Before the empress goes dark, adopt her as a villain

Ning Wuxie was a Taoist of the Human Sect in his previous life, and he knew that the Human Sect had flexible criteria for judging the Demonic Path.

As long as you are the enemy of the Human Sect, I'm sorry, you are a demonic path, and you will die quickly.

As long as you don't stand under the banner of the Human Sect, you are a demonic path, I think you have the aura of a demonic path.

For example, Jiang Ningxuan's Tianming Sect did not do anything that angered the heavens and people, but simply called itself a demonic path in order to fight against the Human Sect.

However, there are real demonic paths in the world.

They rely on using extremely cruel and terrifying means to kill others to practice evil magic skills, thereby achieving rapid progress in cultivation.

They will even extend their butcher knives to ordinary people.

They are basically crazy people who have lost their humanity and will do anything for power.

But there are really many such people.

The Heart Devouring Sect is such an evil organization that meets the basic definition of a demonic path!

In his previous life, Ning Wuxie also represented the Human Sect and launched an extermination campaign against it.

Unexpectedly, they now dare to carry out activities in Cangyunzhou, Shangyun Country, where Junzi Mountain is located!

Two hundred miles south of Junzi Mountain, there is a village called Muluo.

It is said that seven days ago, traces of the demon of the Heart Devouring God appeared here, and two children were killed and their hearts were taken out.

The village chief went to Junzi Mountain overnight and asked the monks to go and get rid of the harm.

But that was five days ago, and since then, there has been no news of villagers being killed. After all, people have died, and Confucianism still has to send people to take a look.

This is not a very dangerous task, but the trap is that it is difficult to do well.

The child was killed five days ago, and now he may have been buried. The demon has not committed crimes again, and there is no trace of him.

Even if the monks go there, they will probably only be able to go around and appease the people, that's all, and there will be no gain.

Then the rating of Ning Wuxie for this mission will definitely not be high, and can only hover between C or D.

For the election of the Twelve Young Sages, this will undoubtedly not have any positive effect.

But Ning Wuxie has no choice. The task dispatch order that Qin Sheng took out was written in black and white, with the seal of the Kuangzheng Hall, which is reasonable and legal.

Seeing this, the Confucian disciples had no choice but to accept it.

He planned in his mind that at that time, he would just write a more detailed investigation report and try to find out the traces of the monster's escape.

Considering that he was a new disciple, the Kuangzheng Hall should not be too difficult.

Unless they could bribe even the rating elders of the Kuangzheng Hall, Ning Wuxie could only ask Xun Sheng to make the decision.

The Confucian disciples set out to do the sect's mission, and the journey was naturally reimbursed. They took Xuan'er and took a carriage all the way south. In less than two days, they arrived at Muluo Village.

Junzi Mountain is located in Cangyunzhou of the Zhouwu Dynasty. The entire state seems to belong to Zhouwu, but the Confucianists are the actual managers.

Muluo Village is close to Fengshan. There are tall maple trees in a radius of 100 miles. Every autumn, the fields are golden.

The boundless fallen leaves are rustling, so it is named Muluo Village.

But now it is spring, and there is no such grand view to enjoy.

Ning Wuxie brought Xuan'er and came to Muluo Village with the Confucian disciple token, and first met the village chief.

The village chief is called Wang Dayong, who has no cultivation and is a pure mortal.

When he saw Ning Wuxie, he immediately walked over as if he had seen a savior.

"Master, you are finally here!"

Classic plot... Ning Wuxie complained in his heart. Almost every village that needs help from cultivators has such an emotional old man.

"That damn Devouring Heaven Demon Cult dug out the hearts of two children in our village! They are only five or six years old!"

Wang Dayong had a sad expression, and his expression was twisted together and he howled.

Five or six years old, Ning Wuxie's heart tightened. When he picked up Xuan'er, wasn't she only five or six years old?

He couldn't help but hold Xuan'er's hand tightly.

"Are the family members here? Have the children been buried now?"

Wang Dayong looked sad again when he heard this:

"So these two children have a miserable life. They are orphans without a father or a mother."

"After they were killed, the villagers pooled their money to buy anti-corruption pills for the children to hold in their mouths and put them in the coffins."

"I thought that the immortal master would be able to investigate after he came, so the coffins have not been nailed shut."

Ning Wuxie couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he heard this.

They are actually two orphans, who are already helpless and helpless, and their hearts were taken out by the demon cult!

"May I ask if these two children are boys or girls?"

"One boy and one girl."

"If the immortal master wants to see the bodies of the children, come here with me."

Wang Dayong said, and was about to walk out of the house.

"No need, it's getting late, let's talk about it tomorrow. Arrange a place for me to stay first."

Ning Wuxie waved his hand.

Wang Dayong's face changed, revealing an embarrassed look:

"Master, the villagers have been looking forward to your coming over to avenge the two children. They all hope that you can get rid of that damn demon as soon as you come!"

"If you don't go over to take a look, I can't explain to the old man."

"It's not far, just a few steps away."

Hearing this, Ning Wuxie's usual expression suddenly froze.

He raised his head, his eyes widened, and looked straight at Wang Dayong.

Wang Dayong was in his fifties, with a sallow face and wrinkles all over his face. Although he was the village chief, it can be seen that he was an authentic farmer in the first half of his life.

Being looked at by Ning Wuxie, the old man was immediately shocked.

"Master, what's wrong? Everything I said is the truth!"

There was a tremor in the old voice.

That was the instinctive fear of mortals facing cultivators.

After a moment, Ning Wuxie's expression recovered and she no longer looked at Wang Dayong with that look, but her tone became less polite:

"I said it will be dealt with tomorrow, and that will be tomorrow. Just follow my instructions and make arrangements."

"well."

Wang Dayong didn't dare to talk anymore and hurriedly led Ning Wuxie to an empty house, which had already been cleaned.

After Wang Dayong left, Ning Wuxie tore open the small world and called out Bai Zhou who was still happily inside.

The villagers brought farm food, heavy in oil and salt, which gave it a unique taste.

At the dinner table, Xuan'er was thoughtfully picking up vegetables and asked:

"Brother, why don't you go see the two murdered children?"

"There's obviously still a lot of time."

After looking at Xuan'er's curious expression, Ning Wuxie released his consciousness and felt relieved after making sure that no one was prying into the small courtyard.

"This is Jianghu experience."

"When a monk goes to a place to solve problems for the villagers, the most taboo thing is to get started directly."

"Think about it, if you are unfamiliar with the place and do not understand the situation, you will be led by others by the nose when you come up. It is very likely that you will stray into a dangerous situation!"

"I'm not saying that Wang Dayong is a bad person, but ordinary people's understanding is often not accurate enough, and it actually hinders us monks from doing things."

Ning Wuxie stretched out her hand to pluck a grain of rice from Xuan'er's face and spoke softly.

Xuan'er listened carefully, showing a look of surprise. Bai Zou seemed careless on the side, and his ears quietly perked up.

She nodded: "So, we have to stay here for a while to form our own understanding of the incident."

"That's right."

Ning Wuxie pinched Xuan'er's little face, then continued to pick up the rice bowl, with an indifferent expression, and said:

"This is just one of the reasons. The other reason is that I suspect that Wang Dayong is up to something."

Xuan'er was stunned for a moment. Didn't he just say that Wang Dayong was not a bad person? !

As if he knew what Xuan'er was wondering about, Ning Wuxie whispered again:

"He lied, didn't you see?"

Xuan'er's eyes widened, as if she couldn't believe it.

"When we came in, besides the village chief, who else greeted us? On the streets of this village, can you see that people are harmonious and close to each other?"

"None of them."

"In such an ordinary village, two orphans died. How could anyone expect me to avenge them?"

"At most, they hope that I will get rid of the demon so that their children will not be threatened. But the demon has not appeared for a week. Why are they anxious?"

Xuan'er's eyes were wide open, with an expression of disbelief on her face.

Ning Wuxie's thinking angle was so tricky that she had never thought of it.

This kind of thinking can only be acquired by struggling in the world and seeing the ugliness of human nature.

"So, the village chief asked us to see those two children because..."

"I don't know." Ning Wuxie shook her head again.

"Perhaps he is very eager to solve the case, or it may be for other reasons."

"Anyway, we have to be careful and do it at our own pace."

"Yeah!" Xuan'er nodded heavily.

This was the first time Ning Wuxie told her the method and plan of action.

Xuan'er not only learned the experience of Jianghu, but she was even happier because of Ning Wuxie's words of "we".

It makes her feel like she is her brother's reliable partner!

This is how a Taoist couple should be!

Xuan'er was very excited and looking forward to the next move in Muluo Village.