kvmb Chapter 172 Where is she?
Chapter 172 Where is she?
My aunt rushed home, ranted to her family, and sat on the ground crying loudly.
The uncle brought over several other brothers, namely Jianjian's second and third uncles.
"What are you afraid of? This little girl dares to provoke monsters. Isn't there a celestial official in the village? Let's ask the celestial official to subdue the demon!" Third Uncle said confidently.
Just then, Jianjian returned. As soon as she entered the room, she was stunned to see such a large group of people.
"You brat, you still know how to come back!" Uncle grabbed Jianjian's hair.
Several men rushed up and, ignoring the girl's cries, quickly tied her up.
"This girl is of age, why not just sell her to another village for a few taels of silver and make her a wife?"
My second uncle came up with an idea. His wife works as a matchmaker, and she recently had a business deal.
"I know Niu Ergou's family wants to get married, so they'll give them two taels of silver!"
"Two ounces! That's a lot!" The uncle's eyes gleamed with greed.
These days, a poor family's young maid is usually worth only a few coins, but if she's exceptionally beautiful, she can be worth several taels of silver.
“What do you mean by ‘more’? Everyone in the nearby villages knows how beautiful your daughter Jian is. I’ll negotiate a price for you, and we can get her for this amount!” Second Uncle said, holding up five fingers.
"Five, five ounces?" The uncle smacked his lips, almost drooling.
With the consent of her aunt and uncle, her second and third uncles tied Jianjian up, gagged her, put her in a sack, and loaded her onto a cart.
“We’ve taken the person with us. Here’s five taels of silver for you.” The second uncle was quite generous and gave his uncle five taels of silver. He and the third brother then drove off with the cart.
The uncle and aunt were all smiles, they couldn't stop smiling. They never expected that this girl could earn so much money before she was gone.
Meanwhile, Zhiyan waited and waited by the stream at the village entrance, but the little girl didn't come back, and she couldn't help but lose patience.
Could it be that this girl has changed her mind and doesn't want to leave again? Oh well, I'll wait another half an hour. If she doesn't come back, I won't wait anymore.
Zhiyan thought to herself.
Then two villagers came out pulling a cart with a dirty, tattered burlap sack on it, which looked like it contained some kind of animal. They stopped not far from Zhiyan and tied up an old yellow ox at the village entrance.
Zhiyan frowned and covered her nose; the cart smelled terrible.
It was probably used to transport swill and the like on ordinary days. Foxes have a keen sense of smell, and this stench was too pungent for them. They stayed far away to avoid feeling disgusted.
The two men tied up the oxen and drove the oxcart away from the small village.
Not long after, Lu He, Nagi, and Xiao Jiu returned, carrying Tan You.
“Look, this is the cat demon with the phoenix inner core.” Lu He said, handing the white cat Tan You to Zhi Yan.
Zhiyan looked at the little white thing with disdain, and instead of reaching out to take it, she cast a spell to turn Tan You back into human form.
In Lu He's hands, amidst the flow of seven-colored light, a handsome young man appeared before everyone's eyes.
"Wow, this appearance is indeed quite good." Lu He thought to himself. Having a harem is quite an achievement. He's much more handsome than the characters in the comics.
Sunlight filtered through the treetops, falling on Tan You's shoulders and highlighting his perfect silhouette.
Her long, silvery-white hair, tied with a golden crown, swayed gently in the breeze.
Her face was fair and delicate, like porcelain, with bright eyes, dark eyebrows, red lips and white teeth.
Looking at her attire, she wore a long white robe with exquisite gold patterns embroidered on the lapels and cuffs. The robe was embroidered with mountains, forests, and rivers in dark silk thread, making her look like a fairy in the moon.
"You are that evil spirit!" Zhiyan didn't even bother to look at him.
"What kind of evil spirit?" Tan You was clearly surprised. He was just a mixed-race person; he couldn't possibly be an evil spirit, could he? Besides...
"Aren't you a beast yourself? Why are you humiliating me?"
"You bastard! What did you say! Who's like you!" Zhiyan was clearly enraged by these words and grabbed Tan You by the throat.
"Cough cough cough..." Tan You suddenly contracted his chest and lungs, coughing violently. The fire fox's strength was extremely domineering.
He felt like he was about to vomit blood.
Am I going to die here today...?
"Where's Jianjian?" He struggled to open his eyes a crack, only to find that he still hadn't seen the human girl.
"He's about to die himself, yet he still cares about others?" Nagi couldn't help but exclaim, "What a genius."
His only worry was his savior. He had been hoping to help her escape her predicament, but now he had to break his promise.
"I don't know. She's been gone for an hour. She said she'd come back to get something, but I don't know why she changed her mind and isn't coming back..." Zhiyan was a little annoyed. She hated being lied to.
"Impossible! If she could escape this village, she wouldn't give up such an opportunity! Something must have happened to her!" Tan You immediately realized something was wrong.
"What do you mean?" Upon hearing Tan You's words, Zhi Yan loosened her grip slightly.
Tan You told Zhi Yan about Jian Jian's situation in detail, and firmly stated that if nothing had happened, Jian Jian would not have stayed away.
Zhiyan's expression immediately turned ugly.
"Oh no, Zhiyan is angry, and really angry..." Nagi didn't dare to breathe, and then tightly gripped Lu He's clothes.
Before Lu He could even ask a question, another little hand tightly grabbed her. Looking down, she saw that Xiao Jiu was being incredibly obedient and trembling.
It seemed best not to talk to Zhiyan right now. Lu He swallowed and tightly closed his mouth.
Let's leave it to Tan You. He has the protagonist's halo, so he shouldn't die right now.
In the original comics, the original characters cannot kill the protagonist; only the time traveler can do so.
Without a word, Zhiyan, exuding a heavy aura, emitted a band of light that bound Tan You's neck: "Lead the way! To Jianjian's house!"
Aunt Jianjian was cooking at home. She had bought some good fish and meat today, and Uncle Jianjian had gone out to get a jar of good wine and was on his way back.
With a loud bang, the gate and walls of the house shattered into several pieces, and dust immediately rose up in the courtyard.
Aunt Jianjian rushed out to see what was happening, and when she did, the sky seemed to have fallen.
The millstone, plow, and other items in the yard were all smashed by large bricks, and the wooden door was reduced to a pile of broken planks.
At the other end of the dust stood the red-haired female demon who had previously taught her a lesson, with a white-haired male demon by her side.
My aunt was terrified and immediately hid in the kitchen, grabbing a cleaver and using it to block the door.
Zhiyan sneered, and with a flick of her finger, the kitchen was torn open from all sides, leaving Aunt Jianjian standing alone in the ruins, trembling as she held a kitchen knife, along with the door.
"Help! Monster!" she screamed, wildly waving the kitchen knife in her hand.
The next second, Zhiyan appeared in front of her and broke her arm. With her aunt's shrill scream, Zhiyan crushed the iron kitchen knife into scrap metal like kneading mud.
"Where's Jianjian?" Zhiyan narrowed her eyes, her gaze filled with murderous intent.
"Help! Help! I don't know! I don't know!" My aunt screamed frantically, like a frightened wild animal, her hair disheveled, acting erratically.
"Hmph, pretending to be crazy? Fine, since it's useless, then I'll kill you..." Zhiyan wasn't buying it. She didn't care if you were ruthless or crazy; she would just kill you.
These words immediately cured my aunt's madness, and her eyes snapped back to reality: "Don't kill me, I'll talk, I'll talk! She was tied up and sold by her uncle! I don't know where she was sold to! Ask her uncle!"
"Bundled up and sold?" These words immediately ignited Zhiyan's anger.
The next second, my aunt was burned to ashes by this ball of rage—a perfectly executed cremation service.
Lu He felt a little nauseous while reading it. Although she usually loved reading these kinds of exciting novels, the thought of a person being instantly cremated in front of her still made her feel a bit physically uncomfortable.
However, this family is so wicked, they deserve what they got.
Lu He rubbed his uncomfortable stomach.
Then she heard the sound of heavy footsteps behind her, followed by a wail: "Mother of my child! What's wrong at home?"
Jianjian's uncle rushed over carrying a wine jar. When he saw that his house had been smashed to pieces, he only noticed the property damage and didn't realize that his wife had already been cremated.
Lu He shook his head sympathetically and made way for him to go in.
"Who are you?" he roared rudely at Zhiyan. "Where is my wife? You've damaged my house! Pay up! You're not leaving here without fifty taels of silver!"
As he spoke, he picked up a shovel from the corner and blocked Zhiyan's path.
Zhiyan had no intention of leaving. She smiled disdainfully and asked, "Are you Jianjian's uncle?"