Then, Zhang Juan looked up and saw Long Wuye walking out, his hands placed behind his back.
Long Wuye was dressed in black Miao clothing. His face was unusually stern, his eyes sharp like an eagle staring at Zhang Juan, as though eyeing his prey. In his other hand, he held a pair of tweezers stained with blood, suggesting he had been using them for something just moments ago.
Seeing Long Wuye, Zhang Juan was so frightened she instinctively took a few steps back.
Suddenly, Long Wuye seemed to recall something. “Oh! I remember now—you’re Zhang Juan from the east side of the village. You look so anxious rushing here like this. There must be something on your mind, right?”
Long Wuye didn’t move, standing still as if not wanting to scare her away.
Indeed, few dared to come to this place; the villagers from the west side of the village never dared to approach.
Prompted by Long Wuye, Zhang Juan recalled the incident with Ma Po. Her anger flared again, and suddenly she dropped to her knees, pleading, “Long Wuye, please help me seek justice! Ma Po has gone too far—she used black magic to kill my husband and child. I want revenge, but I can’t handle her alone. Please help me, Long Wuye! I’ll give you anything you want!”
“Hmm… sounds a bit complicated…”
Long Wuye frowned and slowly walked toward her. “You’re saying Ma Po used black magic to kill people? That doesn’t seem quite right. I know Ma Po’s character. You’re not here to joke with me, are you?”
“How could that be… I swear upon the heavens!” Zhang Juan said earnestly.
“No, no, no—I don’t need oaths. I just need you to fulfill your promise,” Long Wuye said as he crouched down in front of Zhang Juan, looking at her. “You’d really do anything to kill Ma Po?”
“Yes! I would!” Zhang Juan affirmed.
“But then, how can I believe you?” Slowly, Long Wuye extended his hand from behind his back, a hand covered in pus-filled sores, and gently touched Zhang Juan’s face. “Now you know what I want, don’t you?”
The contact with Long Wuye’s disgusting hand made Zhang Juan extremely uncomfortable, but for the sake of revenge, she gritted her teeth and nodded.
“Bravo!”
Long Wuye suddenly stood up, turned, and walked forward, saying, “Come inside.”
Zhang Juan felt a bit surprised—Long Wuye didn’t seem as evil as the rumors suggested. She followed him into the house. Inside, it was dimly lit. Long Wuye stood by the doorway, a faint smirk curling his lips into an evil smile. He whispered to Zhang Juan, “Take off your clothes…”
“What!?”
Zhang Juan had only intended to offer Long Wuye money, never expecting him to desire her body.
Seeing her frightened expression, Long Wuye immediately said, “Your husband and child are already dead. What do you have to hold back for? If you don’t do this, I won’t be able to trust you. Only after satisfying me will I wholeheartedly help you kill Ma Po and allow you to replace her position. Then we can work together to take over Shuilong Ridge.”
Zhang Juan’s mind went blank, unsure of what to do.
At that moment, Long Wuye placed the tweezers aside and reached toward Zhang Juan’s chest. She dodged slightly.
“You… just go. I won’t force you,” Long Wuye feigned indifference, shaking his head with a sigh.
Seeing Long Wuye trying to send her away, Zhang Juan clenched her teeth and asked, “Will you really keep your word and help me kill Ma Po?”
“Hmph!” Long Wuye snorted coldly. “Have I ever gone back on my word?”
“Fine, I’ll do it…”
Without waiting for Long Wuye to act, Zhang Juan started undressing herself. She moved quickly, soon stripping herself completely naked.
Seeing Zhang Juan’s pale, naked body, Long Wuye became excited. As he unfastened his trousers, he said, “Turn around and bend over…”
“Juan…”
“Mom, where are you?”
Just as Zhang Juan turned and bent over, she heard her husband and son calling her. Her heart stirred. At that moment, Long Wuye suddenly grabbed her waist, pressing his hard body against her from behind. Learning that her husband and child were still alive, Zhang Juan no longer wanted to sell her body. She struggled fiercely. But Long Wuye had no intention of letting go. He threw her to the ground, attempting to force himself on her. However, Zhang Juan was strong, clenching her legs tightly together, resisting fiercely.
Enraged, Long Wuye suddenly pulled a red thread hanging from a bamboo tube nearby. Outside, a net lifted, releasing flying poisonous insects that flew toward Li Emao and his son, Ligang. The father and son, terrified, turned and fled.
Hearing the screams of her son and husband, Zhang Juan panicked.
Long Wuye turned his head and said, “Refuse me, and I’ll kill them today. Submit to me, and I’ll cure them later.”
Hearing this, Zhang Juan fell silent.
Afterward, when Zhang Juan went outside, she found her husband and son collapsed in a small grove, unconscious, their bodies swollen severely, blood flowing from all seven orifices.
Long Wuye coldly remarked that it was nothing and picked up Ligang to carry him back, telling Zhang Juan to bring her husband.
After placing Li Emao and Ligang on the bed, stripping their clothes and laying them down, Long Wuye began examining them. Their bodies were covered with swollen lumps, suggesting the presence of insects beneath their skin.
Seeing her husband and son without breath, Zhang Juan seriously doubted whether Long Wuye could really save them. In her anxiety, she noticed a pair of scissors near a white cloth and grabbed them, hiding them behind her back. However, when she picked up the scissors, she smelled a foul odor. Lifting a corner of the white cloth, she was startled to find a human corpse beneath it!
“Oh no! He killed my husband and child…” Her mind reeled, suddenly realizing that her husband and child had just been killed by the notoriously evil Long Wuye. When he pulled that red thread, he had already decided to kill them.
The fact that they had found their way here proved that Ma Po hadn’t killed them.
Now, because of her own rashness, she had brought about their deaths!
Zhang Juan was filled with regret, her heart heavy with remorse.
At that moment, Long Wuye took out a small knife and cut open Li Emao’s abdomen, revealing a dark insect inside…
Zhang Juan noticed that Long Wuye’s lips curled into another sinister smile.
“Long Wuye… you… you were amazing just now!”
Zhang Juan gently reached into Long Wuye’s pants. Feeling the pleasure, Long Wuye paused, letting out a sigh of satisfaction. Zhang Juan pulled off his pants and took him into her mouth. Long Wuye had never experienced such a sensation before, his eyes closing in ecstasy. But the moment his eyes shut, Zhang Juan quickly grabbed the scissors and severed the source of her torment! Inside the room, Long Wuye’s ear-piercing scream echoed, accompanied by Zhang Juan’s curses and shouts. She stabbed Long Wuye’s lower body repeatedly with the scissors. After being stabbed several times, Long Wuye grabbed an axe nearby and swung it down…
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Ma Po was pacing restlessly inside her house, unable to sit still.
Without the “Great Immortal” protecting her, Ma Po wouldn’t have dared to challenge Long Wuye. Now that the Great Immortal had gone to investigate personally and had yet to return, Ma Po was deeply worried.
Long Wuye’s power didn’t rely solely on poison insects—he also worshipped the Black Dragon God.
The Black Dragon God wasn’t truly a god but an evil snake demon.
The snake demon was extremely powerful, nearly equal in strength to the Great Immortal. The Great Immortal had once negotiated with the snake demon, dividing the village into two halves, each governing their own side without interfering with the other. Now that Zhang Juan had gone to Long Wuye, this disrupted the balance. Therefore, the Great Immortal went personally to negotiate with the snake demon.
Under normal circumstances, the Great Immortal would return quickly.
But this time, nearly an hour had passed, and the Great Immortal still hadn’t returned.
“No! I must find Shui Miao for help. This matter started because of him, so he must resolve it.” Unable to wait any longer, Ma Po opened the door and went directly to seek out Shui Miao.
Zhang Ling’s parents and young daughter-in-law were also deeply worried.
After all, Zhang Juan was their daughter, so pretending not to care would be a lie. The young daughter-in-law, kind-hearted despite often being mistreated, was also very concerned, especially since Long Wuye was no good man.
At this moment, Shui Miao was upstairs, sitting cross-legged in meditation, silently chanting incantations and attempting to cultivate his spiritual energy.
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