Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

This was the first time Mu Yunyan had ever seen an evil spirit speak directly in its soul form. As far as she knew, evil spirits that could speak in their soul form were bound to be incredibly powerful.

Evil spirits can be broadly divided into two types: spirits with physical bodies and wandering souls. However, wandering souls are further divided into many types, including ordinary souls, vengeful souls, evil souls, and malevolent souls. Only when the evil spirit within a soul reaches a certain level of power can it maintain its rationality and speak directly without relying on a human body.

But the spirit in front of me doesn't look like a powerful evil spirit at all.

How did she regain consciousness and begin to speak?

At this moment, Lu Ming asked indifferently, "I am the Carefree King. Tell me what you have been through, and I will surely uphold justice for you."

Upon hearing Lu Ming's words, Wang Xiaoling was slightly taken aback, then frantically kowtowed to Lu Ming, saying, "That's wonderful! I never thought I would get to meet you. If it is Your Majesty, you will surely avenge us!"

In Wang Xiaoling's view, even if the Carefree King was as incompetent as the rumors suggested, he was still a descendant of an immortal, and no matter what, a descendant of an immortal would have some special abilities.

Of course, having special abilities is not the most important thing. The most important thing is the identity of the Carefree King. With the identity of the Carefree King, he can definitely command the government, find the murderer who killed Wangjia Village, and avenge them.

Lu Ming reminded him, "Let's get down to business."

Hearing Lu Ming's reminder, Wang Xiaoling came to her senses and said, "My name is Wang Xiaoling. On the night of the incident in Wangjia Village, I was still asleep when I was woken up by the wailing outside. My family and I were so scared that we didn't dare to go out to see what was happening, so we hid under the bed in the room."

"However, after the crying and screaming outside stopped, our front door was suddenly kicked open. Hearing the commotion in the yard, my father knew that the evil spirit had broken in. But we thought that as long as we didn't go out, the evil spirit wouldn't find us. However, not long after, the evil spirit cleaved the big bed where we were hiding into four or five pieces with one claw."

"My father fought desperately with that evil spirit with a kitchen knife to cover my escape, but in just a moment, my father was torn to pieces by those evil spirits and they took out his heart."

Although Wang Xiaoling is now a vengeful spirit, her spirit begins to flicker and appear emotionally unstable whenever she thinks about what happened that day.

Just thinking about that scene caused the Yin energy within Wang Xiaoling's body to surge wildly, showing signs of going berserk.

Lu Ming immediately activated the Demon Suppression Tower, and the black energy emanating from it instantly brought Wang Xiaoling, who was on the verge of losing control, back to her senses.

Lu Ming asked, "Did you get a good look at what that monster looked like?"

Wang Xiaoling said, "Look closely, it has a wolf's head and a human body."

Upon hearing this, Lu Ming and Mu Yunyan were both stunned.

Lu Ming thought to himself, "A wolf's head and a human body? Could it be that there are werewolves in this world?"

No, this should be some kind of monster, most likely a wolf in human form. Of course, according to the standards of the Spirit Suppressor, this wolf monster is naturally also a kind of evil spirit.

Mu Yunyan was distracted because if what Wang Xiaoling said was true, then the evil spirit that caused the massacre of the village was a spirit-type evil spirit, not the same as the soul-type evil spirit possessing that grandmaster. That meant that the massacre of the village was very likely to continue in the future.

The thought of this possibility made Mu Yunyan frown. She had to hurry back and tell the Zhenling Guards and her father the news.

After regaining her senses, Mu Yunyan immediately said to Lu Ming, "Your Majesty, we must hurry back and tell the other members of the Zhenling Guard this news. If what she said is true, then the wolf-headed evil spirit she mentioned may very well commit another massacre of the village."

Lu Ming thought to himself that he had only come to try out the Summoning Technique, but he hadn't expected there to be other surprises. The evil spirit that broke into the capital was not the same as the evil spirit that caused the massacre of the village.

However, the sudden appearance of two such ferocious evil spirits near the capital suggests that something is amiss in the capital's current situation.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Ming said to Wang Xiaoling, "Go and stay at the Demon Suppression Tower. If I need to go to your place, I will call you at any time."

Wang Xiaoling replied, "Yes, Your Majesty."

After she finished speaking, Wang Xiaoling returned to the Demon Suppression Tower. Once she was back, Lu Ming spoke to Mu Yunyan, who looked worried, "Chief Mu, don't be too anxious. If it's just a vengeful spirit, it might not be real. Maybe she was under a lot of stress when she died and had a hallucination or a confused memory. Perhaps what she saw was just a person wearing a wolf head mask."

After hearing what Lu Ming said, Mu Yunyan thought about it for a moment. What Lu Ming said made sense. What Wang Xiaoling saw might indeed have just been a person wearing a wolf head mask, and the person wearing the wolf head mask might very well be the grandmaster who was possessed by evil spirits when he broke into the capital.

These past few days she's been pondering a question: there are guards at the gates of the capital. Logically, someone possessed by evil spirits should appear dazed and confused, which is obviously suspicious, and they shouldn't be able to enter the capital so easily. However, if the master possessed by evil spirits was wearing a wolf head mask, the guards might not have been able to see his expression, which is why they let him into the capital.

With so many people coming and going in the capital every day, it's impossible for the gatekeepers to check everything carefully every day. Their main task is to check whether people entering the capital are carrying a large number of weapons. Since the master possessed by the evil spirit had no weapons, it's not surprising that he was allowed into the capital.

Considering all this, Mu Yunyan breathed a slight sigh of relief, but she still couldn't let go of the matter. Right now, all of this was just speculation. What if there really was another evil spirit?

Lu Ming then said, "Let's keep looking. Maybe we can encounter other souls who saw that evil spirit."

After thinking for a moment, Mu Yunyan decided to continue following Lu Ming. However, after the group had explored the entire Wangjia Village, they still couldn't find a second vengeful spirit.

After touring the entire Wangjia Village, Lu Ming stood at the village entrance, looking at the lifeless village, feeling somewhat puzzled.

That shouldn't be the case. So many villagers were killed by that evil spirit. Logically, those people should have been unwilling to die like that. How could there only be one vengeful spirit?

Seeing Lu Ming looking at Wangjia Village with a solemn expression, Mu Yunyan tentatively asked, "I wonder if Your Majesty has discovered something?"

Lu Ming glanced at the setting sun. It was still midsummer, and it got dark quite late. There was no need for them to go back so early. So Lu Ming looked at Mu Yunyan and asked, "Are there any villages near Wangjia Village that were massacred?"

Mu Yunyan said, "Yes, if Your Majesty wishes to see it, I will take you there immediately." (End of Chapter)