Chapter 158: Reappearance

In the evening, Tian Na returned home after recording her statement, and as soon as she entered, she noticed that the nanny, Xing Jie, did not seem to be in the house.

She hurriedly called out a few times, and sure enough, no one answered.

Tian Na asked in confusion, "Strange, where did Xing Jie go?"

Just as she was about to go upstairs to check, she heard the telephone in the living room ring.

Tian Na stopped in her tracks, turned around, and went to the living room to answer the phone.

It turned out to be her good friend A-Mei calling to invite her to go to a nightclub.

Tian Na said in a low tone, "A-Mei, I appreciate your kindness, but I don't want to go tonight.

Mr. Fan is dead, I feel very upset, and I want to rest at home."

A-Mei on the other end of the line hurriedly comforted her, "Alright, I'll come see you tomorrow."

Tian Na hung up the phone, then went upstairs, preparing to take a bath and sleep.

But as soon as she went upstairs, a cold wind blew from behind her; she looked back and frowned slightly, saying, "How did Xing Jie forget to close the door again?"

She then stepped forward to close the glass door of the second-floor balcony.

Next, she returned to her bedroom, took off her clothes, and changed into pajamas.

Tian Na turned and went to the bathroom, opened the door, and saw Xing Jie, covered in blood, appearing before her eyes.

"Ah!"

Tian Na was so terrified by this scene that her soul nearly left her body.

Regaining her senses, Tian Na hurriedly backed away, then collapsed onto the floor.

Afterward, she saw a shadow, and in her terror, she immediately got up to call the police.

But the next second, Tian Na was dragged onto the bed by the Cat Demon's willpower, and immediately after, the Cat Demon's primordial spirit rushed into Tian Na's body from her lower private parts.

Having returned home, Zhang Dashuai decided to teach Luo Dayou Daoist arts.

After all, that Cat Demon was not easy to deal with; if Luo Dayou did not know Daoist arts to protect himself, he would likely be in grave danger.

Zhang Dashuai immediately set up an altar, picked up a divine talisman, and said, "Today I will teach you how to use a divine talisman to invite a deity to possess your body. Follow my lead."

As he spoke, he picked up the divine talisman and said, "Use the Five-Thunder True Fire from your dantian to ignite the divine talisman!"

Having said that, he closed his eyes and began to meditate, mobilizing the magic power within his body.

But Luo Dayou did not understand, and he thought to himself: What is a dantian? What is Five-Thunder True Fire?

With a look of confusion, he saw Zhang Dashuai with his eyes closed, so he snuckily used the blazing fire he had ignited to light his own divine talisman.

Immediately, Zhang Dashuai opened his eyes and placed the divine talisman into water, and Luo Dayou followed suit.

Zhang Dashuai immediately said, "Drink the talisman water."

Luo Dayou said with a look of difficulty, "Master, it's so dirty, how can I drink this?"

Zhang Dashuai immediately explained, "If you don't drink it, how can you receive the magic? Only by drinking it can it be effective."

"Besides, this divine talisman has been burned by true fire; it looks dirty, but it is actually very clean."

Luo Dayou had no choice but to pour the talisman water into his mouth, but he truly could not swallow the residue, and he felt somewhat disgusted in his heart.

Zhang Dashuai assumed Luo Dayou had drunk it, so he took him to the side to test the magic.

He kicked Luo Dayou directly against the wall, and Luo Dayou almost fainted.

Zhang Dashuai hurriedly went to the statue, knelt down, and said, "Impossible, why did it have no effect?"

Zhang Sheng, who was projecting his presence over, shook his head slightly and thought: Your disciple is faking it, how am I supposed to intervene?

Luo Dayou, off to the side, clutched his chest and said, "Master, I didn't drink the talisman water."

A somewhat angry Zhang Dashuai immediately stood up and said, "Come here, stand on your head and let me see."

Luo Dayou did not know why, so he got up and went to the middle to stand on his head.

As a result, all the money in his pockets fell out.

Zhang Dashuai immediately stepped forward, picked up all the money, and threw it directly into the fire basin.

Luo Dayou was very angry and hurriedly questioned, "Master, what are you doing? Without money, how am I supposed to live?"

Zhang Dashuai said dismissively, "To learn my magic, you must renounce wealth; either spend it all or burn it.

Besides, you're still thinking about money? I tell you, if you can't pass this trial, you won't even have your life; you still want money?"

The anger in Luo Dayou's heart instantly dissipated; right now, surviving was the most important thing.

Seeing that Luo Dayou could not learn the divine talisman technique, Zhang Dashuai decided to start from the basics.

He stood up and said, "Come over, I will now teach you how to open an altar."

As he spoke, he picked up a peach-wood sword and the sword formula, saying, "This is the peach-wood sword, and on this paper is the sword formula."

"Before opening the altar, you must hold the peach-wood sword, recite the sword formula, and then walk the sixty-four hexagrams; every hexagram will make ghosts and gods tremble!"

Just as Zhang Dashuai was explaining, Luo Dayou became somewhat distracted; he wanted to see what was on the sword formula.

Zhang Dashuai said in frustration, "Luo Dayou, focus! Do you even want to learn or not?"

Luo Dayou said urgently, "I usually drive for people, working only eight hours a day, but learning magic takes ten hours."

Zhang Dashuai said in a great rage, "I don't have many days left to live!"

Luo Dayou said somewhat indifferently, "So what?"

Zhang Dashuai said with great disappointment, "You still want to slack off at a time like this? When the Cat Demon comes, let's see you survive this calamity!"

Luo Dayou complained, "Isn't there still that police officer master? What could possibly happen?"

Zhang Dashuai sneered, "I tell you, cats are the most vengeful; you have already offended the Cat Demon, and he will definitely seek revenge on you.

That Daoist friend Zhang and I both have magic, so it won't be easy for him to deal with us, but you are different—you are just an ordinary person.

When the time comes, he will definitely seek revenge on you first; I see you just waiting to die!"

Having said that, he left without looking back.

Luo Dayou was also somewhat annoyed, muttering, "Hmph, so fond of getting angry; before the Cat Demon even arrives, she'll surely have angered herself to death."

"I practiced for ten hours today without a single break, I'm starving to death."

Saying this, he directly picked up the offerings in front of the idol and began to eat.

At this moment, Zhang Xiaochuan walked in and asked softly, "Are you very hungry right now?"

Hearing that it was Zhang Xiaochuan's voice, Luo Dayou hurriedly stood up and smiled, "Xiaochuan, you're here."

Zhang Xiaochuan smiled, "Are you free? Shall we go have dinner together in a bit?"

Luo Dayou nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, yes, I'll go take a shower and change my clothes."

Very soon, the two of them were eating at a high-end restaurant.

Luo Dayou sighed, "Wow, eating here must cost quite a lot of money."

Zhang Xiaochuan said, "It's fine, eat as much as you like; this meal is my treat."

Luo Dayou hurriedly said, "Of course this meal should be on you; your father already burned all the money I had on me."

Zhang Xiaochuan asked, "Do you know why I invited you to dinner?"

Luo Dayou was very clever and smiled, "A beauty like you inviting me to dinner, showing such unprovoked courtesy—there must be something you need from me, right?"

Zhang Xiaochuan said directly, "I will give you five thousand yuan every month; please focus on learning Daoist arts from my father."

Luo Dayou was somewhat surprised; Zhang Xiaochuan's attitude tonight was vastly different from yesterday's.

He asked with some uncertainty, "Did I hear that right?"

Zhang Xiaochuan nodded, "You heard right; this is my request."

Luo Dayou asked in confusion, "Why do you want to do this?"

Zhang Xiaochuan leaned against her chair and said, "For that Cat Demon, my father has persisted his whole life. When I was four years old, my mother became depressed because of this matter and eventually passed away."

"Later, Father was diagnosed with liver cancer and didn't have long to live, so he moved to a nursing home."

"Now I only have Father left; in these final days of his life, I hope he lives happily."

"Even if it is just a fantasy, I want to satisfy him."

Luo Dayou clapped his hands, "That is a very moving story."

Zhang Xiaochuan put away her wounded expression and said, "I am not lying to you, and I am talking business with you—five thousand yuan, are you in or not?"

Luo Dayou thought to himself: This young lady actually takes me for someone who only cares about money?

He immediately refused, "I won't do it!"

Zhang Xiaochuan was somewhat surprised.

Luo Dayou continued, "I don't want a single cent, and I will still learn Daoist arts from your father with all my heart."

"But I have one request."

Zhang Xiaochuan kept a straight face and said, "What request?"

Luo Dayou said with a bit of roguish charm, "If it's possible, I would like to ask you for a dance."

Only then did Zhang Xiaochuan realize she had judged a gentleman by the yardstick of a petty person; she hadn't expected Luo Dayou to be this kind of person.

She smiled and nodded, "Okay."

After this night, for the next two days, Luo Dayou studied Daoist arts very diligently.

Under Zhang Dashuai's careful guidance, he quickly learned the basic skills.

Zhang Dashuai said, "You've learned the basics well enough; now I will teach you how to sense demons and supernatural anomalies."

"To master this Daoist art, you need to sit in meditation within the Eight Trigrams and use your heart to apply the magic to sense them."

"The highest realm of this Daoist art is like a modern radar; even while sitting in meditation, you can sense changes in the vicinity of your body."

"Once something supernatural approaches and harbors ill intent toward you, you will instinctively counterattack."

Luo Dayou was somewhat skeptical; he watched Zhang Dashuai meditating from the side and discovered that the clothes on his surface were rippling.

He approached out of curiosity and was immediately repelled.

Luo Dayou exclaimed in surprise, "So powerful!"

Zhang Dashuai immediately woke up.

Luo Dayou asked immediately, "Master, can we deal with the Cat Demon using this Daoist art?"

Zhang Dashuai shook his head, "That certainly won't work; that Cat Demon has already consumed human blood, and combined with its previous cultivation, I don't even have confidence, let alone you."

"Fortunately, I still have two Talisman Arrows in my hand; once you learn these basic Daoist arts, you will have a chance to kill the Cat Demon with the Talisman Arrows."

Luo Dayou said with a worried face, "Then without the Talisman Arrows, the Cat Demon can't be killed?"

Zhang Dashuai nodded, "That's right, but if you don't learn the Daoist arts, you won't even have a chance to escape with your life."

He stood up and said, "I'm going to rest now; you continue drawing talismans and practicing."

Having said that, he left.

And Zhang Xiaochuan was very happy to see that Luo Dayou was truly learning Daoist arts from her father with all his heart.

She walked in and said, "Tomorrow night, let's go dancing."

Luo Dayou said very happily, "Okay!"

The next night, just as Luo Dayou and Zhang Xiaochuan were flirting, Tian Na, possessed by the Cat Demon, seduced Vincent, a recently popular pop star.

Vincent thought it was a romantic encounter, but he never expected to be killed by the Cat Demon in a puddle by the side of the road.

What Tian Na, possessed by the Cat Demon, did not expect was that just after she left, some of Vincent's fans drove by, discovered the brutally murdered Vincent, and immediately called the police.

This matter spread very quickly.

Zhang Xiaochuan, who had just finished playing cards with Luo Dayou, was woken up by the phone.

Miss Zhang immediately answered the phone and said in surprise, "What, Vincent is dead? Okay, I'll be there immediately; David, you take the camera crew and set off at once."

A sleepy-eyed Luo Dayou sat up and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Xiaochuan packed up her pajamas and said, "Vincent is dead, and the state of his corpse is the same as the security guard at the Fan family building."

Luo Dayou woke up instantly and hurriedly said, "It's very unsafe this late; I'll go with you."

Afterward, the two of them went out together, only to run right into Commander Zhang.

Commander Zhang reacted immediately and asked, "Luo Dayou, why are you coming out of my daughter's room?"

Zhang Xiaochuan said immediately, "Dad, you really are old-fashioned; of course it's what you're thinking."

Having said that, she pulled Luo Dayou and walked outside.

By the time their group arrived at the scene, it had already been cordoned off.

Zhang Xiaochuan saw Zhang Wei again and frowned, saying, "Now we can't get in."

Luo Dayou hurriedly said, "Don't worry, I know him."

He hurriedly stepped forward and waved, saying, "Master, it's me."

Zhang Wei walked over, saw it was Luo Dayou, and noticed Commander Zhang had also come; he nodded and said, "Hmm, you've come too."

Commander Zhang hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Fellow Daoist, let us go in and take a look."

Zhang Wei nodded.

Zhang Xiaochuan was overjoyed, kissed Luo Dayou on the cheek, and was about to go in.

Zhang Wei immediately blocked her, saying, "You can go in, but the others cannot, and the camera cannot be brought in either."

Zhang Xiaochuan was helpless and could only go in alone.

Their group entered the scene, and quite a few police officers were already vomiting.

Zhang Xiaochuan wanted to go look, but Zhang Wei warned, "I advise you best not to look."

Zhang Xiaochuan didn't believe it, walked over to take a look, and at the sight of the disemboweled, tragic state, she almost couldn't help but vomit; fortunately, she had seen other gruesome scenes before.

At this moment, Luo Dayou saw a bracelet and was very surprised.

He hurriedly said in front of Zhang Wei and Commander Zhang, "I recognize that bracelet; it belongs to Mr. Fan's secretary, Miss Tian Na."

Zhang Wei frowned and said, "It seems the culprit's identity is confirmed; there is no time to lose, we must take her down."

Commander Zhang said immediately, "Since we know where she is, it's easy to handle. How about this, Fellow Daoist Zhang, Luo Dayou and I will go over first, and at the critical moment, you can strike."

Zhang Wei nodded and said, "That works too; this Cat Demon is very cunning, we must indeed be careful."

The three of them immediately left the scene, and Commander Zhang and Luo Dayou arrived outside Tian Na's home first.

Luo Dayou looked around and asked skeptically, "Master, is that Cat Demon here?"

Commander Zhang said with a look of certainty, "He is definitely here; the Cat Demon and I are sworn enemies, we can both sense each other's presence.

Be careful yourself; once the fight starts later, I won't be able to look after you, so don't go dying."

Luo Dayou hurriedly patted his chest and promised, "I'll definitely be careful, otherwise Xiaochuan will be heartbroken."

Mentioning this, Commander Zhang felt a fire in his heart, and he whispered sternly, "You bastard, I haven't even settled accounts with you for this matter yet!

Once I've dealt with this Cat Demon, I'll settle accounts with you then!"

(End of this chapter)