In ancient times, they secretly became gods in the deep mountains.

Chapter 69 The presence of insects in cloth has nothing to do with mortals.

Fire Boy and Water Boy arrived at the Wu family.

Fearing that irrational people might break into their home, the Wu family kept their gate tightly shut, and there was no sound at all during the day.

Huowa went up and knocked on the door.

"Bang bang bang-"

Fire Boy patted for a long time without getting a response. He exchanged a glance with Water Boy, looked at the high wall to the side, and then transformed into a stream of light and entered the Wu family's house.

"what--"

A scream startled the Wu family members inside the house.

Wu Minmin ran out of the room and asked anxiously, "Xiaocui, what happened?"

Xiao Cui's words were slurred, her upper and lower teeth chattering: "Miss... demon... monster..."

Wu Minmin's heart sank. Thinking of the strange noise last night, could the house really be haunted? But the old house was passed down from her ancestors and had always been fine. Nothing strange had ever happened before. Why were strange things happening so frequently now?

She glanced around but found nothing unusual. However, Xiao Cui's panicked and fearful reaction seemed genuine. She stared intently in a certain direction, her face filled with terror, and her whole body trembling.

The direction Xiao Cui was staring at was the warehouse where the family stored their goods.

"Father, call the servants and come with me to the storeroom!" Wu Minmin said, then ran towards the storeroom with a look of urgency on her face.

Perhaps this is a useful clue.

She only has a few days left and must find out the truth about the cloth being infested with insects as soon as possible, otherwise, her family's fortune will surely be ruined in her hands.

“Minmin!”

Old Madam Wu and her biological father, Zhang Heng, called out from behind.

"Take good care of Hui'er, I'm going to check on Minmin." She ran anxiously towards the warehouse; something must have happened there.

After speaking, Madam Wu quickly instructed the maidservant beside her: "Hurry and have the steward gather all the servants in the house and take them to the storeroom."

She urged, "Hurry up!"

"Yes, Madam, I'll go right away." The maid acknowledged the order and left.

Wu Minmin ran to the warehouse door, only to find it tightly closed and nothing unusual.

"Miss Wu."

Suddenly, two children appeared out of nowhere.

Wu Minmin gasped, her heart skipping a beat. Were they demons or ghosts?

Realizing what was happening, she forcibly suppressed her fear and angrily said, "You're the monsters who framed my business?"

"Why? What grudge do we, the Wu family, have against you? Why did you let my family's goods get infested with insects? Otherwise, the Wu family wouldn't have become a rat that everyone hates!" Wu Minmin said, heartbroken.

Shuiwa reached out to interrupt her anger and explained, "Miss Wu, you misunderstand. We are not monsters, and we have nothing to do with the insects in your cloth. We are the attendants of the Golden Saint Goddess, the mountain spirit of the Golden Saint Mountain Range."

"The people of the county came to our goddess and asked her to remove the maggots from their bodies. The goddess said that this matter was not simple and sent us to investigate."

"We came to visit the Wu family because they were the source of this incident, but no one answered our knocks, so we had to use magic to get in."

"What?" Wu Minmin's anger abruptly stopped: "Golden Saintess?"

“Our goddess is all-powerful and has boundless magical abilities. Miss Wu, we were sent by our goddess to help you. Finding the truth will be as difficult as climbing to heaven, because the worms on the cloth have nothing to do with mortals,” Huowa emphasized.

"Minmin!" A large group of footsteps came from behind. Old Madam Wu arrived with her servants, who were carrying sticks and looked menacing.

"What happened?" Old Madam Wu asked worriedly. Suddenly, she caught sight of two children in the corner of her eye and asked in surprise, "Where did these children come from?"

and many more!

These two children are exceptionally good-looking, with round and auspicious features. How could such blessed children exist in this small border town of Xiping County?

Thinking of Xiao Cui's unusual behavior of being so frightened that she lost her voice, Old Madam Wu warily stood in front of her granddaughter.

Wu Minmin explained, "Grandmother, they claimed that the attendants of the Golden Saint Goddess, the spirit of the Golden Saint Mountain Range, were sent by the Golden Saint Goddess to help me find out the truth. I saw it just now; they appeared out of thin air."

Appearing out of thin air?

Old Madam Wu's understanding was shattered, and she was in a daze for a moment. "Are there really demons, ghosts, gods and such in this world?" Having lived her whole life, she had only heard about monsters from storybooks.

"Can you really help me?" Wu Minmin didn't know whether she should trust them, but she didn't have much time left, and she didn't sense any danger from the two children.

Perhaps they are safe.

She hasn't made any progress in the past few days, and she admits that she's now gambling on the situation.

“Of course, and we’ve already identified the problem.” Shuiwa nodded in confirmation.

These words made Wu Minmin take a deep breath, her heart filled with a mixture of hope, doubt, and confusion.

Without further hesitation, Madam Wu knelt down with a thud: "This old woman greets the two celestial children! Please, celestial children, help my poor granddaughter."

"Grandmother!" Wu Minmin stepped forward to help her, but the old lady of the house dodged her.

With tears in her eyes, Madam Wu said, "Minmin, your grandmother really can't bear to see you working so hard. You haven't had a proper rest for several days. Your grandmother was really worried that your body wouldn't be able to take it. But now, with the help of the two celestial children, you will surely be able to clear your name as soon as possible!"

"Get up."

Suddenly, Madam Wu was lifted up by a force. She believed even more in the two mysterious fairy children. They were so handsome and righteous. It seemed that they were really immortals who had descended to earth.

Wu Minmin chose to believe them, or perhaps she had no other choice: "Immortal boy, I want to ask, what do you mean by saying that the matter of the cloth getting infested with insects has nothing to do with mortals?"

Shuiwa kindly reminded him: "It means that the culprit behind the insects in the cloth is a water monster hidden by the Wu family, and it has five hundred years of cultivation."

Old Mrs. Wu's eyes widened, and she bombarded her with questions, her heart pounding with fear: "What? There's a monster in our house? Why...why would it try to harm us? We haven't offended it, have we?"

Their entire family had never seen a monster in their lives.

How could I have offended anyone?
Huowa guessed, "Perhaps it has a grudge against your family."

As for what grudge or hatred existed, everyone stopped discussing that topic.

Fire Boy and Water Boy had already discovered the problem. The two boys headed towards an abandoned courtyard behind the warehouse, with Wu Minmin and Old Madam Wu following closely behind. They wanted to see what kind of monster had a grudge against them.

"boom!"

The old wooden door was opened by a burst of spiritual energy, and Huowa and Shuiwa walked straight to an abandoned lake in the courtyard. The surface of the lake was covered with filth, and as you approached the lake, a fishy stench hit you, making you feel nauseous.

"Grandmother, who used to live in this courtyard?" Wu Minmin searched through her memories but couldn't find the answer she was looking for.

"I'm old and don't remember, but I guess it was which maids lived there." The storeroom was in a remote and desolate place, so the master of the house shouldn't have lived in such a remote corner.

Madam Wu shook her head.

"Gulu gulu gulu..."

An unusual bubbling sound came from the lake.

"Humph!"

Shuiwa closed her eyes and sensed for a while. Suddenly, she opened her eyes, and a beam of azure spiritual energy struck the lake. Four water columns rose into the air, and the lake water churned, as if something terrifying was about to burst out from it.

This scene stunned everyone; they had never seen such a magnificent sight in their lives.

Wu Minmin exclaimed, "It seems they really are not ordinary people. There really are gods and monsters in this world!"

"Glug glug—" The lake surface churned, as if something was struggling inside.

Madam Wu clutched her chest, staring nervously ahead, while Wu Minmin was equally apprehensive.

"You beast! Show yourself now!"

Shuiwa shouted, and his spiritual power transformed into a giant net that was spread across the lake. The net slowly closed, and each net line was like a sharp blade, repeatedly slicing through the water.

If the things inside don't appear, they will be squeezed and strangled by her giant net.

"brush!"

A monster with a fish tail burst out of the net. The moment it leaped out, it exuded a chilling aura and a foul stench, filling the surroundings with fear.

"Ah! You monster!"

"Help! There's a monster—"

The crowd screamed in terror and scattered in all directions.