You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

Chapter 99 The Daytime Dharma Body, the Yin-Yang Master!
Fang Jun breathed his last.

The fourteen-year-old boy cried bitterly, slapping himself in the face and taking the blame for his father's death.

Chen Yang is kind-hearted.

Unable to bear seeing Fang Boyang, who was only fourteen years old, forever living with "guilt" towards his father, he comforted him, saying, "Your father's lifespan is over; he should have died long ago."

"Moreover, that Dan Chengzi's evil magic wasn't fully mastered. Keeping your father alive was actually torture for him. You've helped your father find relief."

It's not that the "evil magic" wasn't practiced properly.

He might have arranged it that way on purpose.

For the first three days, Fang Jun was given a "last gasp" to make Fang Boyang and his mother believe it was true. Then, on the third day, they came to the house and, while swindling money, changed the feng shui of the Fang family and borrowed Fang Boyang's "life" elsewhere!

Let's leave those aside for now.

Upon hearing Chen Yang's words, Fang Boyang cried even harder.

"do not Cry!"

Chen Yang had no choice but to use his ultimate move, sighing, "Fine, fine... I'll draw out your father's soul later so you can see him one last time."

"........."

This trick really worked.

Not only Fang Boyang, but his mother and aunt also stared wide-eyed and shut their mouths.

Fang Boyang was about to speak when Chen Yang's expression changed slightly, and he snapped, "Shut up!"

His gaze fell on the "wood carving" that Fang Boyang had just smashed.

But from each of the broken wooden carvings, a wisp of "black energy" emerged. These wisps of black energy swirled around in the room a few times before finally coalescing into one. With a gentle tremor, it pierced through the glass of the room and flew outside!

With a thought, Chen Yang split his soul, and a wisp of divine thought flew out from between his eyebrows!

Wow!
A chilling wind swept through the room, and his wisp of divine consciousness flew out the window, chasing after that wisp of "black energy."

It was already past 9:30 in the morning.

At this time in June, the sun is already high in the sky.

The wisp of black energy appeared much more ethereal under the sunlight, but it still couldn't escape Chen Yang's divine sense pursuit!
Now that Chen Yang has been promoted to the rank of Day-Roaming God, his divine sense has grown several times stronger during his daytime patrols, and the entire world has undergone subtle changes in his "eyes".

The Sun God, also known as the Sun Patrol God in folk tradition, holds a high official position... but it's not actually that high.

But the responsibilities are heavy.

In folk legends, the day-roaming gods and night-roaming gods, in addition to capturing the souls of the dead and wandering ghosts, also take turns patrolling the human world day and night, specifically to record good and evil deeds. The underworld rewards the good and punishes the evil, and the three officials bestow blessings, pardon sins, and relieve calamities. The basis for punishment is the records of the day-roaming gods and night-roaming gods.

Before the yin-yang path was severed, the day-roaming gods and night-roaming gods in the human world probably had this kind of duty. Each of them had a small notebook and recorded everything every day. Even the ghost messengers were afraid of them, fearing that they would be caught for being lazy, slacking off, or neglecting their duties.

That's all beside the point.

Meanwhile, a wisp of Chen Yang's divine sense pursued that wisp of "black energy," shuttling between the buildings.

soon……

He then discovered that there was a lot of this "black aura" in the Silver City.

"It seems that Dan Chengzi has harmed more than just Fang Jun's family... What is he trying to do?"

"To serve and prolong the life of an evil god?"

It doesn't seem like it!

Even if a person borrows a lot of lifespan, how can it extend the life of an evil god?
That wisp of "black smoke" eventually disappeared into another old residential area.

In this community, there is a family where the elderly mother lies on a hospital bed, her body emaciated and lifeless, barely clinging to life. In the room, there are also two wooden carvings.

The old mother's son was kneeling in front of a wooden carving, offering incense and prayers.

His face was full of piety.

Perhaps because of the long-term worship and the act of borrowing "life" from others, his body became even thinner than his elderly mother's, almost skin and bones!
The deathly aura emanating from him was even more intense than that from his elderly mother!
he……

already dead!

His sunken eyes had lost all their luster, yet he continued mechanically repeating the actions of offering incense and making sacrifices.

After being promoted to the rank of Day-Wandering God, you diligently patrol the mortal realm daily. You unexpectedly discover traces of an evil god, a powerful remnant of a righteous deity who has fallen from grace and is threatening humanity. You secretly vow to find and destroy this evil god!

[Quest Reward: Daytime Dharma Body.]

"........."

The system notification in his mind stirred Chen Yang's heart. He quietly looked at the man and found that although he was dead, his soul had not left his body and was in an extremely delicate state. It was precisely because of the soul's obsession that he still did not forget to offer incense and worship the statue after his death.

"What a filial son..."

Chen Yang sighed.

Unfortunately, he was deceived by Dan Chengzi.

His lifespan had been borrowed somewhere, leaving his mother clinging to life, and it was this very life that caused this old woman, who should have died long ago, immense suffering!
Her physical organs had long since withered away.

Her soul was sealed inside her body, making every minute and second an ordeal for her!
Chen Yang had a sudden thought.

This wisp of divine consciousness then unleashed the "Soul-Binding Technique".

The old mother's soul was extracted from her body, separated from her withered, lifeless body... or rather, her "corpse," and floated up.

She was in a daze for a moment.

gradually……

Her eyes seemed to hold a flicker of emotion as she looked at her son, who was devoutly bowing before the wooden sculpture. She rushed over and wailed, "My son..."

But her spirit passed through her son's body.

Chen Yang then used the "Soul-Binding Technique" to extract her son's soul as well.

The two deceased mother and child looked at their "corpses" and gradually understood what had happened. They looked at Chen Yang with a hint of doubt in their eyes. Chen Yang's divine sense clone spoke: "I am the God of the Day. Today, I patrolled this place and found that you had long since died, but your souls were locked in your corpses and suffering. So I extracted your souls."

The mother and son ghosts both knelt down and kowtowed in respect.

Chen Yang said, "Tell me, what exactly happened?"

…………

at the same time.

Fang Jun's home.

Chen Yang took out his phone and dialed Wei Rufeng's number.

"I am in Yincheng."

"I've discovered a paranormal event...it might be related to an evil god."

A few minutes later, a cold wind blew through Fang Jun's house, and Chen Yang's wisp of divine thought "saved" the mother and child before returning to his body.

soon.

Wei Rufeng arrived at the address provided by Chen Yang.

There were two other people besides him.

Chen Yang had seen one of them before; it was Lin Miao, who had initially gone to the funeral home with Wang Lin. The other was a somewhat unkempt middle-aged man who looked to be in his fifties with a stubble beard. After Wei Rufeng's introduction, Chen Yang learned that he was the "veterinarian" that Wang Lin had mentioned.

The veterinarian's surname is Zhang.

He was one of the combat members of the Xixia branch and also served as a forensic doctor. Because he had once run a "veterinary shop", he was called "veterinarian" by everyone.

“Master Chen, I have heard them mention you many times before. I have always wanted to visit you in Wucheng, but I haven’t had the chance.”

Upon hearing Chen Yang address him as "Mr. Zhang," the veterinarian said in a flustered manner, "If Master Chen doesn't mind, please just call me the veterinarian...that's what everyone calls me."

They exchanged a few pleasantries.

Chen Yang got straight to the point, mentioning the mother and child he had "seen." He noted down their address, and Wei Rufeng immediately instructed Lin Miao and the veterinarian to go to their home to check on them.

Wei Rufeng's expression was grave: "Master Chen, what have you discovered?"

Chen Yang: "Besides the mother and son and Fang Boyang, there should be other victims... This person cheats people out of money and lives, and his methods are sinister. He should be working for an evil god."

"But I don't know who I'll lend my life to."

Wei Rufeng then inquired about the situation from Fang Boyang's mother and aunt.

"Dan Chengzi... Dan Chengzi!"

Wei Rufeng said, "This name must have been chosen randomly. In the Daoist sect, only those who have entered the Dao realm dare to be called 'True Person,' and those who dare to use 'Zi' as their title are at least top-tier sect leaders of various Daoist sects."

He called the intelligence department and, as expected, found no leads by the name "Dan Chengzi".

This indicates that there is no such person among the independent cultivators in Xixia Prefecture or among the various sects in the martial arts world. He must have just emerged recently and is using this name to swindle and deceive people.

Do you have any photos of Dan Chengzi?

Fang Boyang's mother and aunt shook their heads, but Fang Boyang said, "I did... I secretly took a picture of him when he came to my house that day!"

Fang Boyang took out his phone and pulled out "Danchengzi's" photo from the album.

The man was dressed in a black and yellow Taoist robe, and looked to be about forty years old. His appearance was very similar to that of a Taoist priest in movies and TV dramas who exorcises ghosts. He also had a copper coin sword at his waist, just as Fang Boyang's mother had said...

Judging by its appearance alone, it truly has the air of an immortal, quite like a master!
Wei Rufeng sent the photo of "Danchengzi" to the intelligence department...

Within minutes, the intelligence department sent him a document.

"Yin Zhixin."

"39 years old, lives in Wangyuan Town, Yongning County..."

The information shows that "Yin Zhixin" is married but has no children. His wife passed away two months ago. He works as a "yin-yang" (a type of divination or physiognomy) practitioner.

What is "Yin and Yang"?

These are the "yin-yang" masters in the countryside. They usually handle funerals or help people with feng shui in the countryside. It is said that the most skilled yin-yang masters are extremely capable, and they are proficient in divination, fortune telling, spirit mediumship, and feng shui.

But most of the "yin-yang" masters of today do similar things to Chen Yang; the truly skilled ones have long been lost.

"Hey!"

“In this day and age, it’s probably impossible to do something bad without changing your appearance. Your intelligence department can find out everything about a person just by searching their data!”

Chen Yang joked, "How about we go check out Yin Zhixin's house?"

"Row!"

…………

Yongning County is close to Yincheng, and Wangyuan Town can be considered the suburbs of Yincheng.

The two quickly found a village in Wangyuan Town according to the address.

Upon entering the village, Wei Rufeng got out of the car and asked an elderly woman sitting under a willow tree, "Auntie, I'd like to ask you about someone... Is there a man named Yin Zhixin in your village? Where does he live?"

"what?"

The older woman was a little hard of hearing: "Yin what?"

Wei Rufeng shouted loudly, "Yin Zhixin!"

"Oh, you mean Yin Zhixin..."

The woman turned around and pointed, saying, "That's his house, he's my neighbor... What do you want with him? He moved away last month, saying he was going to a big city to get his wife medical treatment!"

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