Suddenly, a bolt of lightning that looked like a sharp sword cut through the sky, followed by a terrifying thunder.
Nan Jiantian finally saw the situation in the village clearly when the lightning illuminated the land.
Blood mixed with rain on the ground, blood flowed like a river, and corpses floated in the air. It was a scene of hell on earth.
Nan Jiantian could still recognize most of their faces. Uncle Zhang, Aunt Zhang, and his wife at the village entrance, as well as Little Liangzi and Little Shunzi, who had once mocked him for never being a qualified hunter, and so on…
Now, these people who had more or less interacted with him were actually separated forever.
The demonic qi enveloping their bodies had yet to dissipate, and they died in extremely miserable states. It was as if they had seen extremely terrifying things when they were alive.
They also had one thing in common: their skin was dry and wrinkled, and their faces looked as if they had aged twenty years. It was the legendary tragic state of death after being sucked dry of their essence.
At this moment, Nan Jiantian felt his pants tighten. He lowered his head and saw that there was still one person who was lucky enough to survive. He was shocked and quickly squatted down.
Perhaps fate was playing tricks on people, but the person in front of him was actually the Xiao clan. The person who wanted to entrust his daughter's life to him had also encountered misfortune.
Nan Jiantian was filled with sorrow.
"Are you alright?"
At this moment, Old Man Xiao seemed to be old. His face was enveloped by black light, and his blood essence had dissipated. His entire person was only supported by a breath of air.
"I'm afraid I don't have much time left, but I…I'm not willing to leave just like that! There are still too many things that I can't let go of, and there's also Ling 'er…"
Concubine Xiao understood her current situation very well. Her voice choked as she continued,""Now that things have come to this, my death is not worth regretting, but I'm worried about Ling 'er. She's still too young and innocent. She lost her mother when she was young, and I'm ashamed of her... I'm worried about her future life, worried that she won't be able to find her place..."
"…And now, Ling 'er's life and death are unknown. Even in the netherworld, I don't have the face to face the child's mother!”Madam Xiao's voice became weaker.
" I have a presumptuous request. I hope you will agree to it, or I will die in peace…"
"Senior, please speak. If this junior can do it, I will definitely go through fire and water without hesitation!”Nan Jiantian seemed to have guessed what he was going to say. But he didn't interrupt her and let her continue.
" Here, I will betroth my only daughter to you. I hope that you can take good care of her for me in the future and never abandon her…If you don't treat her well in this life, I won't let you off even if I become a ghost…" Madam Xiao used all her strength to finally say her last wish.
"Good! I promise you that I will take care of the Xiao clan for the rest of my life. If I break this oath, I will die a horrible death!”
After a moment of hesitation, Nan Jiantian agreed to the old man's request. This was the old man's last wish, and since he had already suffered such a calamity, he felt that he should let the old man leave in peace.
The most bitter thing in the world is the heart of a parent!
At the last moment of your life, you still miss your children. Xiaoling, you should be proud to have such a great father! He thought to himself.
"So…I have nothing to worry about. Even if I die, I can rest in peace…"
Xiao Shi spat out a black arrow of blood. Her life was at its final moment.
"Uncle, you still haven't told me who the murderer is. Who did this?" Seeing this, Nan Jiantian couldn't help but feel anxious.
" Live well, don't even think about avenging us…The murderer is unimaginably powerful…"
Xiao Shi's face was filled with fear. The shadow of the murderer was deeply imprinted in his heart. Clearly, he knew how terrifying the enemy was.
"If we can't kill our enemies and take revenge, I'm afraid that Ling 'er and I won't be able to rest in peace for the rest of our lives!”
"In that case, do what you can! " He is…" Xiao Shi's throat let out a gulp, gulp sound. She could only breathe out but not in.
"Who is he? Who is he?" Nan Jiantian leaned forward, his ear close to the other party's mouth, and his voice was faintly audible.
" He's…a Buddha…a devil…"
At this moment, the Xiao Clan's life was coming to an end. In the end, Nan Jiantian didn't hear the name of the murderer clearly.
"Is it a Buddha or a devil? What does it represent?" He was deep in thought.
When Nan Jiantian appeared in front of his courtyard, the latrine had already collapsed in the black thunderstorm. The entire world seemed to have fallen into darkness, devoid of color.
"Father, mother! Where are you?"
Nan Jiantian rushed into the ruins like a madman, tearing apart the rubble and moving the rafters, searching for traces of his parents.
Under the pain in his heart, he did not notice that the rubble had cut his palm and fingers, and blood flowed between his fingers.
He did not find the remains of his parents for a long time. A trace of hope rose in his grief. Perhaps his parents were not at home at that time and he was lucky enough to escape?
In the pile of corpses, Nan Jiantian suddenly felt two figures standing behind him, silently watching him. He couldn't help but feel shocked. Could it be that the murderer had returned?
"Hand over your life!" Nan Jiantian shouted loudly, and the red tasseled spear he used for self-defense shot out with the momentum, aiming for the two people behind him.
"Father, mother, it's you!" The moment he turned around, he saw two familiar figures and hurriedly stopped his forward pouncing posture.
It was the Nan couple.
"I finally found you! I thought I would never see you again!”Nan Jiantian threw the spear on the ground and hugged his parents. He wailed like an injured child.
"This is not something we can change. Everything will get better.”The Nan couple comforted.
" They all…" Nan Jiantian hesitated.
"We all saw it. We didn't expect that our village would be isolated from the world for hundreds of years. We didn't even make any enemies. We didn't expect that a calamity would befall us today and we would be slaughtered. If your mother and I hadn't seen you for a long time and went to the mountains to look for you, I'm afraid our family of three would have been separated by Yin and Yang.”
In the pouring rain, the husband and wife were wearing straw raincoats. Madam Nan was carrying one in her hand. She was worried that the child would get wet without rain gear in the mountains. She did not hesitate to travel ten miles to deliver it to the child. However, one of them went and the other came back. They actually brushed past each other in the vast mountains.
It was also because of this trip that they managed to avoid a calamity.
When the two elders returned home, this scene happened.
"Could it be that it's really fated that we can't escape this tribulation?”Father Nan looked up at the pitch-black rainy night. His tall figure had an indescribable sense of desolation and vicissitudes.
"Father, what do you mean?" Nan Jiantian asked in confusion.
"Listen to your father's detailed explanation."
……
Under the rock, the family of three found a place to shelter from the wind and rain. Everything could only wait until dawn.
When Father Nan slowly recounted what happened fifteen years ago, Nan Jiantian was extremely shocked.
He had never thought that he was not a descendant of the Nan family, and his biological parents could not be found.
Madam Nan's expression was uncertain as she watched the child's reaction with her bright eyes.
Although Nan Jiantian wasn't her biological son, deep down in her heart, she had already treated him as her own!
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