Master Lu, You Are Too Vindictive

“You just said that the people in Yaozu Village only gave birth to sons and no daughters?”

“Yes, everyone envied them at that time.”

Shen Leyan muttered “feudal dregs” in a low voice.

Giving birth to only sons and no daughters, Yaozu Village is an ordinary small village, not the kind of bloody world where the royal palace has sons for thousands of years, the princess gave birth to a little princess, and ten brothers spoiled their sister to the sky. This is definitely not in line with scientific laws.

Either the people in Yaozu Village really have strange genes, or… the baby girls there may have disappeared due to some man-made reasons.

He said goodbye to the old man and returned to Lu Yuanyi with the freshly drawn map.

 “Master Lu, do you think that if a mortal without cultivation does evil, he will suffer retribution?”

“Anything you do will be affected by cause and effect.” Lu Yuanyi unfolded the map, “This way.”

Shen Leyan quickly followed him: “That’s right. I feel that there may be no demons in Yaozu Village, but they have committed too many murders and suffered retribution.”

Lu Yuanyi lowered his eyes: “Before the matter is investigated clearly, it is best not to make a conclusion, which will affect your judgment in the future.”

Shen Leyan was stunned for a moment, then stopped smiling and said seriously: “I understand.”

The old man was very reliable in doing things for money. They flew along the road indicated by the map for half a day, and saw smoke rising not far away.

There is a stone tablet on the path leading to the village. The words on it look a bit old, and they seem to be the records of the village in the past. Shen Leyan caught the three words “Yaozu Village” on it with his sharp eyes.

“We didn’t go the wrong way this time. It should be here.”

The village looked a bit desolate. There were no ducks and geese raised by the villagers in the streams surrounding the village. The farmland was much emptier, and only about one-third of it was planted with green seedlings.

The elder who showed them the way said that many people in the village had moved away, so it was normal to look a bit desolate.

“Master Lu, is there any breath of demons around here?”

Lu Yuanyi shook his head: “Although there is no breath of demons for the time being, some demons often live in the mountains and come to the village to hunt once every few months. If the time interval is long, there will be no residual breath of demons in the village.”

They walked slowly into the village and saw a woman in her forties holding a washing basin and seemed to be going to the river to wash clothes. Shen Leyan hurriedly called her.

 “Auntie! Auntie, we are cultivators passing by, going to the southwest jungle to collect herbs. We would like to stay here for one night today. Is it possible?”

As he spoke, he handed over some silver coins.

He did not directly say that he was looking for someone.

First, he was not sure whether there were still demons in the village.

Second, the woman looked a little haggard, and pale. Her dark eyes, and wooden expression looked a little strange.

When the woman heard the word “cultivator”, her eyelids moved slightly. She raised her eyes and glanced at him, with a cold tone.

“There is nothing in the village to entertain you two.”

“It doesn’t matter. We brought our own food. We just want a room to live in. The money for the stay will never be less.”

He turned his head and grabbed Lu Yuanyi’s sleeve, boldly pulled him over, and lied.

 “It’s mainly because my… my brother sprained his ankle while walking on the mountain road, and he needs to rest and apply medicine.”

Lu Yuanyi lowered his head and glanced at the hand of the young man pulling his sleeve.

After Shen Leyan finished talking to the woman, he secretly looked at Lu Yuanyi’s expression: although his face was cold, there was no ripple in his eyes, indicating that he was not angry.

“He doesn’t look like he sprained his ankle.” The woman tightened the wooden basin in her hand and spoke in a bad tone.

“How could it be!” Shen Leyan pinched Lu Yuanyi through his sleeve, and the tip of his little finger accidentally brushed against his wrist. His body temperature was as cold as cold jade.

Lu Yuanyi leaned over and lifted a corner of his robe. He probably cast a spell to deceive her eyes. His ankle looked swollen, and there were sporadic blood stains seeping out of the fabric.

He walked two steps and limped.

 The woman’s expression eased: “Since you are injured, you can rest in the village for one night. I have an empty room for you to stay in.”

They followed the woman into the village. It was dinner time, and every household was cooking in the kitchen.

Several women saw them through the kitchen window, frowned, and slammed the window shut.

Shen Leyan: “…”

Don’t they look like good people?

The woman arranged a wing room for them. Although the room was a little small, it was fully furnished. There was a quilt on the bed, and it was tidied up quite cleanly.

“You should have a good rest. I still have to go to the stream to wash clothes. It’s best not to go out at night. There are several widows in the village. People from outside the village who go out at night are prone to gossip.”

The door was closed, and Shen Leyan walked around the room.

 “I feel…”

Lu Yuanyi said calmly: “There is something unusual in the village.”

“Does Sect Master Lu think so too?” Shen Leyan sat down beside the bed, “I saw that the wooden basin in the woman’s hand was covered with adult clothes, but there were clearly a few children’s clothes on the bottom – if no children survived in Yaozu Village for three years, why would there be children’s clothes that needed to be changed?”

Although the woman didn’t look mentally well, she was clear-minded when talking to them. She shouldn’t be stupid or crazy. She wouldn’t go to the stream to wash children’s clothes for no reason.

And this room, if it has been vacant for a long time, the furniture would not be completely dusty.

“Do you want to wait until the villagers fall asleep at night and do something bad?”

Shen Leyan’s neck flushed a little: “…bad things, what bad things? I’m still a child, I don’t have any-“

[(°ー°〃)]

Lu Yuanyi raised his eyebrows: “…Wait until the villagers fall asleep then you can go around the village to check.”

[So that’s what you mean.  ]

“Okay.” Shen Leyan rubbed his hot neck and whispered, “Then wait until it gets darker, and then we’ll sneak out.”

Late at night, Shen Leyan leaned against the head of the bed and yawned sleepily. In his drowsiness, he suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck. He was startled and his sleepiness disappeared immediately.

“All the candles in the village are out.”

Shen Leyan glanced at Lu Yuanyi’s slowly withdrawn hand. He rubbed his neck that was chilled by his hand, and glanced at his golden eyes suspiciously.

[I have a reasonable suspicion that Lu Yuanyi did it on purpose.]

He wanted to get revenge on me for pinching him in the afternoon and making him pretend to be lame.

 “Where are we going first?”

“The ancestral grave.”

“…Okay.”

[Although we are in the world of immortal cultivation, I always feel that going to someone else’s ancestral grave in the middle of the night is a bit…]

“Don’t worry. I’m probably older than the people buried in the ancestral grave in Yaozu Village.” Lu Yuanyi narrowed his eyes slightly, and a little distraction flashed through the depths of his dark golden pupils, “Maybe they have to call me…Grandpa?”

Shen Leyan: “…”

[Sect Master Lu, you are too vindictive.]