Although the little apprentice sister is weak, she can fight

More than half a month ago...

Could it be the group of people Lu He mentioned?

"So he's still here because that group never came back?"

"Ah."

Shen Qiao remained silent for a moment before speaking, "I want to know what happened last night."

Wang You nodded happily and waved at her to come over.

Shen Qiao subconsciously covered his forehead.

Seeing her actions, Wang You couldn't help but remain silent. After thinking about it, he realized that this child had a psychological trauma because of the previous incident. He sighed, "My bad."

After he finished speaking, he flicked a light into her brow with his finger, "That's pretty much what happened last night."

The memories that suddenly flooded into his mind made Shen Qiao digest them quietly for a long time.

So the "little brother" Lu Yuan mentioned was really the shop owner's son.

Everything basically matches what Lu He just said.

"It's not too late today," Shen Qiao suggested with a smile. "Why not take advantage of this 'nice' weather?"

The general situation of Yujia Village is almost known. The only thing left is to go out to sea and find the sea area where the head is floating that Lu He mentioned, which is the lair of this sea monster.

It didn't rain on the way there, but the sky was very overcast.

A few birds with sharp cries were perched on a dead tree at the entrance of the village. There were puddles of various sizes in the muddy ground in front of them, and the horseshoe tower inevitably splashed a lot of water on them.

It was time to prepare dinner, but there was not even a wisp of smoke from cooking fires in the entire village.

Not only was there smoke from the cooking stove, but the two of them were riding horses making such a loud noise that they didn't meet anyone along the way.

Looking at the footprints on the ground, it seemed that these people were all running in the same direction.

The answer had already emerged in Shen Qiao's mind - sea sacrifice.

On a thunderstorm like this, if they can't catch Lu Yuan, they might have to find other replacement sacrifices and go out to sea for a sea sacrifice.

The two of them tacitly did not stop, and went straight to the beach through the small village with roads leading to all directions. They could hear some heart-wrenching cries from a distance.

"You can't do this! She's only three years old!! How could you have the heart to do this!!"

"Her Third Aunt, this is also for the sake of our village."

The man who was helping to pull the baby aside tried to persuade her, "Yes, yes, even if the child is gone, we can still have another one."

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman spitted in her face and kicked her several times. "That's your own daughter! How can you say such things?! You're just like them! I was blind to fall for a jerk like you! You're a bunch of heartless bastards! Give my daughter back to me!"

The two children who had been tied to a wooden board with ropes were crying loudly, calling out "Dad and Mom" ​​over and over.

Perhaps annoyed by the woman, the man raised his hand to slap her, but before his hand could fall, it was suddenly pierced by something, and blood splattered all over his face.

This sudden change made him wail in pain, and a group of people stopped what they were doing and looked over.

"Who! Who dares to hurt others!?"

Before the group of people could see who was coming, Shen Qiao had already rushed through the crowd on horseback, ignoring the screams of the frightened children and heading straight for the two children who had been pushed into the sea.

Seeing the waves about to crash over him, Shen Qiao raised his hand and clenched it, then dismounted. The churning seawater suddenly stopped.

She waded into the sea without stopping, and brought the two children back in one hand each. Only after all three of them were back on shore did the sea begin to flow again.

The crowd was stunned. They had never expected that this little girl would dare to rescue the people so directly. The whole process, from the man's palm being pierced to the two children being rescued, took no more than a few breaths.

“Xiao Xiao!!”

The woman who was being dragged at the beginning was the first to react. She broke free from those who were dragging her and ran over. She took the little girl from Shen Qiao's hand and pulled the rope loose.

"Wuwu...Mother..."

"Don't be afraid, mother is here."

On the other hand, the other boy cried until his voice was hoarse, but when he saw that he was rescued, his parents did not come to take him home.

Shen Qiao held the child in one hand, looked around, and got straight to the point, "Who proposed the sea sacrifice?"

The crowd, which had been noisy just a moment ago, fell silent. An elderly woman with a cane stepped out from the crowd and said, "It was I who proposed it, so what?"

"Sea sacrifices were banned hundreds of years ago. How dare you re-enable them?" Shen Qiao continued to ask bluntly.

The old woman's face was wrinkled, but her eyes were filled with impatience. "This is the biggest mistake! If the sea festival hadn't been forcibly stopped, our village wouldn't have fallen to this point! Now the Sea God has finally given us this opportunity! If we don't seize it, will it all go to waste?!"

"It's full of nonsense!"

The sea water wet her clothes and sleeves, her white hair fluttered in the wind, and the azure spiritual power in her eyes had not completely disappeared. She turned her back to the turbulent sea, with dark clouds and thunder above her head. Just standing there with such momentum made the old woman who had just spoken want to retreat.

"You keep saying we should seize the opportunity. If this sacrifice fails, will you drown all the children in the village in the sea?"

Her voice was calm, but every word was clear. In contrast, the emotional old woman was speechless for a moment after hearing this.

“It’s their honor!!”

"Okay." Shen Qiao responded neatly.

Everyone saw her slowly raise her hand, and a soft azure light attracted the seawater behind her. "Then I'll let you experience for yourself what you call 'honor'."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sea water was suddenly drawn out and condensed into a huge hand that grabbed the old woman. The others were frightened and dodged to the side, and the woman was easily revealed.

"Ah!!" The old woman screamed in panic. When she was lifted into the air, her cane fell to the ground. She was trembling all over and didn't even dare to open her eyes.

"Let me introduce myself: I am Shen Qiao, a third-generation direct disciple of the Tianxing Sect. I am a cultivator from the immortal realm who has been commissioned to investigate this matter."

She ignored the ghostly howling sounds in the air and continued to speak to herself.

"If you continue to stubbornly carry out any sacrificial activities, this immortal has the right to hand you over to the authorities for the crime of 'obstructing public affairs' according to the regulations of the two realms of human immortals, and punish you according to the law."

After saying that, she looked at the few of them who were eager to rush forward and said, "To be honest, I have a bad temper. When encountering something, I don't like to go through seven or eight twists and turns to coax you to cooperate."

"I'm standing here today. I'll take anyone who dares to act recklessly and throw them into the sea with this old man to feed the fish."