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Chapter 24 The magistrate invites a banquet

Chen Ji's heart was shocked and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

After hearing what Lu Pan said, others felt that there was indeed a problem with his life span.

But he is the only one in the world who knows that this is his biggest secret.

The age of twenty-three does not refer to the present age, but the age when he had a stroke of luck before he traveled through time.

That day was my 23rd birthday.

He passed away a few days ago, and came to this world, which was just the right place for him.

If this is all correct...

Do both worlds share a single Book of Life and Death? What if there are duplicate names, surnames, and genders? Did I cross over here by mistake? Is it possible I'll be sent back?
Lu Pan was waiting for Chen Ji's answer.

Chen Ji's thoughts were running wild and he didn't know where they were going.

Lu Pan did not urge him, but just looked at Chen Ji's dazed expression, thinking that he could not accept the fact that his life span was getting shorter.

Although it is regrettable, we still have to do our job impartially.

Although the Chachasi is not responsible for increasing life span, as one of the four prefecture judges, Lu Pan also has the responsibility of supervision.

If two ghosts cause trouble, we must take care of it; if a person's life span is shortened for no reason, we must also take care of it.

After a pause, he asked.

"Fellow Daoist Chen? Are you all right? Can you explain the matter of Yang Shou?"

"Not bad."

Chen Ji responded calmly, his mind racing with thoughts of how to explain the end of his life.

Suddenly, what Miss Bai said came to mind.

Creating livestock, eating souls...

The underworld wants to get to the bottom of the matter if the life span of the living is insufficient. What if the soul is eaten and the spirit is destroyed?

Chen Ji's eyes were determined and he spoke slowly.

"President Lu, I was previously attacked by a villain and lost my soul. My memory was also damaged, but someone who rescued me told me some of the events that I can use as a reference."

"tell me the story."

So Chen Ji told her that he was created as an animal and that Miss Bai had deduced the soul-eating thing.

It's all facts anyway.

Fox and Senior Huai have not found out about these things either. It would be great if Lu Pan could have some clues.

Even if it has nothing to do with the reduction of one's own life span, it can reduce the creation of new animals.

If there are no clues, it can at least be considered a reason for shortening one's life span.

"Creating animals to eat souls?"

Sure enough, after hearing Chen Ji speak, Lu Pan also became cautious.

After a moment, he squinted his eyes, and a faint light seemed to shine through, faintly revealing the words on the blank paper.

In the blink of an eye, his divine light was restored, his hair stood up in anger, and his beard stood up in the air.

"How dare you, you scoundrel!"

"Lu Pan, are you okay?"

Yan Chixia asked.

"It's nothing. I already know what happened. But I have to thank Fellow Daoist Chen very much this time! If you hadn't caught ghosts and entered the Yinsi of One Thought, I wouldn't have discovered that someone dared to do such a thing."

"Creating beasts to steal the lifespan of the living, and devouring souls to avoid the Book of Life and Death—what a brilliant scheme! Dare to mess with the underworld and seek death!
Lu Pan's eyes were almost spitting fire.

The sound of muffled thunder rolled on the ground, shaking all the gravel into powder. A gust of wind blew away, leaving no trace.

Chen Ji looked at it in amazement.

Just the sound of a wisp of pure air cast into the human world has such power. If the judge comes in person, how powerful will it be?
Lu Pan also realized that the power he was emitting was too much, and his voice became lower again.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, you don't need to worry about this anymore. I will go back and ask my trusted ghost messenger to investigate. If I find anything, I will commend you for your contribution."

"As for the matter of life span, I will personally go and ask for it for you. Take it for now!"

After saying that, he looked at Yan Chixia.

"Fellow Daoist Chixia, the night is beautiful and should have been bright, but unfortunately, business is urgent. I will meet you another day when I have prepared some fine wine."

"Fellow Daoist Chen will take the seat at the head of the table!"

"good!"

Yan Chixia agreed with a smile.

"..."

Chen Ji was stunned for a moment, not understanding what this ghost was thinking.

The previous sentence was clearly discussing bad guys and life span, how come it suddenly turned into an invitation to a banquet?
It's really too natural.

But now is not the time to think about it.

He had never had a banquet or a drink with the prefect before, so he should not miss this appointment.

So he agreed immediately and thanked Lu Pan in advance.

"It's just a small matter, not worth mentioning."

Lu Pan waved his hand and pointed at the two ghosts beside the altar.

"I need to take these two ghosts back to the underworld. Can Brother Chen give them to me? I can exchange them for medicinal pills." "Lu Pan, you're joking. I caught these evil ghosts passing by and why would I need to exchange them for medicinal pills? I can just use this to carry them!"

Chen Ji handed over the water bag.

Lu Pan laughed heartily, his head, face, beard and hair all fluttering.

"If the prefect still wants to use this thing to pretend to be a ghost, I'm afraid people will laugh their heads off."

"Then how do we take Lu Pan away?"

"There's still time, so I'll show you my skills."

The problem in the underworld was not urgent at the moment, so Lu Pan simply stopped and drew talismans in the air on the foreheads of the two ghosts.

The next moment, the two ghosts began to shrink visibly, and finally turned into an extremely thin rope. If you look closely, you can still see the ghost faces, but they are no different from ordinary ropes.

Lu Pan took it and wrapped it around his fingertips, which looked like a tattoo on his fingertips, with a kind of fierce beauty.

"Then you can take it back."

"It's really a magical method."

Chen Ji was filled with emotion. Although they both had soul-binding skills, he suddenly felt that his own skills were much inferior.

If you have Lu Pan's ability, why would you waste a water bag?

"There is no high or low in magic, as long as you use it well, it is enough."

Lu Pan glanced at Chen Ji and spoke slowly.

"I came in a hurry today and don't have the elixir with me. I'll send someone to bring it to you another day."

"Let's go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Pan's figure gradually faded away, and soon the mountain wind blew away the green smoke, leaving no trace of the judge's presence.

Yan Chixia had already packed up the other items.

The two returned to the inn together.

This time, the waiter was very tactful and did not disturb anyone. He also considerately brought a pot of light tea and three plates of dried fruits for the two to discuss.

Until they sat down separately, the aroma of tea wafted into the air.

Yan Chixia still looked at Chen Ji with a complicated expression.

Chen Ji couldn't stand Yan Chixia's gaze and spoke directly.

"If you have something to say, Brother Yan... just say it."

"Then I said it."

"explain."

"Fellow Daoist, are you really a human being? You entered the Dao in one day, studied the techniques in half a day, and within ten days you went down the mountain to catch ghosts, and even received a favor from Lu Pan."

"It took only half a month to reach this level. I'm so angry!"

Chen Ji was stunned, feeling a bit amused and helpless.

Is this still the Yan Chixia who practiced sword skills with his own body and eventually became a peerless swordsman?

His defense was actually broken because of his own cultivation speed.

but……

Just looking at the time, it is indeed a bit too outrageous.

After all, Yan Chixia just said that he had practiced for more than ten years to reach this level.

One day of my own is equivalent to one year of Yan Chixia's. It is indeed easy for my mind to become unstable.

But it would be a bad idea to show it off again, so he thought about it and looked at Yan Chixia seriously.

"Are you envious? It's exchanged for my lifespan."

"That's it!"

Yan Chixia shook his head decisively, and couldn't help but shudder when he thought of Chen Ji's 47 years of life that disappeared out of thin air.

If he really had to exchange for forty years of his life for such a speed of cultivation, he would rather practice slowly.

Then the last bit of resentment in my heart disappeared.

After a pause, he curiously asked what Mr. Chen Jihu usually did.

"I've only been doing this for a few days, just teaching the foxes how to practice martial arts, learn to read and write, and prepare for the entrance exams..."

"This trip down the mountain is also to find a place for the foxes to observe people and learn to transform."

"It's really interesting. If you have the chance, can you take me to see it?"

"It should be possible, but you have to ask the fox first."

Chen Ji said.

"Then there's no need to rush. I'll ask you another day after I've prepared the gift, so as not to offend you."

Yan Chixia withdrew his gaze, looking forward to it.

Chen Ji finally had the opportunity to ask what he wanted to ask.

"Does Fellow Daoist Yan know Lanruo Temple?"

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(End of this chapter)