Seeing that he couldn't escape, Chiding gritted his teeth and looked back at Lin Ji.
"Friends, please be merciful and merciful!"
"You are a ghost, not a human!"
"We are all cultivators, why bother killing them all? I have a method that can improve our cultivation. How about we discuss it?"
"Humans and ghosts have different paths. There are countless demons and ghosts in the Demon Suppression Tower. Wouldn't it be nice for you to go in and discuss it with your colleagues?"
"Do you really think I'm afraid of you?!"
"Aren't you afraid why are you running away?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Ji was already in front of Chidingzi. When he reached forward with his hand, the ghostly aura around Chidingzi was eliminated a lot.
Yuan Shen is the best at restraining ghosts, and this is especially true for the Yuan Shen of the Sun Travel Realm.
Even the top ghost commander cannot resist the methods of day-traveling monks in the same realm.
What's more, although the Qingyan ghost in front of him is also in the realm of ghost commander, he is just a first-time ghost commander, and he is probably as strong as a night-walking monk.
Therefore, facing Lin Ji's no-frills move, he could only watch in despair as his soul was grabbed by Lin Ji, and then dragged out of the ghostly aura that filled the sky.
However, you can't just surrender.
Chidingzi felt the unbearable pain of his soul being burned by Yu Yuanshen that day. Seeing that he was about to fall into Lin Ji's hands, he finally gritted his teeth.
The huge ghostly aura appeared around him again, and the surrounding area was completely shrouded in ghostly aura. Even Lin Ji's spirit seemed to be a little dim.
"It's interesting." Lin Ji raised his eyebrows slightly.
Chidingzi spread his hands, and an invisible wave enveloped Lin Ji.
Just for a moment, Lin Ji's mind flashed with countless scenes he had experienced before, like a revolving door of life...
Unfortunately, this strange situation only lasted for a moment.
Suddenly, a jade hand appeared in Lin Ji's consciousness. With a gentle squeeze of the hand, the illusion in front of him disappeared without a trace.
"How is it possible?! Who can break my dream of three lives?" When Chidingzi saw Lin Ji who had woken up, he screamed strangely, with fear on his face.
Lin Ji grabbed Chidingzi's soul with one hand and looked back.
Sure enough, Huang Cui had arrived at the scene and was protecting his body.
As for Tang Li, he had fallen to the ground and seemed to have passed out.
"Thank you."
After thanking him, Lin Ji didn't waste any more time. The power of his soul burst out, and the surrounding area seemed to be illuminated by the light from his body.
"Ahhh!"
Chidingzi screamed in pain, and his soul was constantly being melted by the hot power of the soul. In just a moment, the aura around him was weakened by more than 60%.
"Spare your life, senior, spare your life!" Chidingzi begged for mercy in pain.
Lin Ji then stopped his tactics and grabbed Chidingzi to return to his physical body.
Seeing Lin Ji coming back, Huang Cui looked curiously at the struggling ghost and asked, "Is this the culprit of everything?"
"It should be so." Lin Ji was also a little unsure, but being inseparable was the method of this ghost.
Lin Ji used the power of his soul to leave a mark on Chidingzi, and Riyu's methods were not something that a newbie like him, a ghost commander, could solve.
Afterwards, the two took Tang Li and Chidingzi and walked towards Sishui County.
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Sishui County Yamen.
Above the lobby, Lin Ji was sitting on the main seat, and Huang Cui was standing next to him.
Magistrate Chen and Niu Baotou stood under the high platform.
County Magistrate Chen was okay. He didn't know why. He just felt that the people from the general office were really powerful. In just a few days, they had solved several years of trouble in the county.
But Niu Baotou was different. He was trembling and looked at the ghost kneeling in the hall like a stranger in disbelief.
"That's...that's Gui Shuai?" Niu Baotou's voice was trembling.
With the name of the tree's shadow man, he can't even deal with a more powerful ghost general, let alone a ghost commander-level ghost.
When he thought that such a ghost had been causing trouble in the county for so many years, he couldn't help but feel afraid.
While thinking about it, he carefully glanced at Lin Ji above.
Who is this commander from Beijing? He looks so young, and he can even take down the ghost commander easily.
No, this man has gray hair. Could it be that he is an old monster who took his body and was reborn? He had just heard not long ago that an evil Buddha who had lived for thousands of years was causing havoc in the demon tower in the capital city.
Thinking of this, Niu Catou became more and more panicked.
Lin Ji didn't know what Magistrate Chen and Niu Baotou were thinking. At this time, he was looking at Chi Dingzi with a smile on his face.
"What's the origin of this ghost like you?" Lin Ji asked.
Chi Dingzi didn't answer, but looked around.
"Take three breaths and don't open your mouth. I will take your soul back to the Demon Suppression Tower and torture it day and night. You probably don't want to experience the feeling of your soul being tortured." Lin Ji said solemnly.
In the past, if he encountered a ghost, he would risk his life to kill it.
But these days are different from the past. His opponents are easy to figure out, so he naturally relaxes a lot and even interrogates them as if they are human beings.
Come to think of it, Chidingzi didn't expect such a situation, so he was still a little uneasy.
Chidingzi said: "If I had known that Supervisor Tiansi would immediately send Riyou to investigate the case, I would never have stayed in Surabaya County."
After saying that, Chidingzi cursed again in a low voice: "Damn it, didn't you say that the Supervisor Tiansi can't spare its manpower due to internal and external troubles? How come there are so many ordinary people dead in Sishui County, and even day trips are involved! Shouldn't we spend the night first?
Isn't it right for the wandering monk to investigate?"
After all, he is a ghost commander in the fifth realm. Apart from not having a physical body, his words and deeds are no different from those of a living person.
After the words fell, Chidingzi seemed to feel that there was no hope of escape, and simply said bluntly: "Yes, I have been secretly causing trouble in Sishui County in the past few years."
"Elaborate." Seeing that he was honest, Lin Ji relaxed a little.
"I am a disciple of the Mengxian Sect. I died in a dark place while practicing outside. By chance, I was not reincarnated, so I turned into a ghost."
"Mengxian Sect?" Lin Ji raised his eyebrows.
But Chidingzi said: "Hidden World Sect, my lord, please stop asking."
Lin Ji nodded and motioned for Chi Dingzi to continue.
Chidingzi added: "The Mengxian Sect has a technique called Meng Sansheng, which relies on the power of entering dreams to steal other people's souls, so as to practice."
"My soul power was stolen, and I was only weak for three or two days, but I was impatient, so I came up with a way to use dreams to harm people, in order to plunder the soul power and improve my cultivation."
"Why do you need to borrow the help of others? First, Qi Zheng, the arresting leader, and then the scholar Tang Li." Lin Ji asked again.
"Someone needs to help me collect soul power. It's very inconvenient for me to be a ghost, so I tried to trick them into helping me."
"Be specific."
"After killing someone, as long as they are at the scene, I can use their bodies to absorb the souls that have not dissipated at the scene and turn them into cultivation."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chidingzi lowered his head.
"Sir, this is probably what happened. Do you want to send me to the Demon Tower in the capital city?"
Without waiting for Lin Ji's reply, Chi Dingzi shook his head again.
"Entering the Demon Suppressing Tower means you will die without rebirth. Instead of suffering all kinds of torture, it is better to just die."
Upon hearing this, Lin Ji's expression suddenly changed.