"Come on, what are you dawdling for?!" Qingyu glanced at Lin Jingge, who hadn't moved, and said.
Lin Jingge didn't even give Qingyu a second glance, and followed Xu Yan, who was walking at the front.
The group hadn't seen a single living creature along the way, and before long they had reached the village entrance.
The three large characters "Liujia Village" are carved on a huge stone at the entrance of the village.
The three large characters were scarlet, giving the impression that they had been splashed with blood.
"So this must be Liu Family Village," Lu Huaizhou said with certainty after looking around.
Everyone turned their gaze toward the village.
There wasn't a single person on the path or between the paddy fields, which seemed rather strange.
Although it was getting late, it wasn't dark yet. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be a completely deserted village.
Looking at the eerie and sinister Liu Family Village, everyone's hearts were in their throats, and they subconsciously moved closer to Lu Huaizhou and Xu Yan.
Liujia Village is a large village with 500 people.
The houses are some close together and some scattered. If you walk a little further, you will see some more houses.
The group spent quite a bit of time walking from one end of the village to the other.
"Aren't we in a village? There's clearly not a single monster in Liu Family Village." Qingyu was getting a little annoyed and followed Lu Huaizhou. After visiting the last house, she complained a bit.
Those with lower cultivation levels nodded in agreement, echoing, "Yes, we've already gone around once. If there really were demonic beasts, they should have come out long ago."
"That's right, that's right."
Lu Huaizhou silently looked at the people behind him.
Listening to their complaints, I suddenly felt that I should bring these people out.
This place cannot be detected by divine sense. After entering, the atmosphere was clearly off, but these people seemed not to notice.
"Tsk." Xu Yan uttered a mocking syllable.
He held his iron rod, arms crossed, and looked at the people who had spoken.
"What do you mean?!" someone said, dissatisfied.
"What do you mean? Of course, it means you think I'm stupid," Xu Yan said sarcastically.
Perhaps relying on his high level of skill and fighting ability, he didn't feel that he had offended anyone when he saw the wonderful expressions on the faces of this group of people. On the contrary, he found them extremely interesting.
"Senior Brother Xu, we didn't say anything. We were just worried that everyone would go to the wrong place and waste their time, so we said a few words. If you think what I said is wrong, you can just say it. Why do this?" Qingyu said aggrievedly.
With red eyes, she looked at Xu Yan with a wronged expression.
However, Xu Yan is not Lu Huaizhou; he does not have Lu Huaizhou's good temper.
"Tch." He scoffed coldly, turned and left, ignoring the woman.
Watching Xu Yan's retreating figure, Qingyu's face stiffened, then became somewhat ferocious before instantly returning to normal. She then turned to look at Lu Huaizhou, and whispered, hesitantly calling out, "Senior Brother Lu..."
“This is the place, there’s no mistake,” Lu Huaizhou said gently.
"Stay close to me and don't wander off. Something's not right about this mission," Lu Huaizhou warned.
From the moment he entered the village, a sense of unease followed Lu Huaizhou, so he repeatedly reminded himself of this.
This is completely different from what was stated in the mission description.
The instructions clearly stated that they would help Liu Family Village hunt down monsters, but there wasn't even a trace of any monsters.
Something is clearly wrong.
But Qingyu and the others seemed completely oblivious, not only ignoring it but treating it like a picnic.
"Senior Brother Xu, what do you think?" Lin Jingge quickly caught up with Xu Yan, who had already walked a few meters away, wanting to ask for his opinion.
"It's not clear yet, but it's getting dark, so we should find a place to stay first."
It's most dangerous when it gets dark.
This idea coincided with Lin Jingge's.
Lu Huaizhou led the group to catch up with Xu Yan, discussed a few words with him, and then planned to find a place to stay.
Liu Family Village is full of houses, but each household can't accommodate ten people.
Because the situation was unclear, Lu Huaizhou did not want everyone to separate, fearing that something unexpected might happen.
The group stopped in front of the largest house in the village.
Lu Huaizhou was the first to step forward and knock on the door.
The bluefish behind him was now getting closer to Xu Yan.
"Senior Brother Xu, we were too excited just now and upset you. I'm sorry..." Qingyu apologized softly.
Xu Yan glanced at her with a blank expression, then took a few steps forward without paying any attention to Qingyu.
Qingyu felt a surge of anger rising within her after being ignored. She clenched her fists tightly, then relaxed them, and looked at the people behind her.
Lu Huaizhou knocked on the door and soon heard the sound of the door latch.
The person behind the door did not open it immediately, but cautiously opened it a crack and looked out.
They only opened the door after seeing that there was a person standing outside.
After opening the door, I could see the person outside.
Who are you...?
"We are disciples of the Southern Academy, here to exorcise demons," Lu Huaizhou announced.
The middle-aged man sized up the group, and seeing their clothes, he believed most of what they said. Only then did he open the other door as well.
"Come in." He stepped aside.
Lin Jingge followed Xu Yan into the house.
The house has a large yard.
The houses built of blue bricks are much better than some of the thatched huts in the village.
The middle-aged man welcomed everyone into the main room.
Everyone was crammed into the main room.
Lin Jingge stood at the door, but did not go in.
Inside the main room were two elderly people and a woman holding a child.
Lu Huaizhou was invited by the middle-aged man to sit at the table. Qingyu quickly followed and sat down next to Lu Huaizhou.
Everyone else stood.
Xu Yan leaned against the doorway, quietly watching the scene unfold.
"May I ask what exactly happened here? Didn't you report that there were rampant monsters? Why haven't we seen a single one?" Lu Huaizhou asked.
“It’s a demonic beast,” the middle-aged man said. “However, these demonic beasts only appear at night.”
Do you know what kind of monster it is?
"I don't know. Anyone who dared to go out in the middle of the night is dead. There are only a few households left in our Liu Family Village. Everyone else is dead," the middle-aged man said, a sorrowful expression on his face.
“That monster attacks several households every night. My family is lucky; we haven’t been attacked yet. Lately, everyone has been living in fear, not knowing when we’ll lose our lives. Sigh!” The middle-aged man sighed heavily.
Lu Huaizhou nodded. Even the middle-aged man with a sorrowful face knew that he wouldn't get any more information by asking any further questions, so he stopped asking and got up to walk out.
Xu Yan straightened up and looked the middle-aged man and his family over.
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