“Still asking after all this?”

Miss White Wine merely smiled faintly at Hu Ma and the others’ surprise, saying, “You old foxes are truly cautious.”

Hu Ma and Sweet Potato Wine were already bursting with things they wanted to say. Hu Ma was still勉强忍着 (mianqiang renzhe – forcing himself to endure), but Sweet Potato Wine couldn’t help but blurt out, “Wait, what were you two just talking about…”

But before he could finish, Er锅头 (Er Guo Tou) suddenly smiled and said, “Miss White Wine’s questions are too sudden…”

“But you, such a… young miss, if you really let loose, how many evil spirits of Hongdeng Niangniang’s level could you handle?”

“……”

Faced with his question, Miss White Wine didn’t hesitate in the slightest, simply saying, “I came to Ming Prefecture because it’s relatively safe here, because Ming Prefecture has no evil spirits that can harm me.”

“?”

Hu Ma and Sweet Potato Wine were even more stunned, feeling that this conversation was not quite what they had imagined.

“Including that person from the Meng family?”

Er锅头 (Er Guo Tou) seemed slightly annoyed at being exposed, smiling faintly as he retorted, “Surely Miss White Wine wouldn’t take a sideline descendant of the Tongyin Meng family seriously?”

“I don’t know, because I wouldn’t dare to fight anyone related to the Tongyin Meng family, I don’t understand their skills.”

Miss White Wine said calmly, “But if someone in Ming Prefecture suddenly attacks me, I think I can at least escape into Old Yin Mountain.”

Er锅头 (Er Guo Tou) chuckled twice, saying, “Then I’ll tell you the truth, I’m also confident in that. The reason I’m staying in Ming Prefecture is because I have that confidence. Besides, our Niangniang…”

“…is quite cute when you coax her.”

“Ah?”

Listening to their conversation, Hu Ma and Sweet Potato Wine couldn’t help but speak up. What was going on?

Were these two inadvertently revealing important things in their conversation?

Hu Ma still had the awareness to restrain himself, but Sweet Potato Wine could no longer bear it and shouted, “Wait, you two, what were you just talking about?”

Miss White Wine said calmly, “Just some normal operations.”

“Sweet Potato Wine is new, so he may not understand. Reincarnators mostly like to follow forces that are weaker than themselves to seek a stable life. Being able to find peace in this world is all that matters; everything else is secondary.”

“Because we ourselves have too many opportunities, and we have our Natal Spirit Temples to guide us, so if we want to learn skills, we’re generally not slow. But we also have to admit that because we learn skills too quickly, we can easily be targeted by the Ten Surnames…”

“Mr. Er锅头 (Er Guo Tou) is a typical example. He’s someone who can venture into Fox Coffin Village in Old Yin Mountain alone, yet he’s hiding in the small Hongdeng Society…”

“……Heh.”

“……”

“Wait…”

Sweet Potato Wine couldn’t help but interrupt them, saying, “So, you two usually act so cautiously, but you actually have the ability to walk around Ming Prefecture unhindered?”

“You respect the Green-Clothed Evil Ghost and Hongdeng Niangniang on the surface, but you’re not afraid of them at all?”

“…Then why won’t you heal my leg injury?”

“……”

Suddenly asked this, White Wine and Er锅头 (Er Guo Tou) both felt slightly awkward.

Er锅头 (Er Guo Tou) was silent for a moment before laughing and saying, “Abilities are abilities, safety is safety. When I came to this world for ten years, I realized that my skills were improving too quickly.”

“Of course, I could go to bigger cities, seek higher paths, higher methods, but it’s not safe…”

“…No, why should we seek such high methods in this world?”

“In this world, the greater your abilities, the easier it is to be targeted. Do you really think that we reincarnated here to achieve some great cause, save the world, or be a lone hero until death?”

“It’s about life, brother!”

“How to pass these decades is what’s important…”

“I decided when I realized this world was dangerous. So I joined the government and immediately suppressed my improvement. I chose our lovely Hongdeng Niangniang after a long time, and started running the blood food gang with her in Ming Prefecture…”

“It’s so comfortable hiding in the Hongdeng Society. We have everything we need, and it’s stable. Even if something happens, it won’t threaten me…”

“Otherwise what?”

“……”

Er锅头 (Er Guo Tou) even sounded a little angry: “Join some grand strategy, risk my life to fight with the people of the Ten Surnames?”

“What if I die?”

“Anyway, I’ve been in this world for thirty years, and I’ve realized that this world isn’t a fucking game. Life and death, fine wine and beautiful women, are all tangible things in this world.”

“……”

Sensing that Er锅头 (Er Guo Tou) seemed a little unhappy, everyone didn’t know what to say.

Miss White Wine also said calmly, “Your behavior isn’t special. Many reincarnators have the same attitude as you, finding a leader weaker than themselves, taking the benefits for themselves, and letting the other party take the blame…”

“But no matter how remote you hide, you can’t avoid contact with the Ten Surnames.”

“If there’s a second purge, I suspect that even those who hide like this will find it difficult to avoid such a crisis.”

“After all, hiding is easy, but one’s skills will indeed stagnate. I originally thought you were different, after all, the first time I saw you was when you risked your life to go to Old Yin Mountain to seek the treasure of Fox Coffin Village…”

“……”

Er锅头 (Er Guo Tou) only smiled bitterly when he heard this: “If I didn’t think that Ming Prefecture, even including Old Yin Mountain, had nothing that could trouble me, why would I go to such a dangerous place?”

Hu Ma was listening, feeling indescribably surprised, but he suddenly understood.

That’s right, you could see something from the beginning when Er锅头 (Er Guo Tou) went to Fox Coffin Village in Old Yin Mountain, right?

He didn’t know how dangerous Old Yin Mountain was before, but now he does. And Er锅头 (Er Guo Tou) is someone who dares to venture into Old Yin Mountain alone to seek good fortune.

The most important thing is that when he encountered trouble, he contacted himself through his Natal Spirit Temple and asked for help. At that time, he said that he had run out of blood food, but he could survive for two months in a very dangerous situation. How capable would someone have to be to do that?

Watchers are known for their powerful physical bodies, but if he were trapped, he wasn’t sure if he could last even half a month…

“But don’t just talk about me, what about you?”

Just as he was thinking, Er锅头’s (Er Guo Tou) bitter smile changed, clearly directed towards Miss White Wine: “You came to Ming Prefecture from a big place like Shangjing on purpose, and stayed for so long, isn’t it because it’s safe here?”

“Of course, at first it was, so I put something that had a big impact on me here to deal with.”

Miss White Wine said calmly, “But now that I’ve determined that it’s not as safe here as I thought, some plans should also change.”

“Hey, wait a minute…”

Listening to their words, Hu Ma couldn’t hold back anymore, and Sweet Potato Wine was even more agitated,搶着 (qiang zhe – hurrying) to say, “So, you two are actually people with great abilities…”

Not only her, Hu Ma was also roaring in his heart now.

He had known for a long time that these two were capable, but who would have thought that they would be even more capable than he imagined…

What is Hongdeng Niangniang? A great evil spirit who takes people’s lives without a word, not even allowing resistance. But you think she’s cute when you coax her, so you follow her?

Are we playing a survival game in this world, but you’re playing a raising game?

And while he was thinking, he heard Sweet Potato Wine say in great surprise, suddenly changing the subject: “Holy crap, what about Senior Lao Bai Gan? How far have your abilities progressed?”

"Me?"

Hu Ma, who had been holding back, was already a little helpless, secretly thinking, "I'm saying holy crap with you..."

"Then I don't know."

Miss White Wine said calmly at this time, "Lao Bai Gan has always been the most mysterious of us, maybe, that mysterious person who just斩 (zhan - beheaded) the Green-Clothed Evil Ghost and drove away the Meng family was him."

"?"

Hu Ma felt his heart growing cold listening to this.

Don't guess randomly...

"That makes sense..."

Er锅头 (Er Guo Tou) also said seriously at this time, "I've always been very curious about Senior Lao Bai Gan's identity. He saved my life and helped Miss White Wine. I think his cultivation level must be very high, maybe only that identity would be right..."

Sweet Potato Wine was already shocked: "Ah?"

Hu Ma subconsciously wanted to refute, but he suddenly reacted, only laughing awkwardly twice, saying, "Then maybe I really am..."

One sentence seemed to put three people at ease. Sweet Potato Wine laughed a few times, saying, "Anyway, I know that you seniors are so powerful, can we walk around Ming Prefecture unhindered?"

"This Hongdeng, and the Grass Heart Hall, I'm not very satisfied with them now, can I tear them down later?"

"……"

One sentence made everyone present feel a little uneasy again. Hu Ma didn't speak, while Er锅头 (Er Guo Tou) and the others hurriedly said, "Keep a low profile, learn from me, it's good to be a shopkeeper in the Hongdeng Society..."

Miss White Wine also said, "You really need to be careful."

"I also said these things today just to tell you the importance of being careful. Now I want to add a piece of advice:"

"Never have a sense of superiority in this world just because you are a reincarnator."

"You'll definitely learn skills faster than others when you first enter the Dao, and it's easy to have a fantasy of who else could do it but you, as if there's nothing in the world that can stump you."

"But, as you learn more and more skills, you will become more and more afraid."

"Er锅头’s (Er Guo Tou) approach is actually the most reasonable. Many reincarnators don't pursue higher skills and status, because the higher you go, the more you will discover some terrible things exist in this world, and the easier it is to be targeted by the capable people of this world..."

"If you are really targeted, you will feel how terrifying the people of this world are..."

"……"

"Okay..."

Sweet Potato Wine was visibly怂 (song – cowed) a bit by such a stern warning, muttering in a low voice, "You're all so capable, yet you're so careful, then of course I have to listen to you..."

And at this moment, Hu Ma's heart also chilled. Why did it feel like this advice was more for himself?

(End of this chapter)