Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 466: Provoking the General

As soon as Li Mazi was about to turn around to check, Yi Xi jumped off the roofand landedon his back.Heopened his mouthand triedto biteLi Mazi.

“Shoot! LittleBrother Zhang, help! Help me!”

Li Mazi screamed and criedas he triedto push Yi Xi away. I took out the Sirius Whipand hitYi Xi’s back. However, he didn’t let go of Li Mazi.

Iwas wrestlingwitha superstar. I could tell my grandchildrenthis glorious story. That isifI could live untilthen.

Yi Xi drooled. Hismouth was wide openand was about to bite Li Mazi’s throat. My heart dropped. For my friend, I wouldn’t mind risking my life.

Iscreamedand chargedforward. “Yi Xi, you shameless gay bastard, look here!”

Yi Xi halted, and his bloodshot eyes bulged. He quietly gazed at me, then slowlygot up one more time.

I felt my hair rising under his malicious gaze. I hurried to rush backward.The moment Yi Xi stormed toward me, I immediately ranin the opposite direction.

Yi Xi didn’t careaboutanythingand only chasedafter me. He panted and grunted like a wild beast. I could feel him close behind me. I held the Sirius Whip tightly in my hand. As soon as I turned around, Yi Xi jumpedand pressed ontome.

I shoved the Sirius Whip into his mouth. Yi Xi bitit, and his drool droppedtomy neck. The Sirius Whip was made of extraordinarily tough wolf skin, and people’s teeth couldn’tbreakit.

However, his face was just an inch away frommine. It lookedterrifying. His fingernails dug deep into my shouldersas he pressedme on the ground. I didn’t know how long I could put up with this madman.

Li Mazi came. He wasstunned when he sawus. “LittleBrother Zhang, are you all right?”

“Do you think I’m all right?Help me!” I shouted.

“I’m going to get more people…”

“Get back here!”

Li Mazi turned around. He looked hesitant. “Even if I stay, I can’t help you.”

“Do you have a pocket knife or anything sharp?” I asked.

Li Mazi checked his pocketand said, “I’vegot a pair of pocket scissors.”

“Okay, I’ll try my best to hold him.Scratch both of his shoulders and his glabella. Scratch him until he bleeds!”

“I’m not sure if—” Li Mazi hesitated.

“He will bite me to deathif you don’t do it!” I scoffed.

“All right, all right, I’ll do it!”Li Mazi took out his small scissors.

My grandpaonce toldme thatsomeonewhohad gonecrazyhadtheir three Yang flames corrupted by some evil spirit. Yi Xi’s condition wasn’t different from that. It was the only thing I could think of at this moment.

I started to read thesacredtext of Daoism. Li Mazi approached Yi Xi from behindand scratchedhis shoulder. Yi Xi didn’t seem to feelanypain.

After he had scratched both of Yi Xi’s shoulders, Li Mazi came to the frontandsaid, “I’m so sorry, handsome Yi!”

He held the scissors tightly but didn’t dare to scratch the man’s face. I was busy chanting thesacredtext of Daoism, so I didn’t urge him.

Eventually,Li Mazi stabbed a hole at Yi Xi’s glabella.Right after, Yi Xi’s bloodshot eyes became normal. They thenrolled to the back of his head,andhe lost consciousness.

Yi Xi’sbody was already in bad shape, and he was then controlled, whichdrainedhis stamina and vitality. When hisYang flames extinguished, hewent intoshock.

I carefully pushed him aside and heaved a sigh of relief. I found my clothes damp with sweat.

“Come help me lift him,” I told Li Mazi.

“What if he wakes up?” Li Mazi asked.

“He won’t. Hurry up!”

The two of us held him by his shoulders and legs andliftedhimwith ease.Wethenreturned to the courtyard;Yin Xinyue and Team leader Xu were waiting for us.

When they sawus carrying Yi Xi, Yin Xinyue was thrilled. “Brother Zhang, how did you guys subdue him?”

“We almostdidn’tmake it. Come help us bring him to his room.” I gasped for mybreath.

Two staffmemberswalked forward and received Yi Xi. I asked Mr. Xu, “Did he kill anybody?”

“No, the emergency unit came and took the wounded staff away. There hasn’t been any bad news yet.” Mr. Xu also felt lucky.

“That’sgood!”

Yi Xi wasbrought tothe living room. I asked people to move the furniture away. I then went to the kitchen to fetch the rooster I had bought yesterday. I killed the rooster in the yard and collected a bowl of warm blood. I poured all of the blood into the carpenter line marker.

I asked astaff member tohelp me marksomelines on the ground and even on the walls. Thisline marker was a toolused by carpenters, andsince it could create straight lines, itwas associated with ‘righteousness.’Gradually, it became an exorcising tool.

Soon, red lines covered the entire room.After I consideredYi Xi’s situation, I was afraid that we couldn’tstick toour original plan. I asked the others,“Was anyonehere born in the year of the ox?”

A man stepped forward. “I was.”

I asked him to put on the ancient woman clothes and the Prince of Lanling’smask. However,he wasn’t willing to doit. Everybody here knew howstrangethe mask was. “It’s okay. Your birth year was the sameas the Prince ofLanling. You will temporarily be his stunt double.”

The extra still didn’t want to doit, soI quietly enticed him.“After this, I’ll give you an otherworldly item thatcanhelp you become rich.”

“Really?”The extra’s eyes brightened.

“Definitely.”

“I want you to promise that I’ll be safe!”

“I swear that you’ll be safe.” I nodded.

The extra took off his jacket and put on the dress and the mask. I asked him to sit in the middle of the yard.

It was already twilight. There was no beam of sunlight left in the sky.

Then, I called the others to move all the clay dolls and horses we had madein themorning. I arranged them so that they facedthe big mountain behind the small town.

After the preparations were complete, I took out the bag of coal cinderand sprinkled thecinder on the extraas I readasoul-summoningspell. The othersstood and watched. No one dared to breathe aloud.

I did that toprovokethe soul of the Prince of Lanling. I wanted himto come outso that I couldforce him to returnto his tomb! With that,the mask’s power would reduce. It would also make it easier to helpYi Xi.

Asking the‘stunt double’ to wear women’sclothingwas no different from talking illof the Prince ofLanlingforbeing feminine. At the same time, the cinder that ten thousand people had stepped on was meant to insult him.

To deal with otherworldly items, sometimesweneededtoanger them, and other times we need to persuade them.There was no best solution.

After around fifteen minutes, the stunt double began to shake. Strange humming noises escapedhis throat. Suddenly, his voice changed. “Ignorantfools. Are you tryingto humiliate me?!”

He stood up. Theonlookerswere so frightenedthatthey hurriedlybackedoff. I signaled at them tonottalk.

He stooped and saw himself wearingwomen’sclothes. This set of clothes made him feel extremely embarrassed.He then noticed the clay dolls and horsesand scolded, “I’lllead a great army of thousands to takeyour pathetic lives!”

A mass of black wind came out of the man, twirlingaround him. Eventually, it left hisbodyand coveredthe mud dolls.

The mud dolls and horses shook hardthen shatteredinto dust. I followed ituntilthe door and sawthewisp of coldwindzoomaway to the big mountain.

“Done! We’vesent him away!” I cheered up.

I returned to the yard. The stunt double was unconsciousand laidon the ground. I took the mask off his face and marked a few lines on itwiththe carpenter line marker. It was toensure the soul wouldn’t return.

After a while, the man awoke. Hedidn’t remember what took place just now, andhe didn’t feel anything strange, either. The onlookers were thrilledas they admiredmy deeds.

Yin Xinyue came out from the house and shouted, “Brother Zhang, Yi Xi woke up!”