The old man's Buddha Beads on his wrist.
Qin Zheng had never seen them before.
But he could sense the lingering presence of the Chongming Monk on the beads!
That is to say, those Buddha Beads belonged to the Chongming Monk!
No wonder the monk had not returned to Black Goose City, and why Qin Zheng had not detected his presence in the bandits' lair.
It turned out he had come here...
At the same time, on his Heart Sea, new words emerged on the Merit Scroll.
[Qiu Qian, Beast-Taming Slave, burdened with sin, kill for a reward of five taels and eight maces of merit!]
Qin Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly; the villagers confronting him with tridents did not trigger any words to appear on the Merit Scroll.
Which meant that those villagers were not sinners deserving death.
On the contrary, it was this scolding, benevolently faced, elderly village chief who was the one truly deserving to be killed!
This was also the reason why Qin Zheng had decided to come and have a look.