"The man said quickly, "The tradition of the Bopi Ke (Skin Peeler) is fundamental to our village. If we don't find out where the tradition has gone, we'll be letting down our ancestors!""

"Village Chief, I don't think now is the time to..."

"Shut up!" The Village Chief slammed his hand heavily on the table. "Don't you understand what I'm saying?"

As the man was about to say something more, Hong Xu stepped forward and said, "Everyone, calm down. Hall Master Li is already sitting in the council hall. It's only a matter of time before we figure out where the tradition has gone. But..."

Hong Xu changed his tone and said, "The problem of the younger generation in the village knowing Hall Master Li's movements in advance and plotting an ambush cannot be ignored."

"As the Village Chief said, things need to be resolved one by one, we can't..."

"Can't what?" The other party was furious. "You're an outsider, of course you don't care about the village's tradition. Paper Doll Village will never be good with you around."

"Bastard!" The Village Chief was furious and slapped the man, sending him flying several meters away. "Someone, drag him down and give him twenty strokes with the Shui Huo Gun (Water Fire Rod)."

"This is simply lawless."

As the Village Chief spoke, no one stepped forward. Jiu Ci opened her mouth and said, "Grandpa, you're too dictatorial!"

"Is our ambush on Li Po important, or is the human skin tradition important?"

"What have we been guarding here in the village for all these years? Isn't it to gather the tradition? The hope of the whole village is right in front of us, but you don't care?"

"You..." The Village Chief was shaking with anger. "Hong Xu, take Jiu Ci down."

"All of you, stand up here." As the Village Chief pointed at the Human Meat Chef and the others, I slowly said, "Village Chief, I don't think you need to ask. If you ask them, either they won't know anything, or they won't be able to speak."

Jiu Ci said sharply, "Li Po, don't try to provoke us here. No matter what the result is, you have to stay here today."

The Village Chief also frowned slightly. "What does Hall Master Li mean?"

I said lightly, "I mean, dead people can't talk. That person named Yu He was killed right under your noses, can't you see that?"

The Village Chief looked at Yu He in horror, and blood was already seeping from the latter's seven orifices, and she fell to the ground.

Jiu Ci reached out and probed under the other person's nose. "Li Po, did you kill her?"

I sneered, "How close was the person who jumped out and said he wanted to catch me to this Yu He? Didn't you see that?"

Jiu Ci's face changed and she rushed out of the door. When she came back, her face was grim. "Chen Yang is dead. He died before he could even take three strokes. We found this on him..."

Jiu Ci took out a cow hair steel needle wrapped in white cloth. From the color of the steel needle, it could be seen that the hidden weapon had been soaked in poison. "Chen Yang should have used it to kill Yu He, and he died under the steel needle himself."

The Human Meat Chef was furious on the spot. "Li Po, since you saw the murderer kill someone, why didn't you stop him?"

I clapped my hands. "Why should I stop him? More than 90% of the people in your village want to kill me. Would I be stupid to stop the murderer from killing someone?"

"You..." The Human Meat Chef was speechless with anger.

I looked at the other party coldly and said, "You can slowly play your own games in your village! I don't have time to chat with you. Miss Mo, I'm afraid I can't take this business trip. I'll refund the commission to you. Plus an extra 20% compensation, goodbye!"

I stood up and was about to walk out, but Jiu Ci led people to block my way. "You can't go anywhere until you explain yourself!"

I looked at Jiu Ci with a half-smile. "Think carefully about the painting I drew for you. Are all the people in Paper Doll Village human?"

Jiu Ci was immediately ashamed and angry. "You dare to insult our village..."

"Shut up!" The Village Chief stood up. "Jiu Ci, you're getting more and more presumptuous."

The Village Chief slowly walked down from the main seat. "Hall Master Li, please come to the inner room for a chat. I have something to say."

"Just the two of us?" I said with a bit of a smile. "If it's just the two of us, then there's nothing to say."

The Village Chief frowned slightly. "You decide who else to bring."

"Mo Caiwei, Jiu Ci! No one else is allowed to come near." As soon as I said this, the first person to be stunned was Jiu Ci. She didn't expect that I would include her in the confidential talk.

The Village Chief nodded. "Let's do as Hall Master Li says."

The Village Chief turned around and said, "From now on, Hall Master Li is the top VIP of my Paper Doll Village. No one is allowed to be rude to Hall Master Li. Otherwise, they will be punished according to the clan rules. Did you all hear that?"

When the Village Chief saw that the villagers watching outside were nodding, he turned around and said, "Hall Master Li, this way please. Let's go to my house for a chat."

The Village Chief led me out of the council hall, and Jiu Ci couldn't help but say, "Grandpa, what's wrong with you? I haven't even been home in over ten years, and you want to take him to your house?"

"Grandpa, why do you trust Li Po so much? Just because he's a Tuifan (Mortal Shedding) master? Even if his cultivation is high, our village isn't afraid of him."

The Village Chief sighed and said, "Jiu Ci, do you know why I've always been unwilling to hand over the affairs of the village to you?"