Lao Liu’s aura initially became as deep as the sea, unfathomable. Soon, his aura began to stabilize, becoming utterly unremarkable.

By the time he walked out of Weizi Alley, Lao Liu was indistinguishable from the old men on the street walking birds and playing chess.

Returning to simplicity!

My master told me that any skill, once it reaches its peak, returns to plainness. Masters who reach this level are often more terrifying than when they were at their most dazzling, because you no longer know how much power they can unleash.

Chen Xiaobei was Lao Liu's only weakness. Now that this weakness was gone, Lao Liu crossed the final threshold and transformed into a true Grand Master.

Perhaps, Lao Liu came to find his old acquaintances from his previous life to erase the last trace of weakness in his heart.

Ye Yang did the right thing. Seclusion in the mountains is the final destination for a Shiye (Master). When Lao Liu wants to retire, it would be a tragedy if there was no one by his side to watch the sunrise and sunset with him.

After returning to Liangjie Tang (Two Realms Hall), the first thing I did was dismantle Chen's family's secret box.

I thought that Chen Xuedong wanted to use this secret box to make a comeback, so the contents must be extraordinary. But when I opened the box, there was only a black iron fan inside.

The length of the fan was exactly the same as Lao Liu's white paper fan, but it was made entirely of iron sheets pieced together. The front end of the fan was also sharpened into a blade. If fully unfolded, it shouldn't be a problem to cut through several layers of cotton cloth at once.

Was Chen Xuedong planning to risk his life with me using this thing?

Could he do it?

If Chen Xuedong really had such skills, he wouldn't have been so easily dismembered by me.

What is the secret of this fan?

I held the fan up to the light and saw that when the fan was exposed to light, there were faint shadows of five people on it, as if five dead people were sealed inside the fan blades.

I raised my hand and flicked the fan a couple of times, and the ghosts in the fan immediately showed an annoyed expression.

It seems that this fan is a ghost artifact.

I thought about it with the fan in my hand, and then threw the fan to Lao Liu: "Here, you can play with this! If the ghosts inside don't listen, tell me, and I'll help you destroy them."

"Thank you, Master!" Lao Liu said, holding the fan, "This fan has eighteen leaves, and each leaf can seal a fierce ghost. If you encounter a suitable fierce ghost in the future, don't forget to bring it back to me."

"No problem!" I felt that this fan should have belonged to Lao Liu, not the Chen family.

Once this thought popped into my head, I couldn't shake it off.

This fan doesn't look like something from the palace. Any dark and evil objects are taboo for the royal family. The palace wouldn't have such a gloomy thing.

Besides, the Chen family was originally a night watchman, and this fan is incompatible with their identity!

Moreover, I have a feeling that the Chen family can't use this fan. At most, they can only drive one of the ghosts, which is the ghost hand they sent out to find Ye Yang.

Otherwise, why didn't they take out the fan from the beginning and wait until they were at the end of their rope to use it?

More importantly, this fan ended up in Chen Xiaobei's hands, which means that Chen Xiaobei can ignore the ghosts in the fan.

In that case, I can make a guess.

This fan was something Lao Liu hid in his woman's hands in his previous life. At that time, he handed the fan to Chen Xiaobei's previous life for safekeeping, indicating that he trusted his woman extremely.

After the small courtyard changed hands, this fan fell into the hands of the Chen family.

After Chen Xiaobei was reincarnated, she didn't recognize the fan, but the fan recognized her, so she was allowed to hold it in her hand.

I am more and more curious about Lao Liu's identity.

However, I treat Lao Liu like I treat Ye Yang. I won't desperately ask about the secrets they don't want to talk about.

Friends can't be like that.

In my heart, I don't regard Lao Liu as a subordinate, and I don't need to guard against him. Why should I get to the bottom of his past?

I never thought that after I handed the fan to Lao Liu that day, I would inadvertently create a ghost Taoist Shiye (Master) who later stirred up the martial world.

Lao Liu seemed to see my doubts, but he didn't explain anything! He just smiled slightly and sat back in his chair.

With Lao Liu's matter resolved, I began to study Xiao Kui again.

I originally thought that Xiao Kui had a special physique and could eat witch ghosts, but now it seems that's not the case at all. Xiao Kui is the nemesis of ghosts and gods!

Cats catching mice are not as easy as Xiao Kui preying on ghosts.

I looked at Xiao Kui left and right: "Leng Gou, what do you think about taking Xiao Kui with us on missions in the future? If we encounter ghosts and gods, we'll throw her out. Wouldn't that be stronger than the Hualihu Diao (Fox Sable) in the Investiture of the Gods? She can eat a ghost or god in one bite like eating a potato."

Ye Yang looked at me coldly and said, "Do you still want to make a leather pocket for Xiao Kui, like putting her in it like a Hualihu Diao (Fox Sable)?"

"Don't mention it, it really works!" I reached out and gestured on Xiao Kui's body: "If she's this big, someone needs to carry her."

"Get lost—" Feng Ruoxing rolled her eyes in anger.