I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong

"Doesn't Elder Zhang trust us brothers? Can he not trust the effect of the soul summoning?"

Zhou Bing pointed at the increasing number of Evil Spirits, all gathering towards this mountain range.

Clearly, these Evil Spirits had followed Mei Xianfu's traces during the soul summoning.

This seemed to verify the correctness of Zhou Bing's brother's intelligence.

However, soul summoning can be faked, so who knows whether these Evil Spirits gathering in the mountain range were deceived by some means or truly found Mei Xianfu's traces and followed them here?

Though Elder Zhang distrusts Zhou Bing and the others, he doesn't think being used to kill someone is a big deal.

Even if this black-armored man called Jiang Nu is innocent, what's the harm in killing one Day Patrol Deity by mistake?

If it's a mistake, then it's a mistake. Who would dare to hold him accountable?

Thus, rather than letting one get away, Elder Zhang preferred to mistakenly kill as he gazed at the black-armored man:

"General Jiang guards this mountain by himself; maybe he hasn't noticed my apprentice's traces yet—perhaps let a path open, allowing these wandering souls brought by the seven brothers to search the mountain.

If they can find traces of my apprentice here, I will surely give a generous reward. If they don't find my apprentice's trace, I can also apologize to General Jiang."

Elder Zhang felt that with his Nascent Soul Realm cultivation, speaking to a Day Patrol Deity this way was sufficiently polite.

But he overestimated himself, or perhaps underestimated the fearlessness of the black-armored man.

He sneered: "I neither need your generous reward nor your apology! In short, this place was where I guarded in life and where I was buried after death.

No one may enter this mountain range without my consent."

Beside him, Tian Lin was highly unwilling to engage in unwarranted conflict, even though they had Elder Zhang on their side, who seemed guaranteed victory.

He spoke with the black-armored man: "Do you not know this is already Wenda Sect territory? Moreover, this is the mortal world, how can you allow a Ghost General to hold sway?"

The black-armored man replied: "Wenda Sect? Where did this small sect come from? I never heard of it during my lifetime!

As for you saying this mountain range is in the mortal realm—then shouldn't you have eliminated these seven brothers and their wandering souls outside of Beiyed County first?"

Tian Lin was speechless for a moment, while Elder Zhang was done talking to the black-armored man.

He waved his hand wide, and many wandering souls became his pawns, rushing towards the black-armored man like a tide.

He wanted to see if the black-armored man dared or had the ability to attack these wandering souls right in front of him.

As it turned out, the black-armored man not only dared but also had the ability!

He picked up a black iron plate and shouted, "Black Mountain Army Array, rise!"

Elder Zhang didn't know what the Black Mountain Army Array was, but saw numerous stone statues buried in the earth emerge.

The entire mountain range was filled with countless statues.

The black-armored man shouted, "Beat the drum!"

A ghost soldier in the mountains struck the drumsticks. The drum sound resonated, reverberating in all directions, pushing back the tide of wandering souls advancing towards the mountain.

Tian Lin's complexion changed slightly, even though protected by Elder Zhang's True Qi. His heartbeat involuntarily synchronized with the drumbeats, each beat seeming about to force his heart to jump out of his throat.

Without Elder Zhang's True Qi protection, Zhou Bing's brothers' Divine Souls were on the verge of collapsing.

By now, Tian Lin finally understood why the black-armored man could monopolize this mountain range alone.

"My drum is made from the skin of a Divinity Transformation expert — this expert attempted to break into my military camp before. Hence, he was executed by my army's Law Enforcement Officer — Military law is ruthless, as it is for the Divinity Transformation expert, could anyone be stronger than the transformation divine beings?"

The black-armored man looked defiant, clearly not considering Elder Zhang, a Nascent Soul Powerhouse, someone to be feared.

Elder Zhang laughed furiously and said, "The Daqi dynasty is already gone, yet you enforce what kind of military law in front of my Wenda Sect?"

He told Tian Lin, "You should withdraw first, let me slay this beast and restore peace in the mountains."

For cultivators in the mortal realm to kill Ghost Generals of the underworld was considered the utmost justice. As per early rules, apart from ghosts sealed as True Gods able to linger in the mortal realm, all unsealed ghosts were Evil Spirits.

All Evil Spirits lingering in the mortal realm had no human rights. The heavens could punish them; cultivators and mortals could also slay them.

Tian Lin saw that Elder Zhang wanted to exorcise demons and uphold justice, knowing he couldn't help much, obediently retreated, quickly leaving the mountain range.

Outside the mountain range, more and more wandering souls gathered, resulting from Zhou Bing's notice.

Tian Lin glanced at the seven brothers who had left the mountain before him, spectating like mountain tigers. He asked Zhou Bing:

"Since you are a scholar of the Daqi dynasty, at least a colleague of this Jiang Nu Ghost General, why doesn't he give you any face?"

Actually, Tian Lin wanted to ask whether Zhou Bing summoned wandering souls to help search for Mei Xianfu or to seize Jiang Nu's mountain stronghold in the process.

"Since ancient times, civil and military don't get along; Jiang Nu not giving me face is quite normal — Tian Daoist need not worry. Although Jiang Nu controls the military array, it has been buried underground for millennia and is no longer functional.

Moreover, Jiang Nu was merely a team leader in life, without authority to utilize the full array's power."

He was evidently very confident in Elder Zhang, and justifiably so.

Elder Zhang was a Wenda Sect elder, how could he lack a Dao Artifact?

On the other hand, Jiang Nu initially relied on the array to fight Elder Zhang to a draw.

But as time went on, his Spiritual Energy dwindled, and the array's operation consumed too much of it.

Within half an hour, Jiang Nu was already struggling. The drum player was killed by Elder Zhang, even the assisting Ghost Lady was slain.

Jiang Nu's defeat was merely a matter of time.

Just as Tian Lin relaxed, a voice called out, "Master Tian?"

Tian Lin stood stunned, looked among the sea of wandering souls, and found a strange woman amidst the crowd.

This strange woman was unfamiliar, yet Tian Lin was very familiar with her voice.

"Are you Su Shaoqing's maid?"

Back at the tavern, Su Shaoqing had tried to get Tian Lin drunk to secretly escape.

At that time, Tian Lin pretended to be drunk and heard the conversation between Su Shaoqing and her maid.

Even though Tian Lin hadn't seen Su Shaoqing's sword-holding appearance, he remembered the voice of Su Shaoqing holding the sword, which was identical to this female ghost's voice.

"Master Tian recognizes me?"

The female ghost was overjoyed and said, "I thought Master Tian wouldn't recognize me and didn't know how to gain your trust!"

Upon hearing this, Tian Lin turned his gaze towards Zhou Bing and his group.

At this point, Zhou Bing's sworn sister stepped forward, glanced at Tian Lin, and said, "This wandering soul is my servant; I hadn't expected her to be Tian Daoist's acquaintance."