Hang City's old district.

Amidst a vast area of ancient alleys.

Zhou Yu and Yun Feifei were making their way through the alleyways continuously.

According to the address given by Zhu Yuanming, the family that once possessed the Thick Earth Spirit Plate was in this alley.

Soon, Zhou Yu smelled a whiff of alcohol.

Following the aroma, the two arrived at an old winery.

The store of this old winery wasn't very large, but it was very clean, and it seemed to have been running for at least a hundred years.

The air was filled with an old aura everywhere.

Zhou Yu scanned with his Divine Sense and discovered that inside the old winery, there were only three people. It appeared that one was the middle-aged man who was the owner, and the other two were workers.

Besides that, he didn't find anything special, nor was there any aura of a Martial Artist.

Seeing Zhou Yu unmoving for a while, Yun Feifei whispered:

"Is this the place?"

Zhou Yu nodded and walked over.

Seeing guests arriving, one of the workers immediately came up to greet them.

"Hey there, looking to buy some wine?"

"This is a famous winery in Hang City, you've definitely come to the right place."

"What kind of wine are you looking for?"

Zhou Yu gave a faint smile and said:

"I'm looking for Bian Haisheng."

Upon hearing this, the worker was surprised and then immediately called toward the middle-aged man at the back:

"Uncle, someone is looking for you."

Shortly thereafter, the middle-aged man came out.

He scrutinized Zhou Yu and Yun Feifei, asking suspiciously:

"You two are looking for me?"

Zhou Yu looked at him and said:

"Are you Bian Haisheng?"

"Yes, I am." Bian Haisheng hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Zhou Yu continued:

"Someone sent me to retrieve an item from you, a man with the surname Zhu."

"Do you know him?"

Upon hearing this, Bian Haisheng's face changed in an instant. After a moment, he took a deep breath and said:

"Please, both of you, have a seat inside."

Zhou Yu nodded and led Yun Feifei inside.

Behind the winery was a row of living quarters.

Entering one of the rooms, Bian Haisheng invited Zhou Yu and Yun Feifei to sit down, then started asking, indirectly, about their origins.

Zhou Yu listened for a few sentences, then understood what this person had in mind.

He immediately interrupted Bian Haisheng's words.

"Bian Haisheng, there's no need for you to be so indirect."

"I'll tell you directly, Zhu Yuanming is already dead."

"I killed him. Before he died, he traded the information about the Thick Earth Spirit Plate with me, asking me to spare the Zhu Family."

"That's the situation."

As soon as these words came out, Bian Haisheng's face was full of shock.

"What?"

"Zhu... Zhu Yuanming is dead?"

"That's right."

"So, if you have any information about the Thick Earth Spirit Plate, hand it over immediately."

"There's no point in hiding it."

Saying this, Zhou Yu glanced around and said calmly.

"I see you have a peaceful and happy life here; I don't want to disrupt it."

Hearing this, Bian Haisheng's whole body trembled.

He heard the threat in Zhou Yu's words.

He hurriedly said:

"Mr. Zhou, you... may have misunderstood my intentions."

"Zhu Yuanming and I have a grudge."

After saying this, Bian Haisheng directly took off his shirt.

When Zhou Yu saw the upper body of Bian Haisheng, even he was taken aback.

Bian Haisheng's upper body was covered with dense scars.

It looked incredibly gruesome.

"These were inflicted on me by the Zhu Family years ago to force me to reveal the whereabouts of the Thick Earth Spirit Plate."

"Back then, I would rather die than speak, so they killed my wife and son, all my relatives, but still, I never spoke. In the end, they couldn't do anything to me and had to release me."

"I swore that as long as I live, I would never allow the Zhu Family to get the information about the Thick Earth Spirit Plate."

"After all, this item was passed down from my ancestors, and I don't want it to fall into the hands of people like the Zhu Family."

Hearing these words, Zhou Yu and Yun Feifei both fell silent.

Unexpectedly, the Zhu Family would do such cruel things just to obtain information about the Thick Earth Spirit Plate.

For a moment, Zhou Yu didn't know what to say.

But then, Bian Haisheng silently put his shirt back on and walked out into the winery courtyard, where he opened a mechanism.

It was an underground secret chamber.

Bian Haisheng went in and, after a while, came out holding a Jade Box.

He handed the Jade Box to Zhou Yu after stepping up to him.

"This is the item you were looking for."

Zhou Yu was taken aback, then took the Jade Box and opened it.

As soon as it opened, a rich wave of Spiritual Energy wafted out.

For an instant, Zhou Yu almost felt overwhelmed by the energy.

As he revolved his Cultivation Technique, the Spiritual Energy was immediately absorbed into his body, and then he looked into the box.

There lay a Jade Pendant engraved with landscapes of earth and mountains, quietly nestled inside the box.

"This is..."

"The Thick Earth Spirit Plate!"

Zhou Yu was utterly shocked.

Zhu Yuanming had only told him there would be clues about the Thick Earth Spirit Plate here.

But he hadn't expected Bian Haisheng to actually hand over the Thick Earth Spirit Plate directly to him.

Seeing the shock on Zhou Yu's face, Bian Haisheng sighed and said:

"This has been passed down in my family."

"According to my grandfather, this item is a treasure for Martial Artists, but the exact details of how it's a treasure, I do not know."

"Because our family's Martial Arts have been lost; we have now become ordinary people."

"Over the years, many Martial Artists have sought to obtain information about this item, but we've never revealed it. Eventually, they gave up."

"Only the Zhu Family used all means necessary, nearly exterminating my Bian Family."

"You've killed Zhu Yuanming, which can be considered avenging us, the Bian Family."

"Therefore, I am handing this item to you."

"Moreover, I am also relieving my Bian Family of this burden. Without this item, we can live peacefully as ordinary people."

Hearing Bian Haisheng's words, Zhou Yu was deeply moved.

He took a deep breath, closed the Jade Box, and put it away.

He looked at Bian Haisheng.

"Mr. Bian, I'm taking the item, name your price."

Upon hearing this, Bian Haisheng shook his head immediately.

"No need. My Bian Family doesn't lack money; we just want peace."

"Without this item, we can have peace."

"So, since there is no issue with the item, you should leave."

Seeing that Bian Haisheng was sincere, Zhou Yu didn't linger and immediately took Yun Feifei and stood up to leave.

However, just as he reached the door, a girl came bouncing in to greet him.

"Dad!"

"I'm back!"

Hearing this, Bian Haisheng's face changed, as he immediately rushed over to pull the girl behind him, looking at Zhou Yu with slight fear...

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