My Sexy Female CEO

Chapter 1900 359: The Fishing Village’s Hidden Secrets

Lin Yifan walked to the door of this household and knocked.

Unexpectedly, the people inside this house were different from the previous ones, not the least bit flustered.

"Come in!"

"We can actually go in."

Surprised, Lin Yifan was also a bit wary, unsure whether there was a conspiracy inside or ghosts and monsters.

As he pushed the door open and entered, a white-haired old man in his seventies appeared before him.

The old man's right hand supported a wooden cane, worn from countless years of friction, suggesting he had difficulty moving or was physically disabled.

"Young man, you look unfamiliar. You must be from out of town."

Lin Yifan nodded slightly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing: "Yes!"

"Please sit!" The old man pointed to a chair in the room, inviting Lin Yifan to sit down.

Lin Yifan was not reserved and sat down.

"Do you know why the fishermen here fear you?"

"I don't know!"

Lin Yifan shook his head, looking genuinely puzzled.

"It's because there is a yellow miasma surrounding your forehead. When you entered the village, did you look at the two giant rocks on the mountain opposite? And did you eat a lot of fish from this river before?" the old man asked.

Lin Yifan nodded, not refuting.

He indeed looked at the two giant rocks on the mountain opposite when he entered and had eaten a lot of the strange fish from this river before, but he was very confused about how this related to the fishermen fearing him.

"That's it." The old man seemed relieved.

"What's it? Why can't I see the yellow miasma on my forehead? And is this yellow miasma harmful? Can it be contagious?"

Lin Yifan posed a flurry of questions, waiting for the other's answer.

"This story dates back hundreds of years.

Hundreds of years ago, a heavenly fire descended from the sky, depositing two rocks here.

Suddenly, the sky and earth collapsed here, with flames everywhere, eventually forming a deep rift valley.

The rift extended to a river, and the river water poured in, flowing endlessly from then on.

Years later, due to the abundant spiritual energy in the rift, the trees thrived, the fish grew plump, and many fishermen flocked here to settle down and live a good life.

They worked from dawn to dusk in harmony.

Everything seemed so peaceful; however, just a few years ago, one night, the sky was filled with lightning and a torrential rainstorm.

The two giant rocks on the mountain, weathered by years of sun and rain, were already full of cracks, and after being washed by this once-in-a-century storm, the cracks deepened.

As rainwater seeped in, the divine substance inside the two giant rocks flowed out with the rainwater, seeping down into the great river below.

Instantly, countless fish gathered below to feed on the divine substance.

After some time, the fish that consumed the divine substance began to mutate, growing larger and reaching a hundred pounds in weight.

As the fish swam downstream, they somehow attracted a monstrous creature.

This monstrous creature was neither human nor snake, nor spirit beast. It was very peculiar.

It came here and devoured these mutated fish. When there was nothing to eat, it would turn its gaze to the fishermen on the shore.

Whenever the fishermen went out to the river to fish, it would go wild, overturning boats and swallowing the fishermen who fell into the water, being very fierce and savage."

As he spoke, the old man's aged face was covered with glistening tears, as if recalling some tragic past.

"Why are you so fearful if you don't fish?" Lin Yifan asked curiously.

"The monstrous creature is not a fish; it can come ashore. When it learned that the villagers here stored this divine substance within them, it would come ashore once a quarter to devour a person. With each feast, its spiritual power grew, and its realm slowly increased."

At this point, the old man was overwhelmed with tears, deeply sorrowed.

"Every quarter? Doesn't that mean many people have died?" Lin Yifan asked in astonishment.

"That's right, the village once numbering a thousand now has less than a few hundred," the old man replied.

"Then why don't you leave?"

Lin Yifan was perplexed.

To prevent more tragedies, the simplest solution is to leave this place and live elsewhere. But why do the fishermen here not leave?

Wiping away his tears, the old man continued with a choked voice: "It's not that we don't want to leave; it's that we can't. That monstrous creature is at a very high realm and can monitor this territory within a few miles. Once it finds someone escaping, it captures them and devours them; so after several attempts, the fishermen here no longer dare to flee."

"Looking at you with a youthful spirit and strong bones, you seem to be a cultivator. Why not try to resist?" Lin Yifan inquired.

"Heh, how laughable that I, as the Village Chief, cannot save my villagers." The old man chuckled bitterly, mocking his own incompetence.

Then, with a dim smile, he honestly answered, "That monstrous creature's realm is above mine; I am powerless to fight it."

"How high is the realm?" Lin Yifan pressed on.

"The High Immortal Fourth Realm!" the old man replied.

It's a realm he might never reach in his lifetime, giving him a sense of helplessness.

Seeing the old man's guilt, Lin Yifan didn't know what to say.

However, he had a few questions the old man hadn't answered, so he asked again, "Why is there a yellow miasma on my head? How did you know? Why haven't I noticed? And why is it dangerous?"

The old man sighed, "Because that monstrous creature relies on the divine substance to quickly advance its realm, it is highly dependent on that yellow divine substance.

Since the torrential rain, the divine substance rarely flows down anymore.

The monstrous creature, unwilling to give up, climbed the mountain, trying to break the two cracked giant rocks. Yet no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't shatter the cracked stones, so it had to give up in the end.

While it was in utter disappointment, a group of merchants suddenly came to the village.

Those merchants had also eaten the mutated plump fish and after glancing at the two cracked giant rocks on the mountain, a yellow miasma lingered on their foreheads, just like yours.

This yellow miasma is possibly caused by the interaction between the divine substance in your body and the divine substance within the giant rocks, or perhaps it comes from the divine gas evaporating from the rocks, which you then absorbed.

That monstrous creature caught a familiar scent and was extremely excited.

At night, it surfaced and devoured all the merchants with yellow miasma on their foreheads, along with the family they were staying with.

So when you entered the village, to avoid bringing disaster upon themselves, the villagers all hid to avoid being harmed for no reason.

The reason only we can see the yellow miasma is because we've been in this environment for so long, and are extremely familiar with it."