The village chief, hiding in the main hall, continuously smoked his pipe, glaring fiercely at Luo Yang, who was being protected by Mother Luo.
"I already warned you not to provoke Tao Lengshuang for now. You, however, took my words as wind, bringing so much trouble to me and the family."
Having been the village chief for so many years, he had never encountered any trouble, yet now it had happened. If it escalated, his life would surely be forfeit.
Luo Yang truly hated Tao Lengshuang, her face contorted with rage. "Father, why don't we ask that person to kill Tao Lengshuang?"
"Without this slut, who in the village would dare to cause trouble."
She could also marry her beloved Brother Mo as she wished.
Hearing this, the village chief slammed his pipe forcefully onto the kang. "Do you think I haven't asked that person for help?"
"Perhaps someone is protecting Tao Lengshuang. All the people sent by that person were dealt with, and I was ordered to handle Tao Lengshuang as soon as possible, or else I would face consequences."
Luo Yang listened, shocked and resentful. "It must be that fat woman Tao Lengshuang, using despicable means to bewitch Brother Mo to help her. She is truly lowly!"
"Child's father, I think Tao Lengshuang must be possessed by a demon."
Mother Luo's face showed a sinister look, her eyes full of calculation. "How can a person change so much? It can only be possession by a demon."
That lowly Tao Lengshuang dared to ruin her daughter's reputation, so she would make her wish she were dead.
The village chief suddenly had a wicked scheme, and also a solution to the village's problems. After this, let's see who would dare to oppose him.
While the village chief's family refused to come out and explain, the villagers dared not force their way in. They could only surround the village chief's house, hoping he would come out soon to resolve the issue.
Just as the village was in an uproar, a Taoist priest arrived at Tao Lengshuang's house.
The arrival of the Taoist priest attracted the attention of many villagers.
Seeing the Taoist priest head straight for Tao Lengshuang's house, the villagers exchanged glances and, somewhat afraid, retreated a few steps.
"Halt! Demon, reveal your true form quickly, or this humble Taoist will make you pay!"
The Taoist priest waved his whisk a few times, holding a yellow talisman. As he spun around, he chanted incantations.
Coincidentally, Tao Lengshuang opened the door and walked out, holding Xiao Feng's hand, preparing to go up the mountain to gather things.
"Demon!"
The Taoist priest raised his hand and splashed the prepared black dog blood towards Tao Lengshuang. "Demon, take your life! This humble Taoist will no longer tolerate you harming people!"
Tao Lengshuang, who had been training for many days, quickly scooped up Xiao Feng and dodged with great speed.
"Where did this mad Taoist come from, shouting nonsense at my doorstep?"
Seeing the black dog blood all over the ground, Tao Lengshuang was furious. Black dog blood was smelly and difficult to clean, wasting so much water.
The Taoist priest did not expect her to dodge. He pointed at her with his whisk. "Audacious demon, you have been causing havoc in this village for days. Today, this humble Taoist will eliminate evil for the people!"
Just as Tao Lengshuang was about to say something, she was preempted by the village chief and others who had rushed over.
"What!? Tao Lengshuang is a demon?"
The village chief, with a look of fear, glanced at Tao Lengshuang, then turned to plead with the Taoist priest. "Reverend, please, you must eliminate this evil for the people. You don't know, this demon has been committing evil deeds in our village, sowing discord, and harming countless people."
The Tao family, arriving a step behind, cried their hearts out.
"My poor daughter, her body has been occupied by a demon. I fear she won't even have a chance to reincarnate."
"No wonder my sister's behavior has been so strange these days. It turns out her body was occupied by a demon. Demon, you killed my sister, and I will avenge her with my life."
The villagers pointed and whispered fearfully.
"So, Tao Lengshuang's body was occupied by a demon. It's no wonder her changes have been so great, and she knows medicine."
"Hey, hey, hey, you say, was the Pillar family controlled by Tao Lengshuang, this demon, that they listened to her so obediently?"
"Hiss~~ We should stay away from the Pillar family from now on, lest we be harmed by them."
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Aunt Shen Er's family, who had rushed over, protected Tao Lengshuang and her son.
"I think you people are itching for a beating."
Madam Liu fiercely rolled up her sleeves, looking ready to fight. "Just because a Taoist priest, who appeared from nowhere, said something, you believe it?"
"If the Mo family were truly demons, would you still be living peacefully? Given what the village chief's family did to her, would she allow the village chief's family to live?"
The village chief roared, "Madam Liu, I think your entire family has been bewitched by the demon, to the point of speaking for this demon."
Just as Madam Liu was about to say something, Tao Lengshuang stopped her.
Tao Lengshuang asked Aunt Shen Er to help take care of Xiao Feng, and slowly walked towards the village chief.
Her imposing figure and ice-cold demeanor made the village chief instinctively retreat.
"You... demon, what are you doing?"
The village chief quickly pleaded with the Taoist priest for help. "Reverend, save me quickly, kill this demon."
The Taoist priest immediately began to cast spells, shouting, "Demon, stop immediately, or I will make you pay."
Saying that, he threw several burning talismans at Tao Lengshuang and then rummaged through the cloth bag he carried.
Tao Lengshuang dodged with a flash and threw a handful of medicinal powder at the Taoist priest, then kicked the village chief to the ground.
"Village chief, I warned you long ago not to provoke me, but you didn't take it to heart."
The village chief rolled on the ground a few times and was helped up by Mother Luo and Luo Yang.
"You, you demon, how dare you injure someone in public."
Luo Yang's eyes were full of resentment, and she retreated with fear on her face. "With the Reverend here today, you will surely be captured."
Tao Lengshuang sneered, playing with the packets of medicinal powder. "Capture me?"
"Are you sure it's not me who will capture you?"
Luo Yang was very afraid of the current Tao Lengshuang, and repeatedly urged the Taoist priest to capture the demon, and also asked the villagers to beat Tao Lengshuang.
However, the villagers were afraid of Tao Lengshuang, this demon, and also feared the medicinal powder in her hands. No one dared to step forward, all trembling and backing away, afraid of falling victim to an accident.
Seeing this scene, Tao Lengshuang did not show the slightest emotional fluctuation, contemplating how to deal with the village chief's family.
Just then, the Taoist priest fell to the ground with a scream.
"It hurts so much, it hurts so much!"
He kept scratching himself, drawing streaks of blood. "Please give me the antidote, it really hurts, I'm in so much pain, please give me the antidote."
Tao Lengshuang showed no pity for the Taoist priest, only finding him extremely hateful. If she had not been calm enough and had a solution, she, who was slandered as a demon, would have been burned to death by the villagers.
This Taoist priest, for his own benefit, disregarded human lives. This bit of pain was merely to offset the sins he had committed.
"It has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with me. It was your village chief who spent two taels of silver and asked me to slander you as a demon."
In order to get the antidote and to save his life, the Taoist priest hastily confessed everything.