For the entire next day, the people from the Xuanjian Sect ran around the entire village, asking every household, and finally compiled a rough truth about the villagers' mysterious deaths.
The story begins with the big tree in the village chief's yard.
That big tree is now hundreds of years old and has existed as long as the villagers can remember.
For many years, that big tree has always served as a kind of shelter for Qinghe Village. But a few years ago, a stranger suddenly came to the village, pointed at the big tree and shouted: "Demon tree, a demon tree that sucks people's essence. If this tree is not removed, there will be great disaster in the future."
At that time, the villagers were so angry that they drove him out of the village and even invited someone to perform a ritual under the big tree to get rid of the bad luck.
Logically speaking, this matter should have passed.
But not long after, something strange happened.
First, several chickens and ducks from several households disappeared inexplicably. When they were found later, they were already dead and stiff.
After that, more and more families encountered such strange things.
Now, things are not so simple.
Gradually, people in the village began to say that the big tree in the village chief's house had started to cause trouble. Sure enough, what the previous person said was right. The big tree was indeed an evil tree.
At first, when the village chief heard such remarks, he angrily argued with the villagers, saying that the previous person was exaggerating and should not be taken seriously.
Moreover, that big tree has been with him since he was a child, and it has always taken good care of him. Sometimes he would complain to himself about the troubles in life under the tree. In his heart, the meaning of that big tree has far surpassed the existence of many things.
Under such circumstances, how could he allow the villagers to ask nonsense questions?
In this way, the first major conflict arose between the villagers and the village chief.
Later, not long after, strange things suddenly happened in the village chief's own home.
This time, a life was directly involved.
There are five people in the village chief's family, including the village chief himself, his wife, his son, daughter-in-law and a grandson.
How did it involve human lives?
First, the village chief's wife suddenly became seriously ill and weak, and collapsed. Within a month, she could not survive and died.
After that, the village chief's son, daughter-in-law and grandson also became inexplicably weak.
His son and daughter-in-law collapsed together for unknown reasons while working in the fields. When someone found them, their bodies were already cold.
In this way, in just two months, the village chief and his frail grandson were the only ones left in his home.
Now, the villagers became even more panicked. They all thought that it was the evil tree that was causing trouble. It was the tree that sucked away the energy of the people in the village chief's family, leading to such a tragic result.
Under such circumstances, the villagers could not help but start to worry about themselves, and everyone was afraid that their family would become the next village chief's family.
So, they began to panic and persuade the village chief to cut down and burn the evil tree in the yard to prevent more villagers from being harmed.
But the village chief thought they were crazy and so he firmly disagreed with this approach.
Now, the villagers were also angry and threatened that if he didn't take action, they would not be blamed for taking action themselves.
The village chief was also very angry about this, so he asked an expert to draw a formation on the big tree to protect it, and see who would dare to come forward.
The villagers had no choice but to grit their teeth and give up temporarily.
In this way, the conflict between the villagers and the village chief became more and more serious.
Afterwards, in order to prove that the big tree would not absorb people's energy, the village chief began to take better care of his grandson, thinking that if he could become a better person, the rumors would be self-defeating.
The days passed slowly like this.
But suddenly one day, the village chief discovered that his grandson was missing.
Ever since his grandson became frail and sickly, he basically stayed at home to recuperate and would not go out easily, so... there was no way he would not see him.
The village chief tried to remain calm and went out to look for his grandson.
On his way to find his grandson, he was suddenly stopped by a group of villagers who looked malicious.
They told him directly and without reservation that if he wanted to see his grandson, he must first agree to let the villagers cut down the evil tree in his yard.
The village chief finally knew why his grandson disappeared for no reason.
He suppressed his anger and agreed to their request, but he would not sign the agreement until he saw his grandson in person.
The villagers were so excited to see that he had finally agreed, so they took him to a dilapidated thatched hut and told him that his grandson was inside. They would open the door for him immediately, and after he saw his grandson with his own eyes, he would have to agree to sign.
When the village chief saw the poor condition of the small thatched hut, his heart began to beat fast and he felt extremely uneasy.
He nodded randomly and asked them to open the door quickly, as he had to see his grandson immediately.
So the villagers quickly unlocked the door.
The door opened with a click. Almost at the moment the door was pushed open, the village chief rushed into the house, came to his grandson who was leaning against the wall with his eyes closed, and called him softly.
But strangely, his grandson was eerily quiet and motionless, and his face looked very bad.
An indescribable feeling of panic surged in his heart. With trembling hands, he sniffed his breath...
Sure enough, the child had already stopped breathing.
Now, the village chief completely collapsed.
What followed was the villagers' guilt and regret, and they were too ashamed to face the village chief again.
Since then, no one in the village has mentioned cutting down or burning trees again.
Several years passed like this.
Now, several years later, villagers are dying mysteriously one after another, and there seems to be no sign of this happening.
Most of the villagers who took the lead in causing trouble a few years ago died during this period.
What's more, what's strange is that the younger generations always die first, and then the older generations die, as if the older generation is deliberately letting the younger generation bury the younger generation.
The villagers now understood that the village chief had brought the evil tree to settle the score.
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