Oh my god, this is a bolt from the blue! A true heiress of metaphysics!

Chapter 256 The Crying of a Baby

"What's the point of saving people like them?!" Qiao Zihao couldn't understand.

The villagers here are clearly wicked and unruly! They dare to illegally detain others; what if Shi Xiaxia gets injured here?!

Shi Xiaxia paused for a moment; she couldn't tell Qiao Zihao her plans.

He simply said, "Sister Xie's injury can't be delayed any longer. I'm staying here for other reasons. Don't worry, I'll be fine."

Afterwards, Shi Xiaxia comforted Qiao Zihao for a while and assured him that she would not get hurt before Qiao Zihao left the village with some unease.

"Master," the middle-aged man greeted respectfully as Shi Xiaxia returned.

"Are you the village chief here?"

"Yes." The village chief nodded.

Shi Xiaxia stopped looking at him and looked at the whole village: "I only know that the village has these problems, but I don't know the source."

"Village chief, if you know anything, please tell me. That way, we can deal with it more quickly."

"Ugh!"

The village chief shook his head and said, "I just don't know! It's been more than 20 years since then. Suddenly, no girls are born in our village anymore. Every time someone gets pregnant, they give birth to a boy!"

As the village chief recalled the incident, he said, "We were all very happy about it at the time! Girls from other villages were willing to marry into our family!"

Year after year, it was the same. We thought that having a girl wouldn't make a difference, and that boys were the best, so we stopped worrying about it.

But in the past twenty years, not a single girl has been born in our village, while most of the girls in other villages have left.

Once they leave, they don't want to come back, and the girls outside look down on us, which leads to fewer and fewer girls.

Because of the fact that only boys were being born, other villages started gossiping, saying that something must be wrong with our village, otherwise how could it only have boys? And even fewer girls wanted to marry into our village!

"Grandmaster!"

As the village chief spoke, his eyes welled up with tears, and he looked at Shi Xiaxia pleadingly, "Please, Master, help us solve this problem! Otherwise, if we only have boys and no girls, our village... will be finished!"

Shi Xiaxia frowned slightly and remained silent.

She had expected the village chief to say something useful, but after all that he said, he hadn't mentioned a single thing about the curse.

Shi Xiaxia thought for a moment before looking at the village chief and saying, "Is there anything strange about the village? Take me to see it."

"Good, good, good!" Upon hearing this, the village chief quickly led the way.

When Shi Xiaxia was about to solve a problem in their village, the villagers were naturally very curious and followed her around, wanting to see what would happen.

Shi Xiaxia stopped and looked at them, saying, "You'd better not follow us. I suspect your village is under a curse. We'll find the problem soon. If you get too close, something might happen."

Shi Xiaxia simply didn't want them to follow her; otherwise, having so many people watching her would be quite annoying.

Shi Xiaxia's concern for their safety moved the villagers who heard her, but at the same time, they were also frightened by what she said.

Therefore, everyone left quickly, and some even locked their children at home, not allowing them to leave the house again.

After the crowd dispersed, the village chief led Shi Xiaxia onward.

After walking for about ten minutes, the village chief said, "Master, please wait a moment, I'm going back to get something."

"Okay." Shi Xiaxia nodded, watching the village chief quickly return to his home.

About two minutes later, the village chief hurriedly came out, and by then he had almost a gourd in his hand.

When Shi Xiaxia saw the gourd, her pupils couldn't help but shrink.

She then looked away and said casually, "The village chief is amazing; he even keeps such a magical artifact in his home."

"This isn't mine!"

The village chief tried to explain, but Shi Xiaxia saw through his explanation at a glance, which made him even more convinced of her abilities.

“An old Taoist priest came before and said that there was a lot of yin energy in a ditch in our village. He told me to put this gourd there and that it would automatically absorb the yin energy. He also gave me a lot of money.”

The village chief said with a regretful expression, "After the old Taoist left, I was curious and went to take a look, but I accidentally fell into the ditch and broke the treasure."

He knew he couldn't afford to offend Shi Xiaxia, nor could he afford to offend the old Taoist priest, so he wanted to ask Shi Xiaxia to help him complete the old Taoist priest's task: "I'm afraid the old Taoist priest will blame me later, so I'd like to ask the master to help me collect the yin energy."

Shi Xiaxia looked at the gourd without saying a word.

Seeing that Shi Xiaxia didn't speak, the village chief quickly added, "Of course, of course! We won't let the master work for nothing! We all know the rules!"

"But things happened so suddenly, and I have to return the gourd to the old Taoist priest tomorrow. I really had no other choice..."

"it is good."

Shi Xiaxia looked away and readily agreed: "But let's check the village for any unusual activity first!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The village chief nodded repeatedly, then quickly took a few steps ahead to lead the way for Shi Xiaxia.

As he walked ahead, he explained to Shi Xiaxia, "Actually, the first strange place is the ditch I just mentioned."

The village chief scratched his head and said mysteriously, "I heard from other villagers that if you pass by there at midnight, you can hear a baby crying!"

"The sound of a baby crying?"

When Xiaxia heard this, she was puzzled, but she became even more excited and began to embellish the stories of some of the villagers.

Shi Xiaxia listened for a moment and then pursed her lips.

The resentment of infants is the strongest. If there really were vengeful infant spirits, it would be impossible for all the people in the village to be safe and sound!

Shi Xiaxia figured the rumor was probably false, so she didn't take it too seriously.

After walking for nearly half an hour, the village chief finally led Shi Xiaxia to the ditch he had mentioned.

The ditch wasn't deep, but it had long since dried up, containing only withered branches and rotten leaves. If you looked closely, you could also see some colorful pieces of cloth.

"This is it, Master." The village chief was afraid and dared not get too close.

Upon seeing the ditch, Shi Xiaxia's expression gradually turned serious.

What the village chief just said was actually true!

The village chief was a man in his fifties, whose yang energy was still quite strong, so he naturally couldn't see the horrific scene in the ditch.

Shi Xiaxia, on the other hand, was so annoyed by the crying of the baby and the little girl that her head was about to explode.

Shi Xiaxia frowned and looked sharply at the village chief.