Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 538: The Power of the Umbrella Mantra!

Old Hong was almost eighty years old. He just wanted to leave his last days in peace. How could he be willing to see his songoto jail?

“I didn’t expectthat filthyanimal to do those things!” OldHonggrabbed his thighand weptsilently.At thismoment, Hong Tianjiang came home. We all stopped talking. Hong Tianjiang wasn’t a fool. As soon as he saw our faces, he knew what we were talking about. He didn’t even try to hide anythingand gaveus a cold sneerbeforegoing to his room to rest.

I knew he wasn’t scared.Widow Lihad been dead for a long time, soI guessed Hong Tianjiang had already destroyed the evidence in her house. Moreover, with Hong Xiuquan on his side, he was confident.

Hong Tianbao was shivering as he was mad at his brother. Old Hong was wiping his tearsand mumblingsomething to himself.

I comforted themand saidnothing more than that. I wanted to seewhat theirdecisionwould be.Once I took action, Hong Tianjiang’s crime wouldno longer beconcealed.Widow Li’s son wouldsoon comehome and discover his mother’s death. At that time, the first suspect would be Hong Tianjiang.

I patted Hong Tianbao’s shoulder. “Take your time to consider it. I respect your choice.”

Then, I went to the guest room to rest.

Li Mazi was sleeping in his bed. I lit up a cigaretteand thoughtaboutasolution.

As I tookin the smoke, I felt really upset. I wanted to do something, butI also didn’t want to hurt Old Hong…

Earlythe nextmorning, Li Mazi’s callwoke me up. I thought it was something urgent, so I hastily got upand ranto the living room. Then, I learned that Li Mazihad wokenme up to show methenewly hatched chicks.

Iwent overand patted himto showthat he shouldn’t act like a fool. Li Mazi was still happy with his findings. He didn’t mind me at allandcasually brushed my hand away. He wanted to pick up a puffy chick to play with it.

However, as soon as he touched the chick, the hen jumped and hostilely pecked his forehead. Li Mazi covered his woundand chasedafter the old hen. All the chickens in the yard flustered and quacked. They jumpedaround.

Hong Tianbao leaned against the door frameand lookedat me with a painful expression. I didn’t see Hong Tianjiang.All of the troubles in this village were caused by him. I guessed he was outdoing badactivitiesagain.

Hong Tianbao sighedand said,“I hope youwillexpel that evil spirit. I’m not sure how to deal withTianjiang.But I hope that after the spirit is destroyed, my brotherwillhave his sanity back.”

I nodded.Thespirithad contributed to turningHong Tianjiang like this.After watchingHong Tianbao,Iwas exhausted mentally and physically.I felt sorry for the manas hehad toshoulderall the burdens. I patted his shoulder againand toldhim to ease his worries.

After Li Mazi was done playing with the chicks and thehen, he came and took a look at our aggrieved expressions. He pretended as though he understood everything. “Isn’t it just an otherworldly item? Why are you guys standing here and sighing?”

Li Mazi wasn’t the sort of person who could keep secrets. Thatwaswhy Ihadn’t toldhim about Hong Tianjiang’s case. Li Mazi didn’t know that the nature of this case had changed. If it were only Hong Xiuquan’s ghost, I could just put more effort to subdue him.

But now, I could tell that Hong Tianjiang and the spirit had become one. If I forcefully expelled and smashed it, I could also destroy Hong Tianjiang’s soul.

Hong Tianbao was standing asideandlistening to me and Li Mazi. Hesaid,“Can you protect Hong Tianjiang’s life? As long as my brotherdoesn’tdie, you can do anything!”

I nodded. “Yeah, I can.”

Hong Tianbao clenched his jaw. “Please take action now.”

That evilspirithad enraged him a lot. Although he wasn’t willing to report Hong Tianjiang’s crime, he loathed his brother’s deeds. He wanted me toteachhima lesson.

If Hong Tianbao made up his mind, Ididn’tneedto hesitateanymore. I asked Li Mazi to go back to the room to prepare things with me. We would waitfornightfall!

Hong Tianjiang always went out at midnight to bewitch the villagers, so itwould beconvenient for us to deal with him then.

At around midnight, I knew the time had come. I used the Heavenly Dipper Formation to protect Hong Tianbao and Old Hong before releasing Hong Xiuquan’s ghost.

As soon as Hong Xiuquan saw us, he knew he couldn’t beat us. He screamed and tried to leave. I wouldn’tgive him that chance! I opened the Yin and Yang Umbrella, which then flew up andcast a shadow overhim. As soon as I started to read the Umbrella God Mantra, the umbrella began to spin faster and faster. Hong Xiuquan’s tattered soul began fading away, and hisscreeching eventually subsided.

Right as theghost was about to perish, someone pushed the gate open and walked in.It was Hong Tianjiang. He coldly looked at me with one hand on his head. I noticed that there was a tear on his red turban. It meant theevilspirit was about to disappear.

Li Mazi was readyand heldthe Sirius Whip. Hehad beenwaiting for Hong Tianjiang there.

I shot Li Mazi a glanceand signaled athimtotake action now. Li Mazi nodded, hisface turning stern. He needed to entangle with Hong Tianjiang to seize more time for me.

As Ibegan to readthe mantra faster and faster, Hong Tianjiang became more anxiously restless. He didn’t say anythingand dashedtoward me. Butbefore he could approach me, Li Mazi lashed the Sirius Whip. Then,the two began to fight.

Unfortunately, Li Mazi didn’t know theBigDipper Sirius Spell. After seven whips, heno longer hadthe upper hand. Eventually, Hong Tianjiang kicked Li Mazi away.Li Mazilanded on his butt with a low thud. He crouchedand shivered.

Hong Tianjiang sneered and ran toward me. I had sweat on my foreheadasthecoldwindcameclose. I read the spell faster and instinctively closed my eyes.

After a long moment, I didn’t receive anyhitsfrom Hong Tianjiang. I opened my eyesand sawLi Mazi hugging Hong Tianjiang’s thigh. His mouth was bleeding, but he didn’t let go. After seeingthis, the flame of my courage burned again. I read the spell faster and faster.

Suddenly, I heard a crackle. It sounded as thoughsomething made of glass had shattered. Hong Xiuquan’s ghostturnedinto countless piecesand vanishedin the air.

At the same time, Hong Tianjiang’s face froze. WhileLi Mazi was still holding him, hescreeched. I saw more cutsappearon his turban.

“Hurry up!” Li Mazi screamedand urgedmeashe felt Hong Tianjiang’schange.

I knew the wisp of soul I had eradicated was just a part of Hong Xiuquan’s soul. The real,powerful soul was still with Hong Tianjiang. I didn’t dare to relax nowand jumpedtoward Hong Tianjiang,stickingseveral talismans on his head.

I used my blood to drawruneson his face. Hong Tianjiang struggled harder and harder. However, under the power of the talismans andLi Mazi’s hold,he couldn’t escape.

The talismans workedsoon. Hong Xiuquan’s soul slowly detached from Hong Tianjiang’s body. At first glance,the scenelooked very strange.

“Li Mazi, get in the formation!”I said to Li Mazi as I sawHong Xiuquan’s ghost. Li Mazi let go ofhim,slumping and gaspingfor his breath. Hong Xiuquan smirkedand reached forLi Mazi’s head.

WhenLi Mazi’s life was at stake, hisbody moved like a swamp,smoothlyslitheringinto the Heavenly Dipper Formation. I turned and found that Hong Tianbao had risked his life to pull Li Mazi in at themostcritical moment.

After seeing thatLi Mazihad escapeddanger, I focused on reading the spell. Hong Tianjiangwas free.He looked at mewithbloodshot eyes.He wanted to kill me. However, he was too weak to threaten me. Hong Tianbao knew that his chance had come. He ran out of the Heavenly Dipper formation andmade the risky decision to pullHong Tianjiang into the formation.

At thismoment, only Hong Xiuquan’s ghost and I were standing outside the formation. I felt a little dizzy as I had been chanting the spell. At the same time, Hong Xiuquanlooked vigilant after I had erased a wisp of his soul. None of us made the first move.

After restingfor a while, I suddenly recognized that Hong Xiuquan’s soul had turned from transparent to translucent. Ididn’texpect that hewould recoverthatquickly. I knew that if I kept waiting, I would lose this battle. I immediately bit my middle finger.

Hong Xiuquan saw that I was about to attack him. Hisface changed. Then, he advancedtoward me.

However, he was a step too late. Before I bit my finger, I had already opened the Yin and Yang Umbrella. It waspart ofmy plan. I had calculated that he would storm towardmeatthis moment. I jumped into the Heavenly Dipper Formation and sprinkled the blood from my finger onto the red turban. Ithenused a lighter to burn it.

As soon as the red turbancaught fire, Hong Xiuquan froze. The soul lookedbaffled. I took the chance and stormed toward him. Then, I puthim under the Yin and Yang Umbrella.AsI started to chant the Umbrella God Mantra, Hong Xiuquan started to float up.

It seemed he had recognized that he was disappearing. He screamed and roared.

I kept chanting the spell,which mademe dizzy again. I had to slow down a bit. Hong Xiuquan sneered when he recognizedthis, and he started to bump into the Yin and Yang Umbrella.

I was using my mental energy to control and support the Yin and Yang Umbrella. Whentheevilspirit hitit,I feltas ifa sharp needle was penetrating my head. I guessed he wanted toperishwith me.

After thinkingabout this, I didn’t want to show mercy anymore. I pulled myself together and continued to read the spell fast. The light from the Yin and Yang symbolwasdazzling, andHong Xiuquan was eventuallypressed onto the ground.

Before hehadthe chance to get up, the light hit him further. His shadow faded and he eventually disappeared.

I heaved a sigh of relief. I closed my eyesand lostconsciousness.

When I woke up, Old Hong was crying. Li Mazi was comforting him.

I didn’t see Hong Tianbao and Hong Tianjiang. Later, Li Mazi told me that Hong Tianbao hadtakenhis brother to the police station to reporthim.

He had committed rapeand murder. I thought that even if Hong Tianjiangwentto the police himself, his sentence wouldn’t beany lighter.After seeingOld Hong,I couldn’t help but sigh.

Thiswaslife. Taking a small advantage will eventually lead toreceiving a biggerdisadvantage. If Old Hong and Hong Tianjiangdidn’t havethe idea ofusingthe otherworldly item, they wouldn’t haveto facethese consequences.

The red turban, which wassupposedto be my reward, was burned to cinders. Hong Tianbao was a little embarrassed, and he told me that he wanted to repay me with something. I gently denied his offer. Instead, I asked him to supportWidow Li’s son until he finished his degree at university.

Hong Tianbao agreedand hetold me that he would adopt the boy.And he did just that.Moreover, hegaveup his jade business to stay in Jintian Village to take care of his old father.

Since Hong Tianbao had good relationships with the folks in the village, Old Hong didn’t need to live underpeople’smockinganddespising eyes. It was somewhat a blessing in disguise.

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