Chapter 120: Bones in the Mud

　　Within just five minutes, Hu Zi had brought back the bald man.

　　He threw the bald man to the ground like trash and stepped on his back with his foot.

　　"Husband!" the dark-faced woman cried out urgently, "Let go of my husband! Let him go!"

　　Lu Fei completely ignored her and found a rope, throwing it over to Hu Zi.

　　"Tie him up!"

　　"Got it!" Hu Zi quickly and efficiently tied the bald man up tightly.

　　"Husband, are you okay? Are you alright?" The dark-faced woman was full of worry, looking at the bald man with anxiety.

　　Unfortunately, the bald man didn't even look at her; instead, he looked at Lu Fei pleadingly.

　　"Manager Lu, we have no grudges between us. I've returned the children to you; can't you just pretend you didn't see anything?"

　　"Ha! Are you dreaming?" Hu Zi sneered, "You used magic to abduct so many children and still expect us to turn a blind eye? Do you think that's possible?"

　　"Manager Lu, how much money do you want? Name your price!" The bald man forced a smile, looking at Lu Fei.

　　Lu Fei also smiled, standing in the light and looking at him calmly, "Do I look like someone who needs money?"

　　The bald man's smile froze, and he said disbelievingly, "There's nothing in this world that can't be solved with money! Whatever they pay you, I'll double it. Is that not enough?"

　　Seeing that Lu Fei was unmoved, he gritted his teeth and said resolutely, "I'll give you all my money, and I won't run this mansion anymore! Just let me off, and we can talk about anything."

　　"Do you even have the right to bargain?" Lu Fei continued to smile, "What do you think your money and your mansion are to me? I wouldn't even touch it with a ten-foot pole!"

　　The bald man was stunned, an expression of disbelief in his eyes. Could there be something in this world that couldn't be solved with money?

　　"Do you think everyone is like you, harming others for money? Disgusting!" Hu Zi spat fiercely, "We've already called the police. Get ready for a long stay in prison!"

　　The bald man finally felt genuinely frightened. He shouted, "Manager Lu, we have no grudges between us. Leave a way out for yourself. Why do you have to be so ruthless?!"

　　"No grudge, no enmity?" Lu Fei's gaze suddenly turned cold. "Did those children have any grudge against you? Why did you kill them?"

　　The bald man shuddered and hunched his neck, saying, "It was all her! She did everything, I knew nothing. She raised the fish, she caught the children, I only ran the restaurant!"

　　"Husband, what are you saying?" The dark-faced woman looked at him in disbelief, her eyes wide with shock.

　　"Wasn't it you?" The bald man's eyes showed no emotion. "I was just a small businessman, you said you could raise a special eel, guaranteeing big profits, that's why I opened this restaurant!"

　　"I only handled the business of the restaurant, I had no idea how the fish were raised or where the children came from!"

　　"You..." The dark-faced woman swayed, these words like sharp knives piercing her heart, leaving her speechless.

　　Hu Zi spat disdainfully, "Dog fighting dog, both get a mouthful of fur! Neither of you are good people, neither of you will get away with it!"

　　At that moment, the sound of sirens echoed from far down the mountain.

　　"I was just bewitched by her, really!" The bald man was drenched in sweat. "Her family has inherited sorcery, she can make incense that can put people to sleep, and that female eel with a human face was also brought by her."

　　"She said the mother eel was a spiritual fish her family had been raising for a hundred years, as long as it was well-fed, it could produce many young eels, and their meat was so delicious that people couldn't stop eating it..."

　　To减轻自己的罪责, he spared no effort to shift the blame, even becoming somewhat incoherent.

　　The dark-skinned woman stared at him blankly, as if looking at a stranger.

　　No wonder she's called Black Lady, she's originally an eel.

　　Now there's no need for Lu Fei to interrogate, the bald man himself spilled all the dirty water.

　　In the world of the Mystic Sect, there are numerous eccentric people and strange events, with a wide variety of magical techniques.

　　It seems that this dark-skinned woman has been involved in unorthodox practices from her ancestors, and the number of innocent lives lost at their hands must be countless.

　　Huzi is right, neither of them is any good.

　　"If you were really so clean, how could the baby spirit have clung to you?" Lu Fei sneered coldly.

　　"I was just trying to cure my illness, a psychic surnamed Feng gave it to me, I didn't know what meat it was before I ate it..." The bald man's voice lacked confidence.

　　"Save these words for the police, see if they believe you."

　　Lu Fei looked at the thoroughly dead human-faced eel on the ground and suddenly had a thought.

　　This human-faced eel has been raised for over a hundred years, it might have already turned into a demon. I've heard that demons that have reached a certain level all have demon pills, could this human-faced eel have one?

　　Demon pills are good stuff.

　　Before the police arrived, Lu Fei immediately took out a dagger and cut open the eel's belly, carefully searching inside its body.

　　Tossing aside the fish eggs, Lu Fei found a pea-sized bead near its brain in the flesh.

　　The bead was pitch black, and upon closer inspection, there were faint streams of black gas moving within it.

　　"A demon pill?"

　　Lu Fei wasn't sure, but he wiped it clean and put it away.

　　Throughout the whole process, the woman with the dark face watched him coldly, saying nothing.

　　Soon.

　　The police and the ambulance have arrived.

　　All the children were taken to the hospital for treatment, and the bald man and the dark-faced woman were arrested.

　　"Mr. Yu and I are friends. He said the armband of the child was found near the mountain villa, so I wanted to help them search more."

　　"In the evening, we heard children crying and shouting for help inside the mountain villa. We went in to check, and unexpectedly found so many children."

　　"They even tried to kill us to silence us, so we had to tie them up."

　　Lu Fei explained honestly to the police.

　　The police looked at the footprints on the bald man, then at the tall and sturdy Hu Zi, but did not ask further questions.

　　"Thank you for your bravery, both of you. We still need your cooperation to record your statements as part of the procedure."

　　"No problem."

　　As a good citizen who acted bravely, Lu Fei naturally fully cooperated.

　　However, as he was about to leave, he suddenly saw a row of small, dark figures standing by the pond.

　　"Please wait a moment."

　　Lu Fei stopped and turned towards those small, dark figures.

　　The little dark figures, somewhat timid, extended their small hands and pointed at the pond filled with dead eels.

　　"Is there something down there?"

　　Lu Fei picked up a long stick and stirred the mud in the pond. Soon, he felt the stick hit something and used force to lift it up for a look.

　　It was actually a small, white bone!

　　"Are these the children's bones?" A chill ran through Lu Fei's heart.

　　So that was the source of the corpse aura!

　　Although the children had been transformed into lambs by the soul-binding technique, their internal skeletons remained unchanged. The human-faced eels only ate the flesh, leaving the children's bones behind, buried deep in the mud.

　　Seeing the bones, the policemen's faces changed dramatically, and they hurried to find tools for salvaging them.

　　The pond was surprisingly six to seven meters deep, with the mud at the bottom concealing the remains of dozens of children, both big and small.

　　By the time all the remains were retrieved, it was almost dawn.

　　Those tiny shadows, holding hands, bowed deeply to Lu Fei.

　　Lu Fei's nose stung as he waved to them, and a warm current flowed into his dantian.

　　Merit power?!

　　Then, those children all floated towards the bald man and the dark-faced woman who were locked in the car.