Evergreen Town was a small town in Cangzhou Prefecture. Its local Demon-Suppressing Bureau chief, Lu Gui, had always felt that luck had failed him. Otherwise, he would have been assigned somewhere within the protection of Cangzhou Prefecture's Grand Feng Shui Formation.
That resentment had stayed with him for over a decade, right up until recently-
When the head of the Demon-Suppressing Bureau in Cangzhou Prefecture City and a host of other people far stronger than him suddenly arrived in Evergreen Town, that resentment vanished.
From them, Lu Gui learned something.
Every town and city within the protection of Cangzhou Prefecture's Grand Feng Shui Formation had fallen under the Blood Incense Path's control. Worse, anyone from the Demon-Suppressing Bureau had either been captured as a sacrificial offering or hunted down and killed.
This revelation suddenly made Lu Gui grateful-grateful he wasn't that capable, and grateful he had no powerful backers.
That gratitude reached its peak when the Great Xia Imperial Family and forces from the other prefectures and provinces arrived.
Now, the Great Xia Imperial Family and those important figures had taken over his little Demon-Suppressing Bureau, yet he had no complaints. Even though he was now patrolling like an ordinary Demon-Suppressing Guard, he remained perfectly content.
The Blood Incense Path will be dealt with sooner or later. If I make a good showing now, once they're gone, Cangzhou Prefecture will have plenty of vacancies. Then...
A smile spread across Lu Gui's face.
Suddenly, Lu Gui heard something. Enveloped in his Ghost Body Manifestation, he leaped twenty-odd feet into the air and landed in the crown of a large tree.
Hidden among the branches, Lu Gui held his breath and watched below.
Before long, someone who looked like an ordinary man, yet had the faint outline of a Ghost Body Manifestation