Wang Er, who had been too timid to act arrogant before, only dared to show off now that Qin Xuan had left.
Of course, Qin Xuan and the others were unaware of Wang Er's thoughts.
But even if he knew, he wouldn't take it seriously!
After all, to him, Wang Er was nothing more than an insignificant nobody.
And so, Mu Jing and his group led Qin Xuan into the village.
Qin Xuan looked around, and the entire village was filled with such wooden houses, which looked quite unique.
Qin Xuan kept calculating in his mind as he walked forward.
"Young Master, my home is not far ahead. If you don't mind, please stay here tonight. Tonight, I will go to the village to find a few Senior, and if Young Master has any questions, you can ask them!"
Hearing this, Qin Xuan nodded.
"No matter, I don't have high demands for accommodation. This place is already very good!"
Hearing Qin Xuan say this, Mu Jing smiled and nodded.
"Mm, that's good, that's good, Young Master, please!"
With that, Mu Jing wanted to lead the way, but Qin Xuan stopped.
In front, in the center of the village, stood a huge stone statue.
The stone statue was three or four zhang high; naturally, one couldn't discern anything with the naked eye.
However, within the Double Pupils, this stone statue carried a strong bloody Qi.
"This stone statue seems a bit off!"
Han Ye didn't have Double Pupils, so he naturally couldn't see the blood on the stone statue, but he instinctively sensed something was wrong.
"It's not just the stone statue; this whole area is off!"
Qin Xuan said, his gaze sweeping over the area around the stone statue.
Within a dozen zhang of the stone statue, blood had completely covered this area.
"This is probably not a proper deity!"
Qin Xuan said, his gaze fixed on that side.
"No matter what is behind this, this stone statue must be handled carefully... It can be confirmed that the nuo god is also not a proper deity!"
Qin Xuan said, his gaze flickering. After a moment, he let out a breath and continued to follow Mu Jing.
The group walked to the side of the stone statue, and Mu Jing respectfully bowed towards it, as did the others.
"No matter what this stone statue is, this matter has nothing to do with us. If they don't provoke us, we'll leave after getting useful information!"
Han Ye transmitted his voice to Qin Xuan, who nodded imperceptibly.
A moment later, the group rose and left.
"Grumble!"
After the group left, a blood-red eye suddenly emerged from the stone statue, which originally had no facial features. The eye rotated left and right once, finally fixing on the direction Qin Xuan had left.
"What powerful Qi! If I could consume him, I could definitely reform my Physical Body, right?"
A faint buzzing sound emanated from within the stone statue, as if it were communicating something.
A moment later, the eyeball disappeared, as if the stone statue had never moved.
"This is my home. I hope Young Master won't mind!"
Mu Jing led Qin Xuan to a wooden house in the village and respectfully invited Qin Xuan inside.
As for the others, they had already gone to their respective homes with their prey.
"Good, this place is very good. I'll stay here tonight."
Qin Xuan said, nodding.
Seeing that Qin Xuan had no objections, Mu Jing respectfully invited him into the house.
"Clang, clang, clang..."
Just then, a bell rang from nearby. Hearing the bell, Mu Jing's face instantly changed dramatically.
He bowed to Qin Xuan.
"Young Master, please go into the room first; I need to go light the fire!"
With that, Mu Jing was about to rush off.
"Light the fire? What does that mean?"
Qin Xuan was utterly bewildered.
Why did they have to light fires when the bell rang? What did this 'lighting the fire' mean?
"Those ghostly things are coming!"
"Here, once the sun sets, dirty things will emerge from various places. At this time, we must light fires in all parts of the village."
"If the fires aren't lit, those dirty things will come in!"
With that, Mu Jing was about to leave.
"Let's go, I'll go with you to take a look."
Qin Xuan was a little curious and immediately followed to see.
Along the way, the villagers throughout the entire village were rushing in various directions.
Qin Xuan, meanwhile, followed Mu Jing to a stone wall on the side.
There were several torches stuck on this stone wall, and several people were currently climbing up to light them.
"It seems that 'lighting the fire' means lighting these torches!"
Mu Jing also rushed to a torch, pulled out a knife, slit his arm, and dripped blood onto the torch.
"Boom!"
A bright red flame erupted from the torch. A moment later, the flame grew brighter and brighter, illuminating the surroundings.
"This is lighting the fire."
Qin Xuan's heart stirred, and he seemed thoughtful.
A moment later, the flames between these torches had connected, forming a wall of fire.
Looking at this wall of fire, the surrounding people also breathed a sigh of relief.
By this time, the sky had completely darkened.
The wind was already blowing, a chilly gust, like ghostly wails!
"Whew, it's alright!"
Mu Jing wiped the sweat from his forehead, preparing to descend.
The moment he turned, his face instantly changed dramatically.
"Not good!"
"Wuwuwu!"
A wailing sound came from nearby. Qin Xuan quickly turned his head to look in that direction.
On the other side of the village, one torch on the stone wall had not yet been lit.
An old man was trembling as he climbed up the wall.
"Damn it!"
Mu Jing jumped down from the wall, disregarding his injuries, and rushed directly towards that side.
Clearly, he wanted to light the torch above as quickly as possible.
After a dozen breaths, a young man rushed over from the side, immediately picked up a knife, and was about to cut his wrist to light the torch.
"It's alright!"
Seeing this, Mu Jing breathed a sigh of relief.
"Not good!"
Just then, Qin Xuan suddenly let out a breath. He flicked his fingertip, and instantly, a fireball flew out.
At the same time, the young man on the stone wall shrieked in terror!
In the darkness, something seemed to want to drag him out!
"No, save me, save me!"
The young man shouted loudly, but half of his body had already been pulled out; it looked like he was beyond saving!
"Boom!"
Just then, Qin Xuan's fireball flew over and directly struck the darkness outside.
"Ow!"
A piercing howl came from that side. The thing outside dropped the young man and howled as it left.
The young man, still in shock, quickly lit the torch, and then all the flames connected to form a complete wall of fire!
"Thank you, Young Master. If not for you, this would have been truly troublesome!"
Mu Jing walked over and repeatedly bowed to Qin Xuan.
The young man also came down from the wall and walked over, about to kneel before Qin Xuan.
"Alright, no need to kneel. It was merely a small effort."
Waving his hand, Qin Xuan stood aside, frowning slightly as he looked at the darkness outside.
These people couldn't clearly see the things outside, but Qin Xuan saw them perfectly.
At this moment, the entire outside of the village was surrounded by Bloodthirsty Bats. These bats had sharp claws, as if they could rush in at any moment and carry them away.
