Hua Qing gradually approached Su Yan step by step, cornering her between himself and the wall, leaving no way out.
He leaned close to her ear, licking her earlobe, and said repeatedly,
"Next ti, if you fail to protect well, you will be punished."
Su Yan looked at Hua Qing in utter disbelief.
"You, you could very well protect yourself."
Hua Qing was not planning to coax her gently this ti, ready to threaten and intimidate with force,
"Do you need to repeat that again?"
Su Yan thought about her own situation.
Her cultivation was sealed, she couldn’t escape, and she had to stay with him for a very long ti.
She lowered her head, whispering in response,
"Understood, I will protect you well."
As she said this, she hugged him.
Hua Qing smiled faintly,
"You are really good to ."
Su Yan no longer wanted to argue with him.
But after thinking it over, she still raised her head and asked,
"What if I can’t beat them?"
This question was crucial; although her original cultivation was already high within her sect,
compared to the entire continent, it was insignificant.
If she encountered soone strong, she would only get beaten.
Hua Qing was looked at with those earnest eyes.
He thought she was compelled to agree, but she was really contemplating how to protect him well.
This thought made Hua Qing happy.
The smile on his face gained a touch of sincerity.
"You won’t be unable to beat them."
He stated this simply.
Su Yan listened and nodded,
then leaned back into his embrace.
When Sheng Rou was flung away with one palm strike, no one appeared for the following two days.
Until the dusk of the third day.
The guide reappeared once more.
However, unlike the previous politeness, the guide spoke with an ice-cold tone,
"Both of you, co. The elder wants to see you."
Saying this, the guide turned and walked away.
This ti, they were not led to the elder’s house,
instead, they were brought back to the village center.
A crowd of villagers had gathered around those statues.
Su Yan and Hua Qing followed the guide
and ascended the stage.
On the stage, Sheng Rou was dressed in pure white clothes, barefoot, standing there.
Beneath the stage, the elder’s face looked very unpleasant, no longer bearing the previous excited politeness.
Su Yan could see that sothing was about to happen.
But it was different from what was written in the book.
In the book, the scene described was Hua Qing and Sheng Rou conducting a worship ritual to heaven and earth,
and everyone appearing happy and joyful.
This ti, were they planning to directly enforce sothing?
After stepping onto the stage, Su Yan tiptoed and whispered into Hua Qing’s ear,
"The Holy Artifact is hidden inside the Snake-man statue behind us.
It can only be opened using the Holy Daughter’s blood.
They want to use you to break the Snake-man Clan’s curse, you must be careful."
After finishing, Su Yan resud her stance.
And Hua Qing’s gaze lingered on Su Yan for a long ti.
His dark pupils hid the thoughts swirling in his eyes.
No more words were exchanged.
The evening sun bathed the entire village.
No one spoke a word.
As the sun fully set beyond the hills,
the elder spoke,
"God, we have atoned for a thousand years.
Now, we beseech you, forgive us, let us leave this place.
We have found the lost Snake-man.
We only wish to sacrifice him to restore our normal bodies."
As his words fell, chanting began to rise from the crowd.
Everyone suddenly transford, all becoming Half-human Half-snake beings.
Only Su Yan and Hua Qing stood on the stage, unaffected.
Then, as their chanting prolonged,
the statue behind them began to move.
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