"Three more hours to go!" Chao Li murmured as he looked at the sky.
Chao Li, with a reminiscence, looked in the Ping Village's direction, before he muttered with guilt, "I can't face the villagers right now, as they will ask what happened to Sister Ning to that I can't answer, But I just need to meet Grandpa Hong, as he is one kind of a close relative to me."
"If I leave like this, he will worry so much about me, so at least I need to inform Grandpa Hong, and for that, I need to wait till the sunset."
Chao Li got up and surveyed the surroundings and then hatefully thought, 'Not even a single thing of Sister Ning remained here, that Old Man Evil is really cruel. I really hope that man didn't die in the hands of his enemy.
'Even the ash was gone with wind and rain.' He sighed before thinking, 'How many days it's been since that day? Maybe I will know it once I meet Grandpa Hong.'
Slowly, he went into deep contemplation over his rebirth and thought, "After I obtained the book of Samsara and some Unknown Object, I was reborn and came back to this life, so those two must be the reasons for my rebirth, If I guess, but don't know that for sure."
"Whatever, Do I have those two in my life? It looked like they are so powerful." He questioned himself before slightly mumbling, "Maybe I have to feel for them."
Chao Li sat once again to feel for those two, and after some time, he felt deep inside his soul there was an object being hidden in it.
"Come Out!" He strongly thought inside, and suddenly an illusionary book appeared in his hands,
"I have it," He was delighted as he abruptly opened his eyes.
By looking at that illusionary book, he frowned and said to himself, "It's the same book, but now it's only in illusionary form. Whatever, I will see If I can open it."
Immediately after his thought, the book cover opened itself, revealing the first page, with a question and his answer.
But no matter how much he tried couldn't open the next page, so he stopped wrestling it.
He concentrated on the first page and instantly felt there was some independent dimension in it.
"Humm! I feel a special space inside this page, but I can only feel a tiny part of it. I don't know what to do with that space."
Slowly, The time had passed without knowing to him, and only when the light dimmed realized the sun had already set, so before light off completely, he started moving to Ping Village.
When he neared the Ping Village, It was seven o'clock that time, and in the past, at that time, Ping Village would have been filled with waves of laughter, buzzy whispers, and some slight arguments.
But today, When Chao Li neared the village, he felt something was off, as he felt something was missing at the core of Ping's Village, that was Its Liveliness.
It was a ghost-quiet at that time. Some occasional mournings were heard by Chao Li, and every house was filled with some dark aura, which confused Chao Li very much.
"Am I in the Ping Village or Somewhere else? Except for its composition, everything was contrary to the Ping Village I knew. What had happened to the village while I was gone?" Chao Li shivered as he had some ill-omen and uneasy feeling.
He slowly walked towards Yang Hong's house, and he went there, slowly reached the front door, and gently knocked thrice but didn't get any response from inside, so once again rapped the door more intensely.
"Who is it? Please help yourself and get in. I can't reach the door now." A weak voice was heard from inside.
Chao Li was confused about that voice, as it wasn't anything like Yang Hong, so he doubtfully pushed the door and crept in without making any noise.
Slowly, Chao Li entered the hall, but when he got there, he suddenly froze with disbelief, his steps staggered, and his eyes went wide open.
At that time, he saw an old man, who looked exactly like Yang Hong, but his back bent even forward, his hair became even paler, wrinkles deepened further, and there was a trace of sorrow and helplessness in his face.
That person also saw Chao Li, and for a second, his old body jerked with shock, and he tremblingly asked, "Who are you?"
Although Chao Li looked like he ever was, his face was filled with coldness instead of past naive puerility.
"Grandpa Hong, What happened to you? Why are you look so aged now?" Chao Li asked as he trembled with intense emotions.
"Little Li, Is it you? Where have you gone all these days? Where is Little Ning? I have been worrying about you guys for all these days." He weakly asked as he coughed up immediately after.
"Grandpa Hong, are you alright?" He went forward to support Yang Hong.
"I am alright," Yang Hong said in a low tone.
Chao Li gently held his hand and asked, "Grandpa Hong, How long have I been gone?"
"Don't you know that?" He slightly exclaimed and said, "It's been ten days since you left,"
"Only Ten days! But why do you looked aged ten more years in these ten days?" Tian Jian suspiciously asked while looking at Yang Hong.
By his question, Yang Hong silently grieved for some time before sadly saying, "Your Grandma Nuo had passed away."
Yang Hong's words like a hot blade pierced Chao Li's heart. Although he held a little grudge against her, it's just some silly one, so when he heard those words, he couldn't take them easily, and he understood why Yang Hong became like that.
"Grandpa Hong, how did this happen? When I last time saw Grandma Nuo, She was completely healthy, so how could she die in such a short time?" He asked in a bitter tone.
"It all happened when the day you were gone, on that day, suddenly for few minutes, the sky became dark, so most of our villagers fearfully came out to see what was happening." Yang Hong said with reminiscence, but Chao Li felt a bad promotion coming.
"The sky went back to normal in a few minutes, but after that, an earthquake came without any hint and took your grandma's life." He grieved and added,
"It is said that the quake came because of some immortals fighting."
When Chao Li heard those words, his body quivered nonstop, he immediately let loose of Yang Hong's hands and slowly collapsed to the ground on his knees,
"I-I- I killed her!"