The storyteller, however, disagreed.
Even everyone was abnormally praising the decision of the new city lord.
"Thanks to the city lord, everyone in our Mengling Valley can change their destiny. As long as you have money, you can have a good appearance."
Li Muge was puzzled.
No matter how good-looking you are, if it's not your own face, what's the point?
Besides, you don't have to ruin your own face if you're going to use someone else's.
Even if it doesn't hurt, it's not aesthetically pleasing.
Li Muge wanted to say something more.
Suddenly, a man burst in, covered in filth, especially his face, which was smeared with at least several layers of black mud.
It was absolutely filthy.
The child entered the room, focused on Li Muge, and pulled her away.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Li Muge was dragged out the door and almost tripped on the threshold.
The child dragged Li Muge into the alley.
Without saying a word, he smeared the black mud on his face.
"What are you doing?" Li Muge found the black mud smelled unpleasant and looked disgusting.
They quickly grabbed the child's wrist, refusing to let him get covered in mud.
"Hurry up and apply it, or your face will be gone!" The child seemed very anxious.
"Why!" Li Muge was puzzled. How could her face have disappeared when it was perfectly fine?
The child's features were so dark that they were almost indistinguishable, but his eyes were still extremely bright.
He hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
He seemed very nervous.
She first checked to see if anyone else was in the alley before muttering, "Sister, the city lord doesn't like good-looking people."
"If someone is good-looking," the child touched his face, looking terrified, "their face will be cut off."
As he spoke, the child tried to smear mud on his face again, but Li Muge quickly stopped him.
Although she doesn't have the same germaphobia as Yun Qi, it's still disgusting to have such disgusting mud smeared on her face.
She still couldn't accept it.
"So as long as it's not pretty, there's no danger, right?" Li Muge asked tentatively.
The child nodded.
He pulled Li Muge a little closer, seemingly trying to hide her better.
"Hmm, I see." Li Muge grabbed the child's wrist with one hand, and with the other hand, she cast a spell and slashed her face, instantly changing her appearance.
Fair skin turned sallow.
Her face was covered in freckles.
The child asked in surprise, "Fairy sister, do you know magic?"
Li Muge let go of the child, who was quite responsive and called her Fairy Sister. She nodded and said, "I know a little."
"That's wonderful, fairy sister! Can you go see my mother? She has no face and is afraid to go out. Can you restore her face?"
Li Muge was surprised. She looked up at the sky, which had just been a clear blue, but suddenly turned gloomy.
The child's name is Azhu.
At first, she was all dirty and had very short hair, so Li Muge thought she was a little boy.
Ah Zhu's so-called home was actually just a dilapidated temple.
The temple enshrines the Wenchang Immortal Official.
Although the area around the temple was dirty and messy, the statue of Wenchang Dijun looked very clean and tidy.
Unfortunately, the spirit of the Wenchang Immortal Official has disappeared, so he can no longer protect them.
She had observed the area before she came.
This dilapidated temple still retains a few strands of divine power for protection, which is probably why the mother and child were not assimilated.
The dilapidated temple had some straw piled up as a bed.
Even the blanket covering Ah Zhu was woven from straw.
I felt a little sad that Li Muge didn't come.
There are always some unfortunate and pitiful people hiding in the darkness of this world.
“Mother, I found a fairy sister. She is very powerful and knows magic. She will definitely be able to get your face back.”
"Don't come any closer." The person hiding under the straw blanket was even more afraid to show their face when they heard that strangers had come.
“Ah Zhu, let this girl out. Don’t let her see me, it will frighten her.”
The woman's voice was virtuous; Li Muge could imagine it just by listening to her voice.
Ah Zhu's mother must have been a virtuous and beautiful woman.
"It's alright, I've seen it all before anyway." Li Muge didn't get closer; she could even understand how Ah Zhu's mother would lose face.
"Ah Zhu," Ah Zhu's mother choked out.
In the first year, she did not question the truth of Ah Zhu's claim that Li Muge knew magic.
Instead, he advised, "Young lady, if you are not from Mengling Valley, you should leave quickly."
"Mengling Valley has now become hell, and the master of hell is the new city lord."
"He despised those who were good-looking, regardless of gender; they were all a thorn in his side."
"If he finds out, he will cut that person's face off."
"Destroy those people's original faces and create new ones; in Mengling Valley, beauty is the original sin."
"Beautiful women have an even lower status. Men can bully them at will, and they have no way to seek help. They even have to worry about being subjected to the punishment of having their faces cut off."
"Such a thing happens? That city lord must be a psychopath." For some reason, Li Muge suddenly began to worry about Yun Qi.
Although this person is not a good person, he is good-looking. What if he gets targeted as soon as he enters Mengling Valley?
[Li Muge, what are you thinking? Are you kidding me? Yun Qi is our greatest enemy. Have you forgotten the tens of thousands of years he sealed us in the abyss?]
[I'm not worried about him anymore, I wish he were going to meet the King of Hell right now]
"Shut up." Li Muge spoke up only to realize the awkward atmosphere. She quickly lowered her head and apologized, "I'm sorry, Mother Azhu, I wasn't talking about you."
"It's alright, young lady, hurry up and leave this hell before they find us."
"It's alright, Mother." Ah Zhu moved closer to her mother.
"Mother, this older sister knows magic. She used to be very pretty, but now she's become very ugly."
Perhaps out of curiosity about the magic Li Muge mentioned, Azhu's mother sat up.
Li Muge gasped. The city lord of Mengling Valley was jealous of good-looking people because of his swallowtail hairpin.
They even went so far as to turn almost everyone in Mengling Valley into monsters.
"Alas, young lady, even if you know magic, that city lord also knows evil magic, and he has harmed countless people."
"Listen to my advice, leave now, get out of this hell."
“Mother Azhu, I don’t understand. Since this city lord has lost his mind, why don’t you escape?”
Upon hearing this...
Ah Zhu's mother shed tears.
The sight of tears left on the bloodied and mangled skin was truly gruesome.
"Leaving aside my current state, which is neither human nor ghost, if I could, I would do everything in my power to get my poor daughter out."
"Unfortunately, on the very day that Lord of Trust took office, he cast a curse on the people of Mengling Valley."
"Anyone who belongs to Mengling Valley must never leave Mengling Valley, or they will be reduced to ashes and die."
“There were people who were not afraid of death and insisted on escaping from me, but the result was the same.”
"That bastard is ruthless." After Li Muge finished speaking, he suddenly heard footsteps in the dilapidated temple.
Ah-Zhu and her mother immediately hugged each other, trembling.
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