Leap Forward Comics: Watch How I Become a Villainess

Chapter 173 The Terrible Monster

This uncle clearly didn't realize the seriousness of the situation.

He's now obsessed with getting the other party to pay him back.

"You're not leaving here today, you little brat, unless you hand over fifty taels!"

Lu He, watching from outside, shook his head. Some people are just destined to die; there's no stopping them.

"Are you Jianjian's uncle?" Zhiyan asked with a cold smile.

The man paused for a moment, then immediately asked Jianjian, "Could it be that the monster your wife mentioned has come knocking on your door?"

"Why do you care who I am? Tell me who you are first!" This man had learned his lesson; he didn't answer Zhiyan's question.

"It's him! He's Jianjian's uncle! Tell me! Where is Jianjian now?" Tan You recognized him and rushed over to grab his uncle's collar. His handsome face instantly turned into a cat's face.

"Ah! A monster!" The uncle was clearly terrified; his eyes widened and his breathing became rapid. He didn't forget to shift the blame: "I didn't sell her; her second and third uncles took her away and sold her... You can go find her yourselves..."

"Where did they go!" Tan You opened the beast's mouth, its fangs almost touching his uncle's face.

The uncle's legs went weak when he saw the viscous liquid in the gaping maw, and he fainted instantly.

"He's fainted from fright, what should we do?" Tan You, carrying the limp man, looked helplessly at Zhi Yan.

"What a piece of trash, give it to me!" she said, and unceremoniously reached out and slapped her uncle on the head.

Lu He was just about to wonder if Zhiyan was about to use the legendary fox clan's ability to extract memories.

Nagi, who was standing next to her, had already covered her eyes with her hands.

"Huh?" Lu He, who was full of doubt, understood Nagi's behavior in the next second.

Zhiyan's hand, bathed in light, reached up and grabbed, tearing the man's skull open like a tin can, along with his flesh.

The brain was contracting and throbbing. Zhiyan reached out without hesitation and inserted five fingers into the brain.

Seeing this, Lu He felt a sudden, sharp pain in the back of her head. She quickly covered her eyes, not daring to look, not daring to look at all.

I never imagined memory extraction techniques could be so bloody; it's so different from the gentle methods shown on TV.

The deceased uncle collapsed to the ground, limp like a lump of mud, and did not move again.

Zhiyan had witnessed her second and third uncles tying Jianjian up in a sack and carrying her away. Suddenly, she remembered the cart used to tether cattle that she had seen an hour earlier.

Upon careful recollection, those two people seemed to be her so-called second and third uncles! How could they have gotten rid of someone right under her nose?

What a shame!

Zhiyan still remembered the direction they had gone and the stinky smell of the cart. With a "whoosh," she transformed into a blur and darted away.

Nagiya Kouki then chased after him.

Tan You, freed from Zhi Yan's restraint, immediately rushed into the house.

"Hey! What are you doing? Trying to run away?" Lu He couldn't let Tan You escape, so she decided to keep an eye on Tan You. Anyway, that giant fire fox definitely wouldn't have any problem dealing with humans.

Tan You was so engrossed in searching the room that she didn't even glance at Lu He following behind her: "Qin Wu, you always judge others by your own petty standards."

"what?"

"I need to find the important relics left by Jianjian's father and mother, as well as the copper coins she secretly earned by collecting herbs."

Tan You explained, "I think the shack where Jianjian used to live has been cleaned up. I'm afraid that the heartless couple has already taken everything."

"I see. Then I'll help you look for it too." Lu He suddenly felt a little embarrassed. She had misunderstood Tan You. She hadn't expected that this guy was actually a good person.

"Her mother's belongings were a jade hairpin, which was said to be a token of love given to her by her father."

The two chatted as they searched.

"How could such a poor family afford to give away a jade hairpin?"

"It seems that her father picked up the jade in the Spirit Beast Mountain and polished it himself, making a jade hairpin and a jade pendant."

"What incredible luck! Finding jade in the mountains, hahaha, could it be some kind of demon beast core or spirit stone?" Lu He chuckled jokingly.

“I did have doubts about whether that thing was jade, because I saw Jianjian take it out.” Tan You analyzed seriously: “When I got close to that pair of jade before, I felt a fluctuation of spiritual energy. Maybe it really isn’t jade.”

"Well, so you really did have ulterior motives for looking for this!" Lu He immediately realized.

"Don't talk nonsense, I won't touch her parents' belongings!" Tan You was clearly annoyed. "Have I always been that kind of person in your eyes?"

"Uh, I'm sorry." Looking into his eyes, which were full of sadness and grievance, Lu He couldn't help but apologize.

Otherwise, why would people say that good-looking people get preferential treatment? It makes people feel guilty.

"Forget it, let's look for it first. I'm worried that the couple has already taken the items to exchange for money..." Tan You's worries were probably justified.

The two searched the rooms thoroughly but couldn't find it.

Now let's talk about Zhiyan.

Following the scent, we flew on and soon spotted the broken cart.

As soon as Zhiyan landed, she was so overwhelmed by the stench that she couldn't help but cover her nose. It smelled terrible.

Looking around, apart from the yellow ox that had just been tied up and was now tied to a wooden post, there was no sign of Jianjian or her two uncles.

Zhiyan struggled internally for a moment, then released her hand from her nose and began searching for Jianjian's scent amidst the disgusting smells.

Although Jianjian's scent was very faint under the cover of these stenches, Zhiyan still managed to detect it.

"Over here!" Zhiyan's eyes quickly locked onto a direction, and then she flew away again in a blur.

Nagi and Kyu, who had just landed, only had time to see the dust she left behind.

Before I could even catch my breath, I was overwhelmed by the stench of this place.

"Ugh! What's that smell! Ugh!" Deer have very sensitive noses, and Nagi was so overwhelmed by the smell that she almost threw up her dinner from the night before.

My second and third uncles were dividing money at the entrance of a small tavern in the village.

"Third brother, these three taels are yours, and these seven taels are mine."

"Second brother, you're really something, you sold it for ten taels in one go." Third uncle took the silver, put it in his mouth and gently bit it: "I never thought selling girls could be so profitable."

"Of course! Why don't you come work for me? I have resources." Second Uncle said, putting the silver into his pocket.

The five taels of silver given to the eldest brother were advanced by the third brother. That's why we say we're helping the third brother make money. He's stupid; if we give him three taels, he'll still lose two taels.

But he couldn't figure it out, and he was still very happy.

"Okay, second brother, but where are we going to find so many girls? Maybe I should go back and have another one with my wife now, is that too late?" The third brother scratched his head.

The second son waved his hand: "No need, no need, there are girls everywhere, just go and get one."

"Isn't that a human slave trader?" the third brother exclaimed.

"Keep your voice down. What kind of slave trader are you? Many families want to sell their daughters. Go and buy them at low prices, usually five to one tael from poor families." The second son earnestly lectured him.

"We're not cheating or swindling anyone, are we? They're family members who wanted to sell their dolls, and we bought them, right? Didn't we help them? We're good people!" The second brother continued to brainwash the third brother.

The third brother smiled sheepishly, agreeing with his statement.

"Look, usually when we're in this line of work, we only pay a few coins to two taels when we buy girls. But when I buy one from my brother, I give him five taels. Am I being generous enough?"

The third brother nodded repeatedly: "Then second brother, you're definitely impeccable in terms of character, absolutely..."

"You don't even deserve to be trash, let alone a human being?" A voice from the sky interrupted their conversation.

A sharp flash of fire shot out near the second brother's feet, startling him so much that he jumped up to avoid it.

But he couldn't escape the sharp claws that reached out from the air and gripped his throat tightly.

A fox-faced, humanoid monster appeared before them.

"A monster! A demon!" the third brother cried out and ran away in a flash.

Zhiyan ignored the third brother and stared intently at the second brother. The fox's sharp fangs were close to him, as if it would bite his neck to pieces at any moment.

Too lazy to ask any more questions, she simply waved her hand and lifted the second son's skull, absorbing the memories from his mind.

This scene was witnessed by several villagers passing by the village entrance, who screamed and scattered in all directions.

"Monster! Monster! Quickly find a celestial official to exorcise it!"