"Sister, my name is Xiaoshi. A few days ago, a terrifying snake demon suddenly invaded our village. It killed many people, and there was so much blood..."
There really are villages in the Starry Plains.
Xiao Shi looked terrified, her small body curled up into a ball, trembling uncontrollably.
Shen Sanruo then noticed the bloodstains on her skirt and shoes, and her eyes flickered.
“My father and mother…” The little girl’s eyes filled with tears as she looked up at her. “I don’t have a father and mother anymore, sister.”
"They died in the mouth of the snake demon so that I could escape."
Such an encounter caused even the dodder flower fairy to burst into curses.
"Is that snake demon even human? It's a creature born of a demon but raised by one! I despise it!"
Of course, it was through telepathy that Shen Sangri communicated, because he was afraid that the vines would frighten Xiao Shi if they spoke.
"It's as if you didn't intend to use us as fertilizer to drain our life force back then." She poured cold water on the idea with disdain. "Don't you think so, Lady Dodder Flower Fairy?"
The dodder flower demon felt a little guilty. "Back then was back then. Wasn't it because I had no choice but to leave the secret realm? Besides, I have long since reformed."
It now follows her closely, and it's incredibly loyal, hitting wherever she points.
It's not because of the little yellow flower in her hand.
"Besides, I was targeting legitimate cultivators. What kind of nonsense is it for that snake demon to attack a group of ordinary people without spiritual power?"
“Even in our demon realm, she would be despised,” the dodder flower demon said.
Shen Sanruo hugged Xiaoshi and gently patted her to comfort her.
"Xiao Shi has done a great job. Your father and mother will be very happy to know that you escaped."
"Thank you, sister." Xiao Shi left her embrace and hastily wiped away her tears.
Chen Sangri took out several pills from her Qiankun bag. "Is Xiaoshi injured? I have some pills here."
Xiao Shi shook her head, "No need, sister, I'm not hurt."
Her eyes shifted almost imperceptibly.
“My father and mother gave me amulets, but they left nothing for themselves.”
Xiao Shi's voice was slightly choked as she showed her the amulet necklace hidden under her clothes.
She scanned it with her divine sense and confirmed that it was indeed a talisman of considerable quality, which dispelled some of her doubts.
Otherwise, how could a little girl without spiritual power escape from a snake demon that could slaughter a village?
Her sympathy and heartache for Xiaoshi's plight were one thing, but her caution and prudence were another.
Although everything about Xiaoshi seems reasonable at the moment, we cannot let our guard down.
"Have you always lived here and never been anywhere else?"
"No, our ancestors have always been here, and we have never left."
"Do you realize that you are inside a barrier?"
Xiao Shi shook her head blankly.
Shen Sangruo nodded in understanding; there were indeed small villages that did not wish to live in the real world.
"Sister, are you amazing? Can you come back to the village with me? There might still be people alive in the village. Can you save them?" Xiao Shi grabbed her sleeve.
"How much do you know about that snake demon?" Chen Sangruo asked calmly. "Do you know its cultivation level? Or to put it another way, how powerful is it?"
There are demons causing trouble, and no matter what, she should go and see.
This was her duty as a nun.
"I remember Father and Mother saying that it was an old demon in the mid-Nascent Soul stage. Is it very powerful?"
"Sister, can you beat her?" Xiao Shi looked at her nervously. "It's okay if you can't beat her, let's go first. Xiao Shi will definitely take revenge herself in the future."
"If you can beat her, where is your village?" She gave Xiao Shi a reassuring look.
She had already extracted the dragon tendons from the late-stage Nascent Soul dragon, so the mid-stage Nascent Soul snake demon was no match for her.
"Sister, this way!" Xiao Shi said with delight, quickly leading the way for her.
Along the way, Xiao Shi told everyone she knew about the snake demon.
“My father and mother once told me that there was a mysterious treasure near our village, and a snake demon was the guardian beast of that treasure, and it considered itself the owner of the treasure.”
"That snake demon is extremely ferocious, and it increases its cultivation by devouring its own kind."
Shen Sanruo's eyes flickered slightly. Devouring its own kind? It seems that snake demon is a ruthless character.
"The reason we dared not leave the village was that we were afraid of accidentally stepping into the territory of the snake demon."
"But later it devoured more and more of its own kind and gradually lost its mind. This time it went mad and broke into our village to eat people."
"Sister, you must be careful."
"I understand." Shen Sanruo nodded.
Xiao Shi glanced at the bamboo pendant hanging around her neck several times, hesitated for a long time before asking, "Sister, is this black and white bear your contracted beast?"
"Yes, what's wrong?" She stopped in her tracks.
"Can I... touch it?" Xiao Shi asked tentatively.
She smiled and said, "Of course you can. Would you like to hug it?"
"Is that okay?" Xiao Shi's eyes lit up.
Shen Sanruo directly pulled Zhu Miao off and handed her to Xiao Shi.
Little girls generally have no resistance to such fluffy and cute creatures, and holding Zhu Miao can slightly alleviate her anxiety.
Zhu Miao did not resist, and at Shen Sangruo's instruction, she even reduced the weight so that Xiao Shi would not have to carry her so much.
After holding the little dumpling, Xiao Shi's attention was indeed drawn to it.
When she arrived at the village, she was no longer as agitated as before.
It was a village with over a hundred households, but now it has been reduced to ruins.
All the houses were destroyed by a powerful external force, erasing all traces of the lives of everyone who once lived there, leaving only countless pieces of broken wood and tiles.
But the ruins show that the village is quite old and was neither newly built nor faked.
A faint smell of blood filled the air, and the bloodstains on the ground had dried.
Given the sheer brutality of the scene, one can only imagine the horrific fighting that must have taken place here a few days prior.
The rampaging snake demon has vanished without a trace.
Upon seeing this scene, Xiao Shi fought back tears and asked, "Sister, are there still people alive in our village?"
She scanned the village with her divine sense, remained silent for a moment, and then slowly shook her head.
Xiao Shi finally couldn't hold back her tears.
Shen Sanruo didn't even find a single corpse or a drop of human blood; the bloodstains at the scene came from the snake demon.
Xiao Shi said that the snake demon ate people, so it's likely that he was completely absorbed by the snake demon.
Shen Sanruo frowned slightly as she looked at the large bloodstains on the ground.
Why is the snake demon bleeding so much?
"Xiao Shi, are there any cultivators in your village?" she asked in a deep voice, "Cultivators who can severely injure snake demons."
“It was Uncle Village Chief!” Xiao Shi answered immediately. “Uncle Village Chief was a late-stage Golden Core cultivator. He self-destructed to save us…”
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