Chapter 1375: Working at the Fantasy Antique Shop 09

Xu Feifei invited the neighbor uncle inside, appearing much more enthusiastic than usual, and even proactively fetched slippers for him to change into.

"Uncle, sit a while, I'll go make you food."

The neighbor uncle didn't hide his gaze, the toothpick he held shaking up and down, "No rush with the food, uncle will help you."

Xu Feifei suddenly laughed.

A sinister, alluring charm arose, her pupils black and expanding.

"Uncle, go get the wrench from my room, we'll need it later."

The neighbor uncle noticed nothing amiss, not in a hurry either, "Alright, I'll get it."

He saw Xu Feifei walk into the kitchen wearing an apron, smiling as she went into the inner room, humming a tune.

The room had no lights, no windows, very dark.

The neighbor uncle squinted his eyes to adjust to the darkness, turned on his phone's flashlight, and began searching the room.

"Oh, here it is."

Beside the storage cabinet on the floor, the neighbor uncle finally saw the wrench emitting a cold gleam; as he squatted down and picked it up, he felt the texture was off.

It was sticky.

The neighbor uncle shone his phone light on it, suddenly froze, his rough brows furrowing in confusion.

"What the heck, why does the wrench have blood on it."

At first he didn't think otherwise, assuming it was from slaughtered chickens or ducks, but when his gaze shifted, he realized the blood was flowing out of the storage cabinet.

Drip, drip, drip, flowing nonstop!

Creak—

The storage cabinet doors swung open from the middle; the neighbor uncle instinctively lifted his head, suddenly stared wide-eyed, fixedly gazing inside, his body stiffening.

Inside the cabinet, human skin sliced open at the chest was draped over a clothes hanger, the cavity stuffed with cotton, resembling a person quietly curled up asleep.

"What..."

The neighbor uncle kept shivering, rubbing his eyes repeatedly, before realizing it wasn't an illusion.

"Uncle, is my brother obedient?"

Xu Feifei suddenly whispered in his ear.

"Ah!"

The neighbor uncle jolted in fright, not knowing when she had approached.

"You... your brother, Xu Yaozu?"

Xu Feifei giggled: "Yes, that's great—he won't fuss or make noise, a well-behaved brother."

"Uncle, the wrench?"

She slowly raised the leg bone she was holding, her skirt stained red with blood, smiling innocently, "The bone's too hard to chop; we need to pry it open."

"Uncle, I still need to make dinner for you."

"The braised pork just now... was it tasty?"

The neighbor uncle dared not listen to her words; fear and despair, like bone‑deep maggots, gradually spread through his limbs.

A wave of nausea made his stomach churn, yet he couldn't vomit anything up.

Xu Feifei raised the wrench high.

But in the next instant, it was struck down by an invisible force.

She instantly turned around, seeing Jin Chen and three others rush in.

"It's you again..."

As she merged longer with the vengeful spirit, Xu Feifei no longer feared them; instead, resentment took its place.

She resented them for meddling.

"Save me!!"

The neighbor uncle finally saw ordinary people, tears and snot streaming as he fled toward them, "Save me! This woman is a damn murderer!"

Luo Qiu rolled his eyes, "Lecher! You're no better."

He grabbed the neighbor uncle and threw him aside, "Go hide in the living room, don't run around, be careful there might be ghosts outside too!"

If he runs, how will we get him out of the station later?

The neighbor uncle dared not defy; panicking, he hid behind the living room sofa, trembling as he peeked out with just his head.

Ghost! They just said it was a ghost—this is far more terrifying than a murderer!

In the room, Xu Feifei's long hair covered her pale face, her tone still tinged with resentment.

"What meddling! Saving a beast—is that your kindness?"

Ying Wu Shu: "You're controlled by a vicious ghost; you've lost your own mind."

"So what! At least... I now have the power to take revenge..."

Xu Feifei tossed away the leg bone she held, her whole body reeking of blood like a vicious ghost, her eyes blackening and spreading, her voice shrill.

"I will kill them! Kill them!!"

"Why... why must I suffer so, why was I born like this!"

Luo Qiu murmured, "But even if you avenge, you lose your own life—is it worth it?"

Xu Feifei suddenly laughed out loud, tears slipping silently, "What life do I have left... I only deserve to be their slave forever, unable to go to school, unable to socialize... I have no life."

Jin Chen: "That doesn't make sense; first strip away the vengeful spirit."

He raised his palm, a scorching breath spreading, like the hellfire that sears vengeful spirits.

Vigorous flames formed a yin‑yang polarity totem in the air; Jin Chen's expression turned cold and stern, pointing at the yang pole.

Ying Wu Shu's eyes widened in astonishment as he watched the hellfire encircle Xu Feifei, yet it harmed her flesh not at all, only scorching the vengeful spirit's soul.

Ahhhhh—

Xu Feifei suddenly raised her head and cried out miserably, the pain in her shoulder feeling as if an arm had been chopped off.

Seeing this, Ying Wu Shu feared Xu Feifei's consciousness couldn't bear it, quickly formed hand seals, and the chanting of a spell rang out in the room.

"Wisdom pure and clear, mind and spirit at peace, the three souls firmly established, the corporeal soul without loss or decline."

A voice clear and icy like a mountain spring by a stream, carrying a soothing calm.

Xu Feifei's body suddenly shuddered, and the black humanoid vengeful spirit was seized by Jin Chen; the yin-yang polar karmic fire transformed into chains, tightly binding the vengeful spirit with no escape.

Jin Chen unhurriedly took out a porcelain bottle from his waist, traced a circle around its rim with his fingertip, and intoned, "Open the Yin Pool, bind the ghostly spirit, collect!"

The vengeful spirit was completely drawn into the bottle, and a string of beads fell to the ground.

Jin Chen lowered his gaze, crouched, and picked it up.

At the same moment, Xu Feifei suddenly fainted; Luo Qiu exclaimed in surprise and hurried to catch her.

Only then did the chaos in the room subside.

Ying Wu Shu couldn't help but praise, "You're so amazing!"

"Really, it simply makes one feel ashamed."

"That move just now—though I've seen many Daoist masters, none are as skilled as Jin Chen; his use of spiritual technique is utterly adept, as if innately natural."

"For a vengeful spirit of this level, Ying Wu Shu could also subdue it, but he admits he could never do it as easily as Jin Chen."

"Jin Chen suddenly curled the corner of his lips, his tone softening considerably as he gazed back, 'You're the boss; you don't need to get your hands dirty.'"

"Ying Wu Shu stared into his eyes, his heartbeat suddenly skipping a beat; he glanced aside, then continued the conversation."

"... That's right too."

"Luo Qiu held the unconscious, blood-soaked Xu Feifei, at a loss, and shouted, 'Wu Shu, what do we do?'"

"Ying Wu Shu straightened his expression, frowned at the human skin in the cabinet, and also felt worried."

"Dealing with ghosts is fine, but dealing with human skin… not so much."

"Jin Chen strode toward the living room, kicked the sofa, and shouted, 'Get out!'"

"The neighbor uncle, already frightened senseless by the earlier fight, tremblingly crawled out from under the sofa."

"Go clean up the human skin in the cabinet and also in the kitchen, wear gloves, and put everything into bags."

"The neighbor uncle gaped, 'Me??'"

"Jin Chen raised an eyebrow, his expression cold and harsh, 'Going or not?'"

"I… I'll go…"

"What if he sets it on fire! That's terrifying!"

"This is literally the darkest ten minutes of the neighbor uncle's life."

"Luo Qiu spat contemptuously, 'Serves you right! Lecher!'"

"Ying Wu Shu contacted the police, though they were merely officers who had previously cooperated a few times with Pure Spirit Crossing."

"After all, the notion of ghosts and gods is hard for other police to accept at once."

"Luo Qiu: 'What do we do about Xu Feifei? The police will surely contact her parents, and then the Xu family parents might lose their reason.'"

"Ying Wu Shu: 'First take her back to Pure Spirit Crossing, then we'll talk after she wakes up.'"

"Luo Qiu again faced a dilemma: 'Carrying a girl back from the residential complex… all covered in blood, I don't want to end up on tomorrow's headlines.'"

"Ying Wu Shu opened his Hundred Treasures Bag, rummaging through his concealed treasures, and said, 'Ah… Shrink Ground to Inch.'"

"'This is great!' Luo Qiu exclaimed delightedly."

"Ying Wu Shu gave an embarrassed laugh, 'I don't know how to use it…'"

"Thus he turned around, looking expectantly toward Jin Chen."