Ministry Councillor Huang stood at his original position and looked around, not knowing if that figure had actually appeared before.


    When Ministry Councillor Huang saw that the eastern side had already turned white, he knew that the situation was already dire. In the forest, there were another two figures slowly walking towards him in the morning mist.


    Ministry Councillor Huang did not lower his head this time, but stared intently at the two of them. As the two of them walked closer and closer, Ministry Councillor Huang finally could clearly see who they were. Not only were they crying from joy, Gong Yi was the one holding Huang Chang''s hand as she walked slowly towards him.


    On the way back home, no matter how Ministry Councillor Huang asked, Gong Yi would not tell them about Gong Yi and Huang Chang''s escape from the bandits.


    When Ministry Councillor Huang brought his son back, everyone in Huang Family were shocked. Madam had already started to prepare for the emergency affairs for the outsider and Huang Chang. The tenants waiting at the yellow house were also discussing, saying that the Ministry Councillor Huang was a virtuous and virtuous person, and that even the bandits were respectful to let Huang Chang go just like that.


    But Ministry Councillor Huang knew that this was definitely not the case. Indeed, on the fourth day since the father and son had returned home with Gong Yi, the officials had sent news over that all the bandits occupying the vicinity of Wind Forest Ao had been completely exterminated. All 69 bandits had lost their lives, and everyone who heard the news, including Ministry Councillor Huang, turned pale with fright.


    Ministry Councillor Huang called Gong Yi over again, wanting to clear up the matter. This time, Gong Yi spoke out, saying that when the bandits had entered into the Huang Family and snatched away the young master, they had followed them secretly, seeing that the bandits had entered into a cave in a mountain area near the Wind Forest Orchid, and the cave had also been protected by the fence, so they had stayed outside the cave all this time, trying to secretly bring the young master out. But before they could even enter the cave by themselves, the young master stumbled out of the cave at night, so he did not bother to check on the situation inside the cave, and immediately brought the young master home. This was how it happened. There was no way he could deceive her.


    Ministry Councillor Huang asked again, could it be that they were not bandits that were killed by the soldiers?


    Gong Yi only shook her head.


    Ministry Councillor Huang was also unable to get any clues out of Huang Chang''s mouth, but Huang Chang still could not speak, and was the same as usual. But no matter what, Huang Chang returned home safely. After all, the outsider couple had received their blessings and passed through this ordeal.


    He also didn''t want to have any more problems.


    However, the matter of the bandits was not finished. In the end, the matter of the officials exterminating the bandits was eventually exposed by a herb picker.


    Just as the Ministry Councillor Huang had guessed, the death of all the bandits was not related to the government at all. On the night that Ministry Councillor Huang brought Silver Coins to redeem Huang Chang, a doctor was gathering herbs in the mountain. As a doctor, he was not afraid of being caught by bandits, because a doctor had a special status, even a bandit would get sick, so among the professions that were traveling outside, a teacher, a shaman, a beekeeper, and a hunter, these professions were all people that were not targeted by bandits.


    Lang Zhong knew this because he was near Wind Forest Oro at that time, and in the middle of the night, he met a hunter. The two found a dry spot on the hillside where they could avoid the wind. They built a fire and shared the dry rations they had brought along. As they ate, they chatted about a cave where bandits gathered in the opposite mountain ridge.


    The bright moon shone down from high up in the sky. The two of them suddenly saw that the opposite side of the hill was filled with people. In the wilderness, it was almost impossible for so many people to appear in the middle of the night. The first reaction of the two was for the soldiers to come and destroy the bandits, but they didn''t see the soldiers raise their torches, nor did they hear any sound of the troops moving. These figures stood quietly on the opposite hillside.


    When the herb picker and the hunter suddenly thought that these figures might not be human, all of them floated up, the black shadow turned into a streak of black smoke and drilled into the cave on the opposite side of the hill. Then he heard a continuous series of wails and howls from the other side. Then the sound became smaller and smaller, until it finally faded away and became silent.


    After a while, the black smoke spread out from the cave again, dispersing into the surrounding area of Wind Forest Ao. The doctor and the hunter looked at each other in dismay. When dawn arrived, the two bravely walked to the opposite side of the mountain slope and saw the gloomy cave.


    The entrance to the cave was fenced up, but no one was guarding it. After hesitating for a long time, the two decided to go in and take a look. After all, they were both adults who had grown up wandering in the wilderness. Their courage was greater than that of an ordinary person.


    The two of them slowly walked into the cave and saw that the bandits had made a house for them to live in. There was a granary, a weapon warehouse and everything. There were also countless furs on the ground. It seemed like this was the bandit''s resting place.


    But the cave was empty, not a soul to be seen. The two of them found it strange. They clearly heard someone crying in the cave last night, but now, there was no one.


    The two of them continued walking inside and saw a huge stone hall. Only then did they see the dozens of bandits, all of them standing in their original positions, but none of them were able to move. The muscles on everyone''s faces twisted, and two bloody lines flowed out from the corners of their eyes.


    Only then did the doctor and the hunter understand that all the bandits were dead, but their bodies were still standing.


    When the two saw this scene, their hearts almost burst out of their chests. After rolling and crawling out of the cave, a strange feeling rose in the doctor''s heart as he returned home and closed his door. But the hunter put it up to the intelligence officer.


    The government sent troops immediately to receive the military exploit. However, the doctor told the truth to the others. When these words reached Ministry Councillor Huang''s ears, he immediately rushed over to the doctor''s house. He told her about his son being taken away by bandits and how he came back.


    Hearing that, the doctor immediately went to Ministry Councillor Huang''s house to look for Huang Chang.


    Ministry Councillor Huang immediately asked what was wrong.


    The doctor had told Ministry Councillor Huang that the body of the bandit was strange, but he did not tell the whole story to the others.


    He told Ministry Councillor Huang that those bandits were strange. Although he was sure that the bandits'' deaths at the same time had something to do with the Phantom Shadow he saw, the way they died was very strange. He had been killed by a long-lost Taoist spell.


    When the Ministry Councillor Huang heard this, he became even more confused and continued to ask. The doctor had told the Ministry Councillor Huang that this kind of Daoist magic was created by the Western Han Chen Ping. This spell really hurt his merits. Before Chen Ping died, he also repented and said that he had used this spell on others too much.


    The name of this spell was Soul Stealing.


    Ministry Councillor Huang heard it and brought the doctor home. When the doctor saw the shell on Huang Chang''s neck, he immediately exclaimed, "That''s right! Where did your son get such a demonic thing?! "


    The doctor took the neither gold nor wood shell from Huang Chang''s neck and slowly observed it. Suddenly, Huang Chang''s eyes flashed, and like a sword, he swept towards the doctor.


    The doctor took a step back and did not dare to look at Huang Chang anymore. However, Huang Chang and Gong Yi had started to play around with a wooden pole around the latter. Ministry Councillor Huang had seen this pole when Zhou Dong and Huang Chang were playing around, and over these years, there had already been more than ten logs erected in the courtyard.


    The Ministry Councillor Huang had never thought much of it, he thought that Huang Chang was playing with it.


    When the doctor saw these wooden poles, he said to Ministry Councillor Huang, "Your young master is extremely strange. These suns are all profound Taoist math. Why would he learn this?


    Only now did Ministry Councillor Huang understand the intention of Zhou Dong teaching his son. Ministry Councillor Huang said to the doctor, "My son has never been able to speak since he was young. How can he talk about intelligence?"


    The doctor thought for a while and then said, "The sundial arithmetic is the most positive magic in Taoism. It was never used by the Son of Heaven. "It seems like the noble young master will definitely enter and leave the imperial court in the future."


    When the Ministry Councillor Huang heard this, he could only smile. The doctor continued, "But the thing around his neck is also a Dao Yin magic item, which is really hard to explain. I suggest that other than the staff members, it''s best for you to find a place to send the things on young master''s neck. "


    Ministry Councillor Huang said, "This is a keepsake from his sworn brother. It has never been of any use to him."


    The doctor then took out an item and placed it in front of Ministry Councillor Huang. He then unfolded his hand and placed it flat on the ground, making it a genuine shell of knowledge. This thing, every bandit''s corpse, has one in its mouth. " The doctor then slowly said, "This thing is used to gather souls when the Soul Stealing Technique is used!"


    Ministry Councillor Huang was confused, he did not know what Zhou Dong''s original intention was.


    Seeing the hesitation in the Ministry Councillor Huang''s eyes, the doctor shook his head and said to the Ministry Councillor Huang, "Your son must be a master at the art of slaying ghosts.