Now, a single word from me could decide a person's fate.

Everyone was waiting for me to speak!

I said in a deep voice, "Old woman, I can give you a price, and it's my bottom line. You better not bargain with me, or I'll definitely kill someone."

Without waiting for her to speak, I continued, "First, I won't interfere with your family's ancestral affairs. But, I can spare Erzhu Zi's life."

"Second, when I extracted Erzhu Zi's soul, I found that he was missing one po (an ethereal soul). I can replenish it for him, so he won't be an idiot. As for whether he can find a wife, that depends on his own ability."

As I paused, Zhao Zhuang also spoke up, "If Erzhu Zi isn't an idiot, a few of us can take him with us to make a living. If he can earn money to support himself, marrying a rich family's daughter is definitely impossible, but finding a wife in the future is still possible."

The old woman knew that this was our bottom line and couldn't continue to stall, so she sighed and said, "Alright, I'll talk!"

The Wang family's ancestor had known since the death of the warlock that Fish Basket Village was at a disadvantage in this confrontation. It would be extremely difficult to turn the tables.

Although Fish Basket Village was locked down by the water ghost's curse, there was a way for people to leave. Only the Wang family's ancestor knew the way.

The method was simple: use a secret technique to extract a person's po, turning them into an idiot, and then they could leave Fish Basket Village.

After the two children were born, the Wang family's ancestor extracted one po from each of them. He had been holding these two po in his hands. No one knew this secret except him and the old woman. Everyone thought that the Wang family only had idiots. Even the water ghost who trapped Fish Basket Village had lowered his guard.

Seeing that the time was ripe, the Wang family's ancestor had the eldest son leave the village on his own, while he held a fishmonger underwater and drowned him, burying him in the Wang family's graveyard as a substitute.

Although the people of Fish Basket Village couldn't leave, ghosts could. The Wang family's ancestor led his idiotic grandson all the way to where his biological mother lived.

The family drove the idiot away several times, but they couldn't get rid of him. Under the Wang family ancestor's calculations, they had a change of heart and let the idiot stay. Therefore, the Wang family always had a descendant living outside.

The Wang family became the family in Fish Basket Village that was least afraid of death. Even if the whole village died, his family would still have descendants outside.

If the Shoushui Camp's plan succeeded, the Wang family would benefit the most. That was why the Wang family's ancestor had to defend Fish Basket Village and confront the water ghost.

I sneered as I listened, "Where are the Wang brothers' po?"

The old woman said, "They're all hidden in the incense burner. Da Zhu Zi took the incense burner with him. His po is hidden in his own incense burner."

"Erzhu Zi's po was originally hidden in the incense burner you saw. But when the bastards in the village tricked him, they lost his po. I searched all over the surrounding villages but couldn't find it. Erzhu Zi is really an idiot now."

I narrowed my eyes and said, "What's the deal with that incense burner?"

The old woman replied, "The incense burner was taken out of the underground palace by the old masters. They discovered the underwater underground palace because they moved the incense burner. There are seven incense burners in total, one for each family."

I asked urgently, "How are the seven incense burners arranged?"

"I don't know, the old masters didn't say!" The old woman shook her head.

According to the old woman's fragmented words, I could roughly conclude that the seven incense burners, no, the seven ghost tripods, were originally magical artifacts used to seal the underground palace. After they moved the ghost tripods, the underground palace was exposed to the Shoushui Camp.

I suspected that the seven trees in Fish Basket Village were arranged according to the original positions of the ghost tripods, which locked the ghosts outside the village.

However, the old woman's knowledge was still limited.

I asked in a deep voice, "Which family's cauldron did Da Zhu Zi take?"

"It's the old Liu family's." The old woman replied, "My old master had the best relationship with the Liu family's old master, so he borrowed the cauldron from his family."

"The best relationship?" I sneered, "I'm afraid the Liu family also died at his hands, right? There must be a reason for borrowing a cauldron and not returning it. When the lies he made up couldn't fool anyone, he would kill them, right?"

The old woman didn't say anything, which was equivalent to admitting it.

Old Liu was so angry that his beard was shaking, but he could only forcefully restrain his urge to kill.

I said again, "Back then, the death of the warlock in Fish Basket Village, was it also related to the Wang family's old ghost? I really can't figure out how a village that was originally closely guarded by warlocks suddenly had so many people die?"

"Also, since the water ghost had already made a move, why didn't he kill them all? Why did he have to leave some people behind? Wouldn't it be better to wipe out Fish Basket Village in one go?"

"I think, the death of the warlock back then, was probably done by the Wang family's old ghost, right?"

I didn't have such an idea at first. After all, it wasn't easy for the Wang family's old ghost to make a move under the eyes of his companions.

After I learned that the Wang family's old ghost had attacked the Liu family, I couldn't help but suspect it. Otherwise, why would the Liu family be isolated? And even be hated by the Shoushui Camp?