In this bizarre world, I can extract supernatural powers.

Upon hearing this, the pressure in the room suddenly eased.

Officer Zhao breathed a sigh of relief. The cold sweat on his forehead had long since dried, but his back was also soaked with cold sweat, and his clothes were sticking to his back, making him extremely uncomfortable.

Upon seeing this, the giant paper figure slowly approached, its tone as cold as ice.

"I'm asking you, how do you plan to kill Xu Bai!"

"He's currently in Feng County. Do you expect me to mobilize the entire sect to attack Feng County?"

"Do you want me to die a horrible death?"

Zhao, the constable, felt the chill, and the cold sweat that had already dried began to flow again.

"Calm down. This is a government office. If you release even a trace of your aura, not only will I be finished, but you will be too."

The giant paper figure sneered, "Since that's the case, why don't you speak up?"

Officer Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "Xu Bai has joined the Ghost Hunters. I will keep a close eye on his movements. I will definitely notify you if he goes out of the city to hunt ghosts."

That was his plan.

Now that Xu Bai has joined the Ghost Hunters organization, he will never stay in Feng County forever.

Once we leave Feng County, we will have a chance to kill Xu Bai.

The giant paper figure stared at Officer Zhao with its deep, dark eyes until Officer Zhao felt a chill run down his spine, then it withdrew its gaze.

A tattered piece of paper separated from his fingertips, twisted in mid-air into a miniature paper figure, and floated towards Constable Zhao.

Officer Zhao hurriedly took it.

The giant paper figure's chilling voice came again.

"Once Xu Bai leaves Feng County, contact me using the paper doll."

"Also, there's no rush right now. It seems that Officer Chen has his eye on you. You should wait until he relaxes a bit before coming to see me."

As soon as he finished speaking, flames erupted from the giant paper figure, and it soon turned into ashes, as if it had never existed.

Looking at the ashes on the ground, Zhao, the head constable, noticed that the giant paper figure had left, and the veins on his forehead immediately bulged.

He pressed his hand against the edge of the table, trying his best to suppress his emotions.

"If I hadn't had those unpleasant encounters with you in my younger days, I wouldn't be in this situation!"

"I also want to be a good constable, but the times don't allow me to."

"Otherwise I would have died back then..."

After a long while, Officer Zhao suddenly overturned the table.

Various porcelain items on the table fell to the ground, making a series of crackling sounds.

"Xu Bai, you must die, and so must Constable Chen."

"Furthermore, the leader of the Heavenly Heart Sect cannot be allowed to live, otherwise my identity will be exposed sooner or later!"

The room fell silent again, as if there had never been a sound.

……

Time passed, and it was already noon.

The sun was high in the sky, its warmth carrying a hint of heat, spreading throughout Feng County.

The people either set up stalls or gathered in twos and threes to chat.

The matter concerning the Liu family has come to an end, and the government has given them justice.

The sounds of conversation gradually faded away.

That's how it is in the marketplace; an event will never last more than a month before it's forgotten.

Several women passed by the coffin shop, glancing at the tall figure inside and whispering among themselves.

"Such a handsome face, yet he's in the business of dealing with the dead. What a waste of such good looks."

"You woman, are you feeling lustful? You're already married."

"No, I don't. Who doesn't like handsome men? Don't you?"

"Don't talk nonsense, I'm a respectable woman."

The women walked away, talking as they went.

As Zhao Erniu listened to the women's conversation, his face was full of envy: "If I had the manager's looks, I'm afraid I would have left behind countless romantic tales in Feng County."

Xu Bai glanced at it indifferently: "Then they'll be caught by their husbands and either drowned in pig cages or beaten to death with sticks."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Erniu seemed to recall the scene Xu Bai had described, and couldn't help but shrink back, looking as if he were still afraid.

"Forget it, forget it, it's better not to be as handsome as the shopkeeper. Being more ordinary-looking seems just as good."

Xu Bai shook his head slightly, ignoring Zhao Erniu's nonsense, and instead played with the token in his hand.

I grabbed a meal on the way back, which gave me time to examine it closely.

Following Manager Lin's instructions, Xu Bai transferred a wisp of true qi into the token.

When the true qi entered, a light screen immediately appeared before one's eyes.

On the light screen, a large number of tasks were listed, each with a corresponding description.

Xu Bai's eyes widened slightly as he exclaimed in surprise, "This is indeed advanced; it is worthy of being forged by a master of artifact craftsmanship."

A thought struck him; with just a slight intention, he could find the corresponding task.

If it's gray, it means it has been accepted by someone.

It even included a suggested number of people to receive the service.

Xu Bai thought for a moment and chose the task closest to Feng County.

He planned to test the waters first.

Once he made his decision, the task he selected was immediately magnified, and the description of the task gradually came to Xu Bai's attention.

[Strange Events in Huai Village: Recently, strange events have occurred in Huai Village, fifty li east of Feng County. Every night, a woman cries out, her voice like that of a night owl. Quickly investigate the cause of these strange events, and if anyone is found to be acting suspiciously, kill them all.]

[Reward: 100 Merit Points]

Recommended number of participants: two people

Merit is what the Ghost Hunter needs; it can be exchanged for anything he wants.

This also includes strange objects.

Xu Bai thought for a moment, then looked at the suggested number of participants; one person had already accepted the suggestion.

The moment he accepted the task, it immediately turned gray.

"I don't know who the other person is."

Xu Bai thought to himself, "However, according to the rules of the Ghost Hunters, one can cooperate or work alone. Perhaps the other person has already arrived."

Having thought of this, Xu Bai stopped pondering and got up to go to the door.

"Erniu, watch the shop. I might not be back today."

Zhao Erniu was slightly taken aback.

He was just a worker and couldn't control the boss, so he agreed.

"Take care, shopkeeper."

……

Huai Village is not far from Feng County.

On the official road, a carriage stopped at the closest point to Huai Village.

After Xu Bai alighted from the carriage, the carriage slowly drove forward.

"A few more miles."

Xu Bai stroked his chin, thinking to himself, "I need to hurry there."

The path ahead is mountainous, requiring a walk to reach the village.

With Xu Bai's current strength, steep mountain roads are like flat ground to him.

Before long, Xu Bai brought them to the entrance of Huai Village.

A small mountain village came into view before Xu Bai's eyes.

Xu Bai frowned slightly.

This village is very ordinary, so ordinary that it is not particularly noteworthy in Feng County.

But at this moment, an inexplicable fear enveloped the small mountain village like the night.

It was already night, and everyone had their doors tightly shut.

In the middle of the village, several tables were pushed together, and a large number of oil lamps were placed on the tables.

The light from the oil lamp became the only light in the darkness.

This scene is bizarre enough to leave one completely baffled.

Xu Bai thought for a moment, then stepped inside.

As soon as he entered the village, he walked toward the nearest table.

There was no one outside at the moment; the villagers had all gone back to their houses to rest.

Just as Xu Bai was about to get close, the door of the nearest room suddenly opened.