After reading the contents of the letter, she turned to look at the rickety old man next to her, feeling a little unbelievable.
According to what Xiao Fan said in the letter, this old man came specifically to deliver a message to her, but because of the underworld energy in this valley, the old man had no way to leave.
As for why he agreed to come in to deliver Xiao Fan's letter, Ye Qingxue wasn't sure.
She turned her head and looked around, then at the old man in front of her.
Her expression was a little complicated.
After looking at him, Ye Qingxue turned around and headed out of the valley.
Because Xiao Fan had already said in the letter that the day after he sent Ye Qingxue in, the underworld energy appeared in the Hades Valley, and he could no longer stay there, otherwise his life would be in danger.
And now he is waiting for her at the entrance of the valley.
Ye Qingxue was puzzled. She didn't know why this dark energy suddenly appeared, and she didn't know why she wasn't disturbed by this dark energy.
She decided to go out to find Xiao Fan and ask carefully.
Before she came in, she already felt that Xiao Fan seemed to be hiding something from her, but he was unwilling to say it at that time, and she had no way to ask more questions.
As the sun was about to set in the afternoon, Ye Qingxue finally arrived at the mouth of the valley.
She was a little surprised when she saw Luo Qingyi not far away.
"Third Senior Sister? Why are you here?" She came to Luo Qingyi with a surprised look on her face.
Luo Qingyi smiled lightly: "Xiao Fan has something to do and can't come for the time being. Let me pick you up."
"What did he do?" Ye Qingxue wondered.
Luo Qingyi said with a smile: "Master suddenly has something to do and asked him to go back. Come on, I will take you out of here first."
"Oh, okay." Ye Qingxue didn't think much and followed Luo Qingyi and left here.
But she didn't know that Xiao Fan had arranged all of this in advance.
The reason why he did not write that the old man was him in the letter was because he was afraid that Ye Qingxue would not be willing to leave the Hades Valley again after knowing it was him.
He had already discussed it with Third Senior Sister, waiting for her to return to the secular world. As for how long he could keep it secret, Xiao Fan himself was no longer sure.
A few days later, Ye Qingxue followed Luo Qingyi back to Jianghai City.
Luo Qingyi said: "I'll leave first if I have something else to do. You can take care of yourself."
"Third Senior Sister, wait a minute." Ye Qingxue shouted hurriedly.
Luo Qingyi: "What's wrong?"
Ye Qingxue asked: "I would like to ask, when will Xiao Fan come back?"
Luo Qingyi looked at her and said with a smile: "This will have to wait until the master is finished with his work. I don't know exactly when he will be finished. He will come down to find you when he is finished."
"Okay." Seeing that the third senior sister had already said this, Ye Qingxue didn't feel like asking any more questions. After all, it was his master who asked him to go back.
What Ye Qingxue didn't expect was that the wait would take a long time.
At first, she thought Xiao Fan would be back in a week or two at most, but after waiting for a month, he still didn't come back.
Later, she thought he would be back in a month or two at most, but after waiting for almost half a year, he still didn't come back.
At this time, Ye Qingxue felt something was wrong in her heart.
Logically speaking, Xiao Fan would not leave for so long without any reason.
And even if I really leave for such a long time, it's impossible to say that the phone calls will always be unreachable.
She frowned, feeling that the third senior sister seemed to be hiding something from her.
She thought about it for a while and decided to go to Xiao Fan's hometown mountain to look for him.
She had taken herself there before, and she still remembered the general route.
She left as soon as she could. After packing up, she went directly to Xiao Fan's hometown.
As dusk approached in the afternoon, she finally arrived at the village at the foot of Xiao Fan's hometown.
She found a villager and asked: "Hello, uncle, I would like to ask where the trail to the mountain in front is? I just searched and couldn't find where to go up."
The villager looked at her: "What are you doing up there?"
Ye Qingxue smiled and said: "I have a friend who lives up there. I'll go up there to find him."
"Who are you looking for?" the villager asked.
Ye Qingxue: "Xiao Fan, do you know him?"
"I know him, he hasn't been back for a long time," the villager said.
Ye Qingxue was confused: "Isn't he on the mountain?"
The villager replied: "I heard from the villagers that he hasn't been back for almost a year."
"So long?" Ye Qingxue was surprised.
But the third senior sister clearly told herself half a year ago that his master asked him to come back.
Could it be that the villagers didn't know about his return?
Ye Qingxue thought about it and realized that this was not impossible.
She smiled and asked: "It's okay, I'll go up and have a look. Could you please tell me where to go up?"
The villager pointed over there and said: "Go straight ahead from there. You should be able to see the mountain trail in about 20 minutes. However, the mountain is shrouded in fog all year round. Not to mention you, even we don't dare to go up easily.
Afraid of getting lost, can you do that?"
"I'm fine, thank you, uncle." Ye Qingxue said and walked over.
About twenty minutes later, she finally arrived at the mountain pass.
Looking at the mountain road ahead, Ye Qingxue felt a little complicated.
She was silent for a moment, then walked up the mountain path.
Not long after walking, she saw that the fog was getting thicker and thicker, and it was almost impossible to see the road ahead.
But she continued to walk forward cautiously.
She didn't remember how long she walked, but at the end, the fog dissipated, and she saw a courtyard up there from a distance.
A smile appeared on her face, that should be Xiao Fan's hometown.
About half an hour later, she finally came outside the yard.
However, the courtyard door has been locked.
She was a little confused. Could it be that they had gone out?
She called inside: "Is anyone there?"
No one responded.
She shouted again: "Xiao Fan, I'm here to find you."
Still no one responded.
She was wondering, where did they go?
She looked around and saw no one. She had no choice but to sit down in front of the door. She planned to wait and see. Maybe they would come back later.
Perhaps she was a little tired from climbing the mountain, so she fell asleep leaning on the edge of the door.
She didn't remember how long she slept, but she only remembered that she was woken up by a gust of cold wind.
When she woke up, it was completely dark.
She looked around a little panicked, why was it so dark?
She turned around and looked at the door lock behind her. It was still locked. They had not come back.
Ye Qingxue was confused, where did they go? Why didn't they come back so late?
She looked around and decided to go down the mountain first.
Then she turned on the flashlight function of her phone and prepared to go down the mountain.
But at this moment, a figure suddenly walked out of the darkness over there.
"Who!?" Ye Qingxue saw the person coming and hurriedly held up a flashlight.