Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 547.1: The Bronze Bow (1)

After Ye Chen left, Li Mazi and I wandered around the villa.Perhaps Mr. Jin’s oddness had scared people. Except for a few bodyguards, there was only one chef in this vast villa.

The chefdidn’t look anything special. Aftertaking afirst glance, I didn’t pay any more attention to him.

After touring one round, I found no problem with the villa’sgeomancy. It meant Mr. Jin’s sickness wasn’t accidentally caused byawandering ghost.Itpointed to thecharacteristics ofanotherworldly item!Besidesthe guest rooms, most of the other rooms were locked. I didn’t find anything strange.

A moment later, the chef brought us two sets of French lunches. This man didn’t look thatnice, but his French foodwasexcellent. Li Mazi and I hadto competefor the last piece. After dinner, we got on the big bedand slept.

At around twilight, we heard the roar of a car engine outside. I thoughtthatMr. Jinhad returned. I woke Li Mazi to prepare.

Indeed, Ye Chen soon came to fetch us.

As soon as I crossed the threshold of the lobby, Ismelled afaint floral aroma. It wasn’t hard to recognizethat itwas Yin energy.

The smellcamefrom Mr. Jin. It seemed the spirit had been following him day and night. I couldn’t help but frown.

Li Mazireachedthe lobby before me. He suddenly screamed, “Oh hey, why does Mr. Jin look so familiar? Oh, he is…”

I hurried to follow him. I was thrilled when I saw the so-called Boss Jin. He was the strange pedestrian we had seen while passing the Eastern QingTombs. If wedidn’t needto follow the young man in the suit, we would have stopped to talk to him.

Mr. Jinlooked at the two of us in surprise. Heasked skeptically,“You are Master Zhang and Master Li, right? Why do you look so surprisedtosee me?”

“It’s nice to meet you, Mr. Jin. I am Zhang Jiulin.” I shook his hand. “I saw you on the way here.

Jin Shengqing nodded. “Yeah,Ihave a routine of running in the Eastern QingTombs area.”

I didn’t want to lingeron this topicand wentstraight to the point. “What happened to you? How is your situation?” Although Ye Chen had told usabout the situation,it wasn’t as sufficient. I needed to hear itfrom the victim.

Mr. Jin forced a smileand talkedslowly. “It’s embarrassing. I don’t know why I have turned into this. At night, I can’t control my body. I will weep like a girl.My consciousness is clear, but I can’t control myself. Igetan extremely sorrowful feeling but can’ttell what has caused it. I just want to cry…”

No matter what, Mr. Jin was a successful businessman. Although he was scared, he didn’t show his panic. He continued, “Moreover, every time I cry, I feel like someone is strangling me. I can’t see anything, but when Igetup the next day, I see new bruises on my neck.”

Then, Mr. Jin pulled the collar of his shirtto show ushis neck.I saw many finger bruises on his neck. His skin was scalded.

Ifeltanxiousafterseeing that. Although I had accepted many otherworldly item cases anddealt withextraordinaryevilspirits, I knew this otherworldly item had harmed its host.

I decided to lookandsee what kind of otherworldly item it was.

“Mr. Jin, tonight, you should rest as you normally do. I’ll be by your side, watching.Don’t worry,” Isaidto Mr. Jin.

Mr. Jin thanked me a lot. I recognized that his eyes were bloodshot. It seemed he had received enough torment these days.

Soon, the chef brought us dinner. It was beefsteak and foie gras. After dinner, I asked Mr. Jin and Ye Chen to wait for us downstairs.Li Mazi and I wouldgoto his room to arrange something.

Since thespiritwasa female and she wept all the time, I guessed she had suffered grievance before her death. I wrote the name,Dou E,on a sheet of paper and posted it on the wall.

Whetherthe Yin spirit was from ancient times ormodern-day, she would know about Dou E.Everybody knew the Injustice to Dou E [1], right?

Then, I sprinkled a layer of the best cinnabar underneath his bed to protect him.After everything was done, I asked Mr. Jin to come to his room. When he tucked into his bed, I turned off the lights in the corridor and his room. Then, Li Mazi and I hid in the closetandquietly waited.

As the nightgrewdarker, the room became quieter. At the same time, the plants outside rattled in the mountainous wind.

The clock hand ticked.I felt tired ataround midnight;I wanted to take thistime to puff a cigarette to relax.Then,Li Mazi suddenlynudgedme.

I was surprisedand followedhis finger. The door had opened a little bit. We heard low footsteps from the corridor. The figure was approaching the room.

I pulled myself togetherand held onto theSirius Whiptightly as I waitedfor that thing. However, the footsteps disappeared whentheyreached the door.

I thought it had recognized me and Li Mazi, so I hurriedly adhered two Yang Concealing Talismanstoour bodies. It would help cover our Yang energy.

The ghost still had not entered the room. I was skepticaland cranedmy neck out to check. There was nothing else in the room.

“It seems she has spotted us…” I told Li Mazi, feeling a little lost. Then, I crawled out of the closetandfound two lines of faint footprints. It was really hard to wait for her, so how could I let her go like this? After clearing my head, I followed the lines of footprints.

Those footprints led me around two kilometers away from the villa. I stood and looked around for a long time. I didn’t find anything strange, so I decided to return.

However, a flow of cold air blew behind me. Instinctively, I turned to see. A pair of bleeding eyesweregazing at me. Subconsciously, I took a step backward and lashed the Sirius Whip at her.

Before the Sirius Whip hit her, the ghost disappeared. I was stunned.

Then, Li Mazi’s voicefrombehind me. “LittleBrother Zhang, she’s right behind you!”

Before I could react, a bluish pair ofhandsreached my neck. Her fingernails sparkled. They werereally sharplikedaggers.

At the moment my life was at stake, I riskily threw the Sirius Whip. The female ghostsubconsciouslygrabbed the whip. She screeched as her handstarted to turn into smoke. The ghost flashed then disappeared. Perhaps she thought she wasn’t my opponent.

“It’s sofreakingstrange. We were almostdone for!”

Li Mazi spat,“What should we do next?”

“We have to go back first. I’m worried about Mr. Jin.” I shook my head.

As soon asMr. Jin’s name came up, I suddenlysaw the light. Li Mazihadthe same reaction. The female ghost hadluredus on purpose. She wanted tomake us leave Mr. Jin!I didn’t have time to nag here. I turnedandrantoward the villa.

As soon as we entered the villa, I felt thick Yin energy shrouding theplace. Then, I heardawoman crying upstairs. I didn’t have the mind to worry about anything else. Iimmediatelyranupstairs.

At the moment I walked through the threshold, acoldwind blew right at my face. I quicklyloweredmy head to dodge it, but I could still feelmy scalp tingling!

A loud thud echoed behind me. I moved aside and sawthat afiery red arrowwas stabbedinto the door. The arrowwasburning, and iteventually disappeared.

It seemed theghostwasin the room and had ambushed me with that arrow. I switched on the light and lookedinthe directionofthe thickest Yin energy.Awoman wearing Manchurian traditional clothes floated. Her feet were bound, andshe was holding a flaming bow.

I didn’t know what kind ofstatusshe hadwhileshe was alive, so I had to be ready. I heldthe Sirius Whip tightly!

The female ghost wasn’tsurprised. She raised her bow, aimed at me, and pulled the string.Another fiery arrowwas immediatelyshot toward me. Shehadmade me her prey.

At first, Ihadthe Sirius Whip with me, so I could dodge around seven or eight arrows. After the power of the Sirius Whip was used up, I became passive. I had to jump and bounce around to avoid her attack.

Mr. Jinwas no longersnoring. I guessed hehad fainted.

I couldn’t just leave him like this.At the same time, I couldn’t let the ghost shoot me as though I were a rabbit. At this moment, I felt restlessly anxious!

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Injustice_to_Dou_E

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