Deviant Immortal of Uncanny Dao

After pondering for a while, Li Huowang nodded.
”Old man, tell us, what are these rules? ”

”The first one is that in our Wu family village, you cannot argue with older people, especially with me. ” The goat-bearded village chief raised his index finger.

”Just this rule? ” Li Huowang and the others were surprised.
They thought it would be some strange rules, but it turned out to be so ordinary.

”Isn ’t this a family rule? Do we really need to use our own family rules to restrict outsiders? ” Li Huowang tapped the dog boy next to him with his hand and said to the village chief, ”Please continue, we are listening. ”

”The second one is that there are often creatures from the woods coming out, whether it ’s mice or night cats, you cannot kill or step on them.
If you encounter them on the road, you have to let them pass, they have been kind to our Wu family. ”

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”The third one is that you are guests here, and men are not allowed to talk to the women of our village.
This rule did not exist in previous years, but a few years ago, a peddler took away two daughters-in-law from our village! Ah, I get angry just thinking about that peddler… ”

As the village chief continued to talk endlessly, Li Huowang and the others gradually learned about the various rules of Wu family village, even trivial matters like not being allowed to pee anywhere were mentioned.

”There are too many stupid rules in this village, why don ’t we just leave? ” said someone.

”Shh, be quiet and listen. ”

At this point, the village chief was nearing the end of his rules.
”The eleventh rule is that you cannot light a lamp at night, and you cannot go out at night.
The last rule is that no matter when, you must wait for others to turn around before speaking, and never speak with your back facing others. ”

Hearing this, Li Huowang frowned slightly.
These last two rules made him feel uneasy.

”What if I break these rules? What will happen? ” he asked.

”Break the rules?! ” The village chief ’s eyes widened and he said confidently, ”You will be fined! One or two taels for the first time, and more for subsequent times! We will keep fining you until you can ’t afford it! Don ’t think we are bullying you outsiders, we treat our own people the same way. ”

Li Huowang suddenly had a feeling that he might have misunderstood something.

Feeling someone tugging at his hem, Li Huowang nodded to the old goat man and said, ”Don ’t worry, we are all sensible people. ”

”Okay, good.
If not, I wouldn ’t have bothered with you since you have two children with you.
I ’m old and can ’t bear to see children suffer. ” The village chief turned and walked towards the courtyard, where two carriages were parked.
Li Huowang and the others carried their bedding into a musty west wing room.

By the time everything was cleaned and arranged, the sun had begun to set.

After everything was settled, the village chief came in again, smiling and asking, ”Young man, do you want to have dinner here? If you do, I ’ll ask my wife to make more. ”

”Dinner? ” Li Huowang ’s heart tightened.
Other people ’s food was not something that could be easily eaten.

After thinking for a moment, Li Huowang nodded and said, ”Thank you, old man. ”

Seeing the old man leave, Li Huowang signaled to Xiaoman, ”Go to the kitchen and help the host ’s family. ”

”Okay. ” Xiaoman nodded and went out.

The village chief ’s family was large, with six sons, two daughters, and grandchildren.
During dinner, there were dozens of people, making it very lively.This is also the reason why he dared to take in Li Huowang and others.
In the village, as long as there are many sons, no one dares to provoke them.

Although the house he lived in had three gates, the food they ate was just simple steamed rice and homegrown vegetables, nothing fancy.

By the time Li Huowang came out, they had already started eating.
There was no intention of waiting for the guests, and many plates were empty.

”The food is there, serve yourself.
There are no rules for eating in the countryside, ” said the host.

Li Huowang shook his head unconcernedly.
”It ’s okay, it ’s okay. ”

He led the group towards the steamer in the corner of the wall, silently counting in his mind.

Just as he counted to ten in his mind, the sound of broken dishes suddenly echoed behind him.

When he turned around, he saw dozens of people, including the village chief, all lying on the ground, unconscious.

”Hehe, that peddler ’s sleeping drug is really good.
You get what you pay for, ” Li Huowang said, not bothering to distinguish whether these people were controlled by the evil creature called ”Layue 18 ” and planned to trap him.
He just wanted to take the initiative and couldn ’t go wrong.

As Li Huowang waved his hand, the others quickly rushed towards the east wing where the host lived, searching for clues.

”Look for letters first, and then look for other unusual things.
The weirder, the more attention we should pay, such as Buddha statues or god positions.
I want to see what they are up to! ” Li Huowang said to the others.

After searching the entire courtyard of the three-gated house, Li Huowang and his team found nothing unusual.

”How could there be nothing? ” Li Huowang stood in the hall, frowning and thinking about these questions.

After a day of searching, except for the abnormality in the forest outside the village, they found nothing.

”Could Layue 18 be in the forest just now? No, I just checked, and the village chief is surrounded by bamboo groves.
If Layue 18 is hiding somewhere, it must be here. ”

”Does finding their silver count? ” At this moment, Gouwa held some broken silver in his hand.

Seeing the look in Li Huowang ’s eyes, Gouwa sighed helplessly and walked back with the silver in his hands.

Looking at the dim sky outside, Li Huowang ordered, ”Go get the fire scythe and light the fire. ”

”Li Senior Brother, weren ’t we not supposed to light a fire? ” Bai Lingmiao asked in confusion.

Upon hearing this, Li Huowang narrowed his eyes and touched the row of instruments on his waist with his right hand.

”I just want to see what will happen when we light it. ”

If there were any other doubts about this village, it would be the rules mentioned by the goat-bearded man.

The candles and lanterns that were found earlier were quickly lit, illuminating the entire Wu family courtyard.

Li Huowang sat quietly in the hall full of people, waiting.
The sky was getting darker and darker.

There was no moon tonight, and the sky was as dark as a large black cloth.

However, nothing happened.
Even though it was dark, nothing happened.

”Ha~ ” Gouwa yawned and leaned against the pillar, dozing off.

Others seemed to be infected by him and began to yawn and doze off as well.

Looking at the Wu family members who were unconscious on the ground, Li Huowang felt a little puzzled.
”Did I really come to the wrong place? ”Just as he was thinking this, a playful giggle sounded from the top of the courtyard wall.
”Hehe, you broke the rules. ”