Chapter 92

The young girl, Jingjing, lay on the floor, flailing her arms and legs, struggling and screaming incessantly, her Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face covered in dog blood.

Facts have proven that high-end materials, even when used in the most primitive ways, can still be effective.

Their own Xiao Hei, lazy as it may be, truly takes good care of itself, and the quality of the black dog blood it produces is absolutely top-tier.

"Uncle, save me! Uncle, save me. Brother Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang, save me! Brother Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang, save me!"

Jingjing began to call for help; she felt no threatening aura from the young man, but his swift and decisive manner made her feel afraid.

When Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan kicked Jingjing down, Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang was stunned, and Luo Gong stood up abruptly from the sofa.

When Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan splashed the black dog blood onto Jingjing, Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang and Luo Gong collectively took a step back.

When Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan shouted that Jingjing had been possessed, and at the same time Jingjing was crying out loudly for help...

Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang and Luo Gong, one on the left and one on the right, each pinned down one of Jingjing's arms and one of her legs.

The two engineering students, one middle-aged and one young, instantly sorted out their thoughts and knew what they should do.

The profound relationship between Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang and Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan goes without saying, and even Luo Gong had seen many eerie events in engineering and had once witnessed Qin Zhanglao's methods with his own eyes in a hospital ward.

Seeing that these two men, instead of saving her, were helping the young man to restrain her, Jingjing's eyes revealed intense anger and confusion.

"Snap!"

Zhao Hui, the master's wife, walked out of the kitchen carrying a plate of freshly stir-fried dishes, but upon seeing this scene in the living room, the plate in her hand fell straight to the floor.

"Auntie, save me! Auntie, save me! Auntie, save me!"

Jingjing seemed to have finally found a savior she could rely on.

Zhao Hui ran over hurriedly, asking as she ran, "What is happening here? What is happening here?"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "She is possessed."

Zhao Hui's movement, originally intended to rush toward Jingjing, stopped, and she turned her head to look at Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan:

"Then what should be done?"

"Find a rope and tie her up first."

"Oh, okay!"

Zhao Hui immediately went into the room to find a rope.

Jingjing: "..."

Actually, Zhao Hui's reaction is easy to understand from an ordinary person's perspective:

Would you rather believe that a young girl is possessed, or that the provincial top scorer in the college entrance exam is mentally ill?

However, Zhao Hui's decisiveness also allowed Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan to savor another layer of meaning: that in the days Zhao Hui had been taking care of her niece, she might have also sensed that something was wrong.

The rope was found, and Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang and Luo Gong worked together to tie Jingjing up.

Immediately after, Jingjing was carried to the side bedroom and thrown onto the bed.

Zhao Hui closed the windows and drew the curtains, making the side bedroom feel very enclosed.

Then, all three pairs of eyes turned to look at Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan.

Before they could speak, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan said first:

"An offering table, candles, offerings, yellow paper, yellow wine... If there's no yellow paper, find me white paper and a brush or a fountain pen; if there's no yellow wine, beer or white liquor will do."

"Okay!"

The three of them responded in unison and all went out to prepare.

In the side bedroom, only Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan and Jingjing, who was still twisting and struggling wildly despite being tied up, remained.

Looking at the confusion in the young girl's eyes, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan asked in return:

"Do you really think I would pretend not to know and deliberately act here with you?"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan had once taught Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin that when you feel you are unable to handle a situation, just pretend you don't see the evil spirit.

During the time he had just returned to his hometown in Nantong, that was exactly what Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan had done.

At that time, he was confused even when walking the path of the dead, and when facing a 'dead-fall', he was completely helpless, so he could only choose to avoid harm and protect himself.

Therefore, over the past year, he had been reading incessantly.

Knowledge changes destiny.

Now, when facing this kind of filth again, he was no longer the boy who could only show a blank expression and play along.

Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang and Luo Gong carried a table in, and the candles and other items were all set up on it; there was not only yellow paper but also gold and silver ingots and underworld money.

Since Zhao Hui's sister and brother-in-law had died in a car accident a while ago, it was normal for her to have these stored at home.

After setting everything up, Zhao Hui suddenly felt her legs go weak and collapsed to the floor, but fortunately, Luo Gong reached out in time to support her.

"My Jingjing, my Jingjing..."

Having been busy getting the rope and setting up the offerings, now that there was nothing left to do, her emotions finally welled up.

Luo Gong looked at Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan and asked, "Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, can you handle this? What do you need me to do next?"

"Teacher, after that incident at the river works in my hometown, my great-grandfather taught me some methods, which should be enough to deal with this. You..."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan glanced at the side bedroom door.

Luo Gong understood and said to his wife, "A Hui, didn't you tell me on the phone before that Jingjing was acting very strangely in some ways? Finding the problem now is a good thing. For Jingjing's sake, we can't cause trouble now. I'll go out with you and wait; trust Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan."

"Mm." Zhao Hui nodded vigorously, wiped her tears with the back of her hand, and gave Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan an apologetic smile, "Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, I'll leave it to you."

Luo Gong and his wife went out.

Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang didn't leave but stayed in the side bedroom. As he helped light the candles, he said:

"Our teacher's wife is a sensible person; the teacher is truly lucky."

"Mm, your luck isn't bad either."

"I say, little brother, is this going to be endless?"

"I'm serious." Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan pointed at Jingjing, who was still twisting on the bed like a maggot, "She showed aversion when she smelled the Bai family aura on you earlier."

"Huh, does it really have that effect?"

"It's like having a mothball in your pocket."

"Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, can't you choose a more aesthetic metaphor?"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan shook his head.

A young man could be indifferent to the Bai family, but he could never like them, let alone speak well of them.

The day after tomorrow, Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei would be moving, which was also the day of his own initiation ceremony.

How could the Dragon King of the river look up to water rats hiding at the bottom of the river dreaming of ascending to heaven?

"What's next? How do we handle this?" Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang asked, "Should we call Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng and the others over?"

"No need." Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan shook his head, "She is younger than me."

"Hehehe." Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard this, "You continue, you continue."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan held the yellow paper between his fingertips, ignited it on the candle, waved it twice, and then extinguished it in the bowl of yellow wine.

"Since you can understand me, I won't walk the path of the dead first. Courtesy first, force later; this is the last chance I'm giving you.

Leave the young girl's body and enjoy this table of offerings.

Then, go wherever you need to go, and do not possess her to do evil again."

Being able to make the filth leave the host voluntarily is the simplest method and the one that causes the least harm to the host's body.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan is not Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You; he has no obsession with clearing away all evil spirits, because that would be very tiring.

Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang nodded secretly to himself. He still remembered the scene when Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan set up an offering table in his own room and brought him along to worship; the tone back then was much softer, similar to pleading with kind words.

Listen to him now; sure enough, once one has the ability, the tone changes too.

Jingjing stopped struggling, raised her head, looked at the young man, and demanded, "Who exactly are you?"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan said very calmly, "If there's any more nonsense, I'll start the suppression directly."

Jingjing: "I can give you this Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face, but you must find another woman born on a yin day and at a yin hour for me to inhabit."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan nodded.

Jingjing was overjoyed: "You agreed?"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Go to hell."

Jingjing's expression suddenly turned fierce, and her eyes turned crimson and began to swirl.

Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang felt a wave of dizziness, staggered back two steps, and leaned his back against the wardrobe.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, however, seemed completely unaffected. He walked from behind the offering table to the bedside and wiped his fingers across the young girl's body; since there was plenty of black dog blood on her, the ready-made pigment could be used directly.

With his five fingers in a crane shape, he drew a curse all the way from the young girl's brow to her throat and then to her abdomen.

Finally, he clenched his fist and punched the young girl's abdomen!

"Bang!"

The blood-colored patterns extended from Jingjing's abdomen all the way to her brow.

"Ahhh!!!"

Jingjing let out a scream even more miserable than before, and at the same time, her eyes flickered between ferocity and confusion.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan had many other methods he could use, but for fear of harming the host, he could only use this clumsy method.

But it didn't matter; thanks to the black dog blood splashed earlier, her arrogance had been dampened, and the clumsy method was enough. Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang overcame his dizziness and leaned over; he could clearly see two expressions constantly alternating on Jingjing's Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face, and the two seemed about to separate.

Jingjing said, "If I hadn't possessed her, she would have died in the car accident long ago. If you drive me out, she will die!"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "She has neither the aura of death nor corpse spots on her; she was a survivor of the car accident from the start. You just took advantage of her dimming life-lights to steal in. Do you take me for a child by using such tricks?"

A green, eerie color suddenly appeared in Jingjing's eyes, and her voice was no longer that of a young girl, but rather very hoarse and gloomy:

"Leave a thread of life in yin and yang, so we may meet again in the future. I will take one more step back; you just send this body to my cave entrance, and I will leave on my own, I won't cling to her anymore."

"Oh, where is your cave entrance?"

"At..." Just as the words were about to escape, Jingjing froze for a moment, "You are not allowed to follow; let her walk there on her own!"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan could not be bothered to waste any more breath on her; he pressed his fingers into the young girl's philtrum, continuing to force the dirty thing inside her body to depart.

"Fellow Daoist, do you really intend to push things to the absolute limit?"

"I have obsessive-compulsive disorder."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan used his other hand to stroke downward, first wiping the young girl's eyelids shut, then taking advantage of the momentum to lift her head and tap her forehead three times with his knuckles.

The young girl's body shuddered, her mouth opened, and a wisp of black smoke darted out; the curtains billowed, the window opened, and it seemed as if the wind had departed.

Jingjing's body gradually relaxed, and cold sweat poured down, quickly soaking a patch of the bedsheets.

Furthermore, black, foul-smelling pus oozed from her eyes, ears, mouth, and nose.

Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang immediately said, "It's a Dead-Drowned!"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan looked at Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang with some surprise: "Does the one in your home also have this scent?"

It was normal for Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng and Xiang Seeing Yin Meng to be able to smell it, but Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang was a hydraulic engineering man, not a corpse-salvager.

"How is this possible!"

"Oh."

"I didn't smell it; look at how much water is flowing out of her body—isn't that a Dead-Drowned?"

"This water actually doesn't count as much."

"Fine, then I misunderstood; I'm slow."

After a pause, Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang added:

"Also, there is no smell on her."

"Alright, Brother Liang, turn her over; don't let her choke and suffocate, and while you're at it, untie the ropes."

Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang first turned Jingjing over, and while untying the ropes, he asked, "Is she alright now? Can we call the teacher and his wife in? They must be worried to death in the living room."

"Not yet, wait a little longer."

"Wait for what?"

"It hasn't left yet."

After Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan finished speaking, he opened his eyes and performed a Soul-Walk.

The previous wind and the movement of the curtains and windows were just its diversionary tactics; it was actually still staying in this room.

Of course, even if it wanted to leave, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan would not let it have its way, but checking the young girl's physical condition had been the priority, so he had deliberately pretended to be blind for a while.

From the perspective of the Soul-Walk, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan saw a black snake coiled on the ceiling above.

Oh, so it was a Corpse-Demon Dead-Drowned.

In his memory, Corpse-Demon Dead-Drowned were often more intelligent than other Dead-Drowned and easier to communicate with, just like the Cat-Faced Old Lady he had encountered back home.

The black snake flicked its tongue; originally leisurely and carefree, it was instantly terrified after locking eyes with the youth.

It was likely that after meeting Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, seeing him use black dog blood, then the offering table, and then incantations and massage—all using folk methods—it had mistaken the youth for one of those folk "quack doctors" of metaphysics.

Just like how Blind Liu had once used incense ash to give Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan a massage to remove evil spirits.

Therefore, it had wanted to wait until the people below left before returning to the young girl's body.

Now, it finally realized it had misjudged the situation; this youth was a big deal!

The black snake crawled rapidly; this time, it was truly trying to escape.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan spread his palm.

The Twelve Decrees of Emperor Emperor Fengdu—Four Ghosts Raise the Sedan.

The black snake's body was beyond its control; originally still fleeing, it was forcibly dragged down and landed at Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's feet, completely pressed against the ground, unable to move, as if a sedan pole were truly pressing down upon it.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan bent down, reached out, and gripped the black snake into his palm.

In the state of Soul-Walk, he could feel the black snake's violent trembling.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan took a small Luo Pan out of his pocket; he had two types of Luo Pan.

The purple Luo Pan was too large and inconvenient to carry around, so it was usually kept in the dormitory, and when there was business, it was carried by Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng or Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin.

The small Luo Pan was one he had carved himself; it was convenient to carry, but the drawback was that it always had a fixed error, and every time he used it, he had to correct it through mental calculation.

This kind of error seemed to be fixed; it had been there from the beginning when he made the Luo Pan, and later, even as his own level continuously improved, the error of the Luo Pan he made remained unchanged.

He walked to the offering table, picked up the bowl of yellow wine soaked with paper ash, and poured it over his palm.

The black snake immediately wilted, as if it were drunk, and lost consciousness.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan patted the black snake into his Luo Pan, then walked to the girl's side, rubbed a bit more black dog blood from her body, and drew a seal on the Luo Pan.

According to the description by Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Zhengdao in the "Record of Righteousness Subduing Demons," generally, for this kind of work, one could just take out a pre-drawn sealing talisman paper and stick it on.

But just like making his own Luo Pan, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan had made no progress in the art of talismans.

At first, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan suspected it was because he had no master, which was equivalent to not having been "consecrated" in the path of talismans.

Later, he vaguely sensed that this was just like his difficulty in inviting gods; it was a limitation in some aspect of himself.

According to the interpretation in destiny numerology, it was probably equivalent to the moon waning when full and water overflowing when the vessel is full; one must symbolically leave some gaps, otherwise, it is easy to die young.

It was just that not having talisman paper was ultimately inconvenient; Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan decided he could let A Li try to help him draw some talisman paper; the wooden flower scrolls she carved for him always had very strong effects.

The ancestral tablet and its material could only provide an amplification effect; otherwise, if the tablet were truly useful, everyone would be carrying a tablet in their hands when fighting in the future.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan opened the side bedroom door, walked out, and said to Luo Gong and Zhao Hui, who were sitting in the living room:

"Jingjing is already fine, but her body is a bit depleted; it's best to send her to the hospital for observation. She might develop some minor illnesses like headaches or fevers in the near future."

Zhao Hui immediately rushed into the bedroom to check on the young girl.

Luo Gong breathed a sigh of relief and said to Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan."

"Teacher, this is what I should do."

"However..." Luo Gong organized his words, "You should still keep this ability of yours hidden from people in the future; when solving some problems, you must keep it from outsiders, otherwise, it might affect your future development."

"Teacher, you are not an outsider."

"Hehe." Luo Gong patted the youth's shoulder, "Having a good brain is truly enviable; you can find time to learn these things while working on your graduation project."

Luo Gong also went in to see the child.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan walked to the balcony, took out the Luo Pan, roughly calculated the orientation, and estimated a location.

Then, he walked to the telephone in the living room, picked it up, and dialed the number for the Fair-Price Store. Xiang Seeing Yin Meng answered the phone, and Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan reported a time and location, asking her to notify Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng and Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin to bring their equipment and rendezvous there.

The incident at the General's Temple, while exciting, had ultimately just had a simple conclusion, and Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng hadn't been there that night.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan had already scouted the main body of this Corpse-Demon; the intensity was moderate and met the standard.

Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang walked out at this moment, leaning against the wall, and said with some regret, "I really want to go with you guys."

"Who brings mothballs to a fight?"

"Are you saying I'm useless, afraid that if I go, I'll just hold you back?"

"Hmm, unless you invite her out from the bottom of the river."

"It's impossible for her to come out," Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang said very firmly.

"You believe her words that much?"

"I know, she is afraid; she told me that the Long Wang family on the river has already been watching her."

"Then, Brother Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang, next time you return to the countryside to visit, you can tell her by the way that the Long Wang family can also be considered your maiden family."

Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang raised his head with a smug smile: "Yo, I have that much Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face?"

"Hmm, it's not easy being a son-in-law living in the wife's house; it's easy to be bullied if there's no one from the maiden family."

"Hahaha, you brat!" Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang laughed and scolded, then reached out and hugged the youth's arm, "Thanks, Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan."

"Don't be polite, you are the Great Zhaizhu."

"What Zhaizhu?"

The Fair-Price Store Bandit Zhai of Haihe University—the person listed in the first chair on the business license was Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang.

Luo Gong and Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang had to accompany Zhao Hui to send Jingjing to the hospital first, and then the two of them had to rush to Huangshan overnight.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan did not ride in the same car as them, but chose to call a taxi himself.

Sitting in the taxi, he watched the city's night view.

Upon arriving at the destination, he paid the fare.

Just as he turned around, he saw Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, Xiang Seeing Yin Meng, and Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin carrying their equipment under the streetlamp ahead; the shadows of the three were stretched very, very long.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan turned around, waved his hand, and shouted:

"Let's go, team building."

(End of chapter)