"Senior Yinmu, what is the Night Lord?"

Yinmu's face was filled with fear as he made a gesture for silence and turned to the stove, scooping a bowl of soup and handing it to me.

"Don't speak, quickly, drink this. Otherwise, you'll have the smell of a stranger and won't survive tonight."

I could tell from the smell that it was mushroom soup. I took the bowl and drank it all in one gulp, only to discover a half finger bone lying at the bottom of the bowl...

My stomach churned, and I was about to vomit when Yinmu slapped me on the back, causing the soup that had surged into my mouth to "gurgle" back down my throat.

"Don't spit it out!"

"Let me tell you, when you enter the Immortal Mountain, you must abide by its rules and forget all the constraints you had on the mountain below. Otherwise, you'll soon become the Night Lord's excrement or a pill."

Being slapped by him, I swallowed the soup hastily, some of it went into my nostrils, and the spiciness made my eyes water. I rubbed my eyes and wiped my nose while nodding repeatedly at Yinmu.

Although Senior Yinmu was a bit strange, he was still a decent person, much better than that friendly Gengjin and Wutu.

At this moment, the lantern in the grass hut suddenly lit up with a flash of red and green light.

"They're here, get on the kang! Remember, no matter what happens, your feet must not touch the ground."

Yinmu's words had just fallen, and the floor in the room seemed to come alive, undulating. It felt as if there was a huge creature surging underground, and the ground became thinner and brighter. Something like a mountain spewed out, sticking to the ground and wriggling.

My heart rose to my throat, cold sweat dripped down my face, and my whole body stiffened like a stick. I looked at Yinmu with difficulty but was almost scared to wet my pants.

Yinmu had turned into a red-eyed giant insect, covered in mucus, with its tail extending into the ground, and it grinned at me with a strange laugh.

A huge mouth slowly extended toward me, mucus dripping all over the place, as if it wanted to swallow my head.

I suddenly remembered what Gengjin said before entering the grass hut.

"Third, Third Master said I should come every month to receive an Immortal Pill to assist me in my cultivation and practice."

I was so frightened that my tongue tied up, but I managed to stutter out this life-saving sentence.

Upon hearing this, the creature's eyes flickered, and it stopped moving.

It let out a low laugh from its mouth, filled with disdain and malice, sending shivers down my spine.

"Welcome, Junior Apprentice Fire, to the mountain gate. How about it? Was the gift from your senior brother thrilling?"

The creature transformed back into Yinmu's appearance, still wearing a friendly expression, as if the terrifying scene just now was just a nightmare.

I nodded like a puppet, trying to steady my nearly frightened soul.

Only now did I understand why Gengjin brought me here and then ran away. This Yinmu was completely deranged, changing his face faster than flipping through a book.