Aftermath

Although the ability to shrink objects was somewhat troublesome, in the end they used Shrinking Gas to shrink all the pots, bowls, and utensils several times over, then packed them into an embroidered pouch.

After all, this was currently the most convenient and most miraculous ability Owl and Sa possessed.

After packing everything up, the two chose a direction and left without hesitation, putting all their previous experiences behind them. Those were memories Owl did not wish to revisit, and Sa knew it.

Several hours after they left, as night fell, many villagers arrived carrying torches. Ma Ming walked at the front, and the moment he reached the small grove, he immediately pinched his nose shut.

"They're dead. They're all dead," one villager cried, somewhat terrified.

Ma Ming stepped forward to inspect the scene, then rose and said, "Sure enough, those idiots really did make a move against those two adventurers."

"Good riddance," a villager sneered.

These people were outsiders who had joined the village decades ago. At first, they had come to seek refuge with relatives, but later they gradually became magpies occupying the nest, growing more numerous by the day and forming the village's second major power.

Even the village chief had been bought over by them and had gradually begun favoring those outsiders.

The villagers dared to be angry but not speak out. Thus, they maintained peace on the surface and yielded again and again, while secretly waiting for an opportunity. When Owl and Sa appeared, Ma Ming immediately realized this was a good chance and quietly began laying out a plan with the villagers.

The village chief and A-Cheng had both been kept in the dark about this scheme. They did not know Ma Ming had once sought out Dog Two and told him that he