Ma Yingji was truly taking sides, and he immediately removed one of the Bai family’s trump cards.

Although Ma Yingji’s words were gentle, they occupied the high ground of “justice” and “morality.” As long as the Bai family dared to object, Ma Yingji could turn around and destroy the reputation the Bai family had accumulated over the years.

This is why I don’t want to be one of the righteous people in the martial world. The righteous path of the Jianghu must always follow the moral standards step by step, for fear of ruining their reputation with one wrong step. The evil path of the Jianghu doesn’t have so many concerns and can do whatever they want.

My master had a saying that I always keep in mind: Have you ever thought about why the world says, "The Tao is one foot high, and the devil is ten feet high?" The nine feet that the devil is higher than the Tao is because they don't care about their reputation. Because the devil doesn't care about their reputation, they dare to use any conspiracy or trick.

I’m telling you this not to make you abandon your bottom line, but to tell you not to be bound by false fame.

You can be full of evil energy in your actions, but you must keep three parts of righteousness in your bones.

Let others judge right and wrong; I only seek peace of mind.

When I looked at Bai Hanfei with a sneer, the latter had already put on a posture of humbly accepting instruction: “Senior is right. It was inconsiderate of me. I will return the remains of the Wang family’s master and sincerely apologize to the Wang family.”

“Good, good…” Ma Yingji nodded with a smile and said, “It’s very gratifying to see the Bai family head accept advice so readily. How about Hall Master Li take a step back as well?”

“You withdraw the life-and-death arena and, according to the rules of the art, compete in the art business?”

I looked coldly at the notary who wanted to talk to me about seniority: “I’m giving your face, old brother. If it were someone else, I might not be so easy to talk to!”

The other party was so angry that his face turned green, but he couldn’t attack, so he simply turned his head to the side.

Ma Yingji pretended not to see it and said, “When I was coming here, I ran into a possessed child…”

Ma Yingji raised his hand after saying half of his sentence: “I, Ma Yingji, swear to the heavens: I have never seen this child before, nor do I have any relationship with him. I brought this child here purely for the sake of your two families’ competition.”

“If I, Ma Yingji, have even half a false word, may I be struck by lightning.”

After Ma Yingji made his oath to the heavens, he waved his hand and said, “Bring that child up!”

Ma Yingji’s men quickly brought up a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, and Ma Yingji’s voice sounded in my ear: “Hall Master Li, the leader said: Things can’t be too fake. I found a child for you on the road. The thing that’s缠 (chan – entangling) this child isn’t simple, so you have to be careful.”

Without Ma Yingji’s reminder, I also felt the Yin Qi (Yin energy) on the other party. This was clearly a sign of邪物 (xie wu – evil entity)缠身 (chan shen – possession). What was even stranger was that there was a tuft of white hair on the child’s head.

I’m sure I didn’t see it wrong. That wasn’t a tuft of white hair, but the fluff of some kind of animal.

Is this a ghost-god imprint? Or something he was born with?

Ma Yingji said, “Child, come here. These two can help you. Tell them what happened to you.”

Just as the child was about to speak, I raised my hand and said, “Wait a minute. Let’s decide who will守山 (shou shan – guard the mountain) and who will 出门 (chu men – leave the mountain) first.”

The child’s condition meant that he was already being hunted by evil entities.

The best way is to have one術士 (shu shi – Taoist/cultivator)守 (shou – guard) the child without moving, and the other group to find the source of the evil entity缠身 (chan shen – possession).

According to the rules of the術道 (shu dao – arts path) competition: 守山 (shou shan – guard the mountain) and 出门 (chu men – leave the mountain) should be rotated every three days.

If neither side wins or loses within three days, then they will switch. The one who 守山 (shou shan – guard the mountain) will 出门 (chu men – leave the mountain) to斩邪 (zhan xie – slay evil), and the one who 出门 (chu men – leave the mountain) will return to 守山 (shou shan – guard the mountain).

Bai Hanfei said, “Let’s draw lots! Long lot 守山 (shou shan – guard the mountain), short lot 出门 (chu men – leave the mountain).”

After I drew the long lot, I took the child into the house and had him sit across from Bai Hanfei and me: “What’s your name? What happened to you?”

The child seemed a little uneasy, and sat for a long time before saying, “My name is Wei Junyong. Can you really help me?”

I replied, “I can’t guarantee that I can solve your problem, but I can guarantee that I won’t hold back.”

After hearing what I said, Wei Junyong stopped talking. It seemed that he wasn’t confident.

Bai Hanfei smiled and said, “Little friend, you don’t have to be afraid. Since we promised to solve your problem, we will do our best. But you have to tell us what happened to you first.”

The child didn’t know what he was thinking and just didn’t speak. A member of the Bai family became impatient and slapped the table: “Are you mute? Can you speak?”

Wei Junyong was so frightened that he almost sat on the ground, and his lips trembled for a long time without saying a word.

The Bai family member said angrily, “Family head, hand him over to me, and I’ll make him tell me everything.”

I looked at the other party coldly, “What the hell do you think you are? You want to take people away? Did you ask me?”

The other party was about to speak, but Bai Hanfei stopped him on the spot: “Hall Master Li, I’m really lacking in the ability to coax children. How about you do it?”

I also don’t know how to coax children, so I looked at Wang Butcher, who came up and took Wei Junyong’s hand: “Little friend, come with me.”

Wang Butcher took Wei Junyong into the house and sat down by the window, so that we could all see them talking.