Night falls.

The Li family village quieted down, with only occasional barking of dogs and bird calls in the mountains. Some rooms in the village still had candlelight because there had been recent demon activity, and many people were afraid to sleep in the dark.

Several teams of guards were patrolling the area. Although the village had some martial artists, there were still few people, and the main force of patrols consisted of ordinary people who were physically strong. As the night wind blew, it was inevitable that they would feel uneasy.

“Fourth brother, Fourth brother!” A guard called out softly from behind. “Come with me to pee over there.”

“Why? Just go by yourself.” The guard called Fourth Brother was very resistant.

“I’m scared to go alone. Please come with me,” the guard behind begged.

“Okay, okay.” Fourth Brother couldn’t resist and asked the person in front to wait for a moment before turning around to go with him.

The two of them walked to the edge of the forest, and the guard untied his pants and started peeing into the darkness while muttering to himself, “I don’t know when this will end. We’re supposed to guard the house and prevent thieves, but now we have to catch demons and monsters? I heard that the family has invited an immortal master with great skills. I wonder if they’re a match for the demon… Hey, Fourth Brother, why aren’t you saying anything?”

As he spoke, he felt that something was wrong and turned around to find that Fourth Brother, who had been standing behind him just now, had disappeared without a trace.

Where did he go?

He was shocked and turned his head to go back quickly.

But as soon as he turned his gaze back, he saw a big green-faced, sharp-toothed ghost face in front of him!

“Ah–“

The guard and the ghost face screamed together, not knowing whose voice was louder.

After shouting, the guard remembered to pull up his pants, and the fierce ghost also raised its claws!

He turned around.

He ran! It chased!

“Ghost–” the guard shouted as he ran.

Before the shout had even died down, there was a light whistle in the air, “Shu Mountain is here. Who dares to cause trouble?”

Followed by a bright sword light, like a meteor in the dark night, arriving in an instant.

The fierce ghost saw the sword light coming quickly and fiercely, and immediately raised its claws to block it. With a clang, it was shaken several feet away by the sword energy, and without any intention of fighting, it turned and ran!

Two figures chased after it at high speed.

It ran! They chased!

It was impossible to escape!

“Trying to run!” Chu Liang shouted, and a red light flashed out of his sleeve like lightning. He slightly predicted its trajectory, and it landed in front of the fierce ghost, binding it tightly!

The Binding Demon Rope!

Bang–The fierce ghost fell to the ground and couldn’t get up. He immediately begged for mercy, “Spare me! Spare me, young hero!”

Chu Liang and Lin Bei had already noticed that something was wrong with him. He had a ghostly appearance, but there was no Yin energy in his movements. He was clearly pretending to be a ghost.

When Lin Bei landed, he immediately asked the bound figure, “Are you big? Are you having fun?”

Chu Liang didn’t bother with him and asked, “Are you a human or a ghost?”

“I’m human! I’m human!” The fierce ghost struggled to reach out, but he couldn’t free himself from the turtle shell bindings.

Chu Liang pulled off the fierce ghost’s headgear and found a man’s face underneath. He seemed to be a cultivator, but his cultivation level was not high, only in the early stage of the second realm.

“Who are you? Why did you come to Li’s Village to pretend to be a ghost?” Chu Liang asked.

“I just thought it was fun…” the cultivator who was pretending to be a ghost said softly.

Lin Bei sneered, “Don’t try to lie. We’re a bit twisted, and we might do something if you lie.”

The cultivator looked at the red rope that bound him and realized that he couldn’t lie. He was terrified and begged, “I was sent by Jingyue Pavilion’s shopkeeper to pretend to be a ghost in Li’s Village and hurt a few people to make a big fuss.”

“Jingyue Pavilion?” Chu Liang wasn’t too surprised. He had already thought of this possibility when he heard about it from the steward earlier.

At this point, suddenly causing trouble with evil spirits was naturally their best interest.

“I was just following orders. Please let me go. I promise to cut ties with Jingyue Pavilion!” the cultivator pleaded.

“Let you go? Dream on,” Lin Bei said, “What should we do with him?”

“Bind him for the night. Tomorrow, we’ll hand him over to the steward to deal with. The incident of Li’s Village being haunted has caused such a big impact, and he needs to catch the mastermind and make a big deal out of it,” Chu Liang said.”Don’t, please spare me, young heroes! It’s my first time here!” The cultivator disguised as a ghost pleaded loudly.

“Save it. Everyone we catch says it’s their first time,” Lin Bei said disdainfully. “Just confess honestly: how many times, with whom, where, and who introduced you… The more you confess, the more credit you’ll get, and maybe we won’t notify your family and friends…”

The man disguised as a ghost was taken aback and hurriedly cried out, “It’s a misunderstanding! It really is my first time here. The manager of Jingyue Pavilion thought that the previous demon at Li’s Village wasn’t fierce enough and caused no casualties, so he asked me to stir things up.”

“That’s not right,” Chu Liang pondered. “The previous steward, Cui, said that the demon only disturbed women and didn’t bother men. But just now, he scared the guards. He also said that the previous demon moved extremely fast, and no one could see its appearance clearly. This man doesn’t seem like…”

As he was thinking, a woman’s scream came from inside the mansion.

“Ah—”

“Sure enough, there’s another demon.” Chu Liang’s gaze shifted and said to Lin Bei, “You watch him; I’ll go over there.”

“Alright!” Lin Bei was no longer resistant to playing the role of an assistant, as the facts had proven that his cultivation was indeed inferior to Chu Liang’s.

Turning his head and looking at the man disguised as a ghost who was tightly bound on the ground, Lin Bei showed a studious expression. “This technique is really professional. Huh… What’s that smell on you?”

“Hehe…” The man disguised as a ghost laughed awkwardly. “When I scared the guard earlier, he was just urinating, and I was standing right in front of him…”

“…” Lin Bei frowned deeply and shook his head. “Chu Liang’s magic treasure is really something else.”