Volume 2: The Source of Life Chapter 32: An Unexpected Journey

  My eyebrow twitched: Logically speaking, it's easy to prove that I have a soul device on me. Not to mention that they saw me cultivating the Dark Dragon with their own eyes beforehand, even if it was just Pietro and Brad's soul devices that I had stored on my person. If they were found out, it would be easy to shatter the lie I told earlier.

  But why should I give them the chance?

  Seeing Kens with a smug cold smile and Jett with an excited face slowly approaching me, I shook my head and waved my hand to stop them: "No need, I have a soul device on me." As I spoke, I pulled out the Dark Dragon from my bosom.

  "What else do you have to say!" Jett and Kens were overjoyed, and didn't have the time to think about why I would voluntarily take out the soul device. Kens gave a signal, and Innie and Jett immediately reached out with one on each side, trying to capture me.

  Because I unexpectedly pulled out the soul device from my body, the village chief and Gurt, Kanori, etc. were all at a loss for a moment, although they had the heart to help me, but could not openly defy the orders of the Soul Master. After all, if I was really a guilty Soul Master's soul servant, the small Montel village would be unable to provide any assistance to me.

  "Wait!"

  At the critical moment, I waved my hand to brush aside Irini and Jette's outstretched palms, took a step back and said coldly: "I still have something to say."

  Kens felt something was off, but it was too late to stop me. I handed the dark dragon in my hand to Kano: "This sword is indeed a soul device, but I picked it up, you all said it was the soul device of the Soul-Eating Gate, I have no idea."

  What is the ability to turn black and white upside down? What I am showing now is this ability.

  Before Kens and the others could react, I continued, "Gut and the village chief can prove that when I arrived in Montel Village, I didn't have this Soul Equipment sword on me. This sword was picked up from the lair of the Spirit Wolves when I went to find the Spirit Rats with Kanori and the others. Kanori and the others can all testify to this."

  Telling lies like they're true is a profound study, and I just so happen to have mastered this skill. The specific method of this study is that when speaking, say 70% truth and add 30% lie, in order to achieve the effect of confusing people's senses. Sometimes it works well, even the person involved gets confused and thinks what I said was true.

  Just like what I said earlier, it's mostly true, but I concealed the fact that I'm the Spirit Emperor Yu of the Soul Devouring Sect and my real identity, which are blind spots that Kanori and Gorthok don't know about. Except for these, the remaining parts of my words are facts that they are aware of, so they were all led astray by me, nodding their heads in complete agreement with what I said.

  The village chief blinked his dull old eyes, a hint of cunning flashing in them, then made a helpless expression and spread his hands to the three: "Three adults, you also saw that everyone proved that Mr. Fang Cheng and the Soul Eater's soul device have nothing to do with each other, it was picked up when he helped our village find the spirit mouse."

  It is said that the high level of deception is to let those who have been deceived by you help you deceive others together. The village chief and villagers undoubtedly helped me achieve this point.

  "How could this be? How did it end up like this..."

  The three of them, Kens, had ugly expressions on their faces, as if they had eaten a rotten egg. Their words were not believed by anyone, and they didn't want to forcibly capture me in front of everyone, but letting me go was also unbearable for them. The scene suddenly fell into an awkward silence, with only the sound of Kens' heavy breathing and the rustling of clothes as the mountain wind blew past.

  The burning torches gradually went out, and a pale white color appeared on the horizon. Another clear morning was coming. Kens and others looked gloomy, watching the villagers standing behind me, their faces getting worse and worse, probably feeling suffocated in their hearts.

  If this situation continues, there are only two possible outcomes. One is that Kens and his men cannot withstand the pressure from the villagers behind me and leave voluntarily, which means their pursuit of me will have to come to an end for a while, as some evidence suggests they need to take a break. The second possibility is that Kens and his men resist the pressure and recklessly try to capture me by force.

  The smell of gunpowder in the air grew thicker, a result of countless glances colliding. Just as the atmosphere on site was becoming increasingly tense, a sudden burst of noise came from afar.

  "Brother Fang Cheng, you guys got up so early?"

  The sudden sound startled me, and I turned my head in the direction of the sound. I saw Tang Ning'er leading a team of nearly 100 people, pushing a single-wheeled cart towards us.

  "Big brother, we've brought back the bad spirit mouse from the village. The villagers are in a hurry to exchange it for a good one and return it. You see..."

  Tang Ning'er walked quickly towards me, accompanied by an older villager from Tangjia Village. As he approached, he suddenly felt that something was off and curiously looked around, taking in the destroyed houses. A bewildered expression floated onto Tang Ning'er's face as he hesitantly stopped in front of me.

  "Big brother, what's going on in Montel village?"

  When Tang Ning'er brought nearly a hundred young men from the Tang family village and heard that the warehouse storing the Ling mice had been blown up by three rogue soul masters, the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became somewhat eerie.

  The original villagers of Montel village had hundreds of people, and with the addition of Tangjia village, the pressure on Kens, Yinni and Jack suddenly increased. However, this was just the beginning, as the dawn broke, the golden morning light gently sprinkled down like a thin gauze, covering all buildings and people on the ground with a semi-transparent veil of golden mist, more and more villagers from other villages came to Montel village at dawn to ask me to be their "arbiter".

  It was a grand farce, and everyone who saw the village of Montel, destroyed by three Soul Masters, had an extremely colorful expression on their face, a look of shock mixed with contempt.

  The fact is before our eyes, even if Kens and his group had a hundred mouths, they still couldn't talk their way out of it.

  From a highly respected soul master to an object of villagers' gaze and contempt, heaven and hell are only a thin line apart.

  When the village representatives who sought my help heard that Kens and others wanted to capture me, it undoubtedly poured a bucket of oil on everyone's discontent. The silent gaze was enough to convey many emotions, enough to make Kens and others feel like they had stirred up a hornet's nest.

  This is absolutely terrible!

  "This is a terrible morning..." Kens gritted his teeth and said: "Montel Village Chief, things are over here, we'll take our leave first. I apologize for the misunderstanding on behalf of myself." After finishing speaking, his eyes filled with resentment glared at me again: "Fang Cheng, we will definitely come back, just wait and see!"

  Under the gaze of all villagers, either contemptuous or disdainful or perplexed, Kens, Ynni and Jett left with a sense of frustration. They had to leave since they couldn't move this time, and staying any longer would only lead to loss of face. Of course, I believe they didn't really leave but chose to hide in secret to deal with me in another way.

  I understand this point very well, but I just smiled and ignored it.

  It's going to rain and the daughter is getting married, let him go, my plan will not be thwarted by a small Ken.

  ……

  The matter of the three Kens has finally come to an end, but there is still a large amount of work to be done in wrapping things up. According to the village chief's initial estimate, at least one-third of the wooden houses in the village have collapsed, and rebuilding them will require a huge amount of manpower, material resources, and financial resources.

  Fortunately, after the collapsed warehouse was cleaned up by everyone, it was found that more than half of the Ling mice were intact. After simple treatment, not only can they guarantee the needs of Montel Village itself, but also have enough surplus to support the people of Tangjia Village.

  This news made the village chief and Gutte, Kanori slightly relieved.

  After the storm with Kens and others, my reputation in the surrounding villages has actually increased, which is an unexpected gain.

  People aren't born to be inferior, and no one really likes those who are condescending towards them all the time, even if they're authoritative figures. Although people in the village don't dare say anything openly, they all have a good impression of me deep down, as if my conflict with Kens and others had helped them vent their frustrations.

  Three days had passed and this morning I welcomed two unfamiliar guests.

  The newly rebuilt village's reception hall is slightly simpler than before, but it doesn't affect the guests' eagerness at all.

  "You're... the... arbitrator?" An old man in his sixties, with a head of gray hair, rubbed his cloudy eyes and scratched his messy hair, wiping his hands on his worn-out clothes before hesitantly extending a hand for a handshake, only to withdraw it halfway, embarrassed by its greasiness.

  An old man sat next to a 16- or 17-year-old girl with a pair of beautiful emerald green eyes, curly golden long hair, and skin as white as a doll. The girl's expression was innocent and lovely, wearing a clean floral dress, forming a sharp contrast with the sloppy old man beside her.

  "These two are..."

  Behind me, Kanori hastily said: "This old man is the village chief of Chilo Village, Peter, and this girl is his granddaughter, Asya." Unlike Gut's straightforwardness, Kanori has some mind, he can see my eyes and do things, and because of the spirit wolf's affairs, he is more loyal to me. Moreover, he is an all-around expert, and there are no unknown things in the surrounding villages. Keeping him by my side is a good advisor. This point is actually a good complement to Gut.

  "Oh, what's up?" I nodded at Peter Village Chief.

  The old man was stunned for half a day, coughed twice in the corner of the room, and it wasn't until the little girl next to him secretly pulled his hem that he came back to himself. He stood up awkwardly, stuttering: "I'm sorry, Arbitrator... I didn't think you were so young."

  "Don't doubt his ability just because he's young, you can go ask around, is there anything in the surrounding villages that can stump Kanori?" someone chimed in coldly from beside Kano.

  "Yes, yes." Old Pete wiped the cold sweat from his head and sat back down somewhat uneasily at my gesture.

  He is an honest man, I made a judgment about the old man.

  "It's like this, our village and Luoshui Village have had several clashes over the Ling Mouse affair. Recently, I heard that Arbitrator, you are very capable, so we thought...thought..."

  "Understood, what do I need to do?" I responded while exchanging a glance with Kanori: another village in conflict with two families because of the spirit rats, these spirit rats are really troublesome.

  "If possible, we... think, think to ask Arbitrator you to go to the village for a trip, to help our village and Luoshui Village mediate well... otherwise, if we fight again, it will really cost lives!" Peter's words became more fluent as he spoke, his old face flushed bright red, unsure whether from excitement or agitation.

  "Alright, I accept your request." As I replied to the village chief of Peter, I found that the girl named Ayesha secretly took a glance at me, and her eyes were full of curiosity.

  Originally, I thought this was just one of many arbitrations, but unexpectedly, the result turned out to be completely different.

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