According to common sense, I shouldn't linger in the courtyard.

I should choose to break out as quickly as possible. If we wait for the ghosts outside to seal off the courtyard, it will be even harder for us to escape.

But I felt that this Zhan Shentai (God-Slaying Platform) wouldn't have appeared in the courtyard for no reason.

If I didn't understand the root of the Zhan Shentai (God-Slaying Platform), and I rashly left, I might run into another execution platform after rushing out of the alley and end up as a ghost under the blade.

I leaned to the side and looked down at the Zhan Shentai (God-Slaying Platform), but the person's face was completely blocked by the mound, so I couldn't see their face at all.

In many film and television dramas, when executioners behead people, they sometimes add a wooden stump, and sometimes the condemned prisoner simply kneels on the execution ground.

In fact, both methods of beheading are reasonable.

A person's neck may seem slender, but it contains muscles and bones, and it is not easy to cut off.

To sever the head with one blow is actually a test of the executioner's strength and eyesight.

Most executioners are not masters of unique skills, and some local county offices don't even have professional executioners. Executing criminals involves hiring people from elsewhere or finding temporary substitutes.

It is not uncommon for executioners to chop several times without cutting off the head.

Therefore, some places simply don't bother with those "fancy" methods when executing criminals. They directly place a wooden stump on the execution platform, have the condemned prisoner place their head on it, stretch their neck, and wait for the blade.

In this way, it can't be called "chopping" anymore, but rather "hacking."

Hacking is much easier than chopping, but the wooden stump that supports the person's head is not easy to deal with.

Legend has it that the wooden stump cannot absorb the blood of more than a hundred people. Once it reaches ninety-nine, it must be replaced and burned. Once the wooden stump has absorbed the blood of a hundred people, it will find people to eat on its own.

When my eyes fell on the wooden stump of the execution platform, my eyes narrowed slightly.

The wooden stump looked like something soaked in blood, with heavy bloody energy, but I couldn't see any baleful aura on it. Upon closer inspection, I felt that the wooden stump was somewhat out of place with the execution platform.

Could it be that what is really trapping that person is not this guillotine, but the wooden stump on it?

Just as I was wondering, I heard the person shout, "I've done everything you asked me to do, what else do you want?"

"Ghost God?" Feng Ruoxing exclaimed, "This voice is the Ghost God of Shuangji Town! He's been captured?"

I was stunned for a moment, but then I heard the Ghost God cry out, "You asked me to destroy the Reincarnation Division with ghosts, and I did. You asked me to hand over my true form, and I did. What do you want to do?"

I said in a deep voice, "What is your true form? The execution platform?"

"The Zhan Shentai (God-Slaying Platform) is my true form!" the Ghost God howled, "Li Po, let me go, and I'll give you the Zhan Shentai (God-Slaying Platform). I'll also make all the ghosts in Shuangji Town listen to your orders. Let me go."

"You were…" I originally wanted to ask: Who captured you?

But the words got stuck in my throat.

Now, I am completely sure that the person helping us in the dark is a Ghost God, and a high-ranking Ghost God at that.

Since the other party doesn't want to see us, why should I bother to get to the bottom of it?

I said in a deep voice, "Listen to me carefully, I need you to do a few things. If you do them well, I'll consider letting you go. If you don't, I'll chop off your head first. Feng Ruoxing…"

As soon as I finished speaking, Feng Ruoxing immediately turned the Dragon Spine Short Blade around and pressed the tip of the blade against the Ghost God's neck.

The God Ghost trembled and said, "What do you want me to do?"

"First, release Han Liangzhe, and also let one person from the Reincarnation Division go. Don't let Han Liangzhe run away too easily. Throw that person from the Reincarnation Division to the bottom of the mountain, don't let them die from the fall, but make sure they can still speak, understand?"

"Understood… understood…" the Ghost God said, "I'll do it now."

"Wait a minute!" I said in a deep voice, "I haven't said the second point yet."

"Second, I don't care where you get the corpses, you must make Han Liangzhe think that the four of us are dead, at least let him see our corpses, can you do that?"

"Yes… yes…" the Ghost God immediately agreed.

"Third…" I said again, "Hang all the corpses at the entrance of the town, and make them all look like they are hanging for public display. Can you do this?"

"Yes!" the Ghost God nodded again.

"Very good! Do it now! I'll watch you do it!" After I finished speaking, I jumped onto the roof and found a high place to sit down.

Feng Ruoxing also jumped onto the roof with me, "What are you going to do?"

I said in a deep voice, "Of course, I'm buying myself some time to heal."

While Feng Ruoxing was slightly stunned, I quickly transmitted my voice, "Old Liu's arrangement, he told me to feign death immediately after passing through Shuangji Town, hide myself, and wait for him to come find me. Don't let Cang Tianji hear this."

Only then did Feng Ruoxing sit down beside me as if nothing had happened.

At this time, the ghosts in Shuangji Town had already forced the five promoted disciples of the Reincarnation Division together. Although Han Liangzhe had lost an arm, he relied on his personal magic weapons to stubbornly hold on until now.

Feng Ruoxing looked at Han Liangzhe, who couldn't even stand still, and said, "Can he still run out like this?"