After hearing Yin Xianli's words, Shen Xisheng was stunned for a moment. Then he came back to his senses and smiled slowly at the sky above Xuefeng City.

Even though he became a weird person, the Lord Xuefeng still left the most gentle part to the innocent children, which is admirable.

He briefly told the story of Xuefeng City to the two little girls. Both Yin Xianli and Chen Xiaoxiao paid respect to the Lord of Xuefeng City.

Lord Xuefeng cannot be called a hero, but he has passed on the spirit of justice by setting an example, and more people will stand up and inherit this spirit.

Shen Xisheng turned to look at Li Jian and said to him:

"Let's go, go in and take a look, at least let Xuefeng City still exist in our memories."

Li Jian nodded, and then the four of them passed through the city gate and officially set foot on this land that became history.

Because it had gone through a great war, most places inside the city were severely damaged. Wooden piles and rubble were spread everywhere, looking messy and disorderly.

Yin Xianli and Chen Xiaoxiao walked among the ruins, and from time to time they would pick up a piece of tile or a small stick and hand it to Shen Xisheng, which meant that they had been here before.

In this way, Shen Xisheng and the four of them walked around the city to commemorate their visit before leaving.

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The incident in Xuefeng City forced Shen Xisheng, who originally wanted to supply supplies, to change his plan. After advancing at full speed for a day, they came to a small town to take a break.

When they came to the entrance of the town, they saw the three characters "Shuisheng Town" engraved on the stone tablet. The environment here looked pretty good.

"Shopkeeper, I want two brighter rooms."

In Shuisheng Inn, Shen Xisheng came to the counter, took out some silver, slapped it on the counter, and shouted inside.

It's just that the service efficiency of this inn seems to be unsatisfactory. After Shen Xisheng finished shouting, no one came out to greet him for a long time.

"What's going on? Isn't this inn closed for business today?"

Li Jian looked around the inn. The tables and stools were all taken care of and not covered with dust, but there was no one greeting the guests in the inn.

"Coming... coming..."

Just when the four of them were at a loss, an old voice slowly came from behind the curtain.

Then there was a burst of extremely slow footsteps behind the curtain, and after a while, a gray-haired old man walked out with a cane and a hammer on his waist.

The old man looked hard at Shen Xisheng and the four of them with his cloudy eyes, and then said intermittently:

"The four guests... want to stay in the hotel... right?"

He stumbled when he spoke, which made people worry whether he would bite his tongue. Shen Xisheng quickly responded:

"Yes, sir. Isn't it inconvenient for you to lead the way now? How about you give us the key and we can go to the room by ourselves."

The condition of the old man in front of me cannot be said to be strong. In any case, he must be like a candle in the wind. If he takes a breath, he will fall to the ground and fly away.

"Okay...Okay!"

The old man was very happy to hear that he didn't have to lead the way, so he tremblingly took out two keys and handed them to Shen Xisheng with shaking hands, and then told him where the room was.

After Shen Xisheng understood the situation, he asked the old man to leave, and he took the other three people upstairs to check into the room. After tidying up the room, the four of them got together again.

"Teacher, why is there only one old man running such an inn?"

Yin Xianli was the first to ask his question, and Chen Xiaoxiao also nodded along.

The scale of this inn is relatively good. Logically speaking, we should not just let an old man manage the inn.

"What do you think?"

Shen Xisheng did not express his thoughts first, but turned his attention to Li Jian, wanting to see if there was any inference on the other side.

"Me?"

Li Jian pointed at himself, then held his forehead and thought carefully before replying:

"Maybe the original owner of the inn asked someone else to take care of something. There's nothing interesting about it, right?"

After hearing Li Jian's answer, Shen Xisheng sighed helplessly:

"Then you should think about it carefully after we go out for a look together. Wipe the bright spots on your eyes on the way and show me carefully."

So he took Li Jian and the two girls out of the inn, and after walking around casually for a while, Li Jian's face suddenly became solemn:

"I didn't look carefully before and didn't notice that there was hardly a young man in this town. How could this be?"

In a windy and snowy place like Beizhou, it is difficult for a town to survive without young and strong people responsible for the work.

A random snowstorm could kill those old people, not to mention natural disasters and man-made disasters.

"In any case, it is definitely not normal for something like this to happen. We have not been very stable along the way. We still need to be more careful."

Shen Xisheng gave the others serious instructions, and then rested as usual. Since the inn was currently being managed by an old man, he had to take care of the food himself.

While the girls were taking a nap, Shen Xisheng took Li Jian to the first floor of the inn. At this time, the old man who was running the inn was already taking a nap on the counter.

"Uncle, I want to ask something."

Shen Xisheng woke up the dozing old man, handed over the money with a smile and asked:

"I see there aren't many young people in your town. Uncle, you live here all the time. Do you know what's going on?"

What Shen Xisheng didn't expect was that after hearing this question, the old man suddenly felt like he was facing a formidable enemy. He was originally as slow as a tortoise and now he shook his head quickly:

"I don't know, I don't know anything, don't ask me!"

After a few consecutive denials, the old man shivered and retreated into the curtain at the fastest speed in his history, obviously not prepared to negotiate with them anymore.

"Brother Xi Sheng, it seems there is some ulterior secret in this town."

Watching the old man leave in a hurry, Li Jian gave Shen Xisheng a meaningful look and said thoughtfully.

"Isn't it obvious? Listening to your words is like listening to your words."

When Shen Xisheng saw the other party's incomprehensible expression, he couldn't help but mock him in return. Do you even need to talk about this obvious thing?

"The key now is to figure out what happened. There must be an explanation for natural and man-made disasters, otherwise it will be nonsense no matter how much we say."

"But Brother Xisheng, we are new here and don't know anything at all, and the residents here are unwilling to talk, so how can we investigate this matter?"

Li Jian is also puzzled. I understand the truth. The problem is that we don’t have any clues now. Isn’t it still just talk on paper?

In response to this, Shen Xisheng just smiled and patted Li Jian's shoulder and replied:
Chapter completed!