I originally intended to cooperate with Du Song, but collaborating with someone with whom you have animosity isn't easy.

There was no trust between us. To cooperate, there had to be a sufficient reason.

Cang Tianji, Cai Wenyan was my reason.

Cang Tianji never lied.

Cai Wenyan treated the truth as lies.

I wasn't worried about Du Song not taking the bait.

I pondered, "Cooperation? I'm not afraid to die. But are the people from the Reincarnation Division up to it?"

Du Song's expression darkened slightly. "What do you mean by that?"

I said calmly, "I am a person without fate, and so is Ye Yang. Only those without fate can avoid the fate-controlling ghosts and gods to find the secret of Qingyan Village."

"However, someone has to hold back the fate-controlling ghosts and gods, to prevent them from troubling the other person."

"Does your Reincarnation Division dare to work with me to hold them back?"

Cai Wenyan said sharply, "Li Po, so all your smoke and mirrors were intended for this purpose?"

"Elder, Li Po is harboring ulterior motives. We can't cooperate with him. I suggest we capture him and subject him to harsh interrogation. Guards…"

"Silence!" Du Song looked at Cai Wenyan coldly. "Are you in a position to make decisions for me?"

"This subordinate would never dare!" Cai Wenyan immediately knelt on the ground, cold sweat streaming down his forehead.

Du Song then revealed a satisfied expression, saying indifferently, "I understand your feelings, but the Reincarnation Division is a place of rules. We can't let others laugh at us. Stand up!"

"Thank you for the Elder's teachings!" Cai Wenyan stood respectfully to the side, not even raising his head.

Cai Wenyan really understood Du Song, using only a few words to subtly set him up.

If, a moment ago, Du Song was still hesitating whether to risk cooperating with me, at this moment, he would definitely nod in agreement, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to display his brilliance as a Dharma Protector Elder.

Cai Wenyan had grasped Du Song's psychology, giving him a push. The final decision to cooperate with me was still Du Song's. Even if Du Song died at my hands, Cai Wenyan's report to the Reincarnation Division would be that Du Song acted willfully.

Du Song looked at me and said, "How do you plan to hold back the fate-controlling ghosts and gods? With human lives?"

I replied, "The most terrifying aspect of the fate-controlling ghosts and gods is that they can appear and suddenly tell their target how they will die."

"The reason we can't fight against the fate-controlling ghosts and gods is that we can't grasp their whereabouts. If we can make them appear, wouldn't so many experts be able to take down a ghost god?"

Du Song hesitated for a moment and said, "What do you want to do?"

I looked at Du Song. "Don't you have shamans? Do you know how to invite gods? Just invite them out directly!"

Du Song's eyes flickered slightly. "Someone, tear down all the walls of this courtyard. We'll invite the gods here."

The disciples of the Reincarnation Division quickly tore down the courtyard walls, set up an altar in the courtyard, but didn't move the corpses, leaving them in their original positions.

Du Song gestured to his subordinates to bring over three chairs. "Tianji (Heaven's Secrets) Supplicant, please sit."

Cang Tianji nodded slightly and sat in the seat on the left. Du Song pointed to the chair on the right and said, "Hall Master Li, you are also the head of a faction and are qualified to sit as equals, please!"

"Is there any point?" I looked at him with a smile. "If your Reincarnation Division wants to gain a small advantage and save face in this kind of minor matter, I'll let you have it."

I sat in the chair on the right, instead leaving Du Song hanging there, unsure whether to stand or sit.

Cai Wenyan walked up and moved the chair slightly forward, saying, "Protector, please!"

"Mm!" Only then did Du Song sit down with a gloomy expression, seemingly with some reluctance.

Cai Wenyan, standing behind him, deliberately snorted coldly at me. Perhaps Du Song thought Cai Wenyan was expressing his dissatisfaction with me, but I could hear the killing intent in that snort.

Cai Wenyan had tampered with Du Song.

Du Song was completely unaware. "Let's begin!"

The shaman from the Reincarnation Division walked onto the altar and began the god-inviting dance.

The rituals of the shamanic sects for inviting gods are generally similar, always making people feel that the shaman has fallen into some kind of frenzy. When she calms down, the deity will arrive.

The shaman's incantations rose from low to high. The surrounding instruments began to become extremely noisy. The bonfires near the altar flickered, and the firewood, like souls startled by the shaman's words, occasionally exploded with a sharp, screaming sound.

Ordinary people don't know whether the shaman has successfully invited the god, they can only rely on the shaman's own cues. But sorcerers can clearly see whether the ghost god has arrived.

Although the shaman's god-inviting dance was lively now, it hadn't invited any ghost gods.

Du Song's face was gloomy as he shouted, "Invite a Venerated One!"

At Du Song's command, the shaman on the stage froze on the spot, and the Reincarnation Division's men were also startled, many of them subconsciously tightening their grips on their weapons.

Although inviting a god and inviting a Venerated One are similar in form, their targets are different.

Inviting a god usually has a fixed target, either the deity that the shaman worships, or a spirit related to a certain event.

Inviting a Venerated One has no fixed target, it's like a greeter at the entrance of a restaurant, asking anyone who passes by. Whoever is invited counts, and it's also inviting ghosts and gods. As long as the demons and ghosts within the shaman's ability can sense the invitation, they are called "Venerated Ones."

Moreover, inviting a Venerated One is more dangerous than inviting a god. If the shaman inviting the Venerated One has already dedicated themselves to a god, inviting another Venerated One can easily offend the gods. Even if the shaman hasn't dedicated themselves to a god, inviting several "Venerated Ones" at once can easily turn them into food for the ghosts and gods.