Chapter 4 The truth about Xiaochi Village

Outside the dining hall, next to the bamboo forest.

Facing the unpredictable face of fellow countryman Wu Yongen, Shen Qinglan sighed in her heart.

After all, he is still a child. He can't hide things in his heart and puts everything on his face.

Yes, they met again in the dining hall. When he learned that Shen Qinglan had entered the first level of Qi Refining, Wu Yongen's expression clearly showed his jealousy and dissatisfaction!

Can she understand how deep a city can be for a half-grown man?

All the girls in the pig-killing family have become adults, but he hasn’t yet. What a shame!

Just when she was about to say hello and leave, a strange male voice sounded from behind.

"Wu Yongen."

She turned around and saw that the person who came was a teenage boy with a pair of triangular eyes, which was not a very pleasing look.

"Senior Brother Li." Wu Yongen's attitude was a bit flattering.

I didn't expect that Senior Brother Li was so unpleasant, and his words were also very unpleasant, "You have been here for so many days and you haven't even succeeded in introducing Qi into your body, but you still have the nerve to come and eat?"

In fact, Wu Yongen's time to get started is very short, and it is normal for him to not succeed. But when a person wants to find trouble, he can use any excuse.

Wu Yongen was probably not used to facing such ridicule, so he had to stand awkwardly.

Senior Brother Li looked at Shen Qinglan from top to bottom and asked Wu Yongen, "Who is she?"

Shen Qinglan raised her eyebrows, where did this idiot come from?

The rude and uneducated look makes people want to punch them!

Wu Yongen glanced at her and said, "This is my fellow countryman. My surname is Shen. I am also a disciple."

What was originally a simple sentence made Senior Brother Li look disgusted, "So it turns out you two were the ones who survived?!"

Shen Qinglan's heart tightened, what does it mean?

What does this man know?

"Hmph, even a country bumpkin can have shitty luck. The two who managed to survive unexpectedly have spiritual roots. That three-eyed red fox really doesn't know how to be picky."

Shen Qinglan wanted to know what else this man would say, so he asked tentatively, "Senior Brother Li seems to know a lot about Xiaochi Village?"

"Hmph, a group of mortals without spiritual roots still dare to live near Bai'e Mountain. They want to die but also bring trouble to others. It's really unlucky!"

There is a kind of person who can't speak without humming, and this is probably Senior Brother Li.

So is there really a secret behind the tragedy in Koike Village?!

Who is it?

Why does this person say bad luck?

Does the incident in Xiaochi Village have anything to do with Senior Brother Li?

Or is it because of Senior Brother Li that things like that happened in Xiaochi Village?

Shen Qinglan is not an impulsive person. She is only at the first level of Qi refining. With such weak strength, she will not rush forward to ask questions rashly.

Seeing that the two of them didn't talk back, Senior Brother Li mocked them a few more times before leaving with satisfaction.

Shen Qinglan turned around and stared at Wu Yongen, "Does what happened in Xiaochi Village have anything to do with other people? Why did the monster break in? Does it have anything to do with Senior Brother Li? Tell me everything you know!"

The tone and look in Wu Yongen's heart made Wu Yongen feel uncomfortable, wondering why the butcher's daughter suddenly became so scary?

The questions were thrown out one after another, and the tone became colder with each sentence, so cold that his feet seemed to be frozen.

But he was very obedient, and in a few words he shook off everything he knew.

"You were still fainting when we first arrived at Tongjianmen. Uncle Zhou took me to find an elder who was talking about Xiaochi Village. Several people were chasing the three-eyed red fox, saying that there was a very mutated one.

Rare, chased them all the way and forced them into the misty swamp."

"Who are those people? Where is the Misty Swamp?"

"Uncle Zhou said that the foggy swamp is a barrier, and ordinary monsters can't get through it. But among these three-eyed red foxes is the mutant beast. It is also for this reason that they crossed the foggy swamp and broke into the small pond somehow.

village."

She clenched her fists, "Who are those people? Are they related to Uncle Zhou?"

The last person to save them was Zhou Huai. He appeared very timely, which made Shen Qinglan unable to help but think of Zhou Huai.

"It has nothing to do with Uncle Zhou. Those people are disciples of Suxin Palace. They stopped chasing the three-eyed red fox after it entered the misty swamp. They met Uncle Zhou on the way back. Uncle Zhou was worried that the monster would stray into the mortal world and hurt people, so he chased it.

In the past, but..."

But Zhou Huai was still a step too late. By the time he found the three-eyed red fox, the tragedy had already occurred, and only the two of them were dead in the village!

Shen Qinglan pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you know what the relationship between that man and Senior Brother Li is?"

There is always a reason for Senior Brother Li's angry look just now.

"Senior Brother Li and I live in the same hospital, and he has a clan sister in Suxin Palace. After Senior Uncle Zhou reported the matter to the sect, his clan sister seemed to have been punished."

Being fined?

Killing a whole village just to be punished?!

Knowing that beyond the foggy swamp is the mortal world, I won’t pursue it if I don’t want to!

The lives of hundreds of people in Xiaochi Village were lost like this?!

Shen Qinglan let out a sigh of relief, at least she knew where her enemy was.

As for revenge, her cultivation level is too low now, so she needs to consider the matter of revenge in the long term.

But Wu Yongen stood there feeling a little annoyed. He clearly didn't want to tell her so easily, so why did she just look at him a few times and then say everything?

Seeing that she was no longer staring at him, Wu Yongen became bolder and glared fiercely before trotting away.

Shen Qinglan didn't ask any further questions. He didn't look like he wanted revenge. The two of them originally looked down on each other, but now that they have different paths, there's really no need to get involved together.

Entering the dining hall, I found Wu Yongen staying in the farthest corner.

She picked a place near the bamboo forest and sat down with the food. The environment was really comfortable and added some aroma to the food.

"The new junior sister." An old voice sounded in the quiet dining hall.

Shen Qinglan looked up instinctively and found that it was an old man in the kitchen who was greeting her. He was in the late stage of Qi Refining, but his beard was gray and he looked quite old.

He was wearing gray disciple clothes, and he must be an outer disciple of Tongjian Sect.

"Looking for me?" She pointed out that she was a little unsure.

The old man smiled and said to her, "Are you the new junior sister who ate five bowls in one go last time?"

Shen Qinglan:......

Sometimes it's not a good thing to have a good memory.

The old man didn't get angry when she didn't answer for a while, but continued, "You have entered the Qi refining period. You can put more food in your storage bag so that you don't have to come to the canteen every day."

Seeing that the other party was kindly reminding her, Shen Qinglan also smiled and said, "Thank you, senior brother, for reminding me. The wind in the bamboo forest is blowing, so the food should taste better."

She told the truth, she really liked the environment here.

The old man seemed very happy when he heard this, and walked to her table and sat down, "Someone likes this bamboo forest, and it is not in vain that I, Hu, have worked hard."

"Senior Brother Hu planted this bamboo forest?" Some of the bamboos looked over a hundred years old.

"I moved it from the back mountains first, and it has been reborn a lot over the years."

So that’s it.

The scenery of the bamboo forest is indeed very good. Even with a storage bag, Shen Qinglan would often eat here.

After going back and forth, I became familiar with this very old senior brother Hu.

The other party has been in the sect for many years and has given a lot of advice to the new Shen Qinglan.

Senior Brother Hu's full name is Hu Pingzhong, and he is at the tenth level of Qi refining.

Seeing that Shen Qinglan was very interested in cooking, he helped her get a job as a canteen helper.

This is a good thing for low-level disciples.

You only need to help for a few days a month, and you will be paid five spiritual stones.

You must know that the outer disciples of the sect only receive ten spiritual stones per month.

She is also very grateful to Senior Brother Hu.

In this way, Shen Qinglan, who was only at the first level of Qi refining, found her first job in Tongjianmen!
Chapter completed!