I'm modifying myself into the ultimate demon.

Chapter 64 Using Ghosts to Fight Ghosts
Li Qingniu, who was enjoying his barbecue, was startled when Chen Mo suddenly said that. He looked around... but there was no one there.

He quickly realized that Chen Mo was talking to a ghost.

Startled, Li Qingniu suddenly lost his appetite and no longer enjoyed the roasted meat. He immediately put down the half-eaten raccoon leg in his hand, shrank his neck, and cautiously picked up the torch.

Chen Mo ignored Li Qingniu and stared intently at the boy.

The boy was suddenly startled, looking at Chen Mo warily, his body trembling uncontrollably. Then he burst into tears, kneeling on the ground and pleading, "I didn't mean to steal the food, I was just so hungry. I saw you didn't want the raccoon pelt... that's why I came to scavenge."

The boy had been hiding far away in the water and had seen Chen Mo and Li Binghui fight. He knew Chen Mo was a formidable opponent. Even Li Binghui, a woman, couldn't handle him, so it was understandable that he was panicked.

Chen Mo squatted down, smiling, and picked up the raccoon skin, placing it in the boy's hand. "I don't blame you. You must be really hungry. Eat up."

The boy, however, dared not accept it; instead, he became even more frightened, and tears streamed down his face.

"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." Chen Mo took out a blue jade pendant with inscriptions from his pocket and waved it in front of the boy. "Do you recognize this?"

Upon seeing the jade pendant, the boy was no longer afraid. Instead, he eagerly snatched the pendant, held it in his hand, and examined it closely. As he looked at it, tears streamed down his face.

Upon seeing the boy's appearance, Chen Mo knew that he was Erhu.

Erhu was still very afraid of him, so he put on a kind smile and said, "I'm a member of the Black Mountain Stronghold. Before I came to patrol tonight, I saw your mother in Wuqiao Town. Because she couldn't find you, she set up incense and burned paper money at her door to call back your soul. Because you didn't come back, your mother is crying so hard that she's going to go blind..."

The boy finally broke down and burst into tears, wailing, "Mother! It's all my fault for being unfilial! Because all my friends are wearing new shoes, and you wouldn't buy me a new pair, I argued with you. And then I lost this jade pendant. That's why I'm suffering here..."

Mother, I'm sorry for hurting you.

Mother, I miss you.

Chen Mo was somewhat moved upon hearing this.

Suddenly I realized that... even ghosts, like humans, have good and bad, and are also divided into good and evil.

Chen Mo comforted Erhu, "I knew I was going to patrol here tonight, so I asked your mother to give me a token. I promised your mother that if I saw you, I would take you back to see her."

Upon hearing this, Erhu was no longer afraid of Chen Mo and even knelt down before him, saying, "Thank you, big brother. I want to see my mother."

Seeing that Erhu was willing to talk to him, Chen Mo was delighted and said, "Erhu has been staying here all this time, but doesn't he know the way home?"

Erhu said with tears in his eyes, "I know. But I can't get out of here. That old woman is very fierce. She won't let me go far. She also made me stay here and lure passing farmers and children. I refused, and then the old woman beat me badly."

Having said that, Erhu rolled up his sleeves, revealing prominent whip marks and torn flesh. It was clear he had suffered greatly.

They were forced to live in a subservient position and suffered mistreatment.

Why didn't you give in to that old woman?

Erhu said, “My mother taught me from a young age to be kind to others. Even if I couldn’t be a kind person, I couldn’t be evil. I’ve always listened to my mother… I’ve always listened to my mother. But that one time… because of a pair of new shoes, I acted foolishly.”

Chen Mo was somewhat moved and asked, "Did that old woman harm you?"

Erhu was filled with resentment. He glanced at the pool, afraid the old woman would hear, and tiptoed closer to Chen Mo, whispering, "I was angry with my mother, so I came here to skip stones to vent my anger, complaining about how she wouldn't buy me new shoes..."

Suddenly I saw a pair of new shoes by the pond, so I ran over and put them on. Just as I was feeling happy, I realized I couldn't move my legs. Finally, someone pushed me into the water… and I drowned.”

Chen Mo clicked his tongue inwardly, thinking to himself: This Li Binghui is truly vicious; she doesn't even spare a ten-year-old child. Killing someone is bad enough, but deceiving a child with new shoes is utterly cruel.

unacceptable……

Chen Mo put aside his distracting thoughts and quickly made up his mind. He asked Erhu to come closer and whispered, "You'll have to do me a favor later..."

After hearing this, Erhu was a little scared, but seeing Chen Mo's kind smile and the jade pendant in his hand, he finally gritted his teeth and nodded, "Yes. I'll listen to my big brother. I want to go back to see my mother." After saying that, Erhu didn't even bother to take the raccoon skin; he dashed off into the pond and disappeared in a flash.

“Young Master Mo…” Li Qingniu approached and asked when Chen Mo hadn’t spoken for a while.

The scene just now was truly frightening to Li Qingniu. He saw Chen Mo speak to thin air, pick up the raccoon skin, give it to something, and then the raccoon skin remained suspended in mid-air. The same thing happened with a jade pendant.

During this time, Chen Mo kept lowering his head and whispering in someone's ear... his incoherent and frightening words.

Chen Mo regained his senses and said, "Qingniu, get the knife and dig down this section of the dike."

Li Qingniu asked in confusion, "You want to dig up this pool?"

Chen Mo said, "This evil spirit is hiding in the pool. Let's breach the dam and release the water to force her out. I'll take care of the rest."

Li Qingniu thought to himself: Didn't you just say you couldn't catch that ghost? What's the use of breaching the dike?

But Li Qingniu wasn't one to meddle, and he admired Chen Mo's thoughtfulness and abilities, so he began to break the dam.

The edge of the pool is surrounded by three meters of hard soil. Digging through this soil will allow the water to flow to a lower-lying area, thus drying up the pool.

The two immediately got to work.

Chen Mo was an internal martial arts master with terrifying strength. With a few slashes, he cleaved a huge crack in the ground. Although Li Qingniu was not a martial artist, he was strong from running the shop for many years, so he jumped into the ditch to deepen and widen it.

With their combined efforts, they dug a huge trench in less than half an hour. The water in the pool flowed out with a "splashing" sound.

Chen Mo felt this wasn't enough, so he kept raising his broadsword, using his true energy to continuously deepen and widen the ditch. This quickly caused a large amount of water to flow outwards. The water level in the pool was decreasing at a visible rate.

After completing all this, Chen Mo gripped his broadsword tightly, staring intently at the pool, waiting for the old woman to emerge.

So you can hide, right?

We'll dig up your lair and see how you deal with it.
really--

"what!!"

With a furious roar, the old woman suddenly emerged from the water and frantically lunged at Chen Mo, yelling, "You wicked bastard, you dare to raid my lair! I'll fight you to the death!"

The humidity was so high that it ignited a raging fire.

Chen Mo drew his sword and charged forward, slashing furiously, but missed. The old woman, however, dared not directly confront his Bloodfire Broadsword, and instead circled around to attack the back of Chen Mo's head.

Chen Mo dodged to the side and swung his knife in a backhand strike.

This strike was incredibly strange, yet the old woman still managed to dodge it.

Just then——

While fleeing, Li Binghui suddenly felt something grab her thigh. She quickly looked down and found that Erhu was holding her thigh tightly.

"You scoundrel..."

Before he could finish speaking, in that brief moment of delay... Chen Mo had already rushed forward like a whirlwind, his blade, stained with blood and fire, slashing fiercely at Li Binghui.

"die!!"

(End of this chapter)