In the silent alley, Zheng Que bent slightly and opened the Soul-Nurturing Bag toward the faintly breathing, woodcutter-like "Resentful Soul" lying prone on the ground.
But no matter how he channeled his Spirit Power, he couldn't get the "Resentful Soul" into the Soul-Nurturing Bag at all.
Zheng Que's brows furrowed. What was going on?
The woodcutter "Resentful Soul" before him was plainly extremely weak. It shouldn't have had any strength to resist his Soul-Nurturing Bag. Why couldn't he get it inside?
Just as he was full of confusion, a figure in black, holding a black umbrella, returned.
Ku Lan held the umbrella in one hand and carried two differently shaped "Resentful Souls" in the other.
Both "Resentful Souls" were semi-transparent. One had vivid, lifelike features and was dressed like a peddler in life; its aura was at the third level of [Tongue-Pulling Hell]. The other was blurry, like melted grease, with only a rough, humanlike shape; its aura was at the second level of [Tongue-Pulling Hell].
Both "Resentful Souls" were listless, their yin energy thin and fluctuating. They couldn't resist at all as Ku Lan carried them.
Ku Lan walked up to Zheng Que and immediately said, "Young Master, I've captured all the 'Resentful Souls' on this street!"
"I've already confirmed that every 'Resentful Soul' on this street is here. Not a single one is missing!"
Hearing this, Zheng Que couldn't help feeling surprised. Three "Resentful Souls" had been hiding in this part of East Street.
Li Li'an had just told him that the city was different from the villages and towns under its jurisdiction. The ghosts within the county town had long since been cleared out, and the reason cultivators like them still needed to patrol the streets was simply to reassure the common folk... So much for that.