At night, the moon is dim and the stars are sparse.

By the peaceful 'Goddess Lake', a young woman in an ankle-length cloth skirt was walking from the fine sandy land towards the lake.

As she paced, she threw the distinct black and white chess pieces behind her and at her sides. Looking down from above, a mysterious circular pattern appeared.

The young man sitting in the car in the distance, looking out of the window, tried to open his eyes wide:

"Boss, do you think there are really 'spiritual creatures' in 'Goddess Lake'?"

Ge Liaochan in the back row said, "Since Sangsang said there is, then there must be."

Suddenly, several members of the branch looked excited and yearning. "Oh, if it weren't for Coach Gu saying that the 'spiritual creature' has been secluded from the world for many years and too many people would probably offend it, I really wanted to go over and watch."

"Who says it's not true? I have never seen an animal spirit that can transform into a spirit in my life, let alone a 'spiritual creature'..."

Just as several members of the spirit group were chatting idly, a loud noise suddenly erupted from the lake in the distance, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

The originally calm "Goddess Lake" was like a grenade was thrown into it, the waves surged and blew the skirt of the slender woman on the shore into flying.

"What the hell?! Is the 'spiritual creature' born?"

"Where is it? Why can't I see anything?!"

According to the information collected by Ge Liaochan and other local spiritual group members, fishermen who have witnessed the "River God" in the water all said that the "River God" was very large.

Some say it is a giant fish-shaped creature that can ride the wind and waves;

Some also say that the 'River God' is a giant snake more than 20 meters long, which is about to cultivate and become a dragon.

In short, it is very mysterious.

Although Gu Zhisang was skeptical about these exaggerated folk rumors, she still set up a trick on the lake before performing the ritual.

Under the cover of the sleight of hand, no matter what happened on the "Goddess Lake" or how big the commotion was, the people on the shore and in the tall buildings in the distance could not notice it.

I just set it up casually, but I didn't expect it to come in handy.

At this time, Gu Zhisang stood in the center of the formation with a strange look on his face. He looked with a little surprise at the "spiritual creature" that was summoned from the water and caused such a big noise.

Silver-blue scales wrapped around its curved body shimmered like water waves in the moonlight.

With a short jade and a long tail, and twin pupils, the "spiritual creature" at first sight is indeed full of mystery and holiness——

The premise is that you have to ignore it, it is only a short distance above Gu Zhisang's knees.

Because it is so short and small, its amazing series of golden double pupils and gorgeous tail fin are not as eye-catching as its slightly short and round body.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas once recorded the auspicious beast in the water, the manta ray, which had a voice like a nightingale and colorful fins.

The spiritual creature in front of him, summoned by Gu Zhisang, looks a bit like the auspicious beast, the manta ray.

After being summoned, the 'spirit' raised its head and made clear chirping sounds.

The formation set up by Gu Zhisang was recorded during the ancient Xuanmen period.

In that era when immortals still existed and all living things flourished, formation masters took into account the differences in species when creating summoning formations, and built-in semantic conversions were very considerate.

However, as the way of heaven declined and the Xuanmen sect fell into decline, the "spiritual beings" between heaven and earth disappeared.

Firstly, there is no need for this, and secondly, the ancient formations are really too difficult, so modern formation masters have modified the summoning spell again and again, making it simpler and simpler.

The summoning arrays currently circulating in the metaphysical world can only summon ghosts and spirits.

The 'spiritual creature' in the formation raised its pupils and said: "Who are you? How dare a mere mortal disturb me?"

Gu Zhisang raised his eyebrows slightly.

It's very elegant and a little antique 'spiritual object'.

Little did they know that it was this 'spiritual creature' that felt the surging energy of the summoning array, and at the same time, felt the residual aura of the afternoon thunder lingering on the body of the person who set up the array;

It couldn't help but feel a little curious, how could there be such a mysterious master with such extraordinary means in the world today.

If not for this, it would never show up due to its proud spirit.

Gu Zhisang tactfully described the matter of the body in the water. Before she could finish, the "spirit creature" with silver scales and double pupils angrily slapped the sand with its tail fin and said in a bad tone:

"I know that the corpse is extremely stinking and ferocious. It has caused chaos in my habitat, with evil spirits running around. The food is smelly and rotten and hard to swallow. It is simply too much!"

It looked at Gu Zhisang and asked, "Are you in league with that dead creature?"

"No, please don't misunderstand me."

Gu Zhisang recounted Liu Chunxin's tragic experience and said sincerely:

"It was not its original intention to be trapped in the 'Goddess Lake'. It was murdered by the villains and suffered from the excruciating pain day and night. Now it has realized its mistakes and has taken the initiative to restrain its negative energy and resentment and wants to leave the bottom of the lake."

"I wonder if you could help me get it out of the water?"

After listening to her explanation, and thinking about the fact that the fish and shrimp in the lake water were indeed not so fishy in the past two days, the anger of the "spirit" subsided a little.

But when it heard Gu Zhisang asking it to touch the dirty, smelly corpse at the bottom of the lake, it felt somewhat disgusted and reluctant.

Just as the 'spiritual creature' was hesitating between refusing to touch the corpse and sending the guy who had taken over the nest away as soon as possible, Gu Zhisang suddenly spoke up:

"I see that your tail fin has an old injury, and there is also some rotten air and indigestible filth in your body. Why don't I help you get rid of these things first?"

Without waiting for the 'spirit' to refuse, she squatted down and stroked the 'spirit's' smooth, silvery, and sparkling back with her slender white palm.

The scales of this auspicious beast that has been in existence for nearly a thousand years feel extremely good, and are even smoother, brighter, and more lustrous than the finest gems.

Its already large golden pupils widened, with an angry and unbelievable look, "How dare you, mortals,...?"

After having its fins stroked twice, the auspicious beast narrowed its eyes and its arrogance dropped suddenly.

What kind of horrible method is this?

This person's abilities are truly cosmic and unfathomable!

Just two gentle strokes could actually make the "spiritual creature" inert and unable to resist! ?

Slowly, the auspicious beast with a long and soft body stood up, completely relaxed, its short claws spread out and its thin fleshy flesh opened and closed comfortably, like both a cat and a fish.

It let Gu Zhisang stroke its beautiful and colorful tail fin, and occasionally made a few whimpering sounds.

Gu Zhisang glanced at the auspicious beast that was flattened into a beast pancake, and his eyes fell on its intricate and gorgeous tail fin.

There was a long scar in the flesh there, and vaguely one could see a winding iron wire that had grown together with the tail fin and tail flesh of the auspicious beast.

In just a few minutes, Gu Zhisang had already figured out the details of this lake spirit.

He seems to be very powerful, but apart from being able to bless the "Goddess Lake" with abundant aquatic products, his actual ability is very average.

Its scales may seem hard, but its skin can be easily broken by the iron hooks of fishing boats. It is a fragile "spiritual creature" that cannot even heal itself after being injured by human fishing gear.

Of course, it is also related to the fact that its claws are too short to reach the wound on its tail.

"Hold on."

Gu Zhisang spoke in a calm tone, but his fingertips directly pinched the bulge of the iron net that had grown together with the tail fin. With one force, he pulled out the net thread. The auspicious beast was in so much pain that it almost jumped up on the spot like a fish pressed on a chopping board.

Misty water instantly gathered in its pupils. It looked at the wound on its tail, and then looked at Gu Zhisang with a little more fear in its eyes, as if it was looking at a cold-blooded butcher.

Soon, Gu Zhisang used his soul power to nourish the wound. It felt less painful and instead felt a little grateful.

The wound on the tail was there decades ago.

At that time, the city's main source of income was fishing. Fishermen on the lakeside fished heavily. Several times, it sank to the bottom of the lake and was almost caught by the fishermen's nets and brought to land.

At that time, it was still a "naive" child, and didn't know about fishing nets and baits. When it saw the sweet meat hanging on the sharp fishing hook, it went up to eat it. As a result, its tail was injured and it was stuck in the net.

As it struggled desperately to break through the fishing net, its tail was cut deeply by a broken wire and sank into its flesh, which its claws could not reach.

There was only one way to get the wire out, which was to increase its size and force the iron net to burst with flesh and blood, but it was timid and extremely afraid of pain, so it didn't dare to do so.

Later, the wire grew together with the tail and it could no longer change its shape.

The young master in front of it looked ruthless, but he was actually helping it.

After Gu Zhisang used his energetic palm to rub its resilient belly, the auspicious beast felt the foul air in its stomach surging.

Its stomach contracted twice, and its body, which seemed only as big as a basketball, suddenly "wowed" and vomited out a lot of things that didn't smell very good. The things were many times bigger than its body, like a small garbage mountain.

Soft plastic bottles and bags, tattered clothes that could not be digested, half-rotten slippers, and even several children's toys...

These are all industrial waste abandoned by humans on the lakeside.

A cloud of pitch-black gas evaporated and dissipated into the air.

The auspicious beast was extremely ashamed and angry, feeling that it had lost face.

These were things it thought it could eat when it was swimming in the lake, but it couldn't digest them at all. It felt a bit uncomfortable having them piled up in its stomach for so many years, but it couldn't spit them out.

Anyway, it doesn't have much impact on it, so it just ignores it.

As for the foul air, it is the decayed air produced by the garbage and some of the negative energy and resentment absorbed by it.

After all these filthy things were cleared away, the auspicious beast felt as if it were reborn.

It said "thank you" to Gu Zhisang shyly.

Gu Zhisang added: "If you help bring Liu Chunxin's body up, the Spirit Team will prepare a rich tribute for you, including cattle, sheep and other fresh meat."

Upon hearing about the tribute, the auspicious beast's pupils lit up completely. It waved its scaly tail and reluctantly agreed to Gu Zhisang's request, going underwater to retrieve the corpse.

After the auspicious beast went back into the water, Gu Zhisang called Ge Liaochan and asked her to prepare the tribute.

Hearing this, Ge Liaochan was stunned for a moment, and then said, "I'll ask someone to prepare it right away."

A few minutes later, there seemed to be ripples beneath the quiet and calm surface of the lake.

The moonlight shone on the lake, vaguely outlining a huge dark shadow beneath the lake.

It was more than ten meters long and several meters wide, and its dull and ethereal hum echoed underwater.

Gu Zhisang seemed to sense something and looked up at the lake.

It turns out that the old fishermen who witnessed the incident were not lying.

There really is a giant creature in the water, but it was injured decades ago and has never shown its true form again.

Ge Liaochan arranged for people to go to the nearby farm overnight to pick up two trucks of fresh livestock that had just been processed and were ready to be put on the wholesale market in the early morning, and parked the trucks on the shore.

After the others had gone far away, a silver, round head emerged from the water near the shore, blinking its pupils and staring at the two cars. "Is this my tribute?"

Gu Zhisang nodded.

She did not ask about Liu Chunxin's body because she had already seen the body floating quietly in the center of the lake.

When she looked down, she saw that both of the auspicious beast's sharp claws were injured.

You have to know that its underwater prototype was not as small and fragile as it is now, which is enough to show that it was not easy just now.

It licked its paws, held a piece of fresh meat nonchalantly, opened its mouth full of sharp teeth and began to chew it contentedly.

The reason why these livestock were used to seduce it was that Gu Zhisang suddenly had an idea and thought of the old lady whose body also disappeared at that time. It was after the witch threw beef and mutton into the lake as a sacrifice that the old lady floated up.

After seeing the auspicious beast, she had a feeling that the previous incident was related to it.

After asking, it turned out to be true.

The auspicious beast said disdainfully while chewing:

"I don't eat people, nor do I haunt underwater. I don't even care about those stinking corpses. They are all caused by water ghosts. I don't know why those stupid mortals would fill the lake with their own kind for sacrifice from time to time, and they would also put the blame on me. It's totally unreasonable!"

In the past, people living near the lake always had the foolish idea that if they encountered floods or droughts, it was because the "river god" was angry.

Later, even in years of good weather and good harvests, one or two people would be picked out to fill the lake, and they were euphemistically called sinners.

In fact, at that time, "sacrifice to the river god" had become a means for some people to establish prestige and exclude dissidents.

The auspicious beast was disdainful and never approached humans on the shore.

Not long ago, it was really hungry and greedy. The creatures under the water were made sour and smelly by Liu Chunxin's corpse, and it couldn't eat them at all.

Seeing the humans on the shore throwing in fresh meat sacrifices, it lost its dignity as a auspicious beast due to its appetite, and fought with the water ghost at the bottom of the lake, snatched the corpse and threw it onto the water.

As it ate, it slapped the lake surface with its tail fin, then looked at the body floating toward the shore in the distance and said, "I fished it up for you."

The auspicious beast snorted: "I always keep my word."

——

When Liu Chunxin's body was brought from the "Goddess Lake" to the spirit group, this not-so-long journey made all the team members responsible for the transportation nervous and sweaty.

Because there was a ghost corpse with a sinister look in the carriage!

After arriving at the Spirit Group, everyone carefully moved the body to a special morgue covered with talismans, and prepared for action.

On the cold iron platform, the corpse had its eyes closed and was a little swollen from being soaked in the water.

But compared to other corpses that had been dead for several months and were preserved in extremely harsh conditions, it was completely intact.

If the corpse was not incomplete and had not been eaten away by fish and crabs, it would be believable to say that its flesh and blood texture was like that of a living person.

There was a large sunken hole in its chest, and a blood-red nail as long as a human forearm pierced through the corpse's shriveled and blackened heart, which was also the place where the resentment was most rampant.

In the eyes of people with spiritual perception, a solid and powerful ghost was standing next to the corpse, with a complex and sinister expression.

Ge Liaochan and the people who came from the headquarters were watching through the surveillance camera and were a little scared, especially the new master.

When Gu Zhisang informed them that a huge ghost close to the level of a 'ghost general' had appeared here, many people at the headquarters did not believe her and thought she was exaggerating.

They never expected that Gu Zhisang would even speak more cautiously.

The master confirmed again and again: "Are you really not going to take any measures? This is a 'ghost general'. If it gets out, the whole city will be finished!"

Ge Liao. Gu Zhisang is a die-hard fan. Chan is very calm:

"Sangsang said that Liu Chunxin had no intention of causing harm to the human world, and it volunteered to go to the underworld to accept punishment and suffer the 'karmic fire'."

"Besides, even if it really wants to disturb the peace of the world, who among us here can stop it except Sangsang? The people and the car were overturned during the transportation process."

The master was speechless and couldn't find any words to refute.

An hour later, Gu Zhisang, with a tired look on his face, walked out of the morgue with three talismans that looked like dragons in his hands.

"I will take out those 'Soul Devouring Nails' later. They can even harm 'spiritual creatures'. You must be careful when keeping them. If you follow the path of the mysterious master from three months ago, you will surely find something."

That's right, that blood nail is not a 'soul-calming nail' that can suppress the soul and let it rest in peace.

On the contrary, this is a kind of corpse nail made from various things that nourish evil and yin, such as human corpses, poisonous insects, and the blood of boys and girls. It is a vicious means of harming people.

When an ordinary 'Soul-Eating Nail' is driven into the body of a deceased person, his soul will feel the piercing pain even in hell.

If the ancestors cannot rest in peace underground, the fortune of the ancestral home will be ruined, and the descendants will be affected in various ways, and even their luck will be ruined.

The 'Soul-Eating Nail' nailed into Liu Chunxin's body is a top-grade weapon, and it is not meant to murder his relatives and descendants, but simply to make him unable to transcend, and to make his resentment grow heavier until he turns into a 'ghost general' who has lost his mind.

All the people behind the scenes are trying to do is to raise a very ferocious creature in the "Goddess Lake"!

The moment the Soul Devouring Nail was bitten by Gu Zhisang, Liu Chunxin's body instantly changed from elastic to increasingly shriveled.

Libido spots crawled onto the skin of the body, emitting a foul odor.

But the face of the ghost who was watching silently on the side showed an expression of relief.

It touched the chest of the soul which was no longer in excruciating pain, and bowed deeply in the direction of Gu Zhisang to express its gratitude.

Then it voluntarily entered the talisman prepared in advance by Gu Zhisang, waiting to be sent to the underworld.

After seeing the ghost disappear, all the members of the spirit group breathed a sigh of relief.

After Gu Zhisang came out, the people from the headquarters shook hands with her excitedly, "Coach Gu, I really don't know what to say. You saved the people of the entire city. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid this place would be in trouble!"

Gu Zhisang: "No, I just try my best to complete the commission I received."

The people at the headquarters thought to themselves: This is not a perfect completion, it is an extraordinary completion and they also included additional questions of hellish difficulty!

"We have already deposited your commission fee into the card."

Gu Zhisang nodded to indicate that he saw it.

This is three times the amount shown on the mini program at the time.

Now, the commission for the "Shennv Lake Corpse Drowned Case" on the mini program is shown to have been completed and has become a reviewable case, and the level has also changed from "dangerous" to "hell danger".

Less than half an hour after the case was closed, the number of people checking exceeded a hundred.

At first, these members of the spirit team from all over the country were just curious about Gu Zhisang, the parachuted instructor, and wanted to see what kind of skills she had from the case files.

When I clicked on it, I found out the difficulty level, which aroused my curiosity.

Many team members initially thought that the headquarters was exaggerating. What kind of case could reach the level of "hell" difficulty?

But when they saw 'clearing the resentment of the whole city' and 'saving the ghost general-level big ghost':? ! !

At first, everyone was confused and doubted life.

After confirming that the headquarters was not joking and that the files showed all of Gu Zhisang's achievements, they were completely furious.

Not only did they quickly spread the news and tell their friends in the same group, they also started to go crazy in the comment section under the mini program and started a competition:

'I admit that I am short-sighted and ignorant. When I first saw Boss Gu's achievements, I had doubts. I have no other wishes but to work with Boss Gu and feel his spirit. Can I transfer my household registration to Rongcheng now?'

"We are different. Is Gu lacking an apprentice? Someone who may not be very smart but is definitely serious."

"I'm not looking for an apprentice, but does Coach Gu need an assistant to help with daily chores?"

"……"

Gu Zhisang was unaware of the new round of elections that had begun on the mini program. She sealed the 'Soul-Eating Nail' with a talisman to ensure that it would not leak out the evil spirit, and then handed it to the cautious people at the headquarters, still thinking in her mind.

Although no traces of the "black fog" have been found in this case, Gu Zhisang can be sure of this:

It must be related to it.

It was not until the dust settled on the "Shennv Lake Corpse Case" that she suddenly realized something.

She had a feeling:

The 'black fog' was not just targeting her, but was also plotting a bigger conspiracy.

At this time, the master from the headquarters rubbed his hands and said a little embarrassedly: "Guide Gu, after this case, we realized that our knowledge reserves and metaphysical abilities are too weak. I wonder if you can hold a symposium for us to give us some guidance? If you don't want to run back and forth, you can also do it online."

Gu Zhisang was stunned for a moment, then after some consideration, he said, "Online is OK, but not tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. I have to go record a new show."

This afternoon, when she was setting up the summoning formation by the lake, she was bombarded with calls from her assistant Xiao Zhou.

The other person on the other end of the phone was crying, saying that he had been missing for almost a week, which made the other party very worried.

Xiao Zhou said with resentment: "Sister Sangsang, the "Spiritual Matters" program team has sent the script and recording location for the seventh episode. If you don't get the things done on hand, you will miss the program recording!"

The live broadcast of the program will start early the day after tomorrow, so Gu Zhisang directly bought a flight ticket from Hunan Province to the destination tomorrow, and he really has no time to hold any symposium.

The people at the headquarters did not give up. They made an appointment with her for the time after the seventh episode, and then left contentedly with the "Soul-Eating Nail" that was locked in several layers of safes.

Because she was leaving tomorrow, Ge Liaochan felt lost and took her back to the Miao village to hold a farewell party for her.

Gu Zhisang drank some and was relatively clear-headed, but Ge Liaochan was already staggering, holding her arm and crying, saying that he was reluctant to let her go.

In the past, Gu Zhisang would drink a little, but because her physique was too good, she could never get drunk. After coming to this world, in this not-so-strong body, she felt a little drunk for the first time in a long time.

After returning to the B&B, she opened the script for the seventh episode of the show.

After scanning them all, she saw the final list of contestants for the show.

There are only five people.

Gu Zhisang then remembered that she had been busy with the "Shennü Lake" case almost all week and had not paid attention to the news on the Internet.

Another person was eliminated in the last episode.

The top five candidates have been announced, but the one who was eliminated took her by surprise.