Chapter 1825: Chapter 1852: Didn’t I Tell You Not to Return to the Village?
The two of them tried to get information from each other, but neither got what they wanted.
Instead, a little brat noticed something strange about the house from the village entrance and cautiously approached the door.
It was daytime, and the village folks were very simple and honest, almost never shutting their doors, but this house was tightly sealed, not even a window was slightly open, clearly there was something wrong.
“Li Xiaobai, I know you’re in there.”
The little brat sneered, called over a little soldier to push open the door, and waited a few seconds before entering.
“I knew it, get them, take them down.”
Seeing Li Xiaobai and Immortal Hu, he immediately ordered the little soldier to approach. This was a soldier from some war story, to him fighting the enemy was to follow the plot, if Li Xiaobai dared to resist he’d fall into the trap, if not he’d only be at their mercy.
The little soldier brandished his long spear, thrusting it towards Li Xiaobai.
Immortal Hu was very nervous, wanted to act, but then remembered Li Xiaobai’s warning and restrained herself.
The next second, her mouth opened into an “O” shape, as ripples of void appeared behind the little soldier, and a large black hand reached out and pulled him in. The process was smooth and unhurried; in the blink of an eye, the little soldier disappeared without a trace.
“There really is something strange, if it wasn’t an expert acting, then there must be an unknown taboo in this village, right?”
“For instance, you can’t attack others?”
The little brat’s eyes slightly narrowed. Fortunately, he was careful enough not to act himself. Even he felt a bit horrified by that large black hand.
“I don’t quite understand either, maybe it’s that you can’t attack me. Do you want to try attacking this Immortal beside me?”
Li Xiaobai put his hands in his pockets, smiled, and slowly approached the little brat.
His goal was achieved; he didn’t want the little brat to be dragged into the back mountain, because he suspected this guy wasn’t the main one. He wanted to clarify the relationship between the little brat and Jiang Que.
If only Yu Huan Shui was here, he couldn’t help but think of Yu Huan Shui at times like these. Mr. Yu’s Law of Fate was truly convenient.
“What do you intend to do? Attacking me should also violate the taboos.”
The little brat was cornered against the wall, calmly said.
“Don’t worry, I won’t hit you.”
“Next, I’ll flick your little buddy.”
Li Xiaobai extended a finger and gently flicked the little brat’s crotch.
The commentator’s title activated, pausing time for a second.
Pulling a pen out of his pocket and in a lightning-fast move, he pointed it at the little brat.
This is the pen he snuck from Yu Huan Shui when he was in the Netherworld, which still held a trace of the Gate of Destiny’s power—barely enough to use on the little brat.
Using the power of the Law of Fate also broke the rules, but pausing time wouldn’t be detected by the Law of Order. He only had one second, and within it, he’d have to speed-read Jiang Que’s information and make the correct modifications.
“Rustle!”
Pages opened on the little brat’s face, lines of text appearing.
The Law of Fate is indeed convenient.
To a certain extent, this ability is quite invincible.
“As expected, just as I suspected, this little brat is just part of a story in the book, the main character in The Pied Piper, having the ability to play the flute and enchant people’s hearts. In the story, the Pied Piper plays the flute, leading an entire city of children to jump off a cliff.”
“Because of this ability, he became a leader among many story characters, and Jiang Que to grasp firsthand information split his Divine Soul in half and placed it in the Pied Piper’s mind…”
Upon seeing this, Li Xiaobai suddenly understood, everything made sense, this was the information he wanted.
A half Divine Soul was sufficient.
He didn’t hesitate, with the pen, he wrote on the book page on the little brat’s face: “Merge the Divine Soul with the flesh, completely stabilize.”
The timing was just right, he finished the last stroke, and time resumed flowing.
“Hehe, knew you wouldn’t dare to act!”
“I have grasped the taboo of this village but unfortunately, I’m a natural nemesis to this taboo. These beings from the stories rarely use violent methods, they would devour the entire village in peace, you can’t escape.”
The little brat pushed Li Xiaobai aside and dashed out the door, never noticing anything strange about the time pause.
After all, he had the upper hand now; leaving was not yet on his mind, only when the half Divine Soul hidden inside the Pied Piper tried to leave the body would an anomaly be noticed.
The Pied Piper now was equivalent to half Jiang Que, just waiting for him to be sanctioned by the Law of Order, Jiang Que would lose half his life.
“I’ll have to find Yu Huan Shui for another pen later.”
Li Xiaobai muttered to himself, just as he returned to sit on the bed, there was a knock on the door again.
“Knock knock knock.”
“Master Xiaobai, the village chief invites you!”
It was Fang Hua, who seemed very pleased to see Li Xiaobai return.
However, Li Xiaobai had already seen through this village; it was all a facade. The villagers here were not at all simple, using his hands to kill Monk Changsheng, returning control of the village to the villagers.
“Stay here and don’t move.”
Li Xiaobai advised Immortal Hu a few words and left with Fang Hua.
“Master Xiaobai, many beings have come to the village, what are they?”
“Some are not even human-shaped.”
Fang Hua asked with an innocent face.
Li Xiaobai: “Guests are guests. Jade Lotus Village is a hospitable village. However, hospitality aside, rules are the same as ever.”
Fang Hua laughed: “Naturally, the village’s uncles and elders will teach them a lesson for the mountain god.”
The two chatted as they walked, eventually reaching the entrance of the temple.
Fang Hua stopped, gesturing for Li Xiaobai to enter alone.
In the temple courtyard, stood a huge tea table with rockery and flowing water upon it, the incense swirling about was pleasant.
“I remember telling you not to come to this village again, what brings you here today?”
Shangguan Dong sat calmly at the tea table, speaking unhurriedly.
After Monk Changsheng’s death, this village head was getting more authoritative.
“Yue Xing is your territory, village chief. With outsiders running rampant on your land, do you think you can swallow that without a grudge?”
“I stand for you, Jade Lotus Village’s standing on Yue Xing is unparalleled, how can outsiders be allowed to flaunt their prowess? I knew the village chief would move sooner or later, just needed a pretext, so I took it upon myself to accept their provocation for you.”
Li Xiaobai cupped his fists respectfully, speaking in earnest.
Shangguan Dong sneered: “Heh, I don’t believe you.”
“Clearly, you are being hunted down with nowhere else to flee, seeking to use my hand to remove dissent. The intruder’s power is great, get out quickly, don’t bring disaster upon Jade Lotus Village.”
Shangguan Dong issued an eviction order.
It was then, outside the temple suddenly was bustling with voices, and the beings from the [Peach Blossom Spring Record] followed the sound and found their way here.
“Hehe, seems like neither of us, village chief, will escape. Must have been talking too loudly with that little girl Fang Hua, attracting them all in.”