Was it because the truth was hidden too deeply and she just didn't have enough experience to see through it?
"None of you have ever seen her?" Su Yanke scanned everyone one by one. Suddenly, her gaze paused. There were a few people in the crowd whose eyes were shifting uneasily and their faces were pale.
"But I somehow feel like I've seen you talking with her somewhere before," Su Yanke said suddenly, looking straight at the person who seemed the most flustered.
Everyone's eyes in the crowd immediately focused on that person. This, invisibly, added a great deal of pressure on him. His psychological defense was already weak, and he immediately let something slip.
"No, no, no. It wasn't me. We've never even met..."
As soon as he said this, his face turned ashen. It was obvious that he knew her.
The "person" tied up by Su Yanke had always been very calm, like a stagnant pool of water, showing no reaction at all. Even when being pointed out in public now, he still had a deadpan expression.
"Er Gou, do you really know her?"
The village head frowned upon hearing this. After all, as the village head, he still had his authority. As soon as he spoke, the person named Er Gou confessed everything.
It turned out that this "person" had always contacted them unilaterally. At that time, they didn't know why they were so bewitched. They just did whatever she told them to do. Now, when they thought about it, they didn't know why they had been so obedient.
"What did she tell you to do?"
"She... she..." Er Gou's eyes dodged as he looked at Su Yanke, and his words were hesitant.
The village head gave an order. "Er Gou, at this point, you'd better confess everything truthfully!"
"She told us to frame Miss Su as the River God's bride..."
"Nonsense! Utter nonsense!"
The village head was so angry that his beard was crooked. His hand on the wheelchair was pounding on the armrest, making a clattering sound.
"But... our Shengyuan Lake really isn't the same as before!"
As soon as these words were said, the scene fell silent. Indeed, although they had wronged Su Yanke, there were truly abnormal phenomena in Shengyuan Lake. What should they do?
Everyone looked at each other, and panic set in. Some even looked at Su Yanke with suspicion. Was this really not caused by her?
Su Yanke already knew how to restore Shengyuan Lake, so she said to the clan chief, "Clan chief, I have a way to restore Shengyuan Lake to its original state. If you trust me, please let me give it a try!"
The way everyone looked at Su Yanke immediately changed. There were looks of doubt, worry, and disdain, but there was no trust.
The clan chief had never had any contact with Su Yanke before. He had only heard about her at home. So, he wasn't very sure about Su Yanke's words. However, looking at Su Yanke, he had an intuition that she might really be able to do it!
"Okay, then I'll have to trouble Miss Su! On behalf of our clan, I'd like to thank Miss Su for your help. Whether it succeeds or not, we'll remember this favor!"
Su Yanke had said what she needed to say and proven what she needed to prove. After the crowd dispersed, Su Yanke finally started to pay attention to the "person" she had tied up.
Her skin seemed to be that of an old person on the verge of death, but her hair was as black, shiny, and smooth as that of a young girl. It looked rather strange.
"What's your name? Are you also from this clan?"
"..."
"Why did you target me?"
"..."
No matter what Su Yanke asked, that person just remained silent.
Su Yanke didn't have much patience. She directly shortened the rope. That person frowned immediately because her physical abilities were sealed.
"I don't have much patience. If you don't want to talk, then never talk."
That person was sweating cold sweat from the pain due to poor blood circulation, but still remained silent.
"Since you're not willing to talk, then don't blame me!"
The rope tightened even more. Su Yanke noticed that the "person"'s eyes were constantly glancing around, as if waiting for something.
Was it an accomplice?
Or the person behind her?
Just when that person was being strangled to the point where it was difficult to breathe, the face that was just skin finally showed a change. Panic set in. Just when Su Yanke was about to loosen the rope a bit, that person's expression suddenly froze.
Su Yanke frowned and quickly squatted down to loosen the rope.
That "person" was dead!
She died right in front of Su Yanke's eyes. Su Yanke had always been controlling the strength of the rope. That strength was not enough to cause death at all. It would only give people an illusion that they were about to die.
So, Su Yanke was very surprised when she found that the "person" was dead.
Su Yanke untied the rope and carefully examined the "person"'s body. Suddenly, a very familiar feeling flashed behind her.
Su Yanke suddenly turned around, but there was nothing there.
"What's wrong?"
Yuan Hexiao also started to carefully observe the surrounding situation, fearing that the same evil hand would appear again.
Su Yanke noticed Yuan Hexiao's nervousness and didn't want him to be too tense, so she said, "It's okay. I'm just being a bit sensitive."
Now that the only clue was broken, Su Yanke could only go and solve the problem of Shengyuan Lake first. She would have to investigate this matter slowly later. She didn't believe that the person behind the scenes would never show their true colors.
Su Yanke found a proper place to arrange the "person" and then went to Shengyuan Lake with Yuan Hexiao.
There were a lot of people around Shengyuan Lake. Everyone was very anxious, with worried expressions on their faces. They only glanced at Su Yanke when she arrived. They didn't have much trust in this extremely beautiful woman.
Actually, in their hearts, they still somewhat believed that marrying the River God could save them. So, when Su Yanke said that she could solve the problem, they didn't really care because they simply didn't believe her.
Su Yanke walked to the place where she had fallen into the water that day and took the bucket that Yuan Hexiao was carrying.
Then, in full view of everyone, she activated her spiritual power to activate the soul fragments of the Spirit Deer in the transparent fish's body, in order to summon the other scattered soul fragments.
"Damn it! What the hell am I seeing!?"
"Is this really not a magic show?"
"Is this fish swimming in the air? It's actually floating in mid - air!"
The director originally only wanted to have that one live - broadcast for publicity purposes. But after he ended it, the netizens kept urging him to start another one. They wanted to see the follow - up. Well, free traffic was too good to pass up, so of course he started another one!
As soon as he did, it made it onto the hot search list several times in just a few minutes. Now, the director's eyes were shining when he looked at Su Yanke. She was simply a walking traffic magnet!
With Su Yanke, would they still have to worry about ratings?
He had already made up his mind. From now on, he was going to cling to Su Yanke. In the program, he must build a good relationship with her. The next program would then have hope.
Su Yanke didn't pay any attention to these complicated things at all, and she certainly wouldn't worry about them. She just wanted to save the Spirit Deer now.
It had to be said that with the help of the purple copper coin, the operation was very efficient. Soon, a soul that was only half the size of a fist had become as big as two fists.
Su Yanke's attention was now completely focused on the soul in front of her, so she ignored Yuan Hexiao's situation behind her.
Yuan Hexiao's fists hanging on both sides of his body were clenched so tightly that they were turning white. There were already cold sweats on his forehead. It seemed that he was enduring some great pain.
Yuan Hexiao had felt a faint burning sensation on his back when he left the clan chief's house. But in order not to worry Su Yanke, he didn't show it.
Before, when Yuan Hexiao was looking for Su Yanke, his back had also burned. He had also looked at it in the mirror while taking a bath and didn't see anything abnormal, so he didn't say anything. Now that it was burning again, Yuan Hexiao thought it was just temporary. He didn't expect it to get hotter and hotter, to the point where his skin was starting to hurt and go numb.
What Yuan Hexiao didn't know was that at the same time, the back of a person who looked extremely similar to him between the eyebrows was also burning.
"Have you finally awakened, my elder brother?" the white - robed man said playfully, but his voice sounded extremely vicious. There was a very complex emotion in it, including longing, jealousy, and a hint of killing intent.
A flash of red light passed through the white - robed man's eyes. "Brother, we'll meet soon!"
On the other side, the stabbing pain on Yuan Hexiao's back suddenly disappeared, and the burning area returned to normal.
"A Xiao, A Xiao, look! It's back! They're all back!"
As soon as Yuan Hexiao heard Su Yanke's voice, he immediately responded. When he looked up, he saw a large mass of cyan light shining in the air, slowly forming a pattern like a squirrel.
Su Yanke suddenly slapped her head. "Oh, I'm so happy that I'm dizzy. I forgot that you can't see these things!"
"...Actually, I..."
Yuan Hexiao wanted to say that he could see now, but he himself was confused about this sudden ability to see. So, he paused before speaking and said somewhat uncertainly.
Su Yanke was extremely excited at this moment and didn't hear what Yuan Hexiao said. All her attention was on the Spirit Deer.
After the cyan light slowly faded, a familiar figure appeared in front of Su Yanke.
The Spirit Deer was back!
Su Yanke's eyes were a bit moist as she looked at the newly - born Spirit Deer. She carefully put the Spirit Deer back to the bottom of the lake to recuperate. After all this was over, Su Yanke took out a scroll from her bag.
Su Yanke slowly unfurled the scroll, and a blessing picture came into view.
"What's that? She's been standing there for so long, just staring at that fish. What's the use? Has the lake surface changed at all?"
"Yeah, can you see any changes now? And now she's looking at a painting. What on earth is she doing?"
At this moment, there were also all kinds of questions in the live - broadcast room.
"Is this the Su Yanke that you've been praising to the skies? What is she doing? Performing exorcism rituals? That's so unprofessional!"
"At least when others perform exorcism rituals, they jump around a bit. Look at her. She just stared at that fish the whole time. Although I don't know how that fish was floating in the air, it must be an illusion. It's not that amazing. Is it really worth being on the hot search?"