Chapter 297 Another Storm Begins
Over the next two or three days, Qi Yuefeng, along with Jin Sheng and Xiao He, immersed themselves in a large amount of information on formations, hoping to find some flaws in this ancient formation from Nan Yue.
They also studied river water samples, analyzed their mysterious components, and even dissected the bodies of water monkeys to see what was controlling them.
While they were busy running around, a tense and oppressive atmosphere filled the village chief's courtyard.
Jiang Ruzhen took care of Lu Mingzheng for three days and found that he still did not recognize her after he regained consciousness. His mind was even more confused than when she first saw him.
They even forgot who they were.
Jiang Ruzhen sensed something was wrong, so she crawled out of her spatial dimension to ask her senior brothers what was going on.
But as soon as she stepped out of the space, she saw Old Chen standing at the door, staring at her with a sinister look. If Jiang Ruzhen hadn't been certain that Old Chen was an ordinary person, she would have suspected that Old Chen had already seen through her location in the space.
"Uncle Chen, why are you standing here?" Jiang Ruzhen asked warily.
Old Chen suddenly smiled, reverting to his honest and simple demeanor. He rubbed his hands awkwardly and chuckled sheepishly.
"I noticed you haven't eaten for several days, so I wanted to ask what you'd like to eat? Or could you give me some money and I'll go to town to buy you something to eat?"
"Oh, it's nothing. We have our own food, you don't need to worry about us. Where did my senior brothers go?" Jiang Ruzhen came out of the room and looked around in the courtyard.
Old Chen looked puzzled and said, "It seems like your senior brothers are looking for something. They're constantly searching back and forth along the riverbank."
"Little girls, I'm not trying to scare you, but that riverbank is very eerie. I advise you to leave now; it's not safe there."
"Okay, I understand."
Jiang Ruzhen didn't think much of what Old Chen said and walked out of the yard toward the river.
As she passed through a grove of trees, five or six burly men suddenly jumped out and blocked her way.
Jiang Ruzhen frowned and looked closely. Weren't these Old Chen's two sons and three adult grandsons?
Why are they stopping her?
But soon she found out what they were going to do.
The five burly men looked at her with lewd and obscene eyes, wishing they could reach out their hands and grope Jiang Ruzhen's body.
"Hey girl, where are you rushing off to?"
"Did you rescue my sister's man? What? You're so desperate for a man that you even stole my sister's?"
"Yeah, my aunt is really powerful. I advise you to release her right away. If you're feeling lonely or bored, you can come and hang out with us guys."
"We brothers are all adults, strong and healthy, we can definitely make you feel comfortable..."
Old Chen knows a few simple Chinese phrases, so Jiang Ruzhen can communicate with him.
However, these people were speaking entirely in Southern Vietnamese, which Jiang Ruzhen couldn't understand at all. But that didn't stop her from judging from their eyes and lewd actions that they had ill intentions.
Jiang Ruzhen snorted coldly. She was already full of resentment over the fat woman's easy death and thought that the harm would not extend to her family.
That's why he refrained from taking action against these people. He never expected them to come to him willingly. So he'll have to be ruthless.
During these three days, while taking care of Lu Mingzheng, she was also restoring her own mental strength. She didn't know what good food her senior brothers had given her.
She felt that her mental strength had not only been restored, but had also increased by more than twice as much as before.
In the past few days, besides taking care of Lu Mingzheng, she has been practicing and learning some new combat methods in the space.
She gradually figured out her own way of controlling it, and was able to manipulate the invisible spiritual power into a giant hand, attacking the enemy from a distance and causing both physical and mental damage.
At the same time, she can also extract a sliver of her mental energy and send it into the enemy's brain, commanding them to obey her orders.
It's similar to how the Eighth Senior Brother controls his mental power.
However, her spiritual power was far stronger than that of her eighth senior brother. Her eighth senior brother could only control cultivators, wizards, sorcerers, or ordinary people of similar skill levels.
She was confident in her mental strength, believing she could even control the thoughts of her fourth and third senior brothers, who were also cultivators.
Therefore, she wasn't afraid of these five burly men at all; instead, she treated them like a cat teasing a little mouse.
They manipulated their minds to kill each other.
Soon, the group of people who had been arrogantly talking to Jiang Ruzhen and clamoring to teach her a lesson were suddenly fighting each other.
"Hey, why did you hit me?"
"Second brother, why did you kick me?"
"Big brother, why are you pulling my hair? Stop hitting me, you've broken my nose."
"My arm is broken..."
"My legs..."
Before Jiang Ruzhen could even lift a finger, the burly men in front of her started fighting amongst themselves.
They even became bloodthirsty in the end, and their attacks became increasingly ruthless.
Watching the five men fight, Jiang Ruzhen curled her lips into a wicked smile. Without her orders, these men could fight to the death.
She could foresee their fate, yet she felt no pity as she walked past them.
Although these people may not have killed anyone with their own hands, they must have known that the entire village had been harmed by their relative, that fat woman.
Even if they fight each other to death, they are by no means innocent.
Ignoring the chaotic scene of their fight, Jiang Ruzhen anxiously went to the riverbank to find Qi Yuefeng and the others, and told them about Lu Mingzheng's situation.
Qi Yuefeng's usually cool and aloof brows furrowed, her handsome face filled with worry.
"It seems our guess was right. There really is a master hidden in this village. I'm afraid Lu Mingzheng has other curses besides love spells, or even black magic from the Southern Yue region."
"Then what do we do?" Xiao He asked.
“Lu Mingzheng is completely out of it, so we have to find the clues ourselves,” Jin Sheng said in a deep voice.
While her fellow students were deep in thought, Jiang Ruzhen's mind was also racing.
Suddenly, the wicked look in Old Chen's eyes flashed through her mind, and she grasped a clue.
"Third senior brother, I feel that old Chen is not simple. He is not as honest and upright as he appears on the surface."
"How so?" Qi Yuefeng asked.
"When I came out of the space just now, I saw him standing at the door, staring intently in my direction."
Moreover, his eyes were extremely malicious. If he were an ordinary person, how would he know my spatial location? And how could he so coincidentally be staring in my direction?
“That’s right, Junior Sister is right. Even Senior Brother Jin Sheng and I can’t see where Junior Sister’s space is, so how could that old man?” Xiao He immediately grasped the key point.
"Moreover, the entire family of men, young and old, came to ambush me just now, trying to bully me. Just think about it, even their sons and grandsons are so morally corrupt, and that fat woman is a bad seed too."
Why is it that old Chen is allowed to remain unscathed, a kind and upright person?
Qi Yuefeng's expression suddenly changed. "Oh no, we've all been fooled by his appearance. As far as I know, a high-level wizard in Southern Vietnam can disguise himself as an ordinary person to hide his cultivation level."
We must hurry back, I'm afraid..."
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