Jiang Haoyan let out a sigh of relief, pulled his feet out of the muddy ground, and walked towards the edge of the field, about to sit next to me.

　　I looked at his legs and took a sharp breath.

　　He rolled up his pants, revealing a sturdy and slender calf, which was covered with thumb-sized leeches.

　　"What the hell is this?!"

　　Jiang Haoyan jumped up in place, frantically slapping his calf.

　　"Don't move—"

　　I grabbed his arm and took out a piece of talisman paper from my pocket.

　　Holding it between my hands, I shook it upwards and muttered a spell softly.

　　The talisman paper began to burn, emitting a faint white light.

　　I threw the talisman paper on the ground, watching it turn into ashes, then wiped the ashes on Jiang Haoyan's leg.

　　The leeches on his leg immediately curled up into a ball and fell off.

　　Boss Hou was dumbfounded, he stood up, looked at me with suspicion and urgency, then suddenly turned and ran away.

　　I grabbed a handful of dead leeches in my hand, and despite being soaked in water for so long, their bodies were still warm.

　　Jiang Haoyan excitedly grabbed my hand.

　　"Master Qiao, that was amazing! What kind of spell was that? The fire ignition spell?"

　　"I've told you many times, we need to approach things scientifically.

　　This talisman paper contains a large amount of white phosphorus.

　　With the current high temperature, it can easily ignite.

　　Apart from white phosphorus, there is also lime in the talisman paper, which has a high salt content.

　　Leeches are most afraid of these things."

　　Jiang Haoyan let go of my hand, looking at me in disbelief, as if I were lying.

　　"What spell did you just chant then?"

　　"Watch me put on a show for you."

　　Jiang Haoyan:...

　　I held the leeches in my hand and looked at the sun.

　　Normally, leeches are pitch black, but these leeches had a faint red line on their belly.

　　I already had a rough idea of what was going on.

　　This village was not an ordinary village, and the fields were not ordinary fields.

　　Naturally, the leeches were not ordinary leeches.

　　By intentionally revealing my skills, I wanted to make Boss Hou contact the person behind him and see what other tricks he had up his sleeve.

　　Sure, here is the translation:

　　Sure enough, Boss Hou ran back to the village and went into the red brick house to find the telephone, and made a call.

　　"This Qiao guy is not easy to deal with, I'm afraid something unexpected will happen." On the other end of the phone, a hoarse and low voice came: "Understood, no need to keep her, just kill her directly."