Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 547.2: The Bronze Bow (2)

“Willatalisman do thetrick?” Li Mazi’s situation wasn’t better than mine. Hewashit at his thigh since he didn’t run fast enough. His trousers were burning. If the arrow had stabbed him a few centimeters higher, he would have had to kiss goodbye to his happiness.At thismoment, he was flustered.

I’vegot it! That ghost wassensingour Yang energy to shoot us. As long as we concealed our Yang energy, she wouldn’t haveatarget!

With that thought, I didn’t hesitate to put the Yang Concealing Talismans onour bodies. The female ghost became hesitant.The Yang Concealing Talisman worked efficiently. I gave Li Mazi a thumbs-up. I casually threw the Sirius Whip asideandslowlyapproachedthe female ghost.

Sinceshe had lost sight of us, she was a little bewildered. She hoveredstill in the air. It wasa good timefor me to take action. When I was close enough to her, I took out a handful of cinnabar powder from my pocket and sprinkled it on her!

It was too late for her to react or dodge my attack.When thecinnabar powder hit her, her bodysizzledandburned.

She shot me a furious glance but she didn’t attack me.It was now pastmidnight, the time whenshe had the thickest Yin energy. She knew she wasn’t my equal enemynow. Her body shook. Then,she disappeared into thin air.

I wanted to chase after her, but then Isawa strange bow on the floor.It was the bow where the female ghostresided. If the otherworldly item had appeared, I didn’t need to follow her.

I asked Li Mazi to watch the bow while I went to the bed to check on Mr. Jin. I heaved a sigh of relief when I found that he was breathing normally.

After hearingthe commotion, Ye Chenbroughtthe bodyguards upstairsand asked, “What happened?”

Sincethe female ghost had left in fright andhadeven discarded the bow she was taking shelter in, I was certain that she wouldn’t return tonight. I asked Ye Chen to go back to his room to sleep. Afterward, I turned on the desk lamp and observed the bow.

The bow seemedto be madeof bronze as I saw many patina spots on it. The arch part of the bow had a lot of carvings with some small animal totems.

This bow seemed to be a weapon dedicated to the Manchurian archers. However, I didn’tfindanything from its appearance. When I touched it, Irealizedthe bowwasn’tsimple. The surface was rusty but it felt so smooth to the touch, just likewarm embers.

I recalled what Ye Chen told me earlier. Mr. Jin’s madness surfacedafter he returned from a hunt in Mount Changbai. I thought ithadsomething to do with this bow. Now, I needed to wait until he woke up.

Although I knew the female ghost wouldn’t return, I still watched the bow through the night. When the first beam of the sunrise shone through the window, I exhaled in relief. I woke Li Mazi up and handed him the bow before going to my guest room to rest.

WhenIwokeup later that day, Mr. Jin was also up. However, he had norecollectionof what he had done yesterday. He only said that hedidn’t sleep welllast night.

I simply washed my face and asked Li Mazi to take the bow. I wanted to ask Mr. Jin some questions. Unexpectedly, before I could ask him, Mr. Jin had a skeptical look on his face and asked,“How did you get my bow?”

“Your bow?Where did you put your bow?” I asked.

“After the last hunt, I’ve kept it in my house,” saidMr. Jin.

I didn’t want to hide thetruthfrom him,so I toldhim every detailaboutlast night’s encounter. Mr. Jin then called his wifeand askedher to open his storage chamber to see if the bronze bow was still there. His wife told him that his safe chamber was locked, butthe bow was gone…

“What?!” Mr. Jin slumped onto the ground, feelinghelpless. A moment later, he pulled himself together. However, his voice was pessimistic. “Master Zhang, what should I do now?”

“How did you get this bow?”

He shot a fearful glanceatthe bow then told me his story. Many bigshotshad their hobbies. For example, some liked beautiful women, some like hunting, and others likedcollecting antiques. Mr. Jin happened to havetwohobbies. He liked hunting and collecting antiques.

One time, he had returned from his hunt in Mount Changbai. Coincidentally, he saw a Manchurian uncle selling bows and arrows. He found them interesting. That bow captured his eyes at the first glance. He ended up buying the bowforten thousandrenminbi.

He wenthuntingin Mount Changbai one more time to checkoutthe bow. After that hunting trip, the female ghost started to pester him. Mr. Jin looked regretful. He scoldedandcursedthe uncle who had sold the bow to him.

I just smiled and didn’t say anything. However, I disdained him. He didn’t have good eyes andwas blaminghis mistake on the other person.

Since we didn’t have a good sleep last night, after brunch, we went to our room to rest. Before I drifted into sleep, I saw Li Mazi walking back and forth. Hisface looked worried as if hehadaburdenonhis mind.

“Hey, brother. Do you missyour wife?” I teased him. However,he still wore a grimace. I recognized something was strange. I got upand talkedto him.

“LittleBrother Zhang, do you know what I encountered last night?” Li Mazi sounded as though he was about to cry. I foundthisstrange. Yesterday, we had been together the entire time. There was a timewhilehe was sleeping and I was watching the bow. However, there wasn’t anything abnormalaboutthat time.

“It was almost morning when I heard some sweeping footsteps. I thought it was you, so I didn’t pay attention. The footsteps then grew lighter. Afterward,I couldn’t hear them anymore. I knew it didn’t feel right. When I opened my eyes, Isaw a white shadow holding a sword. He wanted to kill me. I was lucky that I had the Yin and Yang Umbrella near me. I used it to parry with him. Otherwise, you wouldn’tbe seeingyour brotherright now!”

After listening to Li Mazi, I felt shocked. The female ghost that attacked us yesterday wore Manchurian traditional clothes.Li Mazi had just told me that he was attacked by a white shadow.

It meant there were at least two spirits in this villa.Sincethe white shadow wasn’t sucked into the Yin and Yang Umbrella, he was stronger than the female ghost.

From what had happened yesterday, I could roughly conclude that the twospirits were strong enough that they could have easily killed Mr. Jin. It would be an easy task, likeflipping their hands.However,they didn’t. They just kept torturing him.

It was strange. I pondered, then discussed a plan with Li Mazi.

We slept through the morning. After lunch, I returned to my room andfollowedthe plan.Li Mazi left the villa quietly.

In the late afternoon,we heard the sound of a car engine from outside the villa. I took a lookthroughthe window. A car stopped and two men accompanied an old woman out of the car.

The womanappeared to bein her sixties, and she lookedsophisticated. The other two men were around forty years old. The three of them had inexplicable auras. I was curious about their identities. However, since Mr. Jin was a tycoon, it was normal that he had some classy friends. I didn’t pay attention to this group of people.

Not long after Itucked intothe bed, I heard the sound of people throwing things downstairs. Then, I heard Mr. Jinquarrelingwith the old woman.

I thought they would stop soon, but that didn’t happen. I wanted to go downstairs to talk them out of the fight, but it was Mr. Jin’s business. It wasn’t appropriate to put my nose intothis.

Atthis moment, rushing footsteps came from the corridor. Ye Chen charged into the room. His face looked worried. He pantedand said, “Master Zhang, my boss has lost control again…”

“What?” I dashed downstairs without putting my shoes on.At thismoment, Mr. Jin’s eyes had turned blood red. Hisface was twisting. He looked fierce.

He was holding a glass. It seemed he wanted to throw it atthat classy old woman. The bodyguards were pressing onto him.

Mr. Jin struggled hard. Hegazed at the old womanand screamed,“I’m going to kill you. I’ll kill you all. You have to pay for myErniang’s life!”

The other people were bewildered when they heard himscream. However, I thought I hadgaineda clue!

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