After being reborn, the cannon fodder junior sister quickly left the sect.

Chapter 20 Thunder strikes from the sky

As dusk fell, three rogue cultivators stood in front of Chunhe's dilapidated mud house. Two men and one woman were shouting at the people inside, their faces full of greed and arrogance.

"Everyone inside, get out here!"

"You mortals, how dare you defy us cultivators?! Don't be so stubborn while we're still around!"

Chunhe and Aweng remained silent inside the house, giving them no response. At that moment, she felt incredibly regretful.

With Sister Su's help, she had been picking a lot of spiritual plants to earn spirit stones. She was so happy that she forgot Sister Su's instructions and didn't pay much attention to her surroundings or be wary of people after selling the spiritual plants. Instead, she ran home excitedly, but she didn't expect to be targeted by people with ulterior motives who followed her.

Although the three of them couldn't easily enter because of Sister Su's protective talisman, they refused to leave and stood in front of the door talking incessantly, trying to persuade her to tell them the location where the spiritual plants were picked.

How dare Chunhe say that?

Sister Su once sternly told her that if others knew that she had entered Fanjing Mountain unharmed, countless troubles would come knocking, and some might even kill her to steal her treasure.

So Chunhe bit her lip tightly and refused to answer them, which angered the three of them so much that they completely broke off relations and attacked the earthen house frantically, trying to destroy the protective talisman.

Of course, besides anger, there was also excitement in their eyes.

They felt that this girl, who looked unremarkable, was able to pick so many valuable spiritual plants, and her house also had high-level protective talismans. There must be other treasures on her person or in this earthen house!

"Peng!"

"Peng Peng!"

The old man looked away and saw that Chunhe's face had turned pale with fright. He silently held her in his arms and whispered words of comfort.

"Ahe, don't worry. Immortal Su is very capable; her protective talisman will definitely help us escape this calamity."

Although he said that, the old man was not sure himself.

He knew that hiding like this wasn't a long-term solution, and he didn't know how long Su Xianren's protective talisman could hold them off. If those people managed to break in, he would risk his life to hold them off and let his granddaughter escape!

The three men hacked at the house for a long time, but the protective shield above the house still didn't have a single crack, which made them feel discouraged.

A man with a mean face couldn't help but spit, "Damn it! This protective talisman is so powerful! Even the three of us combined couldn't break it!"

Another middle-aged man frowned and said, "What do we do? The people inside won't come out, so we can't get in either."

"Take it slow!" The young female cultivator stared at the glowing protective talisman on the wall with envy, her expression determined to win.

"How could an ordinary mortal girl have so many opportunities? I must catch her and find out! I want those spiritual plants, and I want those high-level talismans too!"

She nodded repeatedly to the two male cultivators, and then they surrounded the earthen house one by one, frantically persuading, threatening and enticing the people inside.

"We don't bully mortals. Just tell us where you want to pick the spiritual plants, and we'll go and pick some ourselves. Of course, we won't take advantage of you for nothing; we'll give you some spirit stones!"

"You ordinary people have no cultivation, don't you think it's too selfish of you to occupy such a treasure mountain? Good things should be put to good use!"

Hiding in the house, Chunhe heard them say such shameless things and gritted her teeth in anger, wanting to open her mouth and curse them out.

"What a shameless bunch of cultivators!"

They're all cultivators, and Sister Su is so kind, yet these people bully ordinary people because of their cultivation! This is outrageous!

Thus, Chunhe and Aweng refused to go out, and no matter how much the group shouted or what methods they used, they could not get in, and the two sides remained deadlocked.

Because of the commotion at the earthen house, ordinary families within a ten-kilometer radius were so frightened that they hid in their homes and refused to come out. At the same time, they were also complaining about how Chunhe and the others had offended cultivators.

Time ticked by, and finally the female cultivator couldn't take it anymore. She flicked her sleeve, gritted her teeth, glared coldly at the room in front of her, and issued her final ultimatum.

"I'll say it one last time: everyone inside, get out right now! Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"

There was dead silence in the room.

The female cultivator was furious. "Damn mortals! You don't know what's good for you! Just you wait!"

Then, she turned to the two male cultivators and ordered them with a cruel smile, "Go and capture a few mortals for me. I don't believe these two rats won't come out! If they don't come out for a moment, I'll kill one of them and see if these two can withstand it!"

The two male cultivators burst into laughter, "That's a great idea!"

"Hard enough!"

They then turned and walked away with ill intentions, their figures disappearing into the distance in the next moment.

Hearing this, Chunhe inside was filled with grief and indignation. She gently pushed away her grandfather, stood up abruptly, walked to the window, and questioned the vicious female cultivator.

"How could you be so vicious?! This is Tianyi Sect territory. If you really kill innocent people, Tianyi Sect will hunt you down!"

"Hahaha! Ridiculous! What am I afraid of?!"

The female cultivator stared intently at Chunhe, her prey, like a venomous snake, her eyes filled with calculation and determination.

"The Heavenly One Sect is in complete chaos right now, they don't have time to bother with useless mortals like you! Even if they do come after us to settle scores later, we'll have already escaped by then! What can a mere mortal like you do to me?!"

"You're so vicious!" Chunhe felt a surge of fear from her gaze, but she couldn't help but tear up.

She didn't want to see her fellow villagers die because of her, but she couldn't reveal the secret no matter what! What should she do?! Sister Su!

The old man stood up, shielding Chunhe behind him, and stared coldly at the female cultivator. "I remember there's always a rule that cultivators shouldn't attack mortals at will. Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning for doing this?!"

The female cultivator raised an eyebrow and laughed unrestrainedly.

"Haha, scared! Mortals are nothing but ants, their deaths are not worth regretting! You think a few threatening words will frighten me? If you want me to let you go, quickly reveal the location of the spiritual plants! Also, how many talismans do you have, and where did they come from? Confess! Then, I might gladly let you go..."

Just then, a silver snake-like flash of light streaked across the darkening sky. Lightning, like a sword, ripped through the sky, accompanied by rolling thunder. Several bolts of lightning struck down with unstoppable force.

"what!"

"Ahhh!"

Amidst the deafening thunder, two shrill screams faintly rang out. The female cultivator recognized the voices as those of her companions, turned pale with fright, and cried out twice in the direction from which the lightning had struck.

"Gao Wu! Li Wen! What's wrong with you two?!"

Chunhe and Aweng were also startled by this sudden turn of events. They quickly crouched down and covered their heads, fearing that lightning would strike them too. Their hearts were filled with doubt and uncertainty.

"They just said it and they were actually struck by lightning! Is it really that effective?!"

The surrounding residents were trembling with fear, and some even began muttering prayers for a deity to come and save them.

After the thunderclaps subsided and then disappeared, the area around the earthen house fell into a deathly silence, with only the female cultivator's restless breathing outside.

"What's wrong with you two?! Don't scare me! You didn't really get struck by lightning, did you?! Hey... stop joking..."

Just then, a light footstep sounded in the darkness. The person was slowly approaching, which made the female cultivator's heart jump into her throat.

Who is it? Is it Gao Wu? Or Li Wen?

"Gao Wu? Li Wen? Who among you is it? Don't scare me, talk to me!"

As the dust gradually settled, a figure emerged from the darkness. At this moment, the moonlight shone down once more, and under the moonlight, a girl in blue stood with her hands behind her back, giving the female cultivator a faint smile.

"Sorry to disappoint you, neither of them are correct~"

With the girl's next casual remark, the female cultivator's heart sank to the bottom.

"They were both struck by lightning, they must have done too many bad things, right?"