Chapter 237 The Village Chief’s Invitation

The story of Lei Changxing and his partner soon spread throughout the village. As the village chief, he naturally would not easily believe such rumors, but with many villagers testifying, he had no choice but to arrest Lei Changxing and his partner first.

Afterwards, the village chief ordered many experts in the village to search for Lei Changxing and the other man, while he wanted to go and meet Zhou Chen in person. When he arrived at the door of Li Xiuhua's house, he smelled the aroma of meat.

The village chief hesitated for a moment and pushed the door open and walked in. The moment he walked into the yard, Zhou Chen had already noticed him. Zhou Chen, who was chatting with Li Xiuhua, turned around and looked outside the house.

"You guys continue eating, someone is looking for me, I'll go take a look," and then he walked out.

Seeing Zhou Chen coming out, the village chief bowed and said, "Xinghua Village Chief Shen Lian greets you, senior."

He didn't believe in any talk of gods, but since the villagers spoke of Zhou Chen as being so powerful, it seemed that Zhou Chen was a man with some abilities. Now that he couldn't detect Zhou Chen's ability, there could only be one conclusion, that is, this guy's strength was far beyond his own.

"What is the village chief doing? Hurry up."

At this time, Li Xiuhua also came out, "The village chief is here, please come in." Li Xiuhua's situation was special, and Shen Lian usually hated him a little, but now that Zhou Chen was here, Shen Lian did not dare to get angry. He smiled and nodded and then walked in.

"Xiuhua, I have something to discuss with Master Zhou, so you and Qing'er please step aside."

Upon hearing this, Li Xiuhua immediately took Qing'er out of the house.

"I don't know why the village chief wants to talk to me?"
The village chief thought for a while and said, "I don't know how Lei Changxing offended you, senior, that you have to treat him like this."

Zhou Chen smiled slightly. He didn't expect that Shen Lian could see it clearly. "I am not targeting him. Although I used some tricks, the two of them have been targeted by a big monster. If they don't leave the village, it will bring disaster to the village."

Shen Lian frowned, and Zhou Chen could see that he still had some doubts about him, "Okay, I admit that they provoked me, so I want them to pay the price for it. Of course, if you, the village chief, have the strength to deal with a sixth-grade monster, then you can save both of them."

Upon hearing about the sixth-grade monster, Shen Lian's body trembled, and then he seemed to have thought of something and said, "You are lying. Our village has never encountered a sixth-grade monster. Not only us, but also the surrounding villages have never encountered one."

“Just because it didn’t happen before doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen now.”

After saying that, Zhou Chen walked out of the yard directly and no longer paid attention to Shen Lian. Zhou Chen came to the yard to play with Xiaoqing. Although Li Xiuhua was confused, she did not ask Zhou Chen anything.

About ten minutes later, the village chief walked out of the yard. He looked very unhappy when he left. When he returned, Lei Changxing and the other two had been caught and were waiting for the village chief to come back and deal with them.

"Village chief, you have to believe us. That Zhou Chen is spreading rumors to confuse the people."

"Okay, shut up." The village chief was very confused at this time. He didn't know whether he should believe Zhou Chen's words.

Seeing that the village chief was slow to speak, the villagers urged him, "The village chief doesn't have much time left, make a decision quickly."

"Forget it. It's better to believe it than not. Xinghua Village can't afford the risk." He then looked at Lei Changxing and the other man and said, "You two will sacrifice yourself." Then he had them driven out of the village and sent four ninth-rank warriors to follow them. If they dared to come back secretly, they would be killed on the spot.

Afterwards, no matter how much they begged, it was useless. They were driven out of the village by the villagers. They dared not go back even though there were experts following them. Before they left, the village chief said that if they could stay outside for two days without any problem, they could return to the village and be rewarded with three pounds of tiger meat. After doing all this, the village chief changed into clean clothes and walked towards Li Xiuhua's house again.

Zhou Chen was playing with Xiaoqing and was thinking about how to get the Space Escape. It would definitely not work if he took it by force. He learned from Xiaoqing that the thing was a gift from his father to his mother. Her father had an accident two years ago and it was his mother's only thought now.

Zhou Chen was just thinking about what he could use to switch back to the space escape mode when he came to the gate of the courtyard again, with many villagers following him in scattered groups.

The village chief came to the yard and bowed to Zhou Chen, calling him "Senior". Xiaoqing was so scared when he saw this scene that he immediately ran back home. In his impression, the village chief has always been a high-ranking figure and had never greeted anyone in this way.

Zhou Chen turned around in confusion and asked, "Village Chief, why are you here again?"
"I have driven those two out of the village."

"Oh, really? Okay, I get it, you can go now."

"Senior, I have some wine at home. Please do me the honor of having a drink."

Zhou Chen thought for a while and said, "In that case, please lead the way." Shen Lian was delighted and made a gesture of invitation. When the villagers saw Zhou Chen coming out with the village chief, they had originally surrounded the entrance, but at this moment they all consciously made way and stood respectfully on both sides with their heads down, not daring to look at Zhou Chen.

The wine was an old wine that the village chief had collected for many years, and the dishes were made by an eighth-grade tiger demon. Zhou Chen sat down without hesitation and started eating. The village chief did not show any strangeness about this. After all, as a warrior, he knew that the stronger the strength, the bigger the appetite.

The village chief did not pick up his chopsticks and kept refilling Zhou Chen's glass of wine. After Zhou Chen had eaten and drunk his fill, Zhou Chen spoke and said, "Tell me what you want to talk to me about."

"Those two seniors have been driven away by me, do you know where that sixth-grade monster is?"
"You can rest assured about this. The monster is targeting those two people. It has nothing to do with you. Don't worry, it won't cause you trouble in the short term."

"what".

"Haha, I know what you are worried about. Don't worry, I will kill it with my own hands and get rid of this scourge for you."

The village chief was delighted to hear this and immediately raised his glass to Zhou Chen. The two of them drank it all in one gulp. Zhou Chen then asked, "I want to know why the villagers treated Li Xiuhua and her son like that?"
After hearing what Zhou Chen said, the village chief thought that Zhou Chen was interested in Li Xiuhua, and immediately said, "If the senior likes Xiuhua, I can decide to marry her to you."

Zhou Chen immediately spat out the half-drunk wine he had just drunk, spraying it all over the village chief's face. The village chief was so frightened that he dared not say a word. He smiled and silently wiped the wine off his face with his sleeve.

"Village chief, you misunderstood, I'm just curious."

Then the village chief told her what had happened. It turned out that a few years ago, Xiaoqing's father secretly brought an eighth-grade monster in human form into the village. At that time, the monster was injured, and Xiaoqing's father secretly healed it for three months. During these three months, the villagers had no problems with their magic.

Until one night, the monster became ferocious, secretly left his home and ate children from several families in the village. Only then was it discovered. At that time, I and many masters in the village were unable to subdue it. In the end, Xiaoqing's father fought to the death and seriously injured the monster. Only then did we work together to kill it.

Although it was all thanks to Xiaoqing's father that time, he was the one who brought the monster back after all. Otherwise, what happened later would not have happened. At that time, the families who lost their children were not convinced and wanted them to pay with their lives. Finally, after Xiaoqing's father's pleading, they agreed to let his wife and children go.

However, he had to pay with his life, and in the end he used his death to gain the forgiveness of the villagers.

(End of this chapter)