Chapter 206 The Past
Ping'an stood there in a daze, her lips trembling as she didn't utter a word for a long time.
Nan Xiao raised his eyes and glanced in the direction of Lu Huai. He estimated that the fight would be over soon.
She pulled Ping'an's arm and walked to a secluded corner.
Nan Xiao held out the wooden sign again, and softened his voice: "There's no one here, can you speak?"
Ping'an snatched the wooden sign, held it tightly in his palm, and fell to the ground uncontrollably.
She tore off the wooden plaque from her neck and put them together, which read "Protect peace."
She hugged the wooden sign, tears kept falling down, and her body trembled slightly in the wind. It took a long time before her emotions slowly stabilized.
"Immortal, I..."
Nan Xiao interrupted her: "I'm not an immortal. My name is Nan Xiao, an ordinary cultivator. You can call me by my name, or Xiao Xiao."
Ping An was startled, and said with red eyes: "Xiaoxiao, let me tell you a story."
"good."
Nan Xiao knew that generally speaking, telling a story was actually telling one's own story from a different perspective.
"Once upon a time, there was a mountain village where the villagers were very simple and honest. There was a brother and sister who grew up together because their parents passed away early. Although their life was hard, it was also happy."
"But people change. There was a young man in the village who was found to have spiritual talent and the aptitude to cultivate. He had the potential to become an immortal who could fly and escape the earth. For a time, the villagers began to flatter him and fawn over him. Over time, the boy also changed."
"He was no longer pure and kind, but instead became extremely violent and cruel. Relying on his knowledge of magic, he bullied the village and became a local tyrant."
"One day, the brother and sister went out to the mountains to pick some wild fruits. Unfortunately, they met the young man."
"The boy was attracted by the sister's appearance and tried to force himself on her, regardless of the occasion. The brother tried to save his sister and was beaten half to death by the boy on the spot."
When Ping An said this, his voice began to tremble and tears began to flow again.
"My sister kept shouting and shouting, trying to beg the man to let her go, and also wanted to call others to save her brother. My sister's voice did call many people, but they didn't dare to offend the boy. They just took a quick look and left."
"In the end, the elder sister was saved by a demon beast, which ate the young man directly. However, the younger brother died from excessive blood loss and lack of timely treatment."
Ping An held the wooden plaque in his hand, trembling. "This was a gift my brother gave me before he died. One piece was hung around the monster's neck, and the other was hung around my sister's neck. Only then did I realize that my brother had been able to communicate with monsters since he was a child, and that he had also saved that monster when he was a child."
"Since then, my sister has rarely interacted with the people in the village. No one mentioned that young man anymore, but at night, someone would always try to climb the wall of my sister's house. Every time they climbed, the monster would eat them."
"Over time, the monster could no longer control its behavior and became increasingly violent and bloodthirsty, attacking everyone indiscriminately."
"Those who deserved to die are dead. I don't want the monsters to be harmed, nor do I want those innocent people to be harmed. What else can I do? I can only choose to lie."
"Later, an immortal came to the village, and the two hit it off and formed a partnership. My sister would help him deceive people, and he would help my sister conceal the news of the monster harming people."
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Ping'an's mood gradually stabilized.
She smiled bitterly: "Do you need me to tell you about the rest of the story?"
Nan Xiao didn't know what to say, so he just hugged her.
She said gently, "Sister is right."
"The one who is wrong is that young man, and those who watched coldly and finally had evil thoughts in their hearts."
"My sister was an innocent girl from beginning to end."
However, her fellow disciples who were deceived were also innocent, and she could not say whether this matter was right or wrong.
If it were me, I would probably do something even more extreme.
Ping An burst into tears with a "wow". Unlike the initial forbearance, he burst into tears completely, as if he wanted to cry out all his grievances.
After she calmed down completely, Nan Xiao took her back to their previous place.
Han Xianchang had been beaten down by Lu Huai.
Lying on the ground, his life or death unknown.
Nan Xiao kicked him, but there was no response.
He asked, "You're not dead, are you?"
Lu Huai patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, I have experience in this kind of thing, I will definitely not die."
He glanced at Ping An, then looked away and asked curiously, "But Xiao Xiao, what did you talk about? Why did it take so long?"
Nan Xiao said, "Don't ask about the little secrets between girls."
Lu Huai turned his head and snorted coldly, "From now on, my senior brothers and I won't tell you any of our little secrets."
"childish."
The boy still looked proud.
I look like I'm angry
Nan Xiao chuckled, reached out and touched Lu Huai's head, and praised: "But my little junior brother is so powerful, he defeated the cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core Realm, it's amazing."
Lu Huai immediately stopped being angry. If he had a little tail behind him, it would have been wagging at this moment.
He smiled and said, "Of course, don't you see who I am?"
Nan smiled and ignored him.
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Han Xianren was tied by Xiaoya to a big tree at the entrance of the village.
The next morning
Ping'an took the remaining villagers down the mountain, who were basically elderly people, women and children.
Nan Xiao told everyone that the evil spirit had been eliminated and that they no longer needed to hide in the mountains.
After all, living in a cave for a long time is not good for your health.
The villagers were still a little worried, but Nan Xiao said they would not leave for the time being and would stay in the village for a while. Only then did the villagers feel at ease to move back.
Her fellow apprentices had not been found yet, and there was also the matter of the men in black and the crystal mine, so naturally she would not just leave.
Nan Xiao used a cleaning talisman to help everyone clean up the dust in the house so that everyone could move in quickly.
As for the abandoned land, Nan Xiao was powerless to do anything about it, and they had to clean it up themselves.
Ping'an only helped Han Xianren to trick her fellow apprentices into the mountain wall. As for where Han Xianren took them and what he did afterwards, she had no idea.
If you want to know the news about your fellow disciples, you can only wait for Han Xianren to wake up.
As a result, Han Xianren was in a coma for three days.
Nan Xiao has been staring at Lu Huai with a half-smile in the past few days. Lu Huai didn't dare to say anything. He didn't know that this man was not only weak in fighting, but also had such poor physical fitness. He wasted several pills but couldn't wake up. What a waste.
There was no other way. In order to avoid Xiaoxiao, he could only help the villagers everywhere these days.
Lu Huai didn't breathe a sigh of relief until Han Xianren slowly woke up.
Han Xianren looked at the village that had changed so much, and he was still a little dazed.
Several children stared at Han Xianren for a long time, then ran in one direction, shouting non-stop.
"Sister Nan Xiao, Immortal Han has woken up."
Nan Xiao received the message from Xiao Ya the moment Han Xianren woke up, but facing the kindness of the child, Nan Xiao still accepted it with pleasure.
She distributed some snacks she had bought to the children, and everyone went away to play.
Nan Xiao looked at Lu Huai who had reappeared and was sneaky again and said, "Let's go, the person is awake."
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