Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 452: Traitor

After a while of searching, Li Mazifoundsomething. Zhang Xuecheng, the commander of the Northeastern Army during the resistance war against the Japanese army – also Zhang Xueliang’s cousin – once redeemed a Japanese woman from the Great EightStreets. That woman wasnamedKoasa Masako.

This was the only useful clue we hadlearneduntil now.

However, the names didn’t match. I searched the secret website for the name Masako.The moment I sawthat herChinese name was Bai Xiya, I was soexcitedthat my handsshook.

Itwas her!

I hadn’t expected that the ghost in red was Japanese!

It turned out that when she was living in the Eight GreatStreets, she only sold her talentandnot her body. However, since she wasincrediblybeautiful, many young men in Beijingdesiredher.

One day, General Zhang Xuecheng from the Northeastern Army wentto Beijing. Both their hearts raced when they first saw each other. Zhang Xuecheng paid a lot of money to redeem her.

Since the relationship between China and Japan was really tense and sensitive at that time, Koasa Masako changed her name to Bai Xiya beforeshemarried General Zhang Xuecheng.

Unfortunately,the happy days didn’t last long. After the fall of the Northeastern Army, Zhang Xuecheng changed greatly. He bowed to the enemyand becamea traitor. The Japanese army made him the General Commander of the traitor army, where hebecamethe oppressor to people living in Northeastern areas. In the end,hehad to repay for his sin. Hiscousin, Zhang Xueliang, sent troops to kill him.

To show her loyalty to her husband, Bai Xiya hung herself in front of his grave.

The two of them had died bearing grudges. Onetook possession ofanotherworldly item, while the other onereincarnatedwithout ever forgettingher deceased husband.

Withgreatluck, the couple had met again in this villa.

AfterI gotall of the information, Iwas no longer worried aboutthis case. However, I pitied this couple.

Zhang Xuecheng was an ambitious man. However, hewas inhis cousin’s shadow all of his life.In the end,he changed, which madehim walk down the wrong path.

Everybody else cursed him for being a traitor.Only Bai Xiya understood him.

AsSenior Shuhad told me, as long as I couldget rid of the obsession thespirits had, they would vanish by themselves.

Compared to Zhang Xueliang, it was easier to deal with Bai Xiya. Although she hadstrongresentful energy, it was about love.

As forZhang Xuecheng, if Bai Xiya went to reincarnate, he would let everything go.In the worst case, I could forcefully kill him. I had neverfeltmercytowardstraitors.

I had an idea. I asked Li Mazi to go to the flea market and get me two Northeastern Army uniforms. Tofeelassured, I even asked Yin Xinyue to tell us how to wrap Li Mazi in Zhang Xueliang’s style.

Zhang Xuecheng had been under Zhang Xueliang’sshadowhis wholelife. In the end, heeven died in his hands, so hehad tobe afraid ofhim!

I spent the entire afternoon in Xiao Li’s study room,drawingtalismans. It wasn’t that I couldn’t draw the right patterns;Ijust felt in the mood to draw.

Normally, it wasn’t badifone of the ten talismansI drewworked.Butafter receivingSenior Shu’s guidance, my state of mind improved. Today, my success rate was close to 20%!

Li Mazi understood thatdrawing talismanswas an energy-drainingactivity.He kept urging me to stop. “Hey brother, stop drawing. If you waste too much of your energynow, youwon’tbeable to do anythingtonight.”

In the end, he snatched the remaining yellow papers from me, which forced me tostop. I counted and found that I had drawn around ten successful talismans. I nodded, feeling satisfied.

It wasaround twilight, and Idecided to take anap. When Li Mazi woke me up, it was already late at night. I rubbed my eyesand lookedat the bedroomonthe second floor. The black mist at the door had grown thicker.

I didn’t know why, but I suddenly remembered Xiao Li’s ancestor. Perhaps the black mist was thereto prevent her from entering the room.

Normal people couldn’t see the black mist, and spirits wouldn’t usually give warnings to living people.

While thinking of this, I kept an eye on it. If I had a chance, I would break that mist and let Xiao Li’s ancestor gointohelp us.

At midnight, I asked Xiao Li to hide in the toilet and told hernot togo outunless Icall her.

With her hiding, Li Mazi and Ididn’t need to worry about protecting her.It was also to preventthe ghostsfrom bewitchingus.

Not long after Xiao Li hidin the toilet, we heardYuan Datou’s voice from the second floor. “Xiya, you should go and reincarnate! You don’t need to keep missing me. I hope that you willhave a good familyin your next lifeandget a good husband. Forget about me. I’m just a traitor.”

“General,please don’t talk like that. Itwas sohard for me to meet up with you again. Idon’t want toleave you!” Bai Xiya sounded resolute.

“LittleBrother Zhang, now is not the right time for us to goin there, right?” Even Li Mazi, a blunt and careless fellow, looked touched. How could I not be moved?

However, I didn’t have achoice. It wasagood time for us to take action. I took the lead and went straight upstairs. Li Mazifollowed afterme.

This time, I didn’t hesitateand kickedthe room open. Before the two ghosts in the room could react, I shouted, “Reporting to theYoung Warlord! Zhang Xuecheng has betrayedour country!He’sa traitor for the Japanese!He shames the Zhang family. How should we punish him?”

While talking, I carefully gazed atYuan Datou. Instantly, his eyes turned bloodshot. He clenched hisjaw and lookedas if he wanted to tear me apart.

My heartraced, butI had to pretendthat I wasn’t scared.

The momentYuan Datouwas about to burst, Li Mazi stepped in, wearing the uniform of Kuomintang with a cool coat. He talkedcoldly,“I have always treated you as my good brother,hopingthat you would bring glory to our Zhang family. I never expected that youwould goso far.Sigh! I, Zhang Xueliang, will exterminate this traitor to protect our country! No mercy!”

Ihad to admit thatLi Mazi’s domineering speechhadthe style of the Young Warlord.I thought if we didn’t succeed this time,luck wasn’t on our side.

Luckily for us, after Li Mazispoke,Yuan Datou’s face paled. He shook off Bai Xiya’s handand preparedto flee.

Ihad beenwaiting for this chance.The momenthestarted to run, I stormed forwardand readtheBigDipper Sirius Spell. I wieldedmy Sirius Whipand lashed at Yuan Datou’s arm.

Yuan Datouscreeched, and smokerosefrom his arm.He was scared, and hiscouragewas gone. He didn’t resist at all. Helet go ofBai Xiyaand ran out ofthe room.

He must have thought that Li Mazi and I would chase after him.That waswhy he left Bai Xiya.

Toobadthat he was wrong. Everything was going according to my plan!

After he left the room, I closed the door andstuck afew talismanson it. After I confirmed that he couldn’t enter the room,I turned to see Bai Xiya.

I thought that she would roll her eyes,bare her teeth,and takerevenge on me and Li Mazi. However, she maintained her formal sitting posture on the bed. When she saw me, she gave me a deep bow, the most respectful greeting forminJapanese culture.

Then, she got off the bedandslowlywalkedtoward us.

I didn’t understand what she meant byher actions. However, my mind told me that I shouldn’t be careless. She hadn’t taken action yet because she was afraid of us.

Li Mazi had just performed beyond his normal capacity, but when he saw the ghost approachingus, he was frightened. He dumbly askedme, “What should we do now?”

I cursed under my breath.

Bai Xiya was surprised for a while.Then, shebeamed evilly. Her beautifulface turned into the appearance of a ghost that had hung herself. She reached her handsand tried to strangleLi Mazi. Her long fingernails sparkled in the cold light.

“Why theheck are you standingidle there? Use the talismans!” I screamedand lashedthe Sirius Whip at her shoulder.

Bai Xiya’s shoulder sizzled,andblack smokerose fromit.

She screamed horribly, and her hostile eyesgazedat me. SheignoredLi Maziand stormedtoward me.

My heart raced. I usedall of mystrengthto lashthe Sirius Whip at her. After each whip, she wouldscreechin pain. However, she didn’t dodge, not even once, and did her best to shortenthe distance between us.

Ilashed the whip seven times, and after its power was exhausted, I reluctantly put itawayand usedthe talismans to attack her.

Unfortunately, my cultivation wasn’thighenough. Even when I used the talismans, the ghost wasmerelyslowed down. My talismans didn’t work well on her.

I soon used all the talismansI had with me.The ghostlaughed crazilyand grabbedmy neck tightly.

Li Mazi roared. He stormedforward andgrabbedBai Xiao from behind,crazilystickingthe talismans on her body.

Under our double attack, she could no longerkeep hercalm. Her figure became translucent.

I felltothe groundandseized the timetolookat the door. The black mist there was dispersing. Irealizedthat the female ghostwas the one behindthat black mist.

As soon as Iunderstoodit, I turned and screamedatLi Mazi,“Don’t mind her! Attack the black mist!”

Iguessedthat Xiao Li’s ancestor would come to help us.Before, she didn’t dare to show up. But now, only Bai Xiya was here, and we hadhurther a lot. As such, it was likely thatshewould appear.

Li Mazi turned and ran toward the door. Unexpectedly, Bai Xiyastopped attacking me and turnedaround tochase afterLi Mazi.

She was flustered.Myassumption was correct. I got up, usedall of my strength to grab her,and heldher back. I wanted to makemore time for Li Mazi.

Bai Xiya was completely frantic. She roared and triedto shake me off. Sheshookmeso muchthat myheadwentblank. Instinctively, I let go of her.

At this critical moment, Li Mazi cried, “The black mist is gone!”