The small house was crowded with all kinds of bottles and jars, and the walls and windows were also hung with them.

The buzzing sound of insects inside the pottery jar made one's scalp tingle.

These were not enough to surprise Chu Mu. He was shocked by the big hole under his feet.

The floor of this room was completely hollowed out, and there was a dark space vertically downwards.

If someone who doesn't know the situation doesn't pay attention, they might miss a step and fall down as soon as they walk in.

There was only less than 20 centimeters of space left for footsteps around the floor of the room, and Fan Ji and Ta Meng stood on that tiny piece of stone step.

Fan Ji was holding an extremely short man in his hand. He hung the man in the air above the hollowed-out ground. If he let go gently, the man would fall down.

"Help, help."

The short man flapped his feet and made a flat sound, like the protagonist of a cartoon Chu Mu had seen.

"Who's instructing you? Tell me!" Although Fan Ji was only eighteen years old, he was still the main god who had lived for countless centuries. When his face turned cold, he looked murderous, and even the genuine God of Killing beside him had to look at him twice.

"I didn't!" the short dwarf cried sincerely, "I was just hiding behind the window and watching you. I was afraid you were ghosts..."

"Heh," Fan Ji sneered and pulled out a bamboo tube from the dwarf's sleeve. "If that's the case, I'll pour this into your mouth."

“No, no, no!” The dwarf’s face suddenly turned pale, and his whole facial features were twisted into a ball. “Good man, good man, if you have something to say, please talk it over nicely. If you have something to say, please talk it over nicely——”

Chu Mu hooked his finger at Fan Ji, and the other side threw the bamboo tube over.

Chu Mu shook the bamboo tube and said, "Huh? Bugs? You want to release bugs on us?"

"..." The little dwarf looked as if he was about to say something but hesitated. "It's not about you, it's mainly about you—"

When Fan Ji heard that it was related to Chu Mu, his murderous intent became even stronger: "What do you want to do?"

He stretched out his arm, as if to throw the man into the deep hole below.

"Please spare me, my good man. I have no choice," the little dwarf said with tears in his eyes. "Today is the last day. If I don't find a wife for the immortal, he will eat my whole family."

Chu Mu pinched the bamboo tube and said, "So you want to use this bug to attack me and then send me to that immortal of yours?"

The little dwarf nodded timidly in acknowledgment.

"What kind of bug is in here?" Chu Mu shook the bamboo tube again.

The little dwarf's eyes flickered: "I'm not sure either..."

Fan Ji didn't say anything and just let go of his hand.

"Ahhh——" The little dwarf had never expected the other party to be so swift. He screamed and fell into the deep hole.

A moment later, Chu Mu heard the sound of someone falling into the water.

"Is there water down there?"

"Yes, it's an underground river that is a tributary of the Songhua River." Fan Ji had truly experienced this era, and he had memorized the entire hydrological and topographic map of the Songhua River basin in his mind.

"You just threw him away like that without asking for any evidence?" Tatar was very unhappy and thought Fan Ji was a fool.

"It's the same if someone else asks." Fan Ji tiptoed and easily crossed the entire hollowed-out ground and landed on a small flight of stone steps opposite. Then he kicked over the porcelain jar next to him, and another short dwarf rolled out of it.

"Please spare my life, sir!"

This dwarf looked almost exactly like the previous one, but he was obviously more aware of the current situation. Before Fan Ji even asked, he told him everything he knew like pouring beans.

"My dear friends, you may not know that a month ago, a monster from the Songhua River came to our town and ate all the girls in the village overnight. The ugly ones were lucky enough to be killed immediately, but the pretty ones were taken to a cave by the monster and tortured day and night."

This story must be true. The little dwarf burst into tears as he told it.

"The girls in this town were all harmed quickly, and the evil creature set its sights on the little kids. We adults couldn't bear to let them go, so we came up with the idea of ​​paying tribute to it, specifically by bringing in outsiders like you..."

Chu Mu really wanted to say, "Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you," but if it were him, he would also put the protection of his relatives first.

Chu Mu signaled Fan Ji to let go of the little dwarf and let him answer properly.

"Did the worm in the bamboo tube come from the strange creature and give it to you?"

"That's right. The monster said that if we see someone particularly beautiful, we shouldn't kill them. Instead, we should let bugs bite them, and then they will obey us."

Chu Mu pinched the bamboo tube and sneered: "It seems that this ghost can still speak human language."

The brothers from Qizhen Sect were surprised and asked, "We've been making such a fuss for a while, why hasn't the ghost made any move yet?"

The little dwarf looked strange: "That ghost... needs to sleep at night."

? ?

What the hell is this?

Chu Mu couldn't help but swear.

Someone from the Qizhen Sect started cursing first: "Damn it! We can't sleep at night, but this ghost sleeps so hard!"

The little dwarf kept looking at the others with his small eyes, and suddenly he knelt down.

"Heroes, you are all capable. Please help me kill the ghost in the town!"

Chu Mu continued to toss the bamboo tube in his hand, his eyes darkening: "Gui, I was going to kill you. What do you say to the outsiders who were harmed by you?"

This dwarf is able to undertake the important task of finding tribute for the Great Ghost. I think he is also a person with some influence in Huaihua Town.

Chu Mu asked him to make a promise, not because he wanted to give justice to those unfortunate strangers, but mainly because he was concerned about Lao Ba's instructions.

Gaining the favor of important people can help Lao Ba level up, and all the signs after the upgrade indicate that it was Hongliu who opened up this right to it.

Now Lao Ba is a living guide in the fight against the temple, and Chu Mu has to quickly improve his favorability.

These people in the martial arts world like to help others when they see injustice. If Chu Mu does this, he will definitely gain more favor.

The dwarf bit his lip and said, "We don't know the details of those outsiders..."

He looked at Chu Mu tentatively and said, "Everyone in Huaihua Town makes a lot of money. If you kill Gui, we will take the money..."

"Who wants your dirty money!" The brothers of Qizhenmen shouted angrily.

Chu Mu's mouth twitched, and he tried his best to maintain a calm tone:

"Originally, we killed the ghost out of loyalty, but seeing that you are really unhappy, after the deed is done, how many people in your town will each pay ten taels of silver."

Ten taels of silver is not a small amount, but if the other party can really kill the ghost in the town, he may be able to make the money back by brewing wine in the future.

"Okay." The little dwarf agreed with his fist clenched.

"Also," Chu Mu's expression turned extremely cold, "Find out whether the parents of the people you killed are still alive and give them fifty taels of silver as compensation to each of their families. Can you do that?"

{Mumumumu, the favorability of the Qizhenmen disciples has been maxed out! One hundred percent!}

Before the little dwarf could agree, Old Eight started shouting excitedly.