There were quite a few Linggu Valley villagers who responded to the deputy village chief's call. They swarmed forward, and most of them belonged to the deputy village chief's faction. At a time like this, they had to step forward bravely.
"Enough!"
The village chief's voice rang out. Although it gave people a feeling of age, it was full of dignity.
The villagers who had already rushed to the bottom of the stage immediately stopped. They didn't dare to climb up the stage, and only stared at the old village chief.
From beginning to end, Xiao Lingyu's expression was very calm. Even if the nearly a thousand villagers rushed up to capture him, he didn't show the slightest bit of fear.
"Release Kang Ping's restriction and let him explain everything from beginning to end," the old village chief said to the deputy village chief.
"He's already said everything that needs to be said. I don't think there's a need to do anything more." The deputy village chief was unwilling to do as he was told.
"What harm is there in letting him say it one more time?" The old village chief narrowed his eyes at the deputy village chief, but there was a sense of dignity without being angry.
After being stared at by the old village chief like this for a while, the deputy village chief still walked in front of Kang Ping and released the restriction on him.
"Benefactor, this matter has nothing to do with you. You don't have to take the risk for me."
After Kang Ping regained his freedom of speech, the first thing he said was to Xiao Lingyu. His tone was clearly filled with gratitude.
"Your life was saved by me. If you die like this, then wouldn't I have saved you for nothing? You'd better explain the matter clearly," Xiao Lingyu said calmly.
Kang Ping nodded, then sneered at the villagers below the stage and said, "Do you all want me to die so badly? What good would it do you all if I died? Today, the deputy village chief used this matter to tie me up here and even wanted to burn me alive. Then in the future, he can easily tie one of you up here. The deputy village chief's family is very powerful, but if everyone continues to be like this … "
"You'd better tell us what you did wrong. Say less useless things." The old village chief interrupted Kang Ping's words and reminded him.
There were some things that everyone was well aware of, but once they were out in the open, their influence would increase many times over.
However, even though Kang Ping only said half of what he wanted to say, the villagers were all god-tier cultivators after all. Naturally, they could guess the rest of what he wanted to say. Their gazes involuntarily turned to the vice village chief and the people close to him.
For many years, the Deputy Village Chief's faction of villagers had been as arrogant as royalty in the Linggu Valley. Not only were they supercilious and domineering, they even occasionally bullied other villagers.
The villagers hated the vice village chief's faction very much, but they were also afraid of their great power, so they dared to be angry but did not dare to say anything.
The deputy village chief's expression was extremely gloomy. If his gaze could kill, Xiao Lingyu, who was still standing on the stage unscathed, would have died countless times.
At that moment, Kang Ping, who had been reminded by the Old Village Chief, began to narrate the entire story.
What Kang Ping said was completely the truth, but this truth was not what the villagers knew, nor was it one of the stories that had been circulating in the village.
In truth, the entire story was that Kang Ping and the others had not collected enough meat when they went out to hunt last time. When they returned, they naturally did not have enough meat to pay the village's stipulated amount. Moreover, Kang Ping had indeed injured the villagers who had come to settle the score with the Deputy Village Chief.
The reason Kang Ping had attacked was because he could not accept the Deputy Village Chief's attitude at that time.
"Is what he said true?" After Kang Ping finished speaking, the Old Village Chief asked the Deputy Village Chief.
At that moment, there was no sound below the stage. They were all waiting for the Deputy Village Chief to reply, but the Deputy Village Chief only stood on the stage with a gloomy expression.
"Previously, I ordered you to ask Kang Ping's group about their harvest and accept what should be handed over to the village. I did not say that they had to hand over the full amount, nor did I say that they had to hand over the Silver Wolf King and the Awakened Ginseng. I only said that if they were willing to exchange them for meat, the village would give them a satisfactory price."
The Old Village Chief said to the Deputy Village Chief with a bit of reproach, "I don't know if you didn't understand clearly or if you purposely changed my meaning."
"Village Chief, don't listen to Kang Ping's words …"
"I can swear on my soul that if half of what I said is false, then let my soul scatter!"
Without waiting for the Deputy Village Chief to finish speaking, Kang Ping had already taken the initiative to speak and continued to ask, "I dare to swear, Deputy Village Chief, do you dare?"
The Deputy Village Chief naturally didn't dare to do so. Instead, he changed the topic and said, "But it's a fact that he injured the villagers. Even if we did something wrong, he shouldn't have attacked us. Attacking the people in his own village is also a big crime."
"But the reason he attacked was because you guys forced him too much. You guys created trouble for no reason and even wanted to tie him up. Naturally, he would resist. Moreover, he only resisted and did not attack viciously. "Xiao Lingyu interrupted.
"Hmph! Your Excellency seems to be interfering a bit too much. "The Deputy Village Chief coldly snorted.
The Deputy Village Chief did not continue to argue. The facts were obvious, and the villagers were not fools. Naturally, they already knew the truth.
In fact, the truth had already spread in the village before. It was just that no one dared to believe it because everyone was afraid of offending the Deputy Village Chief.
This time, if not for Xiao Lingyu standing up, Kang Ping would only have the fate of being burned alive. Even until his death, he would not be able to personally announce the truth to the public.
"There are still some suspicious points in this matter. Let Kang Ping go first and slowly investigate in the future. Everyone, disperse." At this time, the Village Chief gave a conclusion.
Although the Deputy Village Chief was unwilling, he could only do as he was told. He waved his hand and took back the rope.
Kang Ping completely regained his freedom. However, he first went to Xiao Lingyu's side and bowed, saying, "Benefactor has saved Kang Ping's life again."
At this time, Yueru also came up on stage.
After Xiao Lingyu helped Kang Ping up, he said to the old village chief, "A good person was almost killed. Could it be that this matter is over just like this? Are you not going to give everyone an explanation in front of the entire village? "
The Old Village Chief did not answer. He only waved his hand with his back facing Xiao Lingyu.
However, Yueru said, "This matter will end here. The Deputy Village Chief is powerful. Even if we continue to investigate, it will be meaningless. Didn't you see how many people stood on the left side just now?"
Xiao Lingyu was not afraid of the Deputy Village Chief's power. However, he also did not want to cause too much trouble for himself. Now that Kang Ping had been saved, and the Deputy Village Chief had lost face in front of the entire village, he should also stop.
However, today, Xiao Lingyu had witnessed the Deputy Village Chief's power in the Linggu Valley. It seemed that even the Old Village Chief could not do anything about it. The Deputy Village Chief had wronged Kang Ping and almost killed him. The matter was so obvious, but the Old Village Chief did not intend to pursue the matter.
"Actually, it is precisely because no one pursued the matter and no one resisted that everyone became more and more afraid of the Deputy Village Chief's power. If everyone could band together and pay more attention to their own rights, they would not be so arrogant. After all, they only make up one-fifth of the village's population, and not three-fifths," Xiao Lingyu commented calmly.
"It's easier said than done. After all, they are a large clan. They can band together, but the rest of the village cannot. That is because we are not one family, but many families." Kang Ping shook his head and smiled bitterly.
The villagers in the square had already dispersed as they discussed. Xiao Lingyu and Kang Ping also returned to the small stone house next to the medicinal garden.
Xiao Lingyu's temporary resting place was next door to Kang Ping's. In fact, it was not far from Yueru's residence.
The reason why Yueru lived nearby was because there were several medicinal gardens in the Linggu Valley nearby. As the only pharmacist in the village, she naturally had to live here and be responsible for the cultivation and collection of those medicinal herbs.
For a long time, in order to allow the injured to recover faster, and also to make it easier for Yueru to save them, the injured in the Linggu Valley would usually be arranged to rest in the nearby houses.
Kang Ping also lived nearby because he had been seriously injured in the dense forest. Now, he was the one who had not recovered from his old injuries and had to continue living next door to Xiao Lingyu.
"After this incident, I reckon that you will not be able to join the Linggu Valley anymore. Furthermore, it is very likely that you will be chased out tomorrow."
After returning to the stone house, Yueru seemed to be somewhat worried as she spoke to Xiao Lingyu.
"It doesn't matter to me. At most, I will just move to another village," Xiao Lingyu said casually.
Indeed, after this incident, Xiao Lingyu no longer had any hope of joining the Linggu Valley. He really did not have to join the Linggu Valley.
However, he had already thought about it. When the deputy village chief brought people to chase him out, he would teach them a lesson.
However, he never expected that the next day, Yueru would jog all the way to him and tell him that his request to join the Linggu Valley had been approved by the old village chief and the deputy village chief. Furthermore, the deputy village chief did not seem to have any objections at all.
After thinking about it carefully, Xiao Lingyu realized that the deputy village chief was probably afraid that he would not be able to find a chance to take revenge on him after he left. Thus, he decided to keep him here and use his power and advantage in the Linggu Valley to punish him.
"You'd better not do anything overboard. I am not Kang Ping," Xiao Lingyu thought to himself after thinking things through.
After resting quietly for a period of time, the old village chief came looking for him. He said to Xiao Lingyu, "Anyone who wants to join the Linggu Valley must first complete a mission. This mission is to go out of the village alone and hunt down five ordinary wolf demons. This is very simple for you, but you should still do it according to the village rules."
Xiao Lingyu naturally would not reject such a simple mission. The next day, he left the Linggu Valley's main gate to search for wolf demons alone.
There were many wolf demons near the Linggu Valley. Naturally, finding wolf demons was not a difficult task. Xiao Lingyu used less than half a day to successfully return to the Linggu Valley. When he handed over the five well-preserved wolf demon corpses to the old village chief, the old village chief announced that he was already a villager of the Linggu Valley.
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