Demons abducting people

"Driver, could you please deliver all these items to this location?"

Fang Weiyan printed out the order and handed it to the driver, saying, "The mountain roads are difficult to drive on, so please be careful on the road."

As he spoke, Fang Weiyan didn't forget to give a word of advice.

By now, all the supplies Fang Weiyan ordered had arrived and were being loaded onto the trucks.

Fang Weiyan hired a lot of people to help load the truck, and the process was quite fast, taking most of the day to finish loading it.

The driver took the form printed out by Fang Weiyan and nodded to indicate that he understood.

Fang Weiyan then watched as cars drove away one after another.

By the time all the other supplies had been unloaded, it was already 3 p. m.

After finishing all his tasks, Fang Weiyan hurriedly returned to the Daoist temple.

Then they returned to Pingshui City.

Pingjiang City.

Fang Weiyan had just returned and saw Lin Liyun waiting for him in front of the yamen.

What is it?

Fang Weiyan noticed that the other person seemed to have been waiting for him for some time, so he couldn't help but ask.

"My lord, two children went missing yesterday. This morning, a woodcutter who was chopping wood in the mountains found two small, skeletal remains, which he believes to be those of the children. He suspects it was the work of a demon, and I am at a loss for what to do."

When Lin Liyun saw Fang Weiyan come out, his face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly reported it.

"How did these two children disappear? Have the two sets of remains been confirmed to be those two children's?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Weiyan's expression immediately hardened.

"There were two children's clothes nearby. Their parents came and identified them as their children's, so there's no doubt about it."

Upon hearing this, Lin Liyun immediately replied, "As for how they disappeared, I have already inquired. I heard that the two children were playing by the river at sunset, and then nothing happened."

Upon hearing this, Fang Weiyan's expression turned somewhat grim, as he already knew that the number of demons in the vicinity had increased.

After all, Pingjiang City has a much larger population now, which has attracted a lot more demons, but there has never been any news of demons eating people.

I thought such a thing wouldn't happen under my jurisdiction, but it did.

"What did the City God say?"

"The City God said that he was powerless to help; his cultivation level was insufficient, and demons could easily exploit any weaknesses."

Lin Liyun had asked the City God about this before.

There are too many people in Pingjiang City right now, nearly 100,000 households. He, the City God, along with some other Yin God, is truly powerless to help.

It's truly unfortunate that this allowed demons to exploit the loophole.

Fang Weiyan thought about it and realized that the City God couldn't be entirely blamed for this.

We still need to improve the strength of the Underworld Administration.

With this in mind, Fang Weiyan decided to make a trip around to get some Incense Offerings to boost the strength of the Underworld Administration.

He's currently undertaking construction here, and if these demons come and insist on eating some people, it will cause widespread panic throughout Pingjiang City. That won't do.

"I understand."

Fang Weiyan waved his hand, indicating that the other party could leave first.

Upon hearing this, Lin Liyun immediately turned and left.

After Lin Liyun left, Fang Weiyan called Tao Lingluo over and told her about the matter.

Tao Lingluo remained remarkably calm upon hearing this, "Where in the Jiang Kingdom isn't there demons eating people these days? I'm afraid there were quite a few in your Pingjiang City before, you just didn't know it."

Tao Lingluo was originally a tree spirit, so she knew quite a bit about this matter.

When I used to hang out with demons, I often heard them talk about the people they ate from different places and their tastes.

Finally, they concluded that the children's taste was excellent, and they had heard that the scholars' taste was even better, but they had never had the chance to try it.

Tao Lingluo had heard many similar stories, and since the reaction from the Jiang Kingdom didn't seem to be very strong, she wasn't surprised at all.

Upon hearing this, Fang Weiyan immediately frowned. "Even so, this is not something I can tolerate. Where has your strength reached now?"

He wanted to know Tao Lingluo's current strength, and he decided to eliminate the demons in the vicinity as soon as possible.

They actually dared to set their sights on Pingjiang City! This is his family's wealth, and he absolutely wouldn't allow them to make such a move!

When Tao Lingluo saw Fang Weiyan suddenly ask about her cultivation level, she immediately became a little embarrassed, and her voice became much softer at this moment.

"My strength is still too low right now. If I wanted to eliminate those demons, I'm afraid it wouldn't be possible in a short time..."

She finally realized that Fang Weiyan had contacted her about exorcising the demon.

Tao Lingluo was a little nervous. She was afraid that Fang Weiyan would think her cultivation was recovering too slowly and would take away her things.

If that's the case, who knows when she'll be able to recover her cultivation level.

Fortunately, after asking her questions, Fang Weiyan didn't make things difficult for her.

"Let's recover our cultivation as soon as possible."

Seeing what the other person said, Fang Weiyan could only wave his hand.

Upon seeing this, Tao Lingluo quickly turned around and retreated.

Having taken Fang Weiyan's things, yet being unable to help him now, made her feel very insecure standing in front of Fang Weiyan.

Fang Weiyan didn't pay much attention to Tao Lingluo at the moment. After Tao Lingluo left, Fang Weiyan turned around and went directly to the City God.

Upon noticing Fang Weiyan's arrival, the City God immediately Transformation and appeared in person.

Currently, thanks to Fang Weiyan's Incense Offerings, he has already reached the Transformation Stage.

"Grown ups."

The City God was still considered a subordinate to Fang Weiyan, and he was quite respectful to Fang Weiyan at this moment.

Two children died in the city yesterday.

Fang Weiyan looked at the City God in front of him and said in a deep voice.

"It's my fault for not doing things properly."

When the City God saw Fang Weiyan arrive, he already knew why Fang Weiyan had come. Now that Fang Weiyan had indeed brought up this matter, he immediately felt ashamed.

"Besides those two children, how many other people have been abducted by demons in recent days?"

Fang Weiyan thought for a moment and then asked.

He felt that Tao Lingluo was right; since those demons had made their move, it was likely that not only these two children would die.

Perhaps there are others, but Fang Weiyan himself is unaware of them.

When the City God saw Fang Weiyan asking such a question, he knew he couldn't hide it any longer, so he had no choice but to tell Fang Weiyan everything he knew.

"Since you arrived in Pingjiang City, as far as I know, 367 people have been abducted."

More than three hundred people? That many?

Upon hearing this, Fang Weiyan's expression changed drastically. He had thought there would be at most a few dozen people, but who knew there would be more than three hundred?

He's only been here for almost two months, right? And yet more than three hundred people have been kidnapped. Why didn't he know anything about it?

It seems no one in the city has reported this to the authorities?

"As far as I know, this is the number of people. I imagine the number that has secretly disappeared is much higher. Actually, this number is already considered small. Some time ago, countless people starved to death in other places, and many demons went to fight over those corpses."

"After that, the magistrate provided disaster relief, and the number of people who starved to death decreased significantly. As a result, the demons returned one after another. It's normal that the magistrate is unaware of these missing people; many of the missing people were refugees who were abducted by demons on the way."

"The people who were abducted on the road had no one around them who knew about it, so the officials were unaware of these events. As for those in the city who were taken away by demons, some of the people knew what had happened and knew that the government was powerless to do anything about it, so they simply didn't report it to the authorities."

As the City God spoke to Fang Weiyan, Fang Weiyan's heart grew heavier with each word.

He had taken it all for granted before, assuming that no demons or cannibals had occurred since he arrived in Pingjiang City.

This made Fang Weiyan think that he was incredibly lucky, which was why he was able to make those demons and monsters retreat.

Little did he know that these ideas were all just wishful thinking on his part.

He, the prefect, was completely unaware that countless people under his jurisdiction had been abducted by demons.

The people have become numb to this kind of thing, and none of them have reported it.

The incident reported today made Fang Weiyan realize that something was wrong.

The people had already become numb to such things, believing that reporting it to the authorities would be useless. Now that he knew about it, if he didn't react at all...

At that point, the people will only realize that reporting to the authorities is indeed useless.

If this continues, the people will lose faith in him, which is not a good thing.

"I'll bring you extra Incense Offerings tomorrow, so you can definitely improve your strength and break through to the Transformation this morning, advancing to the Spirit Platform."

After speaking to the City God, Fang Weiyan hurriedly left.

A moment later, Fang Weiyan returned to the government office and quickly wrote a notice.

The notice briefly described the incident yesterday in Pingjiang City where two children went missing and were abducted by demons.

Fang Weiyan then wrote that he would definitely find the demon who captured people and make it pay for its blood debt, as the people of the Jiang Kingdom were not its food.

The very end was filled with a murderous aura.

Fang Weiyan wrote several copies and then had them pasted down, making sure that the people in the city knew about this.

The government is determined to handle this matter.

On Yongding Street, at this moment, both households on this street have already hung up white lanterns.

Faint cries could be heard coming from inside the house. The children from the two families were close friends and often played together.

I never expected that the demons would eat it.

The mother of two children was crying her heart out at this moment.

The pain of losing a child is something that those who haven't experienced it can't truly understand.

At this moment, her husband, who was standing to the side, also looked unwell and sat silently.

"This matter has already been reported to the authorities, and I believe they will seek justice for us."

Seeing his wife crying so hard, the husband moved his lips and then said something to comfort her.

Hearing this, the wife paused for a moment, her eyes red from crying, and said, "What talk about the government? If the government were really that useful, then so many people wouldn't have been kidnapped by demons."

"The current prefect is different from the officials of the past."

Hearing this, the husband moved his lips and said something.

"The prefect is different, but so what? It's the Underworld Administration's business to capture demons, not the prefect himself. The prefect is quite good, but the Underworld Administration hasn't changed."

Although the couple are both farmers, they know a thing or two about this kind of thing.

He already knew in his heart that reporting it to the authorities would be of no use.

No matter how good or powerful the prefect is, he cannot go and capture demons.

This matter requires the intervention of the Underworld Administration.

The neighbors who came over all sighed upon hearing what the couple said.

"Yes, the Prefect is very kind; it's already quite good that he can provide us with food. It's just that we can't capture the demons, but we can't blame the Prefect."

"This is certainly not something the Prefect should be doing."

The neighbors all started talking.

The couple fell silent again, probably thinking of their child, and began to cry softly once more.

But not long after they finished crying, someone hurriedly walked in.

"The Prefect has just posted a notice saying that he is aware of Zhang Xiaohu and the other man's situation, and that the perpetrator must be brought to justice."

The person who came in spoke to the woman who was still crying.

Upon hearing this, the woman immediately looked up. "Are you telling the truth? Did the Prefect really say that?"

Her son is dead, and now all she wants is for the demon that killed him to be buried with him!

"Yes, the government has already posted the notice; it was written personally by the Prefect."

The man who arrived was panting, and he couldn't help but be excited. This was the first time they had ever seen an official personally intervene and say that the matter was definitely going to be handled.

This notification gave them immense courage.

In the past, the people in the government wouldn't care; they would just say it was a matter for the Underworld Administration, and that would be the end of it.

Because such incidents became so frequent, the people gradually stopped reporting them to the authorities, knowing it was pointless.

But this time, things were a little different. Regardless of whether the prefect could actually do it, the fact that he had the intention was already incredibly exciting for them.

"Really? I want to go see."

Upon hearing this, the woman immediately got up to go and see.

This was her only chance to avenge her son, and she had to go see him no matter what.

"Even if the Prefect says so, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do. Even the matter of capturing demons still requires the involvement of the Underworld Administration. The Underworld Administration in the city is much weaker than before. Otherwise, those demons wouldn't dare to be so presumptuous."

The others nearby sighed upon hearing this.

They felt it was good enough that the prefect had the intention; as for whether he could actually do it, that seemed impossible.

The prefect has changed, but the Underworld Administration hasn't. What's the point of having City God?

It would be more likely if the Underworld Administration of Yanhuai City were sent here to capture some demons.

I've heard that the Underworld Administration in Yanhuai City is still quite powerful.

The Underworld Administration in their Pingjiang City was no longer functioning properly.