Junior Sister is skilled in subduing demons.

Chapter 130 Feeling Frustrated
At night, Huanglongxi Village is shrouded in a tranquil veil.

The village paths meander and twist, resembling silver ribbons under the moonlight.

Most of the houses were dark, with only a few windows letting out a faint glow.

The Huanglong Creek beside the village shimmered under the moonlight, its waters sparkling like countless tiny diamonds flowing. The weeping willows along the creek swayed gently in the breeze, like night sprites dancing gracefully.

At the old village chief's house, Yang Daiwu slowly awoke from his coma, but his worries had not dissipated. He sat on his wooden stool, his brow furrowed, his eyes filled with doubt.

“Young hero, you, you don’t know, that panda is inherently cruel, and, and that girl, she’s a demon hunter. We even used her as a sacrifice back then. I, I’m afraid they’ll bring harm to the village…” Old village chief Yang Daiwu expressed his concerns to Rimai Yongga beside him with great worry.

Seeing the anxious old village chief and the tea-serving woman who was too frightened to speak, Rimai Yongga understood their distress and comforted them, "Don't worry, she's very capable..."

Rimai Yongga recounted everything that had happened on the mountain to the old village chief and the tea lady, which made the already frightened tea lady even more worried. Would Shen Anzhi seek revenge?
Just as the atmosphere in the room was tense and everyone was lost in their own thoughts, the door suddenly creaked open. Shen Anzhi, carrying Tuantuan, slowly walked in.

The old village chief Yang Daiwu and the tea lady were so frightened by this sudden scene that they trembled. They instinctively shrank back, their eyes staring in terror at Shen Anzhi and the baby in her arms.

"Don't be afraid, the heroine won't hurt you," Rimai Yongga reassured the two old men, fearing that Shen Anzhi would frighten them.

Shen Anzhi sat down expressionlessly, then began to pat the back of the baby in his arms, glancing at Rimai Yongga and saying, "Are you so sure I won't hurt them? They're going to use me as a sacrifice."

Seeing this, Tea Granny couldn't sit still any longer. She immediately stood up tremblingly and said somewhat excitedly, "Auntie, this is all my fault. After sending you up the mountain, I actually regretted it. To be honest, I haven't slept well for the past few days. This is the only bad thing I've ever done in my life."

Seeing this, the old village chief Yang Daiwu also got up with his cane and apologized: "Yes, yes, we, we even erected a tombstone for you on the back mountain. This, this matter, is also my fault."

Rimai Yongga, who was standing to the side, obviously already knew the ins and outs of the matter. He really couldn't say anything about it. Although he also disliked the behavior of the old village chief and the tea lady, Shen Anzhi had finally returned safely. Seeing the two old men apologizing so sincerely, Rimai Yongga still wanted to say a few words on their behalf.

“Hehe, heroine, don’t take it to heart. What they did was indeed despicable, but it was for the sake of the village.” Rimai Yongga said, while carefully observing Anzhi’s expression.

To be honest, after experiencing so much, Shen Anzhi's mind was no longer as restless as before. She was also weighing the matter in her mind, so she said, "I understand that they are considering the village's interests, but what if the outsider that day wasn't me, Shen Anzhi, but some ordinary woman from another family? Would this matter have just been left unresolved?"

Shen Anzhi's question touched on the hearts of the three of them...

After exchanging glances, the old village chief Yang Daiwu and the tea lady were at a loss. The tea lady simply knelt down in front of Anzhi with a thud and said in a flustered manner, "Girl, this is our fault. If you want to kill someone, kill me, the tea lady. It was my idea to do this in the first place. I'll give you my life in return."

Shen Anzhi remained silent, his heart filled with mixed emotions. To be honest, anyone would be troubled by this situation, but seeing that even the tea lady was in such a state, Shen Anzhi angrily walked out of the house with Tuantuan in his arms.

After Shen Anzhi left, Rimai Yongga also joined in the blaming...

Shen Anzhi, carrying the panda Tuan Tuan, strolled through the village after leaving his house. Unknowingly, he arrived at the place where the villagers used to perform the panda dance for their sacrificial rites. The small open space that had been so lively and filled with laughter that day was now quiet again.

The traces left by the villagers dancing on the ground can still be faintly seen. The surrounding trees seem to remember the joyful atmosphere, swaying their branches gently in the breeze, as if whispering about the scene of that day.

Shen Anzhi stood there, her gaze somewhat lost in thought, so much so that she didn't pay attention to Tuantuan after she struggled to get down to the ground.

She remembered the villagers' warm smiles, their rhythmic dances, and their cheerful music, but she never imagined it was a conspiracy, a conspiracy that everyone was hiding from her.

“Um, heroine, as a person from Sichuan, it is truly shameful to see a fellow countryman do such a thing.” Rimai Yongga appeared behind her and comforted her, “I, I apologize to you.”

Shen Anzhi snapped out of his daze: "Why are you apologizing? This has nothing to do with you."

After a moment of contemplation, Rimai Yongga continued, "Fortunately, you're alright too. This giant panda was also killed by the six-legged beast. The cub is quite pitiful; it's a bitter consequence of the beast's harm to the surrounding area."

Shen Anzhi knew that Rimai Yongga was trying to shift the blame to the giant pandas to exonerate the villagers.

"I want to be alone for a while." Anzhi took off the demon-slaying gourd from his waist, removed the stopper, took a sip of wine, and then stared blankly at the gourd.

The gourd adorned with demons gleamed softly in the pale moonlight, and its familiar touch sent her thoughts drifting away.

She suddenly felt a lump in her throat, her eyes reddened, and the loneliness and grievances she felt welled up in her heart.

Without friends, all alone, one can only keep one's grievances to oneself.

She thought back to her days in Sanqing Mountain and to her departed friends...

Seeing An Zhizhi's frustrated expression, Ri Mai Yong Ga felt very sorry for him.

“Heroine, I know you’re feeling very wronged,” Rimai Yongga said softly. “Look, you came to the village with good intentions, but you didn’t expect to be tricked. Anyone would feel bad in your situation.”

“But you think like this: you’re a demon slayer, so you can’t hold a grudge against these villagers. Take me for example, I’m the tribe’s guard general. Sometimes when I see what those people in the tribe do, I really want to kill them, but that’s impossible. They’re just villagers who need to eat three meals a day. Their thoughts are very selfish. We’re different.” Rimai Yongga really wanted to express some of his thoughts and then enlighten Shen Anzhi.

……

Listening to Rimai Yongga's incessant persuasion, Shen Anzhi gently stroked the demon-slaying gourd, as if he were having a conversation with Kui Ran in his heart: Kui Ran, if you were here, you would definitely advise me not to take it to heart, right?