"You killed someone..."
"Why?"
Shen Qing murmured. She didn't know the young man in front of her, but somehow she felt that he had killed the old lame man because of her.
Li Xian turned around. Afraid of scaring Shen Qing, he quickly threw the machete in his hand away.
For some reason, when he woke up just now, there was a voice in his heart telling him that if he didn't kill the old lame man, he would surely regret it.
So he followed his inner voice, picked up the machete, and came here to kill the old lame man.
He knew this intuition was rather strange, but because his parents were both cultivators, he trusted it completely.
Especially when he saw Shen Qing standing in front of him safe and sound, Li Xian felt that everything he had done was worth it.
Although he didn't know why he was willing to go to such lengths for a little girl he had just met, he didn't feel any regret at all.
"Are you scared?"
Li Xian asked in a cold voice. He wanted to touch the little girl in front of him, but withdrew his hand when he saw his blood - covered hands.
For this stranger, he actually felt a sense of timidity like a traveler approaching his hometown.
Shen Qing slowly shook her head. Later, she shook it faster and faster, afraid that Li Xian might misunderstand.
"I'm not scared. I don't know why... I'm actually happy that you killed him."
"That old lame man is a devil. He doesn't deserve to live in this world!"
There was hatred in Shen Qing's tone. Her eyes became a bit more complicated, and the childishness on her face faded a little.
"We can't let anyone find this old guy's body. We have to dispose of it quickly."
Shen Qing calmly looked around to see if there was anything that could be used to wrap up the old man's body.
For a girl of her age to say such cold words surprised even herself. Her previous timid personality was completely different from who she was now.
But she always felt that this was her true self.
Seeing this, Li Xian frowned tightly. When he heard Shen Qing's words just now, many fragmented memories suddenly appeared in his mind.
"Wait. The old guy's body is too big. Let me cut it into smaller pieces so it'll be easier for us to deal with."
Li Xian picked up the machete from the ground again. He covered Shen Qing's eyes and made her turn around with her back to the old man's body.
After a rustling sound, when Shen Qing turned back, the old lame man had become pieces of meat wrapped in a ragged cloth bag.
Li Xian was covered in blood, even his face. But Shen Qing wasn't scared at all. She fetched a bucket of water from outside and asked Li Xian to clean the blood off his body.
Lightning flashed, and a gentle rain had started to fall outside. There were no villagers on the road. Taking advantage of the darkness and the few passers - by, the two threw the old lame man's body into a deserted pit on the back mountain.
It was the first time Shen Qing had done such a thing, but she didn't feel scared. Instead, she felt a sense of pleasure.
She always felt that if it wasn't the old guy lying there today, it would be her in the future.
"Let's go quickly. There are wild wolves on the back mountain. We have to go home quickly."
Shen Qing skillfully grabbed Li Xian's hand and pulled him towards the path outside the pit.
But before they had gone far, they ran into two people head - on.
Pei Xuanjing and Lin Yibai were standing in the middle of the path, staring at them intently.
As soon as Shen Qing saw these two people, she couldn't help feeling nauseous. She even wanted to rush up and punch them both.
This strange feeling came out of nowhere. Shen Qing searched her memory but couldn't remember knowing these two people at all.
"Who are you? There are wild wolves on the back mountain. It's so late. Isn't it dangerous for you to come up the mountain?"
Shen Qing showed no sign of the panic of someone who had just done something bad. Instead, she was the first to speak and ask the two people in front of her. She was extremely calm.
Pei Xuanjing was dragged here by Lin Yibai. They were following Master Hengling to exterminate demons. They passed by this village. Originally, it was just a simple passing - by, but Lin Yibai insisted that there was something strange on the back mountain and dragged him here.
As a result, they met two little kids. What was strange was that both of these little kids had a strong smell of blood on them.
"We are disciples from the sect. We are passing by here on our way to exterminate demons. But you two little kids, why are you still on the mountain at this time?"
The more Pei Xuanjing smelled, the more something seemed wrong. The smell of blood on them was the smell of human blood, but there was no demonic aura on them, and they were so young. Could they be murderers?
Lin Yibai looked at the still - young Shen Qing and felt a bit annoyed. The old lame man was dead. The person who had brought the greatest nightmare to Shen Qing was gone, and the pleasure of her revenge was a bit less.
"Senior Brother, these two people have the smell of blood on them. They must have done something shameful just now. They must have been bewitched by demons. We can't let them go."
As soon as Shen Qing heard Lin Yibai speak, her hands itched: "Miss, even if you are a cultivator from the sect, you can't just slander others without any evidence."
"If you go and ask around in the village, everyone knows that this brother and I are not loved by our parents. We can only come up the mountain to pick some matsutake mushrooms at this time to make a living."
"How could you genius cultivators know our hardships?"
As Shen Qing spoke, there was a hint of sarcasm on her face, completely inconsistent with the childishness on her face.
Seeing Shen Qing showing an expression beyond her age, Pei Xuanjing immediately assumed that Shen Qing had been bewitched by demons.
"Junior Sister, you're right. It's already unusual for these two kids to be here. Let's capture them and let Master decide their fates."
At this time, Li Xian spoke up: "Even if you are disciples from the sect, you're being too nosy."
"Without any evidence, you just randomly slander others as being possessed by demons. I think it's you who are possessed by demons."
After saying that, Li Xian ignored the two of them and pulled Shen Qing away directly.
But how could Lin Yibai let go of such a good opportunity?
Not long after, there was a glimmer of light coming from the other end of the path.
The villagers were holding torches and bustling towards them.
When Shen Qing saw that the leaders were Erhuzi and his wife, she instinctively became nervous and tightened her grip on Li Xian's hand.
"Over there! I see them!"
As soon as Erhuzi's wife saw Shen Qing, she rushed up and slapped her across the face: "You little brute. You've learned to kill and dismember bodies at such a young age. Fortunately, this beautiful fairy reminded us. Otherwise, we would have raised a white - eyed wolf!"
As she spoke, some villagers had already run to the deserted pit with torches and saw the dismembered body of the old lame man.
"It's really them. How did these two little kids do it? They killed the old lame man!"
"My goodness. They must have been possessed by demons to do such a thing!"
The villagers who had originally felt sorry for Shen Qing and Li Xian all knelt down at the feet of Pei Xuanjing and Lin Yibai.
They shouted for Pei Xuanjing and Lin Yibai to burn Shen Qing and Li Xian to drive the demons out of their village.