The Old Village Chief replied, "Yes, but after all the Ghost Spirits in your cave escape, they must not attack the people of Ancient Pool Village."
"Heh heh, no problem..."
Then the Old Village Chief took out a blank ancient parchment scroll and, under the watchful eyes of the Ghost Spirits within the Black Mist, wrote down the terms of their agreed transaction.
Lin Yi also leaned over for a look and found that it was filled with Wraith language he could not understand, mysterious as heavenly script.
However, Lin Yi's approach slightly disrupted the Old Village Chief's train of thought. After considering it, he did not include the Newborns of Ancient Pool Village in the contract.
In other words, while the people of Ancient Pool Village could not harm these Ghost Spirits, the Newborns of Ancient Pool Village were not included in that restriction.
This information was not written particularly secretly. Anyone who read it carefully could spot the loophole.
But the Ghost Spirits in the Black Mist seemed to think they were about to escape and were unusually excited, failing to notice the small trap the Old Village Chief had laid.
After signing the contract scroll with his name, the Old Village Chief tossed it into the Black Mist.
"Your turn!"
"Rest assured, when it comes to credibility, we're always far more trustworthy than you humans!"
The Ghost Spirit in the Black Mist returned to the cave behind the Temple. When it emerged again, the contract scroll bore quite a few additional Ghost Spirit names.
Then, a ring was thrown out from the Black Mist.
"Old bastard, the inheritance you wanted is all in here. Due to the contract terms of the Wraith Controllers, I couldn't inspect the items inside, but I guarantee that everything we stole back