Chapter 605: Chapter 265: None Innocent
Upon hearing Liu Xiaotangâs words, everyone fell silent, especially Suxin, who was utterly shocked.
"Rebellious girl, stop spouting nonsense! It was that wench who wanted to kill everyone in the village. I did it for Wind Bell Village!"
The man, exposed, immediately became menacing and screamed hoarsely.
Liu Xiaotang ignored him and walked up to these villagers, pointing at them one by one:
"Second Uncle Liu, Aunt Li, MinâEr didnât want to be sacrificed to Celestial Fall Mountain, so you broke her legs."
"Third Brother Chen, to save your own life, you personally sent your sister into the cellar and even cut off her fingers."
"Grandpa Zhang, Grandma Wang couldnât bear to part with her granddaughter, so you smothered Grandma Wang and knocked ZhenâEr unconscious, then handed her over to Liu Dashu."
"Fifth Uncle Liu, you couldnât have children. When Liu Dashu said every household in the village had to hand over a daughter, you let Third Uncle Li, Second Brother Zhao, and Seventh Uncle Liu rape your wife. In three years, Fifth Aunt had three daughters and eventually died from childbirth."
Liu Xiaotang pointed at them one by one, recounting the evil deeds each villager had done.
Finally, she stood in front of Qiu Zhihe and bowed: "Fairy, each of them has blood on their hands."
Qiu Zhihe sneered, looking at Suxin with ridicule: "Can you make a decision now?"
Suxin clenched her fists tightly, her body trembling. Liu Xiaotang knelt down: "Fairy, can you hand them over to me?"
Qiu Zhihe nodded, and a dagger flew from her hand, landing in front of Liu Xiaotang.
"Thank you, Fairy."
Liu Xiaotang kowtowed in gratitude, picked up the dagger, and walked toward the villagers.
"Liu Xiaotang, what are you going to do?!"
The villagers were horrified, but with Qin Gengyun and others present, they dared not move recklessly and could only watch the frail girl approach them.
Tears streaming down her face, the girl suddenly raised the dagger and plunged it into a manâs chest.
This man was the Fifth Uncle Liu who had let others rape his wife. He opened his mouth wide, looking at the girl in disbelief.
His body slowly fell to the ground, blood staining the earth beneath him. His body convulsed, and his eyes gradually glazed over as if he saw something, with a terrified expression, he murmured:
"Wife, wife... donât blame me."
The man died, and Liu Xiaotang, holding the blood-stained dagger, walked up to a pair of middle-aged couple, the ones who had broken their daughterâs legs and sent her into the cellar.
"Xiaotang, Xiaotang, I held you when you were little! Donât do this!"
Ah!
With a shrill scream, the couple fell into a pool of blood.
Next, Liu Xiaotang, hunching over, dragged the crimson dagger, killing each of the villagers who had committed atrocities.
Finally, Liu Xiaotang, already unsteady and stumbling, walked up to her father.
"Daughter, daughter, Iâm your father, spare me!"
Liu Xiaotangâs father was so frightened that he went pale and knelt, begging his daughter for mercy.
Liu Xiaotang laughed tragically, "Father, mother begged you the same way back then, but you still killed her."
The man was stunned, yet Liu Xiaotang lifted the dagger and stabbed it forcefully down!
"No!"
Suxin instinctively raised her hand to stop it, but Qiu Zhihe grabbed her wrist. Suxinâs eyes widened, and she let out a gasp.
The dagger pierced the manâs thigh, and pulling it out, she stabbed his other leg and both hands. The man screamed and rolled on the ground.
Liu Xiaotang slowly stood up, standing amid corpses and a sea of blood, her once agile eyes suddenly vacant.
Like a walking corpse, she dragged her body to Qiu Zhihe, bent over, and offered the dagger with both hands:
"Fairy, your magical artifact."
Qiu Zhihe said indifferently, "Itâs yours now."
Liu Xiaotang knelt: "Thank you, Fairy."
By now, the sky had darkened. Qiu Zhihe glanced at the sky and said, "Letâs rest here tonight. Tomorrow morning... weâll return to Eastern Cultivation."
Suxin looked at her with a complicated expression, said nothing, and silently walked into the room where Xu Caihe and Zhou LingâEr were taking care of Wei Wan.
Liu Su giggled and tugged at Mo Xiaolan: "Sister Xiaolan, youâre staying with me tonight!"
The two of them found another room and went inside.
Qiu Zhihe looked coldly at Qin Gengyun: "Come with me."
Qin Gengyun was taken aback, hurriedly followed his wife into a room, and closed the door.
In the vast village, only Liu Xiaotang was left.
She knelt quietly on the ground and suddenly began to vomit.
She vomited uncontrollably until even the bile was gone and then lay on the ground, crying bitterly.
"MinâEr, ZhenâEr, Xiaoyun, Fifth Aunt, Mother... I avenged you!"
The girlâs heartrending cries echoed far, eventually fading into the deepening night.
"Senior Sister Suxin, what happened outside?"
Inside the house, Suxin stood by the bed, looking at the still unconscious and pale Wei Wan.
Nearby, Xu Caihe and Zhou LingâEr, having heard the cries outside, couldnât help but ask Suxin.
Suxin was silent for a moment, then smiled tragically: "Outside... thereâs someone much stronger than me."
In another room, Mo Xiaolan sighed and said puzzledly:
"Sister Qiu could have stopped Liu Xiaotang. Sheâs so young, her hands shouldnât be stained with so much blood."
Liu Su said, "Sister Xiaolan, youâre going to be the Third Madam in the future. How can you not understand the First Madamâs temperament?"
Liu Su raised a finger, her playful expression vanished, and her voice suddenly turned a bit cold:
"Miss already had countless lives on her hands at such a young age. Miss... was never a frivolous good person."
...
In another room.
Qin Gengyun looked out the window at Liu Xiaotang crying on the ground, sighed:
"Wife, can this child bear it?"
"You still have the mind to care about others."
Qiu Zhihe crossed her arms and looked at him coldly:
"Husband, have you thought about the mistakes you made today?"
Qin Gengyun was taken aback, his face puzzled: "Wife, what mistakes did I make?"
Qiu Zhiheâs voice was icy: "When you fought Taowu, you didnât use the Divine Phoenix Separation Flame well. The Soul Stabilizing only held the opponent for a moment. The Moon-breaking wasnât concentrated enough, wasting too much spiritual power, leading to a drop in defense and getting hurt by Taowu..."
"If you encounter a stronger opponent, any of these mistakes could cost you your life!"
"If you die, I wouldnât live alone either, and that would mean youâve killed your own wife. Isnât that a big mistake?!"
Qiu Zhiheâs tone was harsh and cold, but the last sentence, to Qin Gengyun, was incredibly touching. He said with guilt:
"Iâm sorry, wife. I will train more diligently in the future!"
Qiu Zhihe snorted coldly, looked out the window, and with a wave of her hand, a bundle flew out of the storage bag and landed in front of Liu Xiaotang outside.
"There are clothes and food in here. Weâll set off tomorrow at 7 a.m."
Liu Xiaotang was taken aback, got up from the ground, and bowed to Qiu Zhihe:
"Thank you, Fairy!"
Then she wiped her tears, carefully collected the bundle, bowed to Qiu Zhihe once more, and then found an empty house to enter.
"Wife."
Qin Gengyun walked behind Qiu Zhihe and said softly:
"In fact, you have always been soft-hearted, not wanting others to find out, right?"
Qiu Zhihe turned around and glared at him: "Donât think sweet words will let you get away with this. Tonight Iâll supervise your training!"
Qin Gengyun straightened, bowing, "I will follow the masterâs instruction... um, wife, can you transform into the masterâs shape? It will motivate me more."
Qiu Zhihe froze, her eyes turning chilly: "Not a chance!"