"What the f*ck...the old broker wasn't lying, this female ghost really looks like this..." Xu Qi'an shuddered in his heart.

But he wasn't afraid. Shuddering was a natural reaction for a former ordinary person who had seen ghosts in reality.

After all, he was someone who couldn't go to the bathroom after watching a horror movie and had to use a bottle of Pocari Sweat to solve the problem. He had to thank Pocari Sweat, as an ordinary mineral water bottle couldn't meet his size.

The white-clothed female ghost looked at them for a moment, seeming to sense the threat. Her mouth split to her ears, and black blood flowed as she silently roared and pounced towards them.

The deep well was several times stronger in Yin Qi, causing Xu Qi'an's skin to break out in goosebumps.

"I don't know how to deal with a grudge spirit...let's just give her a slash..." Xu Qi'an grabbed the hilt of his knife, intending to rush to Chu Caiwei's front, but the beautiful girl in the yellow skirt pressed his hand, stopping his actions.

She used hand gestures to move the Feng Shui compass, and the Tai Chi fish in the center of the compass began to rotate. Xu Qi'an saw the character "Gui" in the Heavenly Stems light up.

A black light rushed out of the Feng Shui compass, wrapping the female ghost and pulling her into the compass.

Chu Caiwei retrieved the Feng Shui compass and held it in her hand. She turned her head and smiled at Xu Qi'an before pointing to the bottom of the well and swaying her body to swim over.

The two of them surveyed the bottom of the well for a moment but found nothing.

"Whoosh..." Xu Qi'an emerged from the water, with no place to borrow force at the bottom of the well. He climbed up with his hands on the well arm and said, "Grab my legs."

Chu Caiwei said, "Oh," and hugged Xu Qi'an's legs, letting him climb up with her.

Xu Qi'an sensed it and muttered softly, "The lotus is just starting to show its sharp points...always eating, how can it grow up?"

"What did you say?" Chu Caiwei didn't hear clearly.

"It's nothing. Climb up a bit more, or my pants will be pulled down. There's a handle above me that you can use as support."

Chu Caiwei searched for it but couldn't find the handle Xu Qi'an was talking about.

After coming out of the well, Xu Qi'an steamed off the wet water with his Qi, while Chu Caiwei pinched a hand gesture and summoned a touch of orange flame, which circled around her body. The water vapor was diffuse but did not damage her clothes.

After her body became cool again, Chu Caiwei said, "This is just an ordinary grudge spirit."

Just an ordinary grudge spirit? Then how did she last so long...Xu Qi'an frowned. The old broker had said that the haunting had been going on for more than two years.

Chu Caiwei's next words solved the mystery. "The well is connected to an underground stream, and the grudge in the well comes from there. I suspect there's a Yin vein underground."

Xu Qi'an estimated that Yin vein was a term in Feng Shui, nodded in realization, "So your purification doesn't work, and the previous masters' rituals didn't work either, because they weren't sorcerers."

Chu Caiwei nodded vigorously, proud to say that she was a sorcerer. "Don't keep this house. There's a Yin vein underground, and the Feng Shui is extremely poor. Hmm, there's either a small Yin vein or something under this house. Living here for a long time will bring bad luck."

"Why not keep it? This house is so cheap." Xu Qi'an looked at her strangely. "Do you think I came to you just to take a look? You have to help me fix the Feng Shui.""That's so tiring..." Chu Caiwei frowned. She was already exhausted from studying alchemy every day. "You should..."

"You need an extra meal, I understand." Xu Qi'an said.

"That's about right..." She pouted and jumped back onto the rooftop, shouting down below, "Send me to the sky."

"Do you want to stand shoulder to shoulder with the moon? Oh, there's no moon tonight, so it's okay!" Xu Qi'an thought to himself, jumping onto the rooftop and forming a "small bench" with his hands.

Chu Caiwei jumped up, her toes resting on his palms, and with the help of the Nightwatcher's terrifying strength, her light body shot up into the night sky like an arrow.

During this process, she used the magic of the Feng Shui compass to summon the wind and lift her body, slowing her descent.

With her Clear Light Eyes open, Chu Caiwei surveyed the entire house, then turned her head to observe the surrounding area and the Feng Shui of the entire region.

Chu Caiwei slowly floated down like a falling leaf, furrowing her brow and saying, "Strange, the Feng Shui in this area is good and shouldn't have formed a Yin vein..."

"Is it because your skills are too poor?" Xu Qi'an dared not to comment and asked, "Do you want to take another look? Or go back to the Bureau and ask for help from your senior brothers?"

"No need for that," Chu Caiwei waved her hand. "Let's just communicate with the female ghost, empathize with her, and see how she died. If there are no clues, I'll ask my senior brothers for help."

"Hurry up, I have something to do tomorrow." Xu Qi'an said.

Tomorrow he was going to the Bureau to see Wei Yuan. If his father was willing to support him, then everything would be fine. If his father didn't care, he could only hide and find another opportunity to deal with the consequences of the betrayal of the 25th.

And this house was the base that Xu Qi'an had found for himself.

It was haunted here, and no one would usually approach here. It was not an area of concern for the patrolling city soldiers and Nightwatchers, and it was not a gathering place for the nobles.

Chu Caiwei said, "The female ghost's Yin energy is too strong. Empathizing with her requires accepting the Yin energy into the body, which is not good for women. With you here, as a warrior with strong blood and energy, there will be no side effects."

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"Okay!"

Chu Caiwei removed the Feng Shui compass, opened her mouth, and the Tai Chi fish slowly rotated. A faint black mist was ejected, floating three inches above the surface of the compass.

The black mist was restless, but could not leave the compass, and was bounced back to the top of the Tai Chi fish by the Clear Light Wall every time.

Chu Caiwei flicked her finger lightly, "Go!"

The black mist shot out and hit Xu Qi'an's forehead.

Xu Qi'an felt a chill all over his body, and a strand of coldness rose from his spine. Then he sensed the resentful, crazy, and fearful thoughts.

The female ghost's thoughts were frantically attacking his primordial spirit, trying to control his body. Suddenly, the female ghost seemed to sense something and became very quiet... no, very nervous.

This made Xu Qi'an abandon the idea of suppressing the female ghost's resentment with his thoughts, and carefully sensed the female ghost's consciousness.

Did she sense the presence of Shen Shu? The monk was indeed sleeping, otherwise he might have destroyed the female ghost...

His thoughts wrapped around the resentful ghost, and the two empathized with each other. The next moment, strange images appeared, like a movie playing.The woman was originally the daughter of a wealthy family in Taikang County. Because she was beautiful, many people came to propose to her. According to the normal trajectory of life, she would marry into a good family and live a stable life.

But one trip changed her life. In a secluded alley, human traffickers abducted her and brought her to a large mansion in the capital.

Many women like her lived in the mansion, as well as many handsome young men, and even boys. They did the same thing every night, accompanying the guests who came in and out of the mansion to sleep and play with them.

They called each other "adults," obviously referring to people with official positions. The "adults" who took off their official robes were even more beastly than animals, playing with the women in the mansion as they pleased.

The female ghost had served many "adults," and even been forced to serve with a feminine young man. She was filled with pain and resentment, but afraid of death, she could only bear the humiliation.

After a few years, she was chosen by a guest and became that guest's exclusive lover, and her situation improved.

The guest's name was Tamulaha, a man of medium build with a thick, round face and single eyelids.

Her cause of death was that she happened to overhear a conversation between Tamulaha and a big shot.

The conversation involved words like "Yunzhou," "firearms," and "equipment."

There was a life-rebirth well in the backyard of the mansion, where many women, boys, and male children who had committed suicide or been tortured to death by guests were buried. After the women were killed, they were also thrown into the well.

After her death, she turned into a fierce ghost, but was trapped in the well. By coincidence, she followed the dark current at the bottom of the well and came here, nourished by the resentment overflowing from the current, and her soul did not perish.

In these fragmented memories, Xu Qi'an saw many familiar faces, especially the big shot who talked with Tamulaha on the eve of the woman's death. It was the Minister of the Qi Party!

"Phew..." Xu Qi'an opened his eyes and exhaled the suffocating feeling in his chest.

Empathy was really not something that a person could handle. In his first-person perspective, he was mounted by a man countless times, experiencing the shame of being ridden. He was also affected by the female ghost's resentment, pain, and despair.

Fortunately, he persisted in visualization and honing his primordial spirit every day, and his willpower had greatly improved. If it were an ordinary person, they would probably have depression or schizophrenia.

"It seems like an unexpected gain..." Chu Caiwei looked at him. During the empathy, she saw Xu Qi'an's face twisting repeatedly, sometimes ferocious, sometimes painful, sometimes indignant.

Of course, these were not his emotions, but came from the woman. But what kind of experience could make a woman have so many negative emotions?

Chu Caiwei pointed her finger at Xu Qi'an's forehead, pulled out the female ghost, and resealed her in the feng shui disk.

Tamulaha did not look like a Central Plains person... The characteristics of the Western Region people were high nose bridges and deep eye sockets. The barbarians' characteristics were blue eyes, and northern people had dark skin and ancient exotic animal bloodlines, making them look somewhat non-human. Tamulaha looked more like the racial characteristics of the God of Witchcraft's ruling area.But how could the God of Witchcraft have any connection with Yunzhou? Yunzhou is in the southeast of The Great Feng. Although there are only a few words, it seems like the Ministry of Public Works has been sending advanced equipment to the God of Witchcraft or Yunzhou.

"This matter involves treason, I have to report it to Wei Yuan..." Thinking of this, Xu Qi'an briefly told Chu Caiwei about the situation.

Chu Caiwei was puzzled after hearing it. "Even if they suffered torture during their lifetime and their grievances did not dissipate after death, they may not necessarily become vengeful ghosts. But if their numbers accumulate, their grievances will soar to the heavens. If there is such a place in the inner city, the Nightwatcher would have discovered it long ago."

"We'll talk about this later... Oh, by the way, give me back the mirror." Xu Qi'an said.

He was about to make achievements, so he wasn't afraid of being accused of "embezzlement and malfeasance". Naturally, he didn't need to hand over the mirror to Chu Caiwei for safekeeping.

Jokingly, there were more than nine hundred taels of gold inside.

...

Xu Qi'an took Chu Caiwei to the Nightwatcher's yamen. Along the way, they were stopped and questioned by the four bronze gongs on duty.

"It's me." Xu Qi'an showed his waist badge.

"Lord Xu?"

Although they were of the same rank, as the number one youth under Wei Yuan, the four bronze gongs didn't dare to be negligent towards Xu Qi'an.

"Why are you still wandering outside? The Criminal Department and the Grand Court sent a large number of people to break into the yamen today and took away many colleagues. It is said that your name was on the list too, but you were not in the yamen and escaped. Are you unable to go home..."

His meaning was obvious. Was Xu Qi'an planning to run away?

"Have they caught those people?"

Xu Qi'an asked and found out that among the four golden gongs who were arrested, Jiang Lvzhong was included. Among the silver gongs, Li Yuchun, Min Shan, and Yang Feng, the three silver gongs under his command in the Sangbo case, were also arrested.

Jiang Lvzhong was still a decent person who didn't take bribes. Why was he arrested... Was it because he had a good relationship with me and was retaliated against by someone surnamed Zhu... Poor Spring Brother, he didn't even have the chance to embezzle money before being thrown into jail...

Sure enough, the Zhu family's revenge was targeted, aiming at Xu Qi'an's close associates, both weakening the Nightwatcher and taking revenge on enemies.

"Wei Gong will definitely save them. These corrupt officials really think we are easy to bully."

"Hey, don't you say it. Everyone else has been unclean these years too..."

"Tsk, is Li Yinchun always clean? He still ended up in jail."

The three bronze gongs were furious and vented their grievances to Xu Qi'an.

"It is said that His Majesty personally ordered the investigation. Wei Gong is afraid that it will be difficult to handle. What can we do? The atmosphere in the yamen today is particularly fearful and silent."

Xu Qi'an comforted them, "There will be a solution."

The three bronze gongs shook their heads and sighed pessimistically before patrolling away.

...

Xu Qi'an returned to the yamen and went straight to the Haoyi Tower. He was stopped by the guards at the bottom of the tower.

"Wei Gong is already resting and doesn't see anyone. It's the rule." The guard recognized Xu Qi'an, but it was nighttime and Wei Yuan wouldn't see anyone at this time.

"I have urgent matters, go and inform him." Xu Qi'an said in a deep voice.

"Lord Xu, please come back tomorrow." The guard was firm.

PS: These few chapters are foreshadowing and setting up future plot points, so they were written slowly, and the story is also stuck because of this reason.