Mo Lin turned to Wei Xun beside him and asked, "Do you know what the slot is?"

"I know."

"The position of Xu Yue City manager."

Wei Xun thought carefully and then said to Mo Lin again, "Previously, it was White Tiger and Cyan Dragon competing for this position. Later, White Tiger died, and Cyan Dragon was injured, so the opportunity for this position was made available."

With her explanation, Mo Lin understood.

As for the man speaking earlier, Mo Lin didn't understand a single word.

"Xu Yue City manager? Is this position very important?" Mo Lin asked Wei Xun with confusion.

"It's not just important; it's extremely crucial — it's a symbol of identity."

"If you are the manager of Xu Yue City, then Cyan Dragon and the Thirty-Two Celestial Spirits will all follow your orders... although now, most of the Celestial Spirits are dead, but their numbers will surely be replenished later."

Wei Xun analyzed again.

"If you acquire this identity, at least no one would dare to provoke you."

It seemed reasonable to her.

And it was also an opportunity given by Mo Lin's sister.

Mo Lin thought for a while and decided to participate in this contest.

After all, for Mo Lin, there was no downside.

Only benefits, no harm.

"Uncle Master... Do you want to take a rest at our Pure Origin and Profound Dao Hall?" Wei Xun asked Mo Lin.

"Sure."

After a battle with Yuan Army, Mo Lin was particularly exhausted, and he didn't want to go home, so he went with Wei Xun to the Pure Origin and Profound Dao Hall to rest.

Pure Origin and Profound Dao Hall.

A genuine Daoist place.

Mo Lin was arranged to rest in an empty room.

Not sure how long he slept.

A ray of golden light shone through the lattice window onto Mo Lin's face.

Feeling a burst of heat on his cheeks, Mo Lin slowly woke up.

Mo Lin's sleep lasted almost until noon.

Then, he simply had a meal.

Soon, he saw Wei Xun dragging a tired body back to the main hall.

"Uncle Master... you've woken up." Wei Xun greeted Mo Lin, slightly bending her waist.

As if her body had been emptied, she wasn't full of spirit.

Not only her, but even the few people beside Wei Xun were also in the same state.

"What have you been doing?" Mo Lin asked Wei Xun in confusion.

"Went to perform a transcending ritual."

Wei Xun, being part of the Pure Origin and Profound Dao Hall, often took on some tasks.

Such as performing rituals or helping to exorcise ghosts.

This was the usual life.

Unlike Mo Lin's battles with the Thirty-Two Celestial Spirits and exterminating the Three Corpses, such things didn't happen often.

Or rather, such things only happened to Mo Lin.

Those people could be dealt with by Mo Lin — aside from Mo Lin, probably no one else could do such heaven-defying things.

Most people's lives were truly ordinary.

"Performing a ritual?"

Mo Lin showed a suspicious look, "Are you sure?"

"Of course... Miss Jiang gave me a hundred thousand yuan for a transcending ritual for her brother."

"What else could I have done?" Wei Xun replied slowly.

"Don't you feel a bit tired?" Mo Lin asked again.

"Ah... a bit..." Wei Xun rubbed her forehead and said slowly.

"Maybe I didn't sleep well yesterday, feeling a bit fatigued."

Wei Xun felt quite tired and wanted to sleep a bit more.

"Did you see them? Take a closer look." Mo Lin pointed at the few men following Wei Xun and said slowly.

"They..." Wei Xun was about to say something when her body suddenly trembled.

Her senior brothers had a dazed look and heavy dark circles beneath their eyes.

As if they had done heavy labor, with hunched backs, looking like they wanted to sleep.

Wei Xun was also a Daoist.

With Mo Lin's reminder, she immediately realized.

Something was wrong... something was up.

These senior and junior brothers seemed to have their life force drained!

That's why they exhibited such an exhausted state.

Wei Xun took a mirror to check and saw that she also had dark circles, looking like she aged several years.

She was completely panicked.

"Why have I aged so much? What's going on?"

Indeed, she aged... a lot...

"You are being haunted by a ghost and have had your life force taken," Mo Lin explained to Wei Xun.

"Uncle Master, what should I do?"

Wei Xun knew she couldn't resolve this issue by herself.

The opponent could strip her life without her noticing, which meant the opponent was very strong.

The opponent's strength surpassed hers.

"Maybe I should rest for a few days, or wait until after you've finished your duel to resolve it?" Wei Xun didn't want this issue to distract Mo Lin's duel in a few days.

"No need to wait a few days; you can't even wait three days."

Mo Lin's voice was cold: "In three days, you will age by thirty years."

"Ah..." Wei Xun was utterly panicked.

She did not doubt Mo Lin's words.

After all, Mo Lin had no reason to deceive her.

Your life force has been completely locked by that ghost.

The ghost is continuously absorbing your life force.

This method, Mo Lin saw through at a glance.

His identity as a Yin Messenger wasn't just for show.

"In three days, you will become a neither-human-nor-ghost entity." Mo Lin said again.

"Uncle Master... I am a bit scared..." Wei Xun panicked.

She was still so young; she didn't want to wither and die so quickly.

She was in her prime.

"Let's go, let's visit the place where you performed the ritual, I'll take a look." Mo Lin had an aura of a master.

"Okay." So Wei Xun drove Mo Lin to the Jiang Family.

"The place where I conducted the ritual is the Jiang Family. Jiang Hailing's brother died in a car accident a few days ago, and they asked me to perform a ritual for him."

Wei Xun drove and recounted the story to Mo Lin.

Mo Lin sat in the passenger seat and arrived at the Jiang Family.

The location of the Jiang Family was not in the city center, but in the suburbs.

They had a unique courtyard.

After getting out of the car, Mo Lin first surveyed the surroundings.

There were mountains in the distance... shrouded in thick fog.

The Jiang Family's decor was quite old-fashioned.

There were two stone lions at the entrance.

Perhaps due to the passage of time.

The stone lion on the right had a crack.

The Jiang Family's doors were tightly shut, and there was no one at the entrance.

It felt a bit deathly quiet.

"Creak..."

The door opened, and a group of people walked out.

These people had smiles on their faces.

"Miss Jiang is truly generous..."

"She gave us so much money..."

"Really a good person!"

A man muttered, holding the money in his hand.

Beside him, Wei Xun frowned tightly.

She clearly saw that what the man was holding wasn't money, but yellow paper.

The state of this man was also very strange!

Heads down, looking at the money and giggling foolishly.

The other several men were in the same state.

Mo Lin suddenly grabbed one of them and asked, "What brought you here?"

"Miss Jiang called us to help her move — a thousand yuan per hour... Look, this is all the money I've earned."

The man showed the yellow paper to Mo Lin.

Mo Lin sighed softly, "These people are already dead."

"What? Dead?"

Wei Xun was very puzzled: "They seem quite healthy to me!"

"Manifestation of a near-death state." Mo Lin explained.

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