Without Mo Yan saying a word, Li Muge could guess what he wanted to say: he wanted to see that she was highly skilled in magic and hoped to risk her life to lure out the murderer.

Actually, it wasn't just Li Muge who thought this way; Tan Shang thought the same thing. He was worried because Li Muge was a female demon.

They are irreconcilable enemies with those who follow the righteous path.

Will she agree?

Mo Yan was unaware of the two men's thoughts. He pondered for a long time, as if he had made a difficult decision: "Sect Master, I hope you can help me when my junior brother is posing as a girl to lure the murderer."

"Responsible for lying in ambush in the shadows."

Talking business: "..."

How did this melon end up on my own head?

He thought for a moment: "Senior brother, but I'm a girl. What if the murderer finds out?"

Mo Yan said seriously, "No, it has to be you. Whether it's the sect leader or me, our cultivation levels are too high, making it very easy for the murderer to detect us."

"Don't worry about the business; you're just pretending. The sect leader and I will protect you."

"Senior brother, no, I'm a man, how can I wear women's clothes?"

Li Muge lashed out with his bone whip, his aura slightly unleashed, and the oppressive force immediately caused Mo Yan and Tan Shang's dantian to tremble.

Tan Shang almost knelt down before the female demon, but luckily his senior brother helped him up.

"Is it okay now?" Li Muge's words were as cold as ice.

Tan Shang's legs trembled when he saw the bone whip in the female demon's hand. It was said that this magical weapon, the bone whip, belonged to an ancient demon god.

Countless cultivators have died at her hands.

"Sure, it's just pretending to be a young girl to save her and severely punish the murderer. I can do it."

Tan Shang was forced to change into women's clothing and hesitated to come out.

Li Muge pouted: "Don't worry, I can't see it. Even if you don't wear women's clothes, it won't be a problem!"

"No, how can you not wear clothes?" Tan Shang walked out from behind the screen, wearing a fitted light blue dress commonly worn by women in Yangcheng, and her hair was styled in a bun.

Not to mention that he has a baby face to begin with, he actually looks quite good in women's clothing.

"Senior Brother, is that enough?" Tan Shang stuffed the two steamed buns into his chest.

"Will this really lure out the murderer?" Tan Shang still had some doubts.

Mo Yan gritted his teeth and suppressed a laugh: "Don't worry, with your looks, Second Junior Brother, you'll definitely be able to lure out the murderer. I believe in you."

"Senior Brother, I will definitely not let you down." With Mo Yan's words, Tan Shang was as energetic as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

They vowed to catch the murderer.

Listening to their conversation, Li Muge felt a sense of disappointment. Actually, she really wanted to see what her second junior brother, Mo Yan, would look like dressed in women's clothing.

It's a pity I'm blind and can't see.

Mo Yan noticed Li Muge's disappointment and stepped forward to hand her a candied fruit: "Eat it, it's sweet."

"Do you think I'm still a child? Trying to coax me with candied fruit." Although she said that, Li Muge still took the candied fruit from Mo Yan's hand.

It was sweet, which dispelled some of her disappointment; it really worked.

In order to successfully lure out the murderer, they split into two groups. Mo Yan accompanied them to discuss the matter, while Li Muge gave Mo Yan a communication talisman.

"Just come to me if you have any direct-drive talismans." After saying this, Li Muge cast a spell and left.

Tan Shang was wearing flowerpot-shaped shoes, which were traditionally worn by women, and she was still a little unaccustomed to them, so she walked with a wobbly gait.

"Senior Brother, I don't think this female demon is as bad as people say. It's such a pity that she chose to cultivate demonic arts."

Tan Shang said regretfully that if Li Muge were to cultivate immortality, they would definitely become great partners on this path.

Mo Yan smiled and shook his head: "When it comes to business, do you remember what your master once told you? Everything exists for a reason."

"The Tao encompasses all things, but if the rules are too strict, they will become too rigid and lose their human touch."

Tan Shang clasped his hands together, the vermilion mark between his brows making him appear even more obedient: "Senior Brother, I understand. I shouldn't have been so one-sided."

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As early as when Li Muge discovered the woman who had been killed that morning, she had collected a trace of the woman's resentment and followed it to a lake.

The resentment ultimately finds its place on the stone tablet on the shore.

Li Muge placed his hand on the stele and felt around.

The name of the lake, Liaoran Lake, is engraved on it, and below Liaoran Lake...

Then a line of words was engraved.

He Niang wanted to be with Zhao An forever.

Li Muge withdrew her hand, but the resentment of the murdered woman lingered on the tombstone and refused to leave.

"Who is He Niang?" Just as Li Muge was pondering, the communication talisman on her wrist lit up, and Mo Yan's voice came through, saying that Tan Shang had already been targeted by a man.

Li Muge first set up a barrier at Liaoran Lake before casting a spell to leave.

When she arrived at the location Mo Yan had given her through the communication talisman, she found herself tied up with a man, but Mo Yan and Tan Shang seemed to be in low spirits.

"What's wrong? Have you found the murderer?" Li Muge asked softly.

It would have been better if she hadn't asked. But once she did, Tan Shang grabbed her skirt and kicked the man, who was already tied up like a dumpling, hard.

"Don't even mention it. It's all because of this guy. He followed me around suspiciously the whole way, and what did he do? He just wanted to take advantage of me."

The bound man also felt unlucky. He had originally thought that the beautiful young woman was alone, so he wanted to catch her off guard.

He dragged her to a secluded spot to kiss her, only to discover that the young woman was actually a man.

They beat him half to death.

"Pah, you shameless bastard! You're a man, yet you pretend to be a woman. I'm so unlucky to have run into you."

The bound man's body was covered in sores that there wasn't a single good spot on his body, and his face was covered in bruises, making him look like a pig's head.

"You still dare to say that? So what if I dress up as a woman? I dress up as a woman to beat up scum like you who only think about having fun and taking advantage of other girls."

The businessman added a few more kicks to the table.

Mo Yan cleared his throat: "Alright, let's stop fighting and hand this person over to the authorities."

"Okay." Tan Shang still felt that wearing women's clothing would affect his performance in fighting.

Li Muge told Mo Yan about her discovery.

The three men began searching for a woman named He Niang in Yangcheng. The mention of He Niang caused the people of Yangcheng to change their expressions.

They all sighed: "This He Niang was the first woman in red to die in Yangcheng. Poor thing, she was about to get married."

"In the end, I don't know how she was killed by the murderer, and she died just like the other poor women."

"Then how is Zhao An, that man?" Li Muge asked.

The passerby's expression changed. "That man is not to be trifled with. He used to have a relationship with He Niang."

“He was originally considered quite handsome in Yangcheng, and he and He Niang were very loving.”

"Later, a fire burned his face, and He Niang abandoned him. After that, he stayed at home and never went out, which was a pity."

A passerby sighed, "Zhao An is already a teacher at our local school. He's a really good person. I don't know why he's so unlucky. He was burned to a terrible state. It would have been better for him to be dead than alive."