I, a prison guard in the Heavenly Prison, secretly became invincible thanks to the system.

The fake Taoist priest counted the silver notes in his hand and smiled with satisfaction.

"Not bad, not bad. I'm a man of my word. The child is yours now. If you do anything so despicable again, come to me."

After saying that, he turned and left, cheerfully pushing open the door.

In the dim light, a man in a black robe and mask stood in front of the door, staring at the fake Taoist priest.

Silence is Cambridge tonight.

The fake Taoist priest's eyes widened, and he jumped to the side without hesitation.

However, just as he turned around, Ye Kang swung the scabbard in his hand and swiftly knocked it away.

With a cry of pain, the fake Taoist priest hugged his knees and fell to the ground in a sorry state.

The shout startled the people inside the house. The old village chief and the middle-aged couple hurriedly peeked out and were both taken aback.

"Who are you!"

The man in the middle-aged couple questioned her sharply.

Ye Kang ignored him and just stared at the fake Taoist.

"Playing tricks and deceiving the people, am I wrong?"

Hearing Ye Kang's voice, the fake Taoist felt a chill run down his spine.

He naturally knew about the masked man and knew he couldn't get away with it, so he gritted his teeth and pulled out the eagle claw hook from his waist with his right hand.

"You're really meddling in my business! I'm making money, what's it to you! Don't think I'm afraid of masked men. I, Master Iron Eagle, am not someone to be trifled with. Get out of my way, let's keep to ourselves!"

After he finished speaking, the old village chief seemed to remember something and chimed in, "That's right! Master Tieying is a master of martial arts. Kill this man quickly, we can't let him leak the news!"

The fake Taoist frowned, thinking to himself, "Is this old man out of his mind?"

He was just making empty threats; how could he dare to kill the masked man?

At that moment, he sensed an overwhelming killing intent.

Ye Kang drew his demon sword, his eyes cold.

The next second, Ye Kang's figure disappeared from the spot, and when you looked again, the long knife had already been plunged into the old village chief's chest.

Blood dripped down, and the old village chief stared at Ye Kang in disbelief.

He looked at the fake Taoist priest with a pleading expression.

The fake Taoist priest's heart raced, his whole body was soaked in cold sweat, and he was about to run away without hesitation.

This person is so fast that I didn't even feel it when he made his move. He must be a master of innate skill!

We're going to die if we don't escape now!

However, as soon as he turned around, a pink sword aura appeared in front of his forehead, hovering silently.

The fake Taoist priest reacted extremely quickly, immediately bending his knees and kneeling down.

"My lord, spare my life! I was just doing this for money, I haven't harmed anyone!"

Ye Kang ignored him, simply drawing his long sword indifferently, and the old village chief's body fell limply to the ground.

The middle-aged couple were so frightened that they turned pale and couldn't even scream.

Ye Kang looked at the two men and asked, "Tell me, why did you snatch the child?"

The blade flashed with blood, and the middle-aged couple trembled uncontrollably, revealing everything.

It turned out they were the old village chief's son and daughter-in-law, but unfortunately they were both infertile, while a woman from the same village gave birth to twins.

The two were very fond of each other, and just then, the woman's husband died, so they decided to take the baby away.

Although the old village chief was ruthless, he did not want to bear the infamy, so he joined forces with the fake Taoist priest to create this farce.

Ye Kang felt disgusted after hearing this; the old man truly deserved to die.

He then looked at the fake Taoist priest: "Did you create that water monster too?"

The fake Taoist priest hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, no! How could I possibly have that ability? I've seen that monster before; its blood energy is so abundant, unlike anything I've ever seen before. It's definitely a true great demon!"

Ye Kang was speechless upon hearing this. He immediately ordered the middle-aged man to go out and knock on doors from house to house, calling everyone over.

Soon, all the villagers gathered in the ancestral hall in confusion, with the scholar and the pitiful woman at the very back of the crowd.

Faced with Ye Kang's blade, the middle-aged couple and the fake Taoist priest dared not play any more tricks. They immediately knelt down, crying and begging for forgiveness, saying that they had deceived the villagers and that there was no lake god at all, but that it was all a hoax they had concocted because they wanted a child.

Immediately, the crowd was enraged, and countless stones were thrown at them.

The villagers apologized to the poor woman again, but Ye Kang found them disgusting.

The woman, having regained her senses after holding her child again, wept with joy.

The system voice also sounded at the same time.

【Ding】

[Complete the mission: Expose the Taoist Master scam]

[The host is rewarded for activating the Demon Forge]

……

Before Ye Kang could even check, the scholar walked over.

"Brother, thank you! I will definitely repay your great kindness!"

Ye Kang shook his head: "You're exaggerating. These silver notes are the payment that old scoundrel paid for hiring the Taoist priest. It's enough for a person to live on. If you're willing, take that woman and child to Jinling."

Ye Kang handed over the silver note, and the scholar was immediately overjoyed.

"Don't worry, brother, I will treat them well! To be honest, I've always admired my cousin, and I will never betray her as long as she's willing..."

Ye Kang was speechless. This guy was so happy to take over the deal; he was obviously a sycophant.

At this moment, the villagers apologized frantically, while the scholar and the pitiful woman exchanged glances.

Only the fake Taoist priest remained, kneeling on the ground, looking completely lost.

"Sir, will you release me?"

"Let you go? Fine." Ye Kang laughed.

"I'm giving you a chance. Swim to the other side now. If you're still alive, then leave on your own."

"what!"

The fake Taoist priest's entire face turned as bitter as a gourd.

Normally, he would have thought this was a great blessing. It's just swimming, right? As a top-notch martial artist, he could swim a few laps!

But things are different now; the lake isn't safe anymore!

"Sir, isn't this a bit..."

"If you don't go, you'll die right now."

"I go!"

The fake Taoist priest immediately nodded, took off his clothes, did a few warm-up exercises, and then mustered up his courage to jump into the lake.

The crisp plop sound drew the attention of all the villagers.

Everyone fell silent for a moment, looking at the lake, wondering what would happen.

Ye Kang also took the time to bring up the control panel.

"System, what is the Demon Forge?"

【Ding】

[Demon Furnace: Seize the essence of demons and refine their evil souls. Many man-eating demons exist in the world, their sins are heinous. Subdue them and throw them into the Demon Furnace to suffer the torment of purgatory. As the refining process progresses, special rewards can be obtained. The rank of the reward is related to the demon itself.]

[Note: Only man-eating demons can refine it.]

Wow!

Ye Kang was stunned.

So demons really do exist in this world!

Needless to say, the monster in this lake must be a man-eating demon. It's a good opportunity to test the effects of the Demon Furnace.

Just then, a gasp came from the lake.

The villagers all craned their necks, but because of the darkness, they could not see what was happening in the lake.

Ye Kang, with his heightened senses, could clearly see that in the middle of the Clear Water Lake, the fake Taoist was swimming back frantically, seemingly out of his mind.

While swimming, he shouted, "Help! Help me! There's a monster!"

Behind him, a huge creature emerged from behind and swam rapidly toward him. Seeing that he couldn't escape, the fake Taoist quickly threw out his grappling hook.

Blood splattered, and a deafening roar echoed in the lake, followed by a giant beast raising its head from the water.

His blood-red eyes, like lanterns, stunned the fake Taoist priest.

Ye Kang was also stunned.