[Mouse Servant]

[Identity: Legendary Soul]

[Realm: ???]

[The grain transport journey is long, and rest stations have been established along official roads to provide a place for Deregistration Officials to rest, facilitating the smooth transport of grain to Beijing. Each rest station has several Government Officials to maintain operations...]

[In this remote and poor area, no one is willing to take this tough job. So why are so many Government Officials flocking to it?]

[Ability: Chewing, ???]

There was only a simple background introduction, aside from the [Chewing], there was nothing particularly special.

However, he still shared this character card with all the Yang Family descendants who could see it.

For the Puzzle Solvers who were still on the road or about to reach the rest station to see.

Number Six learned from Yang Zhu's words, also understanding the basic introduction of these mouse-headed human-body Government Officials in front of him. Most importantly... he learned one of the abilities of these Mouse Servants.

[Chewing: When midnight descends, the Mouse Servants transform into mice to secretly gnaw at the souls of Deregistration Officials who are asleep, causing the victim's Essence Qi to continuously decline...]

This was the most important information.

Number Six tried negotiating with the Mouse Servants for a while, hoping to offer some money for a favor... but no one paid him any attention.

After a brief chat, one of the largest-headed Mouse Servants coldly stared at their group and said:

"Why don't I see the grain you're escorting?"

Upon hearing this, all the Mouse Servants immediately twisted their mouse heads, their eyes turning red as they looked at them, as if one wrong answer... and they would transform into bloodthirsty giant mice and devour them all.

They were prepared for this.

Snap~

Number Six snapped his fingers, and Yang Zhu, who was always at the back of the team, immediately understood.

She promptly took out a pile of Spirit Rice from her Storage Ring and also found a wooden cart she had crafted at some unknown time, loading the rice onto it.

It looked like they were pulling a large cart full of grain.

"Sir, it's outside..."

Upon seeing the exquisite Spirit Rice, the red in the Mouse Servants' eyes gradually faded.

The Big Rat Servant at the rest station squinted slightly, seeming quite satisfied.

"Grain is precious. The journey to Beijing is long ahead, and it needs to be properly preserved along the way... There might be rain tonight, so you'd better store this grain in the station's granary for now."

"Yes, Sir, we'll go store the grain now."

As there was no way to cleverly avoid the situation, they went along with the Big Rat Servant's suggestion to store the Spirit Rice.

In the backyard of the station, the most noticeable thing was a large granary, towering and solid, appearing dry and reliable—an excellent place to store grain.

Yang Zhu and the others pushed the cart inside... It was pitch black inside, and they couldn't see their fingers in front of them.

But they could sense it was empty, with almost nothing inside.

This grain was brought by Yang Zhu herself; the other siblings didn't have such items, though they did have plenty of exquisite Spirit Food.

The Puzzle Solvers prepared grain beforehand after hearing the story's main plot of grain transport.

"What now? Should we really put this grain in? What if it disappears by tomorrow morning?"

Yang Zhu was a bit uncertain.

"These Mouse Servants seem to follow some rules... let's not provoke them for now and do as they ask. In the worst case, I still have..."

Number Six decided not to cause trouble and to be honest for the time being.

Meanwhile, he was contemplating something else...

"If we go by what our ancestors said, these Mouse Servants will attack us secretly while we sleep tonight, so we must not rest no matter how tired or drowsy we get..."

"Moreover, it seems like there's nothing here. What will we eat? I'm already very hungry..."

It's not an exaggeration to say that the 10 cultivators here, along with that one Demon Clan Puppet, probably haven't felt what 'hunger' means in a long time.

Perhaps aware of their situation, one Mouse Servant called out:

"You're hungry too, aren't you?"

"Yes, Sir, you have such keen eyes!"

At this moment, Number Six imitated Xiao Min's demeanor, showing some flattery.

He guessed that the station could solve their eating and drinking problem; otherwise, their condition would worsen.

This place should be able to provide meals...

"Perfect timing, we're hungry too. Go, cook us two dishes."

Number Six: "?"

"What are you staring at? Go quickly! A bunch of commoners, still waiting for me to serve you?"

The other Mouse Servants also revealed their scarlet eyes.

"Cook something delicious... We're quite picky."

"If you can't, hehehe~~~"

A group of mouse-headed Mouse Servants, with scarlet glowing eyes, yellowish drool dripping from the corners of their mouths, looked particularly creepy.

Yang Zhu felt as if just saying 'no' would surely get them turned into dinner.

Having experienced a similar situation before, they dared not alter the plot randomly.

They could only agree reluctantly.

"Let me... get on with the cooking."

"But where will we get the ingredients for our meal?"

Hearing this question, the Mouse Servants stared at them and chuckled...

"Aren't you the ingredients?"

In an instant, Yang Zhu's scalp tingled, and she almost let Qi-Blood surge, ready to fight.

Number Six gripped her forearm.

"What the Sir meant... must be the grain we brought, right?"

"Exactly~ It's normal to have some losses along the grain transport route... The court allows for a three percent loss, so our food and drink come from that three percent, don't they?"

Three percent allowed loss?

But they hadn't received any grain, so where was the three percent supposed to come from?

However, now was clearly not the time to discuss this issue. After accepting the cooking task, Yang Zhu and the others withdrew and gathered together.

"Do we really have to cook for them? It's not that we can't... Yi Yi is good at cooking Spirit Food and can certainly prepare delicious spiritual food, plus we have plenty of food stored in our Storage Rings, we could share some with them, it's just..."