Su Jiu had also gleaned quite a bit of information from the villagers' conversations.
What she could confirm was that all four disciples from the Enforcement Hall and the Shadow Pavilion had appeared in the Village. No one could clearly explain where they had gone, however. Almost everyone merely said they had seen them, with nothing more to offer.
In the end, Yang Guo asked the question on Su Jiu's mind. "So does anyone actually know where they are now?"
Someone stared at the pile of valuables by Yang Guo's feet and said hesitantly, "They should still be in the Village. After all, no one saw them leave..."
At that, someone else hurriedly added, "Our Village isn't big. You can go in and look for yourselves! But if you want to enter, you'll have to give us half your valuables first."
As for whether they ultimately found anyone, what did that have to do with him? Surely they wouldn't snatch everything back afterward? Greed flickered in the man's eyes as he spoke.
The other villagers seemed to have been blinded by the valuables too, for not a single one objected.
Su Jiu found this even stranger. Earlier, they had seemed determined to bar the group's way and never let them into the Village. Yet now they had yielded so quickly for the sake of valuables?
Yang Guo, however, had no objections. She handed over half the items without the slightest hint of heartache on her face.
Then again, things used by mortals were of little use to cultivators in the first place. Yang Guo only carried these items out of habit.
As a disciple of the Enforcement Hall, she inevitably encountered all sorts of people. They could not simply attack mortals, so they could only entice them with benefits.
Fortunately,