Shen Qing slapped the table and stood up, pointing at the village head and scolding.
However, in the face of Shen Qing's anger, the village head showed no concern at all. He even gave her a contemptuous look.
"You're pretending to be so high - minded! When you saw that box of precious stones just now, your eyes were almost popping out."
"I don't understand what 'words turn into law' means. All I know is that I'm the head of this village. If it weren't for Luo Ling's parents coming to our village, my two sons wouldn't have been killed by those bullies while protecting the villagers!!"
"So all this is just what Luo Ling owes me. What's wrong with me!"
"In this chaotic world, as the village head, I have the responsibility to protect the villagers! Noble fairy, please open your eyes and see. The bullies are running amok and the common people are in dire straits. What's wrong with our struggling here?"
The village head took two deep breaths to calm his excited emotions.
The villagers also looked at them with blame in their eyes.
"It was Luo Ling's parents who brought us this unwarranted disaster. We just took a little bit of compensation, and you're being so aggressive."
"Is it that in this chaotic world, we mortals don't even have the right to struggle to survive?!"
Qing Qing looked at Shen Qing worriedly. He could feel that Shen Qing's emotions were very unstable.
Both of them fell silent after hearing the village head's heart - wrenching questions.
He gently tugged at Shen Qing's sleeve: "Shen Qing..."
To be honest, when he heard Shen Qing scolding the village head just now, he also felt indignant and thought it unfair for Luo Ling.
But putting himself in the village head's shoes, if he were the village head, a mortal with no power to fight back against the demonic cultivators, how could he protect his villagers?
On one hand, there was pity for Luo Ling, and on the other hand, there was sympathy for the village head.
This really made Qing Qing not know how to choose.
It was just like when he was forced to accept the position of the young sect master. His master told him that from then on, he could only face the world as a woman.
The sect masters of the Qingmu Sect in all generations had been women. This was the rule left by the first - generation sect master.
However, when it came to his generation in the Qingmu Sect, only he could get the recognition of the Wansheng Sheng.
The Wansheng Sheng was the life - bound magic weapon of the sect masters in all generations. If one couldn't get the recognition of the Wansheng Sheng, no matter how high their talent in alchemy was, they couldn't take the position of the sect master. So he had no choice but to accept his identity as a woman.
At the same time, Qing Qing also had to learn the secret method of refining the fifth - rank second - level pills passed down only to the sect master of the Qingmu Sect.
However, he was originally a man with strong yang fire in his body. Although he had the recognition of the Wansheng Sheng, he couldn't refine the fifth - rank second - level pills.
This became his obsession, so he took a risky move and refined the extremely yin pills and took them himself. But these pills almost cost him his life.
If it weren't for the Ziyancan that Shen Qing brought, he might...
In order to play the role of a woman well, he had been ordered by his master to learn the deportment and tone of speech of a woman since childhood. In the dead of night, he couldn't even tell whether he was a man or a woman.
He didn't know how to persuade Shen Qing and the village head. He just felt that his heart was in a complete mess.
"Two fairies, two fairies who don't know the sufferings of the mortal world. I advise you to take this box of things and leave. Don't waste your time here."
The villagers pushed the box of things towards Shen Qing and motioned to her with their eyes to take it quickly.
"Luo Ling is the protector of our village. Don't even think about taking her away."
Shen Qing's heart was extremely complicated. She had always been hiding in her own world before, thinking that the world was simply black and white.
However, the world was not that simple.
There were all kinds of people and a myriad of human natures. There were thousands of paths of the Great Dao, but what was the real Dao?
Everything was just a mix of truth and falsehood...
"The reason Luo Ling's parents brought the demons here is the cause. So Luo Ling burned her own lifespan and soul essence to activate the 'words turn into law' and protect your village. This is the effect."
"And the fact that you bribed the cultivators and forced her to stay in the village because of her ability is the cause, which led to the second massacre of your village by the demonic cultivators. This is the effect."
"The cycle of cause and effect is full of twists and turns. Everyone just has their own version of the story."
Shen Qing said in a low voice, but it seemed that something was about to break through in her mind, and the confusion in her heart became clearer.
The boundary between good and evil was not clear. Luo Ling killed the passing cultivators with her ability in order to protect the village.
Luo Ling's parents fled to the mortal village to let Luo Ling survive, but inadvertently caused the villagers to be slaughtered.
The village head used dishonorable means to keep Luo Ling for the sake of his duty.
What was good and what was evil? It just depended on different positions.
It was as if Shen Qing had an epiphany. She felt that there was an extra connection with the world in her spiritual sea.
Without hesitation, she said firmly:
"Village head, I must take Luo Ling away. She is a free soul. She should have the right to choose her own life."
Hearing this, the village head's features were distorted with anger: "What did you say? Don't refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit!"
At the same time, the figures of the village head and the villagers slowly grew larger. Their eyes glowed green and became fierce. Long fangs grew menacingly from their mouths.
The village head and the villagers were enraged by Shen Qing's words. Their looks were as if they were going to tear her to pieces with their sharp claws in an instant.
But Shen Qing was still extremely firm in the face of the suddenly changed villagers.
"I know that the demons and demonic cultivators are cruel and inhumane, bringing the mortal world into a dire situation. This is all due to the incompetence of our cultivation world. I apologize to you here!"
"But you can't deny that many senior cultivators who hold the Great Dao in their hearts have given up their own paths of immortality to protect all living beings in the world and have been fighting against the demon world ceaselessly."
"Luo Ling's parents are also one of them!"
The village head's body became huge. The pink color on his body faded, leaving only a dull cyan.
He looked down at Shen Qing: "We mortals are powerless. You cultivators have long lifespans and the favor of the Heavenly Dao. Shouldn't you fulfill your duty to protect? If you lose your lives, it can only be blamed on your poor skills. You're just incompetent fools!!"
The village head's voice was like a bell. He waved his arms and slapped the houses that blocked him away with one palm.
The surrounding villagers also became as intimidating as the village head.
Facing the village head and the villagers who could slap her away with one palm, Shen Qing still stood upright, showing no sign of fear.
"The demon world has been deeply rooted for a long time. It can only be uprooted by generations of cultivators. How can you be so unreasonable?!"
"If you're not at ease, I, Shen Qing, hereby swear a Dao oath. I'll take protecting all living beings in the world as my responsibility in this life and will surely eliminate all the demonic obstacles in the world. Unless I die or my Dao is destroyed, I, Shen Qing, will never give up on the Great Dao and all living beings!!"
Hearing this, the village head looked up to the sky and laughed. There was endless sarcasm in his laughter.
His body had now grown several times larger, like a small mountain.
He waved his arm towards Shen Qing, bringing with it gusts of cold wind and rushing towards her quickly.
Qing Qing had been pushed aside by Shen Qing at this time and was facing the mountain - like villagers alone.
Seeing Shen Qing standing still and calmly facing the village head's attack, he shouted:
"Shen Qing, quickly dodge!!"