While I didn't see it myself, I bet Lao Liu was grinning from ear to ear, looking as smug as a fox that's just stolen a chicken.

Once Lao Liu got involved, even if Zi Wan'er was a god, she'd end up as just another chicken on Lao Liu's plate. Whether she went home crying would depend on her mental fortitude.

As for whether Lao Liu would be beaten to death by Zi Wan'er, I wasn't worried.

Lao Liu was already dead anyway. At worst, I'd just find another old man's corpse to replace him with; it might even be an improvement.

I ignored Lao Liu's attempts to fool the ghost and quickened my pace towards the Mo family mansion. By the time I jumped over the wall into the courtyard, Ye Yang's sword was already pointed at the core of the Xing He Suo (Star River Lock) formation.

"Stop..." Before I could shout the word "hand," Ye Yang had already pressed down on the main lock.

I stared dumbfounded at Ye Yang: "You are amazing!"

The job we'd taken was to solve the secret beneath Mo Village. Ye Yang, thinking normally, had released the seal to deal with the ghost. But he didn't know how powerful the ghost was, nor did he know the connection between the ghost and Mo Village. That's how he made a fatal mistake.

I was so angry I saw stars: "Do you think ghosts are like pigs? You can just let them out? Once you let it out, are you going to butcher it and eat its meat?"

Ye Yang glanced at me calmly: "Say another word, and I'll butcher you too!"

I was almost angered to death by Ye Yang, but my anger was useless; the seal of the Xing He Suo had already begun to unravel.

I could even hear the sound of gears turning constantly beneath my feet. The entire Mo family mansion was slowly rotating as the Xing He Suo was opened.

I grabbed the hilts of my twin blades: "This ghost isn't going to be easy to deal with! You guys..."

Before I could finish speaking, I heard several clicks as mechanisms locked into place in the direction of the Mo family mansion. The graves of the dead built in the courtyard of the mansion were actually sinking into the ground as the mechanisms turned.

I was stunned: "What's going on?"

Ye Yang rolled his eyes at me: "Pig brain! If the mechanism can open it, it can also reinforce it. I'm reversing the Xing He Suo."

"If I didn't put on a helpless act, how could I make the ghost believe that I had no choice but to release him?" Ye Yang raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Let me tell you, I never intended to save you. Negotiating with the ghost was just to find an opportunity to reinforce the Xing He Suo that he had opened halfway."

I was so angry with Ye Yang that I felt like smoke was coming out of my ears.

I was touched for nothing!

I acted impulsively for nothing!

I was just being sentimental for nothing!

I was too embarrassed to show my face. How awkward! Extremely awkward!

The woman standing in the room shouted sharply: "You dare to deceive me! Do you know the consequences of angering a ghost?"

"No, I don't!" Ye Yang sneered, "Gu Bei, the ghost sealed beneath the Feng Xue Yan (Wind and Snow Eye) of the Ao Xue Sect, has already died at my hands. Am I going to release you to avenge her?"

"What did you say!" The roar of the ghost Zhi Nan shook the earth.

Ye Yang said unhurriedly, "I used the Soul奪秘術 (Duó Hún Mì Shù Soul-奪 Secret Technique) in the Wind and Snow Eye..."

What Ye Yang was saying was what I had done, only he changed the ending to Gu Bei dying beneath the ultimate formation.

As soon as Ye Yang's voice fell, a earth-shattering roar erupted from beneath the Mo family mansion. All the wells in Mo Village exploded, and pillars of water over a meter in diameter shot several meters into the air, carrying yin energy. They then exploded mid-air into a rainstorm, falling back to the ground. Mo Village was instantly covered in inches of water.

As the surging water spread along the village paths, Ye Yang suddenly sheathed his sword and moved rapidly around the courtyard. Every step he took left a footprint on the ground.

Ye Yang was setting up another Feng Shui formation!

I had just realized this when I heard a loud crash from the village. When I turned to look, a house not far from us had collapsed.

The red brick house, which had been impervious to wind and rain, looked like it had been broken in half by the power of a ghost. The broken roof beams collapsed from top to bottom, while the four walls fell outwards.

In just a few seconds, a house had vanished from my sight.

Wang Tu Fu (Wang the Butcher) said anxiously, "This is bad! Ye Yang wants to activate the Hou Tu Zhen Mo (Thick Earth Suppresses Demons) Feng Shui formation, but he needs all the houses in the village to cooperate. If the houses collapse, how will he activate the Feng Shui formation?"

"Leng Gou!" I had just shouted the name when I heard Ye Yang say, "Figure it out yourself!"

Figure it out myself?

I immediately took a step forward and said, "Hey! The one down there, come at me if you have the guts! My brother only blew up Gu Bei's corpse. I was the one who severed her primordial spirit."

I originally wanted to provoke Gu Bei, but I didn't expect her to laugh wildly: "You don't need to provoke me; none of you will escape today!"

Zhi Nan roared, "Gu Bei and I were both cultivators. If it weren't for you shameless sorcerers framing us for practicing demonic arts, how could we have been suppressed by the sect?"

"You sorcerers are not only shameless but also extremely vicious."

"You suppressed us separately and even set up a great formation to make Gu Bei forget who I was?"

"You will all pay the price for your viciousness sooner or later. When I, Zhi Nan, am reborn, I will cleanse the path of sorcery with blood."

With each shout from Zhi Nan, the yin energy in the air became more violent, and the houses in the village collapsed one after another in response to his cries.

A rampaging ghost wasn't a good sign!

I gripped my twin blades tightly: "Shijie (Senior martial sister), you retreat first. Keep an eye on the woman down the mountain and don't let her come and cause trouble. That person is very powerful, so be careful."

I knew that if I ordered Wang Tu Fu to leave, she definitely wouldn't go. I could only try to trick her down the mountain first.

However, I didn't expect that a single well-intentioned lie would create even greater animosity between me and the Coffin Gate.