I just want to be a middleman

Subsequently, many villagers disappeared one after another, starting with the disappearance of young working men, and later on, the disappearance of men, women, young and old.

The whole village was in a panic. The village chief reported the situation to the town, and even if someone came to deal with the problem, the person who came would disappear. Three or four groups of people came, and they all disappeared one by one.

This left Qian Duoduo and the other two confused. Wang Xiao had been communicating with the four people outside through jade slips before they started chatting, and the four people outside also heard what the old woman and the woman said at the same time.

Yun Qifei began to ask: "Did you notice anything unusual during the time when the villagers were missing?"

"There's nothing unusual. There's no sign before every villager disappears, just like my old man and my son. They didn't do anything. They just went to work in the fields as usual, and then they disappeared." The old woman's eyes turned red as she spoke, but she tried hard to hold back her tears.

"The village chief had no choice but to tell us to go out together. My father-in-law and husband always go out together, no matter what they do.

"People who disappeared later on all went missing in pairs, and we didn't care anymore. Now the only people left in the village are the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled." The woman began to wipe away her tears as she spoke.

After she finished speaking, she burst into tears. Qian Duoduo and the other two were also somewhat infected by the atmosphere in front of them.

"Do the missing people have anything in common?" Qian Duoduo also asked some questions to see if he could find any clues.

“It was all young people at the beginning, and then there were people who were a little older.”

Differences in age.

"The young women behind them also began to disappear, along with the teenage children in the village."

Was he being dragged into the mining industry? Back in the day on Blue Star, there were unscrupulous coal bosses who kidnapped people to work in the mines. People from remote mountainous areas were especially vulnerable to abduction.

Later, as the social system became more and more complete and surveillance became more and more frequent, human trafficking became difficult.

Is there a mine nearby? Qian Duoduo was so preoccupied with his thoughts that he didn't hear the conversation between Yun Qifei, Wang Xiao, and the women.

Qi Chenjing and others in the jade slip also had questions, and they were chatting enthusiastically. Qian Duoduo used his spiritual consciousness to contact Shu Xiaoqiang and asked him to come out and see if there was any mine. No matter what kind of mine it was, it would mean getting rich quickly for Qian Duoduo!

"Duoduo, we have finished asking questions. Do you have anything else to ask?" Yun Qifei shook Qian Duoduo.

"I have no more. Let's set up two formations for the villagers who are still in the village to protect the remaining villagers first. What do you think?" Qian Duoduo said his thoughts, and then asked Yun Qifei and the others.

"Okay, you're more thoughtful." Yun Qifei agreed.

Wang Xiao stood up: "Let's start now?"

"Let's start with the old man. You can accompany us to visit other villagers' homes later. Otherwise, I'm afraid no one will believe us."

The old woman nodded and was about to speak when the young woman spoke first, "It's the same if I accompany you. My mother is old and has difficulty walking, so let her stay at home."

Qian Duoduo nodded and said that anyone could follow as long as they were useful.

Seeing Yun Qifei and Wang Xiao busy, Qian Duoduo didn't bother them anymore. This could be accomplished by one person in the team.

After everything was done, Qian Duoduo told the two women what to pay attention to and gave them a few communication talismans so that they could use them to contact each other if they remembered something to say or were in danger.

The old woman thanked him repeatedly, and her attitude was obviously different from when she knocked on the door at the beginning.

For the current villagers of Taohua Village, Qian Duoduo and his companions are like a ray of light in the darkness, and they can only follow that light and move forward.

Since they had no other choice, Qian Duoduo and the other two followed the young woman Xiao Ding to other places to set up defensive formations for the villagers. Qian Duoduo privately told Yun Qifei and Wang Xiao to set up an additional attacking formation.

This formation will only be triggered when spiritual power is used for an attack. It can be triggered no matter what spiritual power is used for. Qian Duoduo modified the formation.

Spiritual attacks should not be used to deal with these villagers, so it is best to trigger the formation when there is a spiritual power fluctuation. Qian Duoduo originally wanted to change it to tracking.

There's not enough time.

After all the formations were set up, Qian Duoduo said he was going to go to the back mountain to take a look. The young woman told them that there was a very strange place and asked them not to go there.

Qian Duoduo is the kind of person who will go even if told not to.

After parting with the woman, Qian Duoduo contacted several people outside the village and went to the back mountain to meet them later.

"Duoduo, do you want to go to the place she mentioned?" Yun Qifei leaned close to Qian Duoduo.

"Yes, I want to go. She said it was weird, and I want to see how weird it is." Qian Duoduo wanted to say more, why did she tell us what was weird.

If she doesn't say it, we won't set foot on it, but if she says it, we will always think about it in our hearts.

Qian Duoduo thought a lot. Maybe the woman meant well, or maybe she wanted to borrow Qian Duoduo's help to solve the problem.

Qi Chenjing and others were already waiting in the back mountain, where there was a huge peach tree, lush and green.

It looks very healthy, with a lot of red ribbons on it. Is anyone still making a wish here?

Qi Chenjing and a few others were reading the words on the red ribbon and didn't even notice that Qian Duoduo and the other two had arrived.

"What are you looking at?" Qian Duoduo patted Qi Chenjing's shoulder.

"Duoduo, you're here. Look, this tree is the patron saint of the villagers of Taohua Village, or you could say it's a guardian tree. There are many wishes written on it.

I don’t know if all of them were written by villagers from Taohua Village, or if there were also contributions from villagers from other villages.”

It was a large tree, with many on the treetops. Qian Duoduo flew up the tree and looked at the hanging red ribbons.

"I hope the harvest will be better this year." This is the wish of people who make a living from the land.

"I hope my child can develop spiritual roots and be accepted into a large sect."

"I hope my family is safe and healthy."

"Want to be with someone you love?"

“I hope! We become super rich!!!”

"........."

There are all kinds of wishes on the tree, and the red ribbons flutter in the wind. Is this a wishing tree?

How much pressure is there?

Qian Duoduo touched the tree with his hands and closed his eyes to feel it. He could actually feel the tree's vitality. Logically, there shouldn't be such a large peach tree. Everything seemed a little wrong...

Qian Duoduo felt it carefully, trying to see if there was anything he could understand from it, but apart from the flowing vitality, there was nothing else.

Did you feel a little hurt from it?

Is it hurt?

Qian Duoduo came down from the tree. Qi Chenjing had already looked around the tree, while the others were still looking at the red ribbon.

"Chenjing, come here." Qian Duoduo asked Qi Chenjing to feel the tree and see if there was anything different.

Qian Duoduo felt that when Qi Chenjing touched the tree, the leaves of the peach tree shook, and the other people also imitated Qi Chenjing to feel it.

Qi Chenjing told Qian Duoduo about his feelings: "Duoduo, I only feel the vitality of this tree, nothing else."

"It's amazing that it can be like this! I can also feel its vitality!" Yun Qifei said happily.

"........."