Zhang Juan slapped the rice in her hand into the wooden basin and then poured in a bucket of dark water.
He then stepped forward, untied the ropes binding Qi Chuhan, pressed down on her struggling hands, and pushed her completely into the wooden basin.
"Awooo!!" Qi Chuhan screamed like a pig scalded by hot water, struggling wildly.
No matter how much she struggled, she couldn't escape from Zhang Juan's grasp.
“It’s not that I don’t believe you.” Zhang Juan raised her chin slightly towards the outside and said, “Go out and take a look around, and you’ll understand why I’m so sure that there can’t be any evil sects in Panlong Village.”
"Because of the evil ways, it's impossible to survive in Panlong Village."
Zhong Xueliu and Nan Yichen exchanged a glance. Since being rescued by Zhang Juan, they hadn't even left the courtyard to investigate the situation in Panlong Village.
Upon hearing Zhang Juan's words, the two of them got up and walked outside together.
The moment the courtyard gate opened and they saw the passing villagers, Zhong Xueliu and Nan Yichen froze on the spot, their faces filled with shock: "This... how is this possible?!"
This villager is actually also a person with a pure Yang constitution?!
Yes, Zhong Xueliu and Nan Yichen could sense the thick, soaring yang energy emanating from Zhang Juan, leading them to believe that she possessed an innate pure yang body, which enabled her to fight the flying zombie to a standstill.
But... how come the villagers who just passed by also had pure Yang bodies?!
Not only that, but the auntie washing clothes not far from them, and the children playing house, were also all of pure yang constitution!
Zhong Xueliu and Nan Yichen were dumbfounded. Didn't their master say that a pure Yang body is one in a hundred years? What... what's going on?
The two of them went around in circles, getting more and more confused, and finally came back holding their heads, looking like they were questioning the meaning of life.
"How was it?" Zhang Juan crossed her arms and leaned against Tan Yufan's wooden basin, raising an eyebrow at Zhong Xueliu: "I didn't lie to you, did I?"
Zhong Xueliu's lips moved slightly, and she and Nan Yichen plopped down on a small wooden stool, remaining in a daze for a long time.
Nan Yuanman sat with Feng Langqing, glanced at Zhong Xueliu's bewildered expression, tilted her head, and said in a childish voice, "Sister Piaoniang, even if they are all pure yang bodies, it doesn't mean they are good people."
"Grandpa told me that there are bad people even in the righteous path."
Zhang Juan nodded in agreement: "You're right, there are indeed bad people in the righteous path, but..."
She stared at Zhong Xueliu: "The villagers of Panlong Village have been unable to leave the village for nearly a hundred years."
"What you're saying about evil spirits in the village is utter nonsense!"
Zhong Xueliu was completely dumbfounded: "A hundred years... unable to leave the village? Why... why is this happening?"
Nan Yuanman, however, recalled the light golden transparent energy shield she had seen when she first arrived at this place, and a look of realization flashed across her face: "Is it because of that energy shield?"
Zhong Xueliu and Nan Yichen were completely bewildered: "What energy shield?"
Nan Yuanman pointed to the sky: "Can't you see it? Above this village, there's a light golden energy shield that looks like a round bowl, covering the entire village!"
Zhong Xueliu: "???"
Nan Yichen: "???"
I didn't see it!
Zhang Juan looked at Nan Yuanman with surprise, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes. She seemed to know why Nan Yuanman was able to enter Panlong Village. Was she... the person her father said could end everything?
But... can a child who is not even six years old... do it?
Zhang Juan suppressed her complex emotions, turned to look at the distant, calm mountains, and after a moment of silence, asked slowly, "Do you know why the village is called Panlong Village?"
“A hundred years ago, there was a dragon vein here.”
Zhong Xueliu suddenly stood up: "Dragon Vein?!"
“That’s not right.” Nan Yichen frowned and said, “According to ancient records, the Xia Kingdom has a total of fourteen dragon veins. Each dragon vein is recorded, and the higher-ups have also sent powerful seniors to guard them. If there is a dragon vein here, it should be recorded.”
“But when we came to X province to look for Panlong Village, the data we found showed that the area around Panlong Village was just ordinary mountains, with no trace of a dragon vein at all.”
“You’re wrong. The Xia Kingdom’s dragon veins are not just fourteen, but twenty-four.” Zhang Juan’s eyes were deep. “The fourteen recorded are the fourteen that have been preserved intact.”
"Ten of the dragon veins were destroyed by foreign enemies a hundred years ago, and the dragon vein of Panlong Village is one of the ten that were destroyed."
A hundred years ago, Panlong Village was just a small mountain village established by ethnic minorities who came to the mountains to escape war.
However, while it is easy to avoid open warfare, it is difficult to guard against hidden dangers. Panlong Village soon welcomed people with ill intentions.
Zhang Juan's father was the first guardian of Panlong Village, and he was the first to notice the new dragon veins around Panlong Village.
He was also the first to take action, sealing off the dragon vein's aura and reporting it to higher-ups.
However, the first to arrive before the higher-ups were the external enemies who came with evil magic to steal the dragon vein's energy.
Zhang Juan's father, along with the village's shaman and the villagers, paid the ultimate price to barely protect the newly born dragon vein.
After that battle, only half of the people survived; the other half died because the protective shield of the dragon vein's energy prevented them from entering the cycle of reincarnation.
The surviving half of the people can never leave Panlong Village for the rest of their lives.
As Zhang Juan spoke, she sneered, "What do you think happened to that flying zombie? It was created by those beasts who couldn't break through the energy shield left by my father and the others, so they used the stolen dragon vein energy to refine it."
"Are they out of their minds?" Feng Langqing couldn't help but exclaim in shock, "They went to so much trouble to steal the dragon vein energy, and instead of using it on themselves, they're creating some kind of evil spirit?!"
Zhang Juan scoffed, "Sick? Then you underestimate those beasts. They're cunning."
"Dragon vein energy is renewable. Moreover, if our country had won the battle at that time, the dragon vein energy that they stole could have been regenerated and given back to the country more energy, nurturing more talents."
"As long as that special flying zombie exists, the energy of the dragon vein will eventually be worn away. When the energy is completely worn away, that will be the time when the dragon vein dies."
Zhong Xueliu and Nan Yichen remained silent for a long time after hearing what Zhang Juan said.
Zhang Juan: "You must have been very curious when you saw the corpse in that flying zombie's nest. Why was I, with my high strength, unable to take it down?"
Zhong Xueliu's lips moved, her gaze falling on her, her voice dry: "Why..."
"Firstly, it's because I can't leave Panlong Village for too long. I've already paid a considerable price to rescue you."
Secondly.
Zhang Juan's throat bobbed slightly, and a hint of bitterness appeared on her vibrant face: "We are intertwined with it."
That flying zombie survived and evolved by relying on the energy of the dragon vein, and so did the people of Panlong Village.
If the flying zombie dies, the people of Panlong Village will also die.
This is an unsolvable, open conspiracy devised by foreign enemies a century ago against them.
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