latelenovela Chapter 58 Peach Blossom Village
Chapter 58 Peach Blossom Village
Lu Jinyan was initially unaware that Wang Lin was spying on her. After all, her cultivation level was too low to detect such things. It was Yuan Yi who secretly reminded her, but she pretended not to notice. She secretly gave Yuan Yi a wink, and then continued drinking tea and chatting with Wang Ye.
"Uncle Wang, as we walked along the village, we noticed that although every household had their lights on, no one came out. What happened?"
"Hey, young lady, you don't know this, but this story goes back many years. Our village is called Peach Blossom Village. There are many peach trees planted all around the village and in the village itself. Every year when the peach blossoms bloom, many people come to see them and stay overnight in the village."
It brought considerable income to the village, and the village was bustling with activity. But one year, a little girl who came to visit with her brother mysteriously disappeared. The whole village mobilized to help search, but they couldn't find her.
Later, they reported it to the demon official, and many demon officers came and searched for many days, but to no avail. Later, everyone guessed that the girl had eloped with her lover, but it was just speculation.
The matter was originally thought to have passed, since even the demon officials couldn't find them, so there was nothing we could do. Eventually, everyone forgot about it. But then, the following year, another pair of siblings disappeared.
We searched for a long time but still couldn't find it. After these two incidents, fewer people came to our village, but things calmed down for a few years. In the following years, nothing else happened, and everyone gradually forgot about it.
Thinking that they must have run away or something, people slowly started coming again. But as more and more people came, trouble started happening again. This time, a total of eight people disappeared, both men and women. Later, the demon guards posted a notice, forbidding outsiders from coming anymore.
The entire village was sealed off, and they searched it inside and out several times, but they couldn't find anything. Since no outsiders came, the young people in our village have started to disappear. They seem to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace.
Over time, word spread that there must be an evil demon near the village that preys on young men and women, and that even the demon officials couldn't do anything about it. So, once night fell, no one dared to come out of the village; everyone closed their doors and stayed indoors.
Nowadays, there are hardly any young people left in our village. Those remaining are mostly the elderly, the weak, and the disabled. The young people left the village long ago after reaching adulthood.
After Wang Ye finished speaking, he sighed, looking utterly helpless. Chu Chu and the others listened with trepidation, wondering if they had walked right into a trap.
Is there really an evil demon in this village? Lu Jinyan didn't quite believe it. The old village chief looked kind and benevolent, but he always gave her a very uncomfortable feeling.
She had just subtly inquired about the family's situation. There were only three people in the family, and in such a large house, there wasn't even a single demon servant. Moreover, the system had explicitly told her that her target was in this house, yet Wang Ye told her that there were only the three of them in the family.
They said it was because their son had a strange illness and didn't want to see outsiders, and was afraid of scaring others, so the family of three had always lived alone.
There must be something fishy going on here, but she didn't want to pry and alert the culprit. She decided to look for it herself later; after all, with the system around, she wasn't worried about not finding it!
The way this family looked at them was exactly like how they would look at prey. Lu Jinyan had lived two lives, so if she couldn't even see that, she would have lived in vain.
The group chatted casually until Qionghua brought over the food. Lu Jinyan looked at the food on the table but had no appetite. Although she was also very hungry, she had no desire to touch the food.
"Miss Lu, we live in a poor, remote area, and we don't have much to offer you. Please make do with this!" Qionghua looked at the group of people sitting there with a face full of eagerness.
Before Lu Jinyan could even pick up her chopsticks, the system's voice rang in her mind: "Host, don't eat, it's drugged!"
"A sleeping potion? Oh ho, this family is so eager to get started? Is this stuff powerful?" Although Lu Jinyan didn't know there was anything in the food, she knew there was definitely something wrong with this family.
"Eating it will cause a brief coma, loss of strength, and dementia!" the system patiently explained to Lu Jinyan.
"Wow, is it that serious? Do you have any antidote?"
"Of course!"
Hearing that the system had an antidote, Lu Jinyan breathed a sigh of relief. She hadn't planned to take it at first, but the system's reminder made her decide to. Since they had drugged her, it meant they were prepared. If they didn't take it, they would definitely have other tricks up their sleeves. She wasn't afraid; she had the system and Yuan Yi and the others. However, she needed to find a target to target and couldn't leave for the time being.
So she secretly swapped five antidotes from the system, then took a cup, poured tea for Chu Chu and the others one by one, and secretly put the antidotes in.
Seeing that they had successfully drunk the antidote, Lu Jinyan breathed a sigh of relief. She then poured herself a cup and drank it down before picking up her chopsticks and casually eating a few bites of food under the eager gaze of the Wang family.
It wasn't her fault; the food was just too awful. Chu Chu had spoiled her palate. These things were simply unpalatable to her, and Chu Chu hadn't eaten much either. Ever since she learned to cook, they'd been eating her cooking every day, and she couldn't stand eating out anymore.
The two sisters, Yuan Yi and Liu Xu and Liu Qing, had experienced hardship. They could eat whatever they wanted, but they only ate a few bites. Even Yuan Yi, who had a huge appetite, only ate a few symbolic bites.
Seeing that everyone had eaten, Qionghua's eyes crinkled with a smile. It was as if she could already see the demon crystals disappearing into her own pocket.
"Thank you for your hospitality, Village Chief. It's getting late. Could you please take us down to rest? We've been traveling all day and we're quite tired," Lu Jinyan said to the Village Chief, covering her mouth as she yawned.
"Of course, of course! Old woman, quickly take our esteemed guest to rest!" Seeing that everyone was yawning incessantly, Wang Ye's eyes were filled with undisguised joy.
"Alright, please follow me!" Qionghua smiled and led the group to the backyard. "Please don't mind, we have many empty rooms, but none of them have been cleaned. Only these three rooms are clean. Please make do with them!"
"It's alright, thank you very much. If it weren't for your generous help, we, master and servant, would probably be sleeping on the streets."