Chapter 48
He Si kicked away the person who suddenly went berserk and tried to attack Liu Qingqing.
Having learned from past mistakes, he used all his strength in this kick.
Upon seeing this, several burly men from the villagers quickly came out, pinned the crazed man down, and tied him up tightly with ropes. Their movements were clean and efficient, without any hesitation, as if they had done it countless times before.
If Fan Kaiyu and Yu Liang were present, they would recognize that this rope had also been used to tie them up.
"I'm so sorry to have startled you all."
The elder hurriedly apologized to them, and all the villagers tacitly kept their distance from them.
I almost forgot, they are not normal people, and there is a possibility that they might lose their temper and hurt others at any time.
Seeing this scene, Liu Qingqing and the others felt a pang of pity. Even Wang Jinyan, who hated the demons so much, felt a sense of compassion.
They were all very kind people. They had no choice but to become like this, and could only part ways with their loved ones, never to see each other again.
A group of villagers infected with demonic energy and unknown contamination will turn into monsters that even their spiritual power cannot defeat. They are willing but powerless to help, so how can they help them?
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"You're awake?"
In the attic, Lin Zhu weakly opened her eyes and looked around: "Where am I?"
Both of them breathed a sigh of relief; it was good that they were awake.
He had a very long but very real dream.
In his dream, also in this place, he lost all his power and became an ordinary person. The small world was filled with a polluted atmosphere. Even after everyone else was polluted, he remained an ordinary person and became the only anomaly here.
He faced the monstrous villagers alone every day, trying to survive and escape, but without any clue. The daily torment grew increasingly desperate, and finally, just as this small world was about to collapse, Wen Wan appeared.
She prevented the collapse of the small world, solved the pollution problem, restored all the villagers to normal, and finally left with her, returning to the cultivation world.
The brief dream was as vivid as a real experience, and the environment he was in and everything he was experiencing now had similarities to the dream, making him take this dream seriously.
"I have something to tell you."
Lin Zhu planned to explain everything in the dream to Wen Wan, and Si Ming, seeing this, wisely left to give the two of them some space.
"So, Wan'er, considering everything in my dream, you are the key to saving this little world."
Wen Wan stroked her chin, carefully considering the information provided by Lin Zhu.
Lin Zhu was like a leaky switch; if she hadn't sealed it just now, the power that Si Ming had transferred to him might have leaked out again.
"Senior Brother Lin, that's true, but I still have no clue how to solve these problems."
Her gentle, beautiful brows were slightly furrowed, making one want to gently smooth them away.
Suddenly, a thought struck her. She closed her eyes tightly, sensing the surrounding atmosphere. Her soul was screaming and howling, trying to devour everything.
Recalling the scene she saw in the sky, Wen Wan licked her lips hungryly, as if something was about to be revealed.
"Wan'er! Wan'er! What's wrong with you??" Lin Zhu called out anxiously.
The moment reason returned, what I saw was Lin Zhu's tense expression.
At the same time, all the villagers in the safe place suddenly felt much lighter, and even the villagers who had just gone mad and been tied up regained their senses and became sober.
"What...what just happened?" Wen Wan asked, somewhat uncertainly.
Thinking back to what had just happened, Lin Zhu was still a little shaken and asked worriedly, "Are you alright?"
All the ominous aura that had belonged to this world was now converging on Wan'er, as if it were being absorbed by her.
Besides demonic energy, there are many other sources of pollution.
He is a demonic cultivator; he can see clearly.
His biggest worry now is whether Wan'er will follow in his footsteps and fall into demonic possession after this ordeal.
Wen Wan had no idea what he was thinking, and shook her head blankly.
“All the sources of pollution and demonic energy were drawing towards you and being absorbed by you. Are you sure you’re really alright? I’m worried you might end up like me.” Lin Zhu revealed everything.
Wen Wan carefully examined herself and found nothing wrong with her body.
Just like before, she focused her energy on sensing and absorbing that power again, and soon stopped to ask Lin Zhu, "What I just absorbed was the demonic energy and pollution source here?"
After watching her actions, Lin Zhu nodded in approval.
She seemed to know what she had to do.
She was hungry, and the pollution and demonic energy here looked like a delicious cake to her; she wanted to devour some to alleviate her inexplicable hunger.
She finally understood why she felt hungry when she was looking at the "Sky Eye" that day.
Is it because I possess a soul that doesn't belong to this world that I am so special?
Won't it be dangerous to ingest that pitch-black gas?
Despite her apprehension, what she was thinking about most now was how hungry she was and how she wanted to eat them all right now so she wouldn't feel hungry anymore and the villagers would be saved.
"I'm fine." Wen Wan steadied herself. "I feel incredibly strong right now."
"I'm very hungry. The smell here can fill me up."
Seeing that Wen Wan seemed about to prove herself again with her previous actions, Lin Zhu frowned: "Calm down, have you fallen into demonic possession?"
Lin Zhu hurriedly used his limited strength to investigate.
Strange! Very strange! There wasn't a single sign of her falling into demonic possession. Where did all the energy she absorbed go? Was he seeing things?
"Perhaps this is the meaning of my coming here."
At this moment, Wen Wan smiled, her mind made up, as if this were just an ordinary thing.
Lin Zhu stared at her for a long time without saying a word. No one knew the consequences of her actually doing this. At best, she might just follow in his footsteps; at worst, she might explode and die.
This small world is filled with too much darkness, even in the "pure land" where they appear, it is still pervasive.
"I see."
Perhaps because he had used up a lot of his strength, his voice was very soft: "Send them away first, we can't let them stay here any longer."
It's best not to let them know about these things, and besides, staying here all the time isn't good for them either.
"good."
The two finalized their plan, and Wen Wan summoned Si Ming again.
"Lord of Fate, do you know how to leave this place?"
Upon hearing this, Si Ming's hopeful eyes dimmed, and she seemed to lose all her life, staring blankly at the two of them, somewhat at a loss.
Wen Wan knew he had misunderstood, so she quickly explained, "I have an idea to try to help you cleanse this world of its filth, but before that, I hope my senior brothers and sisters can leave here, since the atmosphere here will give them some extremely bad feelings."
"Is what you say true, Divine Messenger?" The God of Destiny's eyes were filled with hope again: "Is there really a way to cleanse these impurities? Will you really stay and help us?"
"Yes, I have a plan, and I will try my best."
With Wenwan's assurance, Si Ming felt a little more at ease, but the thought of their departure troubled him again.
The deity once said that the way to break the formation is simple: combine his power with that of the village priest, and the passage to the small world will be opened temporarily, allowing those who have mistakenly entered this world to leave.
However, their power is limited and they can only activate it once. If the divine messenger stays behind and sends them away first, how will the divine messenger leave then?
Si Ming told Wen Wan everything he knew, urging her to make a careful decision.
"That deity has a clever plan," Lin Zhu commented.
It would be difficult for Wen Wan to disagree.
Falling into this world means certain death. If you want to leave, you must come to Qi Village. But what kind of place is Qi Village? In the end, it still means certain death.
Her identity as a gentle and graceful divine messenger gave her great advantages here, and everyone easily trusted her. She should thank Senior Brother Yan properly when she got back.
After some thought, Wen Wan decided to let Senior Sister Liu and the others leave first. Besides not wanting them to know that she was going to absorb this dark energy, she was more worried that if something happened to them, it would be troublesome. After all, this place was full of demonic and foul energy, which could easily disturb people's minds. Cultivators were most easily affected, except for herself, of course.
Perhaps this is also related to the mystery surrounding her.
If a group of cultivators went out for training, and a group of demonic cultivators returned, she really wouldn't be able to explain it to Aunt Yue.
The passage is simple; once she finishes "consuming" everything here, there's no need to worry about opening it. If all else fails, she can spur on that bone finger, and there'll always be a way.
At least Senior Sister Liu and the others went back.
"Brother Chu, why don't you leave with them too?" Wen Wan said.
Lin Zhu, or rather Chu Yun, was taken aback: "You... when did you find out?"
"I don't know, maybe a long time ago," Wen Wan said with a smile. "Who would use a radical from their own name as a pseudonym? That's too casual."
But now is not the time to dwell on this. Chu Yun pretended to be nonchalant and changed the subject: "I'm not leaving. All my strength has dissipated here. If I leave and go back like this, I may become an ordinary person forever. Staying with you might give me a chance to turn things around."
"Don't forget, I am a demonic cultivator. The aura here can't affect me. I'm not like them, all of them so precious." Chu Yun's tone was full of disdain: "Always worrying about falling into demonic ways, I'm already a demon."
"Oh, okay then, you can come with me." Wen Wan didn't force him, presumably he had already thought it through.
Indeed, if he goes back like this, he might become an ordinary person again, and then the rumors about him will never be reversed. It's better to stay and take a gamble. Even if he loses, he'll still have a companion. Why not?
Chu Yun: ...
Aren't you going to try to persuade them anymore?
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