Chapter 498: The Witch's Secret

"I'm hitting you, and not just hitting you—I'm going to kill you. I thought you were the best midwife in Jiuzhou, so I invited you here. I never expected you'd nearly kill my woman and child. Ana, tell me, how should I punish you?"

Ying was truly terrifying now. Ana was afraid of him too, seeing him enraged. "Ying, you..."

"Tell me, who sent you? If you speak, I can..."

"Ying, don't let her go."

A Mu's voice came from behind. A Mu had come with the Old Ancestor. When Ying saw A Mu and the others arriving, he hurried forward to greet them. "A Mu, Old Ancestor, why have you come?"

"Ying, this woman dared to harm Qinghuan—we absolutely cannot let her off."

A Mu slowly stepped forward, staring at the old witch. Once, everyone in their tribe had respected the old witch, thinking she was excellent at delivering babies, but she was hard to invite.

They never expected that when she finally came, it was to kill Qinghuan and the child.

"Lei, you want to kill me too? Don't forget, you never liked that White-skinned Female either."

"I think I know why you wanted to harm Qinghuan and the child."

A Mu usually didn't say much, but now she had spoken these words. They made Ying's face instantly darken. He didn't understand why A Mu would say that. Did A Mu know the reason? "A Mu, why?"

The witch felt a bit awkward under Lei's gaze. She lowered her head and said nothing.

But A Mu walked over to the witch, coldly looking at her battered, swollen face. "Is it because of A Yue?"

Instantly, these words left everyone present stunned. Dashan never imagined it would have anything to do with A Yue.

How could it be? A Yue—she died long ago!

Ying was also greatly shocked, staring deeply at his mother. "A Mu, what does this have to do with A Yue?"

A Mu's expression was complicated as she glanced at him, then murmured, "A Yue grew up under my watch. Back then, she had a mother, but that mother abandoned her because she disliked A Yue being a female. I never expected that you, witch, would be A Yue's mother."

Hearing this, the witch's face instantly turned deathly pale. She never imagined Lei would recognize her. So many years had passed—she was no longer the same as before, no longer that starving female. Could Lei really recognize her? "A Yue's mother, the witch—what A Mu said, is it true? You did this for A Yue, so you came to harm Qinghuan. But how did you know I would come to you to deliver Qinghuan's baby?"

Though he was shocked by the witch's identity, Ying didn't understand. The witch was the most skilled midwife in Jiuzhou. She hadn't returned for so many years, so why had she come back now to take revenge on him? And how did she know he would seek her out to deliver Qinghuan's baby? Hearing these words, the witch seemed unwilling to keep up the act any longer.

She had come back before, secretly watching A Yue a few times. Back then, she wasn't yet the most powerful witch, so she wanted to wait until her reputation grew stronger before helping A Yue, helping her win back Ying. But she never expected that A Yue had already died, and this Town was no longer the Ying Tribe of old.

So she went along with it. When Ying came to find her to deliver Nan Qinghuan's baby, she planned to use the Heavenly God's name to kill Nan Qinghuan and her child. Only if they died, and she saw Ying suffer, could she feel she had avenged her daughter.

She just hadn't expected that woman called Jiguang to interfere.

"Witch, tell me?"

"That's right."

Suddenly the witch spoke. She raised her head to look at everyone, with none of her earlier fear—only resolve.

"I am A Yue's mother. Everything I did was for A Yue. Ying, A Yue liked you since she was little, but you didn't like her at all. You even joined with that woman to kill her. Now I want to kill her and your child too, to make you suffer. As long as you suffer, my A Yue will be happy."

"How dare you! What audacity! You dared to set your sights on Qinghuan and her child. Dashan!"

Dashan's teeth were chattering. This woman had been plotting against Om for a long time.

Damn it!

"Ying, I'm here."

"Go release the Wolf Pack. Let them eat this old hag."

Ying hadn't released the Wolf Pack to kill anyone in a long time, but this witch disgusted him to the extreme. He never imagined he had nearly caused Qinghuan and her child to die.

This was an injury to him, and a provocation. Anyone who dared to provoke him would pay the price!

"Alright, I'll go right away."

Soon, the Wolf Pack was released. The place became a bloody battlefield. The witch had been talking tough just moments ago, but the pain of being torn apart by the wolves quickly made her want to surrender. However, Ying wouldn't give her the chance.

He watched with his own eyes as the Wolf Pack devoured the witch, not even leaving her bones. In an instant, the scent of blood filled the air. This scene was witnessed by everyone—they hadn't seen the Wolf Pack eat a person in a long time.

At this moment, it felt very savage.

Yes, savage.

But they had all forgotten that they too had once been like this. Ying too had once dealt with traitors within the tribe this way.

The only thing that had changed was that Ying didn't kill easily now, but anyone he wanted to kill couldn't escape.

Soon, it fell silent. Only a pack of wolves remained on the ground, gnawing at the bones—a gruesome sight.

A Mu seemed unfazed by it. She too hadn't expected the witch of Jiuzhou to be A Yue's mother. So she had planned everything long ago to kill Qinghuan.

"Alright, the witch is dead, and Qinghuan is fine. Everyone go back to farming. Go on."

After the crowd left, the Old Ancestor hurried forward. "Ying, good child, everything is settled. From now on, just treat the child and Qinghuan well, alright? Do you understand?"

"Old Ancestor, I understand. Qinghuan will be fine, and I will be more careful to guard against outsiders."

This was his negligence. He shouldn't have been so careless.

He deeply regretted it, so now he said, "Old Ancestor, prepare some gifts for me. I want to personally go and thank Jiguang and Youchao Xuan."

He wanted to personally thank Jiguang and Youchao Xuan.

If they hadn't barged in, perhaps... he truly didn't dare to think about it.

"Alright, the Old Ancestor will prepare them for you."

Ever since moving here, the Old Ancestor's mood had become very good. Of course, the food was also good. They had completely left behind the era of the tribe and entered this bustling urban life.

With full bellies and warm clothes, people had more thoughts. Lately, the Old Ancestor enjoyed listening to flute music. She would go to the School every day when she had nothing to do to listen to Moonlight play the flute, passing the time.

After the Old Ancestor left, Ying also ordered people to take the Wolf Pack back. The witch was A Yue's mother, not an assassin sent by another tribe—that was good.

At least he didn't want to go to war with other tribes right now.

He was about to go back to accompany the child and Nan Qinghuan. A Mu heard something and quickly called out to stop him. "Ying, wait. I have something to say."