Chapter 14: Shocking News!

  For such a serious matter, Yi Tian couldn't dare joke with Bai Xue, fearing that the other wouldn't believe him, so he immediately changed his tone and acknowledged his identity.

  Bai Xue finally lost control of her emotions upon hearing Yi Tian's words, "Yi Tian! How can you speak like that? If you dislike me coming to find you, just say so!"

  Bai Xue stood up straight and wanted to leave, she now had a strong sense of disappointment and frustration.

  Yi Tian directly reached out and grabbed Bai Xue's arm, firmly saying: "Teacher, maybe what I'm going to say will sound strange to you, unbearable even, but I have to say it. Although I usually talk nonsense and like to joke with others, on this matter, I absolutely won't speak carelessly!"

  "You must let your father be more careful, my ability is limited, although I saw the ominous sign, but now I have no way to calculate the specific time, nor do I have any solution to break it. I hope you can listen to me and go back to tell your father to take care of himself." After finishing speaking, Yi Tian let go of Bai Xue's arm.

  Looking at Yi Tian's serious expression and affirmative look, Bai Xue felt a bit conflicted in her heart. However, with her strong modern values, she would never believe such an absurd thing no matter what.

  The two people stared at each other, neither of them speaking, and this continued for a moment. Then Bai Xue advised: "Yi Tian, take control of your life properly. If you continue like this, sooner or later you will lose yourself. Honestly, I still like you very much as a teacher, and I don't want you to keep being so stubborn." Immediately after that, she turned around and left.

  Looking at the snow getting farther and farther away, Yi Tian shook his head and sighed, thinking to himself, "Teacher, why don't you believe me? What I said is all true. Fortunately, the aura of evil is still gray now, if it turns black, that would be a serious problem!"

  Through this matter, Yi Tian finally felt that his ability was still too weak. He had already seen through it, but he didn't have a way to break it, which made him even more determined to comprehend as soon as possible.

  After several days.

  All the students in Class One welcomed their long-awaited winter vacation with joy, but for Yi Tian, there was nothing special about this holiday. Anyway, he was free and easy at school all the time, which was almost the same as being on vacation.

  It's been over a month since he left home, and he really misses Old Xu. Every time he thinks of Old Xu being alone at home, he feels uncomfortable, and at the same time, he hopes that through his own efforts, he can bring a better life to Old Xu in the future.

  Although Old Man Xu is already over 50 years old, in his youth, he was considered a handsome and refined man in the village, with profound knowledge. Many young women who were of marriageable age had intentions to marry him, but Old Man Xu refused all of them.

  Even now, there are still many widows who have not changed their hearts, but Xu Lao has never considered it seriously. At first, Yi Tian thought he was unmarried because of his relationship, but as the contact time grew longer, he discovered that Xu Lao also had many unknown stories.

  Xu old man was an outsider, when he first came to Kao Shan village, he was ostracized by the villagers. As time went on, everyone felt that he was a very easy-going and approachable person. Whenever someone had a big or small matter, writing a letter or couplets for New Year's, it was always him who took care of it.

  As he grew older, he also gained a certain status and influence in the village.

  Standing at the school gate, Yi Tian, with a gray canvas bag slung over his shoulder, was waiting for Liu Er Gou's ride to arrive. The two had previously agreed that they would pick each other up during winter break.

  Yi Tian turned around and saw Dong Qian walking towards him, "Hey, Ai Qian, you haven't left yet?"

  In school, it was only Yitian who dared to call Dong Qian like that, and Dong Qian seemed to have tacitly agreed.

  "Nothing... nothing!" Tianyi and Dong Qian exchanged a glance, and then Dong Qian lowered her head in slight embarrassment.

  Since experiencing that thing last time, Yi Tian felt that Dong Qian's personality had changed suddenly, as for how it changed, there was a somewhat indescribable feeling.

  Moreover, Dong Qian is always very awkward when talking to herself, and it's not like she's afraid or anything, there's just no need.

  Yi Tian even thought that the last thing had left a shadow in Dong Qian's heart, so he would find time to chat with Dong Qian and joke around. He didn't want to be the reason for turning a lively and cheerful girl like her into this.

  When Dong Qian came closer, Yi Tian smiled and asked: "Hey, A Qian, I haven't noticed for a few days, you've become even more beautiful! By the way, take advantage of the winter break to go home and study hard, do you know? Don't be lazy, in just over a year, it'll be time to take the university entrance exams. If you get into university, I guarantee there will be a bunch of male classmates chasing after you, haha!" Just then, Yi Tian suddenly noticed that Dong Qian had a backpack on her back and was carrying another one in her hand, although it looked a bit strange, but he didn't ask any more questions.

  Dong Qian pouted and responded, "I don't care about others chasing me!" Then she raised the backpack in her hand and handed it to Yi Tian, "Your canvas bag is too old, take this backpack instead!"

  "What's given to me?" Yi Tian asked in confusion, looking around to see if anyone was there, secretly thinking that this girl wouldn't be playing a trick on him, would she?

  He took a look and didn't find anything unusual, so Yitian scratched his head and said with a smile: "Hey, hey, taking your school bag for no reason, how can I be so shameless?" Although he said that, his hand had already reached out to take it.

  He turned it over in his hands and looked at it twice before asking, "By the way, why did you want to give me this school bag?"

  Upon hearing this, Dong Qian felt a desire to speak but hesitated, her hands sometimes inserted into her pockets and sometimes taken out, not knowing where to put them properly. Her pale melon-shaped face gradually turned pink, and her bright big eyes also avoided direct eye contact with Yi Tian.

  It seemed as if she had made some kind of decision, and biting her red lips, she said: "I... I like..." After finishing speaking, she quickly ran away without looking back.

  Watching Dong Qian walk away, Yi Tian scratched his head and muttered to himself: "This girl won't have fallen in love with me, will she?"

  Just as he was thinking about this matter, a familiar voice rang out: "Yi Tian!"

  As soon as he turned his head, he saw Liu Ergou driving a tractor over.

  "Haha, Second Dog Brother, you've come just in time! Not bad, you haven't disappointed the high hopes I had for you!" Yi Tian shouted loudly.

  When he saw Yi Tian, Liu Er Gou clearly felt his change. His originally thin and weak face had become plump, his complexion was much stronger than before, and it seemed that his height had also increased slightly.

  This is also why Liu Ergou was shocked by Yi Tian's face, if he had seen his body, he would have been even more surprised. After cultivating to this point, Yi Tian's entire person has undergone a complete transformation, from his skeleton, muscles, and even skin, all of which have been greatly strengthened. The average person's blows can't cause him any harm.

  "Stinky brat, hurry up and get on the bus! If I hadn't come to pick you up today, I'd be at home right now keeping my wife company by the heater!"

  Just as Liu Ergou approached, Yi Tian stared at his face for a few moments and then exclaimed in surprise: "Ergou brother, you've got good news coming your way!"

  "Haha, how did you know? My wife is pregnant!"

  "What? Sister Ali is pregnant? Haha, congratulations, congratulations! Okay, wait for me to go back and see whether it's a boy or girl!"

  "Shoo! That's my wife, what are you looking at? Besides, if you could see it, then you're a ghost!"

  "Cut it out! I can really tell, don't believe me? Let's just wait and see!"

  After several hours of bumping, Yi Tian returned to the village and came to his own door. When he found that the gate was not locked, he directly pushed the door and shouted loudly: "Old man, I'm back! Without me for a day, would you feel bored?"

  "Shut up, you little brat! You're back and already yelling loudly. I have guests here, keep your voice down!"

  Hearing that there were guests in the house, Yi Tian also became interested. Usually when someone comes to the house, if it's a villager, they would never be referred to as a guest.

  When they arrived at the main house, they saw two men talking to Old Xu.

  Yì Tiān also sensibly stood beside and listened quietly.

  "Master Xu, I'm leaving this matter to you. Once you've taken care of it, come back with us!" said a man in his forties.

  "Alright, Brother Zhang, don't worry, I'll do my best to summon your brother's soul back for the Buddhist ritual and help him reincarnate as soon as possible!"

  Old Mr. Xu immediately walked towards the warehouse, seeing this, Yi Tian also quickly followed up and said, "Old man, are they asking you to do something for the law? Take me with you?"

  "What are you going to do? Just stay home and be good! By the way, I won't be back tonight!" Old Xu said resolutely.

  Before doing Buddhist affairs, Yi Tian also followed Old Man Xu sometimes and helped pass things around, but he didn't expect that this time Old Man Xu was very unwilling for him to go.

  "Old man, just let me go, I'm already on vacation and there's nothing to do. It would be better if I went with you to help out!"

  "Ah... this time's ritual is a bit special, I'm afraid you'll get scared when the time comes, so it's better if you don't go!"

  "Scare me? You must be joking! You know I'm very brave, besides, it's not like I've never seen a dead person before!" Yi Tian said firmly.

  "To be honest with you, this time the person who died was murdered, and up to now the case hasn't been cracked yet. Now they've only found the victim's head!"

  "What? Only the head?"

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