From the surrounding villagers, an old man that was around fifty years old walked out. His body was lean and lean, and he could have a pair of eyes that were as sharp as a god's.

The old man slowly walked in front of me, saying with a worried look on his face: "Little Heavenly Master, the matter is like this …"

After the news of the Demon King on Thunderclap Mountain being killed was spread out, the villagers and hunters who had left came back one after another and gradually formed a new village. The existence that I am in is also just at the beginning of construction, and the old man in front of me is the village chief.

The village was newly built, the villagers were busy but happy, building houses, repairing farmland, drilling water, etc.

Just a few days ago, Liu San's group of four or five villagers found a place at the foot of Thunderclap Mountain that was rich in water sources. After working hard for several days, they finally managed to get some water out from underground.

At that time, Liu San and the others were very scared. They ran back to the village in a fluster and told everyone about this without even taking the drilling tools.

At first, the villagers didn't think much of it, thinking that it was due to the color of the soil. However, on the second day, the villagers suddenly fell into a coma, as if they had a serious illness and were sweating non-stop.

Amongst these people, Liu San was the only one who didn't have anything to do, he ate and drank the same as before.

After the village chief said this, he let out a long sigh and said, "Ai! Seeing that even the Little Heavenly Master had just recovered from his illness, I should not have come to trouble you again, but … This matter is too strange, so this old man can only muster up the courage to come and beg you. "

"Little Heavenly Master, please be merciful and help us." The villagers pleaded.

I looked towards Qing Qing. She nodded her head slightly, indicating that I should accept the villagers' request.

"Alright, I will do my best to help you find out about this." I told the Village Chief, "First, get everyone to go back to their homes. Then, call that person called Liu San over. There are some questions that we need to ask him."

"Thank you, Little Heavenly Master." All the villagers thanked him gratefully, almost falling to their knees to kowtow. Of course, I was not a God Tier Consolidating Equipment Master, and couldn't bear the kowtowing ceremony.

Under the arrangements of the village head, the villagers said their goodbyes to me one by one. Very soon, everyone in the house had left, and the village head also bowed towards me and said, "Please wait a moment Little Heavenly Master. Liu San will be here shortly."

The village chief and I sat opposite each other. In the middle of the table was a rectangular wooden table. Qing Qing poured two cups of boiling water and placed it on the table without my permission.

I slowly drank a mouthful of water and asked the village head, "Are all the villagers that were previously moved away?"

"No, only a small part of them are the original villagers. Most of them were moved here from other villages within a hundred miles." At this point, the Village Chief suddenly looked at me and asked, "Little Heavenly Master, you don't think that it was the villagers who did this, right?"

"Village Chief, I am not a cultivator. You can just call me Little Tian." I awkwardly smiled and continued, "I was just casually asking about the situation in the village. I hope that you don't think too much about it."

"Sigh, we've just built our village and we've already encountered such a thing. For the villagers, this is a kind of panic and must be solved as soon as possible. Otherwise, this village will be disbanded before it can be named."

Actually, I am very clear about the Village Head's feelings. To think that these wandering villagers, without their own village, would not even have a real home anywhere, it would be like temporarily living in someone else's territory.

I indicated for the Village Chief to drink some tea, then asked about Liu San's situation. This Liu San was not the original resident, and according to him, he moved here from a village sixty li away.

"What kind of people are there in the Liu family?"

The village chief shook his head and said, "Liu San moved here alone. I heard from him that his family was killed while hunting in the mountains. Only Liu San was lucky enough to escape and moved here from his village."

I was just trying to get a general idea of Liu San's personal affairs, but I didn't expect him to be the only one who managed to escape from the calamity that had befallen his family. Was he really lucky?

Before I obtained conclusive evidence, I could only guess in my heart that no one could say for sure about the matters of the world. Perhaps it was due to Liu San's luck, so I did not tell this thought to the Village Head.

Bang Bang Bang

"Village Head, it's Liu San."

The village chief looked at me and I nodded. Then, the village chief replied, "I'm here. You can come in."

The door was pushed open, and a strong man walked in. He looked to be in his early twenties, dressed in close-fitting cloth. He had a square face, thick eyebrows, and big eyes. He looked like a decent person.

However, anxiety flashed across his eyes from time to time, especially when he looked at me. He seemed to be avoiding me, as if he was afraid that I would see through him.

I didn't point it out. Instead, I pulled over a chair and gestured for Liu San to sit down. Qing Qing poured another cup of water and placed it in front of him.

"You're Liu San, right? Can you tell me what happened during the drilling?" I tried to keep my tone as calm as possible.

"We searched for a lot of places, and finally found a place with abundant water source. But when we got the water out, we found that the water was red, and we were very scared, so we ran back to the village in a hurry."

The Village Head had already said all that Liu San had said. From those words, I really can't see anything wrong with it.

I knew something about drilling, too, and I thought it was fun to be drilling in the home of Pear Tree Village, so I followed behind the drilling crew and saw the new wells come out with other colors of water, which was not surprising.

The water flowing out of the well wasn't clear. The main reason was that there was a problem with the underground rock stratum. As long as the water flowed out for a while longer, it would slowly recover.

So, drilling red well water alone doesn't mean anything.

"Liu San, don't be sad yet. Calm down and think carefully. Do you have any details that you missed?"

Liu San frowned as he shook his head, "There's nothing else. I've already said everything that needs to be said. If there's anything strange, it's that when we were drilling, we encountered an extremely hard rock stratum and almost gave the drill bit to the owner."

"Okay, that's enough. Liu San, you go back first."

After sending Liu San away, I said to the Village Head, "Village Head, arrange a few able-bodied villagers to follow me to the drill hole to take a look tomorrow."

"Alright, I'll go back later to pick out the contestants. Just send me a message when we're leaving tomorrow." With that, the Village Head waved and left.

I sat there alone, my mind full of this strange thing, and though there was nothing suspicious about it as far as I knew, I kept feeling that something was wrong, and I couldn't quite put my finger on it.