Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 561: Take Off Your Trousers!

Yesterday, she was busy with work and she had stayed up almost the whole night to finish her documents. When she returned to her room, she slept right away. While sleeping, she heardachild crying.

At first, she didn’t mind itand thoughtthatakid in the neighbor’s house was crying.She soon recognizedsomethingwasn’t right. She heard crying everywhere. Moreover,the source of the soundseemed to get closer and closer to her!

She woke up. As soon as she opened her eyes, she sawthe faceof a crying kidin hercloset. The kid had a very pale face and was crying blood. She was so scaredthat she screamed and kicked the door open. Then, she ranaway from her bedroom.

Unexpectedly, the living room was even more frightening.The TV, the wallpaper, and even the floorwere full of crying faces.

She was scared out of her wits.She rushed out of the house and ran to the police station. That’s when she encountered us.

I frownedand checkedthe sky outside. The night had just begun. Even if there was no sunlight due to the rain, foul things didn’t dare to come out so early. I thought the otherworldly item wasn’t simple.

After having asimpledinner, I asked Wang Ping to go to her room to rest.

She was scaredand heldmy sleeve. She askedworriedly,“Those crying faces will come again, right?”

I nodded. “When they come, I can figure out how to deal with them. I need them to show up.”

Although Wang Ping was scared, she listened to me and went to her room to rest. I simplystucksome low-level evil expelling talismans in her room. These talismans weren’t very powerful. However,theycould protect her life and not scare the spirit that much.It was suitable for the severity of the situation.

After arranging everything, I hid in Wang Ping’s closet and left a slit at the door to look.

Most of her clothes were kept in the guest room. This place had some clothes she wore at home.Therewas more than enough space for me to hide in.

Wang Ping was weary. After a few minutes of lying on her bed, her breathing became stable. She even snored.

I held the Sirius Whipand closedmy eyes to regain my composure.At this time, I was completely concentrating on the commotion around.

It always felt like a long timewhenever I had to wait.I kept checking my watch. I didn’t know why, but I felt restlessas I watchedthe hand of the watchtickby.

It wasmidnightnow, but nothing had happened yet.I thought it wouldn’t show up tonight. When I relaxed mytensenerves, I started tofeelsleepy. All of a sudden, I felt like fainting.

Suddenly, a woman’s shrill cry woke me up. My sleepy head was clear at that instant. I grabbed the Sirius Whipand rushedout of the closet!

When I faced Wang Ping, I saw thescaredwoman. She wasgazing at me. I knew somethingbadhad happened. Immediately, I took a quick step forward,turned around, and lashedthe Sirius Whip.

Ahorrible cry echoed in the room. I lifted my head and saw the crying faces on the ceilingand the closet. They wereeverywhere, justasWang Ping had described.

It was a child’s face.I couldn’t tell if it belonged to a boy or a girl. The grim expression and thechild’s loud criesshould have made people pity it. However, its pale skin and blood tears made people’s scalps tingle. My palm was dampwith sweat. My nerves tensed up.

There were a few types of evil spirits. There weresomethat you could help ascend, but there were also othersthat wouldn’t stop pestering you until you died.When child ghosts became evil spirits, itwould beextremely tough to deal with them.

I wielded the Sirius Whip and furiously hit one of the faces. The crying face shrilled sharply. Then, it burst like a shatteredmirror and revealeda mess of blood and brain. I refrained from pukingand lashedanother face. However, they seemed to be able to grow endlessly.

After a long time, I was so tired that I had to gasp for my breath. The Sirius Whip’s power had almost run out. At the same time, those crying faces started to crawl up from the cornersof the room and headedtoward the middle section of the room.

Wang Pinghid underherblanket. She screamed unceasingly. She had almost lost her mind.

I didn’t have time to comfort her.As I watchedthe faces shorten the distance between us, I retrieved the Sirius Whipandsprinkled a handful of refined salt on them.

As soon as the salt hit them, the crying faces sizzled as if they were being roasted on a stove.

I didn’t know if itwasamisconception,but I smelled roast meat. Those faces were smart, though. After they got hit, they shrank and retreated to the ceiling, closets, or wall. They waitedlikeatiger lurking for a chance to snatch their prey.

“Argh!”Right whenI had justtaken ina sighofrelief,akid’s scream came from upstairs.

“God damn it!” I cursed. Wang Ping’s son was still upstairs.

I quicklyconsideredthings. I thentook out the Peach Soul Flower to protect Wang Pingandsprinkled saltatthe door. Thecriesof the ghost arose again with the sizzling noiseofroasted meat.

Seizing the chance, I pulled the door open and brought Wang Ping with me. Wetried to rush upstairs.

The scene outside the room made me gasp for my breath.The crying faces were everywhere. When they saw me, they started to cry and roar.

Facing several hundred faces crying blood, my headwent blank. I was stunned for a few seconds.

After beingin shockfor a while, I realized that a few faces had already climbed on my trousers.They toremy musclesas they cried.

Asharp pain pulled my nerves together. I used the same trickand sprinkledsalt on my legs to expel the ghosts. I didn’t have time to worry about my bleeding legsand rushedupstairs.

Amongst hundreds of crying voices,one belonged to Wang Ping’s son. He had cried loudly at first. However, during the time I was held back downstairs, his voice seemed to have disappeared.

I was restlessly worriedand rushedupstairs. I reached the boy’s room and found that his room was locked from the inside. I took a few stepsbackandkickedthe door.

I hurried to enter the room. The kid was sitting on his bed. Hisfacelookedsleepy. He looked like he didn’t know what had just happened.

“You didn’t cry, did you?” I was surprised. His fair-skinned face didn’t have a streak of tears.

He shook his headand huggedhis cloth tiger tighteras he cautiously lookedat me. It seemed hehad wokenup because I had kicked the door. He didn’t know anything.

I smiled embarrassedly and left his room, closing the door behind me. However, after a few steps, I recognized that something was wrong. I was sure that I had heard a shriekthat stood outfrom the ghosts’ cries.

Did I gettricked? I patted my thigh angrily and rushed downstairs.

While running, I kept wielding my Sirius Whip, which helped clear a path from the faces that had packed the stairs.

Wang Ping’s callsfor helpwerefeeble. When I came to the living room, the ghostly faces were crawling all over her body. Her face had many cuts. Her mouth was open, but she couldn’t make loud sounds.

My heart sank. I hurried to read a spell. The Peach Soul Flower in Wang Ping’s chest spunasthe activationspell was read. It releasedwaves of lightthat covered and protectedWang Ping.

The faces on Wang Ping’s bodyknew it wasn’t safe anymore. They hurriedly scattered from her. However,sincethe Peach Soul Flowerhad beenboosted with my spell, how could they escape?

Ishoutedwhen the spell wascomplete. All the ghostly faces nearest to the Peach Soul Flower were smashed into wisps of black smoke, vanishinginto thin air. After Wang Ping was saved, mybeatingheart finallycalmed down.

When I got upstairs, I felt that something was wrong. The first floor had been submergedwithghosts’ cries, butitwas dead silenton thesecond floor! It was really strange. However,back then, I was so worried about the boy that I had ignored this.

After the whole incident, I calmed down. The living room was still filled with the crying of children, which gave me a head-splitting headache. I had to think about how to stop them.

I had used up the power of the Sirius Whip and I had almost used up all of the refined salt. Since Ihad comehere directly from the police station, I didn’t bring anything else with me.Feeling restless, I looked around the room to see if I could find anything to defend myself with. Unexpectedly, Isaw something.

Perhaps Wang Ping hadn’t noticedit, either. There was a blood-stained area on her white trousers that she had just changed into when she came home. It meant she wason herperiod!After seeingthe ghostly facestryto swarm us again, I screamed, “Take off your trousers!”