I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 547 Refine

Chapter 547: Chapter 547 Refine

The Tiangang Punishment Thunder that came crashing down turned the top two floors of the skyscraper into rubble, and the steel-reinforced concrete that seemed unbreakably solid to the people was just as vulnerable when faced with supernatural forces.

"Boss, are you alright?"

Zong Wangyue appeared at the stairwell like a fat guinea pig, sneaking around.

Seeing the devastation around him, he couldn’t help but click his tongue in amazement, "Wow! You truly live up to your name, Boss. With one move, you blasted that Dongying Taoist and the Dongying ghosts into nothingness."

Hearing this, you couldn’t help but sigh lightly, "They were merely fakes. The real enemy has already left."

"What?" Zong Wangyue, full of surprise, said, "That’s impossible, didn’t Glasses and the others set up a barrier outside the building?"

"That barrier was meant for demons and monsters. It might delay ordinary people at best. The Onmyoji from earlier—oh, the Dongying Taoist—his power is significant. Such formations can’t trap him." Looking around, you shook your head slightly, "Despite the huge commotion, the effect was minimal. It didn’t harm a hair on that guy. Moreover, and most importantly, he seems to have taken something with him. My instincts tell me, that thing is the key to the skyscraper’s anomalies."

Zong Wangyue looked at you with a somewhat understanding expression and asked, "What do we do now? The skyscraper has suddenly lost two floors to you, Boss. I wonder if Black Widow will throw a fit."

With a slight smile, you took out your cellphone and dialed Lei Jianhua’s number.

Soon, Lei Jianhua’s voice came through the phone, "President, there was a big commotion just now. How are things on your end? Did you eliminate the enemy?"

"The issue at hand is mostly dealt with. Take down the Order Barrier."

"Alright."

At that moment, Lei Jianhua took out a Parker Pen and a small notebook, two pages of which were filled with text. Then, using the Parker Pen, Lei Jianhua wrote this line at the end of the last paragraph: "Let all buildings and furniture destroyed be restored to their original state!"

After a short while, the two pages of text and the line that had just been written disappeared into thin air under Lei Jianhua’s gaze.

At that instant, at the top of the building, both you and Zong Wangyue saw a miraculous scene.

"Wow, wow, wow!"

Zong Wangyue was utterly amazed as he watched the previously shattered bricks, cement, and steel rebars rapidly reassembling and reshaping themselves before his eyes. In no time at all, everything in the skyscraper’s floors was restored to its original state!

Stretching out his hand to gently pat the wall in front of him, Zong Wangyue’s mouth hung open in disbelief, "My god, this is too miraculous! I never expected our little Jian Hua to be such a dark horse in our Detective Agency, stealing all the limelight in an instant."

"Alright, enough with the astonishment. We still have follow-up matters to deal with."

"Ah? Follow-up? What follow-up?"

At the moment, both of you were standing in an office. You patted Zong Wangyue’s shoulder and pointed towards the time clock not far away.

Zong Wangyue was about to speak when the time clock itself beeped and a very mechanical female voice said, "Fingerprint mismatch, please clock in again."

Zong Wangyue had applied a special potion to his eyes and could clearly see a shadowy figure loitering in front of the time clock.

"This...haven’t we already driven away the perpetrator behind this? Why are there still these things?"

"We’re still unclear about the Onmyoji’s exact purpose, but combining that with the method he used to deal with the Nine Nether Ghost Cats, I can guess that he must be refining some kind of malevolent entity. It’s similar to a kind of Gu from the Miao Region, except that this Gu isn’t refining insects, but ghosts."

"Refining Ghosts!?"

Hearing this term made Zong Wangyue’s skin crawl.

"Yeah, that’s probably it," you nod, "At first, I didn’t understand why those ghosts were bound within the Zero Boundary, not allowed to come out, even resulting in ghosts devouring ghosts. During the fight with that Onmyoji just now, I naturally connected it to the previous case involving the Nine Nether Ghost Cat. The method those People of Yamato used to refine the Nine Nether Ghost Cat in the basement is pretty similar to the witchcraft of the Miao Region. Now they’re refining ghosts in the Zero Boundary; it must follow the same principle."

"Boss, according to what you’re saying, the ghosts in the Zero Boundary should have been devoured by whatever they were refining, right? How come there are still these shadows?"

You shook your head slightly, "That’s one thing I can’t figure out. However, the thing they’re refining is different from ordinary Gu, and the method must be unusual too. And I’m sure that the malevolence that people in the building have recently been exposed to all comes from the entity they’re refining."

"What do we do now?"

"Well, now that the thing is gone, the only hazard left in this building is the Zero Boundary. The Zero Boundary space here isn’t large; it’s just about the size of the building’s total area. The ones inside are all ghosts, and of course, the most convenient way to deal with ghosts is to find a Ghost Emissary."

With a plan already in mind, you quickly formed a hand seal, and sixteen yellow cinnabar charms flew out from your pocket, forming a dark hole on the wall in front of you.

"Dang dang... dang dang..."

The sound of the Soul Locking Chain striking the ground once again reached your ears.

Zong Wangyue instinctively shrank his neck, "Every time I hear the sound of that Soul Locking Chain, it makes my skin crawl."

"They are Ghost Emissaries; their yin energy is even heavier than that of a Vengeful Ghost. Your magical skills are weak, so of course, you’d feel chilled," you replied, somewhat speechless at Zong Wangyue’s laziness – anyone from the Detective Agency could easily trump Zong Wangyue in spellcasting.

It wasn’t long before the figure of Kan Zihui appeared slowly. You suddenly noticed that the usually silent Kan Zihuang was not with him this time; instead, there stood a new partner beside him, a person with clear features holding a Soul Locking Chain just like him.

"Master Li, we meet again."

Kan Zihui greeted you with a bow and a smile.

You returned the smile and gesture, "Elder Brother Cha, you’ve changed partners?"

Kan Zihui laughed softly, "My brother had something to attend to and couldn’t come, so I temporarily brought a subordinate along. Thanks to Master Li’s blessing, my brother and I gained some merit for catching ghosts last time. Lord Chenghuang personally reported our accomplishments to King Yama, and now the two of us are considered to have a rank among the minor officials."

"Oh? Then congratulations are in order, Elder Brother Cha."

"We’re just riding on Master Li’s coattails. Without you, we would still be just two ordinary Ghost Emissaries," he replied.

After exchanging pleasantries, you asked Kan Zihui, "Elder Brother Cha, can you see anything different about this building compared to other places?"

Upon hearing this, Kan Zihui was slightly taken aback and then glanced at his partner.

The new Ghost Emissary gave a gentle shake to the Soul Locking Chain in his hand, and immediately, an eerie ripple appeared in the space around him.

Kan Zihui quickly grasped the situation and said with a somewhat surprised expression, "Is there a Zero Boundary here?"