After being expelled from the sect, I became the villain mentor

This was the first time Ling Cang had made such a fool of himself, and he was about to lose control of his anger.

Yu Nian glanced at the wedding procession on the road nearby, and thought of an excuse to change the subject.

"By the way, old man, who is the one welcoming the bride? Why is there such a grand ceremony?"

Unexpectedly, the old man's face changed when he mentioned this matter.

"See? At the front of the wedding procession are the parents of the daughter who is getting married."

The two of them looked over and immediately realized something was wrong. The middle-aged couple were dressed in ordinary clothes and did not look wealthy. They probably did not have the money to afford such a grand ceremony, so these wedding processions must have been sent by the husband's family.

It should be a great joy for a daughter from a poor family to marry into a rich family, but the woman stood in front of the wedding procession and was almost forced to walk away by other wedding procession members who were dressed as servants, holding her arms. The man looked around with a guilty look on his face, not daring to look at his wife.

Ling Cang frowned, "What's going on?"

The old man ignored Ling Cang, snorted coldly, turned around and looked at Yu Nian with a smile, "Young lady, you are probably not from this place. You don't know that the team coming to welcome the bride is from our Wangxiangyi's Master Wen, but his family is about to die out, so he is taking concubines everywhere to continue the family line.

Beauty is short-lived. This girl Sun has a bad fate. Her father wants to sell her for money.

It would be fine if it were really like that, after all, the Wen family is rich, and if she becomes a concubine, she will have no worries for the rest of her life. But no matter who marries into the family, they will disappear on the way to the wedding, and even their bodies cannot be found. No one knows whether they are dead or what happened.

Everyone said that Master Wen had done something evil, so the evil spirits wanted to steal his daughters, in order to make him have no descendants. Since the previous girls disappeared, few families were willing to send their daughters to him. But Master Wen said that as long as the wedding procession picked up the girls, they would pay them, so there were always those with evil hearts who would sell their daughters.

Hearing this, Yu Nian's face darkened, "How long has this situation been going on?"

"Almost half a year."

"It's been so long. This area is under the jurisdiction of Feixian Pavilion, and there are thousands of sects, big and small. Is it possible that no cultivators have come to investigate? The Wen family is quite powerful. Even if they can't invite cultivators from Feixian Pavilion, can't they invite cultivators from other sects?"

Although mortals can only pay gold and silver to cultivators, gold and silver can also be exchanged for spirit stones. Even if Feixian Pavilion, one of the ten major sects, looks down on these insignificant spirit stones, some small sects are still willing to take on this kind of job.

The old man shook his head. "The closest sect to our Wangxiangyi is Hanshan Temple, but it is gradually declining. The remaining monks devote themselves to worshipping Buddha all day long and do not care about worldly affairs."

Hanshan Temple?

Yu Nian had no memory of this sect, so it must be a second-rate sect. Perhaps there was only a Jindan Zhenren or a few foundation-building disciples in the sect.

The old man continued, "Master Wen did ask several passing monks to come, but it was all in vain. Those monks returned empty-handed. Whether they were disguised as the bride's escort or following behind, they didn't catch anything. And those girls kept disappearing, not a single one returned. So, this is not a happy event."

After saying that, the old man smiled inexplicably and left tremblingly.

After finishing his meal, Ling Cang, who hadn’t slept well the whole night, changed rooms and prepared to take a short rest for an hour, then followed Yu Nian and left to continue his journey.

However, Yu Nian on the other side was already ready to intervene in the matter. With her cultivation level, she should be able to solve it easily without much effort.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Yu Nian got up and opened the door, and saw the waiter holding a tray, standing at the door with a smile on his face.

"The cook lost money gambling last night and was so angry he didn't sleep well. He's not in a good mood today and accidentally added too much salt. The lunch was a bit salty. My boss felt bad for me and asked me to bring some tea to the guests to quench their thirst and rinse their mouths... Miss, this is for you."

Yu Nian reached out to take the tea, and the waiter smiled and closed the door for her with the empty tray.

Returning to the table, Yu Nian felt a little thirsty, so he poured himself a cup of tea and brought it to his mouth, only to realize something was wrong.

There is not a trace of tea fragrance in this glass of water, but instead there is a strong smell of alcohol.

She really couldn't drink much, but the store owner's trick was too crude... Combined with the old man who appeared inexplicably, she suddenly had a guess in her mind.

Then she poured out the wine and fell beside the table, pretending to fall asleep.

A few minutes later, the door was opened by several people, led by the elderly man. There was no blur in his eyes, but he looked clear-headed and shrewd.

The waiter stood timidly, his face pale, not daring to look at Yu Nian who had collapsed on the table. "Mr. Sun, are you okay?"

"What do you think that is? That's the Three Days of Drunk I paid a huge price for. One drop is as good as dozens of bottles of liquor!" said a middle-aged man dressed in shorts and a greasy face like a chef. "This girl can't drink much to begin with. That one glass is enough to make her sleep for three days and three nights."

"But is it really okay for us to do this?" The waiter's face turned pale when he thought about what he was going to do next.

"Look at you, you're such a coward! What else can you do now?" the innkeeper snapped. "The Wen family's people are coming again. They should be arriving this afternoon. If we don't send this man over as a replacement, are we really going to let Niuniu marry into the family and die?"

"All right!"

Mr. Sun slammed his cane on the ground, and the two men fell silent. "Let's get started. The wedding procession will be here soon."

Several people lifted Yu Nian up and walked through the back door of the inn to the yard. From a coffin in the yard, the sound of a woman crying seemed to be heard.

When she heard that Mr. Sun was coming, the young woman raised her red and swollen eyes and looked at the unconscious Yu Nian in surprise.

"Grandfather, what are you doing?"

"Don't worry about Niuniu, let grandpa take care of this sinful matter!" The old man's eyes flashed with determination and resoluteness, and then he turned to look at the cook, "Old Li, take Niuniu away and return her to her grandmother!"

Niuniu's eyes suddenly understood, and a trace of disbelief flashed across them. She really couldn't believe that her always kind and gentle grandfather would do such a thing, "Grandpa, it's wrong for you to do this..."

The old man gave Lao Li a look, and Lao Li understood immediately. He chopped Niu Niu's neck with a knife, carried Niu Niu out of the yard, and got on a carriage that had been prepared long ago. The wheels of the carriage kept rumbling as it drove away.

The old man didn't breathe a sigh of relief until the carriage disappeared from his sight. He waved to the door and two old women came in.

The old woman put the wedding dress on Yu Nian, and finally took out powder and lipstick and applied them on her face and mouth.

Just then, the bride's reception arrived, the gate of the courtyard was pushed open, and a large group of people rushed in rudely, pushing away Mr. Sun who was standing at the door of the girl's boudoir.

The two old women hurriedly put a red veil on Yu Nian's forehead. After they were sure that they could no longer see the person under the veil, they helped her up, walked out carefully, and walked into the big red sedan waiting in front of the inn.

The leader immediately stepped forward and directed the servants to lift the sedan chair and head to the Wen Mansion.