But soon, everyone was somewhat surprised to find that the pigsty was quite large, and every pig inside was very fat and ready to be sold.

Mingzhuo: "Take another look."

Fu Xinyue had a bad feeling all along. Suddenly, she shouted at a pig, "Fu Xing! What are you doing here?"

Fu Xing had completely transformed into a pig, with only faint human features remaining on his face. Upon hearing his name, he looked at Fu Xinyue in confusion.

Everyone was stunned. How could a pig have human facial features and expressions?

But soon they discovered that it wasn't just this one, but every single one!

Everyone was so shocked they couldn't speak, and some even shrank back in fear. "What on earth is going on?"

Mingzhuo: "Don't you think wild boar meat is delicious? If you eat wild boar meat, you will slowly become like this."

She paused, then turned to look at Fu Xinyue, "Just how much wild boar meat did Fu Xing eat?"

Fu Xinyue cried out in fear, "So much! He's the kind of person who likes to take advantage of others. He secretly went to the kitchen to steal food the other day, and today he took advantage of the chaos to steal a whole bowl and ate it all. What should I do? I ate so much too. Will I turn into a pig too?"

Some of the diners present were not first-timers, and they all panicked upon hearing this.

Luo Wenxin pondered for a moment and said, "There's an anime where the protagonist's parents ate some unknown food and turned into pigs. There's also a record of this kind of evil magic in *Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio*..."

Gu Xu: "It is the art of creating animals. There are those who can transform humans into animals, and this is called creating animals."

Luo Wenxin awkwardly touched his nose. He was still pondering when Gu Xu gave him the accurate answer.

"Mr. Gu is truly knowledgeable and has a remarkable memory; he is even more impressive than me, a professional folklore researcher."

Gu Xu said calmly, "Professor Luo, you flatter me. I've just been reading some books for leisure."

Qiao Song asked, puzzled, "But what are they trying to do by doing this?"

A thought suddenly popped into his head, and he felt a chill run down his spine.

Mingzhuo pointed at Fu Xinyue, "For her sake."

Fu Xinyue was so frightened that she forgot to cry. "What do you mean?"

Mingzhuo: "Do you feel fetal movement in your belly, like you're pregnant?"

Fu Xinyue was a little embarrassed, "Why are you bringing this up? It doesn't seem to have anything to do with today's events..."

Mingzhuo: "Really nothing to do with it? I heard you say before that the boss invited you to dinner."

Fu Xinyue then remembered this. Right, why was the boss so eager to invite her to dinner? Everyone else had to pay, but she didn't.

Mingzhuo: "That's why they do it; they're also screening. Fu Xing stole and ate a lot of meat, so he quickly turned into a pig. Since they were already stealing food and there was no one in the kitchen, why could you resist eating it?"

"Because a demonic fetus has been planted in your belly, it needs you to continuously supply it with vital energy and essence, so of course we can't let you turn into an animal."

Fu Xinyue's face turned deathly pale instantly, and she said in a trembling voice, "I...I'll get it done tomorrow!"

Mingzhuo shook his head. "I already said it's a ghost fetus. Do you think you can get rid of it using ordinary methods? Besides, it's invisible. Right now, it's just a cloud of yin energy. How can you get rid of it? Even instruments can't detect it."

Qiao Song asked, "Why create such a 'ghost fetus'? What will ultimately happen to the mother?"

Mingzhuo: "When a ghost fetus breaks through the belly during childbirth, how do you think the mother will feel? Of course, she will be drained of her essence and life force, and even her soul will become nourishment for the ghost fetus! Ghost fetuses born in this way have the strength of ghost generals and above, as well as the life force and essence of living people. Even the law enforcement of the underworld has a hard time finding them."

"At the same time, they are extremely cruel and bloodthirsty, often destroying a village as soon as they are born, and are very dangerous."

She spoke calmly, but some images vaguely appeared in her mind: those cunning creatures hiding in the crowd, difficult for cultivators to detect.

In the end, it could even wipe out a city, which shows how terrifying it is.

She paused, then pointed to Fu Xing, "As for him, he is the biological father of the ghost fetus in the human world. After the mother died, he took her place to supply the ghost fetus with essence and nutrients. After that, the continuous replenishment of energy depends on other people."

"After Fu Xing and the others turned into pigs, they voluntarily came to the pigsty, waiting to become the ghost fetuses at the private banquet, to become the power of the ghost fetuses."

It is very difficult for a ghost fetus to be conceived. Not everyone in the pigsty can have a ghost fetus, but they still cannot escape the fate of dying and their souls disappearing.

Gu Xu's face paled slightly: "The Saha sect has a doctrine that after killing the other twin, the whole family divides and eats him."

Mingzhuo nodded. "Yes, it's all about drawing power. Evil arts believe that humans are the most intelligent of all beings, and the power they can draw upon is enormous. That's why there are always evil spirits and crooked paths that want to harm people."

Everyone looked rather grim; they had almost become food for the demons themselves.

What's truly terrifying is that with so many people in this pigsty, who knows how many sinister plots are still brewing outside?

Gu Xu thought for a moment and then suddenly said, "The art of creating animals is actually classified as a type of nightmare art. I wonder if the Nightmare Kingdom and nightmare art are related."

Luo asked, "Perhaps Ye Mei was just a slip of the tongue by Yan Mei?"

Mingzhuo looked at him, "Professor Luo, do you know about the Nightfall Kingdom?"

Luo Wenxin shook her folding fan, as if she had regained her composure and face. "Of course, I am a professor of folklore, specializing in this. I have seen the name of this ancient country in the nooks and crannies of history books before."

Fu Xinyue grabbed Mingzhuo's arm in a panic, "Ruan Mingzhuo, you must save me! I'm still young, I don't want to die!"

These people are just as greedy as she is, so why are they all fine while she has to live and wait to die?

Filled with resentment, she gripped her hand so tightly that the veins almost bulged, nearly going mad. "You must have a way, right? You definitely have a way!"

Gu Xu tugged at her, but couldn't pull her away immediately.

Qiao Song also got anxious and raised his hand to hit her arm hard. "Let go! Are you crazy? Is this how you ask someone for a favor?"

Fu Xinyue's arm was red from being hit, but she still gritted her teeth and refused to let go. "Ruan Mingzhuo, we were classmates, you can't just abandon me! If you really had the ability, wouldn't all this have been avoided if you had given me the talisman back then? You're the one who ruined me! It's all your fault!"

Upon hearing this, Mingzhuo thought, "Great! They're blaming her for this."

She admired this spirit of blaming everything and everyone but never blaming oneself, and hoped that the other person could persevere a little longer and not regret it.

"You know what? Back in the hotel lobby, you and Fu Xing both looked pretty good. Although you had a bit of bad luck, nothing serious happened."

“The real change in your appearance occurred the instant you threw away Pei Di’s amulet. You turned and left right then and there, and I couldn’t even see it when I looked closely.”

Fu Xinyue's face flushed red, then turned pale, then flushed again, but she refused to admit her mistake. "What abilities could Pei Di possibly have..."

In her eyes, Pei Di was always a scoundrel, stupid and with poor grades. How could he compare to a good student like her?