368. Chapter 369: Inquiring in the Village

Chapter 369: Inquiring in the Village

What kind of special thing is this?

Chen Xiao was ashamed, thinking that it would be impossible to find anything from Chen Er. It would be better to go out and look for clues by himself.

After dinner, Chen Xiao decided to walk around the village to see if he could find anything else.

The news that Chen Er brought back a handsome boy had spread in the village, so when they saw Chen Xiao, they all greeted him enthusiastically. There were even two or three elderly people who wanted to introduce their granddaughters to Chen Xiao. This made Chen Xiao ashamed.

"Auntie Li, can you tell me about Er Gouzi and his mother? I'm very curious."

At this time, Chen Xiao was getting together with the old ladies who wanted to introduce their granddaughters to him. If you want to find out about someone in a village, just talk to the old ladies in the village, and you will get what you want in nine out of ten cases.

"Er Gouzi and his mother came to the village 22 years ago. At that time, she brought Er Gouzi, who was only one year old, with her. It seemed that she was abandoned by some unfaithful man." The old woman called Aunt Li said.

"That's right. I don't know which man is so blind that he doesn't want such a beautiful girl. If it weren't for my son's incompetence, it would be my blessing to have a girl like Xianglan as my wife." Another aunt also spoke up, and the Xianglan she mentioned was obviously the name of Chen Er's mother.

"Don't even think about it. Xianglan has been in the village for so many years. Have you seen her get close to that man? She is not worthy of the men in our village." Aunt Li's words surprised Chen Xiao. It seems that Chen Er's mother is really beautiful.

"Aunt Li, what is the full name of Er Gouzi's mother?" Chen Xiao asked.

"Xianglan's full name? Let me think..." Aunt Li recalled, "I think her surname is something? Yun, right?"

The latter words were said to the aunt next to her.

Yun? Yun Xianglan?

Chen Xiao was stunned when he heard this name! Chen Zhiyuan told him that his mother's name was Yun Zhiqiu, and now Chen Er's mother's name was Yun Xianglan. Two names so similar, plus the things in Chen Er's mother's room, Chen Xiao really couldn't be sure that there was no connection between the two.

Could it be that this place is related to the Yun clan?

Such an unexpected discovery really exceeded Chen Xiao's expectations.

"Auntie, has Er Gouzi's mother done anything special in the years in the village?" Chen Xiao continued to inquire.

"I think not." Auntie Li recalled again, "Xianglan doesn't have much contact with people in the village on weekdays, and most of the time she takes care of Er Gouzi alone."

Auntie Li's words surprised Chen Xiao a little. It seems that Yun Xianglan should have completely hidden her strength.

"By the way, I heard from Er Gouzi that one year all the peach blossoms in the village withered. Later, his mother went out for a trip and then solved the problem. What exactly happened?" Chen Xiao asked a new question again.

"This incident happened five years ago. That year, the peach blossoms in the village all fell off for no apparent reason, which scared us. You know, in our small place, the peach blossoms are in bloom all year round and have never withered."

Peach blossoms that never wither all year round?

Chen Xiao was a little surprised. Obviously, this place is not as simple as it looks.

While recalling, Aunt Li continued: "The abnormal situation naturally made the villagers very nervous. The men quickly mobilized to find out the cause of this incident. However, in the end, nothing was found."

"Yes, yes, at that time, the men were only short of entering the Immortal Cave." Another aunt next to her added.

It's the Immortal Cave again. It seems that everyone in the village knows about this Immortal Cave.

"What happened after that? Did Er Gouzi's mother do anything?" Chen Xiao said.

"She didn't do anything. On the third day after the peach blossoms withered, Xianglan went out of the village. When she came back, the peach blossoms were all in bloom the next day." Aunt Li said.

This statement is the same as what Chen Er said. But no one who heard this would think that Yun Xianglan simply went out of the village. This peach forest doesn't look big, but with the ability of a cultivator, it is completely possible to pretend to be a village and secretly go to a place where ordinary people can't find something to set up.

He tried to ask more questions about Yun Xianglan, but there was no further result. At this point, Chen Xiao could only change the topic.

"Auntie, what is the immortal cave you just mentioned? Is it the place where the immortal lived before?"

If there is anything that Chen Xiao cares about most now, it is definitely the immortal cave.

"Hehe, we don't know whether the immortal really lived there. After all, no one in the village has actually gone in to see it." Aunt Li said with a smile.

No one has been in?

Chen Xiao was slightly stunned. The people in this village should have lived here for a long time. If there is such an immortal cave, with the curiosity and desire for adventure that humans have, it is impossible not to go in and find out.

Unless, it's not that they don't want to go in, but that they can't go in.

Chen Xiao naturally asked the reason, and the answer he got was the same as he thought.

"The Immortal Cave is actually on the hillside behind the village. Normally, you can clearly see the Immortal Cave by standing in the fields and looking up. However, it is impossible to go up there. People in the village often try to go up there, but inexplicably they go down the mountain from another place. Later, everyone realized that the place was not accessible to ordinary people, so they called it the Immortal Cave."

So this is what the Immortal Cave is like.

I continued to chat with several aunties for a long time, but there was no new discovery. After that, Chen Xiao came to the fields behind the village, where the Immortal Cave could be seen.

As soon as he came out of the end of the village, Chen Xiao could clearly see a mountain gate standing on the hillside opposite. The mountain gate was surrounded by clouds and mist, which really gave people the feeling of an immortal cave. With Chen Xiao's eyesight, he also saw a horizontal plaque above the mountain gate, with four characters in cursive writing on it: Clouds come and fog go.

Holding his chin, Chen Xiao did not choose to fly up, but planned to try to walk up first. For ordinary people to be able to go around and come back, there is a high probability that there is an illusion array in the mountains. With Chen Xiao's knowledge of array formations, he can just check the mystery inside. Maybe there will be unexpected discoveries.

After crossing the fields, he soon arrived at the foot of the mountain. Looking up from here, he can still see the mountain gate clearly. However, there is one thing that caught Chen Xiao's attention: standing here and standing at the end of the village, the mountain gate is in the same position, the same size, and even the angle of view is the same.

Could it be that this mountain gate is an illusion?