Quick Transmigration: The Villain is Destiny, the Protagonist Takes a Backseat

"Under the Heavenly Gate, the Demon-Subduing Immortal, vanquishing evil and punishing demons, with his henchmen leading the charge... Depart!"

Ji Qiuzhe cast a spell to expel evil spirits, but unfortunately, it had little effect.

The evil spirit had possessed him for so long that it had become one with the village chief's body, and he could not separate himself from it.

With a determined heart, he cut his finger, made hand seals, and wielded the peach wood sword to perform an exorcising sword technique. Wherever the sword passed, golden light shone brightly, eventually forming a strange array that struck straight at the village chief's body.

"what--"

The black aura dissipated with the golden light, and the village chief collapsed to his knees, blood flowing from his seven orifices.

Many white specks of light spilled out from his body, most of them dissipating on the spot, a small portion seemed to have found a target and flew towards the outside of the ancestral hall, and a tiny white speck jumped into Pang Miao's body.

Pang Miao's bloodshot eyes finally closed slowly, and she fell into a deep sleep she hadn't had in many days.

Ning Hao disregarded the village chief's condition and rushed over to catch Pang Miao's swaying body.

"Let's go."

Ji Qiuzhe was breathing heavily when Li Yu took his hand again and gently rubbed it a few times, and the wound that had been broken scabbed over.

"Okay, let's go back to sleep, I'm sleepy."

"It's all up to you."

Yu Jia wiped the sweat from her forehead, feeling a little thirsty. She looked at Yu Lou and said, "I'm sleepy too."

Yu Lou: "If you're sleepy, just go to sleep."

Yu Jia: "Aww."

"Let's go, Ning Hao. The special department personnel we contacted are arriving soon. Your second uncle will be taken care of. Take Sister Miaomiao back to rest first."

"Okay." Ning Hao had no objections.

He felt somewhat lost, both for the future development of Qingning Village and for his own and Pang Miao's future.

His family was very poor before, and only after becoming rich did he have the courage to ask Pang Miao for a marriage proposal. However, Ji Qiuzhe made it clear that everyone in their village who had enjoyed the protection of the evil god would suffer a backlash.

He might... not be able to be with Pang Miao anymore.

"No, don't abandon me..."

A faint, youthful voice echoed from beneath the ruins of the statue. The original two-meter-long green snake was gone, replaced by a tiny emerald green snake less than ten centimeters long.

"You wait here, the special department will take you away," Ji Qiuzhe said hastily to Qing She.

"Do not."

The green snake laboriously crawled to Ji Qiuzhe's feet and pleaded, "Take me with you, my lord. I have exhausted my cultivation and will devote myself to good from now on. I will use all my strength to atone for my sins. You are a person with great fortune. Please allow me to stay by your side, bathe in holy light, and purify my soul."

It doesn't want to go with special departments; it'll be treated like a mascot and surrounded by onlookers. The snake doesn't want to live that kind of miserable life.

Ji Qiuzhe turned to ask Li Yu.

"Baby, would you like to keep a little snake as a pet?"

Li Yu looked at the tiny creature huddled beside Ji Qiuzhe's shoe and beckoned to it.

The little green snake was very perceptive. It darted into his palm with a 'whoosh,' clumsily forming a heart shape with its body, and volunteered, "My lord, I'm really good at being cute. You'll definitely benefit from raising me."

Looking into the little green snake's sincere red eyes, Li Yu had a sudden thought.

Ji Qiuzhe has fair skin, and a green bracelet would look great on her.

"Okay, you can live on his wrist from now on."

Ji Qiuzhe silently extended his left hand, meeting Li Yu's expectant gaze.

The little green snake 'whooshed' onto Ji Qiuzhe's wrist, automatically coiled into a circle, bit its tail, and remained motionless.

Ji Qiuzhe raised his arm to his eyes and looked at it, and was fairly satisfied.

He then looked at Li Yu and saw that his eyes were exceptionally bright, and he completely accepted it.

"Let's go."

*

the next day.

Ji Qiuzhe didn't get up until noon.

As soon as I got up, Aunt Pang, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, pulled me aside and thanked me profusely.

"Xiao Zhe, thanks to you, I really don't know what I would have done. You're so capable, thank you, thank you so much..."

Aunt Pang's eyes were filled with tears. After her divorce from her ex-husband, her daughter became her only support and her only pillar of support. If she lost Pang Miao, she would not be able to live on her own.

Thanks to Ji Qiuzhe, the mother and daughter were not separated. She took out a bank card and tried to stuff it into Ji Qiuzhe's hand.

"Aunt Pang, why are you being so polite?"

Ji Qiuzhe held Aunt Pang's hand back, not intending to take the bank card. "I'm someone you've watched grow up. What kind of relationship do we have? Of course I'd help Sister Miaomiao if she's in trouble. Besides, talking about money is too hurtful. If you really want to thank me, treat me to a meal. I really want to eat your cooking."

"Well, alright then." Aunt Pang couldn't persuade him otherwise, so she had no choice but to take the card back.

It seems that Ji Qiuzhe is not short of money now. After all, even if Aunt Pang doesn't know much about cars, she knows that the cars they drove this time must not be cheap. Not to mention Li Yu's noble demeanor. Aunt Pang thinks that he must be a young master raised by a wealthy family.

With someone like that around, Ji Qiuzhe probably wouldn't need her savings.

"You'd better let me know in advance if you're coming, then I'll get up early to go to the market and buy groceries to cook a big feast for you."

“Okay, I’ll come when I have time,” Ji Qiuzhe replied without any perfunctory attitude.

After having lunch at Ning Hao's house, Pang Miao was still asleep because she had exhausted herself.

Ji Qiuzhe went to check on her condition, gave her a good luck charm, and then said goodbye to Aunt Pang and the others.

At this point, the matter was no longer of much concern to them, and the remaining cleanup work would be handled by others. Ji Qiuzhe was anxious to return to the city to investigate the movements of the main characters.

As for Li Yu's heart, Yu Lou's subordinates reported that they had found a clue.

He couldn't wait to verify it.

*

Zhao family.

The Ghost King, dressed in red, looked at the man who had finally awakened from his slumber, and a look of joy appeared on her beautiful face.

"Brother Tiansheng, how are you feeling?"

Zhao Tiansheng moved his somewhat weak limbs and felt relieved after realizing that there was nothing wrong with his body.

He was always arrogant and never took people like Ji Qiuzhe, who were from the lower class, seriously. He never expected that he would be the one to be pecked in the eye by the goose and almost be killed by Ji Qiuzhe and the zombie king.

Before leaving, Zhou Guanyu gave him a jade pendant to live in, saying that he could come to his rescue in time if anything happened, but he didn't take it seriously.

Looking back now, it's a good thing he brought it. If Zhou Guanyu hadn't rushed over from a thousand miles away to save him, he probably would have died on the spot.

"I'm fine, Little Fish, thank goodness you're here."

Zhao Tiansheng pulled the person who had briefly appeared into his arms.

Yunjing City has four major Xuanmen families: Feng, Zhao, Tang, and Qian.

The Zhao family, being one of them, is wealthy and possesses a spirit-gathering array left by an ancestor, which allows Zhou Guanyu to have a physical body for two hours each day.

Zhao Tiansheng felt it was too short; he wanted to be able to touch the person in front of him at any time.

Zhou Guanyu glared at him, "You're one to talk! Don't be so reckless next time. If you die, no one will be there for me."

Zhao Tiansheng lowered his head teasingly, "So are you worried that I'll die, or that you'll be alone?"