Chapter 142: Resolution

Datou said with some resentment, "Bang, are you going to leave with your girlfriend too?"

Zhu Bang nodded and said, "Yeah, I'm going to take my girlfriend home first and will be back in a bit. Brother Datou, be careful yourself; this building is haunted."

Datou took off his ghost mask with a sour expression and said dismissively, "Pfft, what haunting? It's all just to scare people. I'm going on patrol."

Zhu Bang didn't know what to say, so he immediately accompanied Dai Xue as they left.

Datou parted ways with Zhu Bang and the others and patrolled the building. He soon arrived at the floor where the chairman's office was located. The chairman had already finished work for the day, so Datou didn't go up to check the office; he just glanced upward from the spiral staircase.

Shortly after, he heard music coming from a nearby television. Datou walked over, looking puzzled, and then he saw a sexy woman wearing yoga clothes dancing.

"Wow, she's so hot!"

Datou felt a spark the moment he saw her and immediately started laughing lecherously.

The sexy woman inside didn't mind at all; she waved her hand and shouted, "Stop laughing, come dance with me!"

Datou didn't sense that anything was wrong; instead, he asked with some confusion, "Huh? You're asking me to dance with you?"

The woman on the television nodded and said, "That's right, I'm talking to you. Hurry up and come dance, come over here."

Datou felt a sense of novelty, so he rubbed the back of his head and tried to move closer.

"Don't go over there!"

A loud shout gave Datou a huge fright. He hurriedly turned his head to look and asked in surprise, "Who are you? How did you get up here?"

Zhang Wei didn't stop; he immediately took out a Eight Trigrams Mirror and shone it at the space behind Datou.

"Ah!"

It turned out that while Datou had turned his head to look, the evil ghost inside had been reaching out to kill him. Fortunately, Zhang Wei had acted in time to stop the evil ghost's actions.

The evil ghost's scream instantly brought Datou to his senses. Having sobered up, Datou heard the scream and immediately turned back to look; the beautiful, curvaceous woman from before had turned into a scarred and mangled female ghost.

"Ah, a ghost!"

Seeing this scene, Datou was terrified; his entire body went limp and he collapsed to the ground. Fortunately, his hands hadn't gone weak yet, so he could use them to support himself as he backed away.

The female ghost in the television glared at Zhang Wei and barked, "You dare to meddle in our affairs? Tanaka Daisa will not let you off!"

Having said that, the female ghost immediately vanished and fled.

Seeing the female ghost disappear, Datou scrambled to his feet and ran toward Zhang Wei, shouting, "Master, help me!"

Zhang Wei waved his hand and said, "It's fine for now. I'll give you an Evil-Warding Talisman; it can save your life."

Datou hurriedly took the Evil-Warding Talisman and thanked him, "Thank you, Master, thank you so much! If it weren't for you, Master, I would have been dead tonight."

"Bang!"

Just at that moment, the sound of glass shattering came from below. Zhang Wei immediately sensed that something was wrong and said to Datou, "Something happened downstairs. You'd better follow me."

With that, Zhang Wei immediately headed downstairs. As soon as he reached the lower floor, he saw Dai Long arriving with a group of underlings.

As soon as Dai Long saw Zhang Wei, he immediately greeted him with a smile, "Master, you're here too."

Zhang Wei hurriedly asked, "Did you just hear the sound of glass shattering?"

Dai Long laughed, "I did. I was just teaching a guy a lesson, he... damn it!"

Dai Long saw Datou behind Zhang Wei and was given a huge fright. He pointed frantically at Datou behind Zhang Wei and said, "Master, this person behind you..."

Zhang Wei hurriedly turned to look. Datou behind him looked blank, so he immediately turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw another Datou appear, but he saw through the disguise at a glance—this Datou was a Grudge Ghost in disguise.

He frowned and said, "Be careful, that's a Grudge Ghost!"

The Grudge Ghost hadn't expected Zhang Wei to see through his identity. He gave a sinister smile, and then his body shriveled up like a piece of paper and quickly fell to the ground.

As for the Grudge Ghost, it was already floating in mid-air.

Zhang Wei didn't take this Grudge Ghost seriously at all. He immediately took out a Spirit-Suppressing Talisman and charged quickly toward the Grudge Ghost, striking out with a palm. The Grudge Ghost drifted away instantly, appearing behind Zhang Wei as if it had flashed.

Zhang Wei seemed to have eyes in the back of his head; he immediately channeled his Dharma power and recited the Golden Light Divine Incantation to protect his body. The Grudge Ghost struck Zhang Wei with a palm, but was instead injured by the golden light.

The Grudge Ghost was terrified and turned to run, but Zhang Wei immediately took out a Soul-Capturing Banner, turned, and swung it, sucking the Grudge Ghost into the banner.

Seeing the Grudge Ghost resolved, Dai Long immediately clapped excitedly and shouted, "Master is truly amazing!"

Zhang Wei put away the Soul-Capturing Banner, looked carefully around the area, and said, "They've all left. You're safe now, but Dai Long, you should leave early."

Dai Long remembered what he had come to do and hurriedly said, "Master, I came to find that kid Zhu Bang. My sister is a pure, innocent girl, and she didn't come home tonight. I'm worried she's being bullied by Zhu Bang."

Datou hurriedly said, "Dai Xue did indeed leave with Bangchui."

"Ah, she left!" Dai Long said, shocked, "What should I do? My sister is delicate and weak; what if she gets bullied?"

Zhang Wei pinched his fingers to calculate and said, "They went to where Zhang Ling is."

Upon hearing this, Dai Long instantly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "So they're with Xiao Ling. That puts my mind at ease."

Dai Long left the building immediately, while Datou stayed by Zhang Wei's side and spent the night safely.

The next day, Zhang Ling came to the building and found Zhang Wei, saying, "A-Wei, I found some information. That Ghost King you mentioned should be this Tanaka Daisa. Before he died, he cast a wicked curse to gather ninety-nine human lives on the fourteenth day of the seventh lunar month to defy the heavens and change his fate."

Zhang Wei nodded slightly and said, "If he really manages to gather all those lives, then I truly won't be his match."

Zhang Ling asked, "Won't your grandmaster help?"

Zhang Wei took out the Evil-Refining Treasure Gourd and said, "Grand-uncle-master said that if I can resolve the hauntings in the building, he will give this Evil-Refining Treasure Gourd to me."

Zhang Ling took the Evil-Refining Treasure Gourd and looked at it, saying in surprise, "This is a great magical treasure. Your grand-uncle-master is truly generous; he is worthy of being called the Daoist of Many Treasures."

Zhang Wei sighed and said, "I think grand-uncle-master is doing this on purpose. If I can't beat the Ghost King, won't he have to step in anyway? If he decides not to count it then, wouldn't I have worked for nothing? Grand-uncle-master is too cunning!"

"Ouch!"

Zhang Wei immediately rubbed the back of his head and bowed, saying, "I'm sorry, grand-uncle-master, this disciple knows he was wrong!"

After a while, seeing that his grand-uncle-master had stopped, Zhang Wei gave a bitter smile to Zhang Ling, who was covering her mouth and giggling.

Zhang Ling immediately hugged Zhang Wei's arm, kissed his cheek, and said, "Don't worry, I'm going to Lantau Island now to find a nun; she should be able to help."

Zhang Wei was overjoyed. If someone could help, that would indeed be a good thing. He hurriedly said, "Then I'll leave it to you, Xiao Ling."

Zhang Ling smiled charmingly and then left the building.

Zhu Bang hurried over and asked, "Master, what did Sister Ling say?"

Zhang Wei waved his hand and said, "Don't worry. With me here, could I let anything happen to you? Go do whatever you need to do."

That evening, Dai Xue, who had an Evil-Warding Talisman, immediately dragged Zhu Bang to see a movie, but unexpectedly, Zhu Bang saw that the theater was full of Wicked Ghosts, and he was so scared he nearly fainted.

After barely managing to endure until the movie ended, he immediately dragged Dai Xue and ran out.

Dai Xue looked at the pale-faced Zhu Bang and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Zhu Bang said with a bitter face, "Nothing, I'm going to the restroom."

Dai Xue also nodded and said, "Perfect, I need to go too."

Afterward, the two of them entered their respective restrooms; Zhu Bang was mid-urination when Resentful Ghosts appeared on both sides, and Zhu Bang finished his business while trembling, then immediately ran out of the restroom.

Dai Xue also ran out from the other side, shouting, "There are ghosts!"

Fortunately, they had Evil-Warding Talismans and escaped safely, but Xu Zhudi, who was controlled by Tanaka Daisa, had set her sights on Zhu Bang, and there was also Fan Qianzhou; they were all born at the hour of extreme Yin, fitting Tanaka Daisa's needs.

Time quickly reached the fourteenth of July; that evening, the Yin energy in the building increased exponentially, and Zhang Wei had everyone else leave the building.

Once midnight passed, those Japanese pirate Wicked Ghosts and the Resentful Ghosts they had murdered all appeared.

As the only living person in the building, Zhang Wei quickly attracted their attention, and Tanaka Daisa brought a crowd of ghosts to the lobby.

The Chairman had already had his body occupied by Tanaka Daisa, and he grinned hideously: "Just you alone want to stop me? Keep dreaming! Attack, kill him!"

Zhang Wei hurriedly retreated, and those ghosts rushed toward Zhang Wei from all directions; Zhang Wei immediately took out a Command Flag and shouted, "Raise the formation, obey the command with urgency!"

"Hum!"

A golden light lit up, and a Yin-Yang Taiji Eight Trigrams instantly rose; the ghosts that rushed into the formation wailed loudly one after another, struggling to resist the golden light.

Tanaka Daisa was shocked and furious; he let out a loud shout and immediately drew his samurai sword to slash; Zhang Wei felt his magic power draining severely, so he immediately took out the Soul-Absorbing Banner, chanted a spell, and drew all the ghosts into it.

Tanaka Daisa was so angry he was jumping with rage, and he roared: "Release them, otherwise, I will surely kill you!"

Zhang Wei immediately retracted the formation and laughed loudly: "You say release them, so I should? Who do you think you are? If you have the ability, kill me."

After Zhang Wei finished his harsh words, he immediately turned and ran; Tanaka Daisa was furious—if he let Zhang Wei escape, all his efforts would be in vain, so he immediately gave chase.

Zhang Wei put the Soul-Absorbing Banner into his Universe Bag, and while running, he took out a Gold Coin Sword, smeared it with his own fingertip blood, and threw it out.

As Tanaka Daisa turned the corner, he saw a golden light flying toward him, and he instinctively drew his samurai sword to slash.

"Snap!"

The Gold Coin Sword shattered instantly, and the Five-Emperor Coins fell all over the floor.

Zhang Wei secretly thought that he had taken a loss; this Gold Coin Sword had shattered several times, and the Five-Emperor Coins were likely useless now, effectively ruined.

He thought to himself: This is a loss; when the time comes, I must ask Grand Uncle-Master for a new Gold Coin Sword.

Now, there was no time for Zhang Wei to think too much; Tanaka Daisa had already caught up, so Zhang Wei had no choice but to draw his Seven-Star Copper Sword to fight Tanaka Daisa.

The two sides exchanged dozens of blows, and Zhang Wei was forced back by a slash from Tanaka Daisa; now his magic power was exhausted.

Tanaka Daisa sneered: "Hahaha, kid, you messed with the wrong person; now I am going to chop off your limbs and make you wish you were dead!"

Tanaka Daisa immediately swung his sword to strike, but Zhang Wei curled his lips and immediately threw out a Purple Talisman.

"Boom!"

This was a Divine Fire Talisman, personally crafted by Zhang Sheng; although it was just something he drew casually, for Zhang Wei, it was a trump card.

Tanaka Daisa was struck by this Divine Fire Talisman and was instantly wounded.

He hurriedly retreated and said with some terror: "You are despicable!"

Zhang Wei laughed: "Hahaha, to deal with a dog thing like you, no method is too extreme!"

Tanaka Daisa gritted his teeth and said: "You can't kill me, but remember, I will definitely go on a killing spree in this building!"

Zhang Wei sneered: "You dare? I will surely make you suffer eternal damnation!"

Tanaka Daisa laughed a few times and immediately left.

Zhang Wei braced his body and immediately left the building.

The next morning, Zhang Ling returned from Lantau Island; on the other side, Fan Qianzhou had been seduced away by Xu Zhudi, and Zhu Bang told Zhang Wei about this.

Zhang Wei was just about to rush to the building to save people when he saw Zhang Ling arrive; Zhang Ling immediately said, "Awei, I have already found a solution at the nun's place."

Zhang Wei said happily, "Xiao Ling, your solution came just in time; I fought that Tanaka Daisa last night, he is injured now, making him easier to deal with!"

Zhang Ling's eyes were full of admiration, as if saying, 'As expected of the man I chose, his skills are indeed very strong.'

Zhang Ling smiled and said, "Mm, I will tell you the solution now; the nun's meaning is that we must go to the barrier inside the building, find Tanaka Daisa's bones, and smash them, which will cause Tanaka Daisa to suffer heavy damage."

"Once Tanaka Daisa is dealt with, you can just follow the Longevity Rope out."

Zhang Wei nodded and said, "Good, a piece of cake, let's go now."

Soon, they arrived at the women's restroom in the building; this was the place that led to the building's Ghost Realm.

Zhang Ling immediately set up a magic altar and had Xiaoxue hold the Longevity Rope; Zhang Wei immediately grabbed the Longevity Rope and headed down.

Soon he reached the Ghost Realm; it was empty of ghosts, as the ghosts here had been mostly captured by him last night, leaving only Tanaka Daisa and Xu Zhudi.

However, he had only walked a few steps when he saw Fan Qianzhou's soul; he was overjoyed to see Zhang Wei and hurriedly begged for rescue; Zhang Wei saw that it was only his soul that had left his body and that he could still be saved, so he took him in.

Afterward, he used a compass and quickly found Tanaka Daisa's corpse; just as he was about to act, the corpse instantly drew a sword to slash at him, but fortunately, he dodged in time.

Zhang Wei immediately drew his Seven-Star Copper Sword to trade a few blows with it and found that the corpse's strength was not high; he immediately held the sword with one hand, then took out a Eight Trigrams Mirror to launch a sneak attack, knocking the corpse down; before the corpse could get up, he threw out a Divine Fire Talisman, and the corpse immediately caught fire and fell, unable to rise.

Just at this moment, a skeleton appeared; it wanted to escape, but it was discovered by Zhang Wei, who immediately threw out a Gold Hammer and shattered the skeleton.

"Ah!"

The Chairman, who was busy with business, died instantly; Xu Zhudi, who was on the side, screamed and ran to the women's restroom, just in time to run into Zhang Wei returning from the barrier; before Xu Zhudi could turn around, Zhang Wei immediately released the Soul-Absorbing Banner and drew Xu Zhudi directly into it.

Zhang Wei immediately hugged Zhang Ling and kissed her, saying, "Hahaha, the matter is resolved, Grand Uncle-Master's magic treasure belongs to me!"

(End of chapter)