Chapter 132: Taking Action

It is said that when Zhang Xiong came out of the police station, he happened to run into Lin Chengying, but Zhang Xiong failed to recognize Lin Chengying.

After all, the security guard uniform Lin Chengying was wearing was not very conspicuous in a crowd.

However, Lin Chengying recognized Zhang Xiong's face at a glance, even though his hair was gray and he looked very old.

But Lin Chengying knew that Zhang Xiong's cultivation was still there; his old age was merely a facade.

Now Zhang Xiong was surrounded by people, and Lin Chengying was alone and powerless, so he could only watch Zhang Xiong leave.

Before long, that Inspector Da Yanguang came out, cursing and swearing at the departing Zhang Xiong, looking very dissatisfied.

Watching Da Yanguang, Lin Chengying hurriedly pinched his fingers to calculate, thinking to himself: This cop has a grudge with Zhang Xiong that needs to be settled.

His heart gladdened, and he hurried toward Da Yanguang, calling out, "Officer."

Seeing a security guard walk over, Da Yanguang was very puzzled and said, "What do you want with me?"

Lin Chengying hurriedly said, "Officer, this Zhang Xiong, I know him."

Da Yanguang said somewhat irritably, "Isn't that nonsense? I know him too, so what?"

Looking at Da Yanguang, Lin Chengying frowned slightly and said, "Officer, you encountered something eerie today, didn't you?"

Da Yanguang was even more puzzled; he cursed angrily, "What on earth are you trying to say? Are you playing with me? Do you believe I'll arrest you and throw you in a cell for two days?"

Lin Chengying sniffed and said very firmly, "Officer, I am certain I did not smell wrong; there is a faint Yin energy on you, brought by a ghost."

Da Yanguang was still somewhat superstitious, and seeing Lin Chengying speak so definitively, he asked, "Don't you try to bluff me."

Lin Chengying said very confidently, "Officer, I am certainly not lying to you. I am a disciple of Maoshan; dealing with the eerie is what I am best at."

The scent on you, I am certain I did not smell wrong; Officer, you must have encountered a ghost recently."

Da Yanguang immediately felt a chill; he had not expected that he had encountered a ghost. If it were in the past, had he heard someone mention ghosts, he would have certainly arrested that person.

But now the entire department knew that there was a ghost-catching unit directly under the Governor of Hong Kong.

And recently, news had spread that vampires had appeared and many people had died, so he also believed in such things.

Therefore, regarding Lin Chengying's warning, he immediately felt some lingering fear.

Da Yanguang recalled carefully, "Let me think, these past few days I heard that Zhang Xiong had returned, so I kept watching him with my brothers."

Just now I brought him back. By the way, when I was outside the theater, I thought nothing had happened inside.

As it turned out, a woman in white clothes reminded me that there was a fight in the theater, then she suddenly appeared and suddenly disappeared..."

Speaking of this, Da Yanguang also realized something was wrong; he slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, damn it, that woman was a ghost!"

Lin Chengying nodded and said, "It seems you really did encounter one. Judging by the behavior of this female ghost, she is not one of those vengeful or fierce ghosts, which is why you, Officer, are safe and sound."

Da Yanguang immediately asked, "Will that female ghost continue to pester me?"

Lin Chengying hurriedly asked for Da Yanguang's birth date and time, calculated it, and said, "Officer, you have a calamity coming up recently. I see that you and that female ghost will still have entanglements."

As he spoke, he calculated Da Yanguang and Zhang Xiong's birth dates and times, and continued, "Officer, you and that Zhang Xiong will still have conflicts, and there is a danger of bloodshed."

Da Yanguang cursed, "Damn it, as long as I can kill Zhang Xiong, I don't care if I die."

Da Yanguang's hatred for Zhang Xiong had already exceeded the duties of a police officer.

This matter had to go back to when Da Yanguang was a child; he was only a few years old when his father died, and he relied entirely on his mother selling things outside the theater to make a living.

It just so happened that Zhang Xiong was at the theater where Da Yanguang's mother sold things, supporting the theater's star, Xiao Huixian.

And Liang Hui's past life, Tang Hui, was working as a lawyer by Zhang Xiong's side.

At that time, Tang Hui helped Da Yanguang a lot and even gave him money to go to school.

Later, because Tang Hui and Xiao Furong were in love, he offended Zhang Xiong and was killed by Zhang Xiong.

When Da Yanguang learned of this, he began to hate Zhang Xiong.

It was just that not long after, Zhang Xiong was forced to flee to Taiwan, but Da Yanguang had never forgotten about taking revenge.

Seeing Da Yanguang so resentful toward Zhang Xiong, Lin Chengying said, "Officer, to tell you the truth, Zhang Xiong is a disgraced disciple of my Maoshan sect. Back then, he committed many evils and was expelled from the sect."

"If he commits evil again this time, I must clean up the sect for Maoshan."

Da Yanguang said in surprise, "No wonder I saw he was so old, yet when he grabbed my hand, it was like an iron clamp. So he is actually a master."

"That's good, let's cooperate. I have an informant here who can testify against Zhang Xiong, but he started foaming at the mouth just from being glared at by Zhang Xiong. I will take you to the hospital to see him tomorrow."

Lin Chengying agreed to this matter; he nodded and said, "That's fine, I will go ask the manager for leave tomorrow."

Da Yanguang said anxiously, "No way, Boss, you still need to ask for leave? How about this, you resign first, and after this matter is resolved, I will find you a job, okay?"

Lin Chengying thought for a moment and agreed.

The next day, Da Yanguang and Lin Chengying went to the hospital to find Liang Hui. Just as they arrived at the nearby street, Da Yanguang saw Liang Hui running down the street.

He originally wanted to go up and question Liang Hui, but was knocked to the ground by a punch from Liang Hui.

Lin Chengying did not intervene; he saw that the female ghost was inside the watch, seemingly guiding Liang Hui to a certain place.

After Liang Hui ran off, Da Yanguang hurriedly looked at Lin Chengying and shouted, "What is going on here?"

Lin Chengying immediately explained, "There is a female ghost in that watch; she probably knows your informant. Quickly give me his name and birth date and time."

Da Yanguang had investigated Liang Hui and naturally knew these things, so he immediately told Lin Chengying.

Lin Chengying pinched his fingers to calculate, his expression changed drastically, and he said in surprise, "Three declines and seven failures. Ten lifetimes of bad luck! This person has been harmed by someone."

Upon hearing this, Da Yanguang was also surprised and said, "Who is it, being so ruthless? No wonder his nickname is 'Unlucky Hui'."

Lin Chengying then said, "Let's go, let's follow and see what is going on."

He had calculated that there was a karmic entanglement between Da Yanguang and Liang Hui, so he decided to observe further.

Soon they followed Liang Hui into an apartment, but it looked like it had been abandoned for a long time.

And Lin Chengying saw that Liang Hui seemed to have fallen into some kind of memory.

He thought to himself: This female ghost and Liang Hui are indeed related; perhaps they had an emotional entanglement in a past life.

It does not look like love turned into deep hatred; perhaps they were star-crossed lovers, and seeing each other again in this life, they want to continue their past relationship?

Just as Lin Chengying was thinking, the female ghost let out a mournful cry and vanished in the blink of an eye.

This greatly surprised Lin Chengying, and at the same time, he was very puzzled; he did not know what exactly had happened.

At this moment, Liang Hui also awakened from his memories.

Seeing Big Eyes, Liang Hui hurriedly said, "Officer, it had nothing to do with me just now; I was also unable to control myself."

Big Eyes did not dwell on the previous matter anymore; he hurriedly asked, "What did you see just now?"

Liang Hui reminisced a bit: "I just saw myself turn into a dashing, handsome man, flirting and making love with a beautiful woman in this room."

Big Eyes looked puzzled; if he hadn't seen a ghost himself, he would have thought Liang Hui had gone insane.

Liang Hui's underling on the side hurriedly said, "Boss, you've run into a ghost. Why not go ask Si Po to see if you have some unfinished business from a past life with someone?"

Liang Hui immediately decided, "I think so too. Let's go, we're going to find Si Po."

Big Eyes hurriedly stopped Liang Hui and said, "The person next to me is a master."

Lin Chengying waved his hand and said, "I am not very skilled in the matter of 'asking the bridge'."

Liang Hui immediately mocked him a bit: "No way, you can't even do this? What else can you do? Officer, don't get scammed."

Having said that, he told his underling to take him to find Si Po.

Soon, the group arrived at Si Po's place. Lin Chengying saw that the Yin energy in Si Po's small hut was very heavy; he immediately opened his Heavenly Eye to look and saw quite a few souls conducting business there.

Seeing Liang Hui arrive, Si Po could not help but say, "Retribution, oh retribution; this Dao tribulation has come after all."

Upon hearing this, Lin Chengying was very puzzled, but he remained calm and watched from the side.

Afterward, Si Po helped Liang Hui, letting him see his past self.

This time, he finally knew his identity: he was a lawyer.

This time, he had gone to the home of Xiao Huixian to help Zhang Xiong deliver a gift, and this was also his first time seeing Xiao Furong.

He saw Xiao Furong secretly wearing Xiao Huixian's clothes; Xiao Furong was worried that Tang Hui would tell Xiao Huixian about the matter, so she begged him to keep it a secret.

Tang Hui took a liking to Xiao Furong at first sight, so he told Xiao Furong to treat him to noodles, and he wouldn't mention the matter.

That evening, although it was raining heavily, Xiao Furong still came to the appointment to treat Tang Hui to noodles.

The two were having a wonderful and happy time, but Xiao Huixian suddenly appeared and beat and scolded Xiao Furong.

Tang Hui hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, but when Xiao Huixian turned around, she suddenly became fierce and malicious; she stretched out a sharp claw and grabbed Tang Hui's head.

This scared Liang Hui into backing away; that sharp claw broke directly through the water basin. Seeing this, Si Po immediately took a stick of incense and scalded the claw back.

Liang Hui was badly frightened and hurriedly asked, "Si Po, what should we do now?"

Lin Chengying said, "Now we can only invite that female ghost to come and meet us."

Si Po looked at the speaking Lin Chengying and asked, "You understand these things too?"

Lin Chengying bowed and said, "I am a disciple of Maoshan, and my Daoist name is Da Yi."

Si Po hurriedly stood up and said, "Excuse my disrespect; so you are a high-level master from Maoshan."

Si Po was very happy; she had divined that she had a tribulation and had been very worried, but now that a high-level master from Maoshan was here, she felt much more at ease.

Lin Chengying said, "Set up the Dharma altar; I will summon her for you."

Soon, Si Po set up the Dharma altar for Lin Chengying and then assisted from the side.

Lin Chengying had already changed into the Dharma robe he carried with him, took out his peach wood sword, and set up the Seven-Star Lamp.

After lighting the Seven-Star Lamp, he began to perform magic; he was seen walking the Tiangang steps, forming hand seals, and chanting Dharma incantations.

Immediately, he bit his finger, tapped it on the peach wood sword, and then picked up a spirit talisman.

"Xiao Furong, come here quickly!"

As soon as the words fell, that divine talisman exploded directly.

On the other side, on the human-skin lantern, several lamps burned rapidly, and the lamp oil was significantly depleted.

Zhang Xiong narrowed his eyes and said, "It seems someone has made a move."

Zhang Xiong was seen taking off his clothes, picking up a stick of incense to light it, then chanting the God-Inviting Incantation, and casting a divine talisman at the human-skin lantern.

"Boom!"

The Dharma altar in front of Lin Chengying suddenly exploded with a ball of fire, which sprayed directly toward Lin Chengying.

Lin Chengying was greatly alarmed and hurriedly took out his Eight Trigrams mirror, casting a spell to erupt a Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams to block that fire.

Si Po hurriedly pulled Liang Hui and the others back, saying in terror, "The person on the other side is an expert!"

Lin Chengying immediately took out a divine talisman and placed it into a copper basin on the side, then used the Eight Trigrams mirror to face the sun, using the sunlight to shine on the divine talisman while chanting an incantation.

The divine talisman instantly caught fire, turned into black ash in the blink of an eye, and then swirled in the water of the copper basin, finally disappearing.

Lin Chengying immediately used the peach wood sword to dip into the water and struck a sword blow into the void.

"Boom!"

A wave of energy struck, shaking Lin Chengying back a few steps.

Zhang Xiong on the other side was also feeling somewhat uncomfortable, but fortunately, he had the advantage.

Lin Chengying put away his peach wood sword, caught his breath, and said, "The magic power on the other side is not below mine; I must investigate this clearly."

"Liang Hui, use your vital blood; perhaps you can make contact with that Xiao Furong."

Liang Hui immediately bit his finger and wrote Xiao Furong's name in the incense burner, and immediately after, he returned to the past.

This time, Liang Hui appeared in the theater and saw them performing 'The Flooding of Jinshan' on stage, with Xiao Furong playing the Green Snake.

After the play ended, Xiao Huixian flew into a rage at Xiao Furong; fortunately, Master Xiong and Liang Hui entered. Although Master Xiong was handsy with Xiao Furong, he still helped Xiao Furong out of the predicament.

Liang Hui naturally found an opportunity to go and comfort Xiao Furong; Xiao Furong wanted Liang Hui to take her away.

But Liang Hui knew that if he didn't topple Master Xiong, he would not be safe on Fragrant Island, so he used gentle words to soothe Xiao Furong.

But such things naturally could not be hidden from Master Xiong.

That night, Xiao Furong suddenly found Liang Hui, wanting Liang Hui to take her away.

But Liang Hui told Xiao Furong that only by toppling Master Xiong would they be safe.

But before they could be happy for too long, Fairy Xiaohui came to find Liang Hui, only to see Xiao Furong there as well.

Fairy Xiaohui was in a bad mood and had been drinking; seeing Xiao Furong here now, her anger immediately flared up, and she started grabbing things in the room to hit people.

Liang Hui was struck on the head by a glass shard thrown by Fairy Xiaohui and lay on the coffee table, unable to stand up.

Immediately after, Fairy Xiaohui picked up an iron rod and chased after Xiao Furong; Liang Hui hurriedly got up to help, and in the struggle, Fairy Xiaohui's face was cut by glass.

This caused Fairy Xiaohui to lose her sanity completely; she locked onto Xiao Furong and chased her to beat her, so Xiao Furong immediately ran onto a nearby crate, and Fairy Xiaohui stood on the table to strike at Xiao Furong.

Liang Hui, desperate to save her, tried to pull Fairy Xiaohui away, but failed to notice the ceiling fan above, which resulted in Fairy Xiaohui having her throat slit.

The two of them looked at the dead Fairy Xiaohui, and both were panicked.

In the end, it was Liang Hui who calmed down; he sought out his teacher, Fan Jiaoshou, wanting to obtain a sentence reduction by testifying against Zhang Xiong.

However, Fan Jiaoshou had already been bought off by Zhang Xiong, and Liang Hui's affairs were also exposed.

As they were speaking, Zhang Xiong walked into Liang Hui's home with his men; at this, both Liang Hui and Xiao Furong were terrified.

Zhang Xiong was furious and killed Liang Hui and Xiao Furong on the spot, burying one in a Three Decays and Seven Failures grave and turning the other into a human-skin lantern.

(End of this chapter)