Withered Well Fox Demon

Jiang Yi sighed and rubbed her aching temples.

Clearly, this case had her head spinning.

By rights, she shouldn't have been the only one handling it, but lately, for some unknown reason, crimes had surged across the entire commandery. Her colleagues were constantly rushing from place to place, leaving no one to spare for helping her.

Even so, she didn't think someone like Ye Kang, who was merely at the Spirit Transformation realm, could be of any help.

Since he was her junior, she'd give him a word of advice: don't be too eager for quick success.

Ye Kang only smiled faintly. "I appreciate your kindness, Senior Sister, but this is part of my training. If I back down now, I may invite a Heart Demon."

"Hm? You're not leaving?"

"Why not let me give it a try, Senior Sister? I might not be of much use, but I'll still be an extra pair of hands, won't I?"

Jiang Yi gave Ye Kang a long look, then sneered. She stopped trying to dissuade him and said, "Then go with Constable Liu and check out the Withered Well outside town."

"My lady, this..."

At the doorway, a weathered man dressed in a constable's uniform looked troubled.

Was I supposed to take someone at Spirit Transformation to investigate? Was this supposed to be his training, or mine?

Jiang Yi waved a hand without saying anything more and left.

Lately, people had often reported ghostly disturbances at the Withered Well outside town. There was no need to say more; a Fox Demon was surely there, putting on a ghostly act.

It was an old Fox Demon trick: sly and sinister, they didn't want to make a big fuss, so they used this sort of thing to slowly wear down people's minds, driving them