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Chapter 45 - 45 45 People Must Learn to Defy Fate

45: Chapter 45: People Must Learn to Defy Fate 45: Chapter 45: People Must Learn to Defy Fate Old Man Chen, after all, could not escape this calamity.

Wang Yunxiao and the others returned to school and slept, and nothing happened.

In the middle of the night, as Old Man Chen was in a daze, he saw a little old man dressed in black, with a pointy face and monkey cheeks, entering his home.

He stood on the stove and stared at him, laughing coldly, “You’ve got some nerve to harm my grandson.”

“Who is your grandson?”

Although Old Man Chen was groggy from sleep, he vaguely understood what was going on and hurriedly cried out his innocence, “The eyes of the Immortal Family are clear, look at me, I’m just a snack vendor.

How could I possibly harm your grandson?”

“Silence!

Still daring to argue?

It seems that unless I teach you a lesson, you really won’t know that Prince has three eyes!”

The little old man in black did not listen to his explanation and opened his mouth to spray a stream of black smoke towards Old Man Chen, leaving him sprawled on the ground, unable to get up.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already bright daylight.

Old Man Chen only felt weak and powerless, his limbs were sore and numb, and his head felt swollen, and when he touched his forehead, it was burning hot.

He couldn’t get out of bed now.

Chen Yan originally thought he had just caught a cold and didn’t pay too much attention to it, letting him rest a bit longer.

But unexpectedly, by noon, Old Man Chen’s condition worsened significantly.

His whole body kept breaking out in cold sweat, his teeth clenched tightly as he shivered, and he was so dazed he couldn’t even speak clearly.

Chen Yan had never seen such a scene before and was immediately panicked, unsure what to do.

Finally, it was the neighbors who helped out.

While calling a doctor to see him, they also accompanied her to the school to call Chen Yan back.

When the class teacher and Chen Yan arrived, the doctor had already taken Old Man Chen’s pulse.

Frowning deeply, he bluntly asked Chen Yan, “Did your family recently encounter something unclean?”

Such a statement coming from a doctor indeed sounded somewhat peculiar.

Of course, the doctor had an explanation, “The patient is physically healthy, and his pulse is stable, showing no signs of illness.

It looks more like he was scared.

From my end, I can only prescribe some sedatives.

To truly solve the problem, you need to seek someone more capable.”

Upon hearing this, the neighbors immediately remembered the rats the Chen Family boys had killed the day before and couldn’t help but discuss it among themselves.

One said it was definitely an offense against the Immortal Family, and they should seek the help of a “Half-Immortal” to perform a ritual and pay a fee to avert disaster.

Another said it was an evil spirit involved and they should find a monk or a Taoist to drive away the demons and capture the spirits.

“I heard that Third Master Ding, who deals with incense, is a capable person specializing in these strange and supernatural matters…”

“Mr.

Tong is right!”

With this reminder, the neighbors all recalled indeed there was such a person.

Third Master Ding from the south of the city, who specialized in Feng Shui and matters of ghosts and deities.

Chen Yan, easily swayed, couldn’t resist the persuasion, hearing everyone mention this person with some credibility, she hurriedly went back into the house to get money, preparing to visit him.

But she failed to notice her daughter’s ashen face beside her.

Could they still not escape this fate after going around and around?

Who Third Master Ding was, Chen Yan knew better than her own mother.

What Third Master Ding wanted to do, she also knew very well.

Why should I accept such a bizarre fate?

After a brief moment of confusion and fear, a raging fire of namelessness ignited in Chen Yan’s heart.

Using the excuse of taking care of her father to send away the class teacher and neighbors, Chen Yan sat beside the bed in silence for a long time, then stepped out of the house.

Wang Yunxiao was sitting under the big willow tree opposite her house, not far from the sewer entrance he had previously dug into.

Chen Yan approached him, bowed her head and spoke softly, “Brother Yuanxiao, please help me with a favor.”

“There’s no need to be so formal!”

Wang Yunxiao grinned and said, “We use your family’s pot and drink your tea.

We’re supposed to take care of you as long as you don’t treat us as outsiders.

I heard everything just now while I was outside.

You said this creature likes to bully the weak but fears the strong, huh?

It didn’t come after me or you; instead, it went after your dad, which is really funny.”

Chen Yan said aggrievedly, “Teacher Liu never taught me how to deal with this kind of thing…”

“She’s letting you figure it out yourself.”

Wang Yunxiao waved his hand and laughed, “The method is simple.

Go call over the neighborhood kids and tell them that you’ll pay five cents for each live rat, just ten needed, first come first served.”

Chen Yan was quick-witted and realized Wang Yunxiao’s idea immediately.

She asked subconsciously, “Will ten be enough?”

Wang Yunxiao shook his head and said, “Whether it’s enough isn’t the problem; the problem is we need to resolve this before your mom comes back.

If she really ends up inviting Third Master Ding over to perform his mystical nonsense, afterwards nothing you say will get through to her.”

Chen Yan nodded and turned to leave.

If there really was such a good deal as five cents per rat, Wang Yunxiao could lead his brothers to dig through the sewers for miles around.

He wasn’t worried about the neighborhood kids failing to catch any rats—who hadn’t climbed trees for birds or waded rivers for fish when they were young?

What worried him was if he really started buying freely, Chen Yan might not be able to afford the bill.

True enough, in less than half an hour, Chen Yan returned carrying a string of rats, followed by a crowd of kids each holding a rat by the tail.

Although rats can cultivate into spirits, in our country, the fact that you’ve become a spirit doesn’t mean we fear you and won’t beat you.

Not to mention rats that have cultivated into spirits, even if you’re a fox that has cultivated a human form, we’d still take you on, and the same goes for a tiger that has reached spiritual enlightenment—it’d still get beaten just the same.

If the Dragon King wouldn’t call the rain, he would be dragged out and beaten as well.

What do you count for?

Wang Yunxiao took the rats from Chen Yan, tied them to a stick, propped it up on either side, piled up firewood and charcoal underneath, and directly lit the fire, beginning to roast them.

He refused the other children’s rats, telling them to let the rats go and run back to spread the word.

Only the rats over the fire remained, squealing and shrieking as they were smoked and scorched.

The rats’ screaming was eerie, causing the hearts of the surrounding neighbors to tremble; yet no one dared to come and persuade him otherwise, and everyone closed their doors.

Before long, the entire street fell quiet, except for the desperate wails of the rats.

Wang Yunxiao, holding a shovel from Chen Yan’s house, said to Chen Yan, “If that thing dares come over, you just tell me where it appears.

If it doesn’t dare to show up, I’ll leave a few humiliating words for it and tell it to find me at school.”

Even though it is daylight now, so what?

Humans can stay up all night drinking, playing mahjong, gaming, or rushing assignments; why can’t you demons and evil spirits come out during the day?

Can’t really come out?

Then don’t blame me for looking down on you.

If you can’t even overcome this little difficulty and only know how to bully the weak and sick, what qualifications do you have to deceive and haunt?

Little trash!

Wang Yunxiao picked up a piece of burning, glowing red coal and pressed it on the rat’s body.

The rat emitted a dreadful squeal of “squeak” and twitched its limbs, all bodily functions failing.