Piercing screams echoed through the village, those people writhing on the ground in agony.

They tried to shake the snakes off their bodies, but to no avail.

The ground was mottled with blood seeping from their wounds, inflicted by the toxic snakes.

Many villagers, alerted by the noise, came over, and the crowd surged nearby.

Despite some friction between the Snake Tribe and the villagers, there were many devotees of the Snake Tribe among them.

Hearing of our identities, they needed no further explanations.

They unconditionally dropped to their knees in worship, with not a single one pleading for the lecher's life.

This was a stark contrast to the betrayal I had faced in that woman's house just moments before.

It was as if that was then, and this was now.

My heart was touched by everyone's devoutness, and seeing Yu Longting maintaining a cold facade, I spoke on his behalf, "Everyone, please stand up. The Snake Lord will not blame you..."

Amidst the grateful voices of the crowd, as they were just starting to get up, someone blurted out, "I never imagined the Lady of the Snake Lord... to be this ugly. I always thought she must be an extreme beauty to have caught the Snake Lord's eye."

"Who dares to call my sister-in-law ugly?" Yu Rongling was the sort who would explode at the slightest provocation, and he was fiercely protective of me.

The air went silent in a second, and the villagers fell deathly quiet.

Only a fool would dare stand out and admit to this at such a time.

I couldn't just let Yu Rongling bite someone just because they spoke an ugly truth, "Stop it, what they're saying is the hard truth. Am I supposed to forbid people from speaking just because I'm ugly?"

"But sister-in-law, you are actually very beautiful…" Yu Rongling said, chastened and hanging his head low, sounding wronged.

I waved my hand, unconcerned, "No matter if I was beautiful or ugly before, it's just a shell, after all. You don't need to take it to heart, there, there, good boy."

Anyway, I could revert back after drinking the medicine.

Why bother about others' opinions here?

Baby Rongling was even more easily soothed than Yu Longting; a couple of gentle coos calmed him right down.

He pouted, haughtily saying, "I'm only letting it go for your sake, sister-in-law. What are you two looking at?"

Hearing Yu Rongling's words, I turned to look at Qiu Yuchuan.

He stared blankly at my ugly face, a complete absence of expression on his serpentine face.

Poor thing, I guess Qiu Yuchuan and his master Liu Xianzhi had all along thought I was a great beauty.

Little did they know that my looks were a blight on the eyes, and now that they knew the truth, their mindsets were bound to crumble.

Qiu Yuchuan scratched his head, hastily diverting his gaze, "No, nothing."

Watching the villagers, who were kneeling tremblingly under Yu Rongling's intimidation.

I sighed, unable to think of any words to comfort these villagers, "Yu Longting, let's go."

"Okay," Yu Longting, like me, didn't care a bit and took my hand to leave.

Behind us, Liu Xianzhi had already begun beseeching Yu Rongling with the method of universal salvation, "Second Master, could you please take back the snakes from those five people? It's not that I want to let them off lightly, I just think that since they are villagers here, any punishment should be decided by the village itself?"

Yu Rongling was not one to be easily persuaded, "Xiao Zhizhi, your tricks don't work on me. Daring to covet my woman, I will not let them off! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll kill you."

"Rongling, hurry up and follow," I glanced back at Yu Rongling, giving him a sharp look, leaving the rest for him to interpret.

Yu Rongling certainly got my meaning instantly, although very reluctantly.

He obediently retracted the colorful venomous snakes crawling over those men, and also "kindly" neutralized the snake venom in them.

Then, the group that had attempted to harm Xiao Shenshen was tied up by the villagers and taken away for punishment.

Yu Rongling caught up, his face eager to please, practically transforming his body into a serpentine form, zealously wagging his tail, "Sister-in-law, how did I do? You didn't even have to say it, I knew you couldn't bear to see those five villains suffer, so despite your discomfort, you retracted all the snakes."

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