Fang Hong aimed at the demon gourd, slowly injecting some magical power into his fingertip. In an instant, the demon gourd sensed his intention and began to tremble slightly.
A spiritual light flashed from the demon gourd, and the skull on its body lit up.
Immediately after, Liu Pangzi and Sun Ergou's corpses slowly floated up, continuously shrinking.
Fang Hong watched with wide eyes as the two corpses were gradually sucked into the demon gourd. The scene was bizarre and shocking!
Seeing this, Fang Hong's heart trembled. This demon gourd could indeed collect corpses… Just as Fang Hong was still in shock, after about a few breaths, a white light flashed from the gourd's mouth, spitting out two thumb-sized, crystal-clear "small pills" that floated before him!
These two small pills emitted a soft glow in the air. Fang Hong curiously reached out, took the small pills, placed them in his palm, and examined them carefully.
The surface of the small pills was smooth, like two perfect gems.
It absorbed two corpses and spat out two small pills, so what was the use of these small pills?
Fang Hong was a little puzzled. He gently sniffed the small pills under his nose; there was no smell, but they felt a bit cold in his hand.
He couldn't help but recall the scene he had witnessed in the eerie space earlier, where the earth recovered its vitality after the small pills fell to the ground.
That is to say, this kind of small pill could bring vitality and should not be some kind of poison. Perhaps it could assist in Cultivation, Fang Hong thought.
However, to be safe, Fang Hong did not rashly consume the small pills. He planned to find a small animal to test their effect.
Afterward, Fang Hong went to the old well beside his house, drew a basin of well water from it, and picked up a broom.
He returned to the place where Liu Pangzi and Sun Ergou's corpses had been, and began to diligently wash away the bloodstains on the ground to avoid attracting flies… After completing all this, Fang Hong then went to a small earth rat hole not far from the vegetable patch.
He squatted down, carefully observed the entrance of the hole, and used his magical power to force the small earth rat out of the hole.
A faint blue light, transformed from magical power, drilled into the hole, and in a short while, a small earth rat scurried out in a panic!
Fang Hong was quick-eyed and quick-handed, grabbing the small earth rat and putting it into an iron cage.
Fang Hong fed the small pills to the small earth rat to see what changes it would undergo.
After eating the small pills, the small earth rat did not show any signs of discomfort. It still quietly curled up in a corner of the iron cage, trembling as it looked at Fang Hong.
Fang Hong sealed the iron cage, deciding to check the next day if the small earth rat was still alive.
Afterward, Fang Hong went to the kitchen to cook some food and ate a simple meal.
After filling his stomach, he returned to the small wooden house to sit and Cultivate Qi, striving to Breakthrough to the second layer of Qi Refining as soon as possible… Until evening, Fang Hong's home welcomed another "guest."
"Young Fang! Are you in there? Open the door quickly!" A loud male voice came, accompanied by the sound of knocking on the door.
Fang Hong ended his Cultivation state, slowly opened his eyes, and a hint of cold light flashed in them.
He stood up, walked out of the house, and saw that it was Liu Pangzi's father, "Liu Dapan."
Liu Dapan stood at the door, tall and stout, with an anxious expression on his face.
"Young Fang, have you seen my chubby boy?" Liu Dapan asked.
He hadn't seen his son for a day and was a bit worried, which was why he came to Fang Hong to inquire, as he also knew that Fang Hong and his son didn't have a very good relationship.
"I have," Fang Hong replied calmly, without any expression on his face and with a very cold tone.
"You have? Where is he?" Liu Dapan frowned.
"The Underworld," Fang Hong continued to reply, his voice without the slightest ripple.
"Ah?" Liu Dapan stood frozen, not understanding what this boy meant for a moment.
Suddenly, Fang Hong raised his hand and once again unleashed a close-range Thunderbolt Technique.
"Zzz!" A blue electric arc flashed from Fang Hong's palm, instantly piercing through Liu Dapan's chest!
"Ah ah ah…" Liu Dapan let out a mournful scream, his body convulsing violently, his face showing expressions of pain and fear.
His eyes were wide open, filled with despair, just like his son; after a few convulsions, he passed away… Immediately after, Fang Hong took out the demon gourd to collect his corpse and refined him into a small pill.
After completing all this, Fang Hong's expression was calm. Since he had already killed Liu Pangzi, killing his father was of no consequence.
"Will Sun Ergou's father or his old mother come looking tomorrow…" Fang Hong thought to himself, closed the door, and continued to Cultivate.
By the next morning, Fang Hong indeed heard a commotion outside his house.
He went out to look, and unexpectedly, people from the village had all come to watch the excitement.
In the crowd, Liu Pangzi's old mother was pointing at Fang Hong, crying and saying, "It's here! Old Liu said yesterday he was going to Old Fang's house to look for his son, but he hasn't returned since. I suspect Old Liu and Chubby's disappearance are related to him!"
"This is bad! My Ergou didn't come back yesterday either, could something have happened to him too?!" Sun Ergou's father said anxiously, his face full of worry.
"Fang Hong, have you seen Liu Dapan and his son, as well as Sun Ergou?" The old village chief, leaning on his cane, slowly walked out from the crowd and asked.
"They are all dead. Liu Pangzi and his father, and Sun Ergou, were all killed by me," Fang Hong said directly, without concealing anything.
"What?!"
As soon as Fang Hong uttered these words, the villagers' faces all changed, filled with horror.
They couldn't believe their ears; the usually taciturn Fang Hong would actually do such a terrifying thing.
"You, you… you evil spirit! How could you be so vicious, even killing your own villagers?!" A villager angrily pointed at Fang Hong and shouted.
"How exactly did you kill them! Tell us! Where did you hide their bodies?!" The villagers were indignant, thinking Fang Hong had gone mad, and they shouted sternly.
The crowd began to stir, with everyone speaking at once, accusations rising and falling.
As soon as Liu Pangzi's old mother heard that both her husband and son were dead, she immediately collapsed to the ground in despair!