"Cousin, let's catch up over here." Shi Quan said with a smile, pulling the man in the dark blue official robe into a spacious room.
"Back when you and your second uncle had a falling out, we also hid here to eat. Do you remember when that was?" Shi Quan casually poured a glass of strong liquor and handed it over.
Xu Rurong: "..."
This guy is incredibly suspicious; he's still doubting things even now, doesn't he get tired of it at all?
The reason he was able to answer some of the questions before was because he had prepared in advance and had investigated everyone in Shijia Village. Now that the questions are about such details, how could he possibly answer them?
But it doesn't matter, we've already stalled for time enough, so we can close the net now.
"Cousin, what's wrong? Is something the problem?" Shi Quan on the other end immediately became alert.
Without the slightest hesitation, Xu Rurong covered her head and rolled to a corner, shouting at the window, "Madam An, save me!"
The series of movements were so smooth that even Shi Quan didn't react in time.
The next second, the entire house collapsed with a roar, and Lin Anniang flew out, grabbing Xu Rurong's clothes while holding Shi Quan by the neck.
"Damn it, you're some kind of extraordinary person, when did you get here?" Shi Quan's eyes were bloodshot as he glared at him angrily.
"How come it's so fragile?" Lin Anniang asked, puzzled.
Logically speaking, people from the capital should be quite difficult to beat!
These words made Shi Quan's neck turn bright red. He gritted his teeth and said, "Don't think that just because you're a strange person you can humiliate others at will. My master keeps many here in the manor. If you do anything to me, he will immediately send people to avenge me!"
"You will all die then!"
"Too long-winded!" Lin Anniang took direct action and dislocated his jaw.
Shi Quan had no way to speak, so he could only glare angrily at the villagers of Shijia Village next to him.
"You're not Shi Guang, who are you, and what are you doing here?" The village head finally realized this and quickly picked up the axe next to the door, and together with the other villagers, surrounded the group.
"Quanzi, don't be afraid, we're coming to save you right away!" A group of people rushed over with shouts.
When Xu Rurong arrived last time to deal with the Goddess of Fertility, the evil spirits had already been mostly dealt with.
This was Xu Rurong's first time fighting alongside the people of the desolate mountain. Seeing so many people surrounding them, he panicked and quickly said, "Aunt An, let's run!"
"Your Excellency, please don't worry, I will protect you with my life!" Luo Yong and the other constables gripped their knives and shielded the magistrate in the center.
"What's the rush?" Zhang Yao and Zhang Yu, dressed as constables, jumped down from above.
One earthen wall after another was erected, and all the villagers of Shijia Village were gathered inside.
Immediately afterwards, a stream of water rushed towards the villagers of Shijia Village, and everyone was like a fish trapped in a fish tank, only able to thrash around in the water.
“No need to run, we’ve already caught them all.” Zhang Yao clapped her hands and said easily.
"This mission feels even easier than the last one against those bandits," Zhang Yu remarked with great emotion.
“Indeed, this guy didn’t put up much resistance. He’s probably too weak, which is why he was sent here.” Lin Anniang nodded in agreement.
Shi Quan: "???"
Is he too weak?
With several demonic weapons in hand, he could protect himself even if he fought several extraordinary people at the same time. Who knew this group of people would be so outrageous!
Ordinary extraordinary people, who could instantly support more than a dozen thick earthen walls? And these earthen walls are even taller than city walls, so tall that people below can only look up at them!
Ordinary extraordinary people, who could simply move a waterfall over here? The surging and rapid current is simply beyond human control!
The most formidable one was the woman who was choking him. Shi Quan hadn't noticed her at all, and before he knew it, she had grabbed his neck and seized the pulse of his fate.
"I wonder how Xia Yan is doing," Lin Anniang murmured to herself. She was worried about the situation there, since the basement might be hiding that treacherous demon.
But when she thought of the Mountain Goddess, she felt much more relaxed.
…
basement.
Xia Yan was covered in sweat from exhaustion as she used fireworks magic to amuse a group of children.
There was nothing we could do; these children were simply too terrified to approach anyone.
This was the only way she could calm them down, and it worked surprisingly well. The children were amused and giggled, and their emotions were no longer as tense as before.
The little gray ball of fluff was drawn to the beautiful, colorful fireworks, peeking over curiously. When it was spotted, it secretly covered its eyes with its tiny little hands.
Looking at the mischievous little dumpling huddled in the corner, and then at the group of children, Xia Yan sighed.
"Little Grey, it's no use hiding anymore. The Mountain Goddess's followers have already surrounded the entire Shijia Village. You have nowhere to escape!"
The little gray ball of fluff let out a shriek and instantly flattened into a pancake.
Just as Xia Yan was about to scare him again, she suddenly heard the voice in her mind and immediately said seriously, "Tell me everything that has happened over the years. If you really haven't intentionally harmed anyone, the Mountain Goddess will consider sparing your life."
"I, I'll talk, I'll talk!" The little gray ball of fluff quickly raised its hand, looking aggrieved.
"I was born from a book, a demon formed from the resentment of many readers and the contents of the book."
…
Inside the temple.
The system is also explaining the origin of that evil spirit to Yu Luo.
"Most of the evil spirits in this world are formed from resentment. The evil spirit in Shijia Village came from some unsuccessful scholars. Their resentment merged with a travelogue, and that's how this evil spirit was formed."
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