Junior Sister is too competitive, she drastically alters the Joyful Union Sect.

Chapter 111 No Spiritual Roots
Jiang Chenying and the others turned around and saw that the villagers who had followed them looked scared and guilty. They turned to leave but found that they could not leave!

"What is this place?"

Clearly, Jiang Chenying and the other young talents didn't know where they were; they only felt that the tower was filled with resentment and yin energy.

"The abandoned baby tower," Xie Changyan replied coldly.

Based on the literal meaning and the sounds of babies crying in his ears, Jiang Chenying roughly understood.

"Mother~ Mother~"

Shouts came from all directions.

In the blink of an eye, ghost babies of all sizes appeared near the abandoned baby tower, a dense mass of them crawling around everywhere.

What kind of infant spirit is this? It's turned into a ghost baby!
A moment later, a sharp cry rang out.

"Don't come any closer! Get out! Get out of here now!!"

"Help me! Help me!! Don't eat me, don't eat me! Gentlemen of cultivation, please save me!!"

"I didn't mean to abandon you! I know I was wrong!! Please let me go!!!"

"You worthless piece of trash, how dare you threaten me! I can kill you just like that, ahhhhh—"

……

Screaming, cursing, begging for mercy.

The villagers revealed their ugly side, and the scene descended into chaos.

Jiang Chenying and his companions looked around and saw that each of the villagers had three to five ghost infants crawling on their bodies.

Xie Changyan raised his hand to stop Jiang Chenying from making a move.

"These baby girls were all abandoned here by them," Xie Changyan's cold voice rang out. "The cycle of cause and effect is something we shouldn't interfere with."

Looking at those tiny ghost infants, Jiang Chenying ultimately chose to remain indifferent and observe.

At the same time, Shen Youqing looked down at the ghost baby that had climbed onto his lap, and his lips twitched slightly. "Get down."

No, does she look like she'd have children at her age?
"Mother~" The ghost baby raised its little face and looked at Shen Youqing.

With its ashen skin, sunken cheeks, large eyes, and sinister tone, it didn't sound like a child being pleaded, but rather like someone coming to claim a life.

Considering it was a child, Shen Youqing didn't lay a hand on him. She lifted her leg and swung it, warning him, "Get down here right now, I don't have a habit of not hitting children."

The ghost baby clung tightly to Shen Youqing's leg, crying pitifully, "Mother, don't abandon me, Mother, Mother~"

No ghost infants approached Jiang Chenying and the others. They looked at Shen Youqing, who was being entangled by a ghost infant, with strange expressions.

How dare the ghost baby cling to Shen Youqing?
"She doesn't seem like a good person either," Qi Bumian said in a low voice.

This kind of ghost baby isn't brainless, so why is it sticking to Shen Youqing? Is it because Shen Youqing is a girl?
"Could it be because she's a girl?" Jing Liang speculated.

Jiang Chenying looked at her two junior brothers speechlessly and asked coldly, "Is it possible that it's because she has a wood spirit root?"

The affinity of those with wood spirit roots is innate, and since Shen Youqing is also a healer, her affinity is even higher than that of ordinary wood spirit root cultivators.

In the eyes of the ghost baby, Shen Youqing was like a gentle and tolerant mother.

Even knowing that Shen Youqing was dangerous, the ghost baby couldn't resist her gentle and kind nature and would still stick close to her, just like a moth drawn to a flame.

"Oh! Maybe!" Qi Bumian raised his hand and patted his head.

Jing Liang looked at the aloof and cold Shen Youqing and whispered, "She doesn't seem like a wood spirit root at all; she should be a fire spirit root."

With Shen Youqing's temper, there's no way he could tell she has a wood elemental root!
Most cultivators with wood-elemental roots are gentle and peaceful. Just look at Chu Jianyan and Yue Xunzhu; these are the true characteristics of cultivators with wood-elemental roots.

"Are you guys just standing there like wooden puppets?!" Shen Youqing's sinister voice rang out. Looking at the ghost infant who was trying to climb up even higher, she threatened, "If you don't come and help, I'm going to kill my teammates!" Don't think she didn't hear these people talking about her!

To prevent Shen Youqing from turning around and attacking his teammates, Chi Guyuan threw out a binding talisman to restrain the ghost infant.

Of course, this only restrained the ghost baby and did not harm her.

The wailing of the ghost baby was shrill, as if it were about to pierce eardrums.

Chi Guyuan used his spiritual power to pull the ghost infant in front of him, and patiently softened his tone, saying, "Don't cry yet."

Shen Youqing swung her leg, looked at the wailing ghost baby in front of Chi Guyuan, and said coldly, "I'll count to three, then you can start crying again..."

Before he could finish speaking, the wailing ghost baby suddenly shut its mouth, its big, wet eyes looking at Shen Youqing with an inexplicably obedient yet somewhat aggrieved expression.

Chi Guyuan looked down at the ghost infant in his hand, and then looked at Shen Youqing.

Is it that even ghosts are afraid of Shen Youqing?
Shen Youqing looked around, watching the ghost babies still crawling out of the abandoned baby tower, and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Let us see what you brought back first." Jiang Chenying took out the storage bag that Xie Changyan had given him earlier.

Based on what he had experienced in those few short hours, he could roughly guess some of the details.

There are still many things that are unclear, but perhaps we will understand after seeing what the three of them brought back.

Shen Youqing responded, then reminded Jiang Chenying, "What's the name of this village?"

"Qiuzi Village." Jiang Chenying handed the storage bag to the other junior brothers, taking only an account book or something similar for himself.

Before the words had even finished, a sudden thought struck Jiang Chenying. His gaze sharpened, and he abruptly looked up at Shen Youqing. "Seeking a child?"

Shen Youqing nodded.

"The Fox Fairy Temple is known for its efficacy in granting wishes for children; the abandoned baby tower has a female infant." Jiang Chenying's mind raced. "There haven't been any new additions to the family in recent years..."

By piecing together these pieces of information, Jiang Chenying was able to piece together some of the facts.

If what he thinks is true, then Qiuzi Village is indeed deeply sinful.

"What Fox Fairy Temple?" Qi Bumian looked at the villagers with cold, sharp eyes, the yellowed paper in his hand crumpled. "These beasts cut out women's internal organs to feed wild foxes in order to give birth. The man-eating foxes gradually developed intelligence, transformed into human form, and called themselves Fox Fairy Goddesses. As long as there is a sacrifice, the wish will be granted."

Chi Guyuan watched as the ghost infants began to devour the villagers, remaining silent for a long time before making a move.

Just as Shen Youqing said, these villagers are deeply sinful and do not deserve to be saved at all!
Turning his gaze away, Chi Guyuan looked down at the overly quiet ghost infant in his hand.

The ghost baby is staring at Shen Youqing with wide, expectant eyes.

"The Fox Fairy Temple is very effective for praying for children, but no one has been born in recent years." Jiang Chenying looked at the group of villagers screaming incessantly. "The Fox Fairy Temple used to be very effective? But it stopped being effective later?"

“When we checked the village, we didn’t see many children,” Chi Guyuan added.

I haven't seen a single thirteen or fourteen-year-old child, which shows that this has been more than ten years, not just three or five years.

In one village, not a single child has been born for over ten years.

Jing Liang flipped through the things in her hands, and suddenly something popped into her head, "That's right! None of these people have spiritual roots! And Qiu Zi Village has almost no spiritual energy!"

“Almost everyone in the cultivation world has spiritual roots, but none of the people in this village have them.” Xiao Youqi narrowed his eyes, looking at the group of villagers with a somewhat inquisitive gaze. “What exactly happened in this village?”

"Without spiritual roots, seeking a child..." Qi Bumian looked at the paper in his hand and then at the villagers. "I really don't understand. In the cultivation world, isn't spiritual root everything?"

This Akiko Village is strange in every way.

Jiang Chenying and the others fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)