Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 545: The Killing Bed

Afterwe returnedto the village, I found the Village Elder and told him about Luo Cheng’s choice.

The Village Elder kept silent for a long time. In the end, he just sighed.

I knew he wanted tohonorLuo Cheng, so I gave him a suggestion. Iftheir village wanted to open as a tourist attraction, I thoughtthey should build a Sui-Tang cultural parkon thatpiece of land. It could be a source of incomeforthe villagers and itcould honorLuo Cheng’s heroic spirit.

“We will consider your suggestion,”said theVillage Elder. It wasn’t my concern if they would do that.

After lunch, Li Mazi and I bid farewell to the Village Elder and Sanye. They had collected dozens of thousands ofrenminbito offer us asourcommission.

The Village Elder kept shoving the money into my bag. He knew the ruleofour businessand was thankfulthatI had given up the silver spear to fulfill Luo Cheng’s wish.

I didn’trefusehim this time. By doing this,the villagers could feelat ease. I received the money and threw itatLi Mazi. Afterward, we went to the hospital to find Tang Xianzu.

When we got there, he had already left. He had leftme a letter. Here’s what the letter read:

“Dear Master Zhang,ifyou see this letter,it meansyou’ve already helped our village solve the problem. To be honest, I tricked you. I was stabbed because I was too greedy.I wanted to steal the spear from my friend’s houseandexchange it for money. I knew the headless horsemanwasLuo Cheng. Yesterday, I heard from my family that General Luo Cheng’s spirithelped the village eradicate the rat monster. Idon’t thinkI have the face to return to the village anymore.I’ll seeyou when I see you!”

After reading the letter, I couldn’t help but shake my head. I thoughtthat Tang Xianzu was thetype of personthatdesiredmoney more thanhislife. This time, it was Luo Cheng’s spirit. If it had been the King of Western Chu or the God of Slaughter Baiqi, he wouldn’t have had the chance to write this damn letter.

However, I had to say one thing. Having worked in this business for quite a long time,I hadalways subdued otherworldly items. This was the first time an otherworldly item had saved me.

When wewere about to fight the rat monsterand riskour lives, Luo Cheng had come. Li Mazi and I exchanged understanding looksand smiled. Wethenheadedhome.

When we left the patient ward, we saw a group of doctors bowing and giving their apologiesto a young couple. However, the young couple was screaming at them.

After a few seconds, Ilearned thattheir mother hadreceivedtreatment in this hospital. The mother was seriously ill when shearrived at the hospital. However, it wasn’t a life-threatening sickness. After one nightofstaying here, she died unknowingly…

The couple thought that those quacks had neglected and killed their mother. They cried and demanded an explanation.

The doctors and the family started to shout at each other. I sighedand prayedthat the deceased would rest in peace. Then, I turned and went downstairs.

When we passed the nurse’scounter, we suddenly heard someonesay, “Oh my God! Another patient has died! I’ve saidit before. That bed hasaproblem, but the Dean doesn’t listen to me.”

Let alone me, Li Mazi paled immediately. We turned andsawtwo young nurses whispering to each other.

When they saw us watching, they pretended to be busy andstarted to collect and sort the documents on the table.

“Miss, what did you just say?” I frowned. If shewas tellingthe truth, there was more to theold woman’s death.

The nurse waved her hands at meand saidimpatiently,“Please go.You don’t need to know.”

Li Mazi wasn’t pleased. He looked at the nametag the nurse woreand saidboldly,“I remember your name. If you don’t tell me the story, I’m goingto see your Dean. I’m sure you’ll be fired tomorrow!”

The young nurse’seyes reddened. She wasupset but eventually nodded.

IgaveLi Mazi a thumbs-up. This rascal friend of mine was a true diamond that could cut diamonds.

The nurse then told us that it wasn’t the first time a patienthaddied on that bed.Three others haddied before the old woman. Thatwas why she thought that the bedhad aproblem. “I’vechecked the list of patients that used to lie on that bed. I found that every single patient whosleptthrough the night on that beddied in themorning…”

“It seems that bed reallyhasaproblem…” I exchanged looks with Li Mazi. We decided to help the hospital get rid of this problem.

Fortunately, that room was a two-patient ward. After the old woman was gone, the other person was so scared that they askedto change rooms.

The young couple caused trouble until the afternoon.I didn’t lingerand triedtogetadmittedthere.

The doctor in charge looked around forty or fifty years old. He was a responsible doctor.He pushed his reading glasses up the bridge of his noseandsaid,“Kid, a patient just died there. Take another room!”

“That's the point!” Li Mazi recognizedthe wordshad slipped from his tongue. He corrected himself immediately.“I mean, I like to stay in that ward. Every time I come to your hospital, I stay there.”

“All right, if youwantto stay there, you can stay there.You two boys canbringmore Yang energy to that room, anyway!” When the middle-aged doctor heard Li Mazisaythat, he assessed us one more time. It seemed he knew our purpose. He waved his hand and asked us to fill in the form.

As soon as I entered the ward, cold air slapped my face.It seemedthere wasa curtain of cold air around the bedwherethe woman had died.

It wasn’t necessarily due to the foul thing.Itcould havebeen something else, like theold woman’s ghost or the ghosts of the previous victims.

Before nightfall, I opened the door and the window. Then, I burnedwormwoodand walkedaround the room.

When the scent of wormwood filled the room, the temperature wasn’t low anymore. When I felt it was enough, I closed the window.Li Mazi and I thenstarted our long and boring wait in the room.

After 10:00 PM, no more visitors walkedinthe corridor outside. The room temperature started to drop again…

It seemed that the foul thing couldn’t stand idle. I asked Li Mazi tolieon the bed while Ihidunderneath the opposite bed.

I had just learned how to draw the Yang Concealing Talisman.By usingthis talisman, I could conceal my Yang energy. Unless the ghosts saw me directly, theywouldn’t be able tosense mypresence.

Li Mazisure was bold. I had asked him to pretend to sleep on the bed, but hestarted to snore not even after three minutes.

Ithoughtit was funny and wanted to wake him up. But then, I sawthat he wasblushing. It was asif hewaschoking. Li Mazi’s eyes shot open. Both of his hands grabbed his neck, just as if he was trying to pull away a pair of invisible hands!

It wasanemergency, and I couldn’twaste time. Immediately, I rolled out and got up. I lashedthe Sirius Whip at his neck.

Before the whip reached Li Mazi, it stopped. I then heard a child crying. A faint red shadow appeared between me and Li Mazi.

I focused andsawit was a boy that had a deformed face. His nose was missing. His bloodshot eyeswere differently sized. He lookedat me as if he wanted to tear me apart.

I looked further downand saw thatthe kid didn’t have an umbilicalcord. His intestineshadspilled out of his belly button. He was bleedinghard.

This little boyisa resenting child!

My grandpa had told me that there were three types of resenting children. The first type was the one that died intheirmother’s womb. The second type was the childthat haddied at birth. And, the last was the ghost of a child that had died after birth.

The third type of resenting child had enjoyed happiness in this world. Its resentful energy wouldn’t be muchand we could help them rest easier. However, the first two types had extreme energy. My grandfather had advised me thatifI were to encounter this sort of resenting child, Iwould haveto attack fast and not show any mercy.

I shouldn’t let them go to create futureproblems.Resentingchildrenwere all hostile and inclined toseekrevenge. If youannoyed one, it would pester you forever!

It seemed this boy had died at birth. From his deformed appearance, it wasn’t hard to guess that his parents had abandoned him.

I wasn’t sure if I could subdue the ghost, soItook outthe Yin and Yang Umbrella. I pointed itright at the child ghost.

That child ghostfeltthe power of the Yin and Yang Umbrella. He shot me a glance then let go of Li Mazi, jumpingtoward the window.

“You want torun? Not easy, boy!” Iwouldn’tgive it a chance. I opened the Yin and Yang Umbrellaand dashedtoward the ghost.

The ghost shot me a disdainful glance and accelerated toward the window. However, he didn’t know that I hadstuckspirit talismans on the window. He was sent backwardand fell under the influence ofthe Yin and Yang Umbrella.

He struggled in pain. He screechedandlookedat mewith imploringeyes. I knew he was asking for mercy, but I couldn’t let him go. I knew that if our situations wereswitched,it wouldn’tsparemy life!

After around two minutes, the child ghost completely vanished. Li Mazi got up. He looked at the Yin and Yang Umbrella for a while before he pulled himself together. “Is it over?”

“What do you think?” I pulled him up. After putting onourjackets, we didn’t linger for a secondand ranhome.

Li Mazi thought itwaseasy to deal with the resenting child ghost, but it was because I had skipped a few steps.

Ever since I’d entered this business, I didn’t think thatdealing with evilspiritswashard.The real reason it was hard was thatIwas willing to investigate the origin of the otherworldly items to help those spirits ascend in peace.

If I just focused on destroying theevilspirittoobtainthe otherworldly item, I wouldn’tbeaqualified otherworldly merchant!

What is an otherworldly merchant?

He’s humble, he walks on the Yin and Yang road, and hebindsthestrings of karma!

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