Unexpectedly, his refusal only convinced the villagers that the Wan family harbored evil intentions and were hiding monsters.
As a result, Wan Suizhou's family faced a united protest from the villagers.
The crowd was making a fuss, strongly demanding that Wan Suizhou's family do everything the Taoist priest asked.
"Are you trying to disregard the well-being of our entire village by doing this?!"
Some foolish villagers pointed at Wan Suizhou's nose and cursed him.
Seeing this, a group of people chimed in. "That's right, Blue Ocean Village doesn't just belong to the Wan family alone. If a monster really wreaks havoc on the village, can you take responsibility?!"
At this time, the Taoist priest was deeply loved by the people.
Seeing this, Zhao Damei took advantage of Zhang Xiu and the others' inattention and pulled Baili Wanwan in front of her. After rummaging through her body, she suddenly shouted, "Found it! The strange thing is on this girl! She is the evil spirit hiding in our Blue Ocean Village!!"
Zhao Damei held the object she had found high up so that every villager could see it.
The villagers looked at the strange and grotesque pendant with a hint of fear on their faces.
"Get rid of her! We can't let her stay in our village!!"
Such voices rang out from the crowd, and the villagers glared angrily at Baili Wanwan.
There was no kindness in their eyes. Baili Wanwan looked at these humans with bewilderment, her innocent eyes filled with terror.
These uncles and elders used to greet her with smiles when they saw her, so why is there so much malice in their eyes now?
All of this happened so suddenly that Wan Suizhou, Zhang Xiu, and the others didn't even have time to react.
But when they realized Wanwan was in danger, they instinctively wanted to pull her into their arms to protect her.
Unfortunately, Zhao Damei didn't want her to have her way.
Just as Zhang Xiu was about to pull Baili Wanwan into her arms, Zhang Damei suddenly grabbed Wanwan's other arm and pulled her away.
"Where do you think you're taking this monster?! Are you trying to protect it?!"
Zhao Damei's eyes held a hint of smugness. Now, she had most of the villagers standing with her, and the Wan family alone could not protect Baili Wanwan.
"She's just a child, not some monster as you say! Zhao Damei, don't push your luck!!"
Zhang Xiu refused to let go, because she knew that if she let go, Wanwan would be devoured by these people.
Just as the two were struggling, the curved skirt suddenly made a tearing sound, and then the palm-sized luminous pearl in her arms rolled out.
"My luminous pearl!!" Baili Wanwan was being held back by two people and couldn't reach out to pick it up. She could only watch as the luminous pearl rolled into the middle of the road.
Her voice also drew the attention of all the villagers.
"What a huge luminous pearl..."
"Well... it could sell for a lot of money..."
A luminous pearl made all the villagers forget about any evil spirits. Everyone stared intently at the pearl, and even Zhao Damei let go of Baili Wanwan and followed its gaze.
They were born by the sea, so they naturally knew that there were countless treasures in the sea, including this priceless luminous pearl.
But they can't hold their breath and swim for long like fish, so even if they know there are countless treasures in the sea, they can't do anything about it.
Now that everyone sees that Baili Wanwan is so lucky to have obtained a luminous pearl, everyone is filled with envy, jealousy, and resentment.
Greed made them lose their kindness and true nature.
So, without even thinking, they agreed with the Taoist priest and Zhao Damei, and even said they would get rid of the evil spirits.
They imagined that if Baili Wanwan were eliminated, the luminous pearl would be ownerless, and they could then share in the wealth it brought.
People die for wealth, birds die for food...
Human greed knows no bounds.
At this moment, Wan Suijin added fuel to the fire by recounting his encounter with the monster at the beach and attributing it to Baili Wanwan.
Upon hearing this, the crowd erupted in protest, demanding that the Taoist priest take immediate action.
"Monsters are most afraid of fire, I think we should tie her up and burn her to death!!"
"Yes! That's right! Burn her!!"
The villagers chattered amongst themselves, but Zhang Xiu felt a chill creep into her heart.
"You're going to burn a child alive because of this piece of junk that came from who-knows-where?! Aren't you afraid of divine retribution?!"
The villagers couldn't care less about anything else at that moment; their greed, desire, fear, and ignorance had already made them forget their conscience.
In Baili Wanwan's eyes, at this moment, these villagers were the monsters, monsters controlled by desire.
Seeing that her wicked scheme had succeeded, Zhao Damei took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and had already stuffed the money into her bosom.
Once Baili Wanwan dies, no one will know where this luminous pearl went.
"You say Wanwan is a monster, what evidence do you have?!"
Wan Suizhou finally couldn't take it anymore and angrily confronted the villagers blocking his doorway.
The crowd then repeated what the Taoist priest had just said to the Wan family, but unexpectedly, it drew laughter from the Wan family.
“You believe all this? It’s just a coincidence!” Zhang Xiu glared at them and said defiantly.
Baili Wanwan, the protagonist of this matter, couldn't help but speak up: "This fake Taoist priest said that a great disaster was about to happen in Blue Sea Village, but it has been quite peaceful recently. The weather has been good and even the sea is calm."
“Look, even a child is more insightful than all of you!” Zhang Xiu couldn’t help but feel saddened by Baili Wanwan’s flowery words.
What's more terrifying than ghosts and gods in this world is the human heart.
One second they're calling each other brothers, the next they're going to stab you in the back.
"Nonsense!" Just when the villagers had no rebuttal, someone in the crowd spoke up again.
"I was almost attacked by a shark when I went out to sea a while ago! You know, there are practically no sharks in the waters around our Blue Ocean Village!!"
Some villagers said this to refute Baili Wanwan's claim that things had been calm in Lanhai Village recently.
These words once again energized the villagers, and they echoed their sentiments.
Zhang Xiu was so angry at this group of people that he almost fainted.
She took a deep breath and suddenly shouted, "Do you know why none of you were attacked by sharks? It's because Wanwan lured the sharks to deeper waters all by herself!"
At this moment, Wan Suizhou glanced at Zhang Xiu, his eyes showing some displeasure: "Why did you say this out loud!"
Wan Suizhou knew that Baili Wanwan was different from normal children; she was more adaptable to the sea than normal people.
So when Baili Wanwan could stay in the water for a long time, he never doubted or complained.
More than anything, Wan Suizhou was worried. He wanted Baili Wanwan to keep her skills hidden; he didn't want her to reveal them.
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