Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 500: Ma'am, Please Behave Yourself

I pulled myself together, remembering the location of thevilla. Then, I intently looked at it. Soon, a womanin a nightgowncame out of her house. With a frightened face, she rushed to see the security guards.

She was probably Zhou Tian’s wife. I left theInternet shop, walking out.

I arrived in front of her before she couldknockon the security booth. “Zhou Tian is your husband, right?”

Bewildered, sheaskedas if I were her sole life-saving straw,“Are you the master Zhou Tiantold me about?”

“Tell me, what happened?”

I didn’t stop after confirming the woman’s identity.Ipulledher into the neighborhood,askingher for more information as we moved forward.

The woman shivered. “I was sleepingwhenI heard someone crying. It wasveryclose, just as if it was next to me. Then, I found that it was ZhouTian who was weeping. He seemed to have become someone else. It was so strange.”

When we were near their house, I heard someone crying inside.

I lowered my voice and said,“Go straight to the point!”

The woman nodded. “I think Zhou Tian is being pestered by a foul thing. He told me to find you and ask for your help before he losthis sanity.”

“I see. Don’t worry.”

I drew the Sirius Whip and hidit behindmy back, askingher to open the door.

At first glance, I saw Zhou Tian rolling and weeping in the living room. His eyes were gone, andhis empty sockets werebleedingnonstop.

His wifesaw the sceneand screamed. Shefellon her butt while shivering uncontrollably.

When Zhou Tian heard her scream, he sat up andscolded her. “Youdamnedbitch! I’m going to kill you!”

He then covered his eyesandkept rolling on the ground. He simply ignored me.

The woman covered her mouth, tears brimming her eyes. I gestured at the dooras a way to tell her togo out first. I slowly moved forward after she had left the room.Zhou Tianignored me the whole time.

“Whothe hell are you? Whyare you hauntinghim?”I grabbed the Sirius Whip, my eyes cold. I wanted to threaten thespiritthat was attached to Zhou Tian.

The spirit wasn’t afraid. It controlled Zhou Tian’s body andcrawledcloser to me. He licked the blood streaming from his eyes, sneering and mocking. “You’re not a worthy opponent…”

“Well, let’s fight to find out!”

If it didn’t want to talk, Icould onlyuse force. I screamed and lashed withmySirius Whip.

ThewhiphitZhou Tian’s neck. He screechedand stumbledtwo meters away. He then crouched on the ground and stopped moving altogether.

Right after, sharppain was transmitted frommy back. I turned and sawsomered mist trying to drill into my body.

The pain came from the contact with that red mist. I immediately took out a handful of refined salt and threw it over. The mist sizzledanddispersed, but I felt a twingein my back again.

The red mist seemed to beplayingwith me. No matterin which directionI turned, it would appear behind me. My movementsslowed down, andmybody became cold.

I couldn’t help but sneeze.I realized that the red mist wasconsumingmy Yang energy. Ifthis continued,thingswould be over for me.

The red mist changed tactics while I was trying to resist it, spreading all around me.

Wisps of red mist twined together, creating a net thatshrouded me.

When we were in the grannie’s single-story house, the otherworldly item had done this to deal with the red sandalwood altar.

The sandalwood altarhad been unable todeal with that attack so it shook hard.

I quickly operated my brain and saw a ball cactus by the window sill before my view was completely blocked.

Plants like this ball cactus could absorb dust and purify the air. They were full of Yang energy that could be used to expel Yin energy. I hurried to roll toward the ball cactus. Then, I picked up the pot andsmashedit on thefloorwith all of my strength.The ball cactus was broken into small pieces.

I hurried to pick a piece of the cactus withoutthorns anddirectly stuffeditin my mouth. The slightly bitter taste filled my oral cavity, and my body started to warm up.

I felt much lighter as the heat was expanding tocovermy entire body.Mostof the pain caused by the red mist was gone.

I felt more confidentnow. Every time the heatwas about to disperse, I would pick another piece of cactus,swallowing it. Slowly, the red miststarted to weaken.

All of a sudden, the mistturnedinto a wisp that slowlymovedtoward the door.From the looks of it, it wasexhaustedand wantedto flee. How could I let this chance go? I held the Sirius Whip and lashed hard.

After every whip, the red mist would cry and weep.Butthewhip’s power was soon drained, and the red mist took the chance to run away.

I hurried to check Zhou Tian. His eyes hadreturned to normal, but his facewas twisted in pain. Apparently, he had beenbadlyaffected.

Ifthiscontinued, although he wouldn’t die, his longevity would be shortened. I called his wifeand asked her tocook him a bowl of hot ginger soup.Then, I sat in their living room toregainmy composure.

If that spirit called Zhou Tian’s wife‘bitch,’I guessed he had beenbetrayed by his own wife. And, Zhou Tian’s wife may have had an affair in the past.

It was an important clue.However, considering the harmony of Zhou Tian’s family,I wouldn’t make use of it for the time being.

Soon, the woman cooked a bowl of ginger soup and startedfeedingZhou Tian.

“Master, thank you so much. Did you finish dealing with that foul thing?”

I almost spurted out the water I had just drunk.

I reluctantly explained to her, “That thing isn’teasyto deal with. I was lucky that I coulddriveit away.It’ll take some time to destroyitfor good.”

The woman wasstunned at first. She then looked at her husband, who was lying like a dead pig on the bed, andasked me, “Master, do you think I’m beautiful?”

“Eh?” I didn’tunderstand what she meant.

She bit her lower lip then suddenly got up, pulling the knot of her nightgown open, which revealed her snow-white skin. She then jumped on me, trying to kiss mylips.

Everything happened too fast. When I got a hold of myself, the only thing I could hear wasour breathing.

Ihadn’t touched a woman for quite a long time, so I was a little slow to react.

The woman was emboldened sinceI didn’trejecther. She couldn’t help fiddling with my buckle. She wassoexcitedthather hands were trembling.

Zhou Tian suddenly rolled on his bed. I pulled myself together andpushedthe woman aside,startingto read thesacredtext of Daoism. I finally snapped out of it.

She didn’t know what I was doing, so shetriedto get on me another time. She moaned crazily,“Give it to me, will you?”

“Ma’am, pleasebehave yourself!”

This time, I got rid of her andrushedto the door. Ilooked at her coldly. “I came here to help you deal with the otherworldly item. I’ll leave immediately if you keep doing that.”

Zhou Tian’s wife looked bewildered. Then, she heaved a deep sigh, tearsbrimming inher eyes. “Do you think I’m an easy woman?”

I looked at her, keeping silent.

The woman was suddenly stirred up. She pointed at Zhou Tian and yelled,“We’ve been married for years, and he has never satisfied me, not even once!I haveto take the initiative every time, and he can barely get it up.I’ma woman, and I want to feel like one!”

I felt embarrassed. This man looks burly and muscular. How could he be so useless?

Anyway, I wasn’t interested in knowingabout their intimate life. I comforted her and laterwent to the guest room to rest.