Fairy, I'm going to control you tightly!

"Senior sister."

Ji Nanbei interrupted again.

"What exactly are you trying to say?!"

After being interrupted by Ji Nanbei again, Lin Mengxi shouted out.

This was the first time Lin Mengxi had been so emotional.

"What do you know! Are you just trying to make fun of me and pity me? Letting you go is only because you're a burden. Don't flatter yourself!"

As Lin Mengxi roared, the surrounding scene reappeared.

The image remains frozen at the moment when the giant snake charged towards little Lin Mengxi.

"I don't need your pity. I ended up like this because I trusted people too much when I was young. Others abandoned me! Others sent me to my death!"

As Lin Mengxi spoke, tears began to stream down her face without her noticing.

"I was abandoned by my own father, my dearest relative. He sent me here alone as a sacrifice, armed with a sword less than ordinary iron!"

"Don't spout nonsense about giving up on yourself! No one would abandon themselves to save someone else. Don't I want to live? I just don't..."

The more Lin Mengxi yelled, the more uncontrollably she cried.

Tears fell like pearls from a broken string.

Because this is the spiritual world, it will not fall to the ground; it will only disappear in mid-air.

Ji Nanbei remained quietly watching from the side.

It wasn't until Lin Mengxi had yelled for a long time and her emotions had fully erupted that Ji Nanbei stepped forward again and hugged his senior sister.

"Senior sister, you actually know, right? That sword is fake, and you'll die if you come to the back mountain. You actually know all these things, right?"

Ji Nanbei's words were like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Lin Mengxi remained silent.

Yes, Ji Nanbei guessed correctly.

Lin Mengxi knew everything a long time ago.

Ji Nanbei is inherently very perceptive of people's emotions and subtle details.

Lin Mengxi had complained about this a long time ago.

Ji Nanbei noticed something amiss with Lin Mengxi's various reactions.

Scene rotation.

The sun and moon recede rapidly.

Little Lin Mengxi also returned to the village.

Time rewinds to the day before the sword was drawn.

night.

This is an ordinary village, without electrical appliances, so naturally the only light at night is the moonlight.

Lighting is very expensive.

Most people also work at sunrise and rest at sunset.

At night, every household should be asleep.

At this moment, in Lin Mengxi's home, there was a light on in the main room.

Many villagers are crammed into this small main house.

Everyone looked grim.

"What should we do? There's not much food left in the village. We can't go to the fields or the mountains. We're going to starve to death."

"There are demons lurking in the back mountains. Anyone who goes there will die! Forget about the future, we don't even know how many days this village will have left."

"A natural disaster! Heaven is blind! Our Chu Family Village works so diligently, how could we suffer such a calamity! Heaven is unjust!"

The villagers were all complaining like this.

At that moment, an old man coughed twice, silencing the murmurs in the room.

It is obvious that this person holds a high position in the village.

It should be a role like a village chief.

After the old man calmed down, he spoke:

"Now, our Chu Family Village is on the verge of extinction. That demon is simply beyond human power to fight. Right now, there is only one way."

Everyone fell silent.

The solution, actually, is something everyone knows.

When the demon appeared.

He then spoke in human language and said so.

There was a very special child in the village, whose flesh and blood were nourishing.

If their Chu family village is willing to offer this child as a sacrifice.

Then, this demon will no longer wreak havoc in this area, and will spare the lives of the other people in Chu Family Village.

And that child, naturally, was Lin Mengxi.

This is why a group of people gathered at Lin Mengxi's main house.

Initially, none of them wanted to do it this way.

However, as time went on...

Anyone who ventured into the mountains rashly was immediately killed by demons.

The village's food supplies were gradually running out.

Chu Family Village is a small village, with no cities or towns nearby, and it is extremely remote.

They can only rely on the mountains for sustenance.

Deep in the mountains are fertile fields cultivated by the villagers, and there are also animals to hunt.

Cutting off this source of income would mean cutting off the lifeline of Chu Family Village.

Now, faced with life and death...

"This is the only way."

The old man looked at Lin Mengxi's father.

The man immediately objected.

"That's my daughter!"

"Your daughter was born under an ominous sign! She even killed her mother! She's a jinx! Now, that demon is here because of your daughter!"

The old man suddenly roared.

This time, the man fell silent.

His wife, who was Lin Mengxi's mother, died during childbirth because of complications.

When Lin Mengxi was born, her whole body was red, as if she were enveloped in a bloody aura.

If it is considered an ominous sign, then it certainly seems reasonable.

This matter has always been a thorn in the man's side.

It's been so many years, yet it's still a thorn that's hard to remove.

Seeing the man remain silent, the old man patted him on the shoulder.

"There's no other way; for the sake of the village... there have to be sacrifices. Tell her tomorrow..."

The old man then began to tell the story of the immortal sword.

He then instructed everyone to cooperate in the act.

Finally, the old man sighed and said:

"When the time comes, bring out all the food in the village to send off the child."

Everyone nodded in silence.

And so the matter was settled.

However, no one noticed.

Outside the window, a small, thin figure stood.

That night, little Lin Mengxi got up to use the restroom and happened to pass by the main house.

Seeing that there were lights inside, he went to the window and listened quietly.

Therefore, Lin Mengxi heard the entire conversation from beginning to end.

Lin Mengxi knew everything that happened afterward.

Lin Mengxi also knew that her father was still deeply troubled by her mother's death.

He harbored hatred towards her.

Lin Mengxi even blamed herself for her mother's death.

This is how people think in a small, isolated village where information is scarce.

They habitually blame others for their mistakes and attribute their misfortunes to omens from gods and ghosts.

Having heard everything, little Lin Mengxi didn't make a sound and silently went back to her room.

In a corner of the room, she crouched down, hugged her knees, and sobbed silently.

And so the night passed.

When the sun rose the next day, Lin Mengxi walked out of the room with a smile, just like every other day.

They walked towards an open space in the village.

He walked toward the sword.

Then, before his father could even bring it up, he preemptively declared that he would go and slay the demon.

This is why Ji Nanbei feels sorry for Lin Mengxi.

A child's maturity often makes things even more heartbreaking.

Lin Mengxi cried her heart out in Ji Nanbei's arms.

She was releasing the emotions she had suppressed for so many years.

"You know... after my master saved me, I begged her to save the other people in the village. When I returned to the village, it had been burned to the ground and nothing was left because of a fire."

"Everyone in the village died there. It was after I left that a fire broke out while everyone was cooking for a feast, and I was the only one who survived."

"The people in the village, like my mother, I killed them! I didn't want to! I wanted them to live, I wanted them to live!"

Lin Mengxi screamed, her voice trembling with sobs.