Chapter 1457: Establishing a Vacation Resort 8

“Chenyao, what happened to Tian Tian?”

Seeing Bai Chenyao’s gaze inadvertently glance upstairs, Mu Yi frowned.

“Haiyang has already gone up!”

Bai Chenyao lightly acknowledged it with a calm tone.

“Due to being too far from Shen Tiancheng, the Gu poison in her body flared up, causing her pain for a while. Her body is weak and she needs proper rest!”

At the mention of Gu poison, Mu Yi’s face changed dramatically.

“Gu poison?”

He had always thought it was just a scaremongering tale, but hearing it from Bai Chenyao, Mu Yi didn’t doubt it in the slightest.

“What happened?”

Is this why Bai Chenyao, after returning from his mission, still remains separated from his young daughter?

Shen Tiancheng!

As Mu Yi thought of the identity of Shen Tiancheng which Mr. Mu had mentioned, he was suddenly taken aback.

Looking at Bai Chenyao, his eyes were filled with complexity.

“Chenyao, do these Gu really exist?”

Knowing full well the answer would be yes, Mu Yi still couldn’t help but ask.

Seeing Bai Chenyao nod, Mu Yi’s face grew even grimmer.

“Is Shen Tiancheng the only solution?”

Bai Chenyao’s eyes were deep, his dark pupils fixed on Mu Yi, his voice low.

“I’ve already sent someone to the southern regions to investigate, but there’s no news yet.”

Mu Qinghan, who had remained silent, wore a solemn expression.

“Witchcraft, crafted by the Witch Clan deep within the mountains of Qiyun Province?”

Not only Mu Yi, but even Bai Chenyao suddenly looked towards Mu Qinghan.

“Dad, you know about this?”

Mu Qinghan’s face, beneath his solemnity, was filled with rage.

“Lu Chengkuan, that bastard!”

The teacup beside him was smashed to the ground by his forceful hand, his usually serious demeanor flaring into anger, something unprecedented at his age.

Mu Yi was startled, having never seen his father so furious before.

“Dad, what’s wrong?”

What does this have to do with Commander Lu?

Mu Qinghan closed his eyes, memories of being a young educated worker in the countryside flashing through his mind, his expression extremely angry.

“In the fifties, both he and I were sent to Qiyun Province in the south as educated youths. He got to know Miao Li, the daughter of the Witch Clan chief of Qiyun Province. They quickly became close, and secretly he learned witchcraft from Miao Li, which I found appalling. Two years later, Miao Li became pregnant, and they were planning to marry, hoping to cover up Miao Li’s pregnancy. During those days, being found out for having a child out of wedlock would have severe consequences, as you can imagine.”

As he spoke, the fury in Mu Qinghan’s eyes grew even more intense.

“But during that time, we received notice from above, among all the educated youths sent to the countryside, only he and I were required to return home.”

“Miao Li somehow heard the news and came to me for confirmation. I found an excuse to leave and didn’t answer any of her questions. The next day, it was discovered that Miao Li had jumped into the river to commit suicide. Miao Li’s father, of the Witch Clan, with no other child but Miao Li, couldn’t withstand the grief and also passed away during Miao Li’s seven-day mourning period at her funeral hall.”

“At the time, I didn’t think much about it, believing it to be exactly as it seemed. It wasn’t until I returned to Shengjing and happened to see Lu Chengkuan chatting with a man from Qiyun Province that I discovered Miao Li and her father’s deaths were orchestrated by Lu Chengkuan and a man named Menuke!”

“Back then, Lu Chengkuan and Menuke used witchcraft to kill Miao Li and her father. Because so many years have passed, there’s no way to find any evidence.”

“Moreover, the Witch Clan settlement at Qiyun Province’s southern border encountered a mudslide after liberation, with almost no tribe members surviving!”