After nightfall, I had everyone light a white candle in front of them. The flickering light illuminated the deathly faces of the Reincarnation Division disciples, the red and white interchanging, creating an eerie spectacle.

From my perspective, those pressed against the wall no longer seemed like living people, but rather a group of ghosts yet to be taken to the underworld by the psychopomps.

In the eyes of an exorcist, facing ghosts wasn't frightening; what was terrifying was the torment of tensed nerves while waiting for the ghosts to appear.

After scanning the Reincarnation Division disciples twice, I transmitted my voice to Han Liangzhe: "Hall Master Han didn't bring the elite of the Reincarnation Division, did he?"

Han Liangzhe glanced behind him, "These are the elite disciples of the Reincarnation Division."

"Those who haven't experienced bloody battles can't be called elite soldiers, no matter how much they're trained!"

I smiled and said, "Hall Master Han, with your personality, don't you feel stifled working in the Reincarnation Division? To be honest, I admire your way of doing things. If you had led the team in the Qingyan Village battle, I'm afraid I wouldn't have gotten out so easily."

Han Liangzhe's eyes flickered, but he didn't respond.

I continued, "Brother Han, what are people in the martial world pursuing?"

Han Liangzhe said, "First of all, it's survival. If you want to live, you have to endure the helplessness of being in the martial world."

I retorted, "Is there no such thing as happy camaraderie and avenging grudges in the martial world?"

Han Liangzhe shook his head again, "That depends on what your goal is. The Reincarnation Division isn't Liangjie Tang, and Han Liangzhe isn't the Black Wolf King."

Black Wolf King?

Me?

I subconsciously glanced at Ye Yang: Then he's a Samoyed, that kind of sly dog, definitely not a wolf.

Han Liangzhe raised his head and said, "If Hall Master Li wants to persuade me to join Liangjie Tang, you should abandon that thought! So that we don't waste our breath."

I coughed and said, "I don't have that intention. I just want to persuade you to join the Surveillance Division. Jun Jixue happens to be short of people."

"Jun Jixue?" Han Liangzhe was clearly tempted, but he still shook his head, "I haven't thought about leaving the Reincarnation Division."

I smiled, "Brother Han, if you succeed in this mission and capture me, that's fine. But if you fail, your days in the Reincarnation Division won't be easy."

"How about this? If you let me slip away under your nose, then go find Jun Jixue! At least, he can give you important responsibilities."

Han Liangzhe squeezed out two words from between his teeth: "You're ruthless!"

Han Liangzhe knew that I was planting a seed of doubt in his heart. As long as he had a way out, he would subconsciously feel that he had a backup plan, and he would only be able to display seventy percent of his full ability.

I laughed and said, "Brother Han, if you don't have any intention of leaving the Reincarnation Division, would my words be of any use?"

"Brother Han, the demons in people's hearts often already exist. Outsiders can only awaken the demons, but they can't plant them in your heart!"

Before Han Liangzhe could speak, the candlelight in the courtyard suddenly flared up half a foot, the suddenly heightened flames illuminating the entire courtyard brightly.

The Reincarnation Division disciples cried out in alarm in unison, and the courtyard was instantly in chaos.

I looked at Han Liangzhe with a smile that wasn't a smile, and the latter shouted helplessly, "Everyone, sit down!"

Han Liangzhe shouted three times before the Reincarnation Division disciples cautiously retreated to their original positions, but not a single person dared to sit down again.

As Han Liangzhe looked at his subordinates with a frosty expression, the sound of shoe soles scraping against the bluestone pavement came from outside the courtyard. It sounded like a person lying on the road, whose limbs had stiffened, was slowly getting up from the ground.

Someone trembled and said, "Outside… isn't there only one dead person outside?"

"Shut up!" Before Han Liangzhe could finish scolding the person, the sound of leather shoes stepping on the stone slabs was already approaching step by step. With each sound of footsteps outside, the Reincarnation Division disciples in the courtyard trembled.

After a moment, the eerie footsteps finally stopped at the door.

Someone said from behind the door, "Three knocks on the door, three drumbeats of death, when the sound fades, someone's soul will be severed."

"Release the arrows!" After someone shouted, the Reincarnation Division disciples immediately fired a volley of arrows at the door.

Countless arrows instantly pierced through the door, but the person outside, riddled with arrows, stood upright in place without moving.

Han Liangzhe rushed in front of his subordinates in one step and raised his hand to slap them: "Who told you to release the arrows?"

That corpse was only acting as a tool for the ghost deity to deliver a message. Even if you tore him to pieces, what was supposed to happen would still happen. Releasing the arrows was meaningless.

I said in a deep voice, "What he means is that he will knock three times on the door, and each knock is equivalent to a death knell. After three drumbeats, someone will die."

"I must first find out who he wants to kill, and then think about how to take back that person's life."

There were forty people in the courtyard, and as many as thirty of them had deathly auras on their faces. Trying to tell from their appearance who was about to die was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

When I looked at Cang Tianji, he had already started calculating.

As Cang Tianji rapidly moved his fingers, the sound of knocking on the door suddenly came.

The riddled door was being knocked loudly, and blood beads, which I didn't know where they came from, rolled down the holes in the door into the courtyard, adding a touch of scarlet to the inside of the courtyard gate.