I shook my head and said, "I'm just parroting what I've heard. My master told me the legend of the Ban Ming Dao. Everything I just said was what my master told me. I just wanted to make Cang Tianji owe me a favor. I didn't expect it to result in a Ming Shu master. It's fate!"

"Fate, my ass!" Ye Yang slammed his hand on the table. "You dog, you did it on purpose! Are you looking down on me, Ye Yang?"

Everyone wants a favor from a Tian Ming master.

Sometimes, a Tian Ming master's words are enough to turn things around.

However, opportunities to have a Tian Ming master owe you a favor are rare and hard to come by. Moreover, most favors are earned before the person becomes a Tian Ming master.

I did do it on purpose, but I couldn't say it, lest Leng Gou be moved to tears!

I laughed and said, "No, no... It's not that serious... Come on, let's dap claws."

As soon as Ye Yang raised his hand, he immediately flipped it over and grabbed my neck. "If you ever trick me into dapping claws again, I'll strangle you."

"Calm down, calm down!" I pushed Ye Yang away. "You should be resting and recovering from your injuries now, and then go take care of Jie Sanbao's business."

Yun Shang worried, "Li Po, aren't you afraid Cang Tianji is tricking you?"

"No!" I waved my hand. "The higher the level of a Ming Shu master, the less they can lie. Under the Heavenly Mandate, she can choose not to speak, speak less, or even be ambiguous, letting people guess for themselves. But she will never tell a lie!"

"Every word of a Tian Ming master represents the will of Heaven. Speaking nonsense will be punished by Heaven. So, this time, I have to squeeze Cang Tianji's value."

I changed the subject here, saying, "Jie Sanbao's business won't be easy to take on. This time, I'll go with Leng Gou and Lin Zhao. Everyone else who can fight will stay at home."

"No way!" Feng Ruoxing objected. "Jie Sanbao's business involves ghosts and gods. Do you know what level of ghosts and gods the other party is? There are only a few people in Liangjie Tang who can directly fight ghosts and gods. Going with only three people is too dangerous."

I said in a deep voice, "Cang Tianji suddenly wanting that drought demon must mean something else. Dong A Pang isn't just about Cang Tianji. She may be willing to trade, but others may not be."

"Once someone comes to snatch the drought demon, Liangjie Tang will be easily taken advantage of without a strong expert guarding the fort."

"Moreover, this time, the attitude of the Wenchen faction makes me think they still have tricks up their sleeves. I'm not afraid of them coming after me, but I'm afraid of them ambushing Liangjie Tang. This time, we must leave some people behind to guard the home."

I smiled at Feng Ruoxing. "Besides, the worst that could happen over there is a Sifang Shen, maybe not even a Sifang Shen, just a Caotou Shen. If we can't beat them, can't we run?"

The art of cultivation has a certain classification of the levels of ghosts and gods, but it is not very detailed. It can be roughly divided into four levels: Caotou Shen, Sifang Shen, Liangjie Shen, and Zheng Shen.

According to the calculations of people in the art of cultivation, the lowest level of ghosts and gods is the Caotou Shen.

The "Caotou Shen" mentioned in the art of cultivation is not the subordinate of Erlang Shen in *Journey to the West*. The 1,200 Caotou Shen under Erlang Shen are comparable in strength to heavenly soldiers, but they are only called Caotou Shen because they have not been conferred by the Heavenly Court. In a sense, the Seven Monsters of Meishan and the Howling Celestial Hound can all be called Caotou Shen.

The "Caotou Shen" in the art of cultivation refers to ghosts and gods who have received a certain amount of incense and have a certain amount of divine power. However, they cannot go far and can only move within a certain range.

Some mountain gods and land gods who have not been recognized by the City God and the Netherworld are, in a sense, Caotou Shen. The scope of their activities is within the territory they occupy.

However, this does not mean that Caotou Shen can be easily manipulated by warlocks. The cultivation levels of Caotou Shen are also high and low, especially when they occupy a geographical advantage. It is not difficult to keep warlocks behind.

Sifang Shen above Caotou Shen: It means that they have broken away from the limitations of the region. It is like saying that the "Seventy-Two Spirits" are not governed by heaven and earth and are not bound by the Five Mountains.

Above Sifang Shen are Liangjie Guishen: Liangjie Shen can travel between the two realms and travel all over the world. Their strength can even directly approach that of demon gods. These ghosts and gods gather together and forcibly open up the ghost and god world, which is not under the jurisdiction of the underworld, nor has it ever surrendered to immortals, Buddhas, demons, or monsters.

When warlocks summon Liangjie Guishen to descend, they are not trading with him, but asking the ghost god to bestow divine power. A slight disrespect may provoke the other party to kill. Warlocks will not easily deal with Liangjie Guishen.

According to the calculations of the art of cultivation, the highest strength should be the "Zheng Shen."

The correct explanation of Zheng Shen is the gods who have been conferred by the Heavenly Court, referring to the gods of the Conferred God List. However, warlocks basically cannot contact Zheng Shen, nor can they deal with gods. Communicating with Zheng Shen is a matter for Taoists, and has nothing to do with warlocks.

Warlocks have the most contact with the underworld, so the Zheng Shen mentioned in the art of cultivation refers to the Yin Si Zheng Shen who has been conferred by the underworld, the Ten Yin Commanders, the Four Judges, and the Wenchen of the underworld are all among the Zheng Shen.

Another type of Zheng Shen is the ghost god who has been conferred by emperors of previous dynasties, or "human gods." Human gods have indeed existed in history and have been conferred by emperors, but they have not entered the Heavenly Court, nor have they been listed in the Immortal Class. However, there are temples in the human world and they are also respected by people.

From the perspective of strength comparison alone, between Liangjie Guishen and Zheng Shen, apart from some of the top Zheng Shen, it is impossible to say who is stronger or weaker, but Liangjie Guishen dare not easily provoke Zheng Shen. After all, behind Zheng Shen is the underworld.

Of course, this kind of classification cannot fully represent the strength. After all, warlocks have no way to verify the strength of ghosts and gods in detail.