"Alright, that's enough for today. I'll wake them up first. You'll still have a lot to do tomorrow at midnight."
Then Ye Ming lightly stomped his foot, and the Li family members slowly woke up, not even realizing that there was anything wrong with them having just fallen asleep. Just as the four Li brothers came to the old man's room to check on him, the door of a farmhouse in the suburbs, only ten kilometers away from the Li family, creaked open from the inside.
"Come in!"
The person who opened the door was a tall, thin man whose figure was shrouded in black gauze. His voice sounded like two iron plates rubbing together, and his pronunciation was very stiff.
The two men in black outside the door quickly lowered their heads, their eyes fixed on the ground beneath their feet. Today, not only had they failed to accomplish their task, but they had also lost a special ghost. Now, they could only hope that Master Wu would give them a chance to atone for their sins and not turn them into the terrifying creature before them, neither human nor ghost.
Led by the man in black to a brightly lit main room, they found that a Tom and Jerry cartoon was playing. Tom had just been launched into the air by Jerry with a slingshot when the laughter of an old woman and several children rang out simultaneously, though the children's voices sounded unusually terrifying.
Hearing this, even the two men, who had always dealt with ghosts and monsters, felt a chill run down their spines. They were terrified that the shaman's pets would crawl over and devour them whole. It wouldn't be a simple matter of eating them; they would tear their souls apart piece by piece and eat them along with their bodies.
The two men simply stood there quietly, not daring to make any other movements, or even to breathe easily.
"Is everything done?"
The moment Lord Wu spoke, one of the men knelt down with a thud, and the other man immediately knelt down as well.
“My lord, spare us! Today, my brother and I drove away sixty or seventy wild ghosts, and even brought the giant ghost you gave us, but they were all destroyed by a three or four-year-old girl. Even the giant ghost couldn’t withstand a single sword strike from that little girl.”
A vengeful infant ghost with three arms and four legs, its mouth full of sharp teeth and drooling, leaped from the sofa in front of the two people with a whoosh. Just as it was about to bite off one of their necks, the old lady stopped it.
"return!"
Three or four years old? A girl?
Lord Wu's eyes flickered slightly. Could it be...?
She had specifically investigated and found that the Li family only had one little girl of that age, but she was only three or four years old. How could she quickly eliminate so many wild ghosts? She knew very well the strength of the giant ghost. Even hundreds of ordinary exorcists might not be a match for the giant ghost.
"A little girl that capable? You're not just trying to fool this old woman to avoid punishment, are you?"
The two shook their heads vigorously, begging for mercy. The shaman spoke again:
"Tell me in detail what that girl looked like?"
The two men kneeling on the ground exchanged a glance, and then one of them spoke:
"We didn't get a clear look at her appearance, but the magic weapon she used was extremely powerful. At first, it was a long whip, but it soon turned into a long sword. And it was incredibly powerful. The protective ghost energy on the wild ghosts was like paper; no wild ghost could withstand a single blow from that magic weapon."
Hearing this, Master Wu was basically certain who the little girl was. He reached out and patted the head of the evil spirit beside him, then tossed a copper coin to the two of them.
"Take this and use the day to control as many wild ghosts as possible. Go back and try again tonight. If you can take down the Li family, you two can stay by my side from now on. If not, have that little girl kill all the wild ghosts and come back. That will be considered a neutral outcome."
Upon hearing this, the two men's eyes lit up with joy. They picked up the copper coins from the ground, kowtowed, and retreated backwards out of the room.
"Brother, what do you think Master Wu meant? Why did he let that little girl kill all the wild ghosts we brought there, yet say we did nothing wrong?"
"Who knows? We've really struck gold this time, this is a real treasure."
The man called "elder brother" held the copper coin that Master Wu had given them in his palm, and under the moonlight, the coin seemed to gleam faintly.
At the same time, the wandering ghosts nearby were also rapidly gathering towards the farmhouse. However, due to the strong ghostly aura emanating from the farmhouse, the wandering ghosts only dared to howl from a distance, causing the village dogs to bark wildly.
The younger brother swallowed hard as he looked at the copper coin in his older brother's hand, then reached out to touch it, but the older brother grabbed the coin and held it tightly in his palm.
"Stop looking. Let's try to catch more wild ghosts. It would be even better if we could catch some vengeful ghosts. Once we take down the Li family, we two brothers can work under Master Wu. Maybe we can even get an official position in the underworld in the future."
Upon hearing this, the younger brother's eyes lit up, then he put his arm around his older brother's shoulder and asked with some confusion:
"Is Lady Wu really as powerful as the rumors say? I've heard she's a...
"Shut up!"
As the older brother spoke, he quickly covered his younger brother's mouth. How could they mention those names? If it was considered disrespectful, the two of them would probably be scared out of their wits in an instant.
"If we work a little harder, we'll be considered part of Master Wu's inner circle from now on. No matter how bold those so-called righteous exorcists are, they won't dare to hunt us down."
After saying this, the two brothers quickly headed towards the largest crematorium in the capital, where there were still many living souls who had just died. With the help of the scent of these living souls and the power of the copper coin artifact, they could quickly gather a lot of wild ghosts.
If we stay up until four or five in the morning, and then work even harder in the evening, we might be able to gather around two hundred wandering ghosts. If we're lucky enough to attract a few fierce ghosts, it will be a rather large-scale ghost wave.
With that in mind, the two brothers increased their speed again, and even encountered seven or eight more wild ghosts wandering in the night along the way.
The four brothers of the Li family all stayed at Li Qicheng's house, while Liang Xunling returned to her own villa. After everyone fell asleep again, the unlucky ghost on Li Qichen's body slowly floated out and then, as if receiving a command, quickly went to Ye Ming's room.
"Greetings, Lord Yama!"
"Ha! You're living a pretty good life."
Although Ye Ming was short, not even as tall as the unlucky guy's waist, the unlucky guy didn't dare to make any move and could only bend over and wait for Ye Ming's orders.
"Go to the house next door tomorrow and talk to this girl. See if there's anything unusual about her."
The person Ye Ming conjured with his magic was none other than Gao Kexin, who was being teleported back by the Dream Eater and was currently asleep. The unlucky girl quickly memorized her appearance, and then, seeing Ye Ming wave him away, she immediately backed away.
End of this chapter
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