Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 113 We are like villains

The students who were making hand gestures were frightened by the sudden rush of people. The hand gestures in their hands became disordered and the direction of the thunder magic was reversed. There were a few loud bangs of lightning that struck down, but neither the people nor the monsters were hit, but the whole temple was directly collapsed.

Before anyone could get angry, the woman suddenly knelt down in front of them and said anxiously, "Master, please, let it go! It's a good demon and has never harmed anyone. I did it, it's all my fault... If you want to kill someone, just kill me."

As she spoke, she began to bang her head while crying, completely ignoring the gravel on the ground. After a while, blood began to seep from her forehead.

"What are you doing?" Everyone was shocked by her sudden action.

The weasel behind the woman got angry and stepped forward to block the way. While holding the woman, it glared at the students and said, "Don't beg them. I promised to take you away. I will take you away from here no matter what. Believe me, I'm very strong!" After saying that, it raised its tiny little paws and even wiped the blood off the woman's forehead with its injured tail.

"No! The envoy has done so much for me. It's enough." The woman cried even harder and shook her head vigorously. "This is my fate. I can't let the envoy get into trouble anymore."

"Aren't you coming with me?" The weasel shrank down, but still said with some hope, "I can still fight. They can't kill me. Once we reach the king, we will be safe."

"No need." The woman shook her head and burst into tears. She looked at the students again and said, "Master, please, please let the envoy go. If you want to kill me, kill me. I will never resist."

"No!" The weasel demon bared its teeth at them angrily, as if it wanted to die together with them.

Everyone: "..."

"Why do I feel like we are the bad guys?" a student couldn't help but ask.

"You guys just thought so?"

A figure jumped in from outside the wall and suddenly interrupted.

The students were stunned and turned to look over.

"Master Chu?" What does that mean?
"What? You still don't understand?" Qiu Ci sighed, and couldn't help but remind them to take a closer look at the weasel monster in front of them.

Everyone looked carefully at the embarrassed little demon, but still didn't understand what she meant. However, Zhen Yi noticed something, and immediately made a gesture, concentrating the spiritual power on his eyes, and looked at the weasel again. The next moment, he suddenly opened his eyes wide.

"This is……"

Upon seeing this, the other students also mobilized their spiritual power and opened their wisdom eyes. Only then did they see that in addition to the green evil aura, there was also an extremely fine golden aura surrounding the weasel.

"Could this be... the power of incense and prayer?" Senior Brother Jiang's eyes widened in disbelief. "This demon has actually entered the realm of incense and prayer?!"

All the students were stunned. The so-called incense-fire Shintoism was also a form of cultivation, but it relied on gathering the faith of believers to enhance its strength. Only with sincere belief could the power of incense-fire vows be generated.

Theoretically, the Shinto path skips the Immortal Path and directly cultivates the Shinto path. However, it places significant restrictions on practitioners, making cultivation extremely difficult and unstable. Because faith, unlike cultivation, is subject to many variables, one of the Shinto paths is the prohibition of evil, otherwise one could easily suffer the repercussions of the Heavenly Dao.

But at this moment, a trace of incense and vows was condensed in the little demon's body.

What does this prove? It proves that this is a good demon, a good demon who has never done evil. It is even possible that he has done many good things. Otherwise, it is impossible for him to have only the power of will and no evil power.

Suddenly I understood why this weasel was so confident and was not afraid at all that they would summon lightning again, because the power of incense and vows could offset the thunder magic to a certain extent.

"Teacher Chu..." The students suddenly began to doubt themselves, "So, it wasn't this weasel that kidnapped the woman from the town."

"I didn't say that." Qiu Ci did not answer directly.

The students were even more confused, "What on earth is going on?"

Qiu Ci just chuckled and said, "Guess!"

All the students: "..."

Qiu Ci didn't plan to say anything more. In fact, as early as when she entered the town, she understood everything with just a glance of her spiritual sense. It was just an experience, and it would be meaningless to give a direct answer.

The students looked at each other for a moment, realizing that this was a training exercise and they could only find the answers on their own. Zhen Yi, standing nearby, seemed to have figured something out. He walked toward the man and the demon on the ground and said in a deep voice, "Sorry, we didn't mean to hurt you. We just want to find the truth behind the disappearance of the people in this town."

The weasel demon did not relax its vigilance against him at all, and even let out bursts of threatening roars from its mouth.

Zhen Yi had no choice but to look at the woman next to him and continued, "Don't worry, young lady. Since it hasn't harmed anyone, we will naturally let it go. But can you tell us why you did this? And where did those missing women go?"

The woman's expression changed, and a conflicted look appeared on her face. After a while, she shook her head and said, "No, I... I can't say it. I'm... I'm sorry."

"It's okay." To her surprise, Zhen Yi didn't intend to continue asking questions. Instead, he stepped back and waved to the other students, saying, "Since there are no harmful monsters here, let's go."

The students were stunned. Just leaving like that?
But seeing Zhen Yi's determined look, he followed him and left, and even removed the trap surrounding the temple.

Until we left the temple and arrived at the main street in the town.

"Junior Brother Zhen, what should we do next?" Senior Brother Jiang couldn't help but ask. The other students also came over. "Are we just not going to investigate?"

"Check, of course we have to check." Zhen Yi said affirmatively.

"Where can we check?" All the monsters were released.

"Of course, the family of the missing woman should investigate."

"But haven't we checked all that?"

"So we'll try a different approach this time." Zhen Yi smiled and said, "Let's investigate the past of those people. It's best to ask the people nearby. Remember not to reveal your identity as a cultivator."

Senior Brother Jiang was stunned, as if he understood something. His eyes lit up and he immediately took out the previous list and explained it to everyone.

Three hours later.

The students returned to the inn, but all of them looked unhappy, and some even looked a little angry.

"Before I went there, I asked around. Their eldest daughter, who had disappeared first, had no spiritual roots. The family had originally planned to sell her to a brothel. After she disappeared, they wanted to sell their second daughter, but she also disappeared."

"The same thing happened with the family I asked about. The man was a violent person. He would come home and beat people up every day. His wife, who disappeared before, was nearly beaten to death. He later married another woman who was also beaten to death before she disappeared."

"The family I visited used to be a wealthy family. I heard the previous owner was an evil cultivator, and all the women in the mansion were bought to be used as furnaces. He was discovered and executed by the Hehuan Academy two years ago. Four women from their mansion disappeared before, including a maid and a newly married bride."

"Me too..."

The students reported one by one and found out that the missing women had all had a very difficult life in the town, and some even lived like degenerates.

"It seems the mayor has been hiding a lot from us." Zhen Yi said in a deep voice, "Those women weren't abducted by the monsters; they left on their own accord."

"So what should we do now? Should we continue looking for those women?"

"Of course I have to look for it. It has a beginning and an end."

"But the weasel has been released."

"So..." Zhen Yi chuckled and took out a talisman, saying, "I put a tracking talisman on it in advance." You don't think I let it go for nothing, do you?
Senior Brother Jiang: “…”

Everyone: "..."

Qiu Ci: “…”

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