Chapter 144: Difficult to Deal With

Seeing the ghost for the first time, Li Jialing's mental state completely collapsed; how could she dare to remain in the room? She immediately dropped the trash can and fled, bolting out the door.

She ran to He Qiang's room and, seeing He Qiang there looking for a toothbrush, she panicked and tried to tell him that Shi Li was a ghost.

But He Qiang was in a rush to find his toothbrush and had no time to pay attention to Li Jialing.

However, when He Qiang turned around, Li Jialing saw the toothbrush stuck in He Qiang's body.

Li Jialing's eyes widened instantly; she immediately understood that He Qiang was also dead.

Trembling, Li Jialing pulled the toothbrush out and handed it to He Qiang, then let out a terrified scream and ran out of the room.

He Qiang looked puzzled, but he couldn't be bothered with such things and walked straight into the bathroom to brush his teeth.

Li Jialing ran into the hallway to calm her emotions, but her body was still trembling and her legs felt weak, so she could only lean against the wall.

Fortunately, at this moment, Lin Chengying came upstairs and saw Li Jialing, who was terrified in the hallway.

As soon as Li Jialing saw Lin Chengying, she threw herself at him and said with a crying tone, "Cousin, they really are ghosts. They scared me to death. What should we do now?"

Lin Chengying hurriedly comforted Li Jialing, saying, "Don't worry, I have already invited helpers to come over, and among these ghosts, only one is powerful; the others are not a problem."

The two of them immediately went to the lobby to meet with Zhang Wei and Zhang Ling.

Zhang Wei immediately asked, "Senior Brother, what is the situation with those few?"

Lin Chengying hurriedly said, "I have already exchanged blows with them. These people should be dead, but they have been possessed by ghosts.

They don't know they are dead yet; I must find a way to make them realize they are dead."

Li Jialing asked in confusion, "Can't we just tell them directly?"

Zhang Wei shook his head and said, "That won't do. In this situation, we can only let them discover it themselves. If we force the truth upon them, it will only enrage the ghosts within them.

When that happens, those ghosts will be shamed into anger and will harm their three souls and seven spirits. Once a person's three souls and seven spirits are damaged, they cannot be reincarnated."

Zhang Ling frowned and said, "We must find a way to make them realize they are dead right now."

Lin Chengying hurriedly said, "There is a costume disco party in the hotel tonight. They should separate then, and that is when we will find them one by one to resolve this.

By the way, I sense one that is very powerful—at least a Fierce Ghost."

Zhang Wei nodded and said, "Good, we will act separately when the time comes."

Soon it was evening, and the hotel's costume disco party began.

The customers in the hotel put on strange costumes one after another to attend the party.

Shi Li, He Qiang, and the three Xiang brothers all came to attend the party.

The fiercest one, Li Bing, put on a vampire count costume and also came to the party.

Lin Chengying immediately put on a Daoist robe, and Li Jialing did the same.

As for Zhang Wei and Zhang Ling, they each acted separately.

Zhang Wei was also wearing a vampire costume; he opened his Heavenly Eye to quickly search for the whereabouts of the Fierce Ghost.

Soon, he saw a private room emitting a surge of yin energy.

Zhang Wei hurriedly walked up to take a look; the Li Bing inside was indeed that Fierce Ghost, and he discovered that Li Bing's original soul had already merged with the Fierce Ghost—it was no ordinary Fierce Ghost.

At this moment, a beautiful woman wearing a vampire costume walked over. She had originally intended to enter the private room, but as she opened the door, she saw the handsome Zhang Wei to the side, glanced at Li Bing, and then closed the door.

She cast a flirtatious look at Zhang Wei and immediately moved closer.

Zhang Wei played along, pulling the woman in, and the beauty kissed him directly.

Seeing his prey run off, Li Bing was greatly enraged. He immediately stood up, walked out, looked at Zhang Wei with a fierce and malicious expression, and said with a livid face, "Kid, be sensible and get lost."

Zhang Wei was not afraid in the slightest; he held the beauty and laughed, "What? You want to teach me a lesson?"

Li Bing was furious and immediately threw a punch at Zhang Wei. Zhang Wei unhurriedly reached out his hand and blocked Li Bing's punch.

This left Li Bing somewhat puzzled.

Taking advantage of Li Bing's moment of distraction, Zhang Wei used his other hand to pull out a Eight Trigrams Mirror and shine it at Li Bing, knocking him to the ground.

Li Bing's fierce nature flared up instantly, his face becoming hideous, and he actually transformed into a state with a green face and sharp fangs.

Zhang Wei said with great surprise, "What a fierce ghost."

The beauty nearby saw Li Bing's terrifying face, screamed in fright, pushed Zhang Wei away, and scrambled away on all fours.

Li Bing immediately swung at the things around him, throwing them at the crowd dancing.

People immersed in the noisy atmosphere were startled by the screams, and someone immediately shouted, "Run!"

The guests, unaware of the truth, ran toward the stairwell one after another.

Li Bing gave a ferocious grin and reached out to grab someone. Zhang Wei immediately drew his sword and stabbed at Li Bing. Li Bing was shocked and pulled out a pistol to fire at Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei was startled and hurriedly used his Seven-Star Copper Sword to block the shot.

He then landed in front of Li Bing and struck with a palm, knocking Li Bing to the ground.

Zhang Wei immediately brought out his Ghost-Beating Stick and struck at Li Bing. Li Bing hurriedly dodged, but was hit in the arm by the Ghost-Beating Stick, and the pistol fell to the ground.

Li Bing let out a cry of pain, but he couldn't be bothered with the pistol on the ground; he immediately reverted to human form, rushed into the stairwell, and escaped by blending into the crowd.

Zhang Wei immediately gave chase.

Lin Chengying and Li Jialing also followed and ran out.

They arrived outside and, after seeing the crowd disperse, noticed the three Xiang brothers acting sneakily as if they were about to do something bad.

Lin Chengying immediately had Li Jialing hide, and he drove to catch up with the three Xiang brothers.

The three Xiang brothers were originally "Big Circle Boys," and this time they had come to Xiangdao to commit crimes.

They chose a jewelry store, then went inside with guns to rob it, and before long, they ran out clutching a bag of jewelry.

The Xiangdao police had already arrived outside, but the three Xiang brothers were not afraid and directly engaged them in battle.

They were hit by dozens of bullets but were fine, firing back until the Xiangdao police dared not show their heads.

It just so happened that Lin Chengying drove up and told them to leave; the three Xiang brothers did not suspect anything and immediately got in the car and left.

Lin Chengying took the three Xiang brothers to the desolate wilderness.

The leader, Xiang Dong, asked in confusion, "Why did you bring us here?"

Xiang Fang asked, "Who are you, and why help us?"

Lin Chengying got out of the car, shook his head, and said, "Dust to dust, earth to earth; it is time for you to wake up."

Xiang Dong and the others got out of the car, and upon hearing Lin Chengying's words, they looked bewildered; he immediately asked, "What on earth are you talking about?"

Lin Chengying said, "Do you still not understand? Feel the back of your own heads."

Xiang Dong touched it and felt only something sticky on his hand; he asked, "What is this?"

"That is your brain matter!"

Lin Chengying said, feeling somewhat speechless.

Xiang Fang and Xiang Hong, standing to the side, exclaimed in shock, "Big Brother, you're a ghost!"

Lin Chengying immediately said, "You two are talking about others, but look at yourselves—one has a chest full of bullet holes, and the other's intestines are all knotted up."

Xiang Fang and Xiang Hong looked down and discovered that they were also dead.

Xiang Dong's expression turned ugly: "We're actually already dead, so what use is the jewelry we snatched?"

Xiang Hong thought for a moment and immediately said, "Big Brother, since we're already dead, we should use underworld money; let's go rob an incense and candle shop now."

Xiang Dong suddenly realized and said, "What you said is right, let's go, let's go now."

Lin Chengying was so angry he laughed; these three really were like dogs that couldn't stop eating excrement—even after death, they were still thinking about robbing.

He immediately shouted, "You lot had better be self-aware; don't force me to take action!"

Xiang Dong immediately glared at Lin Chengying and said, "Stop meddling in our business, or we'll beat you up!"

Lin Chengying didn't say another word and immediately took action.

The three of them immediately rushed forward to gang up on Lin Chengying, only to be beaten up by him.

The three immediately knelt on the ground to beg for mercy, promising Lin Chengying that they would definitely go to be reincarnated.

Only then did Lin Chengying take the three of them back to the hotel.

As soon as he returned to the hotel, he saw Zhang Wei and hurriedly went up to ask, "Junior Brother, how did it go?"

Zhang Wei frowned and said, "This matter is truly quite tricky; I've already looked into it, and that Li Bing has merged with a fierce ghost, so his strength is very high."

"Moreover, once he returns to a normal state, he is no different from a living person, making him hard to track unless he uses ghostly power."

Lin Chengying nodded slightly and said, "Since Li Bing already knows the situation, he will inevitably look for others."

"How about this: my cousin and I will show ourselves to lure Li Bing out, and you, Junior Brother, wait for the right moment to strike."

Zhang Wei nodded and said, "That is the only way; Senior Brother, please be careful."

At this time, the hotel manager also knew that there was a ghost in the hotel; he found Lin Chengying discreetly and asked him to step in to resolve the matter.

Lin Chengying recalled what happened last night and said, "Give me 250,000, and I will help you resolve this."

The hotel manager immediately agreed to this price.

Meanwhile, his cousin Li Jialing said with a worried face, "Cousin, what should we do now?"

Lin Chengying hurriedly said, "I need you to pretend to be a ghost and infiltrate them to provide me with information."

Li Jialing's face fell, and she shook her head, saying, "Aren't you forcing me to my death by doing that?"

Lin Chengying immediately explained, "Don't get excited; they should know by now that they are dead, and I'm afraid they think you are dead too."

"Now you just need to paint yourself with some ghostly makeup."

Li Jialing asked, half-believing, "Is that true? You aren't lying to me, are you?"

Lin Chengying patted his chest and guaranteed, "Of course, your cousin is a Maoshan Taoist."

Li Jialing thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "Then I'll trust you this once."

Lin Chengying immediately said, "As the saying goes, people have a human appearance, and ghosts have a ghostly look. Five days after a person dies and becomes a ghost, their appearance will change."

"Human decay turns black, ghostly decay turns white, so you must paint your eyebrows white."

"Additionally, a ghost's eyebrows are used to distinguish direction; even if they close their eyes, they can still know the direction."

Li Jialing then painted herself into a mess; Shi Li knew she was dead and also thought Li Jialing was dead.

She was given a big fright when she saw Li Jialing's deathly pale complexion and pitch-black lips.

Li Jialing bit the bullet and said, "I died too hard."

Shi Li hurriedly said, "I know you're dead, but don't scare people like this; I'll touch up your makeup so you look like a person."

Li Jialing had no choice but to let Shi Li apply makeup.

At this time, Lin Chengying was searching for traces of Li Bing on the twelfth floor.

Li Bing, along with his two lackeys, the driver and Wu Shiren, sensed Lin Chengying; he twisted his mouth into a smile and said, "Some bastard has followed us; let's go, lure him to the laundry room."

The three of them immediately vanished and turned into ghosts; Lin Chengying sensed the yin energy and immediately chased them to the laundry room.

Inside the laundry room, those washing machines were running, emitting a buzzing sound that affected Lin Chengying's hearing.

Meanwhile, the driver and Wu Shiren hid in the corner and stretched out their hands to ambush Lin Chengying.

Lin Chengying, caught in a surprise attack, was knocked directly to the ground.

Having become alert, Lin Chengying immediately put away his compass, holding a dharma sword in one hand and a Eight Trigrams mirror in the other.

When the driver and Wu Shiren reached out to strike again, Lin Chengying immediately thrust his dharma sword, stabbing the driver's palm.

And Wu Shiren's fist hit the Eight Trigrams mirror, only to be rebounded directly, causing him to fall to the ground.

Seeing that his two lackeys were useless, Li Bing took action himself.

Lin Chengying immediately put away the two dharma treasures and took out a peach wood sword to attack Li Bing.

Li Bing's strength was even more formidable than yesterday; he directly caught the sword Lin Chengying thrust at him and then pulled it backward.

Lin Chengying felt a massive force and took a step forward; Li Bing immediately threw a punch, knocking Lin Chengying into the tumble dryer.

Li Bing let out a loud laugh and immediately started the dryer; Lin Chengying felt the world spinning, as if he were about to pass out.

"There's more!"

Li Bing, who was just about to capture Lin Chengying, sensed Zhang Wei pursuing him.

He hurriedly turned his head to look; Zhang Wei and Zhang Ling had already arrived at the laundry room.

Recalling his pathetic escape last night, Li Bing was greatly enraged and immediately attacked Zhang Wei.

Li Bing was seen flipping up bedsheets and other items inside the laundry room, sending them flying toward Zhang Wei to obstruct his vision.

Zhang Wei immediately drew his Seven-Star Copper Sword to strike and shouted, "Xiao Ling, take Senior Brother and leave first!"

Zhang Ling immediately attacked Wu Shiren and the driver, rescuing Lin Chengying to leave first.

Meanwhile, Zhang Wei slashed through the flying bedsheets with one sword strike, the sword Qi cleaving toward Li Bing behind them.

Li Bing immediately waved his hand, knocking away that streak of sword Qi.

Li Bing let out a cold snort, secretly thinking he was still two days short; he immediately threw more bedsheets at Zhang Wei, then retreated to the doorway, restored his human form, and fled with his two lackeys.

Zhang Wei slashed through those bedsheets, but seeing no sign of Li Bing, he felt quite troubled in his heart.

He immediately found Lin Chengying and said, "I let him get away."

Lin Chengying had now recovered his wits and said, "I fear he is waiting for the seventh day."

Zhang Wei said with a massive headache, "It will be very troublesome if we can't find him."

Lin Chengying immediately said, "It's fine, I have already had my cousin infiltrate them to act as an undercover agent."

Zhang Wei immediately thought of that girl who looked decent enough but appeared quite countrified, and asked, "Won't something go wrong if we leave it to her?"

Lin Chengying shook his head and said, "It's fine, my cousin has a very tough life, and she also possesses special abilities, so even if there is danger, she can hold out until we rescue her."

Zhang Wei breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and said, "That's good, then we shall wait for news from your cousin."

At this moment, Li Jialing was eating with Shi Li and the others.

The eerie, man-eating things only needed to smell the fragrance to be full; if they actually ate it, it tasted like chewing wax.

But Li Jialing was a human; looking at the delicacies before her, her stomach was uncooperative, and her mouth wanted to eat as well.

She immediately pointed in a direction to make Shi Li and the others look, while she snuck some food for herself.

(End of this chapter)