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However, likely influenced by the local culture, although the man was puzzled and resentful, he dared not show any resentment in his eyes. Tang Yue sensed that gaze and understood; this man must be related to those people in the corner.

"Get up, everyone."

The old man thanked the goddess before leading everyone to stand up. Tang Yue went straight to the point, "You asked me to help find the missing girl in your county?"

The old man looked up with a "whoosh". If they were still a little doubtful that the goddess could walk in the sky, then how could this goddess, whom they had never met before, know what they were asking for? Who else but a celestial being could know this?

Their county town has been closed for almost ten days. No one has gone out during that time, so outsiders couldn't possibly know what's happening in their town. It can only be attributed to the power of this goddess in front of them.

"Yes, Goddess. Starting eight days ago, young girls have been disappearing from the county every day. At first, three or four would go missing at a time. Later, we discovered this and began to be on high alert. In the last few days, the number has decreased, but at least one girl still goes missing every day."

"Please, Goddess, help us find those lost girls."

After the old man finished speaking, he knelt down again to pay his respects, and the others naturally followed suit. Many of the families who had lost their children burst into tears.

Tang Yue had no experience with shamanistic rituals; she always valued efficiency. She raised her hand, "Get up, all of you. The person you're looking for is still in the county town, right in front of you."

Tang Yue spoke fluent Bianyue Mandarin, which was quite different from what the others spoke. Moreover, Tang Yue had to rely on guesswork to understand part of what the old man was saying.

The old man led his group to stand up again. They began to look around. The girls in the corner were extremely excited. Their faces were covered in tears, and their eyes were brimming with hope.

"No, where is it?"

"The goddess said it was right before our eyes, but there's nothing there."

The old man looked around, but he really couldn't see anything. Tang Yue landed lightly on the ground from mid-air, and then walked step by step towards the northwest corner of the county town. Everyone in the county town didn't understand why Tang Yue was going there. Wasn't that just an empty corner?

One person in the crowd tensed up. "No, this is impossible. No one could possibly see through this formation. Absolutely impossible." He stared at Tang Yue in terror as she moved to a corner.

With a gentle pull, they pulled out a girl whose body was bound with hemp rope and whose mouth was gagged with a rag.

As soon as everyone saw the girl, a couple behind the old man rushed towards her, and the old man's emotions were also fluctuating.

"Ah Zhen, Ah Zhen, what are you doing here? Ah Zhen, my Ah Zhen has been found, thank God!"

The mother yanked the rag out of Azhen's mouth. Azhen was already exhausted, but the moment she saw her mother, she burst into tears and threw herself into her mother's arms, sobbing uncontrollably.

The others were shocked by the scene. The eyes of the other families who had lost girls all turned to Tang Yue. Before they could even kneel down and beg, Tang Yue had already gone in and carried the girls out one by one.

There were 12 girls tied up and left there. After Tang Yue dragged them all out, the surrounding area was filled with crying. Tang Yue stood quietly to the side, not participating in the family reunion scene.

After everyone's emotions gradually calmed down, the old man led everyone to kneel down and kowtow again, "Thank you for the great kindness of the goddess. I, Ruan Wenxiong, have no way to repay you and am willing to serve the goddess for the rest of my life."

The others followed Ruan Wenxiong in reciting their names, vowing to serve the goddess for life. Tang Yue felt no discomfort, but she had no intention of taking these people in. This trick might work in Bianyue Kingdom, but if it were taken to China, even if she thought she was very capable, she couldn't defeat the hundreds of millions of people in China.

Moreover, they are not enemies.

Tang Yue gently moved her small hand upwards, and a gentle spiritual energy overflowed from her fingertips. Everyone kneeling on the ground simultaneously felt as if a force was gently lifting them up, and they unconsciously stood up.

"It's nothing, no need for such formality. Now that the person has been found, this goddess will take her leave."

After he finished speaking, his body slowly rose into the air.

"Goddess, could you please wait?"

Ruan Wenxiong genuinely didn't want the goddess to leave. If he only had a 30% belief in her at the beginning, now he was completely convinced. Putting everything else aside, just the force that had just lifted him up was something no human should possess.

Tang Yue looked down at Ruan Wenxiong, "Is there anything else?"

Ruan Wenxiong suppressed his thoughts and tried to kneel again, but found he couldn't. While he was still in shock, a voice came from above, "Just speak your mind, there's no need to keep kneeling."

"Yes!" Ruan Wenxiong mentally prepared himself. "Reporting to the Goddess, a total of 19 girls went missing in the county town, and only 12 have been found so far. Please, Goddess, tell me where the other girls went."

Tang Yue lowered her gaze to look at the old man, "There's a mole within your county. I think you should ask him about the whereabouts of those girls yourselves."

The person hiding in the shadows flinched. But he didn't step forward, still clinging to a sliver of hope, "No, the goddess can't really be that divine. She can't possibly know everything, can she?"

The old man became even more agitated upon hearing this, and the others followed suit. A traitor among their own ranks? How could that be? The people in their county were the most united, and they all obeyed the county magistrate. How could anyone dare to disobey and act recklessly?

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