Refuse to trample on the pride of heaven

Chapter 340 Whereabouts

"Brother, those people all said they didn't know where Brother Liu was."

“I didn’t ask anything here…”

The few people who had dispersed came back and all shook their heads.

Qin Xiao: "They are tough on the outside but very timid. They will piss themselves when a sword is placed on their necks."

Do you still remember that you are a disciple of the righteous path? Everyone was ashamed.

Tang He: "Did you find out anything?"

Qin Xiao: "No, the other party fainted from fright, and the others ran away."

Everyone: “…” We are not surprised at all.

"Masters, my handkerchief has been stuck on a tree. Can you help me? My mother embroidered it for me."

Lu Wensheng was just thinking about asking for directions to the Niangniang Temple when a clear child's voice suddenly rang out. He turned around and saw a little girl, about seven or eight years old, wearing cloth and with a child's hair in a bun, looking at them eagerly.

Everyone was worried, but when they saw the children, they hid the sadness on their faces.

Wu Feipeng was close, rubbed the little girl's head, and looked at Lu Wensheng.

Lu Wensheng relaxed his frown and smiled gently: "There is no progress now, so it is not a waste of time to help the kid."

So a group of disciples who were considered elites in the sect gathered around a locust tree to help the child hold a handkerchief.

For things like this, all you have to do is move your fingers and make some hand gestures.

But he saw that the handkerchief was hung there with a hole in it, which was obviously done by human hands. Lu Wensheng was worried that the little girl was bullied and couldn't help asking another question.

"How did this handkerchief get up there?"

"I refused to go to the goddess' temple to burn incense, and the older kids couldn't stand it, so they took my handkerchief up."

"They bullied you?"

"It was just a joke. I pissed them off, so they took my handkerchief."

Xiaoman looked well-behaved and smart, and spoke in an organized manner. Lu Wensheng couldn't help but rub the little girl's head.

"If you are bullied, tell your family."

Tang He smiled and said, "Brother can help you teach that naughty kid a lesson."

Xiaoman's eyebrows curved slightly: "This is our business, we can't ask adults to come... Are the immortal brothers here to look for the queen?"

They had heard the word "Empress" countless times. Lu Wensheng looked at the little girl and wanted to ask something, but he didn't expect that the little girl seemed to know what they were thinking and asked first.

"What are you going to do at the Niangniang Temple, Immortal Master Brothers?"

Because he had hit a wall several times, Tang He had learned his lesson: "Looking for someone, we are just looking for someone."

The little girl remained silent, looking at Lu Wensheng who was obviously the boss. Lu Wensheng raised his lips slightly and said, "Exorcist and defender of the Way."

A look of understanding flashed across Wu Feipeng's eyes, while Tang He's eyes widened: Oh, senior brother, what truth are you telling? If the girl gets angry in a moment and says that they despise the "Empress", then they won't be able to get any news about senior brother Liu?

"My name is Xiaoman! I've seen the handsome brother you're looking for. He entered the goddess' temple."

Xiaoman smiled brightly and felt relieved, glad that she had made the right bet - she had noticed that these immortal masters were looking for someone, but she didn't know their nature, so she asked them for help through the handkerchief.

The group of people who were willing to talk to her gently and hold the handkerchief for her when she was upset must be good people, just like that handsome brother.

"You peeked at us several times, including asking us to take the handkerchief. You were trying to test us and then consider whether to tell us this, right?"

It was because Lu Wensheng and his companions had good tempers. If they called other cultivators, they would not drive them away. But if they had a bad temper, they would just wave their hands and let Xiaoman suffer.

Xiaoman blushed a little. She didn't expect that her secret observation had been discovered.

"Next time, don't test monks like us like this." Lu Wensheng looked serious, and Xiaoman also became serious when he saw this.

"This is too dangerous. You can't hide at all. Besides, not all immortal masters are worthy of this title. When you go out, you must protect yourself first, understand?"

Xiaoman nodded: "I understand." She felt that these immortal brothers were special, and thought that even if they were discovered, nothing would happen, so she tried to test them. She saw the cultivators who came here before, and they all hid away.

Thinking that the little girl was smart and seemed to have a clear mind, Lu Wensheng didn't say much.

"Why are you willing to tell us this? Did someone ask you to do this?"

"It's not anyone else, it's just me... I don't want that bitch here anymore."

Everyone was a little surprised. After all, they had all witnessed the villagers' enthusiasm for the "Niangniang".

"That goddess is not a good god. I don't want everyone to be eaten. The villagers have all been bewitched!"

Xiaoman choked up a little as she spoke and explained the reason.

It turned out that when Liu Jiqian entered the temple, Xiaoman was there with her parents. Perhaps because she was young and did not have a deep understanding of the faith, the goddess did not influence her.

She saw Liu Jiqian take action with her own eyes, listened to his words, looked at the villagers who had gone crazy, familiar yet unfamiliar to her, and was filled with fear, feeling that what he said was right.

She didn’t know what greed was yet, but she already knew…greed was cannibalistic.

However, after escaping from the Niangniang Temple, everyone was still angry and still refused to give up. When they saw that the immortal master brother did not come out, they even discussed keeping the matter secret to prevent the Niangniang from being eliminated.

"They clearly knew it, but they still deceived themselves. That Immortal Brother was a good man and shouldn't be gone."

Liu Jiqian was not the only cultivator who asked questions out of curiosity about "The Queen", but he was the only one who felt something was wrong and continued to investigate.

Xiaoman still remembers the way Liu Jiqian comforted the baby. She felt that this was the kind of compassion that a "goddess" should have. She didn't really understand what "compassion" was, but she looked at the villagers who stretched out their arms crazily under the statue...

She knew that everything was wrong...

Therefore, Xiaoman firmly believed in Liu Jiqian's good intentions - she could not see the Queen's mercy, she only knew that if people continued to deceive themselves, they would eventually be swallowed up by the "Queen" along with their desires.

"Brother Immortal Master, I will lead the way for you."

Duan Jiashu: "This is too dangerous. Just go home after I show you the way."

Yu Shuoyang: "The ground will be a mess by then, be careful not to scare you."

Xiaoman shook her head. "My parents are also burning incense here. There are many followers of the Goddess here... They have placed the statues in the Goddess' temple in a remote place. It will be hard to find them without a guide. I will hide well by then."

"Please lead the way." Lu Wensheng said gently, Qin Xiao quietly made up his sword gestures, Zhang Miao tightened the hilt, Wu Feipeng's fingertips brushed the jade pendant on his waist, and the white light flickered in the twilight...

Xiaoman led the way, clutching the lost and recovered handkerchief, through the twisting alleys. Dark red moss oozed from the cracks in the blue bricks, becoming thicker and thicker like blood as one went west of the town. Wu Feipeng suddenly stopped, and the scabbard of his sword hit the stone wall with a dull sound.