I am a ghost messenger, why do I need a long life?

Dead silence.

There was dead silence.

The onlookers were stunned.

It is totally unexpected that educated people can argue so skillfully.

At some point, someone shouted:

"Cow batch!"

"Fuck, that's awesome!"

"As expected of a master, I can't even say something so profound."

"As expected of a ghost, even the master doesn't know how to respond to such nonsense."

"Fuck, it makes me envious and jealous. I hate that I can't be like them."

"Applause to both of you!"

People's eyes are sharp.

At this moment, the winner has been decided, and of course the audience will cheer.

"I lost."

Although he was reluctant to admit it, Master Leduan was born in Kucheng Temple after all, and he had practiced for so many years. Since he was willing to make a bet, he had to admit defeat.

"Master, don't be so sad all the time. We just asked you to help catch the murderer, not to send you to hell..."

Next to him, Jiang Hanye came over and secretly gave Xu An a thumbs up.

He knew that this guy's nonsense was much more effective than his words...

Although Master Leduan's face was dark, he still had a neutral expression and said to Jiang Hanye seriously:

"My dear friend, to be honest, I contracted a strange disease when I was young and nearly died. That's when I had to enter the temple and seek treatment from the old abbot. Although I saved my life, I was left with a hidden disease..."

Jiang Hanye widened his eyes and exclaimed:

"So you have facial paralysis?"

Master Leduan was very honest and nodded in public.

Beside them, Xu An looked at the two of them like a clown, without saying a word, his attention completely focused on the information appearing before him.

[Challenge mission completed: Available life span +8000 days]

My thoughts moved slightly, like a slender hand touching the title page.

Xu An took the opportunity to open the system mall and took a look.

Name: Xu An

Age: 19+

Position: Senior ghost messenger, ghost court psychic priest.

Cultivation: Innate Great Perfection, [Deification on Earth].

Skills: Human wishes, the scent of incense, and spiritual communication.

Talents: Divine Eyes that can see through delusion, Seal of the Underground Palace.

Storage: Immortal gold armor, spirit refining stone mill, Huangting Sutra scroll, some elixirs, and fine gold jewelry.

[Quarterly rental, remaining time: one month and twenty-four days.]

Secret techniques of martial arts: "Yin Ting Qigong", "Five Symbols and Barbarian Ghosts", "Huang Ting Jing" Zi Fu Chapter.

Mall: Can be opened by concentrating

Available life span: days.

With his eyes moving slightly, Xu An looked at the ghost whose life span had accumulated more than 150,000 days, and he was quite excited.

When he was a novice, he kept lamenting that the things in the system mall were too expensive, his life span was too short, and many things could only be viewed but not exchanged.

But at this moment, the situation has changed.

In just over a month, he already had more than 428 years of life left, and he definitely had some extra money.

"Xu Xiaoyou."

The Master of Facial Paralysis spoke, interrupting Xu An's thoughts.

"Well, what's up, Master?"

Xu An turned around and met Duan's gaze.

After the competition, Master Leduan intended to fulfill his promise. He first took the initiative to use his magic power to block the perception of these mortals.

After putting down the money, he said to Xu An and the others:

"If you want to rely on discovering monks to find the murderer, wouldn't that be like looking for a needle in a haystack in Yangzhou City?"

"So, Master, do you have a better way?"

Xu An was helpless. When he was in Yinting, he had already caused chaos in order to investigate the spies in Dark Daozhou. If Yang Wei had not successfully broken through and turned the tide, who knows what the final result would have been.

Unexpectedly, he had just arrived in the human world to take up his post, and before he could even get comfortable, he plunged headfirst into the deep pit of finding the murderer.

He even started to wonder if this was some kind of karmic barrier that could not be broken.

"I have a Zen magic weapon."

As he spoke, Leduan took out a small bronze oil lamp from his tattered robe.

This thing is only about the height of a palm, looks rusty, and has some bumps and dents on it.

No matter how you look at it, it cannot be connected with the Zen magic weapon.

After all, in my impression, whether it is the vajra or the nine-ring staff, they are all shining with golden light and full of precious aura.

"Master, what's the use of this?"

Jiang Hanye was very curious. He was born in the Shangqing sect and had been reading Taoist classics, practicing magic and talismans, and occasionally dabbling in the art of alchemy.

He had never seen the Zen magic weapons on a normal day, and at this moment he was so excited that he couldn't sleep.

The end:

"You said that murderer, since he has killed so many people, he must be burdened with karma. My candlestick only needs to be lit with divine fire, and when it approaches someone with murderous karma, it will flicker and serve as a warning."

"If we use this, combined with the compass in the hands of the two young friends that can detect monks, to eliminate ordinary mortals, it will surely be much faster."

As soon as these words were spoken, Jiang Hanye and Xu An's eyes lit up. They felt as if God was helping them, otherwise why would the first cultivator they found be the old monk.

They actually persuaded the old monk to help.

Moreover, even the magic weapons can cooperate with each other and complement each other.

Jiang Hanye said:

"Then Master, please light the sacred fire quickly."

Master Liaoduan nodded, raised his strong arm, gently twisted the wick with his fingers, and then held the small lamp in his hand and presented it to the two people.

"Uh, there's nothing. Xu An, did you see it?"

Jiang Hanye blinked, suspecting that he had seen it wrong.

The light didn't change at all, and he couldn't even see where the fire was.

"Since it is the perception of karma, then this must be the fire of karma. During the day, the light of the sky is too bright to be seen. At night, it becomes dim like a firefly."

Master Le Duan couldn't see it either, but that didn't affect his explanation.

The lamp was his, and of course he knew its properties.

"So we have to wait until night?"

Jiang Hanye looked up and found that after all this trouble, it was already afternoon and it would take more than an hour for the sun to set.

His mind moved slightly, and after he used the Divine Eyes to break delusion, the karmic fire in his eyes suddenly turned into a small dark red light spot.

"What a profound pupil technique! You are indeed a Yin Court priest."

Leduan was slightly shocked when he saw Xu An using his Dharma Eye.

"I'll hold the lamp, Hanye, you operate the compass, and Master will accompany us."

Among the three people, I am the only ghost who can see the fire of karma during the day, so I have to be the one to hold the lamp.

Holding candlesticks in their hands, monks and Taoists followed him.

Xu An and his companions soon entered the West Block of Yangzhou. There were many buildings here. Although it was not the most prosperous place, it attracted a large number of people with spare money.

Things like prosperity only made Jiang Hanye curious, because he had never seen anything like it in the mountains before and everything was new to him.

But soon, the compass in his hand began to spin wildly.

At the same time, the lamp in Xu An's hand also began to flicker.

The three of them looked at each other and immediately became certain that there were cultivators here who had committed the sin of killing.

But now, there are so many people, how can I find him?

"Walk around casually, be careful not to be discovered, and see if you can find its location."

Xu An frowned, looking at the people everywhere in all directions, and once again felt that it was too right for this guy to escape to Yangzhou City.

If anything happens, all the people in the city will be hostages.

"Okay, no need, just look over there."

After just two steps, the compass in Jiang Hanye's hand and the oil lamp in Xu An's hand all reacted frantically.

Looking up, following Xu An's reminder, they saw a young man sitting by the window in a restaurant along the street.

He seemed to be worried, with a hint of depression between his brows, which might be caused by killing too many people.

"Judging from his strength, he should be at the peak of the Purple Mansion realm. Do you want me to capture him now?"

Master Leduan was extremely decisive. His first reaction was to pick up his broken wooden staff, rush forward, and physically liberate the other party.

Xu An frowned and said:

"Master, how confident are you that you can do this without harming the mortals around you?"

Master Leduan stretched out five fingers and shook them.

"Fifty percent?"

Xu An was slightly shocked. This wasn't a sure thing.

"I'm not sure at all!"

Master Le Duan shook his head and said:

"If I attack, with just one move, this building will be razed to the ground. He will definitely notice something. In the fight, there will inevitably be innocent people hurt."

Xu An and Jiang Hanye remained silent, and now the matter was in a dilemma again.

Just as he was thinking, a light screen flashed in front of Xu An's eyes and an option popped up.

[Challenge Mission: In Yangzhou City, the murderer who is obsessed with killing has finally been found, but there are many mortals around. Please capture the murderer without harming them.]

[Completion Reward: Available Lifespan + Days. ]

Looking at this reward, which was even more generous than arguing with the old monk, Xu An couldn't help but think a little, and said:

"I have an idea."

"any solution?"

Jiang Hanye and Leduan looked at each other in surprise.

Soon, it got darker until night fell.

Yangzhou City has always been very prosperous. A few months ago, when evil spirits injured people, even though it had just experienced a land dragon turning over and suffered serious damage, it still could not conceal the magnificent scene.

However, in order to avoid more trouble, we have to limit the time that ordinary people can set up stalls and wander around outside at night.

Late at night, after curfew, Xu An, Jiang Hanye, and Liaoduan, who had been waiting outside all day, showed up.

A moment later, several other disciples of the Shangqing Sect, who had heard the news long ago, as well as the God of Land and other grass-headed gods worshipped in Yangzhou, all arrived.

"Has anyone been inside this whole time?"

Although he knew that this was an action between cultivators and mortals should refrain from interfering, Zhang Xian was still worried, so he came to take a look.

"We have been guarding here the whole time. He hasn't left today."

Jiang Hanye nodded. His eyes were sore from watching him, but he didn't see him come out.

What's more, the compass in his hand was pointing inside the building, so the other party definitely didn't run away.

"Brother, are we really going to do what he says?"

Nearby, the disciples of the Shangqing Sect fell into deep doubt after hearing Xu An's plan.

"Of course, Mr. Xu is a priest of the Yin Court. Among those present, only Lord Yang can surpass Mr. Xu in terms of official rank..."

Jiang Hanye was determined.

After a day, his attitude towards Xu An had improved greatly and he learned a lot.

The other disciples who came forward all looked at each other in bewilderment.

The remaining grass-headed gods also looked at Xu An.

Jiang Hanye was right. He was a god in the Yin Court and held a legitimate official position.

Xu An looked at them and said:

"Okay, let's do it. Action."

Upon hearing this, these beings from the five factions immediately took action.

A moment later, at the end of most of the long street, a flame suddenly shot up into the sky, which was particularly enviable in the dark night.

Immediately afterwards, all the grass-headed gods in Yangzhou took gongs and drums and started beating them wildly.

"Oh no, oh no, there's a fire!"

"Don't sleep, come and put out the fire!"

"Is anyone home? Come out quickly, the fire is getting bigger and bigger!"

"Fuck you, family, there's a fire! Hurry up, hurry downstairs and put it out!"

"Don't burn my house down, damn it! I just paid off the deed!"

There are propaganda about fire prevention, theft prevention and anti-theft in the streets and alleys, and the Yangzhou government spends a lot of effort on this every year.

Basically, even a three-year-old child knows that if there is a fire, they need to leave the house immediately and go to an open area to take shelter.

In addition, since most of the houses in the streets and blocks are made of wood and are connected to each other, if rescue is not timely after a fire, it is easy to burn down the entire street.

Therefore, the moment the shout of "Fire" was uttered, countless people in Yangzhou who were still sleeping were instantly awakened.

They brought their families, pots, pans, and chamber pots, and started frantically fetching water to put out the fire.

Soon, even the people in the nearby inn heard the news and ran down from upstairs quickly.

Amidst the chaos, a figure appeared at the window.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the chaotic scene happening on the long street, and snorted coldly.

Then, as if provoking, he looked at Xu An, Jiang Hanye, and Monk Liaoduan who were walking towards him against the flow of people.

"You bastard, you made me look for you for so many days. Now that you know I'm coming, not only don't you run away, you dare to be so arrogant!"

Jiang Hanye couldn't hold it in any longer.

He strode forward, and as he rushed out against the fire and the flow of people, a strong magical power swept out.

In an instant, boundless purple air condensed into clouds around him.

The palm moves lightly, and the fingers are lightly wrapped.

In an instant, he carved out dozens of iron hooks and silver strokes, like talismans written by a pen, circulating around his body.

This is the secret technique of Shangqing, which combines attack and defense in one, and is used by him at this moment.

In a flash, he had completed the use of the Shangqing secret method to protect himself, then flew forward and suddenly punched into the building.

A terrifying explosion rang out in the darkness and fire, setting off a violent storm.

Countless people on the long street who were rushing to put out the fire turned their heads suddenly after hearing the noise and murmured:

"What exploded again?"

Master Leduan had a blank expression on his face, but his heart was also trembling slightly.

He clearly realized that although Jiang Hanye's first attack was incredibly powerful and collapsed the entire building just by rushing in, the opponent's aura did not diminish at all.

Turning his head, he looked at the countless mortals on the long street who still didn't know what was happening. He took out his broken bowl for begging and said:

"Mr. Xu, since I promised to help you catch the murderer, I will do it myself. I will leave these mortals on the long street to you."

After he finished speaking, without waiting for Xu An to reply, he took a step and rushed out in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, in the darkness, Xu An clearly saw him raise his hand and offer the broken bowl to the sky.

In the spiral, it was just a moment.

The broken bowl swelled up in the wind and instantly turned into a transparent glass light shield that was a hundred feet in size, completely enclosing half of the street!