Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 564: Domestic Violence

I didn’t have time to explainthingsto him. I cut my fingertip and read the spell to beckon a spirit. As I had been using this spell more frequently these days, I had gained more experience. Soon, a spirit nearby came to help me.

My speed was enhanced, which shortened the distance between me and the black shadow. When the distance between us was within the attack range of the Yin and Yang Umbrella, I threw it toward the shadow.

However, I had underestimated the dark shadow one more time. Before Icouldactivatethe Yin and Yang Umbrella, the shadow accelerated and disappeared…

I could confirm that it was afraid of me. The spirit didn’t counterattack. He only wanted to run away. I remembered the last time I had let him run away, another victim was chopped off after that. I had a flame of anger in my heart. I took out a yellow jacketand threwit toward the shadow.

According to legends, it was Emperor Qianlong’s jacket.Itwas just a gold and silk jacket, but since the Emperorhad wornit, it had his imperial aura.

Moreover, in ancient times, adults and children were afraid of the yellow color as it represented the imperial family. If that ghosthad lived inancient times, he would be afraid of this jacket.

Indeed, as soon as the yellow jacket got on him, the shadow slowed down. Moreover, he looked as though he would get on his knees soon. I foundamethodofdealing with him. I grabbed the Yin and Yang Umbrella in one hand whilemyother handtookout a Soul Subduing Talisman.

He could havebeentormented to death when he was still a child.However,I didn’t want todestroyhis soul. Thatwas why I decided to use the talisman to subdue him. Then, I would think about how to help him ascend.

“Uncle!”Right whenI had juststuckthe talisman onto the shadow, Wang Ping’s son’s voice called from behind. Subconsciously, I turned around and saw Wang Ping’s son. Hewasn’t evenwearingshoes. Under the heavy rain, he shivered. Histeeth clattered.

I wanted to tell him to go home, but a sharp pain hit me at the nape of my neck. I recognized that I wastricked. I clutched my nape and turned around again. The shadow had wiggled off the talismanandgallopedaway.

The pain at the nape of my neck disappeared quickly. It seemed the ghost had casually hit me before running away.

I couldn’t chase it now. I hoped that it would understand the rule of karma and wouldn’t harm more people!

I turned around again and picked up the shivering boy. Then, we returnedto Wang Ping’s house. When we arrived at his house, the boy obediently went upstairs. I went to the bathroom to fetch a towel. Sitting on the sofa, I dried my hair. While doing so, I asked the policeman,“Whydidn't youstop the kidfrom going outat midnight?”

The policeman was surprised. “I didn’t even see himgoout. How did you return with him?”

I frowned. “He’s a big boy, and you’retellingme that you didn’t even see him sneakout of this house? How are you doing your policejob?”

The policeman was enraged. He slammed the table. “I’m sure no one left this house. I didn’t even doze off. If someone went out, I must have seen it!”

I felt something wrong here. I threw the towel aside and rushed upstairs. The boy’s room wasn’t closed and he was sleeping in his bed.

His hair was soggy, which proved that he had just gone outside. I shook him to wake him up. “Why did you go out there?”

The boy looked at me. His eyes were drowsy andhis face looked puzzled. It seemed the shadow had bewitched him. I sighed and went downstairs again. Together with the middle-aged policeman, we smoked.

After thinking that there would be another death tomorrow, I felt irritated. It was the first time I had felt so annoyedafterworking in this business. I didn’t know if that ghost wasa fiendor just a spirit. It had tricked me many times already.

The policeman comforted me. “There’s no need to hurry, young man.”

How could I not be hurried?Alife was taken every day!

I said nothingandquietlysmoked. Then, I forced myself to rest. The policeman didn’t talkanymore. He leaned against the sofaand closedhis eyes to sleep.

The next day, I asked to talk to Wang Ping in private. I told her to take care of her son better.

Wang Ping’s face turned awkward when she heard me. “It’s our family’s business. You don’t need to care about it.”

I had to tell her the truth. “That spiritispesteringyou because you don’t treat your son well.”

Wang Ping changed her face immediately. However, she just casually answered that she would pay more attention to her son. I could sense that shewasn’ttelling the truth, butI didn’t want to say more. Just like she had told me, it was her family’s business. I had no right to interfere.

To assure Wang Ping, we left a policeman with her. I returned to the police station with the other policeman.

Fortunately, there was no report of a new murder case today. I exhaled. It seemed the ghost was seriously hurt yesterday.

As there was no murder case, I didn’t want to linger in the police station. I said goodbye to Captain Liu then left the station.

It was mainly because I had almost used up all the items I had brought. After two days, I didn’t have anymorerefined salt. The Sirius Whip hadn’t accumulated enough energy, and the Peach Soul Flower was still in Wang Ping’s house.

After theevents fromlast night, it wasn’t hard to recognize that the dark shadow wasn’t afraid of talismans. Moreover, I didn’t want him to perish. I needed to use some moderately powerful tools to deal with him.I went around to buy some items,then stuffed them inmy bag before returning to the police station.

Unexpectedly, after Ifinishedpreparingeverything, the ghostdidn’t appearagain. Wang Ping’s husband had come homewhenhe knew of the incident in the house. It was good that there was more Yang energy in the house with his presence. The policeman guarding Wang Ping’s house returned to his department.

I had been watching for two days in a row, yet I hadn’t found the shadow again. I thenbookeda room in a hotel to rest. There was no progresswithour current cases, and there was no new case as well. Captain Liu and his team decided to temporarily close the case. Although they still kept a team to investigate around, both Captain Liu and I understood that these cases would remain unsolved…

For the next five days,I stayedidle. I replayedwhat had happened in my head.Onthe evening of the fifth day, I finallyreachedaconclusion.

That night, because of Wang Ping’s son’s sudden appearance, myplanhad failed. I thought that Iwastrickedat that time, but now, after a few days of considering the matter, I found something strange.

That night, I had brought him back to the house and he went to his room himself. If he had been possessed, how could he obediently return to his room and sleep?

With this new thought, I went to Wang Ping’s house one more time. The boy happened to open the door for me. He looked at me with cautious eyes, which strengthened my idea.

Wang Ping and her husband were watching TV. However, they didn’t look right. Itappearedthey were fighting earlier.

When Wang Ping saw me, she was worried. “Will those crying faces come back?”

I fiddled with the basket of fruits on the tableand shookmy head. “No, I have some stuff to do back in my shop so I have to go. BeforeI leave, I want to say goodbye to you guys.”

While talking, I looked at the boy through the corner of my eye. Indeed, when he heard that I had to leave, he looked much happier.

Wang Ping and her husband asked me to stay for dinner. After dinner, we had talked for a long time before I excused myself. I told themthat I had to leave early tomorrow so I needed to rest early tonight. They didn’tkeepmeany longer andrepeatedlythankedmebeforeseeing me out.

I left the neighborhoodand returned tomy hotel room to take my tools. Then, I quietlyreturned to their house.

If my assumption were correct, the spirit that hadn’t killed anybody for a few days in a row wouldn’tbe able to resistanymore. I just needed to wait and catch the rabbit!

This time, I had learned from experience. I covered my body in a raincoat before climbing on the tree. Holding a pair of binoculars, I looked at Wang Ping’s living room.

Wang Ping and her husband werefighting.Thingswere scattered on the floor. The boy shivered. He satin the cornerand criedsilently. I was shockedto seea handprint on his cheek. Then, Wang Ping’s husband shouted something at hiswife's facethen left, slamming the door behind him.

After her husband left, Wang Ping had no object to vent out her anger. She pulled the kid out of the corner and started to hit him as though he wasn’t her son. She crazily punched and kicked the boy. The boy didn’t even scream. However, hiseyes were fullofresentment!

After a while, Wang Ping didn’t stop but put more force into her fists and kicks. When she stomped on the boy’s thigh with her high heel, the boy couldn’t stand it anymoreand burstout crying.

My eyes turned sore. I couldn’t stand it anymore. I had to get in there and rescue the boy. Rightat thismoment, Wang Pingscreamed andthen fell. Her hands clutchedher face.

Blood streamed through the slits between her fingers. The boy crawled up from the ground. He stood and huggedthe cloth tiger,lookingdown at Wang Ping.

I was stunned. A shadow had just stormed out of the cloth tiger and attacked Wang Ping. It turned out the otherworldly item wasthetoy! Since the boy had always hugged it, I thought it was just a stuffed toy. I had never expected that cloth tiger to be an otherworldly item!