I came to this world to open the way

Of course, such a big event as a ghost destroying the village could not be concealed. The news spread to the county seat the next day, and the government also attached great importance to it and sent people down to investigate on the same day.

It's the Winter Clothes Festival, and the ashes of the "cold clothes" burned by villagers can be seen everywhere on both sides of the road. The weather is not good, and a dark cloud blocks the sun.

The atmosphere of the whole countryside is gloomy and gloomy, and the dead leaves blown by the wind fall from time to time, adding a sense of bleakness.

Farmers usually don’t come out for this kind of festival, but the few people who were riding on the road didn’t care much. One of the people in the gray jacket asked the person in the middle: “My lord, what’s going on this time? How can such a large group of ghosts be able to destroy the village."

The person in the middle rides a horse ahead of him, wearing a green robe and a Taoist attire.

He touched his chin, glanced at the bleak scene in the countryside, and sighed: "What else can it be? It must be from Yongshan County again. The bandits have been purified a while ago, and there will never be such a large scale." The evil spirit appeared."

"The land god?" One person hesitated, but still asked the doubts in his heart.

"I don't know either. I'll find out when I go to the place. Under the king's law, he can turn the world upside down?" The green-robed Taoist snorted coldly, pulled the horse rope, and took a step ahead.

Running at full speed, the group arrived at Dongshan Village very quickly, and the village elder Liu Qing who was notified was already waiting.

"Lord Qi, the village chief Zheng Chang was killed by a ghost, and the old man Liu Qing was elected by the village, and he is here to welcome you." Liu Qing was a small official in the county government as a child when he was young, and he was quite popular, so this time After Zheng Chang's death, he was able to take the opportunity to rise to power.

Of course, it still depends on whether he can serve the people in the county well this time. Although he is over [-] years old, he still has a sense of utilitarianism.

"Then Mr. Liu Village will bother you to show us the situation. After the investigation, I can explain to the higher-ups." The Taoist nodded calmly, showing some respect for Liu Qing in front of him.

While leading the way, Liu Qing told the Taoist priest what happened that night. A baby died in his home, and he told the story in a sensual and tearful way. With the white mourning worn by every household along the road, the situation was really sad.

Chen Yao's divine sense was also paying attention to this place at this time, and he couldn't help but be amazed to see the Taoist's face unchanged.

But he didn't think Taoist priests were cold and heartless. After all, he was a small banner of the Department of Strange News. He had seen too many storms and waves, and he probably checked the whole village.

Indeed, the Taoist priest Qi Changyun was calm in his heart. Although he hated these fierce ghosts for their audacity, he also felt that the luck of Dongshan Village was pretty good.

Five years ago, he followed his own general banner to investigate a case of ghosts breaking into the village. That scene was a tragic one. None of the more than 500 people in the village was alive, and they all turned into mummies.

Even the chickens and ducks in the village, and the group of vicious ghosts were not spared. In the end, the county was shaken, and with the combined efforts of half the county and seven counties, they completely wiped out the rioting ghosts.

"Old Liu, don't worry, our Department of Strange News will definitely give you justice, and if there are still ghosts running around, we will never let them go." Maybe it was because of impatience, or maybe because he didn't hear any useful news, Qi Changyun interrupted Liu Qing's story.

Liu Qing hurriedly said: "It's gone, it's gone, with the blessing of the God of the Earth, the village is safe now."

Seeing Qi Changyun and the others didn't care about human life at all, Liu Qing also slandered from the bottom of his heart, the Department of Strange News is amazing.

But in fact, the Department of Strange News is really great. It was set up by Taizu Dayu in order to deal with the endless evils of ghosts and ghosts in the world, and it specially recruited strange people and strangers.

Seeing is believing, so Qi Changyun went straight to the village ancestral hall for field survey. He touched the gate that hadn't been repaired in time, inspected several withered corpses, with a heavy expression.

He has already confirmed that a group of large-scale ghosts broke through the defense of Dongshan Village last night. The leading ghosts were either peak-level ghosts or resentful ghosts. The traces left by the ghost soldiers on the gate cannot be faked.

As a Taoist priest, he can deal with ordinary little ghosts, but he can barely contend with the first-class evil ghosts under the protection of the court, not to mention that the ones who made trouble last night were probably the peak evil ghosts or grieving ghosts.

"What? My lord, you said that it was broken by a vicious ghost close to the resentful ghost?" A subordinate was shocked when he heard Qi Changyun's deduction, and his heart tightened.

"Resentful ghosts, that's an existence that our general banner can only deal with. It's really a resentful ghost. How can there be so many people alive in Dongshan Village?" Another older subordinate was also shocked, with a shocked expression on his face.

"Huh? Do you doubt my judgment? If the general flag hadn't been withdrawn and sent to Yongshan for support, do you think it's my turn to investigate such a big case of breaking a village?" Qi Changyun was a little worried when he saw that his subordinates didn't believe it.

"My lord, how dare we dare, you are an official Taoist priest, we are just Taoist disciples, if we hadn't joined the imperial court, even the brats wouldn't be able to defeat us." Seeing Qi Changyun's gloomy face, his subordinates hurriedly apologized.

"That's not wrong. If it weren't for the power of the imperial court system, you mere Taoist disciples would dare to come out and walk?" Qi Changyun touched the official seal of the Nine-Rank Small Banner on his waist, and felt a little more at ease.

When Chen Yao heard this, his eyes flickered for a moment. Based on what he had learned from various aspects, Dayu's most mainstream practice was the practice of immortality. His strengths ranged from low to high: Taoist, Taoist, mage, archmage, real person, etc.

Taoists are apprentices who have not entered the mainstream. Generally speaking, they can only use talismans to drive out ghosts and catch demons. In some immortal sects, Taoists are not allowed to go down the mountain at all.

One is that the strength is not enough, so as not to risk one's life in vain, and the second is naturally not to lose face of the sect.

Therefore, Taoist disciples have not actually been included in the sect wall, and outer disciples are not counted, at most they are registered disciples.

Taoist priests are much stronger than Taoist disciples. They are outer disciples of the general immortal sect. They have already planted mana seeds in their bodies, and they can become mages only after the mana seeds melt.

Although the main method of Taoist priests is talismans, there are more types of talismans that can be used, not to mention that they can already use some small spells with the help of mana seeds.

The imperial court also had as many "masters" as Taoist priests. Once they entered the post, they were nine-rank flags and serious court officials, while Taoist disciples were just ordinary anecdotes and warriors.

Qi Changyun circled around the place with signs of destruction, but the strangest thing was that he didn't find any ghostly aura, which made him a little puzzled.

"Disease!" Qi Changyun didn't believe in evil, and directly took out a yellow paper talisman and threw it into the air, pointing with his right hand, the talisman turned into a ball of fire.

Under Qi Changyun's control, the flames circled around several places that were obviously destroyed by ghosts, and even circled over the mummy, but there was still no response.

"My lord, there is no response. Does this mean that there is no ghost energy remaining?" The older subordinate saw that it was a ghost search talisman, so he couldn't help asking.

"Well, it's really strange that there are so many ghosts raging here, but there is no ghost at all."

"Could it be?" Qi Changyun frowned and looked towards the village hall.