Professional Alignment

Amid the hazy gloom stretched a forest of dead trees with no end in sight. As far as the eye could see, there were either heaps of white bones or desolate graves marked by broken steles.

From time to time, sinister black shadows darted through the darkness.

Just then, the surrounding air seemed to be torn open by an invisible hand.

A small boat sped forward, pulled along by several Little Ghosts.

Xiao Ran sat cross-legged at the bow. A paper figure stood beside him, as tall as a person. It held a flower basket and occasionally scooped out a handful of spirit money, scattering it along the way.

The bright white spirit money drifted up on a gust of yin wind, like white fluff filling the sky. The moment the sinister figures nearby saw the money on the ground, they sensibly retreated far away.

Of course, some weren't so sensible. After picking up the spirit money, they fixed greedy eyes on the basket held by the paper figure aboard the boat. They crept over and reached out their dark claws, trying to climb aboard.

Xiao Ran didn't indulge them. He pulled out the God Locking Whip and lashed at them.

The sinister spirits shrieked as they fled. They no longer dared harbor any designs on Xiao Ran's little boat.

Though the boat sailed over land, the Little Ghosts underneath were quite capable. They carried it along at a brisk run, moving at astonishing speed.

These five Little Ghosts were summoned by Xiao Ran using the Zhou family's secret art, the Five Ghosts Transport technique.

The five Little Ghosts summoned by the Five Ghosts Transport technique were named Cao Shi, Zhang Si, Li Jiu, Wang Ren, and Zhu Guang.

Though they were Little Ghosts, their ranks in the underworld weren't