The heroine of Black Lotus just wants to ascend

Seeing him like this, Ru Xiyao and the others didn't dare to take over everything. If they agreed, and if another person died tonight, wouldn't it be in vain to complain?

Mo Shang: "The city lord doesn't have to be like this. The three of us are just passing through here. Regarding this matter, we can only say that we will try our best and cannot make any promises."

Wei You: "Sorry, I was abrupt."

"However, Wei is very grateful that the three Taoist priests are willing to help. He also thanks the three Taoist priests on behalf of the people of Yunying City."

Wei You advanced and retreated in a measured manner and with thorough etiquette. Ru Xiyao and the other three were not dissatisfied with this. When they heard what he said, they all nodded kindly.

Yun Feiyang: "This shouldn't be the first time last night, right?"

Wei You sat on the main seat, nodded with a wry smile and said: "To be honest with the three Taoist priests, it was already the eighth time last night."

Ru Xiyao: "Eight people have died?"

"Then did you find anything? Did you send any news to the Imperial Capital?"

Wei You: "Someone came to the imperial capital, but he died the night before."

"I sent the message yesterday morning, but I haven't received a response yet."

"Even if the Imperial Capital sends people to come again, it will take about seven days to arrive."

Ru Xiyao frowned. This is true. If we wait for another seven days, wouldn't it mean that seven more people will die? This is really tricky.

Yun Feiyang: "After so many days, you should have found something, right?"

Wei You: "I found something."

Yun Feiyang: "Then let's talk and listen."

Wei You nodded and told Ru Xiyao and the others what he had discovered.

"Those who do evil in Yunying City always appear in the middle of the night."

"The person who died on the first day was Cai Doudou from the tofu shop in the east of the city. When he was found, his whole body had been eaten clean. Only his head and broken clothes were still recognizable."

"Those who died on the second day were a wealthy gentry from the south of the city and his wife. One of them died on the bed and the other died at the door. Like Cai Douou, only the head and broken clothes were left."

"The one who died on the third day was a guard of a house in the west of the city. The circumstances of his death were no different."

"The person who died on the fourth day was a child of a small family in the north of the city, and the person who died on the fifth day was a foundation-building monk who lived alone in the east of the city..."

"The person who had the accident last night was the second son of the Zhang family in the north of the city."

Hearing Wei You briefly describe all the deceased people, Ru Xiyao frowned. After thinking carefully for a while, she asked, "How is the cultivation of the person who had the accident last night?"

Wei You: "Middle stage of golden elixir."

"What did the Taoist think of?"

Ru Xiyao: "Does City Lord Wei clearly know the cultivation level of each of these deceased people?"

Hearing this, Wei You frowned slightly, thought about it for a moment, and then said: "Cai Doudou is just an ordinary person with no cultivation. That rich gentry and his wife have one who has the fourth level of Qi training, and the other one has one level of Qi training. "

"As for the guards of that small family in the west of the city, they are either at the sixth or seventh level of Qi training."

"Then there are the foundation-building monks who live alone..."

An idea flashed in Wei You's mind, and he seemed to understand something. He originally thought that this ghost was running around for fear of being caught, but he didn't expect that the quality of flesh and blood it required was getting higher and higher day by day.

Ru Xiyao: "It seems that City Lord Wei has also thought of this problem."

Wei You blushed and said with some embarrassment, "I'm ashamed. I always thought that it was running around the city looking for people who live in remote areas or alone to attack."

"I couldn't catch it for a long time, and I was very anxious and agitated, and I couldn't calm down to think about these things."

Ru Xiyao: "It doesn't matter. No one can be so thoughtful. There are always unexpected things."

"Moreover, there are incidents happening every day in Yunying City, and City Lord Wei is also under great pressure."

Hearing what Ru Xiyao said, Wei You was slightly stunned. After a while, he came back to his senses and sighed helplessly.

"The Taoist priest sees things clearly. I'm... really under a lot of pressure."

"Since the second day, there have been people crying outside the city lord's palace, asking me to catch the murderer quickly."

"It's just that as time goes on, people are dying every day, and the people in the city no longer have any hope in me as the city lord."

"Alas, I also have troubles that I can't express. I have more than enough ambition but not enough energy!"

He was really feeling uncomfortable for so many days, and he didn't want anyone to die anymore, but the people in the city would be attacked even if they stayed at home.

It’s really frustrating and there is nothing you can do!

Ru Xiyao: "Is there a list of people from Yunying City in the mansion?"

Hearing Ru Xiyao's question, Wei You straightened his expression, looked at Butler Gong who was standing aside and said, "Butler Gong, go to the study and get the register from my desk."

Butler Gong bowed his hand towards Wei You, responded, and then turned and left the hall.

Ru Xiyao: "How often is this registration list updated?"

Wei You: "Small update in three days, major update in one month."

"Every three days, children born in the past two days and the elderly who have passed away will be registered."

"Every month, a dedicated person will re-calculate the progress of the monks in the city."

Ru Xiyao: "Are all the monks living in Yunying City willing to report their cultivation progress every month?"

Wei You: "The people who can stick to this city are not very advanced. They don't want to be embarrassed, so they are naturally willing to cooperate."

"Of course, this is only a measure taken for the safety of the city and will not be known to others, so it doesn't matter."

Ru Xiyao nodded thoughtfully.

It seems that being the city lord is not that simple. As the saying goes, you can't do two things at once. While practicing, you have to deal with things in the city, so it is difficult to improve your cultivation level.

But then I thought about it, the spiritual stones and elixirs that the city lords of each city can get every month, plus the gifts they receive, it seems that they are not too tired?

After a while, Butler Gong brought the registration list over, and when he was about to hand it to Wei You, he waved his hand and said, "Just give it to the three Taoist priests for viewing."

Butler Gong: "Yes."

After Ru Xiyao took the registration list from Steward Gong, she opened the pages and looked at them with Mo Shangyun Feiyang, focusing on the monks in the east of the city.

Finally, two people with high-level Jindan were found. They were the elder of a big family in the east of the city and a female casual cultivator.

As for the other high-level Jindan monks from the other three parties, I also made a rough note of their residences, but according to this ghost's habits, it is more likely to go to the east of the city tonight.

When she was done reading, Ru Xiyao closed the register and handed it back to Butler Gong.

Wei You: "What can the three Taoist priests see?"

Ru Xiyao: "If we go by our guess, the target of that thing should be Gu Hou, the elder of the Zhao family in the east of the city, and Chen Zhu, a female cultivator."

"But there's no guarantee that it won't run in the other three directions."

"Let's do it this way. Tonight, the three of us will go to the other three parties to take a look at the places where some monks who meet the conditions of cultivation live."

"If it appears, it's best if you can catch it. If not, you can get to the location of the incident as quickly as possible, so you have a chance to save the person who was caught."