Seeing the simple-minded woman pacing around the house like a headless fly, the two villagers exchanged a glance and both showed expressions of disgust.
"Little girl, she's a crazy woman. You should stay away from her, or you might catch her madness!"
"Yes, yes, she bites! My eldest niece was bitten by her, ouch, it left a deep mark!"
"Oh, I remember that incident. If you ask me, the village chief was just too nosy. If he had driven her away before and not let her live in our village, none of this would have happened!"
"Yeah, yeah, madmen do anything without reason. Today they're killing chickens and ducks, tomorrow they might be killing people!"
They started chattering again, their conversation escalating to increasingly outrageous levels, even threatening to drive the foolish woman out of the Immortal-Enviable Village. These words reached Nan Xian's ears, and her anger surged to the top of her head—
She took a deep breath and turned around abruptly.
"What right do you have to kick her out? You yourselves are thieves, stealing not only the bodies of the dead but also the spirits of the living. You use despicable means to live off other people's identities, living in a home that doesn't belong to you, and even bullying a pitiful person with mental problems. You are the ones who should leave this place!"
Her tone was extremely cold, and she looked at them as if they were two insignificant ants.
The two villagers froze on the spot. One of them saw that although Nan Xian had spiritual energy, she had no spiritual power and was only slightly stronger than an ordinary person. He concluded that she had only seen through his identity but could not really do anything to him. So he became arrogant again, saying in a very arrogant tone: "Hehe, little girl, I advise you to mind your own business and be careful not to get into trouble! We are not to be trifled with!"
After saying that, he deliberately revealed part of his true form, showing the features of a weasel on his face, and even opened his mouth to reveal terrifying canine teeth in an attempt to frighten her.
No sooner had he uttered those words than he felt a powerful killing intent surge from behind him, like a tangible net gripping him. His throat felt as if it were being squeezed tightly by a giant hand, and his back felt as if it were being crushed by a mountain. He instantly hunched over, trembling uncontrollably like a leaf, looking extremely bizarre.
His companion was startled by his sudden appearance, cried out in surprise, and fell to the ground, "What's wrong with you? What happened to you?"
Diao Yu leaned against the door frame with his arms crossed, one leg propped up lazily. He raised his chin slightly, looked at them with disdain, and scoffed, "Heh, I thought you were something special, so arrogant. Turns out you're just two weasel spirits who can't even transform themselves. I could crush you with one toe!"
Only then did his companion notice Diao Yu, and upon hearing his words, his face turned deathly pale.
He realized that he and his companion had run into a tough opponent today, the kind they absolutely couldn't afford to mess with, and he was filled with regret.
This morning, after discovering that their chickens and ducks had been killed, they went to the village chief to argue their case. The village chief gave them compensation and warned them that there were special circumstances in the village these days, so they should be more discreet and put aside the matter of extracting the spirit for the time being.
But when he got home, he was still furious to see the chickens and ducks that had been killed all over the place. Just then, his companion came to visit him. The two of them discussed it and decided that the old woman was the culprit and that they had to get rid of her as soon as possible, otherwise she would harm more people's livestock. So they ran over when the village chief wasn't paying attention, but they never expected things to turn out like this.
Although he was so frightened that he wished he could disappear into the ground on the spot, he couldn't bear to leave his companion here to die. He gritted his teeth and knelt down on the ground with a "thud," banging his head on the ground several times until his forehead was immediately bruised.
"Please spare us, sir! Please spare us! We were blind to your greatness! We will never do it again! Please, please let us go!"
Diao Yu didn't even bother to give them a second glance. Although he used to be the number one overlord of Bai Duya, his "overlordship" had principles. He never bullied the weak and even despised those scoundrels who used their strength to suppress those weaker than themselves. If he saw someone do that, he would definitely "bully" them back tenfold.
He looked at Nan Xian, immediately stood up straight, and his expression changed from arrogant and disdainful to gentle and obedient in an instant. His smiling appearance was just like a little puppy begging for a reward.
"Sister, they disrespected you. What are you going to do with them?" He paused, a sinister and bloodthirsty glint flashing in his eyes. "Why not just wipe them out? They stole other people's lives anyway! They shouldn't have been left in this world long ago!"
Upon hearing this, the weasel spirit instantly realized that the powerful demon in front of him was actually under the command of that ordinary human. So he quickly turned around and kowtowed even louder.
"Fairy, spare us! We have no choice. We just want to survive. Our original souls are trapped in human bodies. If we are killed, we will be annihilated and never be reborn. I swear, we will behave well from now on. If you want us to leave, we will leave immediately. Please spare our lives! Please, Fairy!"
With each word he spoke, he kowtowed forcefully, and bright red blood quickly flowed from his forehead, sliding down his nose. The color was so striking that Nan Xian couldn't help but frown again.
Although she disliked the two demons, she didn't really want to wipe them out. She waved her hand and said, "Fine, I'll spare your lives. Now get lost."
Upon hearing this, Diao Yu glanced at the weasel spirit who was still kowtowing and let out a soft snort.
The adult is always soft-hearted. If it were him, he would have killed the two demons on the spot, torn their demon souls to pieces, and turned their demon cores into sugar pills... What a lucky dog's life!
Diao Yu released the weasel spirit from its restraints. The weasel spirit had just stepped into the underworld and thought it would never see the sun again, but it was suddenly pulled back. The spirit twitched violently and stood swaying on the spot.
His companion breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, and quickly got up to help him, not even bothering to wipe the blood off his own face, and dragged him away from the idiot woman's house, thanking him profusely.
After the two demons left, Nan Xian's expression finally softened. At this moment, the silly old woman also stopped spinning around and was looking up at a large moth that was lying on a light bulb. She then put a dirty finger, which she didn't know had touched, into her mouth and sucked on it.
Nan Xian gently pulled her hand away, "Mother-in-law, your hands are dirty, don't eat."
The simple-minded woman stared at her blankly, blinking her eyes in bewilderment.
She wiped the old woman's hands clean with a wet tissue, helped her sit down in the chair, and looked at her dazed appearance, she couldn't help but worry, "What should we do? The old woman has lost her memory again. I don't know when she will be able to return to normal."
Suddenly remembering something, she looked at Diao Yu and asked, "Diao Yu, do you have any magic that can restore people with mental illnesses to normal?"
Diao Yu tilted her head and stared at the silly woman for a long time. Suddenly, she raised an eyebrow, seemingly surprised and enlightened.
"No wonder I smelled a familiar scent as soon as I walked in, but I just couldn't remember where I had smelled it before... I must have seen her before."
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