"The Snake Lord has cultivated for thousands of years and holds a lofty status," he said. "He has condescended to visit your village not to harm you mere mortals."

Upon hearing this, the villagers felt a chill they did not understand.

As if that were not enough, Liu Xianzhi added a phrase, "Be careful not to offend the Snake Lord, or it won't concern him what happens to you."

At this, the faces of the villagers all changed.

In a panic, they ran up to Yu Longting and knelt down all at once, "Snake Lord, we should not have doubted the Snake Sect."

"If we have shown any disrespect to you and the Lady, we beg you to forgive our ignorance."

...

Yu Longting halted his pace, his heavy gaze dark and inscrutable.

Liu Xianzhi snorted lightly, picking at them critically, "You bumpkins don't even know the cause of Snake Scales disease, yet you start blaming this and that. Not only are you short-sighted, but you also lack integrity."

Though he seemed to be scolding them, he was actually giving them an out.

It was clear that Liu Xianzhi, having accepted disciples from the Horse Immortal in the mortal world, seemed in his heart to favor humans over those biased snakes.

"Yes, yes, Snake Immortal Master speaks truly."

"We will change, we dare not do it again."

"Please, Snake Lord, don't forsake us."

The villagers were trembling, hastily agreeing with Liu Xianzhi's words, for fear that the Snake Sect would indeed abandon their ill-fated village.

I knew that Yu Longting never had a need for "closing the barn door after the horse has bolted," but he also did not stoop to quarrel with ordinary people.

"We still have other matters to attend to, don't block the way here." Before I came down the mountain, I had picked many pomelo leaves and took them out from my sling bag, handing them over to one of the men, "These are pomelo leaves, use them to wipe the scaled areas, it will temporarily get better. If there aren't enough, you can find some yourselves."

"Thank you for the grace of the Lady of the Snake Lord, Madam, you are as beautiful as a celestial being, surpassing Xi Shi and Yang Guifei." With just a few pomelo leaves, they worshipped me as if they owed me everything, bowing deeply.

The flattery they spouted was excessively familiar, almost strain and seemed bizarre...

Finding it awkward, my lips twitched and I waved my hand, "Disperse."

"Eh, where are you going? We'll take you there; in the village, there are still many who misunderstand the Snake Sect." No sooner had they risen, they scurried to stick close to me and Yu Longting, unwilling to leave.

Though none were grievously ill, each had been tainted with some evil aura.

They hurriedly distributed the pomelo leaves among themselves, rolling up their sleeves and pant legs to reveal densely clustered snake scales and began rubbing them with the leaves.

Looking at the snake scales growing on their bodies, the evil aura showed a stark black-purple hue.

The snake scales were thick and deeply embedded, gradually spreading towards their vital channels.

A slight stir arose in my heart, the villagers' Snake Scales disease was far too severe.

Lucky that we came down to the village today, otherwise who knows how many more would have perished overnight.

With a temper that seemed on the verge of an outburst, Liu Xianzhi told them, "If you want to help, go ahead and lead the way. Don't disturb the Lady's peace here anymore."

"Yes, yes~"

The villagers kept saying yes repeatedly.

Along the way, these villagers proved quite helpful.

When the people in the village saw us, not understanding the full situation, they inevitably gossiped and pointed fingers.

The villagers would go over to intimidate them and simultaneously distribute pomelo leaves.

Entering a household, every member of this family was sick.

The house had not been cleaned for a long time and was full of the stench of feces.

Yu Rongling, who had intermittent OCD, could hardly stand such a filthy, messy environment.

Seeing his face turn green, I asked him to wait outside on watch duty.

A heavily pregnant woman lay on a crude wooden bed, her body covered with snake scales.

Her complexion was purplish-blue, and she was barely breathing.

The whole family being sick must have left her uncared for, leading her to not have eaten for at least two or three days, her cheeks hollowed from hunger.

My heart inexplicably ached for her, and I had Liu Xianzhi feed the woman something to eat first.

Unable to find any food in the woman's house and having none himself, Liu Xianzhi took a peach I had in my bag and fed it to the woman.

After eating the peach, the woman slowly began to regain some vital energy.

Yet, she still looked at us with terrified eyes, her lips pale, too frightened to utter a word.

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