Let me give you a check-up.

"Found it!"

After Qi Yuan and Bai Xirou left the city, they quickly saw a scene where four or five men and women of the Foundation Establishment Realm were being brutally beaten by a Ghost-Faced Moth at the Perfection of the Foundation Establishment Realm...

The demon moth, with a wingspan reaching over a dozen zhang, had a body as black as ink. The white spots scattered on its wings vaguely formed a hideous ghost face, and every flap stirred up monstrous gales.

At this moment, one Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivator was already lying on the ground, covered in blood, looking like they had more air going out than coming in. The other four were also all injured, barely maintaining a defensive formation, struggling to resist under the constant attacks of the Ghost-Faced Moth.

From the increasingly desperate expressions of this group, it was clear that the total annihilation of this demon-hunting squad was only a matter of time.

"Why are they so weak... Could it be that the Ghostly Creatures are not on An Cailan?"

After pondering for a moment, Qi Yuan narrowed his eyes and casually swiped his hand. A giant palm covering the sky instantly condensed in the Void Realm and pressed heavily towards the location of the demon moth.

"Boom!"

In almost an instant, the demon moth, which had been so arrogant before, was crushed like a fly by the giant palm, leaving behind a flat layer of black meat paste on the ground.

Seeing this, the Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators present all looked towards the direction of Qi Yuan and the other in shock, their eyes filled with intense awe, as well as a trace of joy at having escaped death.

Killing a Peak Foundation Establishment Realm Ghost-Faced Moth instantly with a single blow; this kind of power could simply be called terrifying.

"Thank you, Senior, for saving our lives!"

After regaining their composure, everyone stabilized their figures and bowed respectfully to Qi Yuan:

"If not for Senior's intervention, we would likely have already been buried in the insect's belly."

"I thought I was going to die here today; thanks to Senior for lending a hand..."

"Sister Bai, is this very powerful Senior the companion you mentioned?"

Seeing Bai Xirou beside Qi Yuan, An Cailan was both surprised and happy. She hurriedly wiped the blood from the corner of her lips and walked up to the two of them with staggering steps.

"Junior Sister An."

Bai Xirou wanted to go up to support her, but was held back by Qi Yuan, "Don't go near her yet, let me handle this."

If it were other types of evil entities, he might still have some reservations, but ghosts are different.

To others, Ghostly Creatures are vicious, sinister, and unpredictable, but to him, they are just experience babies; he destroys one if one comes, and a pair if two come.

Qi Yuan possesses the Innate Pure Yang Dao Body, with naturally overflowing Yang Qi, allowing him to be immune to all ghosts even when he was a Mortal.

Now that this Pure Yang Dao Body has been strengthened twice by the System, he himself is not quite sure how strong his Yang Qi is now. Coupled with his own cultivation, he fears those wandering souls and evil ghosts even less.

Unless he encounters a Ghost Emperor capable of transforming Yin into Yang, Qi Yuan is not afraid even of a Void Refining Realm Ghost King.

Nothing else, it is purely talent suppression.

Of course, at the level of Ghost Emperors, Ghostly Creatures are already indistinguishable from living people; even when walking in the sunlight, they will not leak a trace of ghost energy, making it impossible for a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator like Qi Yuan to detect them.

"Are you the City Lord's daughter, An Cailan?"

Qi Yuan looked the young girl in front of him up and down, already having a faint guess in his heart.

Her lips were blue, and her entire little face presented a sickly grayish-white color, looking thirty percent human and seventy percent ghost.

However, An Cailan did not seem to be the source of the ghost energy; she herself seemed to have been eroded by it, and quite deeply.

Of course, to completely rule out An Cailan's suspicion, further verification is needed...

"Sen... Senior, this Junior is indeed An Cailan. May... may I ask what your instructions are?"

Being stared at directly by this inexplicable gaze, An Cailan couldn't help but feel shy, and a blush appeared on her pale little face.

Qi Yuan smiled slightly, then said with a very serious face:

"Little sister, come here for a moment, let me check your body."

"Ah?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone around was stunned, their expressions full of weirdness.

Is this a proper physical examination? Clearly, you are just trying to take advantage of the little girl, right?

Although they despised him in their hearts, thinking of the terrifying means Qi Yuan had just displayed, no one dared to speak up to stop him. They just cast looks of "daring to be angry but not daring to speak" at Qi Yuan, attempting to deter someone's ulterior motives by staring aggressively...

An Cailan swallowed nervously, "Sen, Senior, what, what do you want to do?"

Seeing this scene, Bai Xirou also looked at Qi Yuan with some confusion:

"Junior Brother Qi, what is this?"

Realizing that his words just now were a bit ambiguous, Qi Yuan immediately waved his hand:

"Miss An, you don't need to be nervous, I just want to confirm one thing."

As he spoke, he couldn't be bothered to explain further. He reached out and captured An Cailan, bringing her in front of him instantly, and then pointed a finger at her Sea of Consciousness between her brows.

"Senior?"

Before An Cailan could react, she felt a warm breath traveling throughout her body.

Wherever the warm current passed, all the icy coldness in her body instantly dissipated, replaced by a sense of comfort and ease she had never experienced before, making her unable to help but let out a soft moan.

After confirming the other party's condition, Qi Yuan slowly withdrew his finger.

An Cailan's spiritual platform was clear, and there were no traces of being possessed by a ghost. The reason she carried ghost energy was probably because she had been in contact with Ghostly Creatures for a long time and had passively become contaminated...

Just as his thoughts were racing, he saw An Cailan, who had just recovered from her astonishment, suddenly kneel on both knees. With an excited expression, she bowed to Qi Yuan, and said with a trembling voice:

"Senior, for your righteous intervention, Cailan is infinitely grateful."

"I implore Senior to go to the City Lord's Mansion and save my mother. If you can cure my mother, I am willing to be a beast of burden for the rest of my life to repay you!"

"The City Lord's Wife?"

Qi Yuan raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help but think of the Wang family case, asking in a deep voice, "What exactly is going on?"

"Exactly."

An Cailan nodded with a sorrowful expression, "I came to hunt the Ghost-Faced Moth because I heard people say that if you grind the eyeballs of the Ghost-Faced Moth into powder and take it, you can see Ghostly Creatures whose cultivation is far higher than your own..."

"I suspect that my mother is no longer human, but... a ghost!"

Meanwhile.

City Lord's Mansion.

Zhang Caiqiang walked inside the City Lord's Mansion with a gloomy look, carrying two buckets of yellow and white matter on his shoulders. The servants passing by covered their noses and retreated after seeing him, their eyes showing expressions of disgust.

"Damn it!!!"

"Damn it, I believed that guy Li Mingwang's nonsense. I thought cleaning the latrines was a cushy job, but I didn't expect it to be so dirty, smelly, and tiring. I haven't seen many beautiful women, but there are tons of men!"

Zhang Caiqiang cursed a few times in secret, feeling even more depressed.

He really didn't know before that in high-class households like the City Lord's Mansion, latrines were generally only used by men. The womenfolk all used chamber pots in their own rooms, even the maids and old nannies were the same.

It's a pity he had planned to place a few shadow recording talismans when no one was around...

Of course, as a member of a righteous sect, Zhang Caiqiang didn't have any impure thoughts. In order to root out the Evil Path evildoers hiding in the City Lord's Mansion, private and secluded places like latrines must of course be focused on!

Fortunately, his status was special enough that he could legitimately enter and exit any place with a chamber pot in the City Lord's Mansion. Regardless, the bet with Li Mingwang was as good as won.

Before entering the City Lord's Mansion, he had made a bet with Li Mingwang. The content was that whoever saw what the mysterious City Lord's Wife looked like first would win five hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones from the other person.

Now he was counting on this bet to turn things around...

Not long after, Zhang Caiqiang arrived outside a quiet and elegant courtyard.

After seeing the manure buckets on his shoulders, the few guards stationed outside the door didn't even stop him; they just frowned and made way.

"Success!"

Zhang Caiqiang's lips curled slightly, and he swaggered into the courtyard where the City Lord's Wife lived.

The courtyard occupied a large area with beautiful scenery; pavilions, towers, rockeries, and flowing water were hidden among green trees and flowers, everywhere displaying the wealth and grandeur of the City Lord's Mansion.

"Everything here was quite good, but for some reason, it was a bit cold..."

Zhang Caiqiang thought silently.