Chapter 51051 Dead
Chapter 51
Lin Xiao grabbed a very long sickle. He felt he had to protect Ah Ying and not make any mistakes that would put her in danger.
The two of them walked through the mountain village, and several young men on the road fixed their eyes on Yingji.
Suddenly someone whistled.
Ying Ji looked in the direction of the sound and saw a young man squatting on the stone steps of his courtyard. He whistled at Lin Xiao and joked, "Lin Xiao, you're so lucky!"
Lin Xiao's face turned stern, and he looked a little angry. He didn't respond, but just said to Ying Ji, "Aying, let's go!"
Ying Ji glanced at Lin Xiao's expression, didn't respond, and quickly walked with him through the mountain village.
Under countless watchful eyes, Yingji left the mountain village and went deep into the mountains.
"Axiao, aren't there any monsters in the forest?" Ying Ji asked.
"Monster beasts? What are those? I've never seen them before." Lin Xiao said with a smile, "But there are wolves, tigers, bears, and even poisonous snakes! Be careful!"
Ying Ji smiled and was puzzled again - in this paradise, not only were there no people with spiritual powers, there were not even any monsters?
"Aying, what are you doing here?" Lin Xiao asked.
Yingji squatted in front of a small purple flower, took out a knife, and carefully cut it off.
Lin Xiao came close to her and asked curiously, "What kind of flower is this? Do you want to arrange it? Or make a wreath?"
As Lin Xiao spoke, he curiously reached out to touch the furry purple leaves beneath the purple flower.
"Don't move." Yingji moved away. "It's extremely poisonous."
Lin Xiao was stunned and quickly said, "Then don't move!"
"It's okay." Yingji carefully put it into a small wooden box and put it into her bag.
This is the small box Lin Xiao made for Qingqing to put her sugar in. Yingji asked Qingqing for it.
Lin Xiao saw this, grinned, and said, "When we get back, I'll make you a few more small boxes!"
"Okay. Thank you very much." Yingji smiled at him.
Lin Xiao looked at Ying Ji's smiling face, and suddenly flowers blossomed in his heart.
The flower in Lin Xiao's heart had not yet withered when he was shocked to see Ying Ji attacking a poisonous snake.
"It's poisonous—" Lin Xiao hadn't finished his words when he watched Ying Ji pinch the snake's neck and quickly put it into a gourd.
After pressing the stopper, Yingji put the gourd into the cloth bag. She turned to look at Lin Xiao, put her index finger to her lips, and smiled charmingly.
Lin Xiao subconsciously shook his head and blurted out: "I won't tell anyone! Not even my mother!"
But Yingji didn't intend to hide it from Aunt Lin.
After all, she lived in the Lin family, and it was difficult to hide the drug-making process from the Lin family.
Yingji borrowed an abandoned stove from Aunt Lin.
Qingqing and Xiangxiang sat around Yingji, watching her throw all sorts of strange things into the stove, which emitted a strange smell.
Aunt Lin came over, wanting to say something but stopping herself.
Yingji raised her face, a helpless yet gentle smile appeared between her brows. She said, "It was just an act of self-protection. Aunt Lin, please don't blame me."
Aunt Lin didn't say anything and just stood aside and watched for a long time.
After a long while, Aunt Lin turned around and went into the house. She heard Yingji behind her again reminding Qingqing and Xiangxiang not to touch these things as it was dangerous.
Aunt Lin quickly came out of the house and brought Yingji a better stove.
Yingji looked at Aunt Lin with some surprise, but soon her expression brightened and she smiled at her gratefully.
The next day, Yingji was teaching Xiangxiang to write in the yard, while Lin Xiao was sitting on the other side of the yard, waving a knife and stone to make a small wooden box for Yingji.
Qingqing trotted in and said happily, "They said Sun Erjie will give birth today!"
Aunt Lin heard it and came out of the house with a happy smile on her face. She was carrying a basket of eggs and said to Yingji, "I'm going to take a look. Do you want to come with me?"
Yingji has always been curious about why everyone in the Hidden Village has no spiritual power since birth. She immediately agreed to go with Aunt Lin.
Qingqing and Xiangxiang also wanted to go, but Aunt Lin hesitated for a moment and decided not to let them go, so she told them to stay at home and practice calligraphy.
On the way to Sun's house, Yingji met many villagers who were also carrying gifts and heading to Sun's house.
Aunt Lin explained to her casually: "There aren't many people in the village, and everyone is happy to have a new life."
Yingji could understand without Aunt Lin's explanation.
Yingji followed Aunt Lin to the Sun family's house. The courtyard was already filled with people from the village who had come to celebrate. Most of them were women, but there were also some men. Even the village chief was there.
Not long after Yingji arrived, the sound of a baby crying was heard in the house.
Everyone in the yard laughed happily.
Soon, the door was pushed open by someone inside, and a midwife with a smile on her face came out holding a newborn baby.
In an instant, everyone in the yard gathered around.
"It's a boy!"
"How beautiful! Look at how handsome this little face is!"
"Those arms and legs look strong! He'll definitely be a good hunter and fisherman in the future!"
“…”
There was laughter and joy.
Even Aunt Lin had already come close.
Yingji stood at the very outside, not moving in. She listened as the happy chatter suddenly died away in an instant, and the entire courtyard fell into a dead silence.
The crowd surrounding the newborn retreated silently.
Yingji looked over in confusion. The crowd had dispersed, and she could see the swaddled baby's hands being pulled out of the blanket. The spirit stone was placed in his hands, emitting a bright light.
The light that made the family happy outside became an ominous light here.
Yingji was stunned.
This child was born with spiritual power!
Before Yingji could react, she saw two men approaching the baby, one of them taking the Spirit Stone away. The Spirit Stone suddenly dimmed.
Another man placed the child on the stone table.
Before Yingji could react, the baby's cry suddenly disappeared. Yingji was stunned for a moment. With a cold heart, she looked at the baby lying on the stone table in disbelief.
He was just born and was strangled to death!
Amidst the dead silence, only the occasional sigh could be heard. Then, inside, Sun Erjie seemed to hear the tragic news. The mother, who had endured a difficult day and night of labor, suddenly burst into tears, sobbing until her voice was hoarse, exhausting all her strength.
Everything happened so fast.
Yingji looked at the people blocking the yard. They all looked normal and were no longer surprised.
Aunt Lin put down the basket of eggs she had been carrying all the way, sighed softly, walked over to Yingji, and said, "Let's go."
Yingji suddenly asked: "Why did you kill him?"
No one answered.
Aunt Lin shook her head, grabbed Yingji's wrist and took her home.
Yingji walked back in silence, her mind in turmoil. She hadn't come here with the joy and anticipation of a new life, but seeing the newborn baby being strangled to death still left her heart shaken.
Spiritual power is such a hateful thing.
Outside, if you don’t have spiritual power, you can only live a humble life like a grass.
Here, even if you have spiritual power, you don't even have the qualifications to survive and will be strangled to death at birth.
Aunt Lin just said softly: "It's an ancient rule."
Yingji didn't respond.
The reason for this isn't hard to fathom. They likely don't want people with spiritual powers to grow up, so they let them enslave and bully ordinary people without spiritual powers. Only in this way can the Hidden Village remain a haven for ordinary people.
"People with evil powers will turn bad when they grow up." Aunt Lin said seriously, "You must have encountered many such evil things outside."
Evil power?
Yingji was indeed bullied since she was a child because she had no spiritual power, but she also met many good people who possessed spiritual power.
People without spiritual power are not born inferior.
People with psychic powers are not born sinful.
Ying Ji originally thought that the hidden village without the oppression of spiritual practitioners was a paradise, but now she just wants to escape from this horrible place as soon as possible.
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This time Kong Fan was in seclusion for a full twenty days.
On the morning of the 21st, he opened his eyes and saw two birds chirping on the Bodhi tree.
Kongfan sat quietly under the Bodhi tree for a long time before standing up.
The wind brought the faint fragrance from the Bodhi leaves.
Kong Fan went to find Ying Ji.
The courtyard was quiet, and Yingji was nowhere to be seen.
Kong Fan searched everywhere but couldn't find her.
He hadn't felt any pain, and there were no signs of fighting. Kong Fan also didn't believe anyone would come to Pujia Temple and cause trouble.
He walked back to the courtyard and sorted out the messy talisman papers on the stone table.
Yingji's talisman paper is always in a mess.
Kong Fan sorted it out and found Ling Jiayan's reply.
"Going to Lingyu?"
Kong Fan raised his hand to sense where Ying Ji was.
He suddenly opened his eyes and was shocked to find that Yingji's Gu was dead.
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