I noticed 

that

 Chuyi had his fists

 clenched

 the entire time. I could tell he had a deep grudge against the folks in this village. 

“Could you tell me more about 

it

?” I asked. 

Chuyi took a deep breath, then gave me a serious look. “Jiulin, leave it alone. I’ll 

handle everything

. When it’s over, you’ll know.” 

He asked me to rest and prepare to take action tonight. Before I could react, he leaned back on his seat and closed his eyes. 

How could I not trust you? I just wanted to 

share

this burden

 with you…

 I sighed 

inwardly,

 then closed my eyes. 

We woke up at around twilight.

 Many trucks were

moving around

, and a few hundred workers were moving back and forth to unload the goods. The surroundings were well-lit. 

I was a little worried. “What if they work 

during

 the night? 

Will

 we have a chance to take action? 

“Don’t worry. I’m sure they will leave before 11:30 PM.” 

Chuyi was unruffled. He gave me a feeling that he was very familiar with this place. I stopped talking

 and turned 

to watch the workers out there. The maritime business here was indeed busy. 

This place was dozens of miles away from the big port in Laizhou. However, I could see that they were 

very

 busy. It gave me the impression that the famous coastal cit

ies

 in the Southeast 

operated during the

 day and night

. 

While I was ima

gin

ing the prosperous growth of our country’s blue economy, Chuyi was admiring his eight-faceted Han sword. He looked yearning and anxious. 

I 

took 

a glance 

at

 him from time to time, but he hadn’t sent me a look back. If I didn’t know him, I would 

have thought

 he was an idiot. 

At around 11:00 PM, the workers were still moving goods outside. I thought Chuyi had finally learned how to joke. It was just half an hour before 11:30 PM, 

and

 the workers out there didn’t show any 

sign

 that they would stop working 

soon

. 

I closed my eyes and decided to take a nap. 

I decided that when

 I woke up, I would 

tease him

. However, before I could fall asleep, Chuyi patted me

. He smiled and pointed 

outside our window. “Jiulin, let’s watch the fun.” 

Then, I heard a loud horn.  

I was stunned 

to see

 the workers out there

 drop

 everything 

before rushing 

to the shuttle buses.

The shuttle buses immediately left the area. 

Within seconds, Chuyi and 

I were

 the onl

y ones left there.

“Wow.” 

I gave Chuyi a thumbs-up. “Should we go to the village to take a look now?” 

“

Just w

ait a little more.” 

“Wait?” I turned around and 

didn’t see anyone

. “Why?” 

After a few minutes, I couldn’t stay put. Before I could ask him, Chuyi switched off all the lights in the car

 and turned 

to look at me. 

His eyes had turned red

. H

is shaky right hand 

held onto

 his eight-faceted Han sword. He looked like he would draw his sword out of its sheath to kill me in the next moment. 

I shivered

 and

 wanted to ask him what was wrong. But then, I saw a figure reflected in his eyes

. The figure 

was outside the window behind me. 

“Is that…” 

Subconsciously, I turned and saw a face sticking to the window! 

That face was as thin 

as

 cicada wings, but the facial features were distinctive

. T

he body attached to 

the

 face 

fluttered

 in the wind like a plastic bag. The ghostly face seemed to know 

that 

we were looking at it. It 

smirked

 and provokingly 

stuck out

 its tongue 

at

 us. 

I was startled at first, but 

after

 I got a hold of myself, I recognized it was just a normal little ghost. I took out the Emei Piercer

 and attempted 

to attack that ghost. Chuyi 

blocked

 my hand and lowered his voice. “Don’t move. It’s probing us.”  

I was surprised. I turned and 

carefully 

faced the ghost. 

A

round one minute later, the ghostly face detached from the car’s window and flew to an empty truck. 

When I was sure that it couldn’t hear me, I asked carefully

, “What’s going on?” 

Chuyi said with a sullen face, “It’s a ghost 

raised by the

 villagers. Every night, it 

comes

 here to patrol. As soon as it spots an outsider, 

it’l

l kill that person.” 

Chuyi seemed to be triggered. He started to tell me many things about this village.

Many people had come

 here 

knowing

 nothing 

about the place

. They 

had

 the same idea 

as

 me. They 

went

 out of their hideouts to kill the scouting ghost. Immediately afterward, countless ghosts swarmed toward them from every direction. 

This ordinary-looking village 

was actually raising

 so many little ghosts! I smacked my tongue, but I had a feeling that Chuyi’s loved one wasn’t killed by those ghosts. 

The little ghost was moving faster and faster. However, there were so many trucks here

. I

t took the ghost around one hour to finish its patrol round. 

While h

overing, the ghost howled then flew toward the village. 

At the same time, I heard commotions here and there. I

 curiously

 looked around and found so many hidden ghosts. They

 gathered

 and ran toward the village. 

After all of them 

were

 gone, Chuyi patted me

 to indicate 

that I could get 

out of

 the car. To be honest, what I had just seen was beyond my estimation! 

It was understandable if I met a lot of ghosts in 

a

 graveyard. But tonight, 

they appeared

 in a port area, which 

spoke of

 the 

ability

 of the people living in Dragon King Village.

Now

, I

 was even more convinced

 that this village had the water nymph

’s 

tears! 

After getting 

out of

 the car, Chuyi went to the window that the ghost had stuck its face on. He took out a big piece of yellow paper and adhered 

it to

 the glass

. Then, he sprinkled 

some cinnabar powder on it.  

A

 miracle happened 

right after

. The cinnabar stuck 

on

 the spots the ghost had touched 

earlier,

 while the 

remaining

 amount 

floated and fell

to

 the ground.

After the ghost appeared on the yellow paper, Chuyi made a cutout of it. Then, he put the paper doll into his pocket. With the eight-faceted Han sword in his hand, he slowly advanced. 

I grabbed the Holy Mother Scepter in my left hand while my right hand held the Emei Piercer. I carefully walked behind him. 

In

 the beginning, 

we only saw

 piles of boxes. However, after a few minutes of walking, the scene changed. In front of us was a village that was even smaller and poorer than Yin Xinyue’s village. 

“This is Dragon King Village.” 

Chuyi stopped in front of an old water tower. “This water tower is in the center of the village. If we get up there, we can see the entire 

place

.” 

The water tower was abandoned. 

While climbing

 to the top, spider webs 

stuck

 on my entire body. However, it meant that the place Chuyi had chosen was relatively safe. He took out the paper doll

 and bit

the tip of his

 finger

 to drip a drop of blood on the ghost’s eyes. 

“Jiulin, 

keep an eye on the

 village.”

Then, he closed his eyes

 and started 

to read something while shaking the paper doll. 

It looked like he wanted to use the paper doll to beckon that ghost. I carefully watched around. Eventually, I saw Yin energy arising from a house near the river. I focused on that house. A few seconds later, a shadow flew up. When it zoomed nearer, I recognized it was the ghost that had checked our car. 

I 

thought

 that Chuyi would make that ghost show us the way.

 But to my surprise

, the ghost burned and turned into ashes. 

I turned and saw that Chuyi had used his spirit flame to burn the paper doll. 

“

Wasn’t it better if we

 ma

d

e it show us around?” 

“If we don’t destroy it, 

our whereabouts will

 be exposed.” Chuyi gritted his teeth. “Did you see which house the ghost came from?” 

I nodded and 

pointed at the

 house.

He sneered and explained, “The mermaid is the biggest secret of this village. If something 

happens out here

, the folks will be alerted. They will inevitably think that someone has come for the Dragon Eye and the mermaid!” 

“What if the ghost owner doesn’t come out?”

Chuyi wanted to kill the ghost to alert its owner, which would make the owner 

come

 out to check on the Dragon Eye. It would give us the chance to follow him there.

After all, tens of thousands of years

 had passed, which made it hard t

o recognize 

its

 original location. Except for the locals, no one knew where 

it was

. 

It was a good method. However, I didn

’t think it would work

 as these people 

were unlikely to

 come outside at midnight. 

“I’m sure he will show up.” Chuyi gave a faint 

nod,

 then looked around. I didn’t want to disturb him, so I leaned against the inner wall of the water 

tower

 to rest. 

I didn’t know how 

much time

 it had passed when Chuyi suddenly 

said

, “Here he comes!”