Hei Wuchang's face was gloomy: "Worthless!"

Bai Wuchang said, "Eighth Brother, he's not wrong. We really haven't paid attention to these inheritors over the years."

Hei Wuchang still said, "We've never met such a worthless inheritor."

Bai Wuchang pondered for a moment and said, "How about this? Our brothers still won't interfere in the human martial world, but we can directly issue tasks to you. No one will take even half of the merits and rewards you receive. What do you think?"

I was about to speak when Hei Wuchang said, "Don't be greedy."

Bai Wuchang smiled, "You probably don't know that every ghost should enter reincarnation. Their past and present lives, cause and effect, are already destined. If one person is missing, the Heavenly Dao must replace him with another. This is undoubtedly a problem for the Heavenly Dao."

"Moreover, those who should enter the underworld to be punished are hiding, which is equivalent to being fugitives of the underworld. If the underworld can't catch a ghost on the run for a long time, the faces of the gods of the underworld will also be disgraced."

Bai Wuchang changed the subject and said, "However, due to the agreement between the underworld and human术士 (shushi - Taoist priests/exorcists), the gods of the underworld can no longer interfere too much in the human realm. We can only leave the Dao lineage to deal with these matters. Therefore, if you bring back ghosts, both the underworld and the Heavenly Dao will give you generous rewards. Do you understand what I mean?"

I nodded slightly, "I know what the ancestor means. The richer the reward, the more dangerous the task. I never thought about living under the ancestor's protection. I just hope the ancestor can help this disciple clean up the mess more often."

I told them about my using money to ask questions, and the appearance of the blood light.

Bai Wuchang smiled, "You are clever! Don't worry, do things in the martial world with confidence. We'll take care of the killing, and we can handle the ghost slaying as well. But there's one thing, you can't kill innocent people indiscriminately."

Bai Wuchang saw me nod and smiled in satisfaction, taking out a piece of paper from his sleeve, "This is your first task, do it well. Don't lose face for our brothers."

After I took the task, Bai Wuchang suddenly said, "Is there anything else you haven't said?"

Bai Wuchang had indeed seen through my thoughts.

The reason I deliberately wanted to see Hei and Bai Wuchang was actually to ask about my dad's whereabouts.

Hei and Bai Wuchang might not know where my dad was, but they definitely knew if he was still alive.

I hesitated for a moment before tentatively stating my purpose, waiting to be scolded.

Unexpectedly, Hei Wuchang didn't scold me this time, but frowned slightly.

Bai Wuchang said, "I do know something about Li Chunfeng's matter. According to the Book of Life and Death, he should have died five years ago, but the ghost messengers of the underworld couldn't find his soul at the designated location."

"Similarly, his Heavenly Soul hasn't returned to its place. I will help you pay attention to his Heavenly Soul, and the rest is up to you to find. There is cause and effect in the dark, and when the opportunity arrives, you will meet again."

According to Taoist saying, a person has three souls, namely the Heavenly Soul, the Earthly Soul, and the Human Soul. After death, the three souls separate and go to different places.

The Heavenly Soul returns to the heavenly path: that is, it is entrusted to the sky, which can be understood as being held in the "heavenly prison."

The Earthly Soul returns to the underworld: Because the Earthly Soul knows all the cause and effect of the main soul, it must be punished in the underworld.

The Human Soul wanders between the graves.

Until the next reincarnation, the three souls will reunite. If one of the three souls is destroyed, it is equivalent to cutting off the path of reincarnation.

The Yin messengers bring the Earthly Souls into the underworld. They don't care about the Human Souls. Even if their Human Souls haunt the human world, killing innocent people, the Yin messengers generally don't interfere.

Because, that is the business of human术士 (shushi - Taoist priests/exorcists). Therefore, most of those killed by术士 (shushi - Taoist priests/exorcists) are Human Souls, which are often referred to as "Yin Souls" in the術 (shu - magic/occult) world.

Bai Wuchang said that it might be a good thing that my dad's Heavenly Soul and Earthly Soul hadn't returned to their places, at least I still had hope.

After Hei and Bai Wuchang left, I opened the task that Bai Wuchang gave me.

The introduction above was extremely simple: Wang Li of Yuluo Village drowned to death at the end of Chou hour on a certain day, month, and year. Wang Li's corpse was buried, but her Earthly Soul did not return. The following records the detailed location of Wang Li's death.

The information Bai Wuchang gave me was too simple, probably just a brief record in the Book of Life and Death.

If I want to bring back Wang Li's ghost, I at least have to find out where her ghost is hiding first.

Yuluo Village is a village close to the river, and most of the villagers make a living by fishing. The place where Wang Li drowned was in a water pocket not far from the entrance of the village.

What we call a "water pocket" here is an underwater undertow formed by the terrain on the shore. Once a person falls in, it is difficult to struggle out. Even people who are good at swimming will not easily go to the edge of the water pocket.

Wang Li's time of death was at the end of Chou hour, which is between 2:00 AM and 3:00 AM. This time period should be the time when people are most sleepy. Did Wang Li come out to commit suicide while others were asleep?

It is impossible to find out whether Wang Li committed suicide.

Wang Li was at least a person from before the founding of the country, or even earlier. Only women of that era had a surname but no given name.

Wang Li may have been dead for hundreds of years. If her Yin soul hadn't been haunting Yuluo Village, who would still remember such a person?