"Whether I am a member of the Taiyi Sect or not is not important. What is important is... anyone who wants to take this spirit beast from me is my enemy. Go back and tell your master that I am ready to fight at any time." After Ye Xianya finished speaking, she picked up the cage and went out.

"This... really doesn't seem like a young girl!" After he walked away, the fifth senior brother standing behind Tao Zhixuan couldn't help but shake his head and say.

"To be honest with you two senior brothers, in the past few years I have been ordered by our master to go down the mountain to train. This is the first time I have seen such a powerful and fierce young girl."

Tao Zhixuan lowered his voice as he spoke: "He just used a freezing spell to freeze the spirit beast inside. We can also use freezing spells, but the one she used... is countless times stronger than ours. She could even freeze such a powerful spirit beast. And... she sealed the spirit beast. Even Master doesn't know how to do that."

Tao Zhixuan sighed and said, "This spirit beast is destined to be out of our Xuantian Temple. Tomorrow morning, my two senior brothers and I will go back to report."

Their Xuantian Temple practices the righteous path, so of course they would never resort to any means to steal the spirit beast that the girl had subdued.

Besides, even if they wanted to steal it, they couldn't win.

Ye Xianya carried the cage to the open space in the middle of the village, a place where the villagers usually dried their grain.

All the villagers had followed the village head's instructions and gathered here.

It was past 3:45 PM, and normally everyone would be fast asleep by this time.

But today, everyone gathered here and lit a large bonfire in the middle of the dam, illuminating the surroundings.

"This is the murderous golden eagle." Ye Xianya raised the cage in her hand and said loudly, "It is a spirit beast that can change its size. Granny Zhang and her two children have been injured by it and are on the verge of death. I will take this golden eagle away. From now on, it will not come to Zizhu Village again, nor will it pose any threat to you."

“Miss Ye, including Granny Zhang and her two children, it killed eleven people from our Zizhu Village. How can we let this beast go?” someone in the crowd shouted.

"Because they all deserve to die." Ye Xianya's face was cold: "Good and evil will eventually be rewarded, and their retribution has come today!"

Everyone was taken aback by Ye Xianya's words, but Wu Muzhi, who was standing to the side, quickly said, "Please enlighten us, Miss Ye."

In fact, even if the mother and her two children had committed a capital crime and deserved to die, it should have been decided by their respective government offices and executed by the executioner.

But since things had come to this point, Wu Muzhi couldn't say much more.

Because if it weren't for Miss Ye, they wouldn't have been able to catch that golden eagle at all.

"I just used magic to keep Granny Zhang and her two children alive with spiritual energy. Let them tell you the reason themselves." Ye Xianya turned around and glanced at everyone after she finished speaking.

The guards that Qi Chengshuo brought had already carried the mother and her two children over.

"These are truth talismans. Village Chief Wang, take them and stick them on the center of their foreheads. They will then speak frankly and without reservation." Ye Xianya took out three talismans and gave them to the village chief.

The village head quickly took it and ran over to place it on the foreheads of Granny Zhang and her two children.

Because Ye Xianya used magic, Granny Zhang and the others did not feel any physical pain, nor did their souls dissipate.

The golden eagle's attack on them just now would have caused their souls to be scattered and completely disappear from this world after they died.

"I ask you, how did Wang Shouyi and his family die?"

As soon as Ye Xianya finished speaking, the villagers began to whisper among themselves.

The Wang Shouyi family of five suddenly disappeared from the village three years ago. The village head even reported it to the authorities, but they found nothing.

Miss Ye's question suggests that Zhang Pozi and her two children killed Wang Shouyi's family.

And what about the eight people who died before? Miss Ye said they deserved to die. Were they also involved?

“We killed them!” Wang Qingyou said, though his voice wasn’t loud, anyone nearby could hear him clearly.

"Besides you and Wang Qingfeng, who else is there?" Ye Xianya asked again.

"And there were Wang Hu and his two brothers, Wang Zhuzi, Wang Hong, and Wang Min." Wang Qingyou's voice trembled slightly: "We killed Wang Shouyi's whole family together."

Because he was controlled by the truth talisman, he had to tell the truth, and even though his subconscious wanted to resist, what he said was still the truth.

"Why did you kill their whole family?" Ye Xianya asked.

"Because...because Wang Hu took a fancy to Wang Qiu'er, he wanted Wang Qiu'er, but Wang Qiu'er didn't like him, and...and because people with the same surname can't marry, Wang Qiu'er couldn't marry him. Wang Shouyi and his wife arranged a marriage for Wang Qiu'er, but Wang Hu couldn't stand it, so...so he snatched her away." Wang Qingyou seemed unwilling to continue, his whole body was trembling, and he was spitting blood.

He was too badly injured; even if Ye Xianya used her magic to keep him alive, he was still beyond saving.

“Wang Qingfeng, you continue,” Ye Xianya said.

“Wang Hu defiled Wang Qiu’er deep in the bamboo forest. When Wang Qiu’er returned home, she told her parents about it. They were going to report it to the county government. After Wang Hu found out, he took us and followed them. On the way, they tied them up. We…we grew up together since childhood and always listened to Wang Hu. Wang Hu even…even made us sleep with Wang Qiu’er and Wang Dong’er together, saying…we should share the good times and the bad.”

They defiled the sisters.

"Later, in order to keep this secret... we buried the whole family of five deep in the bamboo forest."

"Buried alive?" Ye Xianya asked, raising an eyebrow.

"yes!"

"What is the exact location where the person was buried?"

"I...I can't remember clearly. After leaving the village, turn right and keep going. Deep in the bamboo forest, it should be...it should be to the east." After Wang Qingfeng finished speaking, his body could no longer support him, and blood was flowing from his mouth and nose.

“Lord Wu, I have asked all the questions I needed to ask. The reason why the golden eagle wanted to kill them was because more than ten years ago, Wang Qiu’er saved the injured golden eagle and cared for it for half a year. The golden eagle later returned to the deep mountains and had some fortuitous encounters, which greatly increased its cultivation. It originally wanted to return to repay the kindness and prepared gold and silver jewelry that many people liked. However, it did not expect that Wang Qiu’er had already died.”

"I've already calculated the burial site. I'll have the young master's guards lead the way later. The Wang family was buried alive. We need to dig up their remains, perform a ritual, properly re-encoffin them, and then choose a good feng shui location for burial. Only then can they find peace in the afterlife and be reincarnated when the time comes."

Ye Xianya looked at Tao Zhixuan beside her and said, "Tao Daoist is definitely very good at this kind of thing. Lord Wu can just ask him for help. I'm a little tired after a busy day, so I'll go back and rest first."

"Thank you, Miss Ye!" Wu Muzhi snapped out of his daze and quickly expressed his gratitude.