It seemed Luohe Village was hiding a great secret!
He chuckled, glanced around, and saw that no one was following him.
The large swath of rotting corpses turned to ash in an instant, leaving not even white bones behind.
Xu Zimo made his way back into the village.
Luohe Village was exceptionally silent in the dead of night.
Every house had extinguished its lights. Only the autumn wind swept up a few withered leaves, sending them spinning through the cold night.
At the eastern end of the village stood that same house, its silence somewhat terrifying.
"That wild boar was no ordinary creature!"
"The people we sent out are all dead?"
"Yes. Should we continue?"
"No. Meaningless deaths would only reveal the ignorance of me, the one in power.
"Have Guanlan test him out."
The night passed without a word. Xu Zimo looked at the rising sun in the east and yawned.
Gu Muyu had already prepared breakfast beneath the tree: yesterday's leftover roast meat and some porridge.
While they ate, Mother Gu asked Xu Zimo a few basic questions.
The general meaning was to ask when Xu Zimo planned to leave Luohe Village.
"Mother, are you trying to drive my brother away?" Gu Muyu asked unhappily from beside them.
"That's not what I mean." Mother Gu shook her head. "It's just that Xiao Mo has his own life to live. He can't stay here with you forever, can he?"
"I'll leave after staying a few more days," Xu Zimo replied with a smile.
After breakfast, Gu Muyu seemed rather unhappy. Perhaps she had also thought about Xu Zimo leaving.
She took the clothes that needed washing to the river by the village entrance.
When she returned, her mood seemed much better.
"Brother, they're recruiting disciples outside. It's very