"I'll go take a look," Mo Bi said.
"Brother," Mo Chu suddenly reached out and blocked Mo Bi, "Don't bother."
The moment Mo Chu spoke, their father's face showed surprise. Then, he glanced at Mu Anxiao and the others emerging from the room, then back at his son, and deliberately stepped forward to ask, "Are you leaving?"
The first man in white stopped before their father and said, "Gather the villagers at the village entrance."
"What for?" their father felt a sense of foreboding.
Mu Anxiao glanced at Mo Chu and Mo Bi, then lowered her head.
The first man in white, with a mysterious demeanor, looked at Mo Bi and said, "Come here for a moment."
Mo Bi glanced at Mo Chu. Mo Chu subtly removed his hand and stepped back half a pace.
The first man in white showed no suspicion of Mo Chu's mental state, his gaze still fixed on Mo Bi's face.
Mo Bi didn't know what the first man in white wanted, but seeing Mu Anxiao's cold expression, he thought the man was definitely up to no good!
"Come over."
"Got it," Mo Bi replied impatiently, stepping forward to stand before the first man in white and asking, "What is it?"
The first man in white curved his lips and said, "Re-chain her legs with the shackles."
"You?"
"You'd best not waste my time, or I'll be taking your brother with me."
The moment the first man in white uttered these words, Mo Chu clenched his fists.
Fearing they would target Mo Chu again, Mo Bi went around them and ran towards the room.
In an instant, Mu Anxiao followed them to the village entrance. The villagers surrounded Mu Anxiao and the others. Mo Chu and Mo Bi stood at the very front, while their father stood among the crowd.
The second villager stood opposite Mo Bi, his eyes not daring to meet Mo Chu's, and lowered his head in resignation.
Mu Anxiao stood beside the first man in white, gazing silently at the villagers in the circle. A ripple of emotion surged in her heart. Clenching her fists, she prepared herself for death.
The first man in white cast a malicious glance at Mu Anxiao, stepped forward, and said, "I have a way to resolve the matter of the bullies."
"What way?" they asked in unison.
The first man in white raised his hand. After they quieted down, he turned to Mu Anxiao, a smirk playing on his lips, and said, "This woman possesses heavenly abilities. As long as she summons a great deity from the celestial realm, your village will not face any changes because of the bullies."
"Didn't you say it would cost lives?" the second villager asked.
The first man in white turned his head to look at the second villager and sneered, "Are you a disciple of a cultivation sect, or am I?"
The second villager lowered his head.
The first man in white snorted softly and shifted his gaze back to Mu Anxiao's face. "Use your method to summon Feng Qishi. If you summon him, I'll let you go."
Mu Anxiao turned her face away.
The moment Mu Anxiao turned her face away, the villagers erupted in an uproar, shouting.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Yeah, help us. It won't cost you a thing."
"That's right, hurry up."
"Hurry up."
To ask for help with such an attitude, Mu Anxiao had seen through the people of this village. She lowered her head and closed her eyes.
Then, a woman's voice entered her ears: "Don't you feel annoyed? If you're annoyed, kill them."
"Get lost," Mu Anxiao spat out a single word.
The woman sneered, "You refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit. These villagers are not to be trifled with."
"I know."
"If you know, why don't you listen to me?"
"That year, I provoked you with words and caused you to kill your husband, but I... I won't be provoked by you."
That year, although Mu Anxiao didn't make the woman kill her husband, her words were like needle tips, piercing the woman's heart with every sentence.
Even though it was just a mission, a task that allowed her to be ruthless and cold-blooded without accountability, looking back years later, she suddenly felt that she had been truly terrifying back then.
Thinking further, perhaps if it weren't for her, this woman wouldn't have ended up like this!
The woman said, "You remember now."
"I remember. Therefore, I must apologize to you, whether you accept it or believe it."
"Do you think a single apology solves everything?"
"Later, I will accompany you."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean," Mu Anxiao surveyed her surroundings and then lowered her eyes with a smile, "wait a little longer, and I'll be a soul like you. Then you can do whatever you want with me, since I owe you."
Another debt. Mu Anxiao couldn't recall how many souls she owed in this life. But the only one she could remember was Shen Yan. Now... for his future descendant, Feng Qishi, she decided to risk everything and confront these cultivators. If it meant death, she felt it was worth it.
"You want to die?"
From the moment Mu Anxiao apologized to the woman, the woman no longer wanted to kill Mu Anxiao. She just wanted Mu Anxiao to realize her past mistakes. This was because she remembered Mu Anxiao's attitude towards Yan, and Yan's protection of Mu Anxiao.
At some point, she suddenly felt that... Mu Anxiao wasn't as cold-blooded as she thought!
"..." Mu Anxiao remained silent.
The woman said, "Why aren't you speaking anymore?"
"There's nothing to say. When I die, you can settle the score with me properly."
"You..."
As the woman uttered the first word, the first man in white looked over with a puzzled expression and asked coldly, "Who are you talking to?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao looked up at the first man in white and replied, "I'm not talking to anyone."
"Then why are you talking to yourself?"
"Didn't you ask me to find a great deity? I can tell you now that I am a great deity. However, I will tell you that as long as I don't agree, even if you drain all my blood, it will be useless," Mu Anxiao said directly.
Mo Chu was stunned.
"You..."
"What's going on?" the second villager exclaimed, noticing something was amiss.
Mu Anxiao continued, "After those three bullies died, they went to hell. They will not implicate you at all. That was just a lie they told you. There is not a single good person among the cultivators. Do not cooperate with them in their evil deeds anymore. If you continue like this, you will only reap what you sow."
Mu Anxiao had not intended to reveal this information. However, with things having reached this point, she could not let these villagers continue to make one mistake after another. Even if they wouldn't believe her, she still had to tell them they were being deceived. This was also a way to give Mo Chu closure, because the feeling of being hated for no reason was truly unpleasant!
"How can you prove your words are true?"
"That's right. You are..."