Li Ping's Dilemma

"He didn't die, though. I heard he only suffered minor injuries," Li Ping said.

"Big Brother Li, I heard another child went missing yesterday," Ma Ziye said from nearby.

"Hmph!" Li Ping gritted his teeth and slammed his right palm heavily onto the table. "It did happen. Although we killed quite a few Yinyuan Sect Fiends in the battle at Wanghai Tower, the Three Great Guardians are still alive. They weren't hurt badly enough to shake their foundations. They stayed quiet for only a few days before starting again. Yesterday, the two children of Liu Sanniang, who ran a tofu shop in West City Alley, went missing. By the time the Evil-Exorcism Team Constables arrived at the scene, Liu Sanniang had already become a corpse, with her abdomen carved open."

"How hateful! What a pity that this heroine is too weak right now. If only I could become stronger! I want to join the Evil-Exorcism Team too and wipe out those beasts alongside you!" Ma Ziye leaped to her feet in fury, drew her long sword, and brandished it for a while.

"By the way, I have a job that came knocking recently. I wonder if you would be interested in going together?" Li Ping suddenly asked.

"What kind of job?" Wei Dong asked.

"The Lin Family is paying silver to have several Evil-Exorcism Team Constables escort a group of Martial Artists to the Mourning Forest to gather Ghostface Mushrooms. Whether the mission succeeds or not, anyone willing to go will receive two hundred taels of silver.

"If anyone gets lost in the Mourning Forest along the way, we will have to enter the forest to rescue them. For every person we save, we will receive an additional two hundred taels," Li Ping said.

"The Lin Family is one of