The sickly girl is killing her way through the weird world

[Yuanxiao] couldn't use these blood beads because the incense of the Nine-Headed Lion Great Sage was used to refine them before. If she wanted to continue refining them, she would probably need to use incense as well. Bai Qian still had some incense on her, and needless to say, she definitely had enough.

As for [Crispy Candy], it was refined using furnace fire and blood essence, so this blood bead can be used directly on it. However, for Bai Qian, there is no need to rush for now. She can try using the blood bead to refine other things.

Moreover, one blood bead is not enough for [Sugar Candy] to advance to the next level.

After putting away the blood droplets, Bai Qian looked around at the villagers whose chests had blood-red lotus flowers growing on them.

They remained standing there, their eyes glazed over, seemingly staring at nothing. The crimson lotus flower on their chests swayed slowly in the air, and bright red blood dripped down the petals.

"What should we do with these people?" Pei Huan leaned closer and carefully wiped the blood from Bai Qian's cheek, asking with a slight headache.

Since it's still unclear how to deal with these villagers, the normal approach would be to treat them as demons and resolve the issue.

Something feels off.

The main problem is that I'm just standing there like a block of wood, and I can't find a reason to do it.

"Over there." Bai Qian pointed in a direction and walked over there.

Pei Huan was somewhat puzzled upon hearing this, but still followed behind Bai Qian.

As Bai Qian passed by a villager, she curiously reached out and touched the crimson lotus blooming on the villager's chest.

It feels rough to the touch and has barbs, but when you pinch it carefully, it feels sticky like flesh and blood.

The moment she touched the villager, her body trembled twice, and then, in Bai Qian's sight, bright red vines sprouted from under her skin, transforming her entire body into a monster made of intertwined lotus flowers and vines.

Pei Huan was stunned for a moment, and then saw a bright red vine rushing towards Bai Qian.

Before she could warn Bai Qian to be careful, the vine was grabbed by a hand when it was less than a centimeter away from the girl's fair forehead.

Bai Qian reached out and forcefully plucked the vibrant lotus flower. The monster's remaining vines tried to resist, but were kicked into the ruins of the stage and fell silent.

The lotus withered quickly after being plucked from the monster's body.

Looking at the panel, I noticed that my lifespan had increased by a strange year.

He glanced at the villagers around him and immediately lost interest. Although they were offering strange lifespans, they weren't really worth much. He decided to go check out Lingxi first.

"Let's go." Bai Qian said, pulling Pei Huan, who was still in a daze beside her.

Bai Qian's hand still had some bloodstains on it. It felt soft to the touch, but also a little sticky. Pei Huan carefully held that hand and followed behind Bai Qian. While looking at that slender figure, he was actually thinking about other things.

"Okay." If Master Qian's clothes get dirty, I'll definitely wash them myself later.

The place Bai Qian was referring to was a place in the village that resembled a shrine. It was the largest in the entire village in terms of area and size. The entire shrine was built with grayish-blue bricks, and the walls were carved with some strange patterns.

Following her inside, we saw the scene inside the ancestral hall.

There were no memorial tablets as I had imagined; instead, the same thing was placed all around the entire ancestral hall.

The remains of a child.

The corpse was propped up on wooden stakes. Its chest was cut open, and all the internal organs seemed to have been removed, leaving only a skin. Looking inside along the incision, one could see a blood-red lotus flower that seemed to be breathing.

The entire shrine contained more than a dozen such corpses. The lotus flowers seemed to be sitting on the soil where these corpses grew, or rather, as fertilizer. In the very center stood a statue of the Lotus Mother, with a strange smile on the face of the mahogany carving, and her eyes seemed to be watching the three people in the room with divine eyes.

Lingxi was standing in front of the wooden carving, her face looking rather grim.

Pei Huan gently pinched her nose; the pungent smell of blood in the ancestral hall was even stronger than before.

Bai Qian looked around the ancestral hall, but her expression remained unchanged.

"You're here. How's it going over there?" Lingxi asked, turning around.

“In the entire village, apart from the square, these are the only things I’ve found.” Her face was grim, not only because what she saw was somewhat provocative, but also because it was a ritual.

This is a sacrifice to the gods.

This is what she cannot accept. As a deity, she can certainly accept sacrifices, but this kind of sacrifice...

She couldn't accept it, especially since she had personally experienced human sacrifice.

Bai Qian tilted her head and examined the lotus flowers growing among the corpses.

"Were all these lotus flowers made by the Lotus Birth Sect?"

“Hmm, using human bodies as nourishment to raise these ghostly things. And it’s possible that…” Lingxi paused, her expression turning somewhat grim.

"Furthermore, it is highly likely that the situation in this village is similar to that in all the villages in Changhe County controlled by the Lotus Cult." Just saying this made her feel that it was a bit outrageous.

"Is that all of this?" Pei Huan, standing nearby, was stunned upon hearing this, staring at the hellish scene in the ancestral hall.

Throughout Changhe County, there are countless villages like this; if all of them were like this...

"What do they want to do?" Bai Qian walked to a corpse, gently plucked a blood-red lotus flower with her fingers, and watched the lotus slowly wither in her hand.

Lingxi paused for a moment after hearing this before saying, "It's probably something we can guess. They probably want to create a place for worship."

“Using these villages as anchor points, we will demarcate the entire Changhe County and turn it into a place of worship for the Lotus Mother.”

"Doesn't that Yin Emperor you mentioned before care?" Bai Qian picked the blood lotus flowers one by one, watching them wither in her hands.

"do not know."

The lotus flowers in the corpses offered no resistance and were all plucked by Bai Qian, who watched them wither away.

I walked up to the statue of the Lotus Mother and looked at the eerie smile on the wooden carving.

"What's next?"

"Huh?" Lingxi was taken aback by Bai Qian's words, not quite understanding what Bai Qian meant.

"What should we do next to solve these problems?"

But upon hearing Bai Qian's words, she remained silent.

“They were built up one village after another, and if you want to stop them…” Before she could finish speaking, Bai Qian understood what Ling Xi meant.

He pinched the wooden sculpture's head in front of him with his fingers, looked at the eerie smile on its face, and then tightened his grip.

The wooden head in front of them was broken off, and with the force of the fingers, it shattered into pieces on the ground. The broken pieces on the ground had a texture similar to chunks of meat.

"It's alright," Bai Qian replied calmly, gazing at the headless statue of the Lotus Mother before her.

“They are built up from village to village.” She turned to look at Lingxi, her dark eyes filled with a chilling light.

"Then let's take them down village by village."

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I'm so sorry QAQ, it's so late for the second update. There should be a third update coming up, which will also be a little late.

Love you all, please continue reading!

Volume 1: 222. If you can win over Asahi's stomach, can you win her heart?

The entire Fanghuang Village was no longer of much value. Those two men in red were probably members of the Lotus Life Cult sent to control the villagers.

As for the remaining villagers, according to Lingxi, they were all beyond saving.

The moment the lotus sprouts from the body, there is no possibility of returning to its original state. All the flesh and blood in the body are devoured by the lotus, leaving only an empty shell.

In a way, it is somewhat similar to the village next to Tianhe Lake, except that the villagers in that village at least still had some sense of reason, although their minds were also corrupted by Qinglang's demonic energy, turning them into monsters similar to demons.

Although they are similar, they are not the same. The villagers whose bodies were planted with lotus flowers did not make any movements. Instead, they just followed the orders of the man in red.

If we were to talk about a common feature, it would simply be that both of them demonstrate the same principle.

In other words... people in this world are not much more valuable than weeds, whether in the presence of demons or gods.

Bai Qian's suggestion to attack each village one by one is theoretically feasible, but what to do next requires further investigation into the Lotus Life Sect. It's impossible to just rush in without considering anything else.

We won't discuss that issue, but even if we were to stay overnight, we certainly couldn't stay here, so we didn't stay for too long and drove the donkey cart to other places.

The entire night was spent traveling.

Pei Huan groggily woke up from her dream. The sunlight was a bit dazzling, and the dappled sunlight shone on her cheeks, making her want to shield her eyes with her arm.

I tried to pull my arm out, but couldn't.

I tilted my head and saw a stunningly beautiful scene.

The bright sunlight shone on the girl's fair cheeks, her exquisite profile and the bright, clear light spots complementing each other, creating an indescribable artistic scene.

Of course, the reason he hadn't pulled his arm out was because Bai Qian was using it as a pillow.

I don't know when it happened, but last night I couldn't find a place to stay, so I had to keep traveling all night. As for the monsters and ghosts I might encounter on the road at night? It's hard to say who should avoid whom.

But we didn't actually run into it.

My arm was also numb, probably because it had been used as a pillow all night and was therefore numb.

As if sensing Pei Huan's movement, the girl adorably moved her head twice, her long eyelashes fluttering slightly.

Pei Huan immediately stopped moving and lay obediently on the wooden board, letting Bai Qian rest her head on her arm. The carriage was a bit bumpy, and Ling Xi was driving in front of it. She and Pei Huan took turns driving.

After waiting for a while, the girl cutely moved her head, or perhaps she sensed something, and opened her bright eyes.

She blinked groggily, and when she saw Pei Huan turn her head away, she slowly rubbed her eyes.

"Good morning." The sleepy voice had a purifying effect on the soul.

Bai Qian regained some clarity, but her mind was still preoccupied with the dream she had just had.

I dreamt that I was in a candy park and saw a bunch of steamed buns jumping around. I even tasted some of them, but they weren't the salty ones I expected. Instead, they were inexplicably sweet.

"Good morning." I pulled my arm back and gently rubbed it a couple of times.

Bai Qian straightened up, still a little dazed. She patted her cheeks, which were flushed from pressing them down, and became a little more awake.

Pei Huan was somewhat disappointed that the bloodstains on his body had been cleaned off with the fire after the event.

She was planning to collect them later when she was doing laundry. She didn't need to keep the old clothes; she could change Qianye's clothes every day without any problem.

"What should we eat next?" Bai Qian asked, tilting her head. This was the first thing that came to her mind after waking up.

If Bai Yao heard Bai Qian's question, she would probably laugh and say that Bai Qian was like a pig, thinking about food as soon as she woke up. However, Pei Huan would definitely not have such thoughts.

Pei Huan thought for a moment before saying, "There's a small town nearby. We can get there by carriage in a bit."

Actually, we're not far from Changcheng Prefecture. Following the current route, even if we travel for another half a day, we should be able to reach Changcheng Prefecture.

"We'll be there soon," Lingxi replied casually, who was driving the car in front.

"Steamed buns," Bai Qian said, raising her hand.

The steamed buns in my dream were sweet, making them almost unpalatable.

"Yes, there should be." Pei Huan agreed without blinking, sat behind Bai Qian, and helped Bai Qian comb her messy long hair.

Lingxi, who was driving the car in front, ignored Bai Qian and the other person behind her, and seemed to be lost in thought.

"What are your plans once we return to Changcheng Mansion?" Pei Huan asked, tidying Bai Qian's smooth, long hair as it draped over the wooden board.

"Shall we eat first?" Bai Qian tilted her head and replied.

"And what happens after you finish eating?" It was clear that besides slaying demons, the only other hobby of his was eating.

So, if we think about it this way, wouldn't winning her over through her stomach be the key to...?

Some of these ideas are too bold, but they are not without the possibility of being realized.

"Don't know? Go and cause trouble for the Lotus Sect?"

"After we get back, let me gather some information about the Lotus Life Sect for you. Shall we talk to Miss Lingxi first?"

Hearing this, Lingxi, who was driving in front, turned her head and glanced at the two of them, nodding in agreement.

“That’s fine. Although I can’t move my main body, I can still offer some basic suggestions. The Lotus Life Sect’s plan can’t be realized in a short time, so there’s no need to rush. We can take it slowly.” When she saw that scene in the village, she was indeed filled with anger.

But after that night, the anger subsided somewhat, and he began to think rationally.

Those villagers were indeed pitiful, but Bai Qian's safety was more important than theirs.

"I'll go and inquire about the other local deities in Changhe County later, to see how they are doing. If they are in better condition, perhaps we can unite with them to deal with the Lotus Cult."

"What if things go wrong? Will it turn into something eerie?" Bai Qian became interested when this was mentioned.

"Maybe...?" Lingxi didn't want to curse her friends, but it was indeed a possibility, even a very high one.

"How much incense have they accumulated? Have they become completely eerie?"

Lingxi did not answer.

Does this person seem to have some expectations?