The person who was demoted the most times after Le Qi in the list was a male cultivator, also from Dongsheng Shenzhou.

However, this cultivator is different from casual cultivators like Le Qi, and also different from casual cultivators of Taoism and Buddhism. He is a cultivator serving the Ming Dynasty.

Although there is no restriction in Heaven for monks to serve mortal dynasties, it does not encourage it.

The Heavenly Court believes that cultivators should quietly find a blessed place to practice well and become immortals as soon as possible, or travel around the world to do more good deeds and save all living beings, and should not get involved in the affairs of the mortal court.

However, some cultivators, even if they have reached the Yangshen realm, still cannot give up the prosperity and beauty of the human world.

Therefore, it was reasonable for this monk to be demoted by Wen Tianxiang, because he was greedy for wealth and glory in the world and had extremely strong desires, making him unfit to become an immortal.

Fang Jian returned to Diaoer Mountain as the Taoist Dafang, because he heard that this person was on business in Duozi Village at the foot of Diaoer Mountain.

"Guo Shi, a Sun God Realm cultivator, currently serving as the Pacification Envoy of the Eastern Pacification Division of the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty."

That's the basic information about this male cultivator. So what is he doing in Duozi Village now? Answer: He's a demon cultivator.

Today's Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty is somewhat different. Not only have they inherited all the functions of the original Jinyiwei, they have also gained two more functions, which is to deal with matters such as demons and monsters.

Thanks to the fact that Zhu Houcong served as the commander of the Jinyiwei for more than 80 years, he left a fine tradition within the Jinyiwei today.

That is, if you want to become a Jinyiwei, you must do three things:

First, absolute loyalty to the emperor.

Second, you must be able to fight and get things done.

Third, one must master the most basic magic to subdue demons or some simple spells that even mortals can master.

As the emperor's personal army, the Jinyiwei were not only treated very well, but also had great power, such as not having to bow when meeting officials and supervising all officials.

When Fang Jian and Heihaier arrived at Duozi Village, they happened to see Guo Shi leading a team of Jinyiwei flags to investigate the village.

However, among the Jinyiwei in Duozi Village, only Guo Shi has reached the Yangshen realm, and the rest are mortals and have no cultivation.

But Fang Jian was still stopped by several small flags. "Master, we are investigating demonic cultivators here. Please take a detour."

Upon hearing this, Fang Jian asked, "Are there any other demon cultivators here?"

Xiaoqi said, "There are demon cultivators everywhere now."

Fang Jian smiled and said, "If that's the case, then I have to go into the village. I'm a Taoist priest, and if there really are any demon cultivators, I can help."

Hearing Fang Jian's words, Xiaoqi was slightly startled. He then discussed it with several other Xiaoqi and felt that Fang Jian's words made sense. He nodded and said, "Master, you are right. Please wait a moment while I inform the pacification envoy."

"Oh?" Fang Jian feigned surprise and asked, "Could it be Governor Guo from the Eastern Pacification Office?"

Xiaoqi was slightly surprised when he heard this and asked, "Does the Taoist priest know our Governor?"

Fang Jian shook his head and smiled, "I don't know him, but I've heard of him before."

Upon hearing this, Xiaoqi proudly said, "Of course. Which cultivator in the Ming Dynasty hasn't heard of our pacification envoy? He's a true cultivator with immense magical powers!"

"Okay, go and report it." said another small flag.

The little flag nodded, then quickly turned and went into the village to report to Guo Shi.

Not long after, Guo Shi personally came to the village entrance. When he saw Fang Jian, his face couldn't help but become serious, because he felt an extremely profound aura from Fang Jian, and he couldn't tell his cultivation level at all, which meant that the other party's cultivation level was far above his.

Guo Shi stepped forward and bowed to Fang Jian, saying, "Guo Shi, the Pacification Commissioner of the Eastern Pacification Division of the Great Ming Dynasty, greets you, fellow Taoist."

Fang Jian bowed in return, briefly introduced Hei Hai, and then asked, "Fellow Daoist Guo, I heard there are demon cultivators here?"

Guo Shi nodded and said, "Indeed, it is from this Duozi Village."

"Oh?" Fang Jian asked in surprise, "Fellow Daoist, are you saying that the demon cultivators here are all transformed from mortals from Duozi Village?"

Guo Shi nodded and said, "Yes, after several days of investigation, we discovered that six people have disappeared from Duozi Village. One of these six people has become a demon cultivator. I captured him yesterday and sent him to the Demon Exorcist Department of Mount Tai Prefecture."

Hei Haier then said, "Master, I killed three demon cultivators some time ago. It seems that they were quite close to this Duozi Village, also at the foot of Diaoer Mountain."

Hearing this, Guo Shi finally gave the black boy a proper look, but he was stunned again. What was going on? He couldn't even see through this kid's cultivation?

However, he was still attracted by Hei Hai's words, "Fellow Daoist, where did you kill the three demon cultivators?"

Hei Haier raised his hand and pointed towards the north of Duozi Village and said, "There."

Guo Shi glanced in that direction and finally said thoughtfully, "That should be correct. It's the demon cultivator from Duozi Village. Does that mean there are still two of the six demon cultivators left to be captured?"

"Perhaps I can help." Fang Jian said to Guo Shi with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Guo Shi immediately smiled at Fang Jian and said, "Since you are willing to lend a hand to us, that would be great. Please enter the village."

"Please." Fang Jian responded, and then everyone entered Duozi Village.

As soon as he entered Duozi Village, Fang Jian felt a very strange atmosphere. This Duozi Village was filled with a very gloomy energy.

As they walked around the room and observed, Hei Hai suddenly said, "Master, it seems there are only boys in this village, no girls."

Hearing what Heihaier said, Fang Jian nodded slightly. This was indeed very strange. Logically speaking, even if there were few girls in a village, there shouldn't be none at all, right?

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