In the Central Source Village, the atmosphere was heavy. Village Chief Chang's face was terrifyingly dark. All of the other elders were gathered in the west.
"Elder Mei, how do you explain yourself?"
At that moment, Village Chief Chang threw down a small item. It spun on the ground and everyone realized that it was Elder Mei's personal item.
"I don't need to explain anything. That item is mine. That person learned of the existence of that house and came to borrow it from me. Why can't I give it to him? Could it be that there's a rule in the village that forbids newcomers from seeing it? You should know that it's something left behind by a senior. You have no right to close it. It belongs to everyone. " Elder Mei's expression did not change. She picked up the item from the ground and placed it in her bosom.
Pow!
"You colluded with outsiders and actually killed your own villagers. How should you be punished?!" Hearing Elder Mei admit it, he angrily slammed the table and shouted.
"I say, Village Chief, how can I be blamed for Chang Xi's death? They went missing ten days ago, and Chang Xi suddenly died after eating yesterday. Didn't the doctor say that it was very likely that he ate too much Qilin Beast meat? What right do you have to blame it on me?" Elder Mei stood in the middle, refuting the village chief's words.
"That's right. If you hadn't used your position for personal gain and kept so much Qilin meat, such a tragedy wouldn't have happened," mocked one of Elder Mei's companions.
Before this, the Village Chief had clearly told everyone that the Qilin meat had been distributed. There wasn't a single bit left. Yet, Chang Xi had actually found so many pieces of meat in his house. There were even many bones on the side. It was clear that he had secretly hidden them for his grandson. Everyone was dissatisfied with that.
Furthermore, although those people had abducted the cute pets, they had gone missing for many days. Furthermore, they had immediately sealed the city gates and turned the village upside down. There was no trace of them at all.
Furthermore, no one in the village had seen them. They were basically certain that the doctor's words were correct. They had eaten too much Qilin Beast meat to end up like this.
Seeing the crowd's attitude, the village chief was infuriated. However, he knew that he had angered the crowd and was in the wrong. However, looking at Elder Mei's attitude, he felt even more indignant.
When Chang Xi died, he clearly saw the joy in Elder Mei's eyes and the smile at the corner of her mouth. Although she hid it very quickly, Elder Mei had been opposing Chang Xi's plan for many days in a row. She had even been secretly hindering him, so Village Chief Chang suspected that he was the one who did it.
However, he didn't have any evidence. In the end, he found this item in the senior's stone house. Unexpectedly, the other party refused to admit it, so there was nothing he could do.
However, Chang Xi's death had caused the Village Chief to lose most of his rationality. Chang Xi's death was not only his most beloved grandson, but also his only remaining descendant. It must be known that his son had unfortunately passed away long ago. He had to find the murderer and compensate him with his life, and Elder Mei, who had opposed him, was the greatest suspect.
Village Chief Chang suddenly stood up and said coldly, "Alright, alright. Even if the village doesn't have such rules, how do you explain the legacy left behind by those seniors? Those are the only remaining Immortal Techniques. Now, other than some common sense, everything is gone. You can't just turn a blind eye to this, right?"
"I announce that I am resigning from my position as Elder Mei."
However, before Elder Mei could say anything, his companion spoke up. He retorted as soon as the village's voice fell.
"Village Chief, I don't agree with this. Although Elder Mei is at fault for the disappearance of the senior's things, we can't care about him at all. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen? If you want Elder Mei to leave because of such a small matter, I think you have already entered a state of madness because of your grandson's death. You can't tell the truth at all. After all, who hasn't lost their descendants in battle?" A person stood up and argued for Elder Mei, diverting everyone's attention at the same time.
When the crowd heard this, they all started to discuss. Even the people who were on the Village Chief's side felt that the Village Chief was going too far. He was too aggressive.
Since the moment Chang Xi died, Village Chief Chang seemed to have entered a state of madness. Everyone had more or less been insulted by him.
"Your objections are invalid. You should know that I am the Village Chief," Village Chief Chang saw that everyone around him was opposing him. In a fit of anger, he suddenly shouted.
More than ten people who were already prepared walked out from the small hall behind him with spears in their hands. They glared at them like tigers eyeing their prey.
At this moment, the hall instantly quieted down. However, Elder Mei's angry roar sounded in the air.
"Village Chief Chang, how dare you do this? Aren't you afraid of everyone's condemnation?"
"Condemnation? I'm not afraid at all. Little Xi said it well. As long as I have the power, all objections are useless. I should have done this long ago. That way, Little Xi wouldn't have died. " Village Chief Chang's eyes were red. Looking at everyone's fearful expressions, he suddenly felt an infinite sense of pleasure. This was the feeling of supreme power.
Although he was the Village Chief in the past, everyone had to discuss and make decisions together. When had there been such a majestic moment? This feeling was really good.
Village Chief Chang decided that in the future, the elders could only be his mouthpiece. He wouldn't give them any power at all.
Unfortunately, just as he was thinking about this, he saw Elder Mei suddenly smash something in her hands. It made a loud noise and gave everyone a fright.
Then, many messy footsteps came from outside. Similarly, more than ten people rushed in with weapons in their hands. The leader was Captain Qian.
"I already knew that you had this idea. Fortunately, I was prepared. Otherwise, there wouldn't be any accidents if we were killed by you." Elder Mei hid in the crowd and said to the Village Chief.
"Bullshit!" Village Chief Chang immediately retorted. However, he also hid at the back and didn't give the other side any chance.
The two sides looked at each other. They were already holding their weapons tightly. The smell of gunpowder was condensed in the air. It could go off at any time.
A few of the neutral Elders finally understood that the two sides were fighting for power. Everything that had happened before was just an excuse.
"Village Chief Chang, I advise you to surrender. I will let you live out your old age peacefully. If it wasn't for Chang Xi's accidental death, many of the young men in our village would have been killed by you." Elder Mei's voice rose from the crowd.
What he said was the truth. In fact, under his repeated persuasion and deduction, most people were against Chang Xi's plan. Captain Qian even brought people to support him.
His son had already escaped death once. He couldn't die in this hopeless plan.
What he thought was also what most people were thinking. However, due to the power of the Village Chief, they didn't dare to oppose.
"Hmph, dream on. If you have the ability, come and kill me." Village Chief Chang's disdainful words came from above.
"You …" Just as Elder Mei wanted to say something, a voice interrupted her.
"Am I not here at the right time?"
At this moment, a lazy voice suddenly came from outside. Everyone turned around and saw the two missing people and the village's cute pet.
He was dragging four big bags in his hands. They were as long as a person. From the outside, there were still some traces of blood that hadn't dried up. No one knew what was inside, but they looked very full.
"What are you doing here? Are you the one who secretly killed Chang Xi?" Village Chief Chang's voice came from above. There was an uncontrollable anger in his voice.
"Why would I kill him? Is he worthy? " Gu Zheng said disdainfully. At the same time, he threw everything in his hands on the ground. The rope that tied the two bags fell and a familiar creature's corner leaked out.
"This is?" When Elder Mei saw Gu Zheng, she was also shocked. She didn't know why he came back after leaving.
"You will know when you open it." Gu Zheng said indifferently.
Soon, a person beside Elder Mei took action. He first opened the first two bags that were loosened. Two ferocious beast heads appeared in front of everyone. Although they had been dead for many days, the powerful and huge body that slid out from inside still made everyone tremble with fear.
Even the villager who opened the bag was shocked. His hands were trembling without any strength. He couldn't open the next bag no matter how hard he tried.
"Let me do it!" Captain Qian went forward and pulled the person away. He went forward and quickly opened the third bag. Everyone couldn't help but exclaim.
"This can't be …" One of them said subconsciously. The others also had the same thought. They all held their breath and looked at the former Captain who was about to open the last bag.
At this moment, Captain Qian's breathing was also hurried. When he untied the belt, his hands were trembling and he couldn't do it properly.
"Shuang 'er, why did you tie the bags so tightly? Can't you see that it's so tiring? Why aren't you helping?" Gu Zheng said deliberately when he saw this scene.
"Oh, Young Master, I was wrong." Shuang 'er pouted and said with grievance. However, she still prepared to go forward. This was clearly done by you, but you just had to blame me.
"No need, I can do it." Captain Qian reached out his hand to stop Shuang 'er. Then, he took a deep breath and took out the bone knife at his waist. A cold light flashed in the air and the item in the bag slid out in front of everyone.
"Green Beast!"
"It really is it."
"Didn't you see how easy it was to carry four bags?"
Everyone was shocked. They were all whispering to each other and exclaiming in surprise.
"Since you saved my companion, you don't have to take the risk. I'll bring back what you want. Let's see if your legend is true so that innocent villagers won't die." Gu Zheng still said in a relaxed tone.
"Captain Qian, take these four guys to the back and treat Elder Chang to a meal. We'll know if we're right or not." Elder Mei said with a sneer.
This kind of rumor was obviously to appease the people here. If it was possible, just like what he said before, the ancestors would have already cultivated magic. At that time, they were much stronger than they were now.
Soon, most of them carried the monsters out of here. Village Chief Chang also put down the weapon in his hand.
They knew that they wouldn't be able to defeat someone who could kill these monsters even if they had several times more people.
Everyone quieted down and waited for the result.
Those elders quickly sat on the chairs next to them again. After all, they were a little old and couldn't stand for a long time.
However, they didn't have to wait for long. After only two hours, four steaming big bowls were served. The aroma of the big pieces of meat filled the small living room, making everyone unconsciously drool.
The four bowls were placed in the middle. A stone table was temporarily moved from the side. Elder Mei, several other elders, and even Captain Qian surrounded it.
"Village Chief Chang, come down and have a taste. See if you can learn magic." Elder Mei sneered.
"Hmph, I won't eat it. Maybe it's only effective for people who can control the power of darkness." Village Chief Chang still didn't give up and refused to come down.
"Don't worry. I've already sent those treasures over. We'll know the result in a while." Elder Mei knew that Village Chief Chang would say so. She had already arranged everything.
"However, you all must not eat too much. Otherwise, you'll be stuffed to death. The energy contained within this Monstrous Beast surpasses your imagination." Seeing that they were about to eat, Gu Zheng indifferently said from the side.
Obviously, Gu Zheng was targeting Village Chief Chang for slandering him.
Just now, someone had told him what had happened in the past few days.
It turned out that the departure of Gu Zheng and the others did not attract anyone's attention. Other than Chang Xi and Elder Mei, even Han Xiu was already prepared. After seeing that there was no one in the house, she returned.
However, Chang Xi felt that Gu Zheng was afraid of him and had snuck out. Thus, he was even more determined to hunt other demonic beasts and forcefully select a few elites from the youths.
Although most of them were unwilling, with the support of the village chief, they didn't dare to say anything. Under Chang Xi's high-intensity training every day, some of them even suffered serious injuries.
Originally, they planned to take action half a month later. At that time, Chang Xi's arm would be almost healed and he would be able to set off. Because of Gu Zheng, he was a little impulsive.
Originally, he had some plans in mind, but he didn't want to carry them out so quickly. He wanted to wait a few years before bringing up this matter.
However, the day before, Chang Xi, who had just finished eating, started training in the open space in front of them as usual. Suddenly, he vomited blood. Before anyone could understand what had happened, he fell to the ground and stopped breathing.
Several doctors in the village examined him, but they couldn't find out what caused it. There was no poison or external injury. In the end, they all agreed that he died because of excessive blood and Qi. In the end, they found a lot of kirin meat in his house, which proved their judgment.
This made Village Chief Chang go crazy. His most beloved grandson had died just like that. However, he didn't believe the doctors' words. He always suspected that someone had killed Chang Xi.
Although everyone understood his feelings, they couldn't just throw water on him casually. Now, he even threatened them with violence. He had lost everyone's trust.
So after hearing Gu Zheng's words, one of the people in front of him said with a smile, "Don't worry, I still want to live. I'll stop after tasting a little."
Ignoring Village Head Chang's face that was as dark as ink, they immediately ate a piece of meat from the table and drank a mouthful of soup each.
After they finished eating, the others also came forward to taste the delicious food of the other demon beasts. Eating this was enough for them to be proud of themselves.
"What kind of feeling do you feel?" Gu Zheng asked curiously from the side. Everyone closed their eyes after eating, and a look of enjoyment appeared on their faces.
"How should I put it? There's a warm current flowing through my body, but it's not as effective as the Qilin Beast. Maybe it's because I've eaten too little. As for the other differences, it doesn't seem to be a big deal," Elder Mei said, smacking her lips.
The others also spoke out their feelings. In general, it was similar to what he felt. It wasn't as bad as the legends said. It also disappointed them a lot.
Village Chief Chang stood up with a sullen face. No one knew what he was thinking.
The food on the table was quickly distributed to everyone.
At this time, Elder Mei snorted and said to Village Chief Chang, "What else do you have to say now? Don't deny it because you didn't eat it yourself. There are more to come."
Village Chief Chang didn't answer him at all. He just looked outside, as if waiting for something.
Elder Mei certainly knew what he was thinking. She didn't say anything to him. She continued to chat with the elders next to her. Everyone was waiting for the feedback from the people over there.
After waiting for half an hour, two figures slowly walked in from outside.
They were dressed in pure black robes. Although it looked a little shabby, it was still one of the best clothes here. They also had a black hood on their heads. A black veil covered their faces, but one could vaguely see that they were a man and a woman.
The two came to the middle of the hall and bowed slightly to the village chief and elders. They said in unison, "Leng Rong and Leng Yue greet the village chief and elders."
From their voices, it was obvious that they were young.
"Leng Rong, Leng Yue, have you eaten the food that was sent over?" Elder Mei saw that Village Chief Chang was still a little absent-minded.
"Yes, that thing is incomparably delicious. Although it can't be compared to the kirin, it still contains a lot of energy. The four different things added together are enough to surpass the kirin's effect. It's very beneficial for us." Leng Rong's eyes flashed with a trace of nostalgia.
With their status, as long as they were old enough, they would automatically be promoted to village elders. Village Chief Chang and Elder Mei used to have this status. However, their strength had declined so much that it was almost impossible for them to fight anymore.
Hearing this, Village Chief Chang's eyes lit up.
"Apart from this, do you have any other feelings? For example, did your comprehension of the immortal technique improve?" Elder Mei's voice sounded again.
"Elder, there is no improvement. This thing only strengthens the body and the power of darkness. Other than that, there is no other effect." This time, it was Leng Yue who answered.
"Perhaps we can wait for a while to see the effect." A weak voice sounded in the air. Everyone looked up. It was actually the voice of Village Chief Chang, who was unwilling to give up. However, his face was a little pale.
"I announce that Village Chief Chang has some mental problems. I will temporarily replace him as the village chief. Does anyone object?" Elder Mei looked around and said.
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