Chapter 589: Confusing

Xinglong Lane is still bustling with people and crowded with people.

Although he seemed to be wandering carelessly in Xinglong Lane, Xiao Mian was highly focused, searching through the streets and alleys for every place where Ou Haiyang might be.

Finally, when Xiao Mian was about to give up, he found Ou Haiyang.

At this time, Ou Haiyang was curled up at the foot of a wall in an alley, with a piece of rag spread in front of him, but there was no commodity on it.

Looking at the frail body shrinking in the corner, Xiao Mian really couldn't connect it with a Jindan strongman. Is this still the same Ou Haiyang?

"Uncle Ou, what's wrong with you..."

"You!" Ou Haiyang looked up at Xiao Mian and was shocked, but then he lowered his head and said in a low voice: "I don't know you!"

"Uncle Ou!"

"My last name is not Ou! I don't know you either! You...you should leave!"

"..., Uncle, do you have any unspeakable secrets?"

"Go!"

"..."

With a frown on his face, Xiao Mian threw down a storage bag and turned away.

Walking out of the alley, Xiao Mian seemed to be slow but actually hurried, and quickly disappeared at the end of another alley.

In just a moment, a monk wearing a bamboo hat and a blue shirt slowly walked out of the alley. From a distance, this person found an empty space and set up a stall.

This person was naturally Xiao Mian in disguise.

After casually placing a few unused utensils, Xiao Mian sat cross-legged.

Looking from where Xiao Mian was, he could see Ou Haiyang, who was limp at the wall opposite. Xiao Mian wanted to see what this old man was doing.

Ou Haiyang had clearly recognized Xiao Mian just now, but he denied it and asked Xiao Mian to leave quickly. If there was nothing strange, Xiao Mian would not believe it even if he was beaten to death.

Considering the disappearance of Ou Haiyang last time, the contrast between the old man and his past was most likely caused by his precious grandson Ou Qingtan - this was also the reason why Xiao Mian was so persistent. Now, even if Ou Qingtan was not very important in the Wang family, he was still well-known. Maybe he would be the son-in-law of the Wang family in a few days. If he could understand Ou Qingtan's background, it would naturally be beneficial to Xiao Mian.

While Xiao Mian was thinking wildly, the sun was setting.

Ou Haiyang just curled up in the corner, neither talking to anyone, and no one went up to talk to him, as if he closed his eyes and waited for death, which made Xiao Mian even more confused. Thinking back to the time before the Yumen Pass, how happy Ou Haiyang was when he learned that he could pass through the Yumen Pass to Zhongzhou? All he wanted was to find his precious grandson. Now that he had met Ou Qingtan, why was he living on the streets, alone and helpless?

Unless - Ou Qingtan did not allow Ou Haiyang to recognize him!

With this thought, Xiao Mian suddenly understood!

That's right!

In Zhongzhou, ordinary cultivators looked down on foreign cultivators, let alone the Wang family, one of the four great families in Qin County. If outsiders knew that Ou Qingtan was a foreign cultivator, let alone the eldest lady of the Wang family, I'm afraid he wouldn't even be able to marry the maid of the Wang family!

In this case, Ou Qingtan must have forged a fake identity of a Zhongzhou cultivator through some means, just like Xiao Mian and Gui Hai...

But a fake identity is just a fake identity after all. If someone sees him, Ou Qingtan, hanging out with an old foreign cultivator, it will inevitably reveal a flaw; even if others can't connect the two of them to the identity of grandparents and grandchildren, Ou Haiyang's current destitute appearance really doesn't deserve to have any connection with the fiancé of the eldest lady of the Wang family.

Judging from the degree of Ou Haiyang's love for his precious grandson, as long as Ou Qingtan reveals a little bit of related intentions, Ou Haiyang will definitely fulfill his wish.

After figuring this out, another strange thing came to Xiao Mian's mind.

It's fine that the grandparents and grandchildren don't recognize each other, but why did Ou Haiyang act so secretive when he saw him, denying it, and eagerly urging him to leave quickly?

If we only talk about the relationship between Xiao Mian and Ou Haiyang, the other party will definitely not do this, so there is only one possibility: Ou Qingtan is involved!

But Xiao Mian asked himself that he had nothing to do with Ou Qingtan, so what was Ou Haiyang afraid of?

Could it be because of the piece of Thunder Peng Demon Feather that was passed down from the Ou family? ?

When Xiao Mian thought of this, his mind became clear.

The matter was indeed as Xiao Mian guessed, almost exactly.

On that day, Ou Qingtan secretly met with Ou Haiyang, and he mentioned the piece of Thunder Peng Demon Feather that was passed down from his Ouhai family. According to Ou Qingtan's idea, their old Ou family had fallen into decline, and until now, only the ancestral secret treasure was still available. He wanted to use it as a betrothal gift to propose marriage to the Wang family, so as to settle the relationship with Wang Yun as soon as possible, so as to avoid more trouble.

Who knew that when he asked, Ou Haiyang actually said that he had given the Thunder Peng Demon Feather away!

Ou Qingtan suppressed his anger and turned to ask about the appearance of the cultivator who got the Thunder Peng Demon Feather, and lied that he wanted to thank the other party.

Ouyang Hai was naturally defenseless to his grandson, and described the appearance of Xiao Mian and Gui Hai. Although the speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, and Ou Qingtan remembered it in his heart.

After that, Ou Qingtan, as Xiao Mian guessed, mentioned his own embarrassing situation in the Wang family and his wedding with Wang Yun. Ou Haiyang really did not say anything, and took the initiative to say that he did not want to drag Ou Qingtan down.

Before saying goodbye, Ou Haiyang even left the only 10,000 Zhong Ling on him to his beloved grandson. The 10,000 Zhong Ling was a gift from Xiao Mian before leaving.

After that, Ou Haiyang returned to Xinglong Lane.

Originally, although Ou Haiyang was a little sad, he was still overjoyed to see that his grandson was safe and sound and would soon marry the eldest daughter of the Wang family.

But soon, he found something wrong!

First, he felt weak in his limbs and dizzy, and then, Ou Haiyang felt that his body's true energy, which was not very strong, became even weaker. As a result, his meridians became more and more withered, and his blood, flesh and essence were gradually lost, and he was in danger.

At first, Ou Haiyang thought that he was about to die, but when he noticed the red glow on the golden elixir, his face suddenly changed.

This was clearly a sign of poisoning, but since entering Zhongzhou, Ou Haiyang has been cautious and never contacted strange cultivators; those Zhongzhou cultivators who looked up to him only mocked him with words when they saw Ou Haiyang, but no one came to provoke this old man who looked like he had no money.

The only exception was Ou Qingtan!

Ou Haiyang was naturally unwilling to believe it, but he had to believe it.

Hundreds of years were not lived in vain. After putting aside the family affection between grandparents and grandchildren, Ou Haiyang understood Ou Qingtan's mind - the only way to keep it secret was to die!

After thinking about this, Ou Haiyang smiled bitterly...

Thinking that he, Ou Haiyang, had traveled all the way and experienced untold hardships, just wanted to come to Zhongzhou to find his only grandson and see if he was safe; now that things have gone as he wished, he finally saw Ou Qingtan, but it has become a stumbling block for Ou Qingtan to go further!

Stumbling block!

Isn't it?

Well! Since you are so eager for me, I will do as you wish...

After a bitter smile, Ou Haiyang felt as if he had died.

Since then, he has been lingering here until he met Xiao Mian today.

The reason why Ou Haiyang denied it flatly was that he didn't want Xiao Mian to delve too much into the right and wrong between the two of them. The poison in his body had penetrated deep into his bones, and there was no way to save him. Even if Xiao Mian could save him, he would not live for a few days. Moreover, after being betrayed by the person closest to him, Ou Haiyang had no will to live and wanted to die.

Rather than letting Xiao Mian know the truth of the matter and ruin Ou Qingtan's plan, it would be better for him, Ou Haiyang, to die quietly with a dead heart.

Of course, on the other hand, Ou Haiyang was also considering Xiao Mian.

Ever since he saw through Ou Qingtan's purpose, Ou Haiyang keenly realized that Ou Qingtan was determined to get his Ou family's ancestral secret treasure. The Thunder Peng Demon Feather was given to Xiao Mian by Ou Haiyang. If Ou Qingtan knew about this, it would probably cause another wave.

Ou Haiyang only hoped that Xiao Mian would stay out of it and Ou Qingtan would be safe and sound.

That's all!

Xiao Mian only guessed the first half of the incident, but not the second half. Even though he was very good at understanding people's hearts, he didn't expect Ou Qingtan to be so cruel.

The sun gradually dimmed, and the moon gradually rose.

Although Xinglong Lane was still bustling, many cultivators closed their stalls and went back.

Perhaps it was unintentional, the few utensils that Xiao Mian took out casually were sold out. When he rolled up the bedding for the stall, Xiao Mian saw that Ou Haiyang was still motionless.

At this time, a sneaky figure came to Ou Haiyang and took the small bag of spirit stones that Xiao Mian had put down before.

From beginning to end, Ou Haiyang turned a blind eye.

The man was not satisfied with the spirit stones. Seeing that Ou Haiyang ignored him, he became bold and kicked Ou Haiyang on the shoulder. Xiao Mian was not far away. A sound of bone cracking came, and Xiao Mian's heart was secretly angry, knowing that Ou Haiyang was already injured.

"Daoyou, why do you want to stir up trouble for a dying man?" Just as Xiao Mian was about to step forward to stop him, someone next to him kindly reminded him, "The old man looks a little pitiful, but there must be something hateful about pitiful people. He is obviously determined to die. He has been silent and motionless these days. I'm afraid he won't live long..."

"Is there no one in Xianyang City who cares?"

"Care? How? There are at least 800 old and helpless monks like this in Xianyang City. If you settle one, there will be another. To settle them all properly, this amount of spirit stones is not a small amount. Besides, these old monks are worthless. Saving them is a loss-making business!" As he said this, the monk came a little closer and said with a gloating smile: "Besides, this old man is an outsider monk. He tried his best to come to Zhongzhou, but ended up like this. It's retribution!"

"..., is that so?"

"These outsiders are really abominable! Although Zhongzhou is rich, it is our Zhongzhou after all. Why are they here to join in the fun? Because of the influx of a large number of outsiders, the prices in Zhongzhou have been rising, and as a result, our lives are not easy."

"Who said it wasn't!"

Suppressing the disgust in his heart, Xiao Mian saw that the villain who robbed the spirit stone kicked Ou Haiyang and turned away. He thought for a moment and disappeared immediately afterwards.