At this time, the appearance of a living person was clearly an attempt to lure him.

But what if it really was a living person?

Ji Xiang brought all his equipment. He possessed the divine positions of three of the Four Sages of the Arctic, as well as the form and spirit of the White-Faced True Martial. If he really couldn't win, he still had the cheating method of opening the Heavenly Gate.

Therefore, Ji Xiang was cautious about the warning from Peacock Bright King Chandara, but he didn't particularly believe it.

The evil ghosts of Avici Hell possessed the power to bewitch people. A slight carelessness could lead to being tricked by them. Moreover, the other party was a peak Ascension stage expert. He had no idea what kind of operations they were capable of. Furthermore, from the very beginning, the way they forcibly broke open the mark of Hell and wanted to come to the surface world showed that the mark of Avici Hell could be torn apart.

And the Hell mark was not the only one.

This was obviously related to the Prince of Lu. A simple deduction revealed that the person who set the mark was either the Prince of Lu himself, or his backer, Vajrapani.

As a great supernatural Vajra whose magic power was not inferior to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the heavens, and who, according to legend, was a disciple of Sakyamuni Buddha, and one of the four great secret Dharma of the Tang Dynasty... Perhaps many people do not know much about Vajrapani, but another figure of equal renown to Vajrapani, among the common people, due to the circulation of popular novels, must be familiar, and that is—Cundi!

The complete version of *Investiture of the Gods* was completed during the Longqing and early Wanli years, and has long been popular in the world. The name of Daoist Cundi can be said to be known throughout the world! In Buddhism, he is also known as Vajra Store Bodhisattva, commonly known as the Cundi Buddha-Mother, and in esoteric Buddhism, he is known as the "Most Supreme Vajra!"

And Vajrapani is a figure who can be on equal footing with Daoist Cundi!

"To be able to possess the divine position of Vajrapani in the Reverse World, there is no need to think too much, he must be a master who shakes the Reverse World. However, looking at it this way, the name of Cundi appearing in the *Investiture of the Gods* may mean that Xu Zhonglin was also a major chess piece used by Buddhism to write books and promote its name."

"After all, even the mother of the Wanli Emperor was one of the incarnations of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. The Buddhist struggle is not obvious on the surface, but hidden beneath the undercurrents. Those who openly and directly take action are all upright Taoists from the Eternal Life Heavenly Palace, the Silent Wheel Heavenly Palace, and the Divine Firmament Dao Sect..."

"I'm afraid that Buddhism has also been deeply involved in things like the White Lotus Sect, and there are disputes between the various schools, such as the Chan School that rebukes the Buddha... They must not get along with other schools."

"As for the words of the Peacock Bright King, they cannot be fully believed. I want to test it myself and see what can poison me, this fake Ascension cultivator!"

Ji Xiang stood in front of the mansion where the crying sounds were coming from, watched for a while, and then tore off the paper money on the door again. This time, he still threw these *ni* into the Hell mark. Golden sand flowed out, and he could continue to hear the evil ghosts of Avici Hell cursing while panning for sand.

But this time, the mansion did not turn to ashes. Ji Xiang broke down the door and entered, and saw a huge ghost god form constantly solidifying in the center of the courtyard!

"Monster!"

Before Ji Xiang could speak, the giant ghost suddenly turned to Ji Xiang, and the giant ghost held a cold iron rod in his hand, smashing it into the backyard of the mansion. The crying sounds were coming from the backyard.

The giant ghost had only condensed an arm's form and spirit to capture some "evil people," but after it manifested, it felt the surrounding anomalies. There were no living people here, not even living ghosts. It immediately realized that it had been summoned by some damned thing and had become a pawn.

At the same time, it could also feel that a strong man was rapidly killing those *ni*!

These *ni* were all its subordinates!

They were densely packed, summoned throughout this entire town, and pasted on the doors, but there were originally no evil ghosts here!

It was the evil ghosts who summoned these *ni*!

And those things were in the backyard!

At this time, seeing Ji Xiang suddenly break in, the giant ghost could understand why those sudden shouts had been made.

"Monster! How dare you hurt my Crow's Cry spirit soldiers! You have caused a great disaster!"

The giant ghost was furious: "Do you know what you are helping!"

Ji Xiang frowned. Although this giant ghost was full of hostility, it seemed to know something, and the meaning of its words was very similar to the Peacock Bright King's warning.

"I heard living people shouting here, so I came to take a look!"

"This place is strange. What deity are you? Are there any living people in that backyard? Why are you hurting people?"

Ji Xiang wanted to find out the source of the sound in the backyard. At this time, he saw some living people running out on their own initiative. There were men and women, servants and handymen, and even government runners from Gusu City, including beggars and orphans. Hearing the sound of living people at the door, they immediately came out to call for help!

"Daoist! Daoist, save us!"

"We were all sleeping, and we don't know what happened, but when we woke up, we were taken to this mansion!"

"Daoist, have mercy, please save us!"

"Daoist, as long as you can save me, I'll give you as much money as you want!"

These people ran from the backyard to the front yard, stopped far away from the big ghost, called out to Ji Xiang across the door of a house, and the children were crying even more, while Ji Xiang frowned deeply.

It sounded like these people should be local residents who had been kidnapped here for some reason.

And they did not have any yin energy on them.

Because there was no threat, the Inner Vision Divine Tablet did not provide any guidance, which made Ji Xiang a little hesitant.

But this was also normal.

The Divine Tablet was not omnipotent. Sometimes, he needed to make his own judgments. Relying on the Divine Tablet for everything would not allow him to gain experience.

Guidance was good, but it was only a supreme treasure when dealing with difficult enemies.

Although, testing whether these mortals were living people or ghosts only required him to fire a shot...

But what if these living people were innocent civilians?

"Although I kill people without blinking an eye, and have always made it my mission to exterminate demons, I only kill evil people. Before distinguishing between good and evil, killing innocent people violates my great oath."

Ji Xiang put the little fox behind him, and then said to the big ghost, "Please stop. Do not attack ordinary people."

"Stop!? Monster! They are all extremely vicious people. It is because of their existence that I can be summoned here. I come from the Dharma Realm. Do you know how far away that is from here!"

"If it weren't for extremely vicious people gathering here, my form and spirit would not have been summoned to the surface world!"

"Look at the *ni* around you. Those are all the spirit soldiers of my Crow's Cry Kingdom, but now they are all locked on the paper money. I won't hold you accountable for killing so many of my spirit soldiers, but these people are all evil people, and I must kill them!"

"The sounds they made before were also to attract you, an expert. I advise you not to meddle in other people's business! These people are by no means good!"

The giant ghost issued a warning, and at the same time, it swung the iron rod to kill those commoners. These commoners were immediately frightened and cried out and ran, but they could only run towards the backyard and could not make an effective counterattack.

"Master, they don't look like evil ghosts transformed."

The little fox also spoke weakly, indicating that it did not feel any ghost-like state or abnormality on these commoners.

However, the unease in Ji Xiang's heart grew stronger.

Evil ghosts of Avici Hell.

Ghost god of the Crow's Cry Kingdom.

Many commoners of Gusu City.

Who should he believe?

Ji Xiang sighed, and finally made a choice. He fired a shot at the giant ghost.

The Five Thunder Divine Machine firearm operated, staggering the giant ghost, who now exuded a strong hostility and angrily said to Ji Xiang:

"You monster, you don't know what's good for you! I'll beat you to death first!"

The Inner Vision Divine Tablet gave a description!

【Duluona Ghost: Beneath Hell, ghost god of the Crow's Cry Kingdom!】

【Three zhang tall, with eyes vertical and mouth horizontal, ears six chi long, holding an iron rod in hand, specializing in killing evil people in the world, with sixty-nine thousand spirit ghosts at its command, or transforming into crows, wherever the crows travel, they cause people to fall ill, and illness leads to death.】

【Current strength realm, equivalent to the peak of the Yellow Court realm!】