Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 533: The Red Turban

While walking, I held the talisman in my hand tightly. IfOld Hong turned around, I would use it to defend myself. At the same time, I made a hand seal and held it to conceal my Yang energy. Old Hong wouldn’t recognize that I was following him.

Old Hong was runningquicklyand I was worried about him. I wondered if his body could endure this trip.

Thepathwe were walking on didn’t have lights. The surroundings were frighteningly silent.

I carefully walked behind him. I saw Old Hong finally stop by a big rock by the street. He mumbled something indistinctive.

I didn’t dare to get close to him. While I was worrying about what to do, he suddenly moved. He raised his right fist over his head. All of a sudden, he screamed, “People are one family! Destroy the Qing monsters!”

I was startled when he roared andaccidentally loosenedthe hand seal I wasmaking. Instantaneously, my Yang energy was revealed. Old Hong, who had just boldlyroared, shotadark lookatme.

I recognized that itwasn’ta good sign. Iquicklyretreated. At the same time, my left hand palmedthe talisman I was holdingat the spot I had just stood a moment ago.

As soon as I retreated, Old Hong appeared. His right hand looked like a clawthat aimedat my neck.I was startled. If I didn’t retreat fast enough, even if I didn’t die, I would be hurt badly!

It seemed he was really hard to deal with. Iwithdrewthe Sirius Whipand engagedin a fight with Old Hong.Before Ihad cometo Guangxi, Ididn’t think this case would bea big deal.Ididn’tprepare too many defensive itemsbesidesthe Sirius Whip.

Old Hong’s eyes sparkled when he saw the Sirius Whip in my hand.Suddenly, he looked as though he disdained me.

“You shouldn’t put your nose in someone’s business!” He estimated that I wasn’t easy to deal with. Old Hong decided to threaten me to force me back.

I wasn’t scared at alland barked, “What do you want to do?”

The spirit didn’t haveagrudge against Old Hong.Itseemed the spirit was borrowingthe old man’s body to fulfill something.

Whenanotherworldly item possessesa humanbodyand doesn’twant to take revenge ontheperson,thenthatotherworldly itemprobably needsthe living human to fulfill its wish.If I could ask him and help him complete his wish, perhaps we could solve this.

“Muahaha……”He suddenly laughed, but his laughter seemed to comefromhis belly.

He lifted his headand talkedboldly and righteously. “My great careerisn’t over. How could an ignorantandlow citizen like you understand this?”

I felt so awkward.Wasthis man fromancienttimes? But whatwashis great career? Ohshoot,wasbecoming an Emperor his great career?

“My advice to youis to give it up. Otherwise, what’s waiting for you iscomplete destruction!”Although I spoke softly, my strong words were heard.

Old Hong didn’t appreciate that.SinceI didn’t yield, hestartedto attack me one more time.

As long as I had the Sirius Whip in my hand, he wouldn’t come near me. Moreover, I had experience in dealing with otherworldly items. I proactively attacked Old Hong.

The old man was attacking me unceasingly, but hedidn't have anadvantageoverme. I tried to keep calm.

Hepulledback and forth with me for a long time anditdidn’t look like he wanted to run away. The Sirius Whip had tremendous attacking poweroverotherworldly items, and most of the spirits would run after only one hit. However,Old Hong was different. He was tough enough tofightme.

Anyway, I could lash the Sirius Whip seven times. Now, I had only twoattacksleft. My heart sank. It wasn’t easy to deal with this man.

Before Old Hong could take action, I wielded and lashed the Sirius Whip, which tore through the windand aimedat his head. As long as I could hit him, I would be able to force the spirit to leave Old Hong’s body. If that happened,I would have enough time to recover.

Unexpectedly, Old Hong suddenly took a step back in the middle ofourequal fight. He stood still and looked at me coldly, smirking from the corners of his mouth.

I was shockedandcouldn’t believe that he had read my mind beforehand. He was showing me that he wouldn’t hesitate toleave Old Hong’s bodyif necessary.

Old Hong was senile and was being possessed, whichresulted in great damage to his soul. If my whip hit his head, even if he didn’t die,he would be greatly injured.

The Sirius Whip was not even ten centimeters away from Old Hong.I panicked andflicked my wrist todivergethe whip. Itbrushed pasthis ear.

Before I couldheave a sigh of relief, Old Hong hit my waist, his facesinister.

As I hadforcefullystoppedmy attack, my bodyleanedaside. When he attacked me all of a sudden, I heard a crackle at my waist. Then, I lost my balance and fell.

I spurted bloodand watchedOld Hongwalktoward me. The bottom of his eyes sparkled. My right hand supported me as I moved backward.

I looked like I was crawling backward in fear, butI was secretly making hand seals. At the critical moment, I would use theBigDipper Sirius Spell to attack himonelast time. I had decided to riskmy life to fighthim!

That spiritwasecstatic abouthis victory. He didn’t recognize the small movements of my hand. He stopped when he was around one meter away from me.

He looked at me and yelled, “You’re the little thief those Qing monsters sent here. You’ve interfered with my great career. Even if you die, you can’t compensate for that!”

Then, he raised his handandmaliciously aimedat my head. I calculated the distance and swiftly wielded my arm. I was about to attack him. If this hit could reach the target, thespirit’s foundation would be damaged.

“Father!”

Before I could move, a figure stormed toward us and stood in front of me.

It was Hong Tianbao. I didn’t know when he had come here.

Hong Tianbao had red eyesand shoutedat the old man. “If you want to kill, just kill your son first!”

Old Hong started to wiggle. His hands clutched his headand heslowlysquatted. After a long time, he lifted his head again. Hiseyes were strangely dull. He looked as though he didn’t know what had just happened.

Hong Tianbao took out his phone. I didn’t know what he was showing to Old Hong, but after Old Hong looked at it, he opened his eyes wideand looked in disbelief.

Hong Tianbao didn’t care much about Old Hong’s reaction. He turned to me and helped me get up. He quickly checked if I was hurt then turned to Old Hong again.

At thismoment, Old Hong was shocked, and his eyes looked dispirited. I craned my neck to look at the phone screen. Hong Tianbao had recorded the fight between me and Old Hong.

I had to admire Hong Tianbao for his meticulous character. As long as Old Hong knew what he had done andthe condition of hisbody, I was certain that he would cooperate with us.

However, it was strange that after watching the video, Old Hong didn’t utter a word no matter what Hong Tianbao told him. He stood blanklyand lookedintothefar distance.

Left with no choice, Hong Tianbao had to put Old Hong on his backand walkhome. I looked at the sky and recognized thatit was almostthe break of dawn. Wehad struggledfor a long time.

When we got home, Hong Tianjiang was worriedly waiting for us at the gate. When he saw us back, he heaved a sigh of relief. The two brotherscarried the sleeping Old Hong to his room and tucked him in. Then, they found medicinal herbal alcohol for me to clean my wound.

I was a little embarrassed. They had invited a hotshotlike meto help themand I got hurtin my first encounter with the spirit. I awkwardly told them that I was alright and excused myself to get some rest.

I woke up at noon. Hong Tianjiang had prepared a table of food for me. As soon as Isat down,Old Hong came out of the room. He strokedhis beard androlledhis eyes.

He picked up his chopsticks and knocked themagainstthe bowl, whichcreated a loudclanging sound. At the same time, he looked so angry. He fumed, “You two little kiddos! Why didn’t you lock me until I died in that damn room?”

Hong Tianbao knew his father had changed again. Immediately, he reminded the old man of the video he had shot last night. Unexpectedly, Old Hong became even angrier. “What the heck?Didn’t I sleepin my room the whole night? What’s that damn video you’re talkingabout? I don’t know about any of that crap.”

I sighed. It was really hard to get tothepointandcreate a way out. Old Hong bluntly denied everything!

Hong Tianbao recognized the seriousness ofthesituation. Hetook outhis phoneand attemptedto show the video he had recorded last night to Old Hong. However, it was even stranger that the video was unknowingly deleted… He didn’t know when it was deleted.

Old Hong became bold and scolded his sons again. “Itwasuseless to raise a son like you! You didn’t take care of me when Iwasold, and now you’vemarked my name withaghost!”

Hong Tianbao became restless. He came to me and lifted the hem of my shirt. Then, he pointedat my bruised waist. “Father, you see?Last night, you hit this brother of mine.”

I felt a little shyand triedto pull my shirtdown. Old Hong snarled again. “What a load of bull! Look at his skin. It’s as white and smooth as a little girl’s skin. Where’s the bruise?!”

What?Yesterday, I did get hurt. But when he said that, I remembered my waist wasn’t hurting when I woke up.I hurried to find a mirror to check. The bruise on my waist was gone. No mark was left behind!

It was likenothinghadeverhappened aftera night of rest…

Old Hong was still reprimanding his sons. I exchanged looks with Hong Tianbaoand feltscared.

The situation had come to an awkward point and we had no evidence. How could we make Old Hong cooperate with us to solve this?

We finished the tasteless meal in puzzlement. I took the chance to carefully assess Old Hong. He looked older than seventy years old. At first glance, he appeared extremely bold and stubborn. He was wearing a shortandrough fabric shirt and a pair of trousers. He also had a red turban on his head. It was the typical clothing of a farmer.

However, that red turban felt familiar. I thought I had seen it somewhere before. Isearched throughmy memory for a long timeand concludedthat no one around mehad wornthis sort of turban.

Unfortunately, Old Hong seemed to know that Iwasassessing him the entire time. He wasn’t pleasedand shotme a glance. “Hong Tianbao, you should kickthismoney-cheating hoaxer away!”

Oh well, it turned out thatI was not the only one studyingsomeoneduring the meal. He had observed me, too. Moreover, when helearnedwhat I was doing for a living, he looked offended, as if I owed him a lot of money.

I turned my headto the side. I was still thinking about studyingthat red turban. It gave me a strange feeling that I couldn’t describe. Anyway, that thing felt odd to me.

As I was connectingOld Hong talking about the Qing monsters and that red turban he was wearing, I suddenlymadea bold assumption.

However, I needed to take that red turban to verify my assumption.

“Mr. Hong, sir…”I tried my best to soften my voice andmademyself look nice. “Sir, your red turban looks nice. Could I askwhere youboughtit?”

“What do you want?Don’t you dare take it away from me!” Unexpectedly, Old Hongbecameextremelystirred up. His anger arose. He threw the bowls to the groundand thenthe food. Then, he proceeded to his room. I didn’t even havethetime to react.

Hong Tianbao recognized that I had started tosuspectthe red turban his father was wearing. He decided to tell me the history of that red turban.

It turned out this red turban was the Hong family heirloom. It had been passeddownfor a few generations. However, Hong Tianbao didn’t believe it. He thought it was just a tattered turban. How could itbea precious family heirloom?

Still, Old Hong treasured this red turban alot. He usuallykept it safe in the lowest drawer of his closet. Whenever hewasdrunk with the other fellows in the village, he would start to brag about this family heirloom.

However, these days, he had started to take it out and wear it around his forehead without a known reason. Anyway, in this area, when it was hot in thesummertime, people would useatowel to protect theirheadsfrom the heat. Hong Tianbao and Hong Tianjiang didn’t see anything wrong with their father’s clothing.

“So hejust started to wearit these days?” When I heard that, I felt more certain that the red turban was wreaking havoc here.

However,Hong Tianbaowasn’t convinced.

I just smiledand said,“Well, it’s easy to check if the red turbaniscreatingthemess in your family. We just need to take it away from your father’s head. If Old Hong turns crazy, it’ll bepretty clear, right?’

Unfortunately, Hong Tianbao shook his head repeatedly. “It’s difficult.You see, my father loves that red turban a lot. Taking histurban away isno differentfrom taking his lifeaway.”

I felt my headacheafter I heardthis remark. We couldn’t just stay idle! This was the only chance we had to make a new turn in this story. I needed to know thedetailsof that red turban to know wheretostart!

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