Duan Tinglang, who had remained silent the entire time, pursed his lips and glared at the villagers, "You said she's a saint? How could a saint's residence be so shabby?"
The villagers in front were frightened by his appearance and took a few steps back.
Several villagers looked at each other, then put their hands on their hips and gradually grew bolder. "This is our village's business, none of your business. Get out of here, you are not welcome here!"
"That's right, get out of here now, don't delay our business, we are still waiting for her to pray for rain." The villagers looked at Dong Li fiercely. Dong Li was at a loss and took a few steps back, pinching the corner of his clothes.
Duan Tinglang found it funny when he heard this. This mortal was even more arrogant and unreasonable than those people in the cultivation world. If they had some cultivation level, it would be unimaginable.
"Praying for rain is the Dragon King's job, why are you looking for her?"
Several village women put their hands on their hips and shouted at the top of their lungs, "Just because she's a goddess, since the village chief said she's a goddess, she should bring us rain. If she can't even fulfill this small request, why has she stayed in the village for so long, eating and drinking for free? Get out of the village right now."
"That's right, get out of the village!"
A group of villagers started to make a commotion again, and even a shifty-looking man forced his way into the yard, ran up to Dong Li and tried to drag her out by force.
Yang Fan angrily threw him out, and he fell on his back. Dong Li carefully hid behind him.
"How dare you hit people? Get out of here now. Get out of the Goddess Village. You are not welcome in our village!" In the crowd, no one knew who was leading the villagers, who suddenly became angry and squeezed into the yard.
"Shut up!" Yan Ci said impatiently, waving his sleeves.
Suddenly, a loud thunder exploded in the air, and the willow tree beside the yard was instantly blown into two halves. The villagers who were still shouting were frightened and retreated one after another. Some even sat down on the ground, with an unknown liquid flowing out of their pants, and the stench was terrible. They no longer had the arrogance they had before.
"Ghost... ghost!" The timid ones who were shouting the loudest looked at Yan Ci with horror and ran back desperately, not even caring that their shoes had fallen off.
The man who tried to pull people over had already fainted on the spot out of fright.
The village chief, who was standing at the front of the crowd, had a smile on his face and looked at them with a flattering expression.
Leng Qingning no longer maintained her dignity as before, and said sarcastically with a cold face: "The villagers in your village are really great. So many people bullied an orphan girl. Are they trying to force her to death?"
The village chief's face froze, but when he saw the handsome and tall man in black standing next to her, he was so scared that he quickly took two steps back, constantly apologizing.
He quickly explained, "It's unfair to you immortals. I didn't mean to do this, but you can see that our lives are very difficult. Now with this severe drought, we can't even get enough to eat, and we have to support her, an idle person. I'm the village chief, and I have to consider the whole village..."
"If she doesn't do anything, how can the villagers be willing to share their food with her for free?"
Leng Qingning felt heavy-hearted when she heard this. What the village chief said was from the perspective of the entire village, and she was unable to refute it. But this did not mean that the people in this village could use this as an excuse to hurt her unscrupulously and do whatever they wanted.
Yang Fan angrily grabbed the village chief's collar and said, "Really? So you can do whatever you want to her with this excuse? I don't believe you don't know anything about what happened in the village!"
Someone in the crowd whispered, "She looks like a vixen. It's this bitch who seduced others. Don't blame others."
The village chief said with an ugly face: "Shut up and stop talking nonsense. If I hear anyone talking nonsense again, get out of the village."
His words were quite intimidating. Upon hearing his warning, the villagers shut their mouths and looked at the few people with shock and fear.
"In that case, why don't you leave? What are you guys doing gathered here?"
The village chief looked at them with an awkward expression and said, "If you have anything to say, please say it quickly."
The village chief hesitated and said, "My fairies, it's not that we don't want to leave, but we must pray for rain in the future. This tradition has been maintained for hundreds of years. If we don't perform the sacrifice on time, it will incur the wrath of the gods."
"Life is already difficult now. If the wrath of heaven is unleashed again, all of us will die. So, you see..."
Seeing the village chief's flattering expression, the villagers all looked at them eagerly.
Leng Qingning and the others frowned. As immortal cultivators, they were restricted by the rules of heaven and earth and were unwilling to interfere too much in worldly affairs, otherwise it would bring about strong consequences.
Although this small world is quite special, it is an independent small world.
But they cannot easily use magic to harm mortals. Just like what Yan Ci did just now, it was to give them a warning, and he did not really use magic to harm mortals.
If they really use their magic power to harm mortals, they will also be punished by the rules of heaven and earth.
"Miss Li, it's all our fault, but there's nothing we can do about it. I hope you won't hold it against us. You must participate in the rain-praying ceremony this time."
"Please, Miss Li, I know you are the kindest child. You have watched us grow up. Can you bear to watch us all starve to death because of the drought?"
I don’t know who took the lead, but all the villagers knelt down and kowtowed to her.
Leng Qingning's face looked inexplicably ugly. Now, Dongli had lost his divine power and was unable to bring rain. Even if she participated in more sacrifices, it would be of no avail.
"I... go."
"You...get up..." A weak voice suddenly broke the silence.
Just as the atmosphere was particularly tense, all the villagers looked eagerly into the yard.
"I knew Miss Li wouldn't have the heart to see us like this. Thank you Miss Li, thank you Saint."
Although these people knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Dong Li, Leng Qingning did not see any heartfelt gratitude in their eyes.
Yang Fan immediately tried to dissuade him anxiously, "Why are you so stupid? Have you forgotten how they treated you before? They are just ungrateful wolves and blood suckers. No matter how nice you are to them, they won't remember your kindness!"
"But...but they are so pitiful. Without water...they will die!" Dong Li lowered his head and looked at him helplessly, like a child who had done something wrong.
"Will getting up early really help? Can you really make it rain? If you can't make it rain, these blood-sucking insects will not only not be grateful to you, but will blame you even more!"
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