My Silly, Sweet Wife

The speaker was named Cai You, and he was the Seventh Grand Protector under Chu Tiannan, typically handling affairs for Chu Tiannan in Tianjing.

This time, because there seemed to be a zombie, Chu Tiannan wanted to deal with it quickly, so he directly ordered his Thirteen Grand Protectors to take action.

However, after the incident at Great Cold Mountain, along with the Ninth Grand Protector Situ Yu being crippled by Ye Guichen, Chu Tiannan is not in an optimistic situation.

In Great Cold Mountain, the Eleventh Grand Protector Huang Fuqi was captured and made into a Gu Liangren, the outcome was obvious.

Even though Chu Tiannan still bears the title of Military God, his Thirteen Grand Protectors are no longer complete.

Yet at this moment, internal and external troubles abound, other forces around are eyeing aggressively.

Chu Tiannan seems to be surviving between a rock and a hard place, with inevitable inner conflict.

Ye Guichen took a little over half an hour to arrive at Tian Family Village and meet with the three Jin Ling.

As soon as Jin Ling saw Ye Guichen’s appearance, she was slightly stunned. She didn’t expect Ye Guichen to be so young and handsome.

Earlier, when she was on the phone with Ma Xiaoling, she asked if Ye Guichen also knew the techniques of the Corpse-chasing Clan.

Ma Xiaoling didn’t answer directly but told Jin Ling that even if they did encounter zombies, with Ye Guichen around, there would absolutely be no problem.

”I’m Ma Xiaoling’s friend!” Ye Guichen greeted the three with a smile, introducing himself.

Jin Ling snorted, ”Let’s go!”

Turning her head, she walked into the village.

Wen Cangfeng only took two glances at Ye Guichen, offering no further words.

Cai You’s face seemed like a block of ice as he gazed at Ye Guichen with hostility.

Ye Guichen felt bewildered; he didn’t seem to know him, so why did it feel as if they were sworn enemies?

However, having promised Ma Xiaoling, Ye Guichen couldn’t be bothered to investigate further.

Very soon, they found the village.

The village chief was an honest farmer. Although he found their visit somewhat curious, upon seeing Wen Cangfeng dressed in a Taoist robe, he quickly explained, ”Dazhuang found it on the back mountain, but now Dazhuang is nowhere to be seen, you better think of a solution.”

”Take us to have a look first,” Wen Cangfeng said, not familiar with the details.

The village chief wasted no time, leading Wen Cangfeng and the others to the site of the incident on the back mountain.

This area is the outskirts of Tianjing. Although it’s not close to Tianjing’s city center, it’s not far either.

The mountain is called Jinjing Mountain, and it has been developed into a tourist spot.

They call it a tourist spot, but it’s really just for city folks to come hike for fun when they have nothing else to do.

But since the deaths occurred, the place has been sealed off, and now aside from occasional staff, there are barely any people on the mountain.

Once they arrived at the incident site, Wen Cangfeng carefully asked about the discovery process and the circumstances surrounding the farmer’s disappearance.

The village chief shared everything he knew, withholding nothing.

According to the village chief, the mountain closes at five in the afternoon, and many villagers work on cleaning the mountain’s environment after their shifts end.

The villager mentioned as Dazhuang was the one who came to clean that night. But who knew Dazhuang wouldn’t return for the night.

The next day, when someone came to open the gate, they discovered Dazhuang’s body here, looking extremely frightening.

The people on the mountain were terrified and reported to the police, but evidently nothing was uncovered.

The subsequent events were evidently known to Wen Cangfeng and the others.

Apparently, Chu Tiannan heard the news, first suspecting it was a zombie, and quickly sealed the information, taking over the matter.

One way or another, this incident in Tianjing was of great importance.

After hearing the briefing, Wen Cangfeng nodded slightly and said to Cai You, ”Lao Qi, give it a try.”

Ye Guichen watched like an outsider.

What puzzled Ye Guichen was that Cai You was dressed in casual attire, appearing like any ordinary person. Yet, he exuded an odd aura, very cold.

The coldness was different from regular cold, it had a kind of eerie chill.

Cai You nodded and immediately pulled out a compass from his bosom.

Ye Guichen glanced at the compass. Although it was carved with an Eight Trigrams pattern, it differed from the Taoist Eight Trigram plates, with surroundings depicting the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise — the Four Divine Beasts.

Especially in the center of the compass was a red bead the size of a mung bean.

Ye Guichen, just by glancing at the bead, felt a sense of dazedness.

”Ma Xiaoling spoke so mysteriously, it seems these people are really something,” Ye Guichen muttered internally.

After Cai You pulled out the compass, he began muttering incantations.

Soon, the compass made a rustling sound, and black smoke emanated from the central red bead.

Then, as the black smoke seemed to grab onto something, it quickly shot into Cai You’s brow.

This sequence of actions didn’t last long, yet it left Ye Guichen astounded.

The village chief was even more staggered, his eyes fixed on Cai You.

That sounds odd indeed.

Originally Cai You’s eyes were normal, but once the black smoke entered his brow, the pupils expanded bit by bit, soon occupying the entire eye.

”Wen, Mr. Wen, what is he doing?” the village chief couldn’t help but ask Wen Cangfeng.

Wen Cangfeng didn’t respond, but Jin Ling pridefully said, ”Village Chief Liu, have you heard of the Spirit Channeling technique?”

”Spirit Channeling?” The village chief was puzzled and shook his head blankly.

Jin Ling glanced at Ye Guichen, seemingly showing off, ”Cai You is a spirit channeler. It’s very likely that the soul of your villager Dazhuang hasn’t gone far, and he can form a consensus with Dazhuang’s remains to recreate the scene of that time. Hehe, even if I explain you wouldn’t understand; often, when others can’t handle something, Cai You comes to deal with it, no matter how well the culprit hides, they can’t escape.”

”Ah? Isn’t that similar to communing with ghosts?” The village chief shivered in fear, evidently unsure about believing Jin Ling: ”Does this world really have ghosts?”

”Hehe, Village Chief Liu, whether they exist or not, you better not know, I worry you won’t be able to sleep at night.” Jin Ling chuckled, not answering him directly.

But this reply made the village chief’s back break out in cold sweat.

Not able to sleep at night.

Isn’t that basically saying there are ghosts?

Ye Guichen found himself intrigued.

Unexpectedly, Ma Xiaoling knew such capable people.

If they were so capable, was it necessary for him to help?

”Hoo!”

While musing, Cai You exhaled deeply, his eyes returned to normal, yet his expression looked solemn, ”This might be quite tricky,” he said to Wen Cangfeng.

Upon hearing this, Wen Cangfeng instinctively glanced at the village chief: ”Village Chief, you should go home now, we’ll return Dazhuang’s body to your village soon. Just remember, once you return, don’t spread rumors, or the thing that killed Dazhuang might come for you.”