The town is misty and gloomy

But as he observed many people along the way, his brow furrowed.

Suddenly the old man's voice interrupted Li Guanqi's thoughts.

"Immortal Master, this is where that Wang Er Dog lives."

"He also died exactly the day before yesterday, before he had a chance to clean up."

Li Guanqi nodded slightly.

Then he went straight to the door of the room and slowly pushed it open!

Squeak!

The long-damaged wooden door creaked.

The sound couldn't help but make one's hair stand up in sweat, followed by the scene inside the door even Li Guanqi couldn't help but suck in a breath of cool air.

The smell of blood hit the room, and the temperature in the room dropped precipitously.

The scene in front of him caused a lot of goosebumps to rise above Li Guanqi's arms.

All that could be seen was a well-built man hanging upside down from the beams of a room by a piece of twine.

A pair of scissors was attached to his wrist, and there was a meatball lodged in the scissors.

A second look at the man's eyes left only two bloody holes.

The man's toes were all cut off raw!

And the fatal wound was the extremely long gash in the neck.

Only that wound also had a number of scratches around it.

It looks like it's from repeated cuts from not-so-sharp scissors.

The blood was spread all over the ground and had become quite sticky by now.

This was the first time that even Li Guanqi had seen this kind of situation, originally he thought that this mission was just to catch the evil evil spirit and that would be fine.

Yet now it seemed as if things were not as simple as he had imagined.

Getting up and looking back around, he realized that the man's home was very messy and noisy, but that was about it.

Li Guanqi then pulled out a Clear Filth talisman, and the spirit talisman instantly burned between the surges of Yuan Qi.

The moment the spirit talisman touched the blood on the ground, it instantly burst into flames!

Along with the burning of the flames, gusts of black smoke evaporated from the blood.

A moment later, the black smoke dispersed, and the icy aura in the room faded away.

The crowd nodded slightly at the sight.

They thought that the Great Summer Sword Sect had sent a brat to perfunctorily deal with the matter.

The ones before them had all just looked at it, and again, they didn't see anything.

Li Guanqi, who was standing in place, couldn't help but frown when he saw the concentration of the black smoke.

In a low voice, he murmured, "Looks like a great guy!"

Li Guanqi then spoke softly, "This will allow people to pack up the body for burial as soon as possible."

"It's hot, and in a while the bodies will stink."

The old man hurriedly greeted the people to help clean up.

The old man then quickly stepped to the youngster's side and inquired in a slightly uneasy whisper, "Immortal Master, are you sure about dealing with this evil spirit?"

Li Guanqi smiled faintly and said softly, "Whether there is any certainty or not has to be tried before we know."

"I should be staying here temporarily for a few days, the yang energy is too strong in the daytime, and that stern ghost won't come out to do evil."

"I'll try him tonight!"

The reason why Li Guanqi said that was also to put the villagers in the town a little bit more at ease.

However, in this regard, he really didn't have any certainty, and could only open his mouth to the sword box and inquire, "Sword Spirit, do you have any good ideas?"

After a long time, the sword spirit's voice sounded in Li Guanqi's mind.

"Tch, I thought you had a lot of power, but after all this time you're just holding out here."

"Simple."

"When it's two moments to midnight, all you have to do is sit in the southern window seat and practice, and you'll naturally lure her out."

Li Guanqi asked with some confusion, "Why is it the ugly hour?"

The sword spirit's voice sounded like it was very impatient to explain this in general.

"The ugly hour is the time of the day when the yin energy is at its peak among the twelve hours of the day."

"The window seat is certainly convenient for her to get down, as for practicing..."

"This child's body of yours is like a lantern in the night without cultivation, and cultivation is nothing more than the effect of adding a few more candles."

After saying that, the Sword Spirit suddenly reminded, "But you don't have to worry, I can step in this time!"

Li Guanqi was slightly stunned, he hadn't expected the other party to make a move.

Hearing this, he couldn't help but laugh, "What? You're worried about me, and you want to do it yourself?"

Silence.

After a long enough time, the Sword Spirit's voice said with seven parts disdain and three parts condescension.

"It seems you are truly blind and can't even recognize your own weight."

"Worried about you? I'm afraid that I won't have a place to absorb Yuan Power in the future."

"I'll be able to absorb some of the evil resentment power of the Knight Ghosts as well, and I'll always need to devour some power from elsewhere before you build your foundation."

The sword spirit's voice then gradually fell silent.

Li Guanqi, on the other hand, had a smile at the corner of his mouth and murmured softly, "Steady."

But at this time, there was still a long time until darkness, so Li Guanqi first followed the people in the town and ate a meal of local food.

The spiciness made his stomach turn.

Xingyun Town was located in the plains, surrounded by mountains, which caused the air to be very humid as there would be some mists shrouded here throughout the year.

Using chili peppers with vegetables can sweat and get rid of the cold in your body.

By the time the afternoon rolled around, Li Guanqi casually wandered around the town.

Because of his arrival, the villagers who originally stayed behind closed doors also dared to take advantage of the fact that it was not yet dark to go out for a walk.

And over the course of the afternoon, he had learned some other news from other people's mouths.

Li Guanqi, who was squatting on the side of the road, suddenly felt as if things were a jumbled mess appearing in front of his eyes.

The first man to die was named Zhang Da Niu, who once had a mute wife who disappeared years ago.

Later, Zhang Dainiu found a widow in the town and the two of them partnered for life.

After Zhang Da Niu's death, the widow was nowhere to be found.

Those who died in the aftermath were men from the village, some bachelors and others with families.

"Hey ... what is the relationship between these people?"

Just as Li Guanqi was fretting, his ears suddenly twitched.

Not far away from each other on the side of the road, two middle-aged women were holding melons in their hands, their eyes constantly drifting towards the surrounding area.

The two were whispering something about this, their demeanor exaggerated.

Even if they were separated by a distance of ten or so feet, Li Guanqi felt that these two were bound to be discussing some great matter.

Taking some pastries from the mountain from his storage bag, Li Guanqi very naturally came over.

"What are sisters chatting about? I have two pastries from the mountains here, I really can't eat them why don't I give you two a taste."

The middle-aged fat woman was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly reached out to take the pastries and said with a smile, "Aigoo, Little Immortal Master, you're this... what's the polite thing to say."

Li Guanqi smiled faintly and asked smoothly, "I just watched the two sisters chatting, can you tell my brother about it?"

The woman with a slightly slim figure beside her swept a glance around and came to Li Guanqi's ear and said, "What can I say, it's about the ones who died!"

Li Guanqi raised his eyebrows, and his voice unconsciously lowered a lot as he said in a low voice, "You guys know some other insider information?"

As soon as she heard the word insider, the fat lady immediately looked around like a thief.

Seeing that no one was around, he lightly spat out two words to Li Guanqi.

"Retribution!"