Chapter 991: Source of the Curse

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The moment Mo Ting heard Yu Su’s words, he thought to himself, It’s over, it’s all over. Where did this great aunt come from? Why does she know everything!

Yu Su looked at Mo Ting. “Steward Mo, am I right or not?”

Mo Ting clenched his fists and sighed. “I can’t hide anything from you, but… I can’t tell you the truth for the time being. When I leave, I’ll try my best to compensate everyone.” He didn’t have much power and was also restricted by the elders, so he couldn’t tell the truth now.

Yu Su chuckled. “In that case… let’s proceed according to the plan. I want to walk around the mountain today. Can you agree to this?”

“Of course.” Mo Ting heaved a sigh of relief and relaxed. He was really afraid that Yu Su would say something else. If that happened, the entire scene would become uncontrollable.

“I heard that you were brought up the mountain by Wang Luo. Then this time, Wang Luo will also bring you to the mountain to find the source of the curse. If there’s anything else you need, you can ask An Ran to pass on the message.” After Mo Ting finished speaking, he left Wang Luo and An Ran behind.

Wang Luo walked over respectfully. “Ms. Yu, I’ll follow you today. If you need anything, don’t stand on ceremony.” The arrogance on his face was gone.

Fu Yang squeezed over from somewhere and said with a smile, “Aren’t you obedient now, kid? You even had a long face before, but now you look much more pleasing to the eye.” He stood in front of Wang Luo and smiled.

Wang Luo did not even raise his head. He did not want to talk to him at all.

“Go and have breakfast first,” Yu Su said softly as she looked at Leng Yan.

Wen Chuan and the other two followed behind her and walked towards the hall on the first floor.

As they came downstairs, a steady stream of breakfast was served. The quality was noticeably higher than yesterday, and it seemed like a lot of effort had been put into it. There were even some rare pastries on display.

Yu Su nodded at them. There was no problem with breakfast today, so they could eat without worry.

An Ran also found a place to sit down and eat. However, before she could sit down, one of the tumors on her body exploded, emitting a pungent stench. It was simply unbearable.

The surrounding people covered their noses and said with disgust.

“What are you waiting for?”

“This is where we merchants are eating. Why are you here?”

“Ah, that’s disgusting.”

“How annoying. I don’t even have the appetite to eat anymore.”

These words were like knives stabbing into An Ran’s chest.

Wang Luo waved his hand and immediately used the talisman paper in his sleeve to cleanse the surrounding air. He apologized to everyone, “Sorry for offending you. Please forgive us.”

An Ran was embarrassed and angry. She grabbed a plate of snacks and left. After she left, Yu Su asked, “You’re not cursed?” She looked at Wang Luo.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Wang Luo thought for a moment. “Yes, I don’t know why either. Everyone around me is infected, but I haven’t grown those things.”

Yu Su rolled her eyes and continued to ask, “An Ran’s identity is not simple, right?”

“That’s right. She’s the adopted daughter of our Second Elder. She grew up on the mountain since she was young and was also the first batch of people to be affected by the curse,” Wang Luo answered truthfully.

Second Elder An Tai was in charge of the alchemy room. Usually, many people fawned over An Ran because they wanted to beg for a precious pill.

Yu Su continued to ask, “What’s Master Kong Chen’s identity? I think he seems to be a Buddhist disciple, but he has been living in seclusion on the mountain.”

The bald man was wearing a Daoist robe. No matter how she looked at it, it was strange. She felt a strange energy fluctuation from Kong Chen. That fluctuation carried the smell of various medicinal herbs.

“Master Kong Chen came to Mount Zhongnan three years ago. After he was invited up the mountain by the Second Elder, he has been working in the alchemy room and has refined many rare pills.” Wang Luo picked out some things that he could talk about.

Yu Su smiled. “Those unicorns were raised by Master Kong Chen, right?”

“How did you know?” Wang Luo was shocked and sized them up. In his opinion, these merchants who had come up the mountain were all mortals and reeked of copper. They were not worthy of him receiving them at all. However, Yu Su’s every word hit the nail on the head.

Yu Su said, “It’s not difficult to guess why a person from the alchemy room would appear in the hall yesterday. Isn’t it to see how this group of people is doing?” She could smell the aura of Kong Chen on the unicorns, so the two must be related. However, judging from Wang Luo’s reaction, there might be more secrets that no one knew about.

Wang Luo smiled bitterly. “I can’t say these things. Ms. Yu, please don’t tell Steward Mo. Just pretend that I didn’t say anything today.” If Steward Mo found out, he would definitely be punished.