Chapter 151: Seeking Revenge

Wu Hao and the others looked at the smiling Hu Xia and asked in surprise, "Junior Sister, are you telling the truth? You aren't lying to us?"

Hu Xia said with some pride, "Of course. I have felt the sensation of Qi that Master spoke of."

Chen Jie realized suddenly, "No wonder you are so diligent; it turns out what Master taught is all true!"

Without another word, Wu Hao hurried back to his spot, sat down, and practiced.

Before long, Lin Chengying returned and felt deeply gratified to see his disciples practicing diligently.

A few days later, a phone call came in.

Hu Xia happened to be the first to return to the Daoist hall. Hearing the phone ring, she hurried forward to answer it, saying, "This is the Maoshan Daoist Temple."

"Hmm?" Zhang Wei on the other end of the line was puzzled for a moment and asked, "Who are you? Where is my Senior Brother?"

Hu Xia said respectfully, "My name is Hu Xia. I am Master's disciple. Hello, Junior Uncle."

Zhang Wei said happily, "Hahaha, I didn't expect that I would become a Junior Uncle too. Junior Niece, when your master returns, have him call me."

Hu Xia hurriedly replied, "I understand, Junior Uncle."

Afterward, Zhang Wei hung up the phone.

Not long after, Lin Chengying, who had gone out to attend to some business, returned. Hu Xia immediately stepped forward and said, "Master, Junior Uncle called earlier."

Lin Chengying was puzzled for a moment, then remembered Zhang Wei, and nodded, saying, "Good, I will return the call now."

Lin Chengying immediately called Zhang Wei back.

Soon, Zhang Wei answered the phone, and Lin Chengying immediately asked, "Junior Brother, is there something you need from me?"

Zhang Wei said in a somewhat grave tone, "Senior Brother, something has happened here at the Shenfeng Cave."

Lin Chengying's expression changed, and he hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

Zhang Wei said, "I went to ask our Grand Uncle-Master. The old gentleman said that the foreign devils have been raising a vampire inside the Shenfeng Cave. Now, this vampire's strength has greatly increased, and it has killed quite a few people who tried to sneak into the Shenfeng Cave."

Lin Chengying said furiously, "These foreign devils truly harbor evil intentions. What did the Grand Uncle-Master say?"

Zhang Wei shook his head and said, "The Grand Uncle-Master didn't say anything else, only telling me to keep watch here at the Shenfeng Cave. I am worried that something major will happen. Senior Brother, you should prepare early."

Lin Chengying replied in a deep voice, "Good, I understand."

That night, Lin Chengying's expression was somewhat heavy.

The several disciples who had come to learn clearly felt that Lin Chengying was somewhat distracted.

Wu Hao asked in a low voice, "Does anyone know what happened?"

Hu Xia hurriedly replied in a low voice, "Today, our Junior Uncle called Master."

Chen Jie asked in surprise, "We have a Junior Uncle?"

Liang Shan boasted, "Of course we do. Maoshan is a prestigious sect, after all."

Wu Hao frowned and said, "Then what did the Junior Uncle say to Master? Look at how absent-minded Master is."

They did not know what was going on, so they began to speculate.

The more they talked, the more excited they became, and their voices gradually grew louder, disturbing the distracted Lin Chengying.

Lin Chengying glared and said loudly, "I let you practice, and you are chatting here?"

The several disciples immediately lowered their heads and looked submissive, not daring to retort.

Hu Xia spoke up, "Master, we saw that you seemed distracted just now. Did something happen?"

Lin Chengying thought for a moment and said, "That is correct. A major event has indeed occurred."

Wu Hao and the others immediately showed curious expressions, and Hu Xia hurriedly asked, "Master, can you tell us what happened?"

Lin Chengying pondered for a moment and said, "There is no harm in telling you about this matter."

"This story goes back to when I first arrived in Hong Kong, when someone discovered the cave dwelling of an ancient cultivator."

"Wow, an ancient cultivator?"

"Could it be an immortal?"

"What are you thinking? How could there be immortals?"

"Ahem!"

Lin Chengying coughed a few times, and Wu Hao and the others immediately quieted down.

He continued, "This cave dwelling was quickly sealed off by the foreign devils, but the foreign devils harbor evil intentions and have invited witches, wizards, and other such heterodox practitioners."

"Today, your Junior Uncle told me that the foreign devils have been raising a vampire in the cave dwelling. Now, this vampire is very powerful and has killed many people. I fear there will be a bloody storm ahead."

Upon hearing this, Wu Hao and the others actually felt a sense of yearning; they really wanted to know what the cultivation world was truly like.

Wu Hao hurriedly said, "Master, take us to see it!"

Lin Chengying immediately refused, saying, "Nonsense. Such a dangerous place—if you go, you will only face more misfortune than good."

Chen Jie immediately said, "Master, flowers in a greenhouse cannot withstand the wind and waves!"

Liang Shan also chimed in, "Master, take us to see and experience it; that will also be helpful for our cultivation."

Lin Chengying still did not relent, shaking his head and saying, "No. You are all about the same as ordinary people right now. If you go there, I can barely protect myself, so how would I take care of you then?"

"I will absolutely not take you to such a dangerous place. If you want to know about the cultivation world, it is very simple. Tonight, I will let you witness true eeriness."

Everyone was somewhat suspicious, and Wu Hao muttered, "Master wouldn't be tricking us and then finding someone to pretend, would he?"

Hu Xia hurriedly retorted, "Certainly not. When has Master ever lied to us?"

Chen Jie said with some regret, "Since we can't see the big scene, seeing a small scene is fine too."

Soon, the time reached the Hour of the Rat, and A-Juan appeared inside the villa.

She came to pay her respects to Lin Chengying immediately, and Lin Chengying mentioned at once, "A-Juan, I have something I need your help with."

A-Juan nodded hurriedly and said, "Uncle Ying, just give the order."

Lin Chengying nodded and said, "I have a few good-for-nothing disciples who are practicing, but a few of them are not very focused, so I would like to ask you to scare them a little."

A-Juan said with some hesitation, "But Uncle Ying, I don't know how to scare people."

Lin Chengying had no choice but to teach her: "Scaring people is very simple. You just turn invisible, then when they aren't paying attention, knock a cup onto the floor, move a chair, or something like that."

Speaking of invisibility, A Juan shrank into the corner and asked in a low voice: "Uncle Ying, is it like this?"

Lin Chengying felt a bit helpless; this was the clumsiest ghost he had ever seen. How could she not know how to practice invisibility?

He hurriedly walked in front of A Juan and said: "It's that kind of 'pop' sound, then you turn invisible."

A Juan then said in a low voice: "Pop."

Lin Chengying was instantly rendered speechless.

He felt that he couldn't explain it clearly with words, so he said: "Come with me."

Saying this, he took A Juan downstairs, arrived at the living room, and turned on the television.

Next, he found a horror movie disc to play for A Juan. He fast-forwarded to the scene where the ghost appeared and said: "Look, this is what I meant."

A Juan took a look, and only then did she understand what Lin Chengying meant.

Seeing that she understood, Lin Chengying said: "Alright, you can go scare them now."

"Okay, Uncle Ying." A Juan immediately turned invisible and left.

Upstairs, Wu Hao heard the conversation below; he thought Lin Chengying had hired someone to scare them.

He immediately went to the dormitory and said to Chen Jie and Liang Shan: "Listen up, I just heard Master invite a woman to scare us."

Chen Jie whispered: "What? Master is too mean."

Liang Shan was also somewhat dissatisfied and said: "Then let's play along for now, and then expose Master's trick later."

Wu Hao nodded and said: "Mm, let's do that. Go back to sleep first."

Inside Hu Xia's bedroom, A Juan arrived in the bathroom of her room, turned on the faucet, and let the water drip slowly.

She looked back and discovered Hu Xia wasn't awake, so she kicked over a bucket.

Hu Xia woke up in a start and immediately grabbed the peach wood sword by the bedside.

She stared in the direction of the bathroom and heard the dripping sound, which made her somewhat uneasy.

She gathered her courage and shouted: "Senior brothers, don't pretend to be ghosts to scare people."

There was no response from inside the bathroom.

Hu Xia took a deep breath, immediately got out of bed, turned on the light, and walked slowly toward the bathroom.

She arrived at the bathroom door, reached out to touch the switch, counted to three in her heart, immediately turned on the light, and simultaneously thrust the peach wood sword in her hand, but it hit nothing.

She looked carefully inside the bathroom; there was no one there, and only then did she relax slightly.

Hu Xia retracted the peach wood sword and stepped forward to tighten the faucet.

She raised her head, looked into the mirror, and discovered a woman behind her. She screamed in fright and immediately turned around to stab.

A Juan was frightened and hurriedly ran away.

Hu Xia immediately followed A Juan and ran out.

Meanwhile, in the boys' dormitory, Wu Hao and the others heard Hu Xia's scream and thought it was the woman Master hired scaring Hu Xia. They immediately got up, wanting to run over to mock them.

The few of them quickly put on their clothes and left the room laughing. Just as they stepped out, they saw someone running downstairs.

Wu Hao hurriedly said: "Quick, go down!"

The group immediately followed and ran to the first-floor lobby.

Hearing the footsteps behind her, Hu Xia hurriedly turned around to look. After discovering it was her senior brothers, she immediately ran over and shouted: "Senior brothers, there's a ghost!"

Wu Hao laughed: "Where is there a ghost? Let me subdue her!"

A Juan immediately revealed herself.

Wu Hao pretended to be scared and said exaggeratedly: "Wow, what a terrifying ghost! You scared me to death; my little heart is about to explode!"

Chen Jie laughed out loud: "Big Senior Brother, this is too fake."

Liang Shan immediately walked in front of A Juan and said: "Pretty lady, you are very beautiful. I wonder if you have a boyfriend?"

Wu Hao hurriedly said: "Hey, at least show some respect for me, your Big Senior Brother."

Lin Chengying, watching from the shadows, saw that A Juan hadn't scared them but was instead being teased, so he walked out.

Chen Jie hurriedly said: "Master, you didn't hire the right person. It has to be someone ugly to scare us."

"Hmph!"

Lin Chengying let out a cold snort and said: "You think it's someone I hired to pretend?"

Wu Hao laughed: "Master, I heard it earlier."

Lin Chengying chuckled, thinking to himself that these people wouldn't shed tears until they saw the coffin.

Liang Shan chimed in from the side: "Master, unless you take her head off, we won't believe it."

"Fine!"

Lin Chengying immediately nodded, took action directly to remove A Juan's head, and handed it to them.

Seeing the body that had lost its head but could still move its limbs, as well as A Juan who was still blinking, the five of them instantly widened their eyes.

"A ghost!"

The group screamed in terror and turned to run.

Lin Chengying put the head back on and shouted: "Do you believe it now?"

Hearing Lin Chengying's shout, the group stopped in their tracks and returned to the front.

Hu Xia was still shaken and said: "Master, so there really is a ghost."

Wu Hao lowered his head and said: "Master, this disciple knows he was wrong."

Lin Chengying then said haughtily: "Hmph, practice hard in the future."

"Yes, Master!"

As soon as the words fell, the villa's front door was kicked open, and a gust of cold wind blew in.

The few of them immediately looked toward the doorway.

They saw A-Juan's husband, Zhan Bengdao, walk in with three Specters.

Wu Hao and the others hurriedly hid behind Lin Chengying, and A-Juan was also extremely terrified.

Zhan Bengdao stepped forward and said, "How about it, old thing? See how I deal with you today."

Lin Chengying kept a straight face and said, "What do you want?"

Zhan Bengdao waved his hand and said, "Brothers, get him!"

The other three Specters immediately stretched out their arms to strike at Lin Chengying, but they were controlled by Lin Chengying in just a few moves.

Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Zhan Bengdao and the remaining three Specters each kicked out, sending Lin Chengying flying directly into the wall.

Wu Hao and the others immediately stepped forward to help, but they were no match for Zhan Bengdao and the four Specters; in less than a minute, the five of them were beaten to the ground.

Zhan Bengdao took a chair and placed it in front of Lin Chengying, triumphantly saying, "How about it, old thing? I told you I would deal with you."

Lin Chengying sat down calmly and said, "I just haven't bothered with you; if I were to fight back, I would beat you until you were crippled."

Zhan Bengdao laughed in anger and said, "Hahaha, old thing, you really have a stiff mouth even when death is at your doorstep. Let's see if I don't beat you to death!"

After speaking, he swung his fist at Lin Chengying, and Lin Chengying immediately recited the Golden Light Incantation under his breath, then punched Zhan Bengdao in the stomach.

Zhan Bengdao let out a cry of pain, and before he could resist, Lin Chengying grabbed his head and followed up with fists raining down on Zhan Bengdao's stomach.

Zhan Bengdao was beaten until he was foaming at the mouth and collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.

In pain, Zhan Bengdao immediately shouted, "What are you all just watching for? Do something!"

The three Specters immediately rushed toward Lin Chengying with fierce expressions, and Lin Chengying immediately threw five willow branches to his disciples, saying, "Use the willow branches to hit them!"

Wu Hao, Hu Xia, and the others immediately stood up, picked up the willow branches from the ground, and struck at the three Specters.

Those willow branches were specifically effective against such Specters; after only a few strikes, the Specters were howling in pain, and their forms quickly shrank.

Wu Hao and the others were very curious, and the three Specters took this opportunity to immediately run out of the room, abandoning Zhan Bengdao, who was also a Specter.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Zhan Bengdao immediately shouted, "Wife, for the sake of our marital bond, help me out."

A-Juan hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhan Bengdao up and said, "Husband, although I am a bit slow, I am not stupid."

Having said that, she slapped Zhan Bengdao, knocking him to the ground, and then kicked him away.

She took out a divorce petition and shouted, "Put your handprint on it for me!"

Seeing the petition, Zhan Bengdao said with some grief and indignation, "This won't do. If this gets out, I won't be able to show my face."

A-Juan immediately gave Wu Hao and the others a look, and they immediately took out their willow branches and threatened, "Are you going to sign it or not?"

Zhan Bengdao's expression changed, and he had no choice but to press his handprint onto the petition, asking, "Is this okay now?"

"Get lost!" A-Juan waved her hand, and Zhan Bengdao immediately fled.

(End of chapter)