Chapter 344

The moment the female ghost appeared, I also rushed to her front, and casually took out a Heavenly Monarch Demon-Subduing Talisman and stamped it onto her forehead.

But I was still a step late; when I was holding the talisman and about to stamp it on her forehead, Old Daoist Kong had already died.

Struck by my talisman, the female ghost screamed and flew backward. Taking advantage of her injured moment, I casually pulled on Old Daoist Kong's body, tugging off his robe, then activated the Ghost-Covering Spell and flung it at that female ghost.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye; by the time everyone came to their senses, I had already captured that female ghost.

Yao Yirong, her cousin Taozi, and Character: Tang Zheng walked up to me.

Taozi nervously looked around, then asked me: "Where's Xiao Ling? Where did you put her?"

I thought the Xiao Ling she mentioned must be the female ghost just now, so I shook the cloth ball in my hand and told her: "It's right here."

"And this Daoist..." Yao Yirong pointed at the fallen Old Daoist Kong and asked me.

I shrugged: "He's dead."

After that incident in Anhui last time, Yao Yirong's psychological resilience had improved greatly; seeing a dead person, she didn't turn pale with fright as she had the first time. Her cousin Taozi, too, must have seen big scenes; upon seeing a corpse, her face showed only a few seconds of panic before immediately returning to normal.

Only Character: Tang Zheng, possibly experiencing this for the first time, couldn't help but turn pale, cold sweat continually beading on his forehead. When Taozi told him to call and handle things here, he shook his ashen head, trembling as he waved his hand and said: "Miss, I'm feeling unwell; I'd like to go back first."

"Coward..." Yao Yirong pursed her lips.

Although being looked down upon by a little girl who hasn't even grown hair yet, Character: Tang Zheng still nodded and bowed, saying yes, not daring to retort. Finally, Taozi had Fang Zheng go back to rest first, and she personally called people over to handle it.

Character: Tang Zheng wiped his sweat, said a couple of apologetic words, then hurriedly headed toward the company's exit.

"Thank you?" Taozi stretched out a fair hand toward me.

I politely said no need, and returned the handshake. But just as I lowered my head, a gust of wind blew my left-eye bangs aside, and that frightening white eye flashed for a moment.

"Ah..." Taozi collapsed in terror onto the ground, her eyes fixed on Yao Yirong while her hand pointed at me, mumbling indistinctly "him, him, him."

Yao Yirong hurried over to help her up, explaining: "Taozi sis, don't be scared; my friend here is naturally a bit disabled, not intending to scare you."

I gave an unwilling smile, masking the awkward atmosphere, but deep down I couldn't help feeling a bit bitter. I think anyone being looked at with that kind of strange gaze would feel uncomfortable.

However, Taozi's composure is truly admirable; in less than a moment her complexion returned to normal, and she sheepishly reached out her hand again, saying sorry.

Such composure makes me admire her; at least among everyone I know, the only ones who can see my eyes return to normal after half a moment are QingSongShu and my master. Even Pangzi, if he stares at me too long, says he feels an indescribable panic.

"By the way, you weren't trying to catch cockroaches, were you? Where are the cockroaches? I'll go with you to catch them." Yao Yirong wasn't frightened by Old Daoist Kong's death; instead, she was excited and asked me about the Tomb Lord.

After thinking carefully, I told Yao Yirong: "Where is your company's women's restroom? Take me there now."

As soon as I said that, both women's expressions turned a little odd; Yao Yirong glanced up and down at me, then said in surprise: "I didn't realize you had this hobby."

Understanding what these two women were thinking, I immediately laughed and cried, then hurriedly explained the situation to her.

I told her that the Tomb Lord is a spiritual entity formed in extremely yin and cold places due to a cockroach's death, so it retains many of its former habits and likes to stay in extremely yin and cold places after manifesting. And in this lavish company, the darkest, most damp spot I can think of is the women's restroom.

After the explanation, both suddenly understood. Taozi said: "Yirong doesn't know where the company's women's restroom is; let me take you there."

I nodded, said okay, and then followed behind her.

From the hall I kept turning, turned into the right-side staff work office hall, then walked along the corridor for ten minutes before finding the women's restroom.

Taozi pointed at the end of the corridor and said: "That's the women's restroom."

I nodded, was about to take the talisman and head over, but Yao Yirong pulled me back. Then this girl actually asked me a nonsensical question.

"Hey, we're going to catch cockroaches—should we bring Olive Chrysanthemum?"

Olive Chrysanthemum and Black Whirlwind are both popular insecticides of the time; moreover, this brand's headquarters is in Guangdong, established as early as 1982. Although it wasn't particularly famous back then, people in the cities around Zhongshan all know this brand, and almost every household uses it to kill insects and cockroaches.

After Yao Yirong said that, I instantly felt my head throbbing as if struck by lightning... Damn, bringing Olive Chrysanthemum to catch cockroaches—does that mean I'd have to bring a woman to catch a pervert?

Although the question was a bit naive and left me speechless, Yao Yirong's remark did remind me that I needed to bring something.

The reason I came up with this idea wasn't just Yao Yirong's remark; I also caught a whiff of medicinal herbs as I passed by, and especially after stopping at this end of the corridor, the herbal scent grew stronger.

I asked Taozi and found out her company originally sold medicinal herbs, and there's even a small warehouse inside the company storing some herbs.

I made a request of Taozi, asking her to open the door and go into the warehouse to grab some Chinese medicine.

Taozi stared blankly for a moment, then immediately replied: "No problem."

After he opened the warehouse, I inside found several kinds of Chinese medicine, crushed and ground them into powder, put them in a bag, and walked out.

These powders were actually prepared according to the prescription QingSongShu gave me; QingSongShu doesn't like using mosquito coils or insecticides, saying that inhaling those chemical fumes too much is bad for health. So he usually grinds Chinese medicine into powder and sprinkles it around the house; after snakes, insects, rats, and ants smell this powder, they absolutely refuse to approach, and the formula's effect is especially potent against cockroaches. I've seen Pangzi sprinkle the powder around a cockroach, forming an encircling ring; the cockroach inside the ring bumps around like a blind fly, but just can't get out of the circle.

I once heard a story: in western Hunan, there is an old man of the Medicine King Sect who knows medicinal methods to capture snakes. Once a person was bitten by a Five-Pace Snake King that had cultivated into a spirit; after the old man learned of it, he prepared a medicine using his medicinal method and scattered it along the Snake King's path; not long after, the Snake King was indeed lured out.

Since the medicinal method works on venomous snakes that have cultivated into spirits, I believe the corresponding medicinal herbs will definitely be effective against this spirit-formed Tomb Lord.

After preparing the medicine packet, I signaled Yao Yirong and Taozi to stay quiet, then I tiptoed toward the women's restroom.

When I reached the restroom door, I poured out some of the powder and sealed the exit, then I brought Taozi and Yao Yirong inside.

After entering the restroom, I didn't see the Tomb Lord's figure, but that vague feeling of resistance in my heart told me the Tomb Lord was indeed inside this restroom.

I checked the restroom's orientation and found that the place with the heaviest yin energy was the last stall's washroom.

To prevent the Tomb Lord from escaping again, I ran straight to the last washroom at the end and kicked the door open.

As expected... that thing really was hiding in the corner of that washroom; seeing me come in, she didn't flee but instead hid in the very last corner of the restroom, trembling with fear.

With each step I moved forward, his body trembled, as if I were a butcher and he were meat on a chopping block, and he harbored an innate fear of me.

This is an innate restraint; I think he should have sensed the medicinal aroma emanating from the medicine packet in my hand.

Upon seeing the Tomb Lord, Taozi screamed "Ah!" in fright and shouted loudly: "How can there be such a huge cockroach!"

And then, caught off guard, she slammed into the restroom door, with a bang she passed out. Scared, I felt myself reaching out to hug her, preventing her from falling to the ground.

Yao Yirong, on the other hand, was rather odd; upon first seeing the Tomb Lord, she wasn't afraid at all. Instead, she extended her palm to gesture, her cherry-small mouth open in amazement as she muttered to herself: "Good grief, how can there be such a huge cockroach!"

Immediately, her eyes lit up, she clenched her fists and let out an "Ah!" scream. In today's terms, that's the overexcited, involuntary reaction of a fan meeting their idol.

Even more oddly, she grabbed my shoulder, pointed at the Tomb Lord, eyes shining, and said: "It's it, that's it."

I suddenly had a bad premonition; that sentence felt vaguely familiar to me, and in my mind a sturdy, burly figure appeared—it was Wang Da Pangzi, who, when he first saw Silijing, also shouted "Ne Zha" in a frenzy.

"Lonely monster, ah... no, Hai Sheng, give me this cockroach, okay? She's so cute." Yao Yirong's following words confirmed my premonition.

I… could tell you that at that moment, the first thought that sprang to mind wasn't to refuse her, nor to agree to her. Instead, I felt a shudder run through my body, and I set myself three multiple-choice questions.

A, she's not only violent, but also has heavy tastes.

B, she is extremely violent and also has very strong tastes.

C, her violence and heavy taste have already crossed the limits of morality and ethics.

While I was torn among the three options, trying to decide which one would fit her image, she instead reached out her hand and touched the grave young man in the corner.

"What are you doing? Don't seek death so eagerly," I slapped her hand away.

"But don't you think this cockroach is cute?"

Goosebumps rose all over my body again; I looked at the fat cockroach in the corner and really couldn't figure out what about it could be considered cute.

"Ah... don't."

Just as I was about to explain to Yao Yirong the dangers of this thing, suddenly a terrified scream rang out in everyone's ears, startling all the people in the restroom.

……The owner of that scream turned out to be Character: Tang Zheng, the manager who had been waiting in the hall just moments ago, preparing to leave.