a hint of urgency."He'll be fine. He just needs some days for recuperation!" said Old Grandpa Zhuo indifferently."Elder... sir, what about my mother" The old lady's son rubbed his hands nervously and...Chapter 483: Underground Shrine

Suddenly, the old man's cry of alarm jolted Xiao Yu out of his state. Hearing this shout, Xiao Yu realized that things were not as he had thought; otherwise, it would be impossible for the old man to know so much about the Du family.

After transforming his fist into a grab, Xiao Yu's speed instantly increased by threefold. The moment the old man pulled out two talismans from his bag and tried to use them, he was caught by Xiao Yu with a gust of wind grabbing him by the throat.

As soon as Xiao Yu's hand clamped down on the old man's throat, he felt it extremely difficult to breathe. He sensed that any movement would cause Xiao Yu to tighten his grip, so this old man dared not make even the slightest move.

"Hey, watch out!" Suddenly, a slightly immature voice called out behind Xiao Yu.

Upon hearing this call, Xiao Yu turned around and saw a talisman flying towards him. Xiao Yu's expression remained calm as he caught the talisman with his other hand without any change in demeanor.

The moment Xiao Yu grabbed the talisman, it emitted a faint sound, and a wisp of smoke emerged from it before turning to ashes instantly.

After blocking this talisman, Xiao Yu looked towards the distance. A young boy around thirteen or fourteen was glaring angrily at him with another talisman in his hand.

Xiao Yu had noticed this young boy when he first entered and found that the boy carried a very faint aura of essence energy. If not for Xiao Yu's powerful soul force, such a weak fluctuation would have been ignored.

Therefore, after hearing the shout, Xiao Yu did not pay too much attention but casually crushed the young boy's talisman.

"Mo Li, stop!" Seeing that the little boy was about to make another move, the old man hurriedly shouted at him.

The moment the old man sensed the killing intent coming from Xiao Yu, he knew a person with such aura could easily kill countless people and would not hesitate to do so. Though his disciple's talisman couldn't harm Xiao Yu, provoking him might cause him to casually end the life of the boy, which wouldn't be worth it. Thus, seeing that the child still wanted to act, he immediately intervened.

"Teacher........." The little boy looked at the old man with anxiety upon hearing his shout and called out.

"Who are you! Why do you know so many of our family's secrets!" The old man ignored the boy's cries and asked Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu knows so much about their family, and what he just used is also a secret transmission from their family.

If Xiao Yu can do all these things, then he isn't here to covet their family possessions. Therefore, his hostility towards Xiao Yu has slightly diminished.

"Who I am doesn't matter; what matters is how you came into possession of the Du Family's inheritance"

Xiao Yu didn't relax his grip on the old man's neck at all. He stared at him, with no signs of suppressing his killing intent whatsoever. If the old man said something inappropriate, Xiao Yu wouldn't hesitate to kill him.

Currently, Xiao Yu was finding it hard to calm down. The Du Family mentioned by Xiao Yu is the family into which Zhong Kui's sister had married. And the Thousand Butterfly Talisman used by this old man was modified from the original Thousand Folded Talisman by Zhong Kui because of his sister’s childhood nickname "D蝶" (Butterfly).

Back then, Little Butterfly was also a renowned scholaress; therefore, they had inherited quite a number of medical techniques and cultivation methods in our family.

In those days, Zhong Li and Little Butterfly married their good friend Du Ping. Since the Zhong Family had no successor due to Zhong Kui's death, it tacitly allowed her younger sister to pass on the medical skills and cultivation methods to their child.

However, after that, Zhong Kui entered the world of cultivators while his sister remained in the mortal realm. They never met again; by the time he returned to the mortal world, she had died due to her limited potential.

This time when Xiao Yu returned to the mortal world, he protected the Du Family for nearly a hundred years and even selected someone with potential from among their disciples to impart some techniques. He intended to use them to protect his sister's family after returning to the world of cultivators.

Now that Xiao Yu had fully accepted Zhong Kui's memories, he naturally knew the ins and outs. Not only did he accept Zhong Kui’s memories, but the thousand-plus years of Zhong Kui’s experience also influenced him, making him value what Zhong Kui valued.

Now these things that should have belonged to the Du Family had all become the Li Family's property; not just medical skills, even this technique was theirs. How could he not be furious

The old man heard Xiao Yu's words and looked at him. He saw ruthlessness in Xiao Yu’s eyes and felt a sense that their family should have some connection to Xiao Yu. Otherwise, how would he know everything about them

Previously, the Li Family's guess had also been told to him. They said that Xiao Yu might be the descendant of their missing ancestor, but now it clearly isn't so.

The old ancestor only knew medical skills and not their family's magical arts, which were passed down to only one person in each generation. This person could also be considered the guardian deity of the family.

This elder himself was the guardian deity of this generation. Seeing that Xiao Yu knew everything their family did, it was clear he wasn't there for their family's magical arts.

Moreover, now that Xiao Yu was so tense about the Du Family and wanted to take his life for news about them, the elder felt relieved. Since Xiao Yu wasn't after the Li Family’s medical skills or magical arts, it could only mean he had some connection with this family.

With these thoughts in mind, the elder looked at Xiao Yu and said, "Young brother, come with me to a place!"

"Oh!" Upon hearing what the elder said, Xiao Yu replied. He released his grip from around the elder's neck, and his killing intent rapidly receded back into him. The elder’s cultivation was quite inferior to Xiao Yu’s; thus, Xiao Yu didn’t fear that he would try anything tricky.

The elder couldn't help but use one hand to pinch his throat when he saw Xiao Yu let go of him. He had lived for nearly a hundred and twenty years, but this was the first time anyone had choked him like this, putting his life in another’s hands with just a squeeze.

However, seeing Xiao Yu's cold expression made the elder shake his head helplessly. The thickness of Xiao Yu’s killing intent was something he had rarely seen even throughout his long life as an old immortal.

"Mox Li, go outside and guard; no one is allowed in, not even the family patriarch!" As someone who had lived for over a hundred years, the elder's mindset had reached a level of maturity. Thus, he quickly recovered from this incident and returned to his previous appearance as a sage-like figure. He then instructed the young boy standing nearby.

"Yes, master..." Even though there was reluctance on the young boy’s face, he didn’t hesitate at all; he bowed slightly toward the elder before leaving the ancestral hall and closing its door behind him.

When the elder saw that the boy had closed the doors to the ancestral hall, he walked towards the archway where Xiao Yu was heading. Xiao Yu followed after him.

Aftr following the elder through the archway, Xiao Yu looked around inside but found nothing except an eight-person round table in the center of the room and a teapot on it; there wasn't even a chair to be seen.

Xiao Yu stared at this empty space with puzzlement. He had originally thought that he would find some kind of secret here, but now he found himself in an empty room. He wondered why the elder wanted him to come here

The elder jumped onto the round table and said to Xiao Yu, "Young brother, please move over."

Xiao Yu nodded and walked to the table. In a single leap, he jumped onto it. Although he didn’t know why this old man was doing this, he believed there must be a reason.

The old man on the table squatted down, opened the lid of the teapot with one hand, and stuck his hand inside.

"Rumble..." Suddenly, a faint sound echoed in the room. Xiao Yu felt the table beneath him sink as it slowly descended to the ground.

Within moments, this section of the table had sunk into the ground, leaving behind a hole where the table once stood. When the table reached its lowest point, the old man jumped down from it, followed closely by Xiao Yu.

After jumping off the table, Xiao Yu looked at the space underground which was brightly lit. The table they had been standing on turned out to be an elevator.

The layout of this underground space was very similar to that of the ancestral hall aboveground. The old man led Xiao Yu through an archway into another room.

This new room's design was also quite similar, with rows and rows of altars. Upon arriving here, Xiao Yu looked at the tablets on these altars.

When he saw the names on those tablets, his heart stirred; indeed, all the surnames were Du. The old man then retrieved a scroll from an iron box under the altar table.

"This is our family's original clan register!" The old man held up this scroll and said.

"Oh!" Xiao Yu responded, and together with the old man, he unrolled this scroll.

Xiao Yu looked at the scroll. Sure enough, all the names were Du surnames. At the very bottom of the scroll, Xiao Yu saw a name identical to those on the clan register copy, just that it was written as Du instead of Li above.

At the top of this scroll, there indeed were Zhong Li and Du Ping's names, followed by many other names that Xiao Yu could find in his memory. This had to be the Du family’s genealogy.

"What exactly happened" Staring at these names, Xiao Yu asked the old man.

Upon hearing Xiao Yu's question, as if expecting this very query, the old man began recounting what had transpired.ble look at this point. This elderly gentleman was precisely Master Zhang from the Dragon Tiger Mountain whom Xiao Yu encountered outside the antique market's entrance. Xiao Yu also stood up with a mi...