Chapter 222: First Volume_Chapter 222   I See Your point between your eyebrows Is Dark (10)

First Volume_Chapter 222   I See Your point between your eyebrows Is Dark (10)

Jiang Zhi pinched her fingers and quickly calculated.

The young man who didn't speak much sat beside her, curiously asking: "What did you figure out?"

Jiang Zhi lifted her eyelids, glanced at him indifferently, and said: "What does it have to do with you?"

The young man, feeling embarrassed, touched the tip of his nose.

Wang Xiaolin apologetically explained: "My junior sister is just like this; don't take it to heart."

The young man smiled: "It's fine, I'm Rong Qi. What are your names?"

Wang Xiaolin said: "I'm Wang Xiaolin, and she is my junior sister, Jiang Xiao Zhi."

Rong Qi's gaze fell on the girl's face: "You look very young."

Jiang Zhi snorted: "I'm thirty-six, he's fifty-two—young?"

Upon hearing that, Rong Qi was stunned for a long time.

Wang Xiaolin gestured for her to stop speaking, then hurriedly explained to Rong Qi: "She's just joking; you don't need to take it seriously."

The bald master beside them couldn't stand it anymore, saying: "Which sect are you from? How do you not know the rules of the exorcism world?"

Rong Qi looked completely bewildered: "What… rules?"

Seeing that he truly didn't understand, the bald master, somewhat surprised, said: "As exorcists, our biggest taboo is to say someone is young."

Because masters rely on experience to increase their mana and merit, and younger masters have less experience, they gain even less merit.

Only then did Rong Qi understand why his earlier comment about the girl being young made her angry.

He clasped his fists in apology: "Sorry, I didn't know about this."

"You're not an exorcist?" Jiang Zhi questioned.

Rong Qi scratched his head: "I've studied exorcism for a few years; I'm just a half-baked practitioner."

He has no sect, so it's no wonder he doesn't even know the basic rules.

The older masters beside them looked down on these young people even more—still young, yet competing with them for a livelihood; at first glance they don't seem formidable, yet they claim to be exorcists; when the ghosts appear, they'll surely be scared silly.

Wang Xiaolin exclaimed in surprise: "Then you still take commissions? Aren't you afraid of ghosts?"

He and his junior sister have also studied exorcism for over ten years; only after their master deemed them ready did he let them go down the mountain for training—if their skills aren't refined, accidents are easily invited.

Encountering a resentful ghost is still manageable, but if they meet a vicious, evil ghost, they could drop dead on the spot.

Nowadays, many paranormal cases have appeared worldwide; countless exorcists have been killed or injured, so the national government specially established the Exorcism Department, inviting various adepts to join; to this day, many exorcists across the country have entered its ranks.

Exorcists like them, who haven't joined the department, can only make a living by taking commissions.

Just as Rong Qi was about to answer, a sharp, piercing scream came from the bedroom.

Ah——!

Everyone in the living room, hearing the sound, couldn't help but feel their hearts jump; they all rose and looked toward that room's door.

"That's Master Guo Ke's voice." said the master who was acquainted with Ai Donggua, his voice trembling.

The sunglasses-wearing man was about to go over to investigate, but the long-bearded master stopped him: "Don't go over!"

All they saw was him pulling out a bronze compass from his bosom; the needle on the compass spun wildly—a sign of excessive yin energy.

Whatever is inside the house is very formidable.

Jiang Zhi pressed her fingertip to the corner of her eye, narrowed her eyes; in her dark pupils reflected black mist, within which a thread of white light still lingered.

She immediately ran over, affixed a yellow talisman to the door handle, and the tightly closed door opened at that moment.

Those who followed behind then saw a bloody scene inside.

Ai Donggua had been gruesomely dismembered; bright red blood pooled across the floor, a thick foul stench drifted out, even masking the smell of blood—to ordinary eyes, the interior was dark and lightless, aside from the corpses scattered near the doorway, nothing inside could be made out.

Several frauds posing as masters, seeing this, scrambled away in panic.

In the end, only three remained: the long-bearded one, the flamboyantly dressed one, and the bald master.

The long-bearded man threw out a red thread soaked in black dog's blood; it rolled into the house, dispelling some darkness and emitting a faint light.

And that faint light happened to illuminate a black silhouette hanging upside down from the ceiling.

"A ghost!" Wang Xiaolin exclaimed upon seeing that shadow, turning to flee.

This time Jiang Zhi promptly grabbed the back of his collar, utterly speechless: "What are you here to do?"

Wang Xiaolin reacted again: "Exorcising ghosts."

He had almost forgotten his duty again.

Jiang Zhi didn't know what was in his head, nor did she care to guess; she took out a brush dipped in cinnabar from her bag and immediately drew an array seal at the doorway.

"Profound Dark Peaceful Suppression, must not be rashly broken!"

She chanted the incantation swiftly, and the yin energy was instantly blocked inside.

The spirits trying to emerge were bounced off by golden light, letting out a tearing howl.

The flamboyant master, never expecting her to be truly capable, said to the sunglasses man behind him: "Get everyone out of this villa!"

The sunglasses man stepped back a few paces: "Besides you all, there's no one else here."

Upon hearing that, the bald master frowned and asked: "What do you mean?"

The sunglasses man dropped to his knees, kowtowing and pleading: "Save my young lady, please, save her!"

At that moment, the sunglasses shattered and fell to the ground; the sunglasses man lifted his face, revealing hollowed-out eyes entwined with countless protruding blood vessels, blood streaming out, and finally he collapsed unconscious.

"A human puppet, it's a human puppet!" the bald master exclaimed in panic upon recognizing the sunglasses man's true form.

A human puppet is a humanoid doll controlled by an evil ghost, occupying a person's body for its use.

It is a rather sinister forbidden technique.

And the reason he spoke those words is likely because that body still retained a faint trace of its former thoughts.

The long-bearded master who had tested the yin energy's strength said: "It's a B-rank evil ghost."

The highest is A-rank; above that are evil spirits.

The evil ghost inside the house frantically slammed into the golden light barrier; under the impact of the cold, bleak yin qi, the barrier developed spiderweb-like cracks.

"Go notify the Government Spirit Exorcism Department!!" the long-bearded man said.

They could not deal with such a high-level evil ghost at all; they could only rely on the department.

This evil ghost before us has already devoured more than ten lives; if it devours them too, it will probably evolve into an A-rank.

"I already notified them." the Boastful Master said calmly.

He was originally a member of the department, coming here to investigate dozens of unexplained missing persons.

"You kids, get out of here quickly." He turned his head and said to Jiang Zhi and the others.

Wang Xiaolin shook his head, very stubborn: "We came down the mountain for training; our master said we must eliminate a hundred evil ghosts, or we'll get scolded when we go back."

The Boastful Master heard the voice, his mouth twitched; what kind of master pits his disciples like this?? A hundred evil ghosts…… how is that possible??

"Bang!"

The barrier shattered, an explosion sounded, the ceiling blasted apart and collapsed, dust and smoke rose, and they ran out of the villa.

The evil ghost twisted the surrounding space; the originally clear skies became filled with gloomy yin qi, layers of dark clouds pressed low, everything before them became distorted, making it impossible to tell reality from dream.

"The Ghost King is coming!! The world will surely be destroyed!!" It let out a weird, grating laugh, its voice ripping across the entire sky.