“Please spare my life, Immortal!!”

This snake man is naturally much inferior to Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing in terms of Taoism. You can tell from their appearance that Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing can both cultivate into human form, but this snake man is still half human, half snake. This is different from Zhao Linger's half human, half snake, who was born that way. This man... is simply not good enough at changing his shape.

Even Bai Suzhen, who had practiced Taoism for thousands of years, would fall to the ground in fear when she saw Fang Zheng, let alone this one. She prostrated herself before the Japanese man without any instruction - but the trick was a little non-standard.

"Okay, get up, I have something to ask you."

Fang Zheng was indeed quite curious about many things, such as why this monster couple wanted to forcibly seize civilian girls. You have to know that in the game, Li Xiaoyao was determined to find Zhao Linger, and if he couldn't find her, he would kill her without saying a word. So in the end, Fang Zheng didn't understand why these monsters wanted to capture so many girls to serve him.

"Why did you capture so many girls?"

"Reporting to the Immortal, we captured these people... yes, yes, it's to take care of our daughter..."

"What?"

Hearing this, everyone, including Lin Tiannan and Lin Yueru at the back, were stunned.

"Your daughter is a monster, right? How can you let humans take care of her?"

"You may not know, Immortal, but my wife and I met after I turned into a human, which is why my wife gave birth to a daughter. However, this daughter was born in human form, and we didn't know how to raise her, so we had to find humans to help take care of her."

"I see……"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng nodded. He was curious about how a snake and a fox could break reproductive isolation when they got married. It turned out that they only managed to do it after turning themselves into humans.

At this moment Lin Tiannan also came out and asked a question.

"Are all the girls you captured safe and sound?"

"All right! All right!"

Hearing Lin Tiannan's question, the snake man nodded hurriedly.

"We just caught them to take care of the children, clean the room, serve tea and water..."

"But you are monsters."

At this time Lin Yueru also came to join in the fun.

"Don't you eat humans?"

"Girl, you are wrong!!"

Hearing this, the snake man's face suddenly became serious.

"My wife and I have never done anything that is against the will of heaven. For spirits like us, eating human souls and flesh can naturally greatly increase our cultivation. However, this method is too cruel and will be punished by heaven. After my wife and I achieved enlightenment, we ate clouds and drank dew every day and never ate humans!"

"Well……"

Facing the snake man's answer, Lin Yueru didn't know what to say for a moment. After all, in the minds of ordinary people, monsters are very cruel and terrifying, and eating people is commonplace. Not to mention that these two monsters have captured so many girls, Lin Yueru even preconceived that they might eat all the girls they captured.

The result now... seems a little unexpected.

"Take us inside."

Fang Zheng gave the order without saying anything more, and the snake man hurriedly led Fang Zheng and his group into his cave.

"It's really unexpected..."

Following behind a few people, Lin Yueru came to Zhao Linger and Aige and sighed quietly.

"I thought monsters were all cruel guys..."

"this……"

Hearing Lin Yueru's sigh, Zhao Linger's expression became a little complicated, not knowing what to say, while Aige narrowed her eyes and smiled.

"What does it matter? In my opinion, whether human or monster, they are all the same."

"How can humans and monsters be the same?"

Hearing this, Lin Yueru immediately retorted, but Aige remained unmoved.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah, how could a human do such a thing?"

"But my father and I have encountered bandits who tried to rob women along the way, but my father burned them to death."

"this……"

Facing Aige's answer, Lin Yueru didn't know what to say for a moment. After all, she was the daughter of a wealthy family and had never seen these things. What she saw on weekdays was the more acceptable side. Of course, she had heard rumors about bandits coming down the mountain to plunder and rob the village, but these were too far away for Lin Yueru and she didn't feel any reality.

However, as the connector of the root of the world, Ai Ge is obviously not as naive as Lin Yueru.

As they were talking, everyone came to their cave with the snake man. The snake man obviously didn't dare to have any bad intentions, and he obediently called out his wife, and then called out their daughter - it must be said that compared to the snake man and the vixen, their daughter really looked no different from a human being, especially with a pair of furry fox ears on her head, which matched her big blinking eyes and made her look quite cute.

As for the captured girls, they also came over trembling. Fang Zheng and Lin Tiannan asked them a few questions and learned that the snake man and his wife were telling the truth. Although the girls were scared after being captured, the snake man and his wife did not hurt them. At most, they asked them to clean, serve tea and water, and take care of the little girl named Su Mei.

Fang Zheng just wanted to complain about why foxes always like to give themselves the surname Su.

Don’t you have any idea how miserable the previous fox named Su died?

Having found these girls, everyone's work was half done. What remained was... how to deal with the snake man and his wife.

According to Lin Tiannan, monsters are a disaster to the world, so they should be killed. Although according to the snake man and his wife, the people who came to the cave before had nothing to do with them. After entering the cave, these people were killed by the snakes in the cave. They didn't even move a finger. But after all, this matter was caused by them, so Lin Tiannan was naturally unwilling to let the snake man and his wife go.

However, Lin Yueru and Zhao Linger stood up to plead for them. After all, the little girl was so cute, and who knows what she would become if she lost her parents. The two sides argued endlessly and could not make up their minds for a while.

This is also a problem...

Looking at this scene, Fang Zheng couldn't help but shook his head. He was clear about the problem. To put it bluntly, there was a reason why humans hated monsters. Although monsters like Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing could speak human language and transform into human form after they became spirits, their nature was still the law of the jungle, the law of the jungle, and their animal nature remained unchanged.

Take Bai Suzhen for example, she did have a tragic ending, but to be honest, Bai Suzhen's tragedy was also closely related to their disregard for human rules.

Take the beginning for example, Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing wanted to live in the human world, but they didn't think about making money, but stealing silver from the government treasury.

Are you kidding? Can you just steal the treasury money? If you rob a bank in modern times, do you dare to spend the money you steal? You should know that even Fang Zheng did not mention which world blatantly robbed a bank, but secretly took away the money. Otherwise, if he was investigated, he would have nothing to do in that world and would just play hide-and-seek all day.

It was because the two stole the treasury silver and then handed it over to Xu Xian that Xu Xian was accused of a crime and exiled thousands of miles away. It was a blessing for his ancestors that he was not beheaded. Originally, if Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing had followed the rules of the human world, they would not have to make such a fuss.

Later on, Xu Xian was frightened to death after seeing Bai Suzhen's true form. In order to save him, Bai Suzhen went to the Heaven alone to steal the elixir. When she failed to steal it and was discovered, she tried to rob it.

Of course, this can be said to be because Bai Suzhen was eager to save Xu Xian, which may be forgivable, but what happened afterwards was different.

Xu Xian was elected as the leader of the Three Emperors' Association, but because his family was poor and he had nothing to present, Bai Suzhen actually asked Xiaoqing to steal four treasures from Prince Liang's mansion, which directly led to a series of tragedies later.

From this, we can see that although Bai Suzhen is a good wife, she completely ignores the rules of the human world and still has the same thoughts as when she was a beast, that is, what I see is mine, and whoever is capable can get it. From the beginning to the end, even if Xu Xian was exiled because of this, Bai Suzhen did not learn any lessons. You know, she stole these treasures to display them for use, not to sell them secretly for money. She never thought that there would be a day when someone would see through her, because in Bai Suzhen's mind, I'm afraid there is no such common sense at all.

The same is true for the snake man and his wife. Perhaps in their opinion, they have already given face by capturing these girls just to take care of their own children. They have no moral guilt for robbing other people's children. After all, the jungle is a place where the strong prey on the weak, and hunters often choose to attack young cubs.

So in the eyes of the monsters, we have already been very considerate by capturing human cubs and not eating them. Why are you humans so angry?

Totally incomprehensible.

This is also the reason why humans and monsters cannot communicate with each other.

"Doctor Fang, what do you think?"

Lin Tiannan was arguing with his daughter and had no choice but to ask Fang Zheng for help. After all, he could see that these monsters were probably afraid of Fang Zheng, so only Fang Zheng could make the decision.

"Um……"

Hearing Lin Tiannan's question, Fang Zheng thought for a moment and then answered.

"Although this monster couple did have their reasons, it is definitely wrong to forcibly abduct women. Considering that they did not harm these girls... let's do this."

Having said this, Fang Zheng looked towards the monster couple.

"For those who are willing to leave, you must give them some property as compensation and mental damages. If someone is willing to stay, you cannot let them work for nothing, you must pay them. And from now on, you cannot affect other people's lives. Remember, you have a daughter now. If you harm the world, you may be killed like today. When the time comes, think carefully about how sad your daughter will be if she loses both parents...Are you willing to accept it?"

"We do! We do!"

Hearing Fang Zheng's agreement, the Snake man and his wife hurriedly nodded in agreement. Although Lin Tiannan didn't quite agree, he didn't say anything more.

But even so, he still disagreed with Fang Zheng's proposal.

"Doctor Fang, you are taking things for granted. These girls were brought here and were frightened. How could they continue to stay here?"

"hehe."

However, in response to Lin Tiannan's words, Fang Zheng just smiled slightly.

"We'll find out as we continue to watch."

After that, most of the girls chose to leave, but what surprised Lin Tiannan and others was that there were actually three girls who stayed!

"Why do you want to stay here?"

Faced with the choices of the three girls, Lin Tiannan was puzzled and couldn't help asking. In response to Lin Tiannan's question, the three girls looked at each other, and then one of them stepped forward and spoke.

"To reply to Lord Lin, the three of us are orphans without parents. Even if we go down the mountain, we have nowhere to go. Moreover, the landlords and wealthy businessmen down the mountain have been coveting us sisters for a long time. After we go down the mountain, we don't know what fate we will encounter. Although life here is monotonous, it is quiet and peaceful. And..."

Having said this, she looked at the little girl hiding behind her parents. Noticing the girl's gaze, the little girl also raised her head eagerly and looked at her.

"I can't let go of the young lady either..."

"this……"

Hearing this, Lin Tiannan was completely speechless, and Fang Zheng also nodded.

"It's better for them to stay here. You should also teach them the rules of the human world, so that these two idiots won't cause trouble again."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng looked at the snake man again with curiosity.

"But... have you always lived here? I heard from Lord Lin that there were no rumors of snake demons here before."

"To answer your Excellency's question, my husband and I actually came here from somewhere else."

Having said that, the snake man suddenly looked bitter.

"To be honest, my husband and I used to live in Jinhua, but a few years ago a great demon came there. The demon possessed the Water Spirit Pearl, which could freeze blood into ice at will. My husband and I were no match for it, so we had to leave..."

"Oh, I see... huh? Wait."

Hearing the snake man's words, Fang Zheng nodded, and then he was suddenly stunned.

Water Spirit Pearl? !