The village chief shook his head, "I don't know who started it, that's just how it's being spread."

That's how rumors are. After someone says the first thing, people will keep adding fuel to the fire and spread it downwards. The more outrageous it becomes, the more people believe it.

It's not impossible to find the source of the rumors, but it would take a huge amount of manpower and resources to trace back. If Zhao Ci and his team were here, it might be possible, but叶阳Ye Yang and Wang the Butcher alone wouldn't be able to find the source of the rumors.

Wang the Butcher stopped dwelling on the rumors: "When I came into the village, I heard someone mention the Old Granny, who is that?"

"She used to be a great immortal in the village," the village chief said dismissively, "But her cultivation wasn't high enough. She could predict many things, but couldn't resolve them. Many things couldn't be solved. That's just how it was."

As the village chief spoke, he pointed outside, "That talisman pouch was made by her. Who knows if it will work?"

The village chief continued without Wang the Butcher asking, "Back then, after the Mo family's girl was taken away, the old woman said that the Mo family's girl would come back sooner or later. When she comes back, the dead will enter the village. At that time, the whole village will suffer."

"The villagers had long been frightened by the Mo family. When the old woman said this, they became even more afraid. They all begged the old woman to find a solution, so the old woman collected money from each household and made talisman pouches for them."

"I didn't want to get one, but I couldn't stop the old woman at home from being wasteful..." As the village chief spoke, he looked towards the outer room.

Wang the Butcher laughed, "She sold the talisman pouches, and the Mo family didn't come back for ten or eight years. Didn't anyone ask her for a refund?"

"Who says they didn't?" the village chief said, "The old woman said that the Mo family would come back, but at first, no one saw anyone come back. Some people asked her for a refund, and she never refused. She refunded money to anyone who came to her. She didn't say anything else."

"But some people believed her. Especially the families who lived on the same line as the old Mo family, they never asked her for a refund."

"Because of the refund issue, those few families fought a lot. After the old woman died, some of the wives saw that there was no hope of getting a refund, and they had several big fights with their husbands."

The village chief sighed at this point: "Who knew, the Mo family really came back. Someone won't be able to sleep tonight!"

Ye Yang suddenly asked at this time: "Has the Mo family made any moves?"

"No, no..." the village chief said, "If they had made any moves, would that be alright? If there had been any moves, who would dare to return the talisman pouch? Wouldn't they hold it tightly in their hands like it was their lifeblood?"

Ye Yang didn't speak on the surface, but he was actually using inner power to transmit sound: "There are people in the Mo family's house. How could a courtyard that has been abandoned for more than ten years not have any signs of life?"

No matter how sturdy the courtyard is built, it will become overgrown with weeds if it is not taken care of for a long time. Especially the area at the entrance, which is prone to accumulating silt.

Although Ye Yang and the others didn't enter the Mo family's courtyard, they could see the open space in front of the screen wall.

It looked as if it had just been swept, and there wasn't even a trace of silt, let alone accumulated dust. It was impossible for the Mo family's courtyard to be empty.

Ye Yang transmitted sound to Wang the Butcher: "Go and see how many families in the village have talisman pouches hanging up? And where are they located?"

Wang the Butcher found an excuse to stand up and leave. As soon as she left, Ye Yang stopped talking. The village chief didn't know what to say, so he just stared at Ye Yang.

If it were an ordinary person, they would have felt uncomfortable being stared at like this, but Ye Yang didn't react at all. He just sat there without moving, as if he couldn't see anyone around him.

Ye Yang not only didn't speak, but even his breathing began to slow down more and more. After a while, his breathing stopped.

When a person sits still, others can probably tell whether they are breathing or not. When Ye Yang's breathing stopped, the old man felt that something was wrong and tentatively called out, "Great Immortal!"

"Great Immortal... Great Immortal..." The old man called out three times in a row, but when he saw that Ye Yang still didn't react, he reached out and put his hand under Ye Yang's nose.

This test immediately frightened the village chief so much that he fell off the edge of the kang: "Old woman... eldest son... come quickly... come quickly..."

The family all ran in from outside. After testing twice under Ye Yang's nose, their faces all changed. The old woman of the family complained, "Why are you so careless? Old Granny said that the Mo family's return means that the dead will enter the village. Why did you bring the dead into the house? What do we do now?"

"What are you saying that for?" the village chief stamped his feet and said, "What else can we do? Move him out!"

The village chief and his son came up to move Ye Yang, but Ye Yang had already used Thousand Jin Drop (a martial arts technique to make oneself heavy) before they came over. The two of them struggled for a long time but couldn't pull Ye Yang off the stool.

The village chief sat down on the ground with a plop: "This is terrible, the dead have taken root. We can't move him out."

The village chief's son gritted his teeth and said, "Why don't... why don't we chop him up? Send him out piece by piece, maybe we can send him out."