I woke up to find myself as the villain's older sister.

"Sacred rites? What are these?" Yun Qingyi asked, looking at the dense swarm of cockroaches.

"The sacred ceremony is the reason these children are still alive. On the first and fifteenth of each month, the fairy cockroaches and fairy spiders will come out of that room and come to these children, releasing their fairy power in their eyes, mouths, and other places. After each sacred ceremony, the children's physical condition will be better."

"But..." The elder sighed as he said this.

“Three days after the sacrament ends, the children’s health will be worse than before, which is why people say that this worm is a demon worm, but without this worm, the children cannot survive.”

“We tried to drive away the bugs and hide the children so they wouldn’t find them, but the black spots on the children’s bodies would grow back after we did that.”

"At first we thought it was a coincidence, but after it happened repeatedly, we realized that these insects were used to treat dark spots."

Upon hearing this, Yun Qingyi squatted down to observe the child in front of her and the cockroaches on his body.

The child was so thin that he was practically just a skeleton. Before long, Yun Qingyi realized that he had been cursed.

There are very few curses in this world that can affect cultivators. After all, cultivation is about cause and effect. Minor curses are nothing to fear, but major curses will have to come at a price.

Therefore, cultivators rarely use such things, but just because they are useless to cultivators does not mean they are useless to mortals.

Yun Qingyi's eyes were a little cold.

This curse is used to absorb life force.

And the medium is these cockroaches.

The fairy cockroach is a rather special insect. They are extremely resilient and absolutely obedient to the commands of their mother.

As long as an array is placed on the insect queen, the immortal cockroaches affected by the insect queen can absorb or release something through their bodies.

These fairy cockroaches in front of us are releasing a weak spiritual energy to ensure that the children do not immediately lose their life force while absorbing their life force.

What does Yun Yu'er want the life force of mortals for? Yun Qingyi frowned, puzzled.

"Never mind, it's more important to deal with the immediate problem," Yun Qingyi thought, looking at the child lying on the small bed in the room, barely alive.

Breaking such a low-level curse is easy for cultivators, but it is a deadly disaster for mortals.

"Arou."

"Sister, I'm here."

"Go to that house we just passed. I bet the Insect Queen is inside. Break the formation and bring her back to me alive," Yun Qingyi said.

"Yes, elder sister." Upon hearing Yun Qingyi's words, Yun Qingrou summoned her personal sword and left the room.

"Now, it's my turn," Yun Qingyi murmured, a drop of pure lightning spiritual power condensing at her fingertips.

Thunder is the nemesis of all curses.

Yun Qingyi closed her eyes and carefully used her lightning spiritual power to purify the curse on the children.

Before long, the last child was also purified.

Just as Yun Qingyi was overjoyed, a sword's cry and the sound of an object exploding came from afar.

Ah Rou?!

Yun Qingyi immediately walked outside with concern. At this moment, Yun Qingrou also returned to the room.

"Arou, what happened?"

Yun Qingrou looked somewhat annoyed: "I had just broken through that formation when the celestial cockroach queen inside went berserk and then self-destructed. Logically, such an insect shouldn't have contained so much spiritual energy to self-destruct."

Seeing that Yun Qingrou was alright, Yun Qingyi felt relieved and smiled at her, "You didn't see it clearly just now. While those immortal cockroaches were absorbing the life force, they were also releasing a small amount of spiritual energy to maintain the child's basic vital signs."

"And the origin of this spiritual power should be that the person who collected the life essence stored it in the body of the fairy cockroach mother."

Upon hearing this, Yun Qingrou looked somewhat apologetic: "I'm sorry, elder sister, I couldn't bring you that insect queen."

Yun Qingyi gently rubbed her head and said in a gentle tone, "It's good that you're alright. Were you injured anywhere when the insect queen exploded?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Qingrou proudly raised her chest and smiled, "A mere insect queen, her spiritual power is not enough to harm me."

Yun Qingyi couldn't help but chuckle: "Alright, alright, Arou is the best."

The two returned to the room, and the villagers rushed up to them in delight: "My lords, look! All those demonic insects are gone! And the black spots on the children are gone too! This is wonderful!"

After saying this, they all knelt down before Yun Qingyi and Yun Qingrou. Even the old patriarch trembled as he tried to kneel down, which startled the two of them.

Yun Qingyi reacted quickly and immediately helped the old patriarch, saying, "Patriarch, what are you doing? We were just helping out, there's no need for this."

The old clan chief's eyes were filled with tears: "No matter what, this kneeling is still necessary. It may be a small favor for you, but for our entire village, it is a life-saving grace!"

"We, the entire Dali Village, will never forget your immense kindness and generosity!"

After saying that, he insisted on kneeling down, so Yun Qingyi had no choice but to straighten him up and stand still, and said to the villagers, "You all stand up too, or I'll get angry."

Upon hearing this, the villagers were startled and stood up one after another.

Seeing this, Yun Qingyi couldn't help but smile and said, "Alright, I'll strengthen the children's bodies later and give you some nourishing herbs. Take good care of them, and they'll be just like before."

Upon hearing this, the villagers were so excited that they wanted to kneel down again, but Yun Qingyi gave them a look and they all stood still. However, their eyes were full of gratitude as they looked at Yun Qingyi and Yun Qingrou.

After using a small amount of spiritual energy to strengthen the children's bodies, Yun Qingyi greeted the old clan leader and then went to find Zhemu, who had fallen to the ground earlier.

Arriving at the first broken tree, Yun Qingyi looked at the densely packed insect eggs on the stump.

He thought to himself: Just as I expected.

The ones that just died were fairy cockroaches, and the fairy spiders that the old patriarch mentioned weren't in that room, so they're most likely in these broken logs.

Fairy spiders prefer wood and may not have a high survival rate in other places, but they can thrive in these centuries-old trees.

Therefore, fairy spiders especially like to lay their eggs in large trees.

Yun Qingyi raised her hand and unleashed a burst of spiritual energy, blasting the insect eggs to smithereens.

Yun Qingyi had a rough idea of ​​the function of the Immortal Spider Insects. These insects had an extremely strong ability to possess other creatures. After becoming adults, most of them would possess the bodies of demonic beasts and feed on their flesh and blood to survive.

However, some fairy spiders are not so lucky as to find strong demon beasts, so they can only possess some weak demon beasts. Sometimes, because the demon beasts are too weak, they will choose to share their life force with the demon beasts.

Once the monster grows strong, then you can suck its blood and flesh.

Thinking of this, Yun Qingyi felt a chill run down her spine. She had just discovered several fairy spider worms inside the children's bodies.

Because the children were weak, they were kept alive by hanging them with spider worms, and then spider worms were used to absorb their life force.

This action made Yun Qingyi feel nauseous.

"Ugh—" She finally couldn't hold it in and vomited.

Fortunately, there was nothing in her stomach, so she wouldn't be too embarrassed.

"Sister! What's wrong?" Yun Qingrou looked at Yun Qingyi anxiously upon hearing the voice.

Yun Qingyi wiped her mouth and shook her head: "I'm fine."

"Let's go and wipe out all these Immortal Spiders."

After saying that, Yun Qingyi walked straight to the next big tree.