Someone Had Arrived

Faced with someone who had suddenly appeared in Oxheart Village out of nowhere, Li Huowang was naturally full of suspicion.

"Li Sui, help me probe into his background."

"Okay, Dad."

Several of Li Sui's tentacles flew over and swiftly dragged the ragged man out of the kitchen.

Those tentacles then bored directly into him through his seven orifices, thoroughly feeling out every last detail of his insides and outsides.

And beneath the moonlight that had just risen, Li Huowang made out the man's face.

He was a stubble-faced man, but he looked exceptionally haggard and thin. Every rib showed clearly beneath his tattered clothes, and he had hidden a small pumpkin and two sweet potatoes in his arms.

"Urgh—" The man hunched over as Li Sui's tentacles slowly withdrew from his body.

"Dad, he's human. There's nothing else planted inside him, either. There are some clumps in his stomach; he should just be an ordinary person."

Seeing how miserable the other man looked, Li Huowang finally lowered his guard. If someone had gone to such painstaking lengths to infiltrate Oxheart Village just to steal a few sweet potatoes, he simply did not believe it.

Li Huowang sheathed the Spine Sword behind his back, then asked the man, "What did you come to Oxheart Village for?"

"I-I'm fleeing famine! I have nothing to eat, I'm starving! Great Immortal, please spare me this once! I'm really about to starve to death! I won't dare do it again!" The man lay prone on the ground, shivering so hard he did not dare raise his head.

Seeing that everyone else had gathered around, Li Huowang scanned the crowd for a few breaths before pointing at Gouwa, who was watching the commotion. "Handle it. Once he's full, whether he leaves or stays is up to