He started as a shepherd and took on countless jobs.

Wangjiagou.

The hour of You (5-7 PM).

Pei Si squatted in front of a small earth god temple.

Lately, this village has been experiencing a lot of embarrassing incidents. Yesterday, a family in the east end of the village had a child named Gou Dan'er who said he saw his deceased grandfather, and that his grandfather insisted on taking him away.

The big black dog in the house barked wildly. By the time Gou Dan came to his senses, he was already standing at the gate of the yard.

Unfortunately, Grandpa Dog Egg had already died in Tiger Leap Gorge.

Pei Si, with a blade of grass in his mouth, had already dispatched the Daoist soldiers [Chajian Gouqi] to monitor the entire Wangjiagou, so that they would detect any movement of the treacherous ghosts in an instant.

"My eldest brother, Yu Suiyu, is currently a Spirit Official of the Eastern Cang Dao Court, inspecting the Eastern Cang Mengzhang Divine Continent," Pei Si murmured to himself, his eyes flashing.

Lingguan is a revered deity in Taoism, whose function is to inspect the three realms, expel evil spirits, and avert disasters. There is a saying that there are five hundred Lingguan.

The most famous among them is Wang Shan Wang Lingguan, with a red face and red eyes, wearing golden armor and a red robe. In the past, the first hall in the palaces and temples was often the Lingguan Hall, where Wang Shan Wang Lingguan was enshrined, meaning to guard the mountain gate.

The Spirit Officials of the Eastern Cang Dao Court are more like an enforcement team, while the Embroidered Uniform Guard is an elite force directly under the Dao Court.

Pei Si licked his slightly dry lips.

He was the last disciple of Blind Master Lin.

As the last disciple, he should have had several senior brothers and sisters, he once asked the old blind man.

The old blind man tapped him on the head with his pipe, telling him not to overthink things and that they would meet again if fate allowed.

This senior disciple must have some powerful backing.

What does it mean to have entanglements with the unorthodox sects designated by the Taoist court, and in the end only remain as a spirit official?

Pei Si was enjoying the hawthorn pancake that his senior sister Mingyue had bought. It was sweet and sour, just to his liking.

Suddenly, a wisp of pure energy appeared before Pei Si; it was a scene transmitted by the [Investigating Traitors and Scouts].

A tiger-eyed, tiger-clawed ghost, dressed in a tiger skin and wearing a straw hat, crept towards Wang Jiagou.

"This vengeful spirit is quite powerful."

Pei Si's eyes flickered.

Having the characteristics of a tiger demon, this courier must have been following that tiger demon for quite some time. Yesterday, the courier failed, perhaps because the "Tiger King" behind it was angry and sent this elite courier.

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heavy rain.

Tiger's accomplice slowly walked towards the village entrance, feeling somewhat uneasy tonight for some reason.

"The king promised me that he would let me go home after I did one last job."

Tiger lowered his head. He didn't know when, but he had also grown a body of fur. Would this appearance scare Dog Egg?

"Tsk."

An untimely sound broke the silence.

The tiger's accomplice looked up as a torrential downpour began.

Rainwater splattered from the straw hat, turning into a mist, within which a figure could be faintly seen.

The tiger's accomplice's pupils were as black as ink, and the oppressive aura emanating from them...

The figure was just standing there, yet it gave him the feeling of facing the king directly.

"Who goes there? State your name." Tiger's throat bobbed as he suppressed the fear in his heart.

Pei Si slowly walked towards Hu Chang, made a hand seal with one hand, and said softly, "Capture him alive."

The words fell.

Two figures appeared beside Pei Si.

The twelve-foot-tall Heavenly Warrior was clad in heavy armor and wielded a golden mace.

The ghost-collecting and ghost-eating official was dressed in heavy black armor, covered by a dark red robe. He had a vertical scar on his forehead, wide-open dark red pupils, and held a ghost-eating fork in his hand.

"Yes, sir!"

Tiger's eyes snapped back to reality, his legs buckled, and he turned and ran.

"Where do you think you're going!" the ghost-collecting official shouted. A vertical line split open on his forehead, shooting out a beam of spiritual light that intimidated the tiger's accomplice. With a flick of his wrist, the three-section ghost-binding rope stretched out layer by layer, binding the tiger's accomplice's body like a lasso for a dog.

The Heavenly Warrior arrived in an instant, and his golden mace slammed down with a loud bang, burying the tiger's head into the ground.

"Ordered to capture him!"

The Heavenly Warrior squatted down and lifted up the tiger's accomplice's head.

Tiger's entourage glanced sideways at the ghost-collecting and ghost-eating official beside it, feeling that this person wanted to devour the altar.

"Ah~!"

"My lord, I'm innocent!"

Tiger's accomplice slid to his knees at lightning speed, howling and crying out in grievance: "It was all that beast with the character 'king' on his forehead who devoured me and then forcibly arrested me."

"I'm willing to show you the way."

Pei Si gave a forced smile: "Lead the way."

Deep in the mountains and forests, in a stone cave.

Tiger leaps across the ravine.

"My lord, please look! Once you leap over this Tiger Leap Ravine, that stone cave halfway up the mountain is the beast's dwelling!"

"Eat it."

Pei Si waved his hand.

"Huh?" Tiger's accomplice was dumbfounded.

The next second, Tiger's accomplice was lifted up like a chick by the Ghost-Collecting and Ghost-Eating Official.

Crunch, crunch.

The ghost-collecting and ghost-eating official slowly chewed on the tiger's accomplice, and with each breath, two streams of clear air flowed from his nostrils.

[Promotion Requirements: Increased materials required for advancing to Yin-Yang Register (White), and completing 28 instances of slaying evil spirits (1/28)]

As soon as they entered the mountains, Pei Si deployed the "Investigating Traitors and Hooks" cavalry.

Strange creatures have already taken up residence in the Tiger Leap Ravine before us.

Heavy rain fell like beads, creating a gloomy atmosphere.

A beautiful head with long, flowing hair slowly emerged from the mountain stream. The hair grew wildly, covering the entire stream in an instant.

Pei Si narrowed his eyes, staring at the black-haired ghost.

It shows no aggressive intent, merely manifesting itself; judging from this trend, it seems to be trying to communicate with itself.

Her black hair, like a waterfall, lifted her head and pressed against Pei Si's face, less than an inch away.

Pei Si could already smell the fishy stench permeating the air.

"Young master, would you be interested in hearing my story?" The black-haired ghost suddenly spoke, and in that instant, Pei Si vaguely saw a candlelight flash and disappear in her mouth.

Pei Si gave a half-smile: "Tell me about it."

Are we going to start by talking about our family of origin?

"My name is Yu Yaonu. I was born in Qingcheng County. As a woman of marriageable age, I have fallen in love with Lu Shoutao, the eldest son of the Lu family in Qingcheng. We have already exchanged formal marriage vows and will be the Lu family's lawfully wedded wife."

A deep hatred flashed in the black-haired man's eerie eyes as he gritted his teeth: "But I just happened to stumble upon the Lu family's shameful affair. My lover was secretly having an affair with his cousin. After I found out, I realized how vicious the Lu family was."

After killing me, cut off my head and planted a soul-suppressing candle in my tongue.

With black hair and a sorrowful expression, the creature opened its mouth, revealing a white candle as thick as an infant's arm growing on its tongue. Eight small chains, engraved with inscriptions and coated with cinnabar, had one end hooked to the white candle and the other end hooked to its tongue.

"Day and night, I am tormented by this candlelight, my soul unable to find peace, forever imprisoned here!"

"There are no good people before the Mirror of Retribution; the Lu family is simply afraid I'll go to the underworld to complain!"

"If you can help me escape, you can have all my belongings as payment!"

Pei Si remained silent.

You can't believe everything a ghost says.

The saying "full of lies" perfectly describes this situation.

Lu Shoutao, Lu Shouhuai's older brother.

"Secretly having an affair with Lu Shuangshuang, tsk." Pei Si lightly pressed down his bamboo hat, smiled mockingly, and stared straight at the black-haired ghost.

"If an ordinary person heard this, they would surely feel sorrow. If they were a chivalrous person, they would probably be swayed by you and storm into the Lu family with knives and swords, demanding an explanation from the Lu family. Seeing blood would be only natural."

"But young lady, I've heard different versions of this story. Would you be interested in hearing mine?"

Pei Si gave a forced smile, his hand resting on the hilt of his sword.