Cultivation by Trial and Error
Chapter 55 - 55 55 Mrs

55: Chapter 55 Mrs.

Ge Performs a Ritual 55: Chapter 55 Mrs.

Ge Performs a Ritual Li Hanchu was listless, sitting on a chair inside the main room.

Upon hearing Sun Jinzhong yelling out, Zhang Xiu went out the door to welcome Chen Hai and his companion.

“Sun Jinzhong, is this the expert you were talking about this morning?”

“We’re all neighbors.

Here I am, down on my luck, and you still want to kick me while I’m down by dropping by to freeload?”

“I just want to ask you one thing, are you even human?

Has your conscience been eaten by a dog?”

Zhang Xiu merely looked a little displeased, but the frail and unhealthy-looking Li Hanchu, upon seeing Chen Hai and Sun Jinzhong at first glance, his face darkened and anger made his body start to shake.

Pointing at Sun Jinzhong with one hand, his words were very impolite, just short of cursing directly.

Truth be told, it’s not surprising that Li Hanchu had such a reaction.

After all, Chen Hai, who was barely eighteen or nineteen years old, seemed to others just a green kid, far from the appearance of a revered expert.

Moreover, with Sun Jinzhong, a high school dropout with no concrete skills, who loved to loiter in the streets.

His first impression on people was unreliable.

At this critical time, he brought Chen Hai to Li Hanchu’s home.

It would be strange if they actually trusted him.

“Uncle Hanchu, what do you take me, Sun Jinzhong, for?”

“Let me tell you, my cousin Chen Hai here is a real expert.

If it weren’t for me stepping in and saying a good word for you, ordinary people couldn’t even afford to hire him!”

“After all the running around I’ve done for you, Uncle Hanchu, you actually think I’m trying to freeload off you?”

Li Hanchu’s words left Sun Jinzhong dumbfounded for a moment.

But in just an instant, he snapped back to reality.

Hand on heart, he did want to make money off this, there’s no denying, but he had no intention of deceiving Li Hanchu.

His good intentions being mistaken for ulterior motives, Sun Jinzhong’s face also looked rather unsightly.

The words that came out of his mouth were clearly interrogative.

Chen Hai, on the other hand, said little, just directing his gaze towards Sun Jinzhong.

He was involved with Li Hanchu’s situation because of Sun Jinzhong.

Upon his arrival, he first lingered at Sun Jinzhong’s home, making small talk with his aunt and uncle, until now, when Sun Jinzhong eventually brought him to Li Hanchu’s house.

To be honest, ever since he stepped into Li Hanchu’s home, Chen Hai never expected to make much money from this business!

After all, considering the state of their home.

If Li Hanchu truly did not want his help, that would be fine; he could simply turn around and leave.

“Sun Jinzhong, you’re welcome to visit my home anytime!”

“But if you’re thinking of bringing your so-called expert to perform exorcism rituals, I’m sorry, I can’t afford your services.”

“Do you see this elderly lady here?

She’s Mrs.

Ge from Guo’s Beach.

If you’ve heard of her, then you would definitely know she’s a real expert!”

Li Hanchu pointed towards Mrs.

Ge, who was not far away, busy with preparations for the ritual, lighting incense and red candles.

Sun Jinzhong, filled with pent-up frustration, was about to stand his ground and retort Li Hanchu.

Chen Hai, beside him, suddenly caught hold of him and gestured with his eyes.

“My name is Li Hanchu, right?

Sun Jinzhong is my cousin, so I’ll follow his lead and call you Uncle Hanchu too.”

“Sun Jinzhong and I came here, actually, because we heard that your family was having an expert perform a ritual tonight.

We wanted to have a look and broaden our horizons.”

“You can rest assured, we’ll just sit quietly on the side, look without speaking, and definitely won’t disturb you.”

Taking a few steps forward, Chen Hai approached Li Hanchu with a smile, took out a pack of cigarettes, and handed one to Li Hanchu.

The conversation had reached this point, and they had already invited an expert over.

Being idle and merely wanting to observe, he naturally had no interest in belaboring the matter further.

At this moment, the reason for his behavior was primarily because Chen Hai was indeed very interested in how Mrs.

Ge would perform the ritual in front of him.

Among those he knew in the same field, Limp Zhang was one, but if Limp Zhang saw him, he would probably turn and walk away.

Chen Hai wanted to observe others performing exorcism rituals, but he never had the chance!

Through his encounter with Qian Bing, he got to know Hou Donggui.

That person had an extraordinary presence; it was just a pity that he was a man of great fame and always busy.

Asking Hou Donggui to demonstrate his abilities for Chen Hai was somewhat unrealistic.

Mrs.

Ge, from the sound of it from Li Hanchu, seemed to have a significant reputation.

How would such a person perform an exorcism ritual?

If there was a chance, Chen Hai naturally wanted to observe and did not want to miss it.

As the saying goes, you don’t hit someone who’s smiling at you.

He was amiable, polite, even offering a cigarette to Li Hanchu.

Li Hanchu, who had been stern and spoke bluntly, seemed to soften his attitude a bit.

“Mrs.

Ge, what do you think…” He didn’t directly reach for the Chunghwa cigarette that Chen Hai handed over, instead his gaze turned towards Mrs.

Ge.

“Young people are naturally curious!”

“If they want to stay aside and watch my ritual, let them watch.”

“I’m not doing anything shady, if something unexpected happens, the strong yang energy of young people helps, having them here would be good for support!”

With an expressionless face, Mrs.

Ge casually replied.

Since she had said so, Li Hanchu and his wife Zhang Xiu looked at each other and nodded, without saying much more.

Between the fifth and sixth groups of Yanbei Village, there was just a dirt road separating them.

The two groups were close-knit, and the villagers were very familiar with each other.

Li Hanchu and his wife Zhang Xiu, they were already well acquainted with Sun Jinzhong.

Since Sun Jinzhong and Chen Hai wanted to stay aside and observe, Zhang Xiu and Li Hanchu would treat them as if they were just dropping by for a visit!

Mrs.

Ge’s preparations were not excessive.

After lighting the incense and candles, she knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, beginning to murmur to herself.

What she was chanting softly was only clear to her; outsiders definitely couldn’t understand.

Sitting quietly on the chair at the doorway, Chen Hai seemed calm, but in fact, as soon as Mrs.

Ge began the ritual, his soul had departed from his body.

However, his departure wasn’t complete.

It was only a small part of his soul that had slipped out of his body.

If someone could see his current state, they would see several pairs of bizarre and fierce compound eyes appearing above the top of Chen Hai’s head.

In the past, when his soul departed, his physical body would have no protection whatsoever.

According to legend, Tie Guaili, the leader of the Eight Immortals, had his physical body destroyed during soul departure and ultimately had to possess another’s body, resulting in him becoming a cripple.

Allowing just a small part of his soul to depart was a little trick Chen Hai had figured out on his own.

In this state, he still had some control over his physical body and could return to it immediately if something unexpected happened.

Through those pairs of compound eyes, Chen Hai saw that behind Mrs.

Ge, who was chanting softly, the shadow of a weasel slowly began to condense.