Li Ping'an had previously been thinking of eliminating some demons.
For one thing, it would restore some peace to the common people.
For another, in the course of eliminating demons, he might happen upon some clues.
He did not have Tianyuanzi's ability to divine heaven's secrets, so he could only give it a try.
At first, it was because he had eliminated some little ghosts for the people in the neighborhood.
His reputation had gradually spread, and only then had someone from the County Deputy's household come looking for him.
Then, through the County Deputy, he had learned about the situation at the Prefect's Manor.
He had thought there was some yaomo in the Prefect's Manor.
He had never expected to happen upon the true culprit behind it all...
It really had been one link after another.
Li Ping'an had once fought a strand of an Extraterrestrial Demons' divine sense.
At the time, the Extraterrestrial Demons had attached its divine sense to a jiangshi, which he and Changqing had discovered by chance.
But what he had fought then had only been a strand of divine sense, whereas he had been able to detect the possession of the Prefect before him at a glance.
That meant this was by no means just one strand, or a few strands, of an Extraterrestrial God or Devil's divine sense.
Li Ping'an could not fathom the other's true nature or strength.
However, from what the Old Celestial Master had told him before,
these Heavenly Demons lurked beyond the Nine Provinces.
They appeared whenever heaven and earth fell into turmoil, so their strength certainly could not be lacking.
And at this very moment, outside Smoke Continent, there were no fewer than a dozen or so of the so-called friends Daoist Tianyuanzi had invited.
That showed how