I drew a talisman to save the sun from its bleeding state.

Chapter 23 Lei Zu: Hahaha

"Damn it! Kill my whole family! Huh? Luckily, one was spared... thank goodness. You stay here for now, I'll go chat with that idiot upstairs!"

"Ta-da!"

Xu Fan ran down the stairs, seething with resentment: "Are you crazy?! Coming here in the middle of the night to kill my whole family!"

"Click."

Xu Fan swallowed all his resentment instantly, raised his hands, and said with clear eyes, "Don't get agitated. We're all on the same side. We're all working for the government and getting promoted. Girl, don't get agitated."

Tang Ying, holding the carbon-based bio-cooler, glanced at Xu Fan and said, "Don't come closer, just talk from the stairs."

Zhou Zheng stroked his chin, looking at Xu Fan's green health bar. It was strange. This was a friendly unit. Logically speaking, Xu Fan should be furious since Zhou Zheng had killed his household registration book. How could he be a friendly unit?

Zhou Zheng asked curiously, "Let's verify our identities first. Who are you?"

Xu Fan raised his hands, his eyes clear: "I am Xu Fan, the first-level underworld soul-collecting manager in this area. I am responsible for handling the salvation of souls, eliminating evil spirits, suppressing evil ghosts, helping to find lost cats and dogs, shopping for the elderly living alone, and repairing household appliances, etc."

Zhou Zheng placed his hand on the hilt of his sword, ready to draw it at any moment: "I am Zhou Zheng, a new recruit of the Thunder Department, responsible for saving the world and slaying demons. This is my third day in the line of duty, here to eliminate evil spirits. Xu Fan, why are you secretly protecting evil spirits? Are you plotting a rebellion?"

It's still the same old style of play, let's start by labeling it heavily.

Xu Fan: "What the hell... do you think the reason these evil spirits haven't been running around or hurting anyone is because they like to stay indoors? I'm the gravedigger here! I was supposed to get a promotion after closing this deal! Now look what happened, you came up here and killed my whole family, you took all the benefits, and I worked hard for a year and didn't get a penny!"

Zhou Zheng's eyes widened, and he leaned back tactically: "You'll get a promotion after this deal is finalized???"

Holy crap!? We've run into a real bastard! He's using his whole family as a performance indicator!

Xiaoxue stared at Xu Fan, mouth agape, incredulous: "Are you even human? Using family as a stepping stone to promotion?!"

The clever rabbit stared in disbelief: "No wonder I can't get rich... all the wealth has been made by inhuman bastards like you."

Xu Fan's lips twitched: "We're not that close. My mother was a concubine, and I'm an illegitimate child, practically a grandson. I only receive a little welfare every year. There's some gratitude involved."

Zhou Zheng sensed a lot of gossip and potential issues, and it took him a while to process it all: "You're the gatekeeper here, so what were you doing just now? I'm sure I haven't seen you for the past twenty minutes. Did you abandon your post?"

Xu Fan awkwardly raised his hand: "...I'm hungry, I'm going to eat noodles. Who would go crazy at midnight and come looking for evil spirits?"

It's midnight, surely no one would come to this ominous place for tourism at this hour?

The scene was rather quiet.

Lingtu gave an awkward smile and quietly moved behind Xiaoxue.

Xiaoxue looked at Zhou Zheng, trying to find a trace of awkwardness on his face. This was because he was the mastermind behind the midnight attack on the family by evil spirits.

Zhou Zheng remained calm: "In short, you abandoned your post and protected evil spirits; you deserve punishment!"

Xu Fan was speechless for a moment: "Dude, I think you shouldn't bother me yet. I need to ask you something first."

Zhou Zheng: "Go ahead and ask."

Xu Fan was completely baffled: "You're a newbie who's only been in the business for three days. Who gave you the order to brutally kill a mid-stage Qi Refining evil spirit? And at midnight, a time when the Yin energy is so strong."

Zhou Zheng firmly replied, "The Thunder Department."

Xu Fan: "...Dude, have you ever considered that you're being persecuted in the workplace? Although I'm from the Underworld, I still have some basic understanding of the formal staffing process. Logically speaking, shouldn't you start by learning basic information? Do you know the intelligence here? Do you know the attributes of evil spirits? Do you understand the techniques of evil spirits?"

You didn't even break the Yin-gathering array in the villa before fighting the evil spirit, and it was in the early hours of the morning.

Zhou Zheng was taken aback: "Are there these procedures?"

Xu Fan was shocked: "Aren't there these procedures? How did you get through your training period?"

Zhou Zheng looked at Xu Fan suspiciously: "You didn't make this up, did you?"

Xu Fan was utterly speechless: "Before you doubt me, can't you at least make a phone call and ask or check? That's basic, basic, you understand?"

What an ultimate, invincible person who doesn't fight internally!

Zhou Zheng thought for a moment, then took out three coins and began to consult Lei Zu: Lei Zu, did you bring me here to study?

【Yes】

Zhou Zheng's expression changed slightly, and he asked again: "Lei Zu, Lei Zu, isn't this the old evil spirit who came to fight the Qi Refining Realm cultivator and his four relatives?"

【no】

Zhou Zheng kept a straight face: Lei Zu, are you sure you're not kidding me? I just risked my life to kill them all.

【Hahaha】

Zhou Zheng held the coin, trying hard to keep a straight face, recalling the last divination he had cast—not the one he had tossed himself, but the one Xiaoxue had: "Xiaoxue, what was the last divination you cast again?"

Xiaoxue replied honestly, "Studying, what's wrong?"

Zhou Zheng: "..."

In other words, Lei Zu had actually reminded him, but he hadn't fully understood it at the time.

The air was rather quiet.

Xu Fan tried hard to suppress his laughter: "So, you mean the higher-ups sent you here to learn something, and you just grabbed a sword and charged at my grandfather's family to fight them to the death?"

Zhou Zheng: "Originally, I wanted to talk to your grandfather, but when I went up there, he started talking about blood food. How could I tolerate that? I rushed out and chopped him down... and that's how it is now."

The evil spirit has its health bar lit up and is still unrepentant, making threats. How can I not fight it?

Xu Fan glanced at them twice: "Then who are these three people?"

Zhou Zheng pointed at Xiaoxue: "She streams herself playing support."

Pointing at the spirit rabbit: "They stream their PK battles."

Pointing at Tang Ying: "Protect the person doing the live stream."

Xu Fan stared in disbelief: "Are you the only one doing the work?"

Zhou Zheng: "Is there a problem?"

Xu Fan complained, "You've got way too many connections. One mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator and four elite evil spirits, and you're going to take them all on by yourself?"

Zhou Zheng: "Yes."

Xu Fan: "Third day at work?"

On my third day at work, I managed to survive taking on five evil spirits all by myself. Dude, are you Lu Bu reincarnated?

Zhou Zheng: "Yes."

Xu Fan: "...I don't know where to begin my commentary. You should ask this mature woman to put down her calming device. I have no intention of seeking revenge against you. My relationship with the Xu family isn't that close. I've already done more than enough by offering them a proper rite of passage."

Zhou Zheng winked at Tang Ying.

Tang Ying put down the calming device and held it in his hand, ready to fire at any moment.

Xu Fan lowered his hands, rubbed them together, and sighed, "Dude, how about this? I won't pursue those messy things. Let's compare our statements so it'll be easier to write our reports when we get back, okay?"

Zhou Zheng shrugged: "Okay."

Xu Fan cleared his throat: "Before we go over the statements, let me tell you a few things. First, try to catch evil spirits alive if you can. Living evil spirits can be exchanged for a lot of merit, which is a valuable currency in the underworld. If you catch any other evil spirits in the future, you can come to me, and I will give you a good reward."

Secondly, please don't recite the Soul-Crossing Sutra next time. I've been working for two years, and this is the first time I've encountered someone like you who is tone-deaf and can still sing the Soul-Crossing Sutra wrong. I had to use the three-point positioning method to find you. This is my WeChat QR code. Scan it, and next time you can just send me a WeChat message.

Finally, the Soul-Crossing Scripture cannot automatically deliver souls to the afterlife; it requires the intervention of lower-level personnel from the underworld. Have I made myself clear?

Zhou Zheng scanned the QR code and added the person as a friend: "I understand. You really don't hold a grudge against me for killing your whole family?"

Xu Fan shrugged: "It was originally meant to help them pass on, but they refused to yield even to the death, so it's normal that you managed to help them pass on in the end. But don't come to me to perform random exorcisms for evil spirits in the future. Those are the ones I've imprisoned, not wild ones, not wild ones, not wild ones, understand?"

This is as absurd as a law enforcement officer storming into a jail at midnight and starting to shoot death row inmates.

Zhou Zheng suddenly realized: "No wonder they didn't run around, now I understand."