In late July of Year 3 of Jinghong, the owner of the Chen Family Tofu Shop in Taide County was possessed by Evil Spirits. He killed his wife and children, ground them into blood tofu for sale, then killed several constables and escaped. His whereabouts remain unknown.
In early March of Year 4 of Jinghong, Evil Spirits were suspected of causing trouble in Chen Family Village, Sanhe County. All 325 villagers were drained of their essence blood and died. The Exorcism Hall dispatched personnel to investigate, but found nothing.
In early October of Year 6 of Jinghong, a thick fog rose along the official road outside Taide County, and an entire merchant caravan vanished into thin air. They were suspected to have encountered Evil Spirits.
In late February of Year 8 of Jinghong, large numbers of cattle and sheep disappeared from Datong County. Soon afterward, countless skeletons appeared at the Chaos Burial Mound outside the city.
In mid-May of Year 9 of Jinghong, the Datong County yamen was attacked by Evil Spirits. The county deputy magistrate, chief clerk, and seven yamen runners were killed.
Year 10 of Jinghong...
In the secret study of the Star Observation Pavilion at the Garrison Celestial Master's Mansion, Wang Chen leafed through the case files transferred over by the Exorcism Hall.
These files detailed every case involving Evil Spirits that had occurred within Nanshao Prefecture over the past ten years.
Case after case, incident after incident—there were actually several hundred of them, enough to make one's scalp prickle!
Most of these cases of Evil Spirits causing havoc had become unsolved mysteries.
Only a small number of Evil Spirits had been dealt with by the Exorcism Hall and martial arts masters of the jianghu.
Before fleeing to Great Qian, Wang Chen had known that Evil Spirits