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The fire that shot up into the sky made Li Ye's face turn red, and burned his skin until it stung. But as if he didn't know pain, he kept throwing money and paper and sacrifices in front of the grave.

He grabbed a handful of incense candles and lit them by using the light of the fire.

Li Ye split the incense and placed it gently in front of the grave. He said lightly, "This is what Master owes you."

As he spoke, he took three more and placed them in front of the grave, saying gently, "Uncle owes you these!"

This is what Grandpa Zhao owes you …

As Li Ye spoke, he placed the candle in front of the grave. After Li Ye finished what he was doing, a circle of people had already surrounded him. They were all elderly people.

Looking at Li Ye's eyes, Wenren Feng knew that Li Ye wanted to ask something. He stood up first and said with a trembling voice, "These are old people who have been waiting twenty years for redemption."

"Redemption?" Li Ye asked in confusion.

The old men answered in unison, "To redeem the past."

An old man with a severed arm walked out shakily and said with a trembling voice, "Forty years ago, I chose the wrong path with regards to Han Yan, and stabbed a sword towards Liu Fenglin. Since then, I have regretted it for twenty years. That is my crime, the crime of not investigating!"

"Twenty years ago, regarding Jing Zhu's matter, I also chose the wrong path and did not act. I also regretted for twenty years. That is also my sin, and it goes without saying that I am guilty! " The old man stretched out his remaining hand and gently rubbed Li Ye's head. He sighed, "Heaven will not give me another twenty years. I want to atone for my sins now."

How could Li Ye, who knew nothing, enlighten this old man? He could only say gently, "Uncle, nobody was wrong in this matter."

"No, I was ridiculously wrong." The old man shook his head and said softly, "Little brat, when I stopped Liu Fenglin that year, I also thought that I was right. But that year, I saw pain in Han Yan's body, so I asked myself, did I do anything wrong?"

The old man continued, "I've thought about this question for 20 years. I think about how Jingzhu girl grew up and how Jingzhu girl encountered the same thing as your grandmother. This time, I think about it, but I … I don't have that kind of courage, nor do I have the courage like Wenren Cheng. "

"I don't have the courage of Liu Fenglin to dare charge into the Sword Tomb alone. I also don't have the courage to risk my life to save the little girl Jing Zhu. Everything I've done has been painful to hear about. " The old man looked benevolently at Li Ye, gently smoothing Li Ye's hair. He said gently to Li Ye, "Kid, I understand now, but the people who can make me atone for my sins are all gone. Your grandmother is gone, your grandfather is also gone, your mother is gone, and now you're the only one left."

"Uncle, I don't understand. What exactly do you want me to do?" Listening to the old man talk about the past, Li Ye still could not understand. He wanted to know what these old men really wanted him to do.

"Kill me!" The old man with the severed arm said something that made Li Ye tremble with fear.

"Why?!" He had just found his loved ones, but Li Ye was the one who killed them. Li Ye was not a heartless person, so he could not do such a thing.

"Because we want to atone for our sins." The old man with the severed arm still spoke about atonement. Only death could release them.

The logic of these old people made Li Ye's head hurt. The way to atone for his crimes was to die? What kind of redemption was this? He not only turned his head to look in another direction, but also couldn't bear to look at these old men who were looking to die.

The old man let out a long sigh and said, "Brat, we are not forcing you, we are truly sinners. We are sinners who have let down your family, sinners like me deserve to die!"

With that, the old man tore off his clothes and revealed his stomach. He said to Li Ye in a clear voice, "That year, in order to stop Liu Fenglin, I stabbed him with a sword! It's time for you to stab me. "

"And me, I also injured his shoulder back then!" After the old man with the broken arm finished speaking, the surrounding elders also started talking at once. They all took off their clothes and told Li Ye about what they had done that year.

From these old men, Li Ye could vaguely tell what kind of pain his master had suffered all those years ago. From top to bottom, there were thirty-eight injuries, twenty-three injuries, eleven injuries to the bone, two injuries to the body, and two fatal injuries!

Li Ye unconsciously looked at the grave beside him. His grandmother, who was buried in the grave, probably had some of these wounds in her heart!

Wenren Feng slowly approached Li Ye, took off his sword, and said softly, "Come on, after hearing these words, you probably wanted to kill us a long time ago. It's time to make a move. "

Li Ye stared at the sword in his hand. Indeed, when he heard what these old people had done, the nameless anger in his heart rose. It was these old people who had stopped him that separated his master from his grandma.

He received the sword and closed his eyes to feel the edge of it.

After a long time, Li Ye opened his eyes, raised his sword, and made the basic Sword Arts stance of Sword Tomb.

These seniors also closed their eyes, waiting for the coming criminal law. They only felt a strong wind brush past their faces, and a faint red dot appeared where they had revealed their faces.

When they looked at Li Ye, Li Ye had already returned his sword to Wenren Feng, and met the old man's gaze. Li Ye smiled and said gently, "I've already killed you. Don't you all have wounds on your bodies?"

The old man with the broken arm looked at Li Ye and asked in confusion, "But we aren't dead?"

"But I have already forgiven you on behalf of Master!" Li Ye smiled and continued.

The old man with the severed arm trembled as he asked, "Liu Fenglin, that stubborn person will forgive us?"

"Yes, and they have forgiven you." Li Ye turned his head and looked at the grave. He took out dozens of incense candles in front of the grave, and with the help of the last wisp of flame, he slowly lit the candles and put them in front of the grave.

"Forty years ago, Master would still hate you." Li Ye placed the incense and at the same time said, "But after forty years, he has forgotten about all these. Even if he has not, seeing this neat and tidy grave, he has forgotten too."

The old man with the severed arm took a step forward and asked with a trembling voice, "What happened to this grave?"

"For nearly forty years, he's still neat and tidy, a grave without any weeds. Doesn't he understand?" After Li Ye had put away all the candles, he turned his head to the old man and slowly said, "Besides family, who else can do all these things? Other than those who have redeemed their sins, who else can put down their weapons and wait for their deaths? "

"What's more, there's no difference between humans!" Li Ye continued, "Everyone can make mistakes. Mistakes can be corrected. It's not something that can't be made up for in a lifetime. This mistake has made you suffer for forty years. It's enough."