Sorry, master, my junior sister has surrendered to the enemy!

Chu Yu took two steps, and suddenly a high-pitched bell rang out in the small world.

The sound was so loud that she covered her ears, and it took her a long time to recover from the tinnitus.

"What is it that needs to be suppressed further?"

Chu Yu's cultivation level has been suppressed to the point where he is no different from an ordinary person, but he still maintains the physical strength of a Spirit King. If Chunling Niangzi does not go mad, there should be no danger.

But she just felt uneasy.

We must find A-Ling quickly.

Although it is daytime, the thick fog that almost completely blocks out the sun has obscured it, leaving only a halo of sunlight faintly reflected in the sky, and a bright, earthy yellow spot that dyes the entire sky a grayish-yellow, like the setting sun.

After walking for a while, we finally saw the stone bridge leading to the village, with the villagers' houses appearing and disappearing in the distance.

This is the very stone bridge she saw when she first came to the fairy mountain.

Chu Yu entered the village based on her memory.

She walked straight up to the nearest house, stood outside the courtyard and called out, but there was no response from inside.

I went up and knocked on the door, but no one answered.

Suddenly, a bloody smell filled Chu Yu's nostrils.

She forced the door open, but there was nothing inside.

"Where did you go?"

Chu Yu was alarmed. The bloody aura was growing stronger. She left the house and walked towards another household, where she witnessed a scene of utter devastation.

In this picturesque village, a pile of animal carcasses, like a small mountain, stood between two houses.

They were all livestock and poultry raised by the villagers: piglets, calves, lambs, ducklings...

It was all the corpses of animal babies.

They had all died recently, and the smell of blood mixed with the odor from the animals' abdominal cavities was nauseating.

The well next to it, which was usually used for water supply, was also filled with the carcasses of small animals.

Blood flowed down the grass into the river beside it, staining the water red, and the atmosphere of the entire sacred mountain slowly turned crimson.

Chu Yu focused his mind, but he couldn't enter his own Purple Mansion and couldn't sense the presence of the Chekong Sword.

The storage bracelet cannot be opened either.

She broke into a villager's home and found a wood-chopping knife.

Having a weapon is always more convenient.

"Killing cubs? Are you insane? Why?"

Chu Yu felt her hands were a little cold. She suddenly remembered the man and woman who stole the child on her first day at the Immortal Mountain.

What were their names again?

"Xiao Wu, A Ling..." These two names were inexplicably imprinted in Chu Yu's mind.

"It's best if there's no connection..." Chu Yu tightened her grip on the wood-chopping knife, and headed towards the village chief's house based on her memory.

For some reason, every little detail that had happened on the Immortal Mountain flooded into Chu Yu's mind at this moment.

"They hate strangers..."

"Villagers are stealing children..."

"They treated us to a sumptuous feast..."

Chu Yu still remembers the delicious food from that night.

Steamed lamb, roast suckling pig...

Where did so many livestock babies come from?

Is this a kind of...worship of young life?

Chu Yu shook his head: "They're hallucinating, hallucinating..."

Thinking of hallucinations, Chu Yu's eyes sharpened: "Hallucinations reflect the will of the hallucination's owner."

Is this still the medicine-hunting event? Why did you give it to her?

Just then, a bone-chilling coldness came from his right hand.

Whenever something happens, the Tree Girl reminds herself of this.

Chu Yu lifted his sleeve to look, and saw that the dark patterns on the woman in the tree had faded to the point of being almost invisible. It seemed that she was also deeply suppressed by the Buddhist beads. Ghost cultivators did not pay attention to body refinement, and she was now just like an ordinary ghost. It was already the best Chu Yu could do to remind her.

In the distance, the sound of rustling grass came from behind the house, and a male voice murmured: "Flowers bloom to give birth to new life, and fallen flowers nourish the tree..."

"Adult birds nurture their young, and young birds feed their parents in return..."

"Your Highness Chunling, I am below. Please grant me, Chunling, endless cures of all ailments, immortality, and a divine body..."

Hearing these words, Chu Yu felt a chill run down her spine. She grabbed her wood-chopping knife and chased after him. The villager seemed to have known Chu Yu was there all along; he murmured something in Chu Yu's direction, "Young man..."

He then turned and ran.

Chu Yu had no interest in playing tag with him. With a light step, she leaped up and caught up with him.

"stop!"

Chu Yu grabbed him, feeling his shoulder being gripped, and the man started laughing maniacally.

The madman raised his mouth to bite Chu Yu's hand.

Chu Yu reacted quickly and slapped him.

The man flew out, and Chu Yu saw his head twist several times before he stood up again on his own.

"Hehe..." He laughed until his mouth was full of blood, his eyes filled with madness.

"All diseases will be cured, immortality will be granted, and a divine body will be bestowed..."

The man had thinning hair, wrinkles around his eyes when he smiled, and several of his teeth had been knocked out by Chu Yu, making him look quite eerie.

Chu Yu looked at her hands with suspicion for the first time.

This is the physical strength of a peak Spirit King. A mortal withstood her slap and only lost a few teeth...

The middle-aged man had no intention of attacking Chu Yu. Even when hit, he did not fight back, but just laughed maniacally as he retreated.

"Bestow upon me an immortal body..."

She repeated what the man had said.

Through the thick fog, the outline of the ailanthus tree was faintly visible.

"But isn't Lady Chunling a divine healer? Why did she portray the villagers as so sickly?"

Caught in the middle of the situation, Chu Yu had no idea what was happening outside, but the problems within the Lotus Secret Realm were already quite obvious.

Even if all of this was done intentionally by that immortal healer, it is still too bizarre.

It was eerie; this was the feeling Chu Yu had ever had since arriving at the Immortal Mountain.

Under one of the eaves, swallows returned to their nests. The swallow had some blood and feathers on its beak and kept pecking at something in the nest.

Without even looking, Chu Yu knew what the swallow was eating.

Eating young food helps them grow.

Chu Yu ran towards the location of the ailanthus tree, when he suddenly heard Yue Ling scream, mixed with the whimper of a child.

"Ah Ling!" Chu Yu called out loudly and ran towards the sound.

Upon hearing Chu Yu's voice, Yue Ling shouted, "Yu Yu, run!"

You can't hurt them!

"Ah, let him go!!!"

The children's cries that were mixed in with the noise suddenly stopped.

"Stop!" The situation on Yue Ling's side sounded really bad, so Chu Yu picked up his wood-chopping knife and smashed open the door, rushing inside.

In the courtyard, a group of villagers surrounded the Chinese toon tree. The village chief stood in front of the offering table with a knife in his hand. Yue Ling was tied up under the offering table, and a child lay on the table.

The child remained motionless, blood dripping from his fingertips.

It's clear that Yue Ling wanted to release the butterflies to save the child, but she's currently suppressed to the point of being no different from an ordinary person. There are also some bottles and jars lying on the ground, which are things Yue Ling usually uses for self-defense. It seems she's tried them all, but they're useless.

"A bunch of beasts!" Chu Yu cursed angrily, raising his knife to slash at them.

"Stop her." The village chief waved his hand indifferently, and several villagers rushed forward with precision.

Although her profound energy cultivation was suppressed, dealing with this group of villagers would be a piece of cake for her with her martial arts and physical strength.

Although the "Mystic Spirit Bone Tempering Order" uses mystic energy to temper the body, it is ultimately a body tempering technique. At this moment, in a pure contest of physical skills, it perfectly demonstrates its formidable power.

Chu Yu dealt with them in a few moves. Those who were lying on the ground with their bones shattered seemed to be only in a daze for a moment before they were able to stand up and continue fighting.

It's like an NPC in a game who's invincible; they get beaten up right away, but then get back up and keep getting beaten up.

Not to mention that some villagers are surprisingly strong, enough to arm wrestle with some physical cultivators.

"It's Lady Chunling; she's healing these villagers."

Yue Ling said urgently.

"Shut up! How dare you offend the divine power!" The village chief raised his knife to strike Yue Ling, but Chu Yu reacted quickly, sending a wood-chopping knife flying and severing the village chief's hand.

"Aaaaaah..." The village chief screamed, but the next second new bone and blood grew on his hand.

Chu Yu was speechless. Each person had a horse talisman and a dog talisman. Although they weren't difficult to defeat, it was still annoying.

"Hold her back! Lady Chunling is under our divine protection; she will help us defeat these outsiders!"

The village chief raised his hand, which was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, to encourage the villagers.

Originally there were only a few strong men, but now all the villagers, men and women alike, have surrounded them.

"Yu Yu!" Yue Ling prompted Chu Yu to look at the house behind the ailanthus tree. Chu Yu unleashed a series of palm strikes, shattering the bones of the villagers blocking his way.

It only delayed things for a moment.

But that was enough for her to shake off the villagers.

A loud commotion came from the room Yue Ling pointed to, and two young figures, a man and a woman, walked out of it.

He looks somewhat familiar.

Without thinking twice, Chu Yu rushed to Yue Ling, picked up the wood-chopping knife that had just been thrown at him, and swung it at the village chief's face.

Knowing he was no match for Chu Yu, the village chief could only dodge, but his expression was incredibly fierce.

The moment the village chief was far away, Chu Yu cut the ropes binding Yue Ling and ran off with her.

Yue Ling: "The young couple who just came out are Uncle Kang and Aunt Kang."

Chu Yu: "?!"

Yue Ling ran, panting, and told everything she knew: "They sacrificed young people. I should have found out sooner. Uncle Kang and Aunt Kang gained the qualification of rejuvenation because they entertained us two 'celestial messengers'."

"So they sacrificed the child, while Uncle Kang and Aunt Kang waited in the house to regain their youth?"

Yue Ling nodded, seemingly remembering the child, but unwilling to say more at this moment.

Chu Yu recalled the first time she met Uncle Kang.

How did those young people tease him?

Uncle Kang is getting younger and younger...

“Yu Yu, my two imperial ancestors would never do such a thing. Even if they were making up a story, they wouldn’t make it up like this,” Yue Ling said solemnly.

"I understand." Chu Yu nodded.

I found Yue Ling and understood my current situation.

There must be some trouble outside that even Master Diming finds difficult to handle, which has affected the Lotus Secret Realm.

All the villagers seemed to have become different people—indifferent, frantic, and violent.

They were completely different from the simple and hospitable villagers they had been a few days ago.

Looking back on all the details, it seems that these villagers were simply showing their true selves.

But can so many people really perfectly portray two different personalities at the same time?

Judging from the current logic of this sacred mountain, no young life can leave alive.

Chu Yu suddenly remembered Lin Niangzi. He hadn't seen her under the ailanthus tree just now; her child was probably still at home.

Chu Yu led Yue Ling to Lin Niangzi's house, and upon entering, they witnessed a shocking scene.

Lady Lin committed suicide.

She hung precariously from the rafters, while her son sat in a chair, staring blankly up at his mother.

This was the first time Chu Yu had seen the child with his eyes open. There was no light or fear in his dark pupils.

"Child," Chu Yu said to the child, ignoring his shock, "It will be dangerous for you to stay here. Come with us."

Do you know why she hanged herself?

The child ignored Chu Yu's question and spoke softly.

Chu Yu and Yue Ling immediately fell silent. Yue Ling looked shocked, while Chu Yu narrowed his eyes at him.

"She committed suicide because I told her whereabouts of her child and husband."

"If Lady Chunling doesn't save her, it seems that she doesn't respect or believe in Lady Chunling enough."

"That's her fate."

“I stood right in front of her, and since she saw me, how could she dare not believe in Lady Chunling?”

"What a fool."