Chapter 173
Indeed, as the driver said, a master like me calling someone in the middle of the night wouldn't be met with resentment, but with joy.

My phone rang only once before Ling Dang picked up, clearly having stayed awake, guarding her phone and waiting for my call. "How did it go, Manager Wan? What did that kid say?"

"Shouldn't you be asking if I met your father?" I deliberately asked.

"So, did you?" Ling Dang's voice was noticeably disappointed.

"No. I contacted the person you told me to, and he did say he'd take me to see your father. However, there were some problems along the way. He wasn't prepared enough and needs to make new arrangements. I'll have to wait a few more days to meet your father.

Should I continue to contact him, or should you find someone more reliable within your organization and take a different route to get into the Corpse Control Sect?"

Ling Dang breathed a sigh of relief. "I knew I didn't choose the wrong person. You really weren't fooled by him. Continue to contact him. He's the most reliable connection I have right now. It's not that he's incapable, but he's very slippery. He'll take money for nothing if he can get away with it. You have to keep a close eye on him.

Also, the Corpse Control Sect has issued an announcement. If things don't change within seven days, my father will be executed. His body will be used to refine corpses, and his soul will be sold to the Blood Ghost Sect."

"Really? Are the people in your Corpse Control Sect that ruthless? Even if he really killed someone, shouldn't 'a life for a life' be enough? Is it because he killed the young master that the consequences are so severe?" I asked in surprise.

"No." Ling Dang told me very clearly, "This is the Corpse Control Sect's consistent method of handling corpses. All corpses are treated the same, regardless of how they died.

While practicing corpse control techniques, members of the Corpse Control Sect also take a lot of medicine. This medicine helps them cultivate more effectively, but it also makes them excellent corpses after death. Therefore, when members of the Corpse Control Sect die, their bodies are kept for refining corpses. The corpse you asked me to summon the soul of before was that of a senior member of our Corpse Control Sect.

However, I've always presented myself as a useless person in the Corpse Control Sect, so they only gave me very ordinary corpses.

Also, because the Corpse Control Sect and the Blood Ghost Sect are on good terms, based on the principle of not wasting a single corpse or soul, whenever a member of the Corpse Control Sect dies, their soul, as long as it can be captured, is sent to the Blood Ghost Sect. And when members of the Blood Ghost Sect die, as long as their bodies are relatively intact, they are transported here to the Corpse Control Sect.

If there are no accidents, Shi Hui's soul has already been sent to the Blood Ghost Sect, and his body has already been distributed for promising disciples to use for corpse refining."

Okay, although I already knew that sects like the Corpse Control Sect and the Blood Ghost Sect didn't respect corpses and souls, I didn't expect them to go to such extremes.

But now is not the time to lament these things. I certainly won't be able to see Shi Hui's soul or body, and the death scene may not even be preserved. It won't be easy to investigate the true cause of his death. Hopefully, after meeting Shi Tu, he can provide me with some useful information. Even if I can't find out the real cause of Shi Hui's death, at least I can find an alibi for Shi Tu.

"Okay, I understand. So, from now on, there are a total of seven days, right?"

"To be precise, it's six days and twenty-three hours. If you can't find evidence to prove my father's innocence in these few days, the master of the Blood Ghost Sect will personally extract his soul at twelve o'clock in seven days. My father has great cultivation, talent, and a good birth chart. The master of the Blood Ghost Sect has long coveted my father's soul."

I was stunned. "According to what you said, can I make a darker speculation? Is it possible that the master of the Blood Ghost Sect likes your father's soul so much that he feels letting him live in the world is a waste of such an excellent soul, so he orchestrated all of this?"

"Before things are investigated clearly, anything is possible. That's all the information I can provide you with. The rest is up to you. Remember, you must prove my father's innocence within seven days. Otherwise, I'll take the secret of the Soul Extraction Talisman to my grave and won't tell you."

"Alright, I'm going to get busy then. You should get some sleep too." I was about to hang up when I added, "By the way, your voice sounds like the caregiver who takes care of you, especially when you talk about things in the Corpse Control Sect that outsiders don't know about.

Why don't you and her go to the hospital for a DNA test after your father's matter is settled? See if you two are long-lost sisters."

"Boring!" Ling Dang hung up the phone directly.

I put my phone back in my pocket and then glanced at the driver.

"Shi Tu only has seven days to live, is that right?"

"Yes, if the situation doesn't change, Shi Tu will indeed die in seven days. However, with a master like you helping him, he will definitely be fine." The driver skillfully revealed his standard lackey smile.

"Alright, you don't need to flatter me. I know this matter is not easy to handle. Shi Hui is the young master of the Corpse Control Sect. After his death, the Corpse Control Sect must have put a lot of effort into investigating the cause of his death. Since those elders have determined that Shi Tu is the murderer, they must have evidence. They wouldn't just sentence Shi Tu to death based on a motive. It won't be easy to overturn the case."

"Yes, yes..." The driver didn't know what I was going to say, so he could only respond awkwardly.

I suddenly smiled kindly. "Since the two of us have taken on this unlucky job, then we'll have to work a little harder. How about this? There are seven days in total. You use three days, I use three days, and the remaining day is to prevent any unexpected situations. Within three days, you help me set up the connection and let me meet Shi Tu."

"This, this, such a short time, I'm afraid it won't be easy to do." The driver looked embarrassed.

I patted him to show my understanding. "I know this matter is not easy to handle, but who told us to take on this business? Since we took it on, we have to do the job well, right?"

The driver sighed heavily. "Get in the car, let's go back to the city first. I did that on purpose just now, the car wasn't broken."

"I know."

"You drive, I have to take care of something."

"Alright."

Then, I drove the car back to the city and took a taxi back to the funeral shop. As for where the driver was going, I didn't ask.

The next day, the driver called me and told me that he was working hard, but he needed more time and told me not to worry.

I expressed my understanding.

On the third day, the driver called me again, saying almost the same thing. I also expressed my understanding, but urged him to hurry up as much as possible.

On the fourth day, the driver called me again, telling me that he still hadn't managed to get it done.