Li Zian did not say anything and continue to eat the meat bun but she continuously surveys her surrounding using her spiritual force. She notices black wisp circling all the people.
Li Zian grasp Ling Min Zhe and walk to all places that their feet can brought them. "Zian, we have been walking since morning. What are you looking for?" Li Zian did not answer Ling Min Zhe question. She wants to see his reaction but since she noticed the incense, she keeps seeing incenses at inconspicuous place being burned and its smoke plus smell is everywhere. Ling Min Zhe did not notice any of it and Li Zian almost choke with all those incense smell and smoke. She also sees a wisp of black smoke circling around Ling Min Zhe.
"Min Zhe how are you feeling?" Li Zian has a guess why this city is peaceful.
"How I feel? I feel great! Walking here in this city really ease my mind."
"Tonight, we will sleep in the inn and have a good rest." Li Zian and Ling Min Zhe enters an inn and she tells Ling Min Zhe to not disturb her.
That night, Li Zian watches the black wisp slowly drift towards one of the residences in the city. That residence full of drifting black wisp. She calls Ling Min Zhe if he can see the black wisp but he did not see anything. Ling Min Zhe suddenly take out three stick of incense and lit it.
"Why are you burning the incense?" Thing are getting out of control. Ling Min Zhe did not hear her. Li Zian quickly cut the burning incense and prevent Ling Min Zhe from burning it once again.
"Li Zian why are you stopping me? The Lord will be hungry if I did not burn this incense." Ling Min Zhe is angry and push Li Zian from him and continue burning the incense. Li Zian chant a calming spell and she hits his glabella using her palm. Ling Min Zhe is pushed to the back a few steps. The black wisp slowly disappears.
"Both of us has been under illusion." Li Zian pointed towards the windows and Ling Min Zhe sees the street filled with incense smoke, "This people... They..." Li Zian nodded.
Ling Min Zhe and Li Zian goes to the residence filled with black wisp. The residence is lively full of people from children to elderly, all them are very active considering it is nearing midnight. Ling Min Zhe and Li Zian look at each other, "Zhong! Come out and sees this!" Li Zian screams in her mind. Zhong directly appear beside her, "This is serious, this whole residence and the city is hunted."
Ling Min Zhe shudder looking at the residence. He and Li Zian walk through the street. The lantern is dim and many people walk and talk merrily but using their second eye, they can see those people are being possessed.
"Zhong both of us are not strong enough to handle this problem. This is city level not village level. The scope is too big for me." Li Zian sigh.
Ling Min Zhe added, "Zhong, at least Zian is village level, I do not even have level. This is my first mission.
"As an assistant your level is related to your master. Master is village level, so are you! You can only be in the same level as your master or lower. You cannot surpass her authority." Zhong throws a disdain glance towards Lin Min Zhe.
"What with that look!? You never tell me all these things." Ling Min Zhe scrutinize his eyes towards Zhong.
Zhong pointed his finger at Ling Min Zhe forehead, "I give you the assistant manual, right!?" Ling Min Zhe dumbfounded and realise the existence of assistant manual. "I forgot but you know how many things I have to handle at the valley." Ling Min Zhe did not want to lose.
"Alright! Zhong how we can solve this?" Li Zian has to stop them before it escalates.
"Back at the problem, this kind of disaster, we will refer to other expert. We need an exorcist for this job. Do not worry, I will ask some help."
Zhong disappear from Li Zian and Ling Min Zhe's sight. Both of them did not go back to the inn but paste yin talisman on their body and mingle with the people. In a restaurant Li Zian and Ling Min Zhe sits on the second floor.
"Ai! These days it is good."
"Yeah! You are right. It is all thanks to Lord Jun."
"His ghost mist is very powerful that it can control those humans."
"Hahaha! It is because Lord Jun, we wondering ghost able to possess human every night."
"Those streets filled with incense are heaven. We are not hungry anymore."
"Long live Lord Jun!"
"Long live Lord Jun!"
Li Zian and Ling Min Zhe hears the praise towards Lord Jun at every place they visit. Then, they go to the graveyard, well it is empty. The graveyard is eerily quiet and devoid of any ghost. Ling Min Zhe found a small black stone at one of the grave.
"Zian, look at that stone, it is yin stone." Ling Min Zhe squats down and point at the small black stone, "And it seems each grave have this small black stone. No wonder we never find anything unusual at the graveyard. It really has nothing.
Li Zian also squats down and both of her palm touching the ground. She closed her eyes and check each coffin in the graveyard. She wants to check it again since she is under illusion before this. Any investigation before this renders useless.
"The corpses are in their place and devoid of resentment. The Jun Clan died unjustly so their corpses should fill with resentment but it is very clean."
"It is related with the black wisp of resentment circling the people? But why did a ghost need resentment energy?"
"Resentment energy is a type of yin energy..."
Ling Min Zhe cut Li Zian sentence, "No one absorb other people resentment. It is like eating a rotten food. Yuck!"
"So... have you tried to absorb resentment energy Min Zhe?" Li Zian raised one of her eyebrows.
"Of course not! Resentment energy is a type of yin energy but it consists of all negative energy. Imagine all bad things accumulate together it just create a jumble of negative energy. Like a food tossed randomly in a pot and let it rot, then eat it."
"Mmmmm, Min Zhe just because it is not delicious does not mean it cannot be eaten. Let's go back to the inn.
Back to the inn. Li Zian sits on the bed and let her mind into the pagoda. She searches for a certain historical record, "Using resentment energy..."
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Zhong arrive at a big mansion, "I would like to see Master Ao Tian." Zhong talked to the small fox in front the gate. The fox turns into a wisp of smoke. A few minutes later the gate opens by itself. Zhong enters the mansion. A middle age man holding a lantern welcome him and guide him to see Master Ao Tian.
A man in his eighty can be seen sipping tea leisurely. Zhong sits in front of the man, "Ao Tian, how are you?"
Master Ao smile, "It never been better. Zhong, I thought you already return to the spirit world."
Zhong put down his teacup, "I thought you already leave this country. It must be hard to keep the memories."
The room turns into a quiet zone. Both of them just stare at each other.
"Who is the new master?" Master Ao Tian break the quietness in the room.
"A girl." Zhong did not divulge other information.
"Did she have any chances in avenging our master?"
"She is not obliging to avenge our master. She did not any relationship with our master why would she avenge him?"
Master Ao surprised hearing Zhong's answer, "I thought you..."
Zhong calmly look at Ao Tian, "Someone need to stop him."
Master Ao did not ask anymore and they proceed with the conversation about the city in San County.
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In the morning Li Zian and Ling Min Zhe observe the city. As usual the city is filled with incense smoke and smell. The people look normal and no one is being possessed.
"I have weird dream last night. I am drinking with that fatty merchant and we eat a lot of expensive food. Hahahaha! I wish it could be true."
"My dream is more bizarre..."
A lot of people talking about their weird dream. If those peoples know that it is not a dream but they are being possessed, those people will not laugh at their own dream anymore.
Li Zian and Ling Min Zhe wants to snuck into the Chu Residence that is the residence full with black wisp. As they ready, a ball as big as adult palm rolled towards Li Zian. Ling Min Zhe feels alarmed and quickly dash towards the alley next to them but the alley is empty. He scans the area using his spiritual energy. Li Zian takes the ball and lift her head towards the empty alley. She tells Ling Min Zhe to let the person go and paste the yin talisman and invisible talisman at their body. Li Zian put the ball in her pocket.