Chapter 127 Chen Qi wants to go back to the village halfway.

Jiang Yanfeng nodded, "Okay."

The few of them continued walking along the official road. There were many black weeds growing on the roadside. As the sky gradually darkened, Chen Qi began to feel listless and even his pace slowed down.

Jiang Yanfeng said: "Are you tired, Xiaoqi? I can hold you."

Chen Qi pursed his lips and shook his head silently.

Luo Mingyue asked: "What's wrong?"

Chen Qi said: "I... I can't continue to accompany you. This place is too far from our village. I have to go back..."

Luo Mingyue said: "Then we will send you back."

Chen Qi looked up at Luo Mingyue and said briskly, "No need. I can go back by myself. I am different from other children. I am an awakener."

"Really?" Luo Mingyue laughed. She squatted down and reached out to poke the child's face. There was not much flesh on Chen Qi's face, but it was very soft. Luo Mingyue pinched it gently again. The skin was smooth and tender, and felt very good.

Chen Qi was a little surprised and opened his eyes wide, because no one had ever done such a thing to him. His parents and family disliked him, and the villagers were not familiar with him. As for Jiang Yanfeng, although he was a brother, Jiang Yanfeng only cared about his food and clothing and did not like physical contact.

The most important thing is that the immortal is cold and noble, but he would actually pinch his face...

Chen Qi's eyes were dull, and Luo Mingyue's face was clearly reflected in his dark pupils. He felt that the immortal's smile looked like a flower blooming in early spring, soft and clean. This smile instantly took root in Chen Qi's heart, making him feel warm and kind.

Zhuge Chengnian looked down at this scene, feeling extremely envious. After all, the immortal was mysterious and powerful, not to mention so beautiful. He would also be happy to let the immortal pinch his face.

Chen Qi hesitated and said, "I...I...Xianren, can I call you sister?"

Luo Mingyue said: "Of course."

Chen Qi's eyes were filled with light, and he couldn't suppress the smile on his lips.

At this time, Zhuge Chengnian mustered up the courage to ask, "What about me? Can I call you sister too?"

Luo Mingyue turned her head and looked at him. After a moment of silence, she shook her head and said, "No."

Zhuge Chengnian: "…" Sad.

Jiang Yanfeng laughed instead. He thought that immortals loved everyone equally, but he didn't expect that immortals also distinguished between close and distant relatives. This made him feel happy in his heart, as if immortals also had seven emotions and six desires, which suddenly brought them closer to each other.

Jiang Yanfeng said: "I will send Xiaoqi back to the village, and sister and Zhuge Chengnian can continue to look for the group of men in black."

Luo Mingyue nodded and said, "That's fine too."

Chen Qi said, "I don't need protection, brother, you should protect me."

Jiang Yanfeng thought to himself, the immortal is very powerful. If I really encounter danger, maybe the immortal will protect me in return. In fact, if I stay, I will only be a hindrance...

Of course, it's better not to say such things. Jiang Yanfeng reached out and rubbed Chen Qi's little head, saying, "If you go back alone, your sister will definitely be worried. It's safer with me. And I'm a [Witch], so if you encounter danger, you can ask your sister for help and establish a connection with her."

Luo Mingyue nodded, "Yes, I feel more at ease when you two are together."

"Well... okay." Chen Qi agreed, thinking that he might have caused trouble for the immortal. If he had known that he had to go so far, he should have stayed in the village obediently.

Jiang Yanfeng and Chen Qi returned along the same route and gave all the water and food to Zhuge Chengnian.

Luo Mingyue didn't need to eat, so she and Zhuge Chengnian continued to walk along the road with brisk steps. On the way, they came across a poisonous beast's den, which contained more than a dozen poisonous beasts.

There were some broken pieces of clothing along the way, and a small number of bones.

Zhuge Chengnian explained: "From the situation, it seems that some civilians were killed. Some poisonous beasts have good teeth, and when they eat, they will chew meat and bones together...so there are very few remains left on the ground."

When Luo Mingyue saw the torn clothes on the ground, her face looked a little ugly.

Zhuge Chengnian noticed a money bag on the side of the road, with the pocket facing downwards, revealing some change. He really wanted to pick it up, after all, it was ownerless.

However, in front of Luo Mingyue, Zhuge Chengnian was too embarrassed to do such a thing, so he could only force himself to look away. At the same time, he summoned his natal sword and directly beheaded a dozen poisonous beasts neatly.

Luo Mingyue looked at him and said, "You are so powerful? Just kill them all instantly."

This was the first time Zhuge Chengnian heard the word "instant kill" and guessed it was a compliment to him. He said proudly, "Of course! I am the leader of a team. It is precisely because I am so powerful that I was able to receive the order to hunt down the prince."

Luo Mingyue said: "Before, when you summoned your sword, I took it away directly, and you didn't resist much, so I thought you were weak..."

Zhuge Chengnian's forehead was filled with black lines. That was definitely his dark history. No one had ever been able to take his sword away before. Luo Mingyue was the first.

Zhuge Chengnian asked curiously, "How did you do that?"

Luo Mingyue said: "It's very simple, just reach out and take it."

Seeing that she was not arrogant in her words and deeds, Zhuge Chengnian said, "Why don't you try again now?"

Luo Mingyue asked: "Try what?"

Zhuge Chengnian said, "See if you can hold my sword again. This is my natal sword. Normally, only I can touch it. If someone else touches it, it will get angry and scratch people... Last time you seemed to be invisible. I didn't see anything. I could only see my sword flying away. This time I want to see you take it with my own eyes."

Luo Mingyue said: "Okay."

Zhuge Chengnian controlled the sword to hang in the air, letting it stand in the air with the tip of the sword facing downwards.

Luo Mingyue reached out to grab the hilt of the sword and naturally took the sword in his hand.

Luo Mingyue herself also had a spiritual sword, but she couldn't bring it to the villain world. At this moment, she waved Zhuge Chengnian's natal sword and said, "Your sword is good, it's quite easy to use."

Zhuge Chengnian was full of question marks, because he found that when his sword was in Luo Mingyue's hand, it was like a mouse seeing a cat. Even if he conveyed the idea of ​​resistance, his natal sword did not react at all. It was just held obediently in Luo Mingyue's hand, motionless, allowing her to manipulate it.

Zhuge Chengnian: "..."

For a moment, he even doubted that the sword was not his.

Luo Mingyue returned the sword and said, "Yes, it is very convenient for me to use. If I want to fight in the future, I hope you can lend me the sword."

Zhuge Chengnian was silent for a moment, then said, "...I am beginning to believe that you are really an immortal. You are really mysterious."

Luo Mingyue asked with a smile: "Didn't you believe it before? After you moved into the village, you should have seen me put food and water in the village with your own eyes."

Zhuge Chengnian said: "I'll meet you, but I'm a suspicious and fickle person. Sometimes I feel like there really is a god in the sky watching us, and sometimes I feel like maybe some powerful awakened person is playing tricks and sending food from outside into the village just to deceive the villagers..."

Luo Mingyue asked: "What good will it do me to deceive them?"

Zhuge Chengnian looked at her deeply and said, "You should have heard that the gods in this world are actually created by humans. For example, if a whole city of people believe in a piece of jade, over time, this piece of jade will become spiritual and even respond to the believers' prayers... In addition, I once read a book that speculated that if many people believe in one person, then this person may become divine..."

"Of course, that's what's written in the book. I don't know the details. I heard that the royal family once secretly conducted a test, trying to make all the people in a village believe in an awakened person. Later, no one knew the result of the test. This information is a secret in the royal family..."

"So, my thoughts are very contradictory. Sometimes I believe you are a god, and sometimes I don't believe you..."

Luo Mingyue said: "Whether I am a god or not is actually not important."

Zhuge Chengnian looked at her, "Hmm?"

Luo Mingyue added: "Anyway, no matter who I am, you are a prisoner of Mo Village. Just do your own thing and don't think too much."

Zhuge Chengnian: "..."

He was speechless and could only follow Luo Mingyue in silence and continue walking forward.

After a while, they saw another village.

Luo Mingyue walked in and found that the village was desolate and quiet. The doors and windows of the houses were dilapidated, and it was obvious that no one lived there just by looking at the appearance. There were occasional broken bones on the road, as well as tattered bundles, broken sticks, etc. It felt like someone had thrown them down on the way to escape. It was a pity that they probably didn't escape, because there were many torn clothes on the ground with coagulated blood on them.

Zhuge Chengnian said: "This village may have been looted, or it may have been harmed by poisonous beasts... Poisonous beasts usually do not leave the place where they were born, but there are exceptions occasionally, such as when they were born in this village."

The two walked from the beginning to the end of the village and saw a large cemetery. The tombstones in the cemetery were overgrown with weeds. At this time, a gust of wind blew, and with the help of the moonlight in the sky, Luo Mingyue saw... mice running out from behind the tombstones.

The pupils of every mouse are red.

There were so many rats that when they opened their eyes, it was like countless scarlet light bulbs lighting up in the dark, which was extremely creepy.

Zhuge Chengnian's expression froze for a moment, and his face changed drastically: "Run!"

He didn't even care about the "difference between men and women" and directly grabbed Luo Mingyue's wrist and ran away.

Luo Mingyue also ran very fast. It was not because she was afraid of rats, but there were too many of these poisonous rats. They were so densely packed that Luo Mingyue could only save her own life and Zhuge Chengnian's life, but it was difficult to kill so many rats.

Because the faith that Luo Mingyue harvested came from the people's heartfelt gratitude, trust and respect, which were all positive emotions. Therefore, the stone sculpture of Luo Mingyue, transformed into a god, possessed all kinds of positive powers and did not have the power to kill.

And if Luo Mingyue was that kind of evil god, he would be able to send all these poisonous beasts and rats to heaven directly.

"Squeak—"

The poisonous beasts and rats were chasing after them relentlessly.

Zhuge Chengnian kept muttering as he ran, "No wonder there are no living people in the village, it turns out that these rats were born in their cemetery..."

"I heard that when someone dies unjustly, the resentment will condense and not dissipate, and this kind of rat will appear in the place where the bones are buried. I have only heard of it before, but never seen it. Today I really learned something new."

After a pause, Zhuge Chengnian complained again: "Moreover, there are so many rats, which shows that the deceased must have been tortured extremely cruelly, and his body and mind were destroyed... So the rats killed everyone in the village."

"Poisonous rats are very difficult to deal with. First of all, there are a lot of them, and secondly, they have strong vitality. If you chop off their heads, their bodies can still run... You have to destroy their hearts as well. It's very troublesome to kill them. I dare not provoke them."

After saying that, Zhuge Chengnian turned to look at Luo Mingyue and said, "Aren't you a deity? Why are you running too?"

Luo Mingyue said: "You dragged me away."

Zhuge Chengnian realized belatedly that he had grabbed Luo Mingyue's wrist, but there was no direct physical contact between them through the cloth. However, he still retracted his hand as if he had been burned, and said, "It's over, it's over, you won't tell anyone about this when you go back, right?"

"What's up?"

Zhuge Chengnian said: "I just grabbed your wrist. If Jiang Yanfeng knew about this, he would definitely chop off my hand..."

Luo Mingyue said: "Not really, Yanfeng is a very good person, kind and gentle, how could he chop off your hand."

Zhuge Chengnian said: "He is like this in front of you, but not in front of us. He often has a cold face and rarely smiles. We dare not provoke him."

Luo Mingyue said: "Yanfeng is friendly to the villagers, but he is not familiar with you, so he rarely smiles."

Zhuge Chengnian said: "But he is very devout in his belief in you. I touched your wrist, which is equivalent to blasphemy. He is merciful for not killing me, not to mention that he only chopped off your hand..."

Luo Mingyue said: "Don't worry, I'm not a child, I won't complain. Besides, I can tell good from bad. You grabbed me because you wanted to take me with you, but if you left me... that would be a different ending."

Zhuge Chengnian asked: "What is the ending?"

Luo Mingyue said: "I will push you into the rat pile."

Zhuge Chengnian said: "Wow, I never thought of killing you, but you want to kill me. You are so cruel. Logically speaking, I have no obligation to save you. We can just run away separately..."

Luo Mingyue said: "If you were a passerby, I wouldn't blame you, but you know too many secrets of Mo Village, so I will kill you."

Zhuge Chengnian: "..." Fortunately, I made the right choice when I was in danger, otherwise I would be dead now!

Zhuge Chengnian breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Now that I'm not dragging you, can you go back and clean up all the poisonous beasts and rats? It's not good to leave these rats in the village. If there are refugees passing by in the future and want to rest in the village, they will find that their houses are surrounded by a group of rats when they fall asleep. How terrible is that?"

Luo Mingyue glanced at him and said, "No, I refuse."

Zhuge Chengnian asked: "Why?"

Zhuge Chengnian is not a true believer after all. After discovering that Luo Mingyue has a good temper, he almost treats Luo Mingyue as a friend. Not only does he talk a lot, but he also tries to command Luo Mingyue to do things.