Madam, please ascend.

Chapter 11: The Secret of the Small Town
The plot of this life changes again.

The Blissful Heavenly King did not die on the spot, but escaped at the cost of a broken arm. This shows that Song Xinci's cultivation had indeed gone awry, and it has not recovered until now.

This gave Yun Yi a headache. According to his memory, he should have killed the King of Bliss by now, and then Song Xinci should have taken him back to the Demon Sect without saying a word.

But the situation remained unresolved, and Bliss Heavenly King could strike back at any moment. Both of them knew that their previous plot against Bliss was largely a matter of luck, and that a head-on confrontation would be unlikely.

Song Xinci could risk his life, but what about Yun Yi, the burden? Blissful Heavenly King was no fool. After being tricked once, he must have expected Song Xinci to have help.

Even though Yun Yi had the memory of two lives, he was helpless now. He said, "Don't be so stubborn. Why don't you run away first? I'll find a place to hide in the town."

Song Xinci shook his head: "There's no chance. The Blissful Heavenly King is in the Return to Void Realm, and he's the best at tracking people down and assassinating them secretly. If you and I leave here, we'll be out of the shadows and into the light."

Yun Yi explained: "What I mean is, if I'm not here, you can at least fight him."

Song Xinci looked at him as if he were a fool. "How could a mere mortal like you possibly survive his pursuit? If you die, what difference does it make if I die?"

Yun Yi raised his eyebrows, thinking that he had hidden the fact of the Tongxin Gu from the other party, but he didn't expect that it would become a shackle now.

Song Xinci's heart also tightened, realizing that she had just let the cat out of the bag. She had clearly said before that the two people's Tongxin Gu were different, and they were divided into master and servant.

She feebly tried to make amends, "What I mean is, you and I are both infected with the Heart Gu. If you die, I will also be affected, and then be hunted down by the Blissful Heavenly King."

This was the first time Yun Yi saw Song Xinci like this, and he couldn't help but laugh: "I understand what you mean, you don't have to say anything more."

"Humph."

Song Xinci glanced at the sky and said, "I have a good place to go. Come with me."

Yun Yi was confused, but he quickly followed.

Yun Yi didn't know much about the nameless town, only that there was a powerful leader there. Since he was able to subdue the villains who came and went in the town, it meant that the leader must also be a cultivator, and his cultivation was not low.

But he never considered whether Song Xinci knew the details of the nameless town.

Now that I think about it carefully, there are actually many doubts about why Song Xinci was able to find Qiu Qinglian in an unknown town, and how Qiu Qinglian ended up here.

Moreover, after Song Xinci left the nameless town in her previous life, she would go back to visit every few years. At first, Yun Yi mistakenly thought that she really liked him and went to the nameless town to reminisce about their first encounter. Later, he found out that he was definitely being sentimental.

This time, Song Xinci didn't hide her face as she cast a spell and led Yun Yi northward. She knew that time waited for no one; after all, the Heavenly King of Bliss could return at any time.

In this way, the two of them soon arrived at the north side of the town, which was the residence of the boss - the Song Mansion.

Unlike the simple houses in the town, the Song Mansion is luxurious, with a large courtyard with several entrances and exits, and guards to guard the house.

Yun Yi asked, "Are you planning to drive the tiger to devour the wolf?" He meant to use the boss to deal with the King of Bliss.

Song Xinci cast an invisibility spell, covering up Yun Yi's figure as well. "Stop talking nonsense and just follow me."

The guard was probably just an ordinary, strong man, and he didn't notice that someone had sneaked into the yard.

Yun Yi found that Song Xinci was quite familiar with this place. He almost did not stop along the way and took him directly to the deepest part of the backyard.

What surprised him even more was that as Song Xinci pushed open the door of a wing room, a familiar voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

Yun Yi was in shock. He looked at the woman in the room. She had a face as beautiful as a fairy, black hair, a healthy complexion, and bright eyes...it was actually Qiu Qinglian, who had returned from the dead!
"What's going on?" he asked.

"I'll tell you later." Unfortunately, Song Xinci was still keeping it a secret. She lifted the invisibility spell on both of them and went to meet them. "Mom, I'm back."

As soon as Qiu Qinglian saw Song Xinci, she poked him hard on the forehead. "You've been messing around all day. Who is that person you brought back? Is he your friend?"

"Well... yes." Song Xinci's eyes flashed. Qiu Qinglian could tell there was something wrong at a glance, so she looked at Yun Yi with a smile.

Yun Yi was also sizing up the woman who had returned from the dead. After some reflection, he determined that she wasn't Qiu Qinglian, but more like a "body double." Clearly, this woman didn't recognize Yun Yi, and likely didn't know Chou Ya either. She mistook the real Song Xinci for her daughter.

But the deceased Qiu Qinglian was different. She believed until her death that Chou Ya was her daughter. She also carefully planned her future and used the Tongxin Gu to tie a poor man to work as a laborer.

I didn't expect that such a nameless town actually hid such a secret. Song Xinci is really tight-lipped.

So Yun Yi came up with the idea of ​​playing a prank and took the initiative to introduce himself: "Hello Aunt Qiu, my name is Yun Yi, and I am...Xin Ci's husband."

Who made you, Song Xinci, like to be a riddle teller? You clearly know that something is fishy here, but you still deliberately keep it a secret. So don't blame me for being outspoken.

Qiu Qinglian covered her lips in surprise when she heard this: "Daughter, you two secretly decided to spend your lives together?!"

Song Xinci couldn't help blushing and said, "Mom, don't listen to his nonsense. He loves to talk nonsense." "I'm afraid it's not all nonsense. This is the first time I've seen you bring a man home. You always said you were going out to find immortals, and you would be gone for a long time. So it turns out you have someone else out there."

"Mom, can you please be serious?!"

"Hehe." Qiu Qinglian left her daughter behind, walked up to Yun Yi, looked him over carefully, and asked, "Yun Yi, are you two married?"

Yun Yi didn't expect his mother-in-law to be so blunt, and quickly shook his head: "No, no, I was just talking nonsense."

"Why don't you get married today?!"

"what?!"

Song Xinci hurriedly said, "Mom, stop messing around!"

But the next second Qiu Qinglian rushed out of the room on her own, obviously to ask the people outside to prepare for the wedding.

Facing Song Xinci's murderous gaze, Yun Yi couldn't help but shrink his neck, "Well, Aunt Qiu seems a little strange!"

After Song Xinci made sure that no one was around, she closed the door and explained, "That wasn't my mother. It was just a... dream of hers."

"Dream?"

"In fact, this entire nameless town is her dream."

Yun Yi waved his hand and said, "You're getting more and more confused. If everything was a dream, then the dream should have ended after Aunt Qiu passed away, right?"

Song Xinci explained, "You don't understand cultivation, so this is a little difficult to explain to you. You can understand this happy home as a strand of my mother's obsession. Long ago, she became possessed, and all her cultivation was transformed into this obsession, creating this place."

"So is she dead or alive?"

"She's dead. This place is just a manifestation of her obsession, so she won't be as conscious as an ordinary person."

Yun Yi asked again: "Who is the boss?"

Song Xinci said with a cold expression, "Song Guanglin is also the product of my mother's obsession. In her fantasy, she and Song Guanglin lived in seclusion in an unknown town, and they had a daughter named Song Xinci."

Yun Yi said, "But the Qiu Qinglian outside the town, her daughter is called Chou Ya."

Song Xinci revealed a hint of dejection: "Yes, she had already lost her cultivation when she gave birth to me. She was afraid that someone would snatch me away, so she deliberately made me look dirty and ugly, until my grandfather took me away."

At this moment, Yun Yi discovered that he had never really understood Song Xinci, and he had no idea that the nameless town had such secrets hidden.

No wonder Song Xinci insisted on choosing this place to break through the bottleneck of the Return to Void Realm. No wonder she was unwilling to leave the town no matter what. She gave many reasons, but the only thing she didn't say was... In fact, she still has a home here.

Even though it was just a mirage, it was the real home in her heart.

Yun Yi asked again: "What's going on with that nameless town?"

Song Xinci replied, "It was originally formed from my mother's obsession, and later attracted many people to take root here."

"So, some of the people in the nameless town are real, and some are fake?"

"That's understandable."

Yun Yi asked: "What should we do next?"

Song Xinci replied: "We'll deal with it as it comes. After all, this is just a trace of my mother's obsession, so they might act a little crazy."

"I mean the matter of marriage. Your mother seems to be serious about it."

"Isn't it because you can't control your mouth?!"

"I was wrong, I'm sorry."

"You!" Seeing Yun Yi bow his head and admit his mistake, Song Xinci didn't know how to scold him. After thinking for a long time, she said in a dilemma: "Then... let's fulfill her wish."

When Song Xinci said this, she deliberately turned her head away to hide the tears in the corner of her eyes.

When Qiu Qinglian learned that Song Xinci had someone in her heart just now, her joy didn't seem fake. It seemed that both of her "mothers" had an almost perverted obsession with their daughters' marriages.

Perhaps it was because she was ultimately unable to stay with the person she loved, and this became a lifelong demon in her heart.

(End of this chapter)