On the edge of Nanling, there is a vast abyss, as deep and unfathomable as a bottomless pit. This abyss seems to be connected to the netherworld, exuding a strange atmosphere that makes people sink. Even if they are far away, people will have an inexplicable throbbing in their hearts and a chill on their backs. Standing on the edge of the abyss and looking down, the endless darkness seems to be able to devour people’s souls. The abyss is extremely empty and silent, and occasionally there will be dragon energy surging up like a tide. These dragon energy flashes with mysterious light in the darkness, and occasionally there will be divine light shining, rushing out a few divine source particles. These divine source particles are crystal clear and sparkling, like gems in the dark, but they cannot illuminate the darkness of the entire abyss.

The abyss is so huge that even with these faint lights, most places are still dim. Looking around, the entire abyss is empty. It doesn’t look like the ground at all, but rather like an ancient battlefield that has been baptized by countless years. In the abyss, the most conspicuous thing is an ancient altar. It is difficult to guess how many years this altar has existed. Its surface is engraved with traces of time, and even the stone is almost decayed. However, what makes people feel weird is that it is actually a five-color altar, made of five colors of ancient stones. These five colors are intertwined, exuding a mysterious and ancient atmosphere.

On the altar, a transparent ancient coffin was floating in the air. This ancient coffin seemed to carry endless secrets, and the pressure it exuded made people feel suffocated, as if their flesh and bones were about to break apart under this pressure. This was an extremely terrifying pressure, as if it came from an ancient curse.

“The human race has lived too gloriously these years! It’s time to return to the era dominated by our ancient race!”

As a low and eerie voice came out from the transparent ancient coffin, the divine source in the ancient coffin exploded instantly, and the coffin lid was blown away by a powerful force. Then, a humanoid creature stood up from the divine source. Two beams of light shot out from its eyes. These two beams of light were like two sharp swords, piercing through the sky, with strange visions, as if announcing an impending crisis to the human race.

In this time of change, under the instruction of Jiang Han, Ye Fan, an ancient family of the Jiang family, successfully learned one of the nine secrets taught by Jiang Taixu – the fighting and winning method. As Jiang Han’s deeds in the battle of the city of gods continued to spread, his prestige value in the sky-covering plane also successfully exceeded 30 under the tap water effect. This increase in prestige means that Jiang Han’s influence in this world is getting bigger and bigger, and his every move has begun to attract more people’s attention.

In Yandu, the capital of the State of Yan, the city was bustling with people. On the main roads, people were coming and going, bustling like a flowing river of people. On both sides of the street, there were all kinds of shops, with a dazzling array of goods that were dazzling to the eyes.

“Silver thread red dates, big and sweet.”

“Fried buns, if they don’t taste good, you don’t have to pay for them.”

“Niu’s duck blood vermicelli soup, thick blood and rich soup, juicy and delicious, come and taste it.”

“Tanghulu, a string for only one copper coin.”

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On the street, the sound of hawking continued, forming a lively market movement. In this lively atmosphere, Jiang Han took Ye Fan and others for a stroll. Ye Fan looked at Jiang Han with confusion, his heart full of questions.

“Master, are you going to take us to practice in the bustling city?” Ye Fan couldn’t help but ask, with a hint of curiosity and confusion in his eyes. In his opinion, the place for practice is often those quiet and peaceful places with rich spiritual energy, and this bustling city seems to have nothing to do with practice.

Jiang Han smiled, but did not answer Ye Fan’s question directly. Instead, he pointed in a direction. Ye Fan immediately looked in the direction of Jiang Han’s finger. It was a corner of the street. There, a dirty little girl was begging pitifully from a potbellied man. The little girl’s eyes were full of desire and helplessness, and her thin body trembled slightly in the cold wind. However, the man looked impatient and yelled at the little girl, his voice full of disgust. The little girl was frightened by the man’s roar, and she timidly retreated two steps, lowered her head and stared at her pair of small shoes with toe holes, and dared not say a word. Her face was full of fear and grievance, which made people feel pity.

“Master, did you come here to see her on purpose?” Ye Fan did not go over immediately, but frowned and observed the little girl carefully, trying to find something unusual about her. However, to his disappointment, he used his spiritual sense to carefully investigate, but did not find anything abnormal about the little girl.

The little girl was obviously frightened by the man’s roar. She didn’t dare to beg from passers-by anymore. She could only wipe her tears and walk forward with her head down. Because she lowered her head and her eyes were dazed, she almost bumped into others several times. Every time she almost bumped into someone, she would raise her head in fear, with tears in her eyes, fearing that she would be scolded again. Her timid appearance, with her head lowered even deeper, made people feel more pitiful the more they looked at her.

“Is she an orphan?” Ye Fan looked at the little girl and felt sorry for her. He remembered the first time he saw Xiao Tingting. Although Xiao Tingting’s life was very hard, she had a grandfather to accompany her and did not fall to the point of begging.

With a swish, Ye Fan’s figure flashed, and he quickly squatted in front of the little girl like a black shadow. He looked at the little girl, his eyes full of tenderness and concern.

“I’m sorry, big brother, I didn’t mean it.” The little girl walked forward with her head down, not noticing Ye Fan at all, until she almost bumped into him. She raised her head in horror, tears flashing in her eyes, full of fear.

“Don’t be afraid, I’m not a bad guy.” Ye Fan said softly, his voice as gentle as the spring breeze. He stood up and walked to the bun shop nearby, bought four steaming hot soup dumplings, wrapped them in oil paper, and then returned to the little girl and handed them to her.

“Thank you. You are a kind big brother.” Tears rolled down the little girl’s eyes. She took the soup dumpling with her dirty little hands and showed a grateful look on her face. Her eyes were full of trust in Ye Fan. In this cold world, Ye Fan’s action made her feel a little warm.

Ye Fan touched the little girl’s head and asked softly, “Don’t you have any relatives?”

The little girl blinked her big eyes, her eyes full of confusion. She shook her head and said, “No, Nannan doesn’t remember anything.”

“Don’t remember anything?” Ye Fan felt something was wrong and couldn’t help asking. “After a while, Nannan forgets everything in the past and has no memory of it. Maybe after a while, I may not even remember my kind brother.” The little girl lowered her head, feeling a little depressed. Her voice was full of helplessness and sadness. For a child, forgetting everything in the past and losing all memories is such a painful thing.

“Why is this happening?” Ye Fan was confused and he felt that this little girl was not simple. How could an ordinary child lose her memory every once in a while? There must be some secret behind this.

“Nannan herself doesn’t know. I seem to have forgotten a lot of things. I don’t know where I came from or where I am going. Others have relatives, but I don’t. Nannan is very lonely and sad.” The little girl lowered her head, her eyes filled with tears. Her voice was choked with sobs, which made people feel distressed.

Hearing this, Ye Fan frowned, and he decided to carefully examine the little girl’s body again. He concentrated his mind and slowly probed his consciousness into the little girl’s body, carefully examining every corner of her body. However, this time he still couldn’t see any abnormality. The little girl’s body was just like an ordinary child, without any special features, but her amnesia symptoms were so bizarre, which made Ye Fan full of doubts.

Why is this happening? Ye Fan was constantly suspicious. This little girl was obviously very unusual, but why couldn’t she be diagnosed? He was filled with confusion, like a fog that enveloped his mind and could not be dispelled for a long time.

“Kind brother, this is for you.”

Just as Ye Fan was lost in thought, the little girl took out a crystal clear stone from her tattered clothes. This stone was emitting seven kinds of light, and it was obvious that it was not an ordinary thing. It flashed a strange light in the little girl’s dirty hands, as if it contained endless mysterious power, and instantly attracted Ye Fan’s attention…

“What is this?” Ye Fan looked surprised, staring at the stone in the little girl’s hand, which was emitting a strange luster, full of doubts. The stone refracted colorful light under the sunlight, as if there was a miniature starry sky hidden inside, which was completely different from the common objects in the market.

“Nannan doesn’t know that a small stone like this will appear every once in a while. It’s edible and very sweet, and it can keep Nannan from being hungry for many days.” The little girl blinked her big watery eyes and carefully handed the crystal clear stone in her hand to Ye Fan, wanting to express her gratitude to him. Her little hands were dirty, and there was dirt under her nails, but the movement of handing the stone was as gentle as holding the most precious treasure in the world.

“Come, come, let me have a taste!” Duan De came over without knowing when, his eyes sparkling, like a greedy wolf, licked his tongue, and stretched out his hand to grab the small stone. His eyes revealed an eagerness and desire, as if this stone was some kind of rare treasure, and as long as he swallowed it, he would be able to ascend to heaven in one step.

“Woof woof!” Hei Huang reacted very quickly, biting Duan De’s arm and dragging him hard. Hei Huang’s dog eyes were full of contempt, as if saying: “With your character, you are worthy of coveting this treasure?” Its body was tense, its four legs pushed hard on the ground, and a low roar came out of its mouth, as if warning Duan De not to mess around.

Seeing this, Ye Fan punched Duan De back without hesitation and glared at him fiercely, as if saying, “If you dare to mess around again, don’t blame me for being rude!” Then, he held the small stone in his palm and observed it carefully. When he touched the stone, he felt a warm touch and a hint of warmth, as if it was communicating with his palm in some mysterious way.

However, after observing it for a while, Ye Fan couldn’t figure out what it was. Despite this, he could clearly feel the abnormal energy fluctuations from this small stone the size of a finger joint, just like the turbulent undercurrent hidden under the calm lake surface. Although it seemed calm on the surface, it actually contained huge power. He was sure that this stone must not be an ordinary thing, but what it was left him confused.

“Little girl, a few buns are not worth such a good treasure of yours, put it away quickly.” Ye Fan felt reluctant and thought it was too unfair to accept this precious stone for the little girl. In his eyes, the little girl had a pitiful life experience, and this stone might be one of the few things she could rely on in this world. How could he bear to take away someone’s love?

But the little girl kept backing away, shaking her head, tears glistening in her eyes, and said in a crying voice: “Big brother, please accept it, otherwise I have nothing to repay you.” Her voice was childish but firm, and her thin body trembled slightly in the cold wind, which made people feel distressed.

Hearing this, Ye Fan sighed softly. It was heartbreaking to see such a young child know how to repay kindness. He looked at Jiang Han helplessly again, hoping to learn the mystery of the little girl’s origin from him. In this mysterious world, he always felt that Jiang Han seemed to know everything and could help him solve the doubts in his heart.

“Master, this is clearly the first time I met her, but why do I have such strange feelings for her? This feeling is very strange and hard to explain.” Ye Fan finally asked the question that confused him. He frowned, his eyes full of confusion, trying to find the answer from Jiang Han.

“Nannan also thinks that big brother is very kind.” The little girl lowered her head and murmured to herself in a low voice. Her voice was like the buzzing of a mosquito, but it was clearly heard by everyone, making people feel that her life experience was full of mystery.

“The cause in the previous life, the result in this life, this is the bond that you cannot break.” Jiang Han put his hands behind his back, his eyes deep, and said mysteriously. His words were like a flash of lightning across the night sky, instantly stirring up thousands of waves in everyone’s hearts.

“Previous life?” Ye Fan was surprised, his eyes widened, and he wanted to continue asking, but Jiang Han didn’t say anything more, just shook his head slightly, and stopped there. The mysterious smile on his face seemed to imply that all this was destined and could not be easily explained.

“Little girl, since you have no home, why don’t you follow us from now on?” Jiang Han squatted down and gently touched the little girl’s head. His eyes were full of love, just like a real elder caring for his younger generation.

The little girl raised her head, her big watery eyes full of gratitude, nodded vigorously, and said crisply, “Thank you, big brother.” Her voice was clear and pleasant, like a clear spring in the mountains, flowing into everyone’s heart. (End of this chapter)