Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 465: Crazy Yi Xi

“Yi Xiiswearing the Prince of Lanling’s mask. He’s holding a sword and attacking people in the small town. He has wounded a few already!” screamed Yin Xinyue.

“Hurry,let’stake a look!Also, bring something to defend yourselves!” I said.

Yin Xinyue pickedup arake, but I stopped her.“It’s dangerous.”

She changed her weapon of choiceto a bamboo stick people used to dust the blankets.

We saw Li Mazi afterwe left thecourtyard.When I sawhis appearance, my eyeswidenedin surprise. He was wearing a tin bucket on his headand was holdingtwo big pots.

“You’re carrying such heavy items. Aren’t you afraid that they will weigh you down? What ifyou can’t run fast enough?” I asked.

Li Mazi considered my suggestion. Then, he gave me one of his pots.

We headed outside and sawthe walk-onsrun aroundmadly. They were so flustered that they didn’t even pay attention tothe road. They almost bumped into us. After the horderanaway, I saw Team leader Xu. Two of his staff were supporting him to walk.It looked like he hadserious wounds.

“Are you okay?” I asked.

“I hurt my leg while running,”he answered. Then, hegave me a paper bag. “This is what you wanted. Mr. Zhang, are you sure you can subdue him with only the three of you? Do you want me tocall the police?”

“Not yet. If the policegetinvolved in this, the situation will turn worse,” I answered.

Yi Xi was a famous actor. If the press brought this story to thepublic, his future would be ruined.

“How did heturncrazy?” I asked.

“I don’t know. He suddenly rushed to the film crew and started to assault us. No one could stop him…” Team leader Xu was still scared.

“You guys should go first. If I need anything, I’ll call you.”

Mr. Xu nodded.

I dropped the paper bag in the roomandcontinued toheadto town with Li Mazi and Yin Xinyue. We saw Yi Xidashout of a small alley. He was wearing themask, and the knife in his hand had blood on it. There was a vague black mistthat swirledaround him. It gavehim a murderousandeerie aura. I almost shivered when I sawit.

“Who dares tolookdown on me?! I’llkill you all!”

Yi Xi’s voicesounded hoarse. He then lunged toward us.

Li Mazi stammered,“Wholookeddown on him this time? This boyis really too prideful.”

Icalled him loudly,“Yi Xi, handsome Yi, we’vealways respectedand admired you. We’re on your side! If you have something you loathe, please tell us. We can help youdeal withit.”

“Hmph!Do you darelook down on me?I’ll kill you all!”

He wielded his knifeand rantoward us. His eyes under the mask looked blood-red. I didn’t know what had stimulated him,but it had turnedhimcrazy.

“We can’treason with him! Justrun!” Li Mazi was scared.

“Runmy butt! Li Mazi, you and I will stop him. Yin Xinyue, use your bamboo stick to strike the knife in his hand,”I advised.

Li Mazi and Itook the lead. We stood therewith the pot lids held high to parry. Yin Xinyue stood in the middle, behind us. Our formation was like a military march during the war.

“Hey, how many slashescan thiswooden pot lid bear?” muttered Li Mazi.

“Don’t be flustered. Itwill only getworse!” I scoffed.

Yi Xi roared and lunged toward us.He slashedmy pot lid, and the impact wasenoughtomakemy arm numb. Yin Xinyue used her bamboo stick to hit the back of Yi Xi’s hand.

Yi Xi was mad. He wanted to get through the two of us to slash Yin Xinyue. I screamedand askedLi Mazi to stop him.

Westood guard onboth sides. Yi Xi struggled hardto pullhis right hand from the space between us, swinging his bladedisorderly. The blood-dripping bladealmost brushed pastmy face.

Yin Xinyue kept hitting his hand. However, Yi Xi didn’t drop his knife.Suddenly, the bamboo stickbroke in half. The broken piece cut the back of his hand, which made him bleed hard.

“It’s notworking, BrotherZhang! He’s holdingit too tightly!” Yin Xinyue was soscared thatshe was about to cry.

At the same time, Li Mazi and I couldn’t hold him for much longer. Yi Xi was unimaginably strong. Underneath the mask, he grunted like a crazy wild beast.

I reached one hand to take the tin bucket off Li Mazi’s headandwaited for the right chance and put it on the hand Yi Xi used to hold the knife.

“Press him down!”I screamedand usedmy body to press Yi Xi onto the ground.

“Li Mazi, take his knife,now!”

Li Mazi used the pod lidand hit Yi Xi’shand a few timesbeforestopping.“What if Ibreak his wrist?”

“Just do it. We can’t worry that much!”

In the meantime, I reached my hand to take the mask off his face. However, Yi Xi was struggling hard. I couldn’t touch his mask.

“Bang!”

Yi Xi finally dropped the knife.

“Li Mazi, hold his head!”

We joined hands, and we were finallyable to keep Yi Xi still.The moment I pried his mask away, I saw Yi Xi’s bloodshot eyes.He even hadfoamat the corners ofhis mouth.

All of a sudden, he triedto bite me. I reacted fast enough so he only bit my sleeve, which he tore in half.

“This isn’tright!” I was surprised. “I took off his mask!”

“Brother Zhang, what should we do now?” asked Yin Xinyue.

I threw the mask to Yin Xinyueand askedher to find Team leader Xu. I needed him tobring more people here. It seemed we couldn’t wait until night. Wehad tostop the Prince of Lanling now!

I took out aKsitigarbhaTalisman. I didn’tknow if it would workor not, but I decided to paste it onto his body. However,Yi Xi bit the talisman, chewed it,then swallowed it.

“Brother, we’veneverexperienced anythinglikethisbefore.”Li Mazi sounded worried.

“He’s not possessed,but helost his mind. I’m sure someone stimulated himtoo much!” I furrowed my brows.

Yi Xi struggled hard.He quicklydrainedour energies.

Li Mazi asked, “Isn’t he tired? Should we hit him unconscious?”

“Don’thit himtoohard,” I said.

“I’lltry.”Li Mazi sounded eager.

“You need to be sure!” I wore a wry smile.

Li Mazi asked me to pin Yi Xi down.Then, hebent and picked up the pot lid to hit the man.

However, Yi Xi pushed me away. He sprangup and ran away.

“Not good. After him!” Li Mazi and I hurried to chase after him.

However, Yi Xi wastoofast. After runningthrougha few alleys,we lost sight of him.

Yin Xinyue called me. “I’ve brought some people with me. We’re waiting for you at the placeweparted.”

“Another thing, I think I know why he became crazy…” Yin Xinyue sounded hurried.

“Yeah?”

“Search his name on theInternet!”

I hung up the call and used my phone to searchup his name.All the search resultsthat came up were, ‘Yi Xi’s gay’ and‘Yi Xi kissed a man.’Iopenedmy eyes wide in shock. It was a fatalblowto Yi Xi!

Moreover, it happened at such a crucial moment. Ifthiswasn’ta coincidence, then someonewantedto destroy Yi Xi!

At thismoment, I heard some noise. I turned to Li Maziand sawhimbrowsingtheInternet as well. Hesaw me looking at him andthought that Iwas suspectinghim.“Are you thinking that I was the one who released the news? Although I don’tapprove ofhomosexual love, I knowthat the situation is serious, soIdefinitely won’ttalk ill abouthim on the Internet!”

While Li Mazi was talking, Yi Xi appeared on the roof behind him. His face lookedscary.

I cried, “Watch behind you!”