The people in the village quickly packed up and evacuated the village in an orderly manner.
Some of them were carrying bags, some were pushing carts, just like they were fleeing from disaster.
Mu Qingli and the others gathered those skinny, ragged children together. There were more than 20 of them, and they followed Captain Wang and the others with dull expressions.
Outside the village, there is a dirt road with mountains on both sides.
Only then did they realize that this was a valley, and all the people were standing at the entrance of the valley looking at the home where they had lived for decades.
As I watched, I saw thick smoke rising from somewhere. Soon, a raging fire broke out in the village in the valley. The straw houses burned very quickly. Even though it had rained and the air was damp, it didn't affect the burning at all except for the thicker smoke.
"Oh my god, thank goodness we left quickly! Otherwise we would have been burned to death in the valley! This is the wrath of the gods!"
"God bless you!"
"They are all sent by God to save us!"
"Good man! Good man!"
In the billowing smoke, Mu Qingli seemed to see a snake shadow! A very thick, very large python stood in the thick smoke. Its cold snake eyes glanced at the valley entrance lightly and then disappeared.
Amid people's grateful thanks, they slowly walked out of the valley, feeling as if they had seen the light of day again. After that, Mu Qingli separated from them. The rest of the things were no longer her business. If she had to walk for 15 days to return to where she was, both her legs would be broken. As for asking someone to send her off, forget it. She could just go back the same way by herself.
When Mu Qingli returned to the valley, the village had been reduced to ashes.
She walked around the village and saw that it was really burned completely. Except for the half-built brick house, all the straw houses were burned to ashes, leaving only black ashes on the ground.
When she was about to go up the mountain to leave, she actually saw the python. It turned out that she was not dazzled. What she saw in the thick fog that day was a white python.
"Human, I smell a very special smell on you!" The python hissed with the red tongue in its mouth and made a cold sound from somewhere.
"Are you the one who prevented the villagers from getting pregnant and having children?" Mu Qingli asked coldly. She did not have a good impression of this white python.
"We practitioners are most concerned about cause and effect. How could I possibly harm those humans? But if they don't leave now, I really won't be able to leave!"
"Are there really practitioners in this world?"
"The people who talk about superpowers are the practitioners of the Dharma Ending Age. I see you're a practitioner too, so how could you not understand this?"
Mu Qingli wanted to deny it, but after thinking about it carefully, her special ability could only be explained by that of a cultivator.
"Is this place haunted?"
"All I can say is, this world is far more complicated than you imagine! I have nothing to do with those things, so I won't say more!"
"Aren't all cultivators righteous men? Why don't you just eliminate them? That way you can accumulate merit!"
"In the Dharma Ending Age, everyone relies solely on spiritual practice to fight for power and prolong their lifespan! Where there is good, there must be evil, so why bother about merit? Merit can no longer be bestowed upon us, but the punishment of cause and effect is still there! Moreover, my life span is coming to an end. If I cannot break through, I will return to dust. I will not care about those trivial matters! It’s a waste of spiritual energy! Now I am just struggling to survive and looking for an opportunity to break through!" The big white python would never say that it had protected the villagers for many years and was now exhausted and could no longer care about trivial matters. Therefore, it had been quietly waiting for death for the past five years.
"Selfish! But I understand. Humans and demons are different. It's normal for you to stand by and watch! But why are you telling me this?"
"I think you're kind!"
"Haha! I'm not kind at all!" Mu Qingli denied and planned to say goodbye to the python and leave.
"Human, I am willing to follow you!"
The voice of the big white python came from behind.
“??? Why are you following me?” Mu Qingli turned around and asked.
"I'll follow you and protect you! Even if you don't understand anything now, you'll eventually enter that circle. Having an extra helper to protect the people you want to protect, isn't that good?"
"So what do you want?"
"life!"
"I'm sorry, I can't do it!" Mu Qingli refused decisively. What a joke! She would never admit to this secret.
Mu Qingli left without hesitation.
The big white python stood quietly in place. After Mu Qingli's back disappeared, it swung its tail and slowly left from the place where Mu Qingli disappeared.
Mu Qingli returned from the small road to the town and asked about the flowers and plants. When the news came back that the child had been sent to the hospital and survived, Mu Qingli returned to the village with peace of mind.
"Mu Zhiqing!" Mu Qingli had just returned to the village, and before she entered the village, Zhou Tao came to greet her.
"Comrade Zhou, why are you here?"
"I have been waiting for you in the village. Didn't you report the case yesterday? Today, Sun Hai and I will hide in the village and we will definitely catch the person!" Zhou Tao said confidently.
"No need to bother Comrade Zhou. I'll take you to the village to quietly introduce you to Comrade Wang Shuhui! Just keep an eye on her. I'll quietly tell her that she can act alone!"
"Okay, let's go right away. It's working time now, so it's not easy to avoid being discovered!"
Mu Qingli was walking in the village. Zhou Tao and the others did not walk with Mu Qingli, but followed her from a distance.
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