If she had not seen that these cultivators, dressed up to look so respectable, were about to renege on their debt, she certainly would not have wanted to make a scene. After all, she could tell perfectly well which was more profitable: keeping all the benefits for herself or sharing them with those greedy ghosts whose appetites could never be satisfied.
But these cultivators clearly had no intention of honoring their promise. Did that not mean she and her husband would get nothing at all? How could she accept that!
"Leaving aside the fact that you deceived the villagers first, the clues you provided were false as well, weren't they?"
The ferocity on the woman's face froze for a moment, but then she grew defiant again. "You've already gotten the clues, anyway. Whatever you say about them afterward is entirely up to you.
"We're nothing but ordinary mortals. How would we dare challenge you?"
The woman mocked Su Jiu and the others in a barbed, sarcastic tone, rolling her eyes so far they nearly reached the heavens.
Meanwhile, Su Jiu turned her palm over, revealing two beads that glowed with a pale green light.
She bounced the two beads in her palm, drawing the couple's gazes up and down along with them.
"There's no need to discuss whether this information is true anymore. Since you know we're cultivators, you should also know we can discern an ordinary person's lies."
The woman gritted her teeth. "Since you've already made up your minds, why are you still keeping us here!"
Before Su Jiu could speak, the middle-aged man, who had remained silent for some time, pulled his wife aside. "You foolish woman, is that any way to speak to the immortal masters!"
An ingratiating smile appeared on his face again. "Since you