According to Yan Lang, if Gu Zhisang is willing to take on the position of 'special instructor' of the spirit group, her relationship with the underworld will be the same as hers - although she is not a ghost messenger, she can arrest ghosts and connect to the underworld.

As a specially hired member of the Spirit Group, she is not bound by the various rules of the Spirit Group and does not have to work from nine to five.

The rest of the salary, intelligence, etc. remain the same as usual.

It can be said that in an official organization, such treatment is already very sincere.

However, Gu Zhisang knew in his heart that although he was only a non-staff instructor, in the eyes of Xuanmen and other metaphysical organizations, agreeing to the invitation of the Ling Group was actually on the same side as the official.

If Xuanmen was still the same Xuanmen as before, Gu Zhisang, who was once the master of Xuanmen, would reject Yan Lang without hesitation and devote himself to the secular world.

But now the Xuanmen is full of intrigues, complicated forces, and even deeper hidden dangers. It is no longer the Xuanmen that Master Junhong Taoist built with his original intention, which gathered the world's metaphysical talents to uphold morality.

After a little consideration, Gu Zhisang nodded in agreement.

"Can."

Yan Lang and Zheng Ruyu looked at each other and saw relief and joy in each other's eyes.

The reason why they value Gu Zhisang so much and want to bring her into the camp is that there is a lack of high-level masters in the spiritual group.

There are very few known Earth-level Xuan Masters, all of whom are the leaders of major factions and the heads of some super families who have secluded themselves from the world.

They have deep knowledge and long life span.

Take the head of Yiyuan Temple, Taoist Qin, for example. He has lived for at least two hundred years.

Yan Lang had seen him when he was still a young man and had just taken over the spiritual group. At that time, Taoist Chang Qin had white hair tied up high and looked to be at least sixty or seventy years old.

After several decades, Yan Lang himself had turned into an old man with half of his body buried in the ground, but Taoist Chang Qin still had the appearance of an immortal and was in very good health.

Such old seniors are often closely involved with their families and factions, so it is impossible for them to escape alone, and therefore they will not join the spiritual group.

The highest-ranking person in the group at the moment is Master Xuan, who has a personal grudge against the Ganqing Temple in the Xuanmen sect.

He had been stuck at the eighth level of Xuan for more than ten years, and had not been able to break through to the Earth level.

Also, since the Spirit Group does not have an Earth-level Xuan Master in charge, they are often suppressed by the Xuan Sect.

They have no say at all.

Based on all of the above, the addition of Gu Zhisang alone can completely reverse the disadvantaged situation of the Spirit Group.

Yan Lang smiled gently and said, "Welcome Miss Gu to join us. It won't be considered a violation of the rules if you read these documents now."

"To be honest, we do have a master in our group who is related to the underworld, and we also know that Miss Gu is looking for information about the 'black fog'. In fact, the Spirit Team first discovered the existence of this thing and it had nothing to do with the metaphysical world. It can be traced back to a major case that shocked the whole country thirteen years ago."

"Ms. Gu, please take a look at this document first."

Gu Zhisang took the document and opened it. It recorded a serial murder case in a certain province thirteen years ago.

The criminals brutally killed six unrelated young men and women in two cities in the province and mutilated the bodies of the dead in various ways.

The magnitude of the case at the time caused panic among the people.

After spending a lot of effort to catch the man, the police discovered that he was a mentally twisted pervert.

The reason why he killed those men and women was simply because they were good-looking, knowledgeable, well-behaved... and had a series of popular characteristics, or had a good family background.

The pervert felt that it was unfair and unbalanced, so he killed.

After the case was solved, the entire Internet was condemning this narrow-minded and vicious criminal, but the police were the only ones who were still puzzled.

Yan Lang's voice of recollection rang out in the reception room:

"When the criminal was arrested, the local police were very surprised. How could a short, weak and feeble-minded man kill so many victims and evade arrest by the police several times as if he had divine help?

Later, when we were investigating in his home, we discovered the statue for the first time.”

Gu Zhisang understood: "Thousand-Faced Su God."

"That's right." Zheng Ruyu took over the topic and nodded, "In this major trafficking case in Southern Province, we also found that villagers in two villages were worshiping this 'Shu God'. According to their confessions, the statue was provided by the head master, who specified that they should worship it regularly."

"We are now basically certain that this is an evil god."

Zheng Ruyu said, and stood up, took out a golden bronze statue from the cabinet behind him, and placed it on the table:

"This is the offering we found in the home of Wu Feng, the village chief of Xiaoyan Village."

Gu Zhisang looked over and saw that one of the multiple layers of the statue was facing her. It was a lifelike and sad face.

It is obviously a tragic scene, but it makes people feel frightened and uncomfortable.

Zheng Ruyu said, "We discovered thirteen years ago that after killing the victims, the criminal would take their organs and offer them to this statue. But it was the first time we saw such a strange statue, and we didn't think about it from a metaphysical perspective, so we ignored it."

"Later, more and more secret cases surfaced, and behind them there was a vague shadow of the statue. That's when we began to pay attention to this object."

Gu Zhisang asked: "Do you have any idea now?"

Yan Lang said: "We have extracted a special power from the statues, some captured criminals, and the bodies of the Xuan Masters."

As he spoke, he glanced at Zheng Ruyu beside him, and the other party took out a small transparent statue from the safe.

A wisp of thick gray-black gas can be clearly seen in the transparent instrument, swimming and colliding in the small square as if it has life.

Gu Zhisang was a little surprised: "How did you do it?"

She had fought against this "black fog" several times and was very clear about its lethality.

In addition to corroding the master's meridians and body, it can also affect people's minds.

Even she had only ever succeeded in getting a small clump.

Yan Lang smiled and said, "Actually, this 'black fog' was not taken out by the Spirit Team. I asked my friends at the Research Institute to extract it using official scientific instruments."

"By the way, Miss Gu, you have solved several cases before. There were some mysterious masters behind the scenes who were helping the evildoers. After those people were caught, we also used instruments to detect the same substance in their bodies. The composition of this "black fog" is very special. It is not a soul, and some fluctuations can be detected."

Gu Zhisang:?

This is truly a scientific way of exorcising evil spirits and a materialistic way of catching ghosts.

After reading all the findings of the Spirit Team, Gu Zhisang didn't actually get much useful information, but it was better than nothing.

She changed the subject and asked:

"Mr. Yan just asked me to help check the evil spirit in a person's body. Is it your relative or descendant?"

Yan Lang shook his head and said, "The Yan in his last name is the same as Yan Xiao Yan Yan, he has no relation to me."

Hearing this familiar surname, Gu Zhisang's heart moved.

"Before, a group of people from Xuanmen came to the city where I was broadcasting live and surrounded me. They mentioned this person at the time and asked me to 'donate' the jade finger bone, otherwise I would be putting the safety of the people in the world at risk. Could it be that Mr. Yan is talking about the same person as them?"

Yan Lang felt a little embarrassed, as he had also heard about what happened at that time.

In order to prevent Gu Zhisang from thinking too much or still feeling dissatisfied, he explained:

"It is indeed the same person, but that young friend Yan had no idea that the people from Xuanmen would do those things from the beginning to the end. They all acted on their own initiative. He is also very sorry about this matter, but he has never found a chance to apologize to you because his health... is indeed too poor."

To describe Yan Cheng's current situation as bad is an understatement.

Yan Lang sighed and said, "It's a pity for that child. He was born with a strong evil spirit that could not be resolved. He was determined to be a 'bad omen' and evil spirit since he was a child. He was almost killed on the spot. In the end, he managed to survive and was extremely smart and built up the family business today. It's such a pity to have such a fate..."

From Yan Lang, Gu Zhisang learned that this person's name was "Yan Cheng".

During this period, the evil energy in his body had become worryingly heavy, and his condition was also very dangerous.

The masters of the three major forces of Xuanmen have people waiting at Yan's house 24 hours a day, waiting to eliminate him when he completely loses control.

Because of Yan Lang's entrustment, and the fact that Gu Zhisang was indeed a little curious about the legendary "evil summons" that had made the Xuanmen fearful for more than 20 years, she thought about it and agreed.

But she always felt that the name sounded familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had heard it.

Gu Zhisang said, "Since Mr. Yan has spoken, I can go and take a look at the situation. If the situation is really critical, I can lend you the jade finger bone."

Yan Lang's expression lit up: "That's great, let me thank Miss Gu on behalf of Yan Cheng!"

He immediately asked Zheng Ruyu to send a car to take them to the Yan family.

Arriving at the famous mountain villa in Rongcheng where every inch of land is worth a lot of money, Gu Zhisang seemed to have sensed something and looked at an area not far away from the car window.

She already knew where Yan Cheng was.

I saw that the sky above that area was covered by a large formation like a curtain, separating the area below from the surrounding environment. The person who set up the formation was quite skilled.

Even so, there was still a faint light gray gas leaking out from the formation, which was enough to give a glimpse of how strong the evil spirit within the formation was.

Seeing this scene, Gu Zhisang's original three points of curiosity turned into seven points.

At this moment, the long-lost system suddenly popped up in her mind and said excitedly:

"Sangsang!! You are going to the Yan family now. Do you know who Yan Cheng is?! As expected, the world plot will not give up easily. Even if you are far away from the hero and heroine, they will still fall in love for various reasons, and you will still become the villain in their life!"

Listening to the excited and incoherent words of the system in his mind, Gu Zhisang was confused: "What are you talking about? What does this have to do with the plot?"

System: "Yan Cheng is the older brother of the protagonist Yan Xugui who died early!!"

Gu Zhisang: ...?

She finally remembered why this name sounded familiar. It turned out that she had heard it once when she was listening to the system explaining the plot.

The system chattered on, "I just went to check on the male and female protagonists. Sure enough, they met and fell in love with each other! Although their relationship progressed much more slowly without the life-saving grace, it is also on the right track."

"So what does this have to do with me?" Gu Zhisang.

System: "Think about it, Sangsang. The plot in the book is that the hero's genius elder brother died early, so he could naturally become the sole heir of the Xia Kingdom's Yan family. Otherwise, with his original character in the book: a racing driver who doesn't like business, how could he possibly take over his elder brother's position!"

"If Yan Cheng, the big boss who single-handedly supported the Yanshi Group and increased the Yan family's assets a hundredfold, hadn't died, then Yanshi's stock would be more stable than a lump of iron, and there would be no sudden drop or business crisis at all. The male protagonist would have no pressure and would not be able to grow and mature, and the female protagonist would not be able to use her koi luck to help him turn danger into safety every time, and the relationship between the two would heat up more slowly..."

The system kept chattering, and at the end it said confidently, "Looking at it this way, if you, Sangsang, want to change Yan Cheng's fate of dying early, wouldn't you be the villain who hinders the relationship and career of the hero and heroine?"

Gu Zhisang didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

At this time, Yan Lang's car had already driven into the huge Yan family.

Once you enter the formation, the evil energy leaking out from the surroundings becomes more obvious.

Feeling the power here, Gu Zhisang could understand why the people of Xuanmen attached so much importance to Yan Cheng in this mortal world.

He is now like a jar storing evil.

The tank's reserves are limited and are on the verge of exploding.

As long as Yan Cheng, the container, can't hold on, so much evil energy will inevitably transform him into a rare and evil creature that has not been seen in thousands of years, bringing disaster to the world.

Gu Zhisang became even more curious.

Who is this Yan Cheng to have such a bad fate?

How much willpower does he need to be a mere mortal to survive for more than 20 years under the erosion of such an evil spirit?

When following Yan Lang into the main hall of the Yan family, Gu Zhisang discovered that there were quite a few people here.

Several outsiders in different costumes were either dozing with their eyes downcast or sitting cross-legged in meditation, but from their hands placed on magical instruments ready to be used at any time, as well as their tense bodies and locked brows, it could be seen that they were not as relaxed as they looked on the surface.

Everyone was anxiously waiting for a result.

Master Xuan, who was guarding the door, saw Yan Lang and called out, "Mr. Yan."

When he saw Gu Zhisang behind Yan Lang, his eyes widened.

When everyone in the room heard the noise, they all looked over, and for a moment, their expressions varied.

Gu Zhisang felt a gaze full of resentment cast on herself. She looked over and found that the man looked very familiar. He was one of the Xuan Masters who had surrounded her and tried to snatch the jade finger bone.

She ignored the man's gaze and looked at the other people in the room.

Among them, the couple sitting on the sofa with their hands tightly clasped and nervous expressions, and the young man beside them with a frown, are the only three people in the room who do not have much energy.

This shows that they are not masters of mysticism, but ordinary people.

Gu Zhisang heard the young man whispering comfortingly: "Mom, don't be nervous, my brother will be fine..."

When her eyes swept over the profile of the person who was speaking, she paused and stopped on the young man's profile with some surprise.

Very similar.

The profile of this young man looked very much like her old friend - the sickly little prince Yan Huishan who once lived on the top of the mountain and was her neighbor.

It was this angle that made her feel a little hallucinatory when she first saw it.

But if you look more closely you'll find that they are not the same person.

Yan Huishan's nose is straight with clear lines, but this young man's nose is slightly curved downward, not the kind of handsome and gentle temperament.

Thinking of the same surname, Gu Zhisang suddenly realized something.

This Yan family, could it be that they have any connection with Yan Huishan?

Just as she was lost in thought, the master who was ignored by her became angry, thinking that Gu Zhisang was pretending to humiliate him.

His face flushed and he said sarcastically, "Isn't this Miss Gu Zhisang who is occupying the 'Jade Finger Bone' and is unwilling to give it up? Why is she here with Mr. Yan from the Spirit Group? If I were you, I wouldn't be embarrassed to come here. If you hadn't been selfish and refused to give it up to help Yan Cheng dispel the evil spirit, how could things have come to this point today!"

After he said these words, everyone's eyes fell on Gu Zhisang.

Including the couple and the young people.

The moment he saw the young man's face, Gu Zhisang felt an inexplicable disappointment in his heart.

The front face doesn't look alike.

In fact, his facial features do resemble Yan Huishan, but she feels that this person has nothing to do with Yan Huishan at all.

The system's excited voice sounded in my mind: "It's the male lead! This is Yan Xugui!!"

"Great! Now the hero and the 'lovesick female supporting role' have officially met. As expected, Sangsang, you and him don't have the same aura."

Gu Zhisang saw it.

This Yan Xugui was clearly seeing me for the first time, but his eyes were filled with obvious displeasure.

The slight fondness she had for the other person because of his similar facial features to her best friend also completely disappeared.

Yan Xugui was also looking at the legendary Gu Zhisang. When she heard the accusations made by the master next to her, she felt dissatisfied.

He had been hearing people from Xuanmen complaining about how overbearing Gu Zhisang was and how he watched someone in need do nothing but refuse to help and give the Jade Finger Bone to his eldest brother.

You have to know that this thing nominally belongs to the ancestors of their Yan family.

Plus, he recently fell in love with a female celebrity in the entertainment industry.

The girl's name was Yu Fengqing. She was gentle and kind, and he fell in love with her at first sight.

Yan Xugui searched for the other party's information on the Internet and went to the other party's super topic to read fans' recommendations and various messages. Among them, he saw many fans saying that Gu Zhisang and Yu Fengqing were former teammates.

There were many grudges between the two of them. In the past, the other party often bullied Yu Fengqing, but now they have been completely cleared of all grudges.

All these things made Yan Xugui lose all his good feelings towards this woman.

Seeing that she was staring at him, Yan Xugui frowned.

Gu Zhisang lost interest in him and turned to look at the shouting master.

Seeing that the other person's mouth was moving and about to open, she flicked her fingertips and the spiritual light was projected directly onto the lips of the master.

Suddenly, the master's mouth seemed to be glued together by invisible glue and he could not speak.

His face turned even more angry.

Gu Zhisang said in a cold tone: "Since you can't speak, there's no need to open your mouth."

Another old man from the Xuan Sect spoke slowly, his eyes gleaming, "This young friend Gu is too overbearing. He casually silences his fellow practitioners. Mr. Yan, is this how you, the spiritual group, do things?"

He was shocked.

He had no idea what Gu Zhisang did, and the moment the silencing spell took effect, he tried to lift it, but to no avail.

Does this mean that Gu Zhisang's level and ability are higher than his? !

Yan Lang spread his hands and said helplessly:

"Master, you have misunderstood. Miss Gu is the 'special instructor' of our Spirit Group, not a member of the Spirit Group. Moreover, her status is higher than mine, so I cannot control her."

"Ha." The old Taoist sneered, "Mr. Yan, can you say such a thing? Isn't it..."

The middle-aged couple, who could no longer bear it, interrupted in a hoarse voice: "Everyone, this is the Yan family, not your Xuanshi's territory. My son is still in danger, can you please stop arguing!"

Yan Lang looked at Fu Qingan and Yan He and said, "Ms. Fu, this is Gu Zhisang. She heard about Yan Cheng's situation and came to see if she can help."

Fu Qingan shook hands with Gu Zhisang with red eyes: "Ms. Gu, thank you for coming here regardless of past grudges. Those things before...we were wronged because our Yan family did not make a good handover."

Gu Zhisang said: "This lady is in a serious condition. I can only wait and see. I am not sure whether it will succeed."

"I'd be very grateful for that."

As they spoke, they led Gu Zhisang to the door with formations engraved on it and talismans pasted on it.

Many of the Xuanmen masters who were watching silently felt strange in their hearts.

They have all felt how strong and fierce the evil spirit inside is.

This Gu Zhisang is still too young and naive. He rushed in so foolishly and was hit by the evil spirit. He would be skinned alive if he didn't die!

But even so, no one spoke up to remind them.

After opening the door, Gu Zhisang walked in.

As soon as she entered the room, the overwhelming 'evil spirit' surged up, and the tidal-like pressure and negative emotions came one after another, trying to surge into her body along with the evil spirit.

In a trance, Gu Zhisang seemed to hear countless miserable and painful roars, and fell into the hell of evil spirits.

But she was only dazed for a moment, and the powerful spiritual power made her completely awake.

She looked around and found that the house was shrouded in a heavy evil spirit. She could vaguely tell that the owner of this house had simple and elegant tastes, and was a little cold.

At the end of the sight is a bed with a figure lying on it, which is the source of the evil spirit.

Gu Zhisang walked over. The closer she got, the more ferocious the evil spirit around her became. Some of the evil spirits even broke through her weak protective soul power, scratching her skin and causing itching and pain.

After walking to the bedside, she finally saw the face of the young man who was trapped in nightmares and evil spirits.

His eyes were tightly closed, his brows were furrowed, his hair was neatly trimmed, revealing a smooth forehead covered with sweat;

She has a sharp nose, thin lips, and a small mole under her eyelids.

Judging from his facial features alone, he is a very handsome man, though a little frail due to the pain from his illness.

Gu Zhisang was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter after a while.

She is really crazy. Every time she looks at someone, she thinks they resemble Yan Huishan.

The facial features of Yan Cheng were different from those of Yan Huishan, only their outlines were similar. But when she took a quick glance at him, she felt that he was familiar to her.

The system's voice sounded again: "Sangsang, I have found out what you asked me to check. Yan Cheng and the Yan family are indeed descendants of the royal family eight hundred years ago. How did you know this?"

Gu Zhisang: "They are the descendants of the old friends."

She thought to herself, no wonder they looked so familiar. It turned out that Yan Chenghe and his family were most likely the descendants of Yan Huishan, but she didn't know whether they were descendants of his branch.

Looking at the handsome man with a pale face, Gu Zhisang stretched out his hand and took out the jade finger bone.

"Since you are the descendant of an old friend, I will take a good look at you."

After Gu Zhisang activated the jade finger bones, his brows were twitched.

She discovered that this jade finger bone did have the ability to suppress evil spirits, but it had little effect on the evil spirits in Yan Cheng's body.

In order to find out what was going on with the evil energy in this person's body, Gu Zhisang stretched out his fingertips and touched Yan Cheng's skin.

Almost at that moment, she felt the evil spirit from Yan Cheng sweeping towards her.

She suddenly opened her eyes, her face full of surprise.

What exactly is this evil spirit? Why can I absorb and dissolve it?

Gu Zhisang felt the burning power in his veins, and always felt that the "murderous aura" of Yan Cheng was too strange.

Not only does it not have much cold power, but it also has a faint burning sensation.

Just like...

It's like the power tempered by thunder and fire, but it's indeed a painful torture.

And because of the special nature of these evil spirits, Gu Zhisang, who has experienced the tempering of thunder and whose soul has become an "earth immortal", can withstand it, but other masters cannot resolve it.

In other words, the only person in the world who can help Yan Cheng is Gu Zhisang.

After discovering this, Gu Zhisang put aside all his confusion and suspicion in his heart and began to carefully absorb the "evil spirit" around him.

The power of thunder and fire hidden in the evil spirit entered the meridians, like a short period of practice and tempering again and again.

Time flew by, and after about ten minutes, the evil aura around the young man on the bed became weaker and weaker.

In the chaos, Yan Cheng felt the bone-gnawing pain wrapped around his body, which faded a lot without him noticing, and his whole body became warm.

This kind of feeling that could be called comfortable was something he had never experienced in more than 20 years, and he wouldn't even dare to dream about it.

The person on the bed's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes.

Feeling something unusually soft in his palm, Yan Cheng tightened his grip slightly. The touch was very much like human flesh.

He still had a confused look on his face and turned his head away.

The next moment, he met a pair of dark pupils' eyes.

Gu Zhisang said calmly: "You're awake."

Yan Cheng:?!

His pupils were constricted and he opened his mouth but couldn't say a word, thinking he was still dreaming.

Then Yan Cheng's gaze moved down and he finally saw the soft foreign object in his palm. His throat rolled and he swallowed so nervously that he almost jumped up from the bed.

Because Gu Zhisang was holding his hand, their palms were touching.