next courtyard, my mind was filled with worry about what was happening there. I chewed on Yanqin’s words but couldn't help but glance at the neighbor's yard.That faint voice still continued, and fro...That's true, it does look a bit like that, but the image is too blurry for me to see clearly.

My brother picked up a pen and pointed it at the screen for us to see.

"Look at this, this man seems to have been bitten on the shoulder by something. Then he swatted it away hard, and it let go, with a spurt of blood—"

My brother said that, plus my brain made connections, it does seem like that.

"A Liang didn't say, that a natal gu is almost formless and intangible, coexisting with its master. Sometimes it can manifest into a large shape, but in reality, the core is very small."

Yes, the Gu mother is like that, surrounded by a large mass of black mist, it looks a bit frightening, but its body is only slightly larger than an ordinary insect.

"Hui Qing, could it be that the Xuan Hui accidentally obtained some treasure, and the other party came to seize it" I asked.

There are too many people in this world who kill and steal for treasure. Although they are despised and ostracized by the righteous, human greed is hard to resist. Who wouldn't want to increase their cultivation and take shortcuts to transcend limits

"The members of the Tongxuan Hui are a mixed bag. Last time, we met a woman who claimed to be from the Tongxuan Hui and acted very arrogant. Could she have caused this trouble" I asked.

Master Huisqing frowned deeply.

He also knew that the Tong Xuan Hui was a nail, an eye and ear for Lin Yanhuan and even the Lin family in this bizarre circle.

Since it's a matter of public awareness, naturally people from all walks of life need to be spread across the country. It's inevitable that some will use their perceived authority for personal gain and end up causing trouble.

"Does Lin Yanhuan know" I asked my brother.

My brother smirked and said, "He probably doesn't know He's practically got eyes in the back of his head and ears that can hear a whisper miles away."

"What did he say then"

"What else can I say Matters within the circle are naturally resolved according to the rules of the circle. We'll publicly investigate those who intentionally caused harm, but privately, we'll have the Xuanhuan Society look into it themselves."

I watched as the people in the painting moved swiftly, intimidating a woman into handing over a key to open a storage room. Inside the room were shelves filled with all sorts of things of unknown origin.

They ransacked the place and took away several things.

"What did you lose" I asked.

Master Huisqing took out a few photos and said, “Because the origins of these things are unknown, the staff at Tongxuan Hui all took photos and saved them according to their numbers. After sorting them out, they found that these were missing...”

The lost items are all similar in appearance, either cans or small ding shapes. We don't know their names or uses.

"It seems the other party doesn't even know what they're looking for, so they just swept up everything that was similar," my brother said.

I nodded and consulted with Huicqing: "Could you spare an empty room for me I'll ask the local deities about their whereabouts."

"Okay, okay." Huijing agreed to let me borrow the small break room connected to the office.

There was only a single bed in the room, long unused and covered with sheets.

It seems being the head of Xuan Hui is not easy. Master Huixing is still quite ambitious. He often goes out to visit well-regarded great monks, occasionally attends meetings in various places, and takes care of his own monastery and disciples. He also worries about Xuan Hui's affairs.

My older brother and Huiqing the monk were guarding outside, I recited the precious incantation, inside the tightly closed room, an icy chill immediately spread.

The aura of the Underworld deities was like that, much milder compared to the chilling presence Jiang Qiyun emitted when he first appeared. Land God's aura was already quite warm.

This land god was rather thin and withered. Seeing me, he immediately bowed low to the ground: "Little lady summoned this old man, what are your instructions"

"No, no... I just wanted to ask you, a few days ago at night, a group of people injured and robbed someone in this courtyard. Do you know where these people came from" I waved my hand and politely asked.

Land God touched his beard with a conflicted expression: "Little Lady, when something happened, the old man received the report and only then sent people to follow up. The old man doesn't know where this group came from, but later the Yin soldiers reported that they drove directly onto the interprovincial highway, all the way south. After that, it was no longer the old man's territory..."

“However, the Yin soldiers reported a situation. This group of people seem to be all skilled in using poison and setting up traps. I also overheard them talking about...after they succeed, they will immediately leave the country.”

Going abroad!

My goodness, how do you even chase after that

Once you leave the country, it's no longer our territory. No matter how good or bad the surface or under-the-table relationships are, they don't hold any weight.

"Little Madam, one of them had a different accent. He was a yellow-skinned white-hearted barbarian, seemingly from the Nanyang region... Witchcraft and sorcery entered Nanyang and gave rise to countless sorcery lineages. These people could very well be sorcerers active in Nanyang." The Earth God whispered softly.

This... our hands aren't that long, are they Last time at the border when we summoned souls, it was Jiang Qiyun who used his great magical power. He set up a summoning banner on top of a mountain and only then were the loyal souls buried in foreign lands able to return.

Now, let's talk about Southeast Asia... With so many countries of various sizes in Southeast Asia, how could we possibly find someone Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!

I announced my resignation to the land god and then told my brother and Master Hu Qing about it back at the office.

My brother shrugged and said, "It's already happened, we can only accept it. We need to strengthen our security work... as for what comes next..."

He hesitated for a moment, analyzing, “There are two possibilities. One is that the other party got what they wanted and kept quiet. We just swallow this loss and endure it. The second is that they didn’t get it and might still be looking for opportunities to come back. We need to be vigilant at all times and prepare to counterattack. Maybe we can seize a chance, settle both old and new scores then!”

Huiqing Monk stroked his shaven head and said in a low voice: "This is the only way. The other party's actions are vicious, so we should avoid them as much as possible. The Tongxuan Society is just a loose organization, and it can't offer any effective resistance when faced with such situations. I want to take this opportunity to unite the Tongxuan Society."

"Come on, don't let yourself turn gray too young." My brother patted him on the shoulder.

On the way back, my brother said, "Those people looking for these cans, bottles, and small cauldrons, they must be used to raise centipedes, right Otherwise, what would they do with these things Use them as chamber pots"

I chatted with him for a few moments, and suddenly I felt something was off.

"Brother, this isn't deep in the mountains and old forest, is it"

"Huh What's wrong"

"...How come there are no streetlights on this road"

My brother slammed on the brakes by the roadside, turned his head to look at me, with a look of disbelief in his eyes.

Indeed, there are no streetlights here. We were driving with our headlights on and chatting the whole time, so we didn't notice how dark it was.

Deep…

A faint muffled thud.

We looked up at the car roof—something had fallen onto our car roof.

In the blink of an eye, my brother slid his seat back in the driver's seat and quickly pulled out a backpack from under the backseat.

He grinned wickedly: “Since Young Master got cleaned up, no one with eyes dared to mess with me. All those ghosts and ghouls trying to stir trouble are just giving me a chance to practice my skills— ”

"You're not afraid of people, you're not afraid of ghosts, so what about centipedes" I gave him a withering look.

His smile twitched, the overwhelming swarm of black poisonous insects, just thinking about it gave him a case of coulrophobia.

Creak—

A piercing screech echoed as the car screeched to a halt.

My brother roared, "Damn it, don't ruin my girlfriend's image!"

He slammed on the gas and sped for a distance, then came to a sudden screeching halt at the fork in the road.kily he was wearing several layers of clothing. The knife only broke through a few layers, leaving him with just a bloody scratch.My brother stepped on the woman who was unconscious, and when he open...