Chapter 160 - 59: The Shame of Flame Village

Shui Rou felt like she was having a long dream.

Her soul was shattered by a pair of gigantic hands.

Then she saw a beam of light, illuminating the darkness in her world.

Shui Rou’s body seemed to be wrapped in a layer of warmth, allowing her to feel an unprecedented relaxation.

When she opened her eyes, she found Han Zhan holding her.

Seeing Shui Rou open her eyes, Han Zhan sighed in relief.

"You finally woke up. I was just gone for a while, how did you end up bleeding from all seven orifices and faint on the ground?"

Me, bleeding from all seven orifices? Faint on the ground?

Hearing Han Zhan’s words and seeing the bloodstains on the ground, Shui Rou recalled what she had just dreamt of, and her face suddenly turned pale.

"It’s a curse."

"The High Priest used a curse to kill me."

"Why, High Priest..."

Shui Rou felt as if her heart was stabbed, the pain was unbearable.

She had risked her life for the Water Village to complete the High Priest’s task.

But what she got in return was this kind of ending?

If Han Zhan hadn’t arrived in time and found Shui Rou fainted in a pool of blood, using the Fu Xi Zither’s Clear Heart Powder to keep her alive, she might have been completely dead.

"The High Priest’s curse?" Hearing Shui Rou’s words, Han Zhan furrowed his brows.

"I didn’t expect her to be so desperate, now do you believe me?"

They’re trying to kill you, and I was the one who saved you.

If even after that Shui Rou was unwilling to tell him the location of the Water Village, Han Zhan would be very straightforward in giving up on wasting his efforts on her and seeking another way.

Shui Rou did not refuse Han Zhan.

However, she shook her head with a bitter expression.

"It’s no use."

"The Water Village has been moved underwater by the High Priest, and the Water Repelling Shield is protecting the entire village. Because it’s underwater, it’s constantly moving."

"Only the people of the Water Village can use a special bloodline method to sense the real-time location of the Water Village."

"And you?" Han Zhan looked at Shui Rou.

Shui Rou looked down at her hands, her voice full of desolation.

"The High Priest’s curse is planted in my bloodline. I’ve already been killed by the curse once, even if I’m brought back to life, I have completely lost the Water Village’s bloodline."

As a result, even if Shui Rou knew how to locate the Water Village and open a waterway.

Because she lost the bloodline, she couldn’t possibly help Han Zhan and his people find the current location of the Water Village.

The High Priest of the Water Village had long been farsighted in making double insurance in this regard.

Before Shui Rou set off, it was the High Priest who found her and had her leave a drop of her essence blood in the water ball, saying it could be used to monitor her life status at any time.

Unbeknownst to her, from that moment on, Shui Rou’s life was in the High Priest’s hands.

After saying this despondently, Shui Rou closed her eyes again and lowered her head.

She realized who was right and who was wrong.

But she realized it a little too late.

Everything under the High Priest’s layout had already become a foregone conclusion.

Is it really all for nothing?

Han Zhan, hearing this, fell into deep thought.

...

A new area was opened up on the outskirts of Fengbai Village, specifically for the people of Flame Village to settle down again.

Now that Flame Village had moved next to Fengbai Village, the people of the two villages were quite familiar and got along well.

The people of Flame Village were generally strong and fearless of hard and dirty work, helping Fengbai Village significantly.

And Fengbai Village provided an endless supply of Calamity Beast Meat, with bonfires lit every night.

Each taking what they needed, they soon became brothers.

However, some rejoiced while others felt troubled.

In the new settlement of Flame Village, a young man was tied up and branded on his belly with the words "Shame of Flame Village."

"Let me go!"

"I want to see the village chief! I want to see the village chief!"

"It’s the village chief who told us to tie you up here for two days to reflect until you realize your mistakes."

The young man sighed deeply.

In order to eat meat like the other Flame Village people, he could only bow to the "evil forces" and say, "Let me go, I know my mistake!"

"What was wrong?"

"I shouldn’t have shone too brightly, overshadowing the village chief."

"Wrong."

"I shouldn’t have tried to keep the Calamity Beast’s leg meat to myself, I should have shared it with everyone."

"Wrong."

"I shouldn’t have peeped at the village chief’s daughter taking a bath..."

"Hmm? You did such a thing?!"

No matter how many answers the young man gave, they wouldn’t let him go.

Seeing the words "Shame of Flame Village" on his belly, he suddenly understood.

"As someone from Flame Village, I shouldn’t have a brain!"

"That’s right! Exactly!"

Below the stage, a few Flame Village people exchanged smiles, satisfied with the answer.

"If you had this awareness sooner, you wouldn’t have suffered so much."

"Exactly, what do you need a brain for? It only increases the gap between us brothers!"

"That’s right! Huo Heng, from now on, we’re good brothers again!"

Each person said a phrase, and they untied the Flame Village youth, Huo Heng.

At this moment, Han Zhan arrived with Huo Lie and the others, witnessing this scene.

As soon as Huo Heng saw Huo Lie, he shouted loudly, "Village chief, I know my mistake now!"

"I shouldn’t have a brain!"

"I’m ashamed of having the bloodline of the Water Village, village chief!"

Hearing Huo Heng’s words, the other young people from Flame Village following behind looked proud and pleased, raising their heads as if seeking credit.

Huo Lie, hearing Huo Heng’s words, noticed the gazes directed at him, and quickly cleared his throat.

"No, no, Huo Heng, there really is nothing like that, you’re not wrong."

"Hmm?" Huo Heng was a bit confused.

"Village chief, I said all this, why are you still angry with me and unwilling to forgive me?"

Blue veins bulged on Huo Lie’s forehead.

"Who told you I was angry with you?"

"They did." Huo Heng pointed behind him.

A few Flame Village young men immediately puffed out their chests, brimming with confidence.

"Take these brainless ones and tie them back up, make them reflect properly!"

Huo Lie’s face darkened as he instructed the others to take the "irrelevant people" away.

"Village chief? We’re being wronged, village chief!"

"We were just following your orders, village chief!"

"Tie them up for three days!" Huo Lie raised his voice.

Once Huo Lie finished dealing with things, Han Zhan stepped forward, approaching Huo Heng.

"I remember you said before that you have some of the Water Village’s bloodline, right?"

"No, no... yes, I have the Water Village bloodline." Seeing Huo Lie’s increasingly dark face, he quickly corrected himself.

"Hmm, at least you have some brains, better than those fools." Huo Lie grumbled angrily.

Seeing Huo Heng confirm, Han Zhan nodded, then stepped aside.

Shui Rou stepped out from behind him.

"In that case, you’ll learn from her how to perform Sea Breaking."

"What the heck???" Huo Heng’s mind buzzed, thinking he must have heard wrong.

"Simple learning" how to perform Sea Breaking?

I might as well have no brain!