Bai Yujun wanted to stop the village from going to war and fulfill her duty as a sacred beast.
She turned around, rapidly swishing her snake tail as she slithered toward the tower. She barreled through everything in her path, making the villagers bow one after another. By the time they looked up, the sacred beast had vanished.
She ran to the foot of the tower and abruptly stopped before the stairs.
"Ah..."
With a sigh, she turned and left without going upstairs.
What was there to persuade them about? Would that old priest and the shrewd-as-a-fox chieftain really listen to a snake like her? Impossible. Ordinary villagers might not know the sacred beast's true nature, but those two knew perfectly well. They were polite enough on normal days, but that was all based on her obediently serving as their totemic auspicious beast. The moment her opinion conflicted with theirs, they would turn their faces and deny the snake they knew.
Even a snake's strength had its limits. She could not control them. Let them toss themselves about however they pleased.
Then she suddenly remembered something!
Hopefully, they would not dump the dirty water on her when the time came. The sacred beast had just been summoned, and then the village would lose so many people in the blink of an eye. Eighty percent of them would probably gossip behind her back, saying she was not a sacred beast but a beast that brought calamity. Then even if she jumped into an oil cauldron, she would never wash herself clean. No, this had to be dealt with—not for the ancient village, but for her own reputation!
Having made up her mind, she turned around, though she had no idea what she was going to look for...
The meeting atop the