I survive in the weird Liaozhai

After the two left, Wang Shouye called a butler and told him

"Liu Quan, go and find out for me how many children have gone missing in Anyang City in the past three months.

Also, ask someone to find out when the two distinguished guests who just arrived came to Anyang City and what they have been doing recently. All the news related to them must be found out for me in detail.

But be careful to keep it a secret and never let the two guests know. If you make a mistake in this matter, you won’t have to come back.”

After saying this, Wang Shouye stared at the people in the hall with a cold gaze for a while before getting up and leaving.

After the head of the family left, Liu Quan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

The master's gaze today was particularly terrifying, and the way the master stared at him just now made him feel a little uneasy.

After calming down for a moment, Liu Quan left the lobby and ran out of the mansion. He had to finish what his master had asked him to do quickly, otherwise he might end up in trouble.

Gu Nian'an and Xu Chongxiao walked slowly towards the inn. Gu Nian'an was thinking about something and Xu Chongxiao followed him silently. Both of them were silent along the way.

It was not until they returned to the second floor guest room that Xu Chongxiao asked

"Master, do you think Patriarch Wang will believe what you say?"

Ha! How can a person who has been in the business world of Anyang County for many years be a simple person?

He will believe what I said, but only part of it. He will investigate it himself, and after he has investigated it thoroughly, he will believe most of what I said, but that is enough.

He didn't expect Patriarch Wang to provide much help, as long as he could prepare everything he needed.

"Don't worry about it. Put aside the investigation of the missing child for now. The most important thing now is that you must adjust your condition as quickly as possible.

We don't have much time. By the time Patriarch Wang prepares what we need, we will have to confront the ghost baby head-on.

This is different from your previous fights in the underworld. If you are not careful, not only will you fail to get revenge, you may also get yourself involved.

So do it as soon as possible. Even if you can't go further, you need to always stay in the best condition.

After all, ghosts are not easy to deal with."

After Gu Nian'an finished speaking, Xu Chongxiao didn't say anything else and just left with his spear.

He needs to hone his martial arts. Right now, the more strength he has, the more hope he has for revenge.

After Xu Chongxiao left, Gu Nian'an took out the unfinished Sanyang Rope from a corner of the room.

The weather is good today, so he has to let this thing get some more sun. Although the Wang family will help him make a batch, he will feel more at ease using something he makes himself.

It was still the same hilltop, and the Sanyang Rope was still placed on the bluestone.

Gu Nian'an was meditating quietly on the side, with faint light blue arcs flashing on his body. As time passed, the color of the arcs gradually deepened and the frequency of the flashing arcs also increased.

He also needs to increase his strength as soon as possible. He has no confidence in confronting the ghost baby head-on, but it is something that has to be done.

He doesn't care about justice, and other people's life and death have nothing to do with him, but children are different.

He thought that Gu Nian'an was a human being. As long as he was still a human being, as long as he had a little bit of humanity, he would not choose to stand idly by when encountering such a thing.

Although he was not sure, he had to go ahead with it. Although he took his own life and death seriously, he never lacked the courage to fight.

It's nothing more than a fight to the death. Let's see whose methods are more ruthless and whose life is tougher.

Three days have passed. The weather has been nice these days and it has been sunny every day.

So for the past three days he has been refining the Three Yang Rope on the hill, while also trying to figure out how to use his own lightning abilities.

Now all the preliminary preparations have been completed, and we just need to wait for the news.

On the third day at xu time (8 o'clock in the evening in ancient times), the head of the Wang family sent someone to inform him that all the items he needed had been prepared and he could go to the palace tomorrow to discuss the matter of exorcising the evil spirit.

After telling Xu Chongxiao about this, Gu Nian'an returned to his room and began to rest early.

He did not meditate that night. He needed to adjust himself to the best condition because the most exciting and thrilling part was about to begin.

Then let’s see who has a tougher life, Gu Nian’an or the ghost baby.

The next morning, Gu Nian'an got up early. He had a good rest last night. He felt refreshed and energetic, and his eyes were shining.

Xu Chongxiao had been waiting at his door for a long time.

At this time, Xu Chongxiao stood straight, holding his spear intimidatingly, with a cold light flashing in his eyes.

Without further ado, the two of them went straight downstairs to the palace.

The preparations have been completed, there is no need to wait any longer, it is time to let the ghost baby see that humans are not creatures that are so easily bullied.

When the two arrived at the gate of the palace, Wang Shouye and a mighty man were already waiting there.

Seeing Gu Nian'an and the other two approaching, he hurried forward and bowed.

“Good morning, Taoist priest. Everything you asked Wang to prepare is now ready.

Mr. Wang has placed them in the backyard. You can go with Mr. Wang to the backyard to check them out later."

Wang Shouye's attitude towards the two of them at this time was particularly enthusiastic, even with a bit of flattery.

Gu Nian'an was a little confused about this, but he didn't need to worry too much. As long as he had the things needed to deal with the ghost baby ready, everything else was just a side issue.

But what he didn't know was that in the past few days Wang Shouye had people investigate the disappearance of children in Anyang City thoroughly.

You won't know until you check. You'll be shocked to find that in the past three months, a total of 298 children have gone missing in Anyang City.

If most of them were killed by the ghost babies, then about two hundred children had fallen victim to them in just three months. This made him, who considered himself to be cruel and ruthless, feel a little chilled.

He also found out everything about Xu Chongxiao.

Alas! I can only say that this man is quite miserable. His wife may have been killed, and even his unborn child may not have been spared.

As for Gu Nian'an, not much information could be found out. He arrived in Anyang City six days ago.

He currently lives in Yunxiang Inn. He leaves the city early in the morning and does not come back until the evening. There is no other information available about him.

But this man can make Xu Chongxiao, who is highly skilled in martial arts, obey his orders.

I think this guy should be capable. Now that I need his help, it would be okay for me to lower my posture.

Led by Wang Shouye, a group of four people walked into a small courtyard in the back hall.

At this time, the yard was filled with all kinds of strange things. When Gu Nian'an saw clearly what was placed in the courtyard, his eyes lit up slightly.

As expected, cooperation with big forces is very efficient. Bundles of thumb-thick, dark red hemp ropes were neatly placed in the corner. At a glance, there were no less than hundreds of bundles.

The yard was littered with dark red millstone-sized animal traps. Judging from the knife-like serrations, these traps must be very lethal.