I tapped the table and said, "Do you have any other information?"

Nie Xiaochun said, "The disappearance of Bai Hongzhen's earth soul is still a mystery. Moreover, it also involves the grievances between the Northern and Southern Tu Men. You should know about Tu Men, right?"

I had indeed heard of Tu Men from Jiu Gui, but everyone except Bu Si Jiang said they had never dealt with people from Tu Men.

Bu Si Jiang, on the other hand, had told me some things about Tu Men!

Tu Men, to put it bluntly, are the butchers of the art world. They specialize in slaughtering evil creatures that have become powerful, whether they are demons, ghosts, or spirits. Once they enter Tu Men, they cannot escape the knife on the chopping block.

Legend has it that Tu Men disciples can slaughter demons like killing pigs and sheep, then skin them, break their bones, and sell them separately.

Back then, I also asked Bu Si Jiang whether Tu Men cut down evil themselves or whether someone delivered them to their door.

He told me: "They deliver them to their door!"

Art practitioners make a living by subduing demons and eliminating evil. Skinning and tendon-pulling are also things they do after killing evil creatures, but they can't maximize the value. They often waste a large portion of resources. Giving them to Tu Men can at least increase the original price by 30%.

However, this is not the biggest reason why art practitioners cooperate with Tu Men.

The biggest reason why people in the art world are willing to pay money to ask Tu Men to take action is that Tu Men dares to take on the karma of art practitioners.

Some evil creatures can be captured but not killed, trapped but not eliminated.

Once those evil creatures are killed, they will be endlessly hunted down by their own kind. However, art practitioners don't dare to let them go. Capturing them once is equivalent to making an enemy, and letting a tiger return to the mountain is just asking for trouble.

The biggest headache for art practitioners is encountering this kind of thing. They have clearly captured the monsters and demons, but they dare not kill them, let alone let them go, and they can't keep the evil creatures with them all the time.

The only way to solve the problem is to ask Tu Men for help. When Tu Men takes on the business, it is equivalent to taking on the karma of the art practitioner. Even if Tu Men is killed and their entire family is wiped out by the demons, it will not implicate the employer, and the employer can naturally rest easy.

The premise is that they have to be able to pay a price that moves Tu Men.

When Bu Si Jiang told me about Tu Men, he warned me: "Don't provoke Tu Men."

This time, I can't avoid provoking Tu Men!

Nie Xiaochun asked me, so I naturally replied, "Tu Men, I know a little about them. One of my masters told me that there was only one Tu Men in the beginning, but later, I don't know how, it split into two art families, known as the Southern Bai and Northern Wang."

"At first, the relationship between the two families was very close. They not only visited each other frequently, but also intermarried. After a few generations, the two families became enemies and never interacted with each other again."

Nie Xiaochun nodded when she heard this and said, "You're right. The reason for their feud is because Wang Sheng, the ancestor of the Wang family, went to Bai Hongzhen, the master of the Bai family, to do a business deal."

"According to Tu Men's rules, Tu Men only accepts business that comes to their door, and doesn't travel the martial world. That time, Wang Sheng didn't know what reason he used to take away the Bai family master."

"The Bai family master never returned, but Wang Sheng returned to the Wang family. The Bai family came to ask for the person, but Wang Sheng didn't mention their business at all."

"The Bai family believed that Wang Sheng killed Bai Hongzhen, and even if Wang Sheng made an oath to Heaven, they would not believe it. The feud between the two families was thus formed."

"Under the pressure of the Bai family, the Wang family gradually moved to the Northeast and never counterattacked head-on. The more they did this, the more relentless the Bai family became, and finally forced the Wang family to fight them in a big battle. The elites of both sides were destroyed, and the two families became mortal enemies."

Nie Xiaochun said, "Both the Wang family and the Bai family have art practitioners who serve in the underworld. Therefore, this mission to find the earth soul of the Bai family master also has the meaning of resolving the grievances between the two families. The two Divine Sovereigns asked me to tell you to show mercy and not to fight with the Bai family if possible."

Whether or not to fight is not something that can be resolved by saying you won't.

So, I didn't take the Ancestral Master's words seriously at all.

I lit a cigarette and said, "So, if we want to find Bai Hongzhen's earth soul, we have to find out where they went back then? Has Wang Sheng's soul returned to the underworld?"

Nie Xiaochun said, "According to our current information, you can also go to the Bai family. Not long after Wang Sheng returned home, he disappeared again. At that time, the Bai family had tracked Wang Sheng and collected some clues."

"However, Wang Sheng's earth soul did not enter the underworld either. According to the results on the Book of Life and Death, Wang Sheng's earth soul should have dissipated. There is no record of Wang Sheng's reincarnation on the Book of Life and Death."

Nie Xiaochun said, "This is all the information we have."

I was silent for a moment before saying, "Leng Gou, who do you think we should look for?"

"The Wang family!" Ye Yang's idea was the same as mine.

I said in a deep voice, "This time, Leng Gou, Feng Ruo, and I will take action. No one else should participate."

"I estimate that this mission is likely to be the first direct confrontation between our Liangjie Tang and other Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren (Borrowers of Life from the Yang World). I have to test how deep the water is for the Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren. Just take care of Liangjie Tang. Also..."

I looked at Zhao Ci and said, "Collect as much information about the two families as possible, the more detailed the better. You guys prepare, we'll set off tomorrow morning."

Ye Yang asked, "Why not leave immediately?"

I smiled, "I have to let those who want to move, move first."