Yeh Luo and Li Bingwei stepped through the village's fenced gate.
It was as if a gust of cold wind had blown through the pitch-black night, causing one to shiver involuntarily.
The entire village was too quiet.
This silence was unlike the silence of the night. Instead, there was a strange atmosphere amidst the silence.
Li Bingwei was a little afraid as she clutched Yeh Luo's hand tightly.
The two of them walked in through the gate and Yeh Luo raised his eyes to survey his surroundings.
Wooden houses were scattered all over the village. In the middle of the village was a small square and a statue was erected on top of that square.
The statue was of a huge black dragon with wings. The dragon was facing the sky and seemed to be letting out a cry.
Runes were densely carved all over the statue's body.
An ominous aura seemed to be emanating from within.
"Hubby, what is this? It looks like a Winged Dragon, "Li Bingwei said as she stared at the statue.
Yeh Luo studied it carefully and shook his head.
Yeh Luo said, "This could be the Demon Dragon from the legends of the demon clan. It looks like this village has been baptized by the demon clan."
"Has everyone here been killed?" Li Bingwei asked.
Yeh Luo was about to reply when a voice rang out beside his ear.
This caused Yeh Luo to raise an eyebrow. His entire being fell silent.
"What is it?" Li Bingwei asked when she saw this.
"Did you hear a woman crying?" Yeh Luo asked.
Li Bingwei listened carefully, but she couldn't hear anything.
Li Bingwei said, "Hubby, don't scare me. I didn't hear a woman crying. It can't be a ghost, can it? "
Yeh Luo furrowed his brows.
Then, the faint sound of sobbing rang in his ears again.
Yeh Luo's hearing was extraordinary.
The sound of sobbing led Yeh Luo to pinpoint a direction.
The sound of sobbing could be heard from a wooden house not far from the square.
Yeh Luo grabbed Li Bingwei's little hand and led her towards the direction of the sound of sobbing.
When they arrived in front of the wooden house, the intermittent sobbing sounds finally rang out.
In the middle.
There was also the sound of voices.
"I say, Little Yue, don't cry anymore. What if you provoke those people again?" It was a woman's voice.
As soon as the woman finished speaking, the sobbing stopped immediately.
Li Bingwei heard his voice as well and exchanged glances with Yeh Luo.
Then, Yeh Luo reached out and pushed the wooden door open.
As the door to the wooden hut opened, Yeh Luo could clearly hear a series of horrified footsteps coming from inside the hut. Then, everything quieted down. It was as if there was no one in the hut.
With a wave of his right hand, Yeh Luo lit the oil lamp on the table.
The entire room was filled with light.
He glanced over.
A young woman was curled up in a corner on the bed in the room, staring at Yeh Luo with terror in her eyes.
Yeh Luo's appearance seemed to have frightened her.
Beside the bed, a woman was also trembling. She held a stick in her hand and looked like she was shivering.
"You … Who are you?" At that moment, the woman spoke with an incomparably trembling voice.
Yeh Luo glanced at her. That one glance was enough to make the woman fall to the ground.
The young woman on the bed screamed and jumped out of the bed in fright. She rushed out of the room.
Li Bingwei grabbed her.
The young woman screamed and fell to the ground.
"Who … Who are you?" the woman asked again in a trembling voice.
The young woman seemed to have received a great shock. She trembled on the ground as if she had gone mad.
Seeing their reactions, Li Bingwei asked, "Why are you so afraid? We're not bad people. "
When the woman heard Li Bingwei's words, she looked at her anxiously. The woman asked again, "Who are you?"
Yeh Luo frowned at the sight of their fearful expressions.
Yeh Luo knelt down in front of the young woman.
She must have received a great shock and her mind was unable to calm down.
Yeh Luo gently stroked the young woman's long hair with one hand.
Then, Yeh Luo stroked the young woman's hair.
A golden light shone from Yeh Luo's hand.
Under Yeh Luo's incessant stroking, the young woman became calmer and calmer.
In the end, the young woman was completely silent. She stared blankly at Yeh Luo with wide eyes.
"What's your name?" Yeh Luo asked.
"Qu … Qu Yue," the young woman replied.
Qu Yue?
Yeh Luo asked again, "Qu Yue, let me ask you, what are you afraid of?"
"A villager," Qu Yue answered honestly.
"A villager?" Yeh Luo was confused.
As if sensing that Yeh Luo did not have any ill intentions, the woman relaxed slightly.
She put down the stick in her hand and asked, "Where did you come from? You're not from our village and you don't look like refugees. "
Li Bingwei smiled when she heard the woman's question. "We were just passing by this place tonight. Auntie, what's the name of this village? What are you afraid of? "
The woman heaved a sigh of relief when she heard that they were just passing by.
The woman said, "This is Bai Li Village, the only village on the Bai Li Grasslands. She's my daughter-in-law, Qu Yue. "
"Huh? What are you afraid of? "Li Bingwei asked curiously.
The woman took a deep breath.
This matter seemed to make it difficult for her to calm down.
The woman said, "More than a month ago, Bai Li Village and the Bai Li Grasslands were invaded by an evil aura. We saw with our own eyes the usually docile Goat Horned Beasts turn into man-eating beasts. The villagers said that the demons had invaded our village, and many of the villagers were also invaded by the evil aura. "
"And then?" Yeh Luo asked. "My son, Changfeng, obtained a jade seal from somewhere. It was said that this jade seal could destroy the demonic aura here and restore peace to the Bai Li Grasslands. However, this jade seal was found out by the Devil Race. The Devil Race came to the village and chased after my son. My son escaped with the jade seal.
Even now, we don't know if he's still alive, "the woman said.
"Hubby, it's that youth," Li Bingwei hurriedly said.
Yeh Luo stood up and helped Qu Yue up as well.
Yeh Luo said, "Demonic aura? Has it already harmed the villagers? In that case, why didn't you choose to leave? "
"Leave? Impossible. We can't walk out of the Bai Li Grasslands. Besides, the entire Yan Huang Empire has been occupied by the demons. It's the same no matter where we go. "
"This is the Yan Huang Empire?"
"It used to be, but it was later changed to the Demon Kingdom."
"I see," Yeh Luo said. The woman pursed her lips, then continued, "The villagers found out that the demons were lured here by my son, Changfeng. Therefore, in order to force my son to appear, the villagers held a sacrifice. They wanted to drag my daughter-in-law to the altar and burn her as a sacrifice to the demon dragon, so that the demons would not harm us.
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Sacrifice?
Hearing this, Yeh Luo frowned again.
Li Bingwei hurriedly said, "Oh. That's why the two of you were so shocked when we appeared. When will the villagers hold the sacrifice? "
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