During the Qin Dynasty, he was in charge of the net.

Who could have imagined that the west gate of Nanyang would fall at such a critical moment?

What surprised Yang Heng, the governor of Nanyang, even more was that the other party was only one person. If the corpse could not be faked, then how dangerous was the other party?

The other party's forced entry demonstrates a blatant disregard for the laws of Nanyang, and their massacre is a naked act of malice towards South Korea and Nanyang.

Yang Heng's first thought was of the group of Baiyue demons. They were the only ones with such hostility and power towards Han.

The thought of a group of Baiyue demons causing trouble in the city made Yang Heng restless and unable to eat or sleep.

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Li Ji was unaware that Yang Heng, the governor of Nanyang, had already regarded him as a Baiyue person, and that Yang Heng was also searching for that group of Baiyue people.

After entering the city last night, he first found a place to change his blood-stained clothes, and then randomly found a dilapidated temple to sleep in for the night.

Just now, while he was having snacks at a tea shop, he overheard some potentially valuable information.

"Did you know that a lot of soldiers seemed to have died at the west city gate last night?"

"That's right! I heard some madmen tried to break through the city gates; you can still smell the blood if you go there now!"

"That's not all. Let me tell you, another person died in the alley to the east last night."

When the butcher was found this morning... his body was already stiff; apparently, he was perfectly fine and selling pork yesterday.

"What a tragedy... Last night, the fourth night watchman on the east side saw with his own eyes a white figure knocking on every door, opening the door, and then disappearing the next day..."

"Things haven't been peaceful in Nanyang lately..."

Li Ji had once read in the Luo Wang records that there was a noble class among the Baiyue people who possessed the power to communicate with heaven and earth and nature; they called it the Baiyue Secret Arts.

These Baiyue secret arts are incredibly diverse, the most common being witchcraft and sorcery, along with other bizarre abilities.

As for the ghost knocking on the door that he had just heard, Li Ji guessed that it might be a peculiar ability from the secret arts of the Baiyue people.

Li Ji had already made up his mind to go to Nanyang East Street to investigate, not to find out the truth about the ghost, but to investigate the relationship between this matter and the Baiyue people.

Upon arriving at the eastern street of Nanyang City, Li Ji discovered that this area was inhabited by impoverished people. The houses were dilapidated, and sewage flowed freely, making it look much more desolate than the city center.

As soon as Li Ji arrived on the street, he saw several officials carrying away a corpse draped in a white cloth.

Li Ji walked over and saw a short man in brown clothes who looked tired, with very dark circles under his eyes.

Li Ji only glanced at him twice before the man in brown panicked and slammed the door shut.

"Young man, stop looking. You'd better go away."

Li Ji looked in the direction of the voice and found that the speaker was an old man with half-white hair. Like the man in brown, the old man also had very dark circles under his eyes.

"Sir, what happened here? Why do you all look so..."

"Looks like you didn't sleep well, huh? Hey, what are you doing here, young man?"

A strange light flashed in Li Ji's eyes as he replied, "Uncle, I'm from out of town. I came here to visit relatives. I originally intended to stay with a distant relative at the end of the alley."

When I finally found the place, I discovered that the house had been abandoned for a long time, and I feared... I feared that the deceased was probably dead. I don't have enough money to stay at an inn. I wonder if I could stay at the old man's house for the night?

"This...this..."

Seeing the old man's troubled expression, Li Ji deliberately rummaged through his pockets and handed over two coins.

The old man didn't accept the money. Instead, he pushed Li Ji's hand back and refused again, saying, "No, no, it's not because of that."

Seeing this, Li Ji sighed and said, "If you won't take me in, then I'll have to spend the night outdoors."

Upon hearing this, the old man's expression changed, as if he had thought of something difficult to say. Finally, he shook his head and said:

"Alright... It's getting late, you can stay here for the night, but only for one night."

The old man led Li Ji to a house.

Before entering, Li Ji glanced at the street. It was only a little past noon, but many shops on the street had already closed.

"Old man, don't these people do business?"

The old man shook his head and replied:

"It's all because of this ghost knocking on the door; everyone's panicking."

Li Ji nodded upon hearing this and said nothing more.

After entering the house, the old man asked Li Ji some more questions, which he answered one by one.

However, right after the two finished their dinner, the old man suddenly said:

"You'll sleep in my bed tonight, and don't go anywhere else, understand?"

However, despite Li Ji's repeated questioning, the old man refused to explain, only saying that he should stay tonight and leave early tomorrow.

Li Ji suspected that it might be related to the so-called ghost knocking incident, but he didn't understand why the old man was so afraid to talk about it.

However, he also knew that the old man was doing it for his own good, and he found it hard to refuse.

With his abilities, Li Ji could sense the old man's condition even while he was in bed, so protecting the old man was naturally a piece of cake.

Thinking of this, he stopped refusing and sat down on the old man's bed.

The old man closed the door to his room and sat alone in the courtyard.

Li Ji appeared to be asleep in bed, but in reality, he kept a close eye on the movements inside and outside the room.

Night fell quickly, and the surroundings were eerily quiet. Every household closed their doors early, and almost no one dared to go out.

Before long, Li Ji faintly heard some sound.

"Tap, tap, tap!"

Li Ji heard it clearly; it was a knock on the door.

The sound was initially far from the old man's house, but gradually it got closer and closer.

Li Ji's keen hearing detected that the knocking sound had reached the door of the house next to theirs.

The knocking paused for a moment at the door, and then he seemed to hear a creak.

The door to the room next door opened!

Li Ji didn't know what had happened in the house next door. He wanted to go over and take a look, but when he remembered that the old man was still guarding behind the door, he gave up the idea.

Before long, the tapping sound became very clear in Li Ji's ears.

coming!

The knocking came into their house.

Just as Li Ji was trying to sense the knocking outside, a sudden chill ran through him.

He discovered that he couldn't even sense the other person's breathing outside the door.

There was no breathing or footsteps outside the door. If you ignored the slightly hurried knocking, you could be almost certain that there was no one outside.

But that's impossible; there must be something knocking on the door.

Given Li Ji's perception abilities, there are only two possibilities for why he couldn't sense the other person's breathing.

One possibility is that the other party is indeed some unknown entity, and the so-called "ghost knocking on the door" might actually be true.

Secondly, his opponent's strength far surpassed his, reaching a level where he could freely adjust and control his breathing.

Thinking of these two points, Li Ji immediately realized that the so-called ghost knocking incident was not simple.

Just then, in Li Ji's perception, the old man who was originally sitting in the courtyard stood behind the door, leaning against it to prevent it from opening.

The old man didn't dare to fall asleep until the knocking sounded, at which point he went to the door and pushed it open.

Li Ji then realized why the residents around him had such dark circles under their eyes. It wasn't that they hadn't slept well, but that they were afraid to sleep at all.

Thinking of this, Li Ji stopped pretending to be asleep.

Now that he was already here, there was no escaping it. Li Ji wanted to see what was outside.

Just as Li Ji was about to open the door, he heard a creak, as if something had already pushed the door open and entered.