Chapter 105: Uncle Feng

After burning the items, Chen Jiang brought Zhong Bang to Lamma Island to pay a visit to Zhang Cheng.

Upon learning the purpose of their visit, Zhang Cheng said, "Very well, go to the Underworld and find them yourselves."

Chen Jiang hurriedly asked, "Uncle-Master, I heard from Uncle Simu that Hong Kong is under your jurisdiction now?"

Zhang Cheng paused for a moment, frowned, and said, "Children shouldn't speculate about the affairs of adults."

Chen Jiang glanced at him and did not bring up the matter again, but he already knew the answer.

Zhong Bang was somewhat surprised, and subsequently, with Zhang Cheng's help, he arrived at the Underworld once more.

This time, with Chen Jiang's protection, Zhong Bang met Chen Guixiang and learned that the person who killed her was a tall individual.

Zhong Bang stated with certainty, "It must be Yang Feiyun; he was there when I performed the ritual to enter the Underworld at my Master's place."

Chen Jiang nodded slightly and said, "It is a pity that we have no concrete evidence."

Zhong Bang hurriedly said, "Chen Guixiang said that her case has already been judged by the City God, so the City God must know who the murderer is."

Chen Jiang comforted Zhong Bang, saying, "But even if you know, it is useless; we have no evidence."

Left with no other choice, Zhong Bang returned to the Fragrant Island Daoist Hall and told Mao Xiaofang about the matter.

However, Mao Xiaofang did not quite believe that Yang Feiyun had done this.

Meanwhile, Yang Feiyun also knew that he could not keep the matter hidden for much longer.

He decided to use the hands of Xuan Kui to kill Mao Xiaofang on the day of the Ghost Festival.

Soon, the Ghost Festival arrived; that night, the ghostly winds howled, and after every household burned paper money, gold ingots, and incense, they closed their doors early to sleep.

Once the time came, the Ghost Gate would open wide, and the spirits from the Underworld would ascend to the mortal realm to enjoy the offerings.

Yang Feiyun took the Demon Blade to a mass grave and directly empowered the wandering ghosts and spirits that appeared there.

These wandering ghosts and spirits grew stronger in power, but their minds became chaotic, and they instinctively charged toward the nearby town.

Zhang Cheng arrived with a group of Underworld officers; seeing Yang Feiyun, who had already fled, he did not pursue him, but instead took action directly to capture all these wandering ghosts and spirits.

He immediately arranged for the Underworld officers to station themselves in every district, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared before Yang Feiyun.

Seeing Zhang Cheng, Yang Feiyun was shocked and blurted out, "How are you here?"

Zhang Cheng frowned and said, "Stop causing trouble."

Yang Feiyun was instantly overcome with rage and shouted, "What did you say? I have planned so hard, and in your eyes, it is merely causing trouble?"

Zhang Cheng replied indifferently, "What else would it be?"

Yang Feiyun drew the Demon Blade directly, released a massive amount of demonic Qi, and shouted, "Then let me see what you are capable of!"

Zhang Cheng could not hold back; he struck out with a palm, and as heavenly lightning descended, it struck Yang Feiyun dead instantly, his soul also being shattered.

He looked at the Demon Blade lying on the ground and immediately took action to shatter it.

Zhang Cheng frowned and said, "Yang Feiyun is dead, their destinies will all change. Sigh, I couldn't help myself after all."

Having said this, Zhang Cheng returned directly to the Underworld.

He found the King of Hell and said, "I have changed the destinies of many people."

The King of Hell above was silent for a moment, then said, "To the gods, the destinies of mortals are of no consequence."

Zhang Cheng shook his head and said, "But I am also a human."

The King of Hell pondered for a moment and said, "Gods always descend to the mortal realm for tempering; you can let your humanity go to the world to be tempered."

Zhang Cheng understood the King of Hell's suggestion and subsequently left the Underworld.

Yang Feiyun was killed by Zhang Cheng; his body was discovered, and Mao Xiaofang looked at the charred corpse and deduced that it was Yang Feiyun.

Chen Jiang told Mao Xiaofang that Yang Feiyun had been struck dead by Zhang Cheng, and Mao Xiaofang also realized that Yang Feiyun was indeed not what he had thought.

Although Yang Feiyun was dead, Xuan Kui still acted against Mao Xiaofang according to their previous agreement.

Mao Xiaofang and Xuan Kui fought to a draw, but with Chen Jiang's help, Xuan Kui was no match and was ultimately destroyed.

Because of Xuan Kui's death, Xiao Zun turned into a zombie, and Zhong Bang had no choice but to kill Xiao Zun.

Yu Dahai was discovered to be a traitor, his family assets were confiscated, and Zhong Bang finally ended up together with Yu Bixin.

Mao Xiaofang also became a couple with Zhong Jun.

On this day, Zhang Cheng found Chen Jiang and Mao Xiaofang and said, "From now on, I will be stationed beneath the Pagoda Building. If you find anyone capable of cultivating the Dao, send them to the Pagoda Building; there will be people there to train them."

Subsequently, Zhang Cheng disappeared.

Several years later, the Underworld vanished, leaving only the portion under Zhang Cheng's control.

Soon, Mao Xiaofang and the others all felt their magical powers fading away.

Chen Jiang unfortunately died from injuries sustained during a ritual to deal with a ghost, leaving only Chen Fa, a half-grown child.

Fortunately, with the financial support of Lin Zhengfeng and Zhong Fabai, Chen Fa was able to grow up gradually.

However, due to the thinning of Qi, Chen Fa did not continue to study Daoist arts; he packed away Chen Jiang's belongings and went to work.

More than twenty years later, Lin Zhengfeng was no longer a youth.

Now, he was just a policeman on Tung Ping Chau.

Today was the annual Ghost Festival; Zhong Lian was burning paper for Zhong Bang and Yu Bixin, who had died in an accident several years ago, leaving Ah Lian for Lin Zhengfeng to look after.

Ah Lian put a bag of incense and gold ingots into the fire basin and said, "Mom, Dad, this is all I can burn for you this year. When I earn money next year, I will burn you a television."

A child pushed a toy past them, and as he passed a small alley, he urinated directly onto the fire basin.

Lin Zhengfeng happened to see this and hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the child, preventing the urine from extinguishing the fire basin.

The child looked back and said in a panic, "Uncle Feng."

Lin Zhengfeng warned, "Don't urinate on the fire basin, go home quickly."

"Oh my, Third Aunt, it's bad, your fire basin has caught fire!"

Saying this, Zhong Lian carried a basin of water, preparing to extinguish the fire.

Lin Zhengfeng hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, saying, "Ah Lian, don't pour the water!"

Zhong Lian asked anxiously, "Uncle, what should we do then?"

Lin Zhengfeng picked up a bamboo pole from the side and explained, "The biggest taboo when burning offerings at night is to extinguish them halfway through."

Zhong Lian asked in confusion, "Why?"

Lin Zhengfeng continued, "The Ghost Gate only opens once a year; it is the chance for wandering spirits to receive offerings from their kin. If they do not receive these offerings, they will harbor resentment toward their kin."

"If the fire is extinguished halfway like this, the spirit arrives with high hopes only to leave in disappointment—what do you think will happen?"

As he spoke, Granny San carried a basin of water and extinguished the fire directly.

A gust of Yin wind instantly appeared in the fire basin, whipping up the ashes.

Lin Zhengfeng hurriedly covered Granny San's eyes and made her kneel to apologize.

He then told Zhong Lian to fetch incense and candles, while he quickly used a few chopsticks to arrange a Naihe Bridge, then took a divine talisman and tore it into a small paper figure.

Afterward, he used a chopstick to wind up a strand of Granny San's hair and stuck it onto the paper figure.

He then arranged wine cups in a 'pin' shape and poured wine; the wine spread out and immediately soaked the small paper figure.

Lin Zhengfeng said, "Granny San, apologize with sincerity."

Granny San trembled as she murmured, "No offense meant," and then kowtowed to admit her fault.

That gust of Yin wind vanished instantly, and the fire in the basin flared up again.

Lin Zhengfeng nodded slightly and said, "It's fine now. A-Lian, help Granny San inside to rest."

Zhong Lian pulled Granny San inside to rest, but Granny San remained worried and ended up knocking over the wooden door.

The wooden door fell, blowing out the fire in the fire basin directly.

Her son immediately rushed out of the fire basin and flew toward Granny San.

Lin Zhengfeng shouted, "If you refuse a toast, you'll be forced to drink a forfeit!"

As he spoke, he splashed the wine in his hand, directly repelling the Yin spirit.

But the Yin spirit charged at Granny San again and grabbed her against the wall.

Lin Zhengfeng grabbed a glass bottle from the side and smashed it, then took the burning incense and candles; he aimed the mouth of the glass bottle at the wall and inserted the incense and candles into the bottle.

The flames quickly scorched the wall. The Yin spirit immediately released Granny San and shifted locations.

Lin Zhengfeng immediately told A-Lian to take Granny San away; holding the incense and candles in both hands, he watched the Yin spirit moving on the wall and threw incense oil directly to attack it.

The Yin spirit tore apart the wall and possessed Lin Zhengfeng from behind, controlling him to move constantly toward the wall.

"Uncle, I'm here!"

A policeman who looked remarkably like Zhang Cheng rushed over, striking a Ghost-Suppressing Talisman onto the wall; the Yin spirit was instantly unable to move.

Freed, Lin Zhengfeng immediately wiped incense oil on his hand to draw another large Ghost-Suppressing Talisman, then took out a yellow cloth to capture the Yin spirit.

"Uncle, you're getting old," the young man said with a grin as he ran over.

Lin Zhengfeng retorted irritably, "I could have handled him without your help, you brat. Nothing went wrong over there, did it?"

The young man laughed, "With me, A-Wei, here, how could anything go wrong?"

Lin Zhengfeng tossed the yellow cloth to Zhang Wei and turned to leave the scene.

(End of chapter)