Si Jiangchen helped me catch the girl named Xiaofei.
He seemed to possess a power that could drain a person's vital essence completely, leaving behind only a pile of rotten bones that would crumble away with the wind!
I had no idea what kind of ghostly being could be like him, capable of not only killing people but also ghosts!
The lustful ghost attached to me was originally an evil soul that was not bound by the laws of heaven and earth. However, Si Jiangchen seemed to be naturally immune to such things. He effortlessly executed that lustful ghost!
Even I myself didn't know how he managed to do it!
But at this moment, I didn't have the time to delve into his secrets. That Xiaofei knew everything about my family. If I didn't figure out her purpose soon, my grandfather and I would be like fish on someone's chopping block!
"Tell me, why do you know about my family?"
I struggled out of Si Jiangchen's arms and looked down at Xiaofei haughtily. "Who sent you?!"
"Woo... Sister Du, Xiaofei just wanted to play a joke on you!"
On both sides of Xiaofei's snow - white neck, there were blue and purple marks from Si Jiangchen's grip. Her throat was also injured from being strangled. As soon as she opened her mouth, her voice was extremely hoarse. Her aggrieved expression made it hard for anyone to scold her.
But I wasn't fooled by this. I lifted my leg and kicked her to the ground. Then I rummaged through the fluffy cross - body bag on her waist and pulled out a bunch of miscellaneous things.
There were several straw dolls with yellow talismans on them, as well as two shriveled fetuses sealed in wax.
These were all evil and heretical restrictions.
Although I didn't make such things, I had heard Du Wenzhong and several masters talk about them.
Rummaging through the pile of things, I found a pitch - black bottle and held it in front of Xiaofei's eyes.
"So this is how your family plays jokes, using low - class things like lustful ghosts!"
I held the bottle, rubbing my thumb along the edge of the yellow silk cloth stopper, and looked at her coldly. "Since you're not being honest, don't blame me for trying out all these odds and ends in your bag on you! After all, it's just a harmless joke, right?"
Actually, I didn't know what strange thing was inside the black porcelain bottle. It was just that in the Daoist arts, there were levels of magical restrictions such as yellow, green, purple, black, and silver - gold.
This black porcelain bottle in Xiaofei's bag looked extremely menacing.
It was just right to use it against her!
Seeing the porcelain bottle in my hand being rubbed towards her face, Xiaofei's beautiful face instantly turned deathly pale with fear. Tears streamed down her round little face.
"Sister Du, Xiaofei won't dare anymore! I'll never play tricks on you again..."
She was almost shaking like a leaf. Looking at me pleadingly, she said, "We... we're from northern Henan."
"Oh?!"
Just as I had expected, the Du family from northern Henan still didn't plan to let my grandfather and me go. Even though we had been on the run for many years, they still found us!
"... Are you from the Ye family?"
With my speculation confirmed, my heart actually calmed down.
The Du family from northern Henan was related by marriage to the Ye family. This girl named Xiaofei, whom I had never seen in the Du family, must be a young - generation mage from the Ye family.
"Yes, sister. My name is Ye Xiaofei. But we're not here to catch you! I just came to Beijing with my fourth uncle to play. We just happened to run into you here in the ghost market."
At this point, Du Xiaofei was already crying pitifully. She kept apologizing to me, saying, "You know, everyone in the family knows you and Du Wenzhong. Xiaofei was just curious about you. I didn't mean to harm you at all."
This girl really inherited the Ye family's ancestral hypocrisy.
I thought to myself that Ye Xiaofei was still young and hadn't learned the essence of those sugary words.
Seeing that my expression had softened a lot, Ye Xiaofei immediately wrapped her hands around the arm I had held up to her face. "Sister, you have to believe Xiaofei. I have no ill intentions..."
"Oops!"
I let out a low exclamation. The bottle in my hand fell to the ground with a "thud" as she pounced on me.
The bottle fell on the muddy ground, but the yellow silk bottle stopper was still between my fingertips.
"Ah... I have no ill intentions..."
I imitated Ye Xiaofei's tone, but it always lacked that coquettish feeling.
A black - purple shadow suddenly emerged from the bottle opening and seeped into Ye Xiaofei's nostrils. Immediately, a black aura rose under her snow - white skin, and it was as if countless earthworms were surging under her skin.
"Sister Du?!!"
Ye Xiaofei didn't expect that I would actually open the sealed soul bottle without hesitation. Inside was a fierce ghost that she had stolen from the Ye family's patriarch. It was said to have been refined in the Ye family's ancestral hall for five hundred years, and she had no ability to control it at all.
She let out a scream. The flesh on her face was churning like boiling water. "Help! I don't want to die!!"
"How many of you came in total?"
The smile on my face gradually froze. I looked at Ye Xiaofei coldly. I didn't believe a single word she had said just now.
"... Ahh!! Two, just me and my fourth uncle..." Ye Xiaofei clearly hesitated for a moment but still refused to admit the truth.
"Still not telling the truth?!"
I casually glanced at my phone. "Less than a minute left..."
"Ah! Save me!!"
Ye Xiaofei's screams became even more shrill. Her fingernails decorated with nail polish dug into her skin, trying to dig out the wriggling black "earthworms" inside.
"Thirty seconds..."
My expression became even more cold.
"Sister Du..."
Ye Xiaofei was cute. Since she was a child, she knew how to use her advantages to gain the most benefits.
As long as she threw a tantrum to achieve her goal, it would be accomplished.
Whether it was her parents or her fellow apprentices, as long as she blinked her innocent big eyes, someone would understand her intentions and happily fulfill her desires.
This trick always worked, but it had no effect in front of me and Si Jiangchen.
It wasn't until that black evil spirit tempted her to tear off the artery in her neck that Si Jiangchen and I remained completely unmoved.
Ye Xiaofei fell to the ground with a "thud", and bright red blood flowed everywhere.
Si Jiangchen was still sitting in the back seat of the car, looking at me with great interest.
"... I'm going to summon the ghost messengers."
I turned to look at him. My fingers were already forming the hand seals.
I had no idea what kind of existence he was! If he was a type of ghost, he might be afraid of the ghost messengers.
"So concerned about me?"
Si Jiangchen slightly raised his eyebrows. There was a hateful smile on his handsome face. He even lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth.
"... "
I was speechless!!
Since he didn't want to live, why should I care!
Anyway, I had the 300,000 yuan from Si Tong as a backup.
Even if he was taken away by the ghost messengers, I could still hold on for a while.
"I respectfully invite the ten great gods of the underworld and the five ghost emperors of the directions..."
I slightly closed my eyes and quickly recited the incantation in my heart. At the same time, my fingers formed various intangible hand gestures.
Suddenly, a big hand touched my waist. I was lifted into the air and fell back into Si Jiangchen's arms. At the same time, his other hand held my hands that were forming the seals.
"Does it have to be so troublesome?!"
He had a cigarette between his lips. He slightly lowered his head and looked at me. A wisp of black hair fell on his forehead, exuding an indescribable charm.
"Just right. I'm not full yet..."
His deep voice whispered seductively in my ear. "A hundred - year - old fierce ghost should be very delicious!"