The four of them walked for almost an hour and finally arrived at the entrance of the village hidden in the mountains.
"Pear Village."
Feng Ling looked at the village name carved on a large stone and read it out loud.
The village felt strange to her.
"Let's go."
Zhou Shi'an has always believed in Feng Ling's ability, and this moment he entered with a very cautious attitude.
"Everyone, please be safe. There might be something strange going on in this village."
He gave instructions while looking at the overly quiet village.
"Oh my god! Brother Zhou is so amazing, you can tell from this."
Zhou Shi'an looked at the chattering Jiang Yihe and did not deny it.
The fewer people who know about my junior sister's special abilities, the better.
Because of Zhou Shi'an and her master's instructions, Feng Ling could only resist the urge to tell.
Soon the four of them walked into the village along the main road.
Chen Manxing walked at the end. She also frowned cautiously as she saw that there was no one in the surrounding houses.
Because of her special bloodline, she is naturally sensitive to malicious things.
Now that she had arrived at Pear Village, she could be sure that there were demons in the village after experiencing it up close.
Demons are also human beings, but they do not practice any decent martial arts. They like to rely on unorthodox methods to increase their internal strength.
It has always been banned by the righteous in the martial arts world, but a few decades ago, a demon founded a gang called the Demon Cult, which has many rules for the demons. However, there are still people who do not follow the ethics and like to stir up trouble in the martial arts world.
Therefore, the Demon Cult is also controversial.
Chen Manxing recalled the information he knew about the demons, and had a hunch that the demons here were using crooked means.
After walking past about four or five houses, they finally came across a yard with people living in it.
However, the aunt was washing clothes in the yard. After seeing Shen Manxing and the others, she lowered her head nervously and went straight into the house without taking anything.
"Hey, is she afraid of us?"
Feng Ling looked at the reaction and said in confusion.
"Let's go a little further inside. Maybe this lady just doesn't like strangers?"
Jiang Yihe looked at the old lady's reaction and spoke tentatively.
Shen Manxing didn't think this was the reason.
Soon, they continued to move forward and when they entered the village, they found that there were more villagers at home.
However, the reactions of these villagers were a little strange. Some of them ran into the house in fear like the old lady before, or stared at them strangely.
"Why are these people looking at us so strangely?"
Jiang Yihe couldn't help rubbing his arms when he saw a woman staring at him with chicken feed in her hand.
"It's not some ghost village, is it?"
Shen Manxing, who was following beside him, almost rolled his eyes at him when he heard this muttering.
If the curtain hadn't blocked her facial features, Jiang Yihe would have been looked at as if she was a fool.
"Everyone, don't get separated."
Zhou Shi'an looked at the villagers who seemed to be acting strangely and spoke cautiously.
"I'll go ask. If the situation isn't right, we'll just have to act accordingly."
Feng Ling has always been the social person in the team. After saying this, he was about to go to the nearest house, but was stopped by Jiang Yihe.
"Hey! Xiao Ling'er, let me go. These people look so weird. I'll go."
"Oh, Jiang Yihe, it's okay. I'm a girl, so it's easier for them to talk to me."
Feng Ling broke free from his restraints and took a few steps forward.
Jiang Yihe looked at the persistent Feng Ling and had no choice but to stop, but he gave Zhou Shi'an a vicious look.
What kind of senior brother is this! He even lets Feng Ling take over when there's danger.
Behind the two men, Shen Manxing perfectly accepted their killing glances and watched the show silently.
Well~ these three people have so much to do.
If she didn't want to cause trouble, she would have done it herself long ago.
If he had the time to chat like that, he would have figured out the situation in the village long ago.
Feng Ling walked a few steps to the closed door, raised her hand and knocked on it, then spoke in a gentle tone.
"Ma'am, we are just passers-by and would like to stay for a day. Don't worry, we won't stay here for free. We will pay you."
After Feng Ling finished speaking, she waited patiently for a while. The shabby wooden door was opened a crack. The aunt looked at Feng Ling cautiously, and then glanced at Chen Manying and the other two standing outside the yard. She saw that they were dressed in a Jianghu style. When she saw that Feng Ling had a long sword and a cloth bag on his waist, a struggle flashed in her eyes. She hesitated for a long time before opening the door.
"You guys come in first. The head of the household is working in the fields. I'll go notify the village chief."
After saying this, the aunt rushed out the door, as if she was not worried about her house being robbed.
"Just remember to wait for me at my house!"
She gave another reminder halfway through her run.
"This looks like an ordinary person, but why did you notify the village chief?"
Jiang Yihe looked at the fat aunt running away, touched his chin and guessed.
"Perhaps the village chief has great prestige. Since we are outsiders after all, it's right for them to be cautious."
Feng Ling was guessing on the side.
"Let's wait in the yard."
Zhou Shi'an looked at the woman running away, stared at her footsteps for a while and said.
This woman is either an ordinary person or someone with high martial arts skills who can change her aura at will.
People who have practiced martial arts have very light steps, and it is difficult to change that, unless they have very high martial arts skills, then they can change it.
If that's the case, they really need to be careful.
Shen Manxing listened to the conversation between several people and turned his head to look around.
"Have you noticed that this village is too quiet?"
She looked around, turned her head and looked at the three people who were staring at her and spoke slowly.
"In a small village like this, adults usually don't let children run too far, but have you seen a single child as we walked in?"
"Hiss~ Are all the kids playing at home?"
Feng Ling felt terrified when he heard this.
"Even so, we didn't see any children in anyone's yard."
She didn't think that the children were all at home. Even if they were, they all had martial arts skills and it was impossible for them to not catch any sound.
“What if there are no children in this village?”
Jiang Yihe joined the conversation after listening.
"Is this possible? Although the village is not big, there shouldn't be any!"
Feng Ling was the first to speak up and refute.
"Besides, there are no men in the village. If everyone goes to work, it's impossible for both children and men to go together, right?"
Shen Manxing recalled his observations along the way and concluded.
Because Feng Ling and Zhou Shi'an spent most of their time practicing in the sect, they ignored this obvious clue.
Jiang Yihe, on the other hand, was too rich and had rarely been to the countryside.
"Everyone be careful later, they are coming."
Zhou Shi'an noticed that it was a young man who followed the aunt over, and then he calmed down after he finished speaking.
The others also quieted down when they saw the man coming back.
Shen Manxing looked at the obviously younger man with a slight doubt.
Is the village chief so young?
Soon the two men ran into the yard panting.
Li Zhuang didn't quite believe what Aunt Tian said at first, but when he saw the few people who were obviously from the underworld, hope gradually arose in his originally desperate heart.
This may be the only hope for their village.
"Excuse me for waiting, young men. I am Li Zhuang, the son of the village chief. The village chief is busy and cannot come over for the time being. If you need anything, just tell me."
Li Zhuang walked up to a few people and bowed apologetically.
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