Chapter 2884 - 2885: Interception

Chapter 2884: Chapter 2885: Interception

Bai Ruozhu laughed, "Kuai Xian is a child from your family, right? She also violated the village rules, shouldn’t your whole family be banished from the village too?"

"You..." Kuai Zheng glared, "You are guests, please do not interfere with our village’s internal affairs."

"Internal affairs? Your granddaughter plotted against my guard, how should this be accounted for? Now that I can’t find her, I’ll just take you to see the officer." Bai Ruozhu raised her voice a bit, "Although my guards might not be much, they all have ranks. What is the crime for plotting against an official from the Imperial Court? Have you hidden away so long that you’ve forgotten?"

Jianqi and the others took a step forward, each reaching for the swords at their waists.

Kuai Zheng’s face turned ashen, "Are you here to bully us?"

Bai Ruozhu scoffed, "If we wanted to bully you, we would’ve acted already. My guards are enough to handle all of you, but is there any reason I should deal with you? Do you have money or land? What’s there worth bullying? Now, this child wants to cure an illness, yet your whole village threatens his family. Village chief, I can’t help but suspect you’re abusing your power."

Zhao Shu’s father hurriedly said, "Madam, you’ve misunderstood the village chief, he’s doing this for our good. My son Zhao Shu won’t seek treatment anymore; let him remain foolish, as long as he’s safe for life."

Zhao Shuniang was anxious, "What are you saying? It’s obvious he can be cured, who wishes for their child to be a fool for life? If it wasn’t for you injuring his head back then, would he be like this?"

The sun had already risen, and Bai Ruozhu was worried the Thousand-eyed Monster might appear, not wanting to entangle further, she said directly, "I promised to help this child get treatment, I don’t want to break my word. I’ll take him with me now."

She gave Jianqi a look, signaling him to bring Zhao Shu.

Jianqi picked up Zhao Shu at once. Though Zhao Shu hesitated to leave his parents, he turned his head away resolutely.

"Who dares to take our village’s people?" A loud shout rang out, as a burly man charged over, only to be easily kicked away by Ao Song.

The people from Cliff Village stared dumbfounded, thinking this little girl must be the weakest among them?

And yet, with a gentle kick, she sent their strongest young man flying?

This deterred those initially planning to rush over, even causing some to quietly retreat.

Li Shufang, hiding to one side, secretly wiped her eyes. She wanted to leave too, but her mother discovered her plan yesterday, harshly punished her, and said that if she left, she would be unfilial, driving her parents to death.

"Now that even the little fool is gone, do I have to marry him?" Li Shufang looked disgustedly at the fallen man.

Bai Ruozhu, having seen her from not far away and overheard, felt a bit sympathetic towards this young girl, but today she could only take one person away; causing a stir with the Thousand-eyed Monster would be troublesome.

As for the others, another solution would have to be found in the future.

Jiang Yichun first descended the cliff, checking the sturdiness of the rope before calling Bai Ruozhu down. He wrapped an arm around her waist, creating several landing points with water vapor and descended with her first.

After passing through the mist, there appeared a rope ladder below, which Jiang Yichun had arranged to be built.

The two successfully returned to the nearby mountain, soon followed by the others. Zhao Shu was placed in front of Bai Ruozhu by Jianqi, he knelt with a thud, "Thank you, madam, for your rescue. Zhao Shu is forever grateful."

"What do you plan to do now? I assume you didn’t escape just to leave your parents behind, did you?" Bai Ruozhu asked.

Zhao Shu looked determined, "I plan to learn Taoist Magic. Once I’ve mastered it, I can deal with that demon, and only then can I save the people of the village."

This child had pretended to be a fool for ten years, enduring considerable hardship, yet managed to hide his true nature, showing remarkable heart nature.

"If you really want to learn demon-catching, just follow us and see who’s willing to teach you," Bai Ruozhu said.

Whether it’s Ao Song, the Astrologer, or Ning Yu, any one of them could teach him. If they returned to the Capital, they could find Qiu Zhi to instruct him too.

"So you all catch demons? Then why not catch that demon?" Zhao Shu asked in surprise.

"How can you catch something when you don’t know where it’s hiding?" Ao Song replied curtly, "Besides, weren’t your whole village worshipping it, giving it incense offerings, masking its demon qi, making it hard to find now?"

Zhao Shu sighed, "They were deceived too, after all, that demon once saved my parents’ lives."

Then Zhao Shu recounted the massacre back then, things he had heard from the Elders since he wasn’t born yet at that time.

It turned out to be almost as Bai Ruozhu and the others had guessed, the villagers of Cliff Village had escaped the massacre by using the teleportation gate to Cliff Village.

"The one who saved you wasn’t the Thousand-eyed Monster, it was a Heavenly and Earthly Phenomenon. The Thousand-eyed Monster just happened to discover and was mistaken by you as a fairy, naturally seizing the opportunity," Bai Ruozhu said, "Didn’t you ever think, if he were a fairy, how could he have allowed that massacre where so many died? What good is an Immortal Land after death? You probably don’t know, but the Immortal Land you speak of is in Xunyang City."

"This, this can’t be true!" Zhao Shu exclaimed in disbelief.

"You’ll find out when you return. For now, let’s start down the mountain." Jiang Yichun instructed others to escort Zhao Shu along, and the group quickly reached the foot of the mountain, returning to Xunyang City.

"Ruozhu, I’ll go back first and report the matter to the emperor," Jiang Yichun said.

Bai Ruozhu nodded, "Go ahead, and remind him to be cautious. We’re heading to check around the Luo Family’s area."

So the group split into two, with Bai Ruozhu and the others heading to where the Luo Family was.

"No need to go directly to the Luo Family, we’ll wander around, we might come across people from yesterday," Bai Ruozhu looked at Zhao Shu, "They’re all your relatives, you’d recognize them?"

Zhao Shu nodded, "I recognize them all, I have a good memory."

Here it was not as desolate during the day as at night. Though the wandering souls couldn’t leave the area, there were people coming out, some even selling nearby.

There was an old lady selling tofu delivering tofu to people in the Alley.

"I remember that person, is his name Zhao Sangong?" Bai Ruozhu pointed to an old man taking a stroll in the distance.

Zhao Shu’s eyes widened, "Yes, that’s Zhao Sangong. Should I go ask him?"

Bai Ruozhu looked at Ao Song and Astrologer, "Would it alert the Thousand-eyed Monster?"

"Let’s try, after all, he hasn’t fully become a Thousand-eyed Monster, even if he appears, we aren’t afraid. If he had fully formed, he wouldn’t bother hiding, he’d just come out to torment us," Ao Song said.

Zhao Shu quickly ran over, "Zhao Sangong, do you remember me? I’m Zhao Shu."

"Oh, aren’t you the little fool from Cliff Village? Did you come to the Immortal Land so quickly? It seems this Immortal Land brings great blessings, look, you’re not foolish anymore." Zhao Sangong said with a laugh.