As soon as the words left my lips, the villagers stared at me in shock and many accused me of slander. I urged them to calm down so I could share my deductions.

According to the size of this iron walnut, it was almost impossible for the human esophagus to swallow. Even if swallowed, a foreign object in the stomach would cause serious pathological changes!

The idea that the iron walnut chose the witch was fabricated by the first shaman because widows in ancient times had low status and no means of earning a living. The first shaman fabricated such a ritual in order to grant future shamans a means of livelihood. In fact, it was worn on them all the time, and the swallowing ritual was merely a smokescreen.

The secret was passed down by each shaman to the next one. However, outsiders thought that the iron walnut remained in the shaman’s stomach the entire time which...