Chapter Nineteenth: Humanity is no better than dogs

  A girl who should be very pretty, why say should be?

  Because Kong Zhan could see that her figure was extremely good, slender and graceful, making people's eyes greedy, but there was a white gauze covering her face, teasing people's appetite.

  Kong Zuo is also 18 or 19 years old, and he has some understanding of men and women. Of course, this understanding is also limited. In a place where men like Luo Fu are the majority, Kong Zuo's understanding of men and women is limited to knowing that Fang Shaobai has some feelings for Zhou Xue. In this matter, Kong Zuo is just an onlooker.

  But now, facing this woman, looking at that seductive figure, a primitive impulse directly stimulated his brain.

  "How humiliating!" Kong Zhan's face grew hot, and he quickly suppressed his anger with a circulation of his innate purple energy.

  This woman was also a cultivator, and her cultivation was not low. Just by standing silently at the door of the temple without being discovered, it could be inferred that this woman's pure true yuan cultivation would absolutely not be inferior to her own.

  "Who are you, and why are you blocking our way!" Although the men inside the temple were all big and tall, but since this woman appeared so abruptly and was also carrying a sword, for the time being, no one dared to make any sudden moves.

  "Where are you going to take the person?" The woman asked, slightly raising her head, her clear and cold gaze staring straight at the old man at the entrance of the ancestral hall.

  "This is our village's own business, it has nothing to do with you!" Someone shouted before the old man could respond.

  The woman didn't say a word, her eyes were fixed on the old man. The old man's eyes gradually dimmed under the woman's gaze, "This little girl is to be offered as a sacrifice to the mountain god in the mountains!"

  "Mountain spirit?" The woman's slender eyebrows outside slightly furrowed, "I just passed by this place and found that the aura of evil spirits is very strong here, I'm afraid there are monsters making trouble, so I came to check!" She paused for a moment, "Unexpectedly, you people, actually sent this little girl into the mouth of the monster for your own safety!"

  The tone of her words was both reproachful and disdainful. Although the men in the hall were somewhat intimidated by this mysterious woman who had suddenly appeared, they couldn't help but be provoked by such direct and naked mockery. Two men finally couldn't bear it and jumped out from the crowd, rushing to the front of the woman. One of them stretched out his hand, pointing at the woman's nose, "What are you? Just a small woman, what qualifications do you have to interfere with our men's affairs?"

  When he was excited, his fingers stretched out again and were about to touch the tip of the woman's nose covered with white gauze. Suddenly, they shot out and grabbed wildly in mid-air, let out a miserable cry, and fell helplessly onto the steps of the temple, getting a nosebleed and a swollen face.

  There was a commotion around, and some of the discontented were about to roll up their sleeves and take action. Some clever ones quietly moved their feet towards the back of the temple, while more people stood there motionless, discussing in whispers, but the gaze towards the woman all had a resentful color.

  She gently waved her hand, and the ancestral hall gradually quieted down.

  The old man's face remained unchanged as he walked down the steps of the ancestral hall, "What the female knight said is right, we are a group of big men who want to sacrifice a girl for our own lives, it's really shameful. However, what we're doing is also something that can't be helped!" He looked at the woman and continued, "We people from Chenjia Village have been born, grown up, and died in these five mountains for generations. We also want to live a peaceful life, we also want to live without worries or troubles, but the mountain god won't let us!" As he spoke, the old man's face revealed a sorrowful expression, tears welled up in his eyes, and the muscles on his face began to twitch.

  "Alas……!" With a deep sigh, the old man slowly sat down on the steps and actually buried his head in tears. The large temple was quiet for a moment, leaving only the half-old man's sorrowful sobs.

  The white-clad woman's veil trembled slightly, as if also moved by the old man's sorrowful heart, wanting to say something. However, the old man continued, "We also know that the mountain god in the mountains is actually a monster, and has sought out powerful people and sword immortals to help us eliminate this mountain god. But no one who entered the mountains ever returned, and every time someone came to exorcise the demon, the mountain god would come to our village and cause trouble, taking away people and livestock, bringing disaster upon us. So, after a long time, we gave up on asking for help to eliminate the demon."

  "In that case, why don't you move away from here?" the woman asked.

  "Move!" The old man's face became even more bitter, "Where to move? Our ancestors moved here to avoid disaster three hundred years ago and have taken root. The land is fertile and the water is beautiful, and there are many wild animals in the mountains. We don't need to be disturbed by others, and everyone in the village has become complacent. Except for sacrificing a young girl every year, the rest of the days are spent in peace... Ah!" Another deep sigh, and everyone was silent, as if they were ashamed, but also as if they were hesitant, their eyes drifting away, looking at the woman in white as if expecting something.

  The woman let out a soft sigh, and no longer had the heart to chat with the people in the temple. She turned around, wanting to leave, but unexpectedly, just as she was about to turn around, the old man suddenly stood up from his seated position on the steps and rushed to her front. "This female knight, the mountain god's divine power is vast, its magical powers are strong, for fifty years, countless swordsmen have entered the mountain to slay demons but never returned, instead every time we slay demons, our village suffers a disaster!" At this point, the old man was already crying uncontrollably. After a while, he finally spoke up, "Little... little old man begs of you, for your own sake, and for the sake of our small village, please don't go provoke the mountain god again!"

  "This——!"

  "Please, heroine, have mercy!" The old man wailed and kowtowed, and with that, a group of big men inside the temple hall "thudded" to their knees, chanting in unison "Please, heroine, have mercy!" The scene was quite spectacular.

  Although the woman was also a fairy sword immortal, she had never seen such a strange scene. She usually only saw people asking for help to subdue demons, but here were so many people kneeling and crying out in unison, telling her not to subdue the demon, which made her hesitate.

  On the wall, Kong Yan also helplessly smiled bitterly. The men below were truly despicable, but this woman was also quite troublesome. If you want to go and subdue the demon, then just do it, why bother with so much? Thinking of this, Kong Yan slightly bent his fingers, a wisp of finger wind shot out, directly hitting the little girl's arm on the table. The little girl felt pain, where could she still endure, opening her mouth, "Wa" in one voice, and then burst into loud crying.

  This cry awakened the white-clad woman from her hesitation, she glanced at the little girl, ignored everyone's plea, and transformed into a white light, shooting towards the Wuling Mountains.

  Kong Zuo's mouth cracked a smile on the wall, just about to follow, but seemed to have thought of something, and stopped again, turning his gaze towards the ancestral hall.

  "I'd like to see if you're really as worthless as you seem!"

  Next, Kong Zhuang saw the scene he had expected. The group of people below couldn't stop the woman in white from entering the mountain and actually blamed all their anger and responsibility on the little girl who had just cried out and was still crying.

  "It's all because of this little wild species, our village is going to suffer another disaster!" Someone shouted out the first sentence, and suddenly it hooked up everyone's cheap bone in the scene. The people in the ancestral hall actually surrounded that table, while Jiuyuer, who was the poor father of the little girl, squatted there with a face full of defeat and didn't say a word.

  The little girl had been frightened a lot today, and at this time she was still sniffling. Suddenly, seeing so many people surrounding her, each with an unfriendly expression, she was so scared that she stopped sniffling. A pair of bright big eyes looked around helplessly, not knowing what these people wanted to do.

  "It's all because of this troublemaker, who brought us such a great disaster, kill him!" Someone in the crowd shouted again, stirring up the emotions of the masses. However, soon they discovered that today was absolutely not their lucky day.

  Every step forward, their bodies became a fraction heavier than usual. When the person at the forefront reached the table, they had already collapsed to the ground, with almost all the bones in their body crushed by the sudden weight. The further back people were, the better off they were, but they could no longer move forward. The ground seemed like a giant magnet, holding them firmly in place. The entire hall was filled with sharp, mournful wails.

  "This child is a child with blessings and fairy luck, her future achievements will be boundless. You must treat her well, when the time is ripe, someone will naturally come to help her become immortal. If at that time she suffers even a little bit of grievance, heaven's punishment will surely follow!"

  The voice was ancient and majestic, coming from a distant and profound place, lingering on and on like thunder descending from the ninth heaven. As soon as the sound stopped, the pressure dissipated, and the temple returned to its tranquility. Kong Zhuo's body transformed into a wisp of clear smoke, flying towards the direction where the white-clothed woman had disappeared earlier.

  (I've collected over a thousand, today I'll add an extra chapter. If this month's recommendations exceed a thousand, tomorrow I'll also add an extra chapter. If this week's recommendations exceed a thousand, I'll add two more chapters, hehehe)