After coming out of the cave, we did not even dare turn on our flashlights. We walked toward the village in the dark the whole way.
To make it easier to escape if anything unexpected happened, we carried only a few things we needed.
On the way, Shen Dong asked us what we did and why we were so capable.
He felt we did not seem like ordinary people.
I smiled. "We are ordinary people, just like you."
Shen Dong started flattering us. "Come on, bro, how could you be ordinary people? Ordinary people aren't anywhere near as capable as you. You're definitely not ordinary people."
"Bro, which city are you from?"
I told him Lanjiang City.
"Did just you and Seventh Master come here? Did you tell your families your itinerary before you left? You've been away so long. Won't they be worried?"
I did not answer those questions from Shen Dong.
Instead, I asked him, "Shen Dong, where are you from?"
Shen Dong said, "Bro, isn't it obvious from my accent? My home is over near Qi City."
I asked again, "Then won't your family worry with you being away so long? Will they call the police?"
Shen Dong said, "Not for now, but if I don't go back for a long time, they'll definitely worry and call the police."
I asked another question. "Who's in your family?"
"My grandfather, my dad..."
"Which way is the Village Chief's house?"
"It's..."
Shen Dong instinctively raised his hand to point toward the Village Chief's house, but he had barely started speaking when his right hand froze in midair.
Seventh Master and I were not about to give him a chance to escape. We grabbed him from either side and took him down to the ground.
"Bro! Seventh Master! What are