“This village is under a curse. All the villagers are now pawns in the hands of the devil. They can only follow the devil’s orders.”

“Things will be all right if the villagers don’t realize the truth. However, if they recognize they have lost their memories, they will remember the truth. When that happens, they will no longer want to be pawns, and the devil will kill them. He doesn’t need pawns that won’t behave.

“When you asked Tie Niu things related to the Night Dragon Bait and the mist yesterday, the man slowly got his memory back. So, for the folks’ safety, we shouldn’t disclose too many things to them,” Zen Master Baimei said with a sorrowful face.

I was dumbstruck. I have pushed Tie Niu to his deat...