Chapter 2621

This was just a warm conversation between the couple. When they came here, they always needed some topics to talk about.

In the past, Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan mostly discussed the effects of medicinal herbs. Now that they had Mianmian, they would chat a bit about their daughter.

"I noticed that since we got our daughter, you put her ahead of me," Zhu Yanyi said deliberately.

Yan Aohan raised her eyebrows slightly upon hearing this. "Wife, your jealousy is a bit unnecessary. I love her because she is a gift from you. Be good, don't be jealous."

"Who is jealous? You are the one who is jealous," Zhu Yanyi made a funny face at Yan Aohan.

Yan Aohan didn't get angry. He just nodded and said, "Fine, I am the jealous one."

Zhu Yanyi had to focus her attention entirely on the medicinal herbs nearby.

As the couple walked, Zhu Yanyi gathered herbs while Yan Aohan caught animals. These animals were mainly for meat. The couple cooperated well.

After about two hours, just as Zhu Yanyi finished picking a wild platycodon, she heard a faint cry for help.

"Husband, listen. It seems there is a faint cry for help," Zhu Yanyi said.

Yan Aohan hummed, listened carefully, and then pointed in a direction. "It’s coming from that way."

Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan went over together, but they found no one. Zhu Yanyi said, "Could we be hallucinating?"

Yan Aohan shook his head slightly. "Do you think we two would ever hallucinate?"

Indeed, not to mention that Yan Aohan was already the Supreme Emperor, Zhu Yanyi was also an Immortal Emperor. Hallucinations were absolutely impossible for them.

Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan calmed down together and thought carefully to see if they had misheard. Sure enough, they heard the faint sound again. This time, the sound came from underground.

"It should be beneath our feet," Zhu Yanyi told Yan Aohan.

There wasn't even moss under their feet, so it was impossible to suspect any spirit formed from plants.

Yan Aohan thought for a moment, then struck the ground with a palm print. He made several hand gestures. Soon, a scene appeared on the ground. Underneath, there were countless people—no, countless corpses. The faint sound came from the middle of this pile of bodies, indicating there were still survivors.

Seeing this, both Yan Aohan and Zhu Yanyi straightened their expressions. Yan Aohan said to Zhu Yanyi, "You enter the space first. I will open this place."

Zhu Yanyi nodded and entered the Ruyi Space.

Yan Aohan rose halfway into the air, flipped her hand, and grabbed. Instantly, she cleared the area. After landing, she called Zhu Yanyi out.

In front of them was a pitch-black cave.

Zhu Yanyi flipped her hand, and Binglan appeared in her grip, illuminating the dark hole.

Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan walked into the cave. Black mist seemed to be constantly rushing out. Yan Aohan snapped her fingers and set up a barrier around the area.

"There is resentment here. And it is deep," Zhu Yanyi said, frowning slightly. Deep resentment meant these people did not die naturally. There must be a story behind it.

Yan Aohan hummed. He also saw the resentment. "Although I don't know what happened here, such deep resentment means this is no small matter."

If there were only one or two resentful souls, Yan Aohan wouldn't need to intervene; others would handle it. But now, with so much resentment, the number of souls was definitely not single digits. Only he could investigate personally.

Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan went deeper and soon reached the source of the sound. The pile of corpses here was terrifying, lying in disarray. Some were standing. Regardless of the chaos, they seemed to support a small space. The one crying for help was a little boy, looking only seven or eight years old.

She was crying out of instinct because she was starting to have trouble breathing. Her eyes were closed, her lips cracked, and her weak breath showed she was still alive.

Seeing this, Zhu Yanyi acted on her medical instinct. She went over, took her pulse, and confirmed her condition. She took out a bottle of diluted Spirit Spring water and gave it to her. Then she put a Peiyuan Pill in her mouth before holding her horizontally in her arms.

"How is the child?" Yan Aohan asked.

Zhu Yanyi said, "Fortunately, we arrived in time. The child can be saved."

She then placed the child next to Yan Aohan. "You watch over her. I will check the situation here. Although I don't know what happened, finding more survivors would be best."

Zhu Yanyi went over and carefully searched. She really found another one. This one was even smaller—a baby in a swaddle. It was a girl. She survived because her mother had put her finger in the baby's mouth, feeding her with her own blood.

Zhu Yanyi quickly took out some of Mianmian's unused clothes and changed the baby.

"Only two children," Zhu Yanyi sighed.

Yan Aohan hummed, his expression very serious. "These people all died unjustly. Such a large-scale unjust death, with souls trapped here, is definitely not a simple matter."

Yan Aohan took out the Earth Book and opened it. "Summon. Souls here, return to the Earth Book. Purify. Await trial."

Countless resentful souls were sucked into the Earth Book. When all the souls were absorbed, Yan Aohan said to Zhu Yanyi, "Let's go out."

She picked up the seven-or-eight-year-old boy, and Zhu Yanyi held the swaddled baby. They walked out.

After leaving the cave, Yan Aohan snapped his fingers, and the hole was buried again. "We must investigate the injustice of these souls. However, their bodies cannot be discovered for now. Let them rest here."

Zhu Yanyi nodded and said, "It seems we have more business to handle."

Indeed, they had more business. At least they needed to investigate the situation here. When living beings in a place died, their souls were supposed to return to the Underworld. But so many resentful souls were trapped here, unable to go to the Underworld. This meant something else must exist here, such as earth-bound spirits.

"Do you think there are earth-bound spirits in the cultivation world?" Zhu Yanyi asked Yan Aohan.

Yan Aohan shook his head slightly. "I am not sure if there are earth-bound spirits. But I know everything that happened here is definitely not simple. At least I can confirm one thing: it was probably not done by earth-bound spirits.

However, to know exactly who did it, I must wait until the Earth Book purifies their resentment. Then I can question them to get a general idea. For now, we can only keep our questions in our hearts."