Black robes like a phantom, red robes like blood.

Standing motionless in the villa garden, beautiful as a painting, yet carrying an eerie coldness.

The next second, Wang Tu Fu appeared in the villa. The villa's owner seemed to have known he was coming, and with a slightly trembling hand, pulled out a cigar, "Li Po, I..."

"The hall master has ordered that only the ringleader is to be executed, and the entire clan is not to be killed." Wang Tu Fu shook his fan, "However, the strategist said, it depends on your attitude."

That person barely stood up and walked to the window, "There!"

That person and Wang Tu Fu seemed to be playing charades, but in reality, they had already agreed on the terms.

Wang Tu Fu told him: don't have any侥幸 (jiǎo xìng – luck mentality), and don't play any tricks by deliberately leaving clues for the police; otherwise, today won't just be about killing someone, but exterminating the entire family!

That person told Wang Tu Fu that there were people monitoring the villa in the car outside; if you kill me, they will have the evidence.

As soon as that person spoke, a recreational vehicle parked near the villa suddenly lit up its headlights, obviously the people inside were trying to escape.

In the next instant, Nie Xiao Chun appeared in the car, standing in the carriage with a cold expression, "Will you die yourselves, or do I have to do it?"

Between the explosion of the spirit talisman and the screams of people before their deaths, blood had already seeped out from the cracks in the RV's door.

When Nie Xiao Chun reappeared in the villa garden with the paper umbrella, there was already a row of bloodstains like raindrops on the edge of the umbrella.

Wang Tu Fu looked at the trembling warlock from behind, "Almost done?"

That person closed his eyes and turned around, "If I had joined Liang Jie Tang back then, would I still have ended up like this?"

Wang Tu Fu said, "The hall master wouldn't have accepted you; he's not interested in dominating the art of术道 (shu dao - Taoist arts). If you hadn't been scheming against Liang Jie Tang, I wouldn't be here."

That person struggled to raise his head, revealing his neck. Wang Tu Fu gently swiped the bone-cutting knife in his hand across his neck, and then turned to leave.

Just as she reached the door, a drop of blood slid from the blade of her knife to the ground, and that person's ghost stood next to his corpse, "You… you're not destroying my soul?"

Wang Tu Fu didn't turn his head, "Your soul not being destroyed is Liang Jie Tang's achievement."

After Wang Tu Fu walked out of the villa, she nodded to Nie Xiao Chun, "Go to the next one. This time, exterminate the entire family."

One person and one ghost quickly disappeared into the night, and the ghost messengers hiding in the dark also dialed the police.

In just one hour, three homicides occurred in the Huang Ling District. All the police in the district were dispatched, but there were no clues at the scene except for the bodies. They couldn't even find the person who reported the crime, because the calls were all made from the victims' cell phones, and obviously after the victims had died.

Everyone from the Criminal Investigation Team had left the scene, leaving only me locked in the interrogation room, facing the ghost on the air conditioner.

Lao Liu only smiled slightly when he received the news, "The master is temporarily safe."

Feng Ruo Xing said, "Lao Liu, why do I feel like this incident came so suddenly?"

"It's not that strange!" Lao Liu said, "The master is about to be promoted!"

Feng Ruo Xing suddenly realized, "Li Po is about to be promoted? He's only been in the business for a little over a year! No, Li Po hasn't been in the business for long, but he's never done a Huang-level (low-level) or unranked task. He always takes on at least Xuan-level (mid-level) ones."

"If he can take on a Di-level (high-level) task, he can be promoted to a fourth-rank inspecting envoy."

Lao Liu shook his head and said, "The master's ambitions are too great, he only cares about how much money he can make and how much lifespan he can get in return. He doesn't even bother to inquire about promotions. If I hadn't been keeping track for him, I wouldn't have noticed the strangeness in this task."

After that incident, I learned that Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren actually had ranks, divided into one to nine ranks according to ancient official ranks. Normal Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren start at the ninth rank and gradually get promoted.

Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren below the fifth rank are not much higher in status than ghost messengers, let alone able to command them. Only Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren above the fifth rank are considered to be in the mainstream.

The fourth rank is the watershed for Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren, and most Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren find it difficult to be promoted to the fourth rank in their entire lives. Those who can reach the first rank are even fewer.

I am a direct disciple of Black and White Impermanence, and they directly gave me the inspecting envoy's order of the fourth rank. When they gave me the token, they probably didn't expect that I would be able to meet the requirements for promotion in such a short period of time.

Ye Yang and I didn't know about promotions, let alone care about them.

Although Feng Ruo Xing had also been promoted, she had never thought about it in this way.

This is what made us overlook a crucial issue.

Someone has come to give us a promotion mission!

Lao Liu smiled slightly and said, "As far as I know, in order to ensure the fairness of promotion missions, the underworld will never notify the Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren's immediate superior, but will choose a relatively reasonable reason to transfer other people's tasks to those who need to be assessed."

"Isn't Xia Mengying's arrival a pre-arranged transfer mission?"

"I have checked Xia Mengying's information. She has been teaching in the provincial capital for more than half a year. This period of time is enough for her to learn about the master."