Chapter 27 This Is a Good Place to Bury People

He didn't say a word on the way.

It wasn't until he got home that he took out the wooden box from the cabinet and opened it.

The wooden box was full of iron beads, so many that it made his scalp numb.

"Two people from the underworld, have you forgotten what the most taboo thing in the underworld is." Xu Bai grabbed a handful of iron beads and said to himself.

The iron beads flowed out from the gaps between his fingers and fell on the wooden box, making a tinkling sound, which sounded strange and creepy at night.

If you don't cut the grass at the root, it will grow again in the spring breeze.

Threat?

Blackmail?

In Xu Bai's opinion, satisfying the other party once will turn into a bottomless pit.

Greed is endless, and the benefits that come at your fingertips are equivalent to unlimited greed.

If you want to really eradicate the trouble, you must not only treat the symptoms, but also the root cause.

Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth gradually rose.

It seems... that a proper solution has been found.

The blacksmith and the proprietress seemed to have overlooked a loophole that could lead them to hell.

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The next day.

Early in the morning, Xu Bai went to the stall to eat breakfast as usual, and touched Xiaoyue's head.

After eating, he started to wander around again.

The whole process was no different from usual, without any psychological burden.

Behind Xu Bai, the proprietress was following quietly.

She saw Xu Bai doing nothing all the time, and she couldn't figure out what Xu Bai was thinking.

It wasn't until noon that Xu Bai left in front of a stall.

When he left, he was holding the hemp rope he had just bought from the stall.

"What did he buy the hemp rope for?" The proprietress became more and more confused.

She couldn't understand Xu Bai's brain circuit at all. It was okay that he had no psychological burden, but the key was that he bought a useless hemp rope, which made her more and more confused.

Was he forced to hang himself?

The proprietress shook her head vigorously, shook off the unrealistic thoughts, and continued to follow.

On the other side, after Xu Bai bought the hemp rope, he did not stay on the street any longer. He found a place to have lunch again, and then returned home with the hemp rope.

The proprietress did not go in either, but kept guarding at the corner not far away.

As the afternoon approached, Xu Bai went out as usual, had dinner, and stayed at home again.

The sun gradually set, and the night fell.

On the street, the endless stream of people and the noisy voices gradually disappeared.

The bustling streets became deserted, and only the proprietress was guarding the corner alone.

The night watchman sounded, and the night watchman began his nightly work.

"Has he been at home all the time?" The blacksmith also came out, carrying a large iron box in his hand, half a person's height.

The iron box looked extremely heavy, but the blacksmith carried it in his hand without any effort, as if he was carrying a cardboard box.

"He is not abnormal today, even very normal." The proprietress stared at Xu Bai's door, without turning her head.

The more normal, the more abnormal.

The two were also people who had been in the underworld, so they naturally knew this.

"Be careful. If there was no other way, I would not approve of taking this road." The blacksmith said.

This sentence angered the boss lady.

"Do you think I am willing? I have gone through so much trouble to hide here. If I had not run out of money and goods, would I take risks? This man is obviously an old man in the underworld. I don't want to have any contact with him."

Hearing this, the blacksmith smiled bitterly and said nothing more.

The boss lady's chest rose and fell, and her anger gradually subsided.

At this time, the tightly closed door opened.

The two said no more and stared at the door.

In the dark night, Xu Bai walked out from inside, carrying a wooden box on his back.

The wooden box was tied with hemp rope and made into two straps. It looked very funny to carry it on his back.

"That box seems to be a gift from me to him. It is used to hold iron beads. Strange, why is he carrying a wooden box?" The boss lady asked suspiciously.

"Maybe he wants to pack silver. Didn't he say that there are hundreds of silver ingots, and it's hard to pack them without a box?" The blacksmith thought for a while and said.

"I hope so." The proprietress said.

Apart from this reason, she couldn't think of any other reason.

While the two were talking, Xu Bai had already gone out and walked towards the north of Sheng County.

"Follow!"

Without hesitation, the two of them quietly followed behind.

...

Carrying the wooden box, Xu Bai quickly left Sheng County and walked towards the outskirts of Sheng County.

The wooden box was heavy, but it was light for Xu Bai.

The realm of the eighth-grade wanderer, and the golden airflow in his body, made him walk on flat ground.

Few people left Sheng County at night. After all, in the wild, no one could figure out what dangers there were.

Ordinary people were busy with their livelihoods every day, and they would not go to the wild to hang out when they were full.

Therefore, Xu Bai was the only one walking in the outskirts of Sheng County.

There were dark clouds in the sky.

The moon was hidden in the dark clouds, with only a little silver light shining down.

The silver light fell on Xu Bai, and the wooden box glowed matte under the silver light.

Xu Bai walked farther and farther, and at this time, he was already more than ten miles away from Sheng County.

Behind him, the blacksmith and the boss's wife followed him all the time. The further they walked, the more doubts they had in their hearts.

Would they really hide the silver so far away?

What if there was an accident and they couldn't get back in time? Wouldn't the silver be used as a wedding dress for others?

Neither of them could figure it out, but since they had come this far, they had no choice but to follow behind.

After walking several miles, Xu Bai slowed down and stopped.

This was a slightly empty open space with soft soil underfoot, which was very comfortable to step on.

Xu Bai turned around and looked at the woods behind him, smiling, "Don't hide, you two, the environment here is very good."

There was a silence in the woods.

"If you don't come out, don't want the silver." Xu Bai added.

As soon as he finished speaking, a sound came from the woods, and the blacksmith and the boss's wife walked out.

"Boy, what are you doing? Why are you carrying a wooden box?" The boss's wife walked closer and asked.

"I'll help you find the money. I'll use a wooden box to hold the money. It's reasonable, right?" Xu Bai untied the hemp rope on his shoulder and put the wooden box on the ground.

He raised his foot and put it on the wooden box, while his elbow rested on his foot, slightly bent over, and stared at the blacksmith and the boss lady with a playful look.

For some reason, the blacksmith and the boss lady shuddered when Xu Bai glanced at them.

"Originally, I thought I had to walk a distance to reach my destination, but I didn't expect it to be so nice here." Xu Bai propped his chin with his hand and said slowly.

"What do you mean, the silver is hidden here?" The blacksmith said dully.

Xu Bai pointed to the sky, then to the ground, shook his head and sighed: "It's so vulgar to talk about money. I asked you two to come here just to see if the scenery here is good."

The scene fell into silence, and you could hear a pin drop.

"What do you mean, why are you dithering?" The boss lady felt that the atmosphere was different and said angrily.

Xu Bai stamped his feet, and the ground beneath his feet was soft.

A word came out of his mouth.

"The soil here is very good, suitable for burying people."