Gao Ming learned some crucial information from Chunniang.
Lord Tang held a birthday banquet every year, and each was more terrifying than the last. The servants in his residence and the guests offering gifts were all townspeople who needed something from him. In the end, he devoured them little by little, until they could no longer leave the Tang Residence at all.
He had moved the stone lions from outside the Ancestral Hall, stolen the Water Dragon King's woman, and traded townspeople's lives for incense offerings and copper coins. Lord Tang was one of the town's wealthy men. Ten pages would not have been enough to list all his evil deeds, yet he continued to live very well indeed.
The townspeople all knew Lord Tang was worse than a beast, but whenever his birthday came around, they still visited him with gifts, begging him to do things for them.
It was not just the natives of Dreamfold Town. Even Testers like Tang Hu eagerly flocked to the Tang Residence whenever they had the chance. They would do any disgusting thing for the opportunity to join him in his corruption.
"Once greed takes hold, Lord Tang can't be killed. The townspeople all know his weakness, but who can actually kill him? No one! No one!" Resentment filled Chunniang's eyes as she recalled everything that had happened. Her hatred left her wavering between reason and madness. "No, you're lying to me too! All of you are lying to me! Killing everyone in town is impossible!"
"I can prove it to you!" Gao Ming had not expected Chunniang's mood to change so abruptly. The moment she recalled the past, she seemed ready to lose control. Her rotting fish body thrashed against the wooden bed and floor, and the curtains seemed intent on strangling