Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 485: Devil

Those people seemed to beveryafraid ofPaolo. The leader of the group scoffed, “You want to put your hands in our Longquan Villa’s business? Have you thought of the consequences?”

“The three of you shouldleave.”Paolodidn’t even bat an eye. He looked at Ru Xue and Li Mazi while waving his hand disdainfully at the other three.

After hearinghim, my courage swelled up.My blood boiled as if Iwaswatching a thrilling American-European movie.

The three men in black were angry. They gazed atPaololikeatiger watchinghisprey. They seemed to want to attack him.Paoloheld his scepter horizontally in front of himand readsomething. Immediately, the room temperature dropped sharply. Moreover,judging bythe horrified looks on the three men, I knew therewassomething behind me.

Marcostopped meright asI was about to turn my head around to see. He looked at meand shookhis head.

I had to give up this thoughtand keptmy eyes on the enemies. They hesitated for a long time before reluctantly bowing toPaolo. Afterward, they left through the back door.

As soon as they left, I rushed to untie Ru Xue.After confirmingshe wasn’t hurt, I heaved a sigh of relief. Then, I woke Li Mazi up. He was stunned but the people in blackhadn’thurt him.

I didn’t know why they just wanted to keep them unconscious here.I askedPaoloabout this. His current performance proved that he was more than capable to help us.

Paolodidn’t answer me but scanned the place. When he looked at the ceiling, he took a deep breath.Marcoand I followed hisgaze. A female body was hung above our heads. Her long hair hung like a waterfallthat billowedwith the wind.

I turned on the flashlightandcarefullyshoneitoverher. It was a dried body. Except for her hair, her entire body was withered. Herclothes were faded and tattered. She looked disgusting.

I noticed her outfitand found itfamiliar. It was the satin dress the ghost had worn the other day! Wasthisthe dead body of the violinist?

“Father, what’s going on?”

Marcoturned toPaolo. In a shiveringvoice,he said,“Why are her remains here?”

I’vealways had keen eyeswhen it comes to readingpeople.Marcowas the sort of man that could remain calm in every situation. However, this body made him flustered. I felt my heartsink.

“It seemsthis groupdoesn’t justwant to kill Zhang. They want tocreate adevil! Are they crazy?!”Paolowas enraged. Then, he took usand leftthe Ghost Castle.

When we returnedto the hotel,PaoloaskedMarcoto stay with us. He wasgetting readyto prepare something. “Before Ireturn, do not leave the hotel.”

I then knew that this hotel belonged to their family. I had thought thatMarcowas just a bellboy here, but it turned out that he was the Crown Prince…

As soon asPaololeft, Iimpatiently asked, “Marco, could you tell me about that dead body? I don’t understand what your fathermeant.”

Marcogave me a nod.

To Western people, devils were likeghostsin our country. They were classified as spiritualbeings.

The difference was thatan expertcouldrestrain aspirit, butadevil would listen to no one.Devils didn’t have sanity, and they had only one purpose:Todestroy every living thing around them. Thatwaswhy Western people hatedthem.

Before Paganini died, he had confessed his sin.Akind man held the funeral for his teacher. He also put the violin whose strings weremade of her intestines into the coffin with her in hopes that her grudge woulddisappearand that she could go to heaven.

Unfortunately, the ghost had been hurt too deeply, andshe didn’t want to leave. The ghostlynature made her harm people. However, shehadalways been a kind woman, so she didn’t want to kill anybody.

Paolohad builtthehotel to watch over the Ghost Castle and help people that were attacked by the ghost. The two parties somewhat had a vague agreement.

However, those mysterious men had unearthed her body and hung her on the ceiling of the church.This actionprovoked the ghost, making it easier for her soul to merge with herdead body.Coupledwith the Yin energy in the castle,she would eventuallybecome a devil. Those mysteriouspeoplehad alsobroughtLi Mazi and Ru Xue inside thecastleto offer their souls to the ghost, which wouldgiveher thenutrientsto become a devil even quicker.

After listeningtoMarco, I felt angry and scared. I hated them fortrying to createa devil thatcouldkill anybody, but I was alsoafraid of the enemy’s madness.

“Zhang, you’ve offendedapowerful person. I’m afraidthismeans big trouble…”Marcopatted my shoulder.

Ihad aheadache. However, I knew those people were from the Longquan Villa. My only enemythat would go to such lengthswas the Longquan Villa.

After talking toMarco, it was almost three o’clock in the morning. I helpedLi Mazi to support Ru Xue upstairs to the room. She was polite to me, but she shot cold looksat LiMazi. It seemedshewas heartbroken because Li Mazididn’t believeher.

I couldn’t help them with this. It was up to LiMazi tocoaxandcomforthis wife.

After sending them to their room, I returned to mine. Yin Xinyue was sleeping, herphonestillin her hand. I checked her phone, and she hadlooked atthe pictures of the four of us before falling asleep.

My heart ached, andI pulled her into myarms.

“You are back.” Yin Xinyue shuddered when I suddenly hugged her. She woke upand lookedat me, looking rather sad.“How is Ru Xue?”

“Silly wife, everything is over.” I hugged her tighterand toldher every detail.

Yin Xinyue smiled after listening to me. “Haha, IknewRu Xuewouldnever betray us!”

“Sleep. Honey, wewill returnhome tomorrow!”

As thesituation remainedunsolved, Li Mazi and I couldn’t leave, and Paolo was nowinvolved because of us. However, if the girls stayed here, I was afraid that they would be in danger. I had to send them home first.

Yin Xinyue didn’t want to leave us. However, she understood the situation, so she eventually agreed to leave first.

After the women had fallen asleep, Li Mazi and I went downstairs and waited. Soon,Paoloreturned.Hebrought backa copper mirror and a bust of Paganini.

On the way to the Ghost Castle,Paolotold us that he wanted to use the Paganini bust to attract the female ghost. Then, he would seize that chance toclimbup to the ceiling to get her body down. As soon as we could separate her body and her soul,those people’splan of making a devil wouldfail!

Butthatghost hadexisted fora few hundred years, so the bust of Paganiniwasn’tenough to trick her. Weneededsomeoneto holdthe copper mirror and the bust.That person would need tolet his image and the bust reflect in the mirror at the same time.

The mirror belonged to the category of Yin items, especially thiscopper mirror dating tothe Medieval Age. When someonelooked inthe mirror with the Paganini bust, they would leave theirsoul aura in it, which would trick the female ghostinto thinkingthat it was Paganini’s soul.

However, this task was extremely dangerous. Since the ghost was about to become a devil, her resentful energy hadrocketed. If one didn’t dodge fast enough, he would perish. Li Mazi and I competed to do this task. Unexpectedly,PaoloaskedMarcoto hold the mirror.

Because Li Mazi and I didn’t speak Italian, our plan would fail if the ghost talked to us.We had tofollowPaolo’s arrangement.

Afterwe enteredthe Ghost Castle,Paolowrapped some clothes around the Paganini bust.

He moved a rusted, steel ladder from the back of the churchand brought it tothe main hall.Then, he slowlystarted to climb up. Li Mazi and I held the ladder for him.

Marcopicked up the Paganini bust. Soon, acoldwind blew into the hall from a small room in the back. The female ghost appeared at the lectern. When I saw her face, Itook a deep breath.Her face was ashen, her eyebrows had turned purple,andher lips weredeep red.

When she saw me, she waspuzzled. Then, she sawPaoloon the ladder, who was readyto remove her body. She bared her fangsand flewtoward us.

Everything happenedtooquickly. BeforeMarcocould react, theghost came right in front of us. I got a flash of witatthis instantand picked up Paolo’s scepterto attackher. The ghost was sent a few meters backward.Unfortunately,the scepter was broken into two pieces. Mypurlicue was torn and bled.

Marcoseized the timeandsaid something in Italian. The female ghost now turned to him.When she sawthe bust of Paganini, she turned extremely malicious. I had never seen her so angry before.I was a few meters away from her, but Icould feelher sky-reaching resentful energy!

However, she didn’t advance. Instead, she hesitatedat her spot.

Marcothought it was the right time.He immediatelyraised the copper mirrorand shone his figure in it. The blurry mirror suddenly had the head of Paganini. Itlooked so real.

The ghost didn’t hesitate anymore. She roaredandflew quicklytoward him!