell downwards.

Wang Ye was standing next to Wu Xie. The moment Wu Xie lost his footing, Wang Ye instinctively reached out to pull him up, and the two of them fell down together.

Shen Tongyu and the others only heard Wu Xie's exclamation, and then watched helplessly as the two fell down. Afterwards, the steps that had just been opened closed again, and there was no trace of the previous crack.

Master Qingfeng grabbed Zhao Haijiang's arm, fearing that the political commissar might also get into trouble.

"With their combined strength, they'll be fine. Let's keep going!"

Trust in her teammates' abilities led Shen Tongyu to make this decision.

Hu Jiu'er released a paper figure.

"Dong Yuxin, tell me, what exactly is going on in this passage?"

Xu Yuyi was carefully sensing the location of the water-suppressing divine beast when an unexpected incident occurred on the other side of the passage: Hu Jiu'er was angry. She threw out the paper figure and gently pushed Xu Yuyi. Behind him, she made hand seals, and countless pieces of paper flew out from her sleeves, forming a barrier behind Xu Yuyi that separated them from him.

She lashed out at Dong Yuxin, her voice filled with resentment.

"The passage is right here. I only know there are mechanisms here, but I've never been inside. My father once mentioned that the passage under the ancestral hall seems to be divided into several other spaces. As for how they are used, only the head of the family knows."

I really don't know anything!

Dong Yuxin's soul was sealed inside the paper figure, making it impossible for him to escape. With his still-unfully activated bloodline power, there was no way he could escape from Jiu'er's grasp.

Dong Yuxin has already accepted his fate, after all, he has no other choice.

Having finally been released, Dong Yuxin is now facing such questioning. He stated that he truly knew nothing about it.

This passage has always been a secret. He wouldn't have known about it if he hadn't secretly seen the patriarch open the mechanism.

It is said that all the elite disciples of the Dong family retreated to the passageway below the Dong family ancestral hall and were protected as they left.

But for some reason, Dong Yuxin felt that there was something wrong with this statement.

Judging from the fact that the head of the Dong family was willing to abandon Dong Feng and his son, push all the blame onto them, and even pay some compensation just to maintain a good relationship with the company, he was very confident in this method and clearly believed that this matter could be accomplished.

Given these circumstances, why would the Dong family head arrange for his elite disciples to escape in advance?
“You’ve been walking for so long, and this passage is clearly not one that elite disciples could escape through. I suspect that the Dong family’s elite disciples have already met with misfortune!”

He was originally a member of the Dong family and shouldn't have brought this up, but he couldn't help himself.

Anyway, he was just a pawn, so what did he have to worry about? Especially now, he couldn't even go back to his physical body and could only curl up in a paper doll.

In the Dong family, probably no one is more unlucky than him.

"What do you mean?"

Shen Tongyu and his group had considered the question raised by Dong Yuxin. However, due to preconceived notions, even though their goal was to find the water-suppressing divine beast, it would be even better if they could find the elite disciples of the Dong family along the way.

"The company has been keeping a close eye on the Dong family, but hasn't detected much activity from them. Where do you think all of the Dong family's elite disciples have gone?"

Along their journey, almost all the Dong family members they encountered were ordinary people. The Dong family head himself might be somewhat powerful, but he didn't dare to act rashly, and the others would be of little use against Wang Ye and his group, even if they did.

To be able to scheme against the Xu family and develop the Dong family to its current glorious state, it's hard to believe that the Dong family doesn't have a master with awakened bloodline. Not only would Wang Ye and the others not believe it, but even Zhao Haijiang probably wouldn't believe it.

"Perhaps that kid from the Xu family can find the answer regarding the water-suppressing divine beast!"

After a long silence, Dong Yuxin slowly spoke.

His voice was unusually heavy.

Perhaps he had already thought of something, but dared not say it aloud.

He feared the truth was beyond his capacity to bear, so naturally he dared not say more.

Dong Yuxin might feel better once Xu Yuyi uncovers the truth.

Hu Jiu'er snapped her fingers, and the paper barrier behind her dispersed, revealing that Xu Yuyi had already taken a few steps down.

He stopped there, bit his finger, squeezed out blood little by little, and wrote the character "Xu" stroke by stroke on the wall to his right.

Strangely enough, the moment the character "Xu" was written, a beast's roar suddenly came from beneath their feet.

"Did you hear that sound?"

Zhao Haijiang even suspected that there was something wrong with his hearing, otherwise how could he hear such strange sounds?
Why would a beast's roar suddenly come from this passage?

"That must be the roar of the water-suppressing divine beast. The Dong family has obtained the head of the water-suppressing divine beast that the Xu family was guarding!"

Xu Yuyi answered this question.

His voice was devoid of emotion; only Hu Jiu'er knew that Xu Yuyi's body was trembling slightly as he spoke. Sometimes, it's better to have no answer at all, so he can still deceive himself.

"Aim at where I wrote this, break through this wall, and you'll see the water-suppressing beast!"

Before writing in blood, Xu Yuyi was actually a little uneasy. He didn't want the truth to be the same as what he had guessed.

But when the roar of the beasts sounded, he knew it was over.

The Dong family has taken over the head of the water-suppressing beast. This is why Xu Yuyi was able to awaken the water-suppressing beast so easily.

As soon as Xu Yuyi finished speaking, Ma Xiaoling, Hu Jiu'er, and Daoist Qingfeng attacked together.

The blood-written character "Xu" continued to drip, drop by drop, while the beast's roar grew louder and louder. Under the attack of the magic, the solid wall collapsed like tofu.

After the wall collapsed, a dilapidated stone door was revealed. Hu Jiu'er was the first to walk to the stone door and push it hard.

The stone door made a piercing sound, but it was eventually opened.

A colossal water-suppressing divine beast stood in the empty space, while on the ground lay many people dressed in long robes.

"These people are the true elite of the Dong family. Are they still alive?"

Seeing this scene, everyone present fell silent, and no one dared to step forward, as if afraid of disturbing the people lying on the ground.

Dong Yuxin's voice trembled. At this moment, he was just a paper figure, unable to even go forward to check if these people were still breathing. He could only ask the others present.

"The soul has left the body, but the physical body still has a sliver of hope. However, it won't last much longer, probably about six hours. If the soul cannot return to its place smoothly, these people will truly die!"

It was Shen Tongyu who spoke. She only glanced at the people lying on the ground, but she could see their situation clearly.

She walked step by step to the water-suppressing beast, and when she saw a clear red line on its neck, a look of sudden realization appeared on her face.

"The head of the water-suppressing beast guarded by the Xu family has been attached to the water-suppressing beast guarded by the Dong family!"

This is the conclusion Shen Tongyu reached.

In fact, everyone present could see it even without her saying a word.

Everyone fell silent, their gazes all turning to Xu Yuyi.

He has finally found what he has been searching for all this time, but it's unknown how he feels right now.

Xu Yuyi removed the blindfold from his eyes and staggered to the water-suppressing beast, his eyes fixed on the red line.

The belief that had sustained him all along collapsed completely at this moment.

With a thud, Xu Yuyi knelt down on the ground, tears falling drop by drop and mingling with the soil.

Hu Jiu'er opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but seeing Xu Yuyi's expression, she ultimately said nothing. She simply walked to Xu Yuyi's side and gently patted his shoulder.

At this moment, any words of comfort seem so pale and powerless.

Having guesses in your mind and seeing the result with your own eyes are ultimately different.

Dong Yuxin's soul controlled the paper figure, which flew above the head of the water-suppressing divine beast. Although the paper figure's vision was not very clear, it still saw the red line.

He didn't care too much about the red line. After all, the four major families had joined forces to take away the water-suppressing divine beast guarded by the Xu family. He himself didn't believe there wasn't a conspiracy involved.

He was more concerned about the Dong family members lying on the ground.

Each familiar face belonged to his closest relatives. Now, they lay on the ground, their fates unknown. Dong Yuxin may have betrayed the Dong family, but he never imagined he would watch his loved ones die one by one.

Where did their souls go?

When they entered this space, no one else commented on the people lying on the ground, except for Shen Tongyu, who made an assessment of their condition. Therefore, Dong Yuxin directly asked Shen Tongyu for advice.

"What does this have to do with you? You've already made your choice. What happens to the Dong family is none of your business. Even if they all die tragically here, it's the Dong family's own doing."

"Do you really think you can avoid divine retribution by recklessly activating the water-suppressing divine beast? This great disaster in the Xichuan region, with all this resentment, will ultimately fall on the Dong family and the other three families. I wonder what you've been doing all this for?"

If the Xu family's fortune was exhausted a hundred years ago, then the other four families have only been surviving for so many years by depleting the Xu family's and their own fortune. Now, retribution has come.

Before Shen Tongyu could answer Dong Yuxin's question, Hu Jiu'er spoke up first.

She looked at the Dong family members lying on the ground, her eyes filled with intense hatred.

These people were able to rise to prominence only by stepping on the blood and tears of the Xu family.

Why is it that only Xu Yuyi remains in the Xu family, while the Dong family and other families are still doing well?

"They...they don't deserve to die!"

Forced to retreat by Hu Jiu'er's words, the paper figure swayed. Dong Yuxin tried anxiously to explain, but found that she had no way to explain, because that was the truth.

"Who are you?"

Aside from the four major families and Xu Yuyi, the last member of the Xu family, why would unrelated people know about these things?

Dong Yuxin had asked Hu Jiu'er this question before, but had not received an answer. Even now that he had asked again, he understood that the decision was in Hu Jiu'er's hands. If she was unwilling to tell him, he would truly never know her identity.

"He's right. Who exactly are you? Why are you so familiar with the five great families and the water-suppressing beast? Perhaps I should ask you, why are you protecting me?"

Xu Yuyi, who had been kneeling on the ground silently shedding tears, raised his head at this moment. He looked at Hu Jiu'er and asked, word by word, after Dong Yuxin finished speaking.

From the moment Hu Jiu'er appeared, her gaze towards him revealed undisguised heartache and pity. When faced with danger, she would instinctively protect him. Xu Yuyi didn't want to doubt Hu Jiu'er's identity, yet he couldn't help but suspect it.

He was 100% certain that he was the only one left in the Xu family, and that no other member of the Xu family would ever live.

Hu Jiu'er was taken aback when Xu Yuyi spoke up after Dong Yuxin asked the question. However, she didn't intend to hide her identity forever; she just hadn't figured out how to explain it yet.

“I have some connection with the last mistress of the Xu family. She once told me some things. Due to some special reasons, I cannot leave home easily. Before the mistress of the Xu family had her accident, she entrusted Xu Yuyi to me, only asking me to help her preserve the last bloodline of the Xu family.”

By the time I realized the problem, Xu Yuyi was already gone. (End of Chapter)