Although the little apprentice sister is weak, she can fight

When Wang You led the horse over, Shen Qiao was leaning against someone's door with his hands clasped in front of him. The minced meat on the ground had been gathered together, but the ominous smell of blood could still be smelled in the air.

"Can you help me look at something?" Shen Qiao asked. "I think you might be more familiar with this thing than I am."

Wang Youchong took a look inside, handed the horse rein to Shen Qiao, and walked into the yard.

The monster with long arms and legs was still there in the yard. White smoke was slowly coming out of its head, which was split in half by Shen Qiao's sword. The place where the head and body were broken was empty, and the whole body looked like a hollowed-out shell.

Wang You raised his hand and conjured up the booklet. After flipping through a few pages, he saw the name that had disappeared slowly appear - Li Tao.

This person was one of the names lost in the Book of Life and Death ten years ago, but according to his original life span, he still had another thirty years to live.

The usual rule of the underworld is that as long as a person's name can be found in the Book of Life and Death after death, they will not pursue the matter too much. This manipulator seems to have taken advantage of this loophole.

He took the Book of Life and Death and drew a few strokes in the air with his fingers. A light rune fell on the monster's body. As the rune sank into the skin, the deformed body in front of him gradually shrank and became smaller, and finally returned to its normal appearance.

After Shen Qiao settled the two spirit horses, he followed in and happened to see the recovered corpse on the ground. He felt mixed emotions for a moment.

"Someone was experimenting on him, artificially depriving him of his lifespan to cause him to 'transform into a ghost.'"

"Ghostification?" Shen Qiao squatted down and looked at the gradually shriveling corpse.

Wang You nodded, "But he couldn't withstand the ghost transformation process and can only be considered a half-ghost. That's why you killed him so easily with your weapon."

"What if you can bear it?"

"Immortal and indestructible." Wang You said, "A living thing cannot kill a dead thing."

Immortality...

"Isn't that similar to Xiyuan's 'Undead Army'?"

Wang You added, "It's even more sophisticated than the soul arts of the 'Undead Army'."

The group that went to Xiyuan to look for Jiang Queli... and Wenzong...

Shen Qiao quickly made the connection, "Another member of the human royal family."

"elder sister......."

The sob drew Shen Qiao's attention back. She looked towards the door of the main room and saw the boy who had just hidden in the bamboo basket was now crying and leaning against the door, and next to him stood the man whose soul Shen Qiao had temporarily called back.

The man pointed at the little boy, gave Shen Qiao a wry smile, and then disappeared.

Those who died unjustly must dissipate their resentment before entering the cycle of reincarnation, just like Zhang Wan. However, this man's soul was intact, so just seeing Shen Qiao kill the murderer who ate him in front of him, his resentment was resolved. He entrusted his child to the underworld and went to the underworld on his own.

However, Li Tao, who was used as a test subject and accidentally killed someone, is now carrying a debt of life and may not be able to be a human being in his next life.

"My dad told me... to tell my sister everything I know..." The boy said while trying to hold back his sobs.

"Daddy said...that you are good people."

Shen Qiao was silent for a moment, then walked over and rubbed his hair.

The child looked at her, tears still flowing uncontrollably, but he was stubborn and didn't cry out loud.

"Are there any other things like this in this city?" she asked softly.

The child seemed frightened and unconsciously pressed closer to the door, but still nodded.

"Master...Master!"

A muffled voice came from the other side of the courtyard wall.

Shen Qiao turned his head and looked over, only to see a middle-aged man who looked to be over fifty years old.

"Are you here to help us kill ghosts? I know a lot, let me tell you!"

"It's...Uncle Liu from our neighbor's house." The little boy spoke in a hoarse voice.

Shen Qiao asked, "What do you know?"

"Hey, please wait a moment." The middle-aged man said as he climbed down from the wall. Shen Qiao heard the sound of several door locks being unlocked, and soon after, the man appeared at the gate of the yard.

"Everyone, bring your children to my house. It's getting dark soon, and the smell of blood in the yard hasn't dissipated yet. I'm afraid it will attract other monsters at night."

The two people and the child looked at each other and followed him.

After arriving at this house, Shen Qiao turned around and saw a piece of yellow talisman paper pasted on the back of the door.

It is used to ward off evil spirits.

"This is what the child's mother got from a temple last year." The middle-aged man laughed dryly a few times to liven up the atmosphere, but it seemed that because his nerves and expression were tense, the smile looked somewhat forced.

"The talisman paper is real." Shen Qiao touched the talisman paper that looked a little dim with his hand, "It can also be used as a self-defense item in the future."

The man figured out something, thanked them repeatedly, locked the door, propped it up with a stick, and led the two men into the house.

"Father!" Inside the house, a woman holding a child came forward in a panic.

"It's okay, it's okay. The monster has been killed by the immortal."

The room was not big and it seemed a bit crowded after a few people came in.

Shen Qiao noticed that the windows of the house were blocked tightly from the inside. The room was pitch black with no light coming in.

As if sensing someone coming in, the baby in the cradle let out a whimper.

The man pointed to the inner room and signaled to the woman, "Go and light the oil lamp."

The woman patted the child gently, nodded quickly, and was about to turn around and go in to get it.

Shen Qiao casually conjured up several water-blue light balls that he had condensed before. The gentle light illuminated the dark room, and it seemed that even the temperature had risen a lot.

She handed a larger light bulb to the boy who was still tugging at her clothes and patted his shoulder gently as if to comfort him.

"We want to know what's going on in this city."

The baby in the cradle opened his eyes a little wider when he saw the light ball emitting soft light. His originally sad face also relaxed. He looked at Shen Qiao curiously for a moment and actually laughed happily.

Seeing that the child in her arms had stopped making noises, the woman looked at Shen Qiao gratefully, "Thank you... Thank you."

After saying that, the woman waved to the little boy who came in with her, and took the two children back to the inner room, leaving the space outside for the three people who wanted to talk.

"Oh..." The man smiled bitterly as he watched this scene.

"Then I'll be frank. Actually, it wasn't that serious originally. It was just... two months ago, when Wen Zong's group of cultivators stationed in our city suddenly returned. We were curious, but after all, it was their immortal family's business, so it wasn't easy for ordinary people like us to ask too much, and we didn't have the opportunity to ask."

"But not long after they left, strange things started happening in the city. The first was when Old Wang, the night watchman, died under mysterious circumstances. You didn't see his body; it was gnawed away until only bones remained."