Chapter 170: Mouyu Village – Arson
Seeing that they couldn’t get into the school, the two of them wandered back to the village.

Not long after walking, I saw smoke rising in the distance, and the sound of quarreling and footsteps came into my ears.

“on fire!”

“The village chief’s house is on fire!”

Several children were running back from the road. Lan Tong grabbed one at random and asked, “What’s going on?”

“The village chief’s house is on fire. We need to hurry back to get buckets of water to put out the fire.”

Lan Tong let him go and walked towards the village chief’s house with Ji Yu.

The further we walked, the darker the smoke in the sky became.

A group of people hurriedly went in with buckets to pour water, and there were some people surrounding the crowd coming and going.

Lucas’s painful plea for mercy came from inside.

“Stop it, stop it. David started the fire, not me. Why did you bring me along with you?”

Lan Tong found a gap where there were few people and crawled in.

David fell to the ground covered in blood, and it was impossible to tell whether he was alive or dead. Lucas was being held down by Aqiang and Aqing, and several strong villagers were kicking him in the stomach.

His face was swollen, his hair was messy, his body was covered with wounds, and his facial features were twisted in pain.

The village chief said coldly: “Although you didn’t start the fire, you and he are together, so we have to deal with it together.”

When Lucas heard this, he didn’t care about the pain and said hurriedly: “He and I are not together. He forced me to come with him. I had no choice! I was forced!”

Ah Qing slapped him hard and said angrily, “Nonsense! I saw you two sneaking around the village yesterday!”

Lucas was beaten so hard that he saw stars and tears came out.

“I’m really not with him. He and I are not from the same country. I can find someone to prove it.”

“Okay.” The village chief looked at him as if he were a dead man. “Go find someone now. If someone is willing to testify for you, I will spare your life. If no one is willing to testify for you, according to the village rules, you and the kid next to you will be executed together!”

Upon hearing this, Aqiang also released his hand on Lucas’ shoulder.

It was also at this time that he saw Lan Tong standing aside.

Lucas covered his lower abdomen and tried to get up, but his body was in so much pain that even if he forced himself to stand up, the pain in his lower abdomen made it impossible for him to stand up straight.

The village chief sneered: “I’ll only give you five minutes.”

Lucas was startled when he heard this, and in order to save his life, he rushed out of the crowd even though he couldn’t stand up straight.

Ah Qing kicked David, who was lying motionless on the ground, and asked, “Village Chief, what should we do with this kid?”

“Since he has the guts to start a fire, throw him into the fire.”

Upon hearing this, Aqiang and Aqing immediately picked up David like a dead dog, dragged him to the door, and threw him into the fire.

Lan Tong looked at this scene, thoughtful.

Before entering the dungeon, she had read David’s information. David’s talent was related to fire, so he must have been the one who set the fire.

But she didn’t quite understand why David, who had the ability to set fires, was beaten like this by the villagers when he could have used his gift.

Could it be that a snake demon appeared?

After Aqiang came out of the door, he naturally stood in front of Lantong and whispered.

“The village chief is angry. You should go back first and don’t let them get involved.”

“it is good.”

Lan Tong turned around and walked out of the crowd, taking Ji Yu back to their residence first.

……

It was noon and Aqiang came again to deliver lunch.

There were only Lan Tong and Ji Yu living there. When they went downstairs to get their meals, they didn’t see any Chosen Ones. A Qiang handed them two lunch boxes and said seriously, “You’d better not go out these days. The fire in the village chief’s house has just been put out. He is in a bad mood. If anyone makes him angry again, I guess you will all be kicked out of the village.”

Ji Yu took the lunch box and asked, “Is Lucas still alive?”

A Qiang was silent for a moment, then said, “Dead.”

“Didn’t he find someone to testify for him?” Lan Tong asked.

“He found them.” A Qiang said, “He found two people, but the village chief did not forgive him. He sentenced all three of them to death and dumped their bodies on the mountain.”

Lan Tong and Ji Yu looked at each other.

In other words, four people died in one morning.

This dungeon mission seems to be getting more and more difficult.

A Qiang said, “Just stay in your residence and don’t move around. In a few days, when the bonfire party is ready, the village chief’s anger will subside.”

Lan Tong asked: “I remember that David and Lucas both have special abilities. Since David can set fires, why was he caught and beaten to death by you?”

“Haha, what’s the use of those fancy abilities?”

Ah Qiang seemed to be very disdainful of [Talent]. “If they hadn’t set the fire secretly when no one was paying attention, the fire wouldn’t have started at all. The village chief’s house was burned to ashes. Now even the gods… have nowhere to put their things at home.”

“So what were you planning to do when you came to your place last night?”

Lan Tong was caught off guard by the sudden change of topic and stared fixedly at the expression on Aqiang’s face.

Ji Yu didn’t expect Lan Tong to ask these questions directly to his face. He was stunned when he heard them.

Ah Qiang was even more surprised. After a moment of confusion, he said in confusion: “I came to your residence last night? When?”

Lan Tong frowned. She didn’t think Aqiang was the scheming person who could control his micro-expressions at the fastest speed.

But she certainly didn’t see the panic on Aqiang’s face.

It seemed that the person who came to the residence last night was not him.

“After I ate the roast chicken you gave me yesterday, I felt very uncomfortable and went to bed early.”

Lan Tong lied, “I was woken up in the middle of the night and found someone at my door. Luckily, Ji Yu came out and scared the person away. I thought it was you.”

“It’s not me. Last night I…”

Aqiang’s voice suddenly stopped. He seemed to remember something and his face suddenly darkened.

Lan Tong pretended to be nonchalant and said, “I thought Brother Qiang wanted to talk to me about something last night. Maybe Ji Yu was wrong. But Brother Qiang’s cooking skills are really not that good. I felt uncomfortable for a long time after eating the roast chicken. I felt like I was going to die.”

Ah Qiang looked a little guilty, and lowered his head slightly, saying, “That roast chicken… wasn’t actually roasted by me. The village chief called me away halfway through roasting it, and Ah Qing roasted it for me afterwards… Maybe he made a mistake with the seasoning, so you didn’t feel comfortable eating it…”

Lan Tong said: “So the person who came last night was A Qing? What was he doing here?”

He put drugs in the roast chicken and sneaked around the door late at night. No one would believe him if he said he had no evil intentions.

Ah Qiang touched his nose and said, “Maybe… maybe he realized he used the wrong seasoning and came to check on you because he was afraid something might happen to you…”

“So that’s it.”

Lan Tong didn’t want to ask any more questions, because she knew in her heart that Aqiang would not tell the truth.

Ji Yu said: “This morning, several of our colleagues in black wanted to ask the village chief about the mission to go up the mountain. I wonder if the village chief gave them the same mission?”

Aqiang was a little absent-minded.

“Give it to them…they left after receiving the mission.”

“It’s quite fun on the mountain.” Lan Tong smiled, “I wish them good luck.”

Sorry everyone, due to data issues, I discussed with the editor for a long time and decided to cut this book. It is expected to be finished after this copy is written… I am very sorry, sorry to the readers who have been following me. There were many things designed in this book, which made it difficult for me to end it in just half a month. I may forget to fill in some holes, but I will write down everything I can remember…

Thank you all for your trust and support. I feel that there are indeed problems with my writing. The pace is slow and the writing is lame. I hope the next book will be better…if there is a next book