“Village Chief, you look good,” Cheng Qi said, seeing the village chief smiling and greeting them.

“Haha, it’s thanks to you two. I haven’t seen you here for a long time, and everyone in the village is talking about it,” the village chief said with a smile. Then he remembered something, “Oh, by the way, have you meet the warrior, Han Wei? He asked about both of you two months ago, and he told me to send him news when I see you. He seems to be very anxious.”

Li Tianyan and Cheng Qi exchanged glances, noting the village chief’s questioning look waiting for their reply, he nodded and said, “Then the village chief can tell Brother Han that I will wait here.”

“Okay, okay, then I will have someone send him the message now,” The village chief said before hurrying back to the village to find someone to deliver the message.

“Young master, why do you think Han Wei is suddenly anxious to find you?” Cheng Qi asked Li Tianyan curiously, placing his hands on the low table.

“When we often went down from the mountains, Han Wei would occasionally come to the village to chat with me, but we haven’t seen each other for more than a year now, he probably has some news for us,” Li Tianyan replied.

“You can ask Tan Eyu to find a ghost to ask,” Li Tianyan suggested, noting it would be a good opportunity to find out about any changes outside during the year they were in seclusion.

Tan Eyu, who was still sleeping in the soul-nurturing tree, was dug out by the two of them to work. She yawned lazily before using the soul-summoning technique. Within a moment, two more ghosts appeared in the room, one of them a normal-looking young man, and the other a female ghost with her belly ripped open.

Although Cheng Qi had seen all kinds of ghosts with terrifying death forms in the past few years, he still couldn’t help but frown before asking, “Have there been any special events in Zidong Kingdom in the past year?”

The young male ghost stepped forward to speak, “Answering the immortal, in addition to the warrior conference held years ago, several major events occurred in the imperial court.”

Cheng Qi poured tea for Li Tianyan before asking casually, “What happened?”

The young man quickly recounted, “His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and General Mu originally had high prestige among the people, and they recruited a group of outstanding young warriors in the conference secretly, they want to cultivate private soldiers and prepared to force the emperor into giving up the throne. Unfortunately, before the plan was implemented, General Mu broke up with His Highness the Crown Prince and returned to Beimen Pass alone, no longer interfering with the court.”

“Later, Concubine Li found an expert from nowhere and recruited him into the palace as the Imperial Master. This man seemed to have some abilities. Within three months of entering the palace, the Holy Emperor advanced to the sixth level of acquired realm. Now the Imperial Master and Concubine Li have become the closest people of the Holy Emperor. His Royal Highness claimed to be ill and has been hiding in the Crown Prince’s Mansion for several months.”

Li Tianyan finally reacted, “Is this Imperial Master a warrior? Do you know what method he used to get Emperor Shaowu to advance?”

“Answering the Immortal Master, the dragon energy in the palace is too strong, and we wandering ghosts don’t dare to approach it at all, so I don’t know,” the male ghost replied with sincerity and fear.

After hearing this, Li Tianyan remained silent. Cheng Qi turned to the female ghost in the corner and asked, “Do you have anything to say?” Since the young man mentioned Concubine Li earlier, Cheng Qi noticed that this female ghost harbored a lot of resentment, perhaps she had some grievances.

The female ghost stared at the two people in the room, and two tears of blood suddenly fell from her pupils. She knelt down with a “plop” and said, “I beg the two immortals to take action to get rid of the demon Concubine Li and avenge the unborn child of this commoner.”

This time, both Li Tianyan and Cheng Qi frowned simultaneously. Their expressions were surprisingly consistent, and even Tan Eyu, who was watching on the side, couldn’t help but roll her eyes.

“What’s going on? Please explain clearly first,” Li Tianyan asked coldly.

“This commoner was an ordinary citizen in the capital city during her lifetime, and I was already pregnant with my husband’s child. That day I went out alone to buy something, but on the way, I was caught by Concubine Li in a sedan chair when she left the palace. After that, I was confused and didn’t know what was going on. When I woke up, I was already in the dungeon,” the female ghost cried miserably.

“Later, I found out that the dungeons were all occupied by women captured by Concubine Li. She made those women get pregnant and took the fetuses on the seventh month to eat every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. Sometimes, pregnant women like me also kidnapped.”

After listening to the female ghost’s explanation, even Tan Eyu couldn’t help but frown. Such a cruel method was actually done by a woman. What kind of woman could be so cruel and ruthless?

The female ghost continued, “This commoner heard from a palace maid who had offended Concubine Li and was arrested, she said that she once saw Concubine Li with her tail exposed. That concubine is clearly a demon snake!”

“Young master, is this considered a demon interfere?” Cheng Qi knew that they could not interfere too much in the affairs of the secular world, let alone influence the affairs of the imperial court. However, there was one exception, which was the occurrence of demons that caused harm to the world.

A sharp light flashed in Li Tianyan’s eyes, and he uttered one word decisively, “Yes.”

“Tan Eyu, keep an eye on her first,” Cheng Qi ordered Tan Eyu immediately after hearing Li Tianyan’s answer.

“I know.” After scolding the young male ghost to go away, Tan Eyu took the female ghost into the soul-nurturing tree.