Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 581: The Spirit Inside the Jade

Indeed, after I poured the entire bowl of turtle soup into his mouth,Young MasterSong started to howl in pain. In the next second, he began to dissolve as if he was being eroded from the inside out.At thismoment, Wang Jie suddenly rushed in. SeeingYoung MasterSong’s patheticappearance, he knew the circumstances didn’t favor him anymore.He wanted to run away.

Before I could react,Young MasterSong hurled himself forward and bumped into Wang Jie. Wang Jie’s body went stiff, and his movementsbecamerigid.It seemed Young MasterSong had taken control of his body.

InWang Jie’s body,Young MasterSong furiously turned to attack me. His fast speed made me smack my tongue in awe. Feeling flustered, I sprinkled the refined salt on him, but it didn’t work. I decided to use the Yin and Yang Umbrella. However, he was so fast that Ididn’thave enough time to openit.

In justtheblink of an eye,Young MasterSong had scratched me several times. While dodging him, I looked around to see if I could use anything to confront him. If he continued his frantic attacks like this, my body would soon be scratched into a sieve!

At thismoment, Isuddenly sawa lighter on Lin Qiusheng’s desk. I took the chance and grabbed it.I immediately threw the lighter hard to the ground. With a loud crackle, the lighter was broken and the blast of flame was enough to burn the calendar on the desk.

Ghosts were afraid of explosive noises. I had just wanted to make some noise to scare him and seize the chance to open the Yin and Yang Umbrella. Unexpectedly, Ihad horribleluck, andIhad createda small fire!

Young MasterSong halted. I immediately threw the open Yin and Yang Umbrella towards him.

He immediately turnedaroundto run as he knew the Yin and Yang Umbrella was powerful.Unfortunately for him, Wang Jie was just an ordinary human. After a period of furious attacks,his body didn’t listen to the ghost’scommandsanymore.At thismoment,Young MasterSong’s moves looked very uncoordinated.

I read the spell faster and faster. The Yin and Yang Umbrella spun and imprisonedYoung MasterSong.

I was cheered upby this. Iwanted to destroy him, butall of a sudden, my body couldn’t endure it anymore;I landed on my butt. The Yin and Yang Umbrella also dropped onYoung MasterSong’s body.

As the Yinand Yang Umbrella’s halohaddimmed out,Young MasterSong licked his lips.

He wants to eat me!

I bit the tip of my tongue and crawled towards the Yin and Yang Umbrella. Then, I spatmy blood on it. With my essence blood, the Yin and Yang Umbrella’s radiance was much stronger.Young MasterSong screamed for a whilebeforedisappearinginto thin air.

Wang Jie fell. He struggled hard on the ground for a long time, but in the end, he couldn’t get up on his feet. I finally heaved a sigh of relief. I relaxed and laidon the ground.

Soon, Lin Qiusheng entered the room. He was worried when he saw me and Wang Jie lying on the ground. “Master Zhang, did youdeal withYoung MasterSong?”

I pointed at Wang Jie. “I’m sure heis stillkeepingthephalanx.Young MasterSong hastortured me for days. I want that phalanxas myinterest.”

Lin Qiusheng smiled. He loomed over Wang Jie and searched his body to find the phalanx. “According to your rule, it’s the commission. However, I still have to give you some more for your labor.”

I chuckled and didn’t deny him. In the next second, my eyes rolled to the back of my head. I fainted…

When I woke up, it was around noon. I was so hungry that I grabbed chopsticks and started to dig in the food. Lin Qiusheng laughed. “Look at you, I guess the phalanx also affects you.”

As I had rice in my mouth, I didn’treply tohim. I gorgeddown the fooduntil I couldn’t eatanymore. Then, Iplaced the bowl backon thetable. “How did youdeal withWang Jie?”

Lin Qiusheng took in a deep breath. “I let him go.”

I was surprised. I hadn’t expected that Lin Qiusheng would be that generous. Wasn’t he afraid that Wang Jie would take revenge again?

“Sigh! I don’t knowthe reason, but Wang Jie eventuallyrealizedhe was wrong. He wept and apologized to me.He didn’t look pretentious at all,” said Lin Qiusheng.

After listening to him, I understood the situation.Earlier, whenYoung MasterSong possessed him, Wang Jie was scared out of his wits.

Anyway, it was good that Wang Jie admitted that the incident was his fault. I wasn’t sure that they couldrekindle their friendship. But at least, Lin Qiusheng would have one enemy less from now on.

After filling my stomach and receiving the generous payment from Lin Qiusheng, I bid him farewell. Lin Qiusheng asked Xiao Zhao to take me home. Before I got into the car, I remembered something. “Mr. Lin, has your sense of taste recovered?”

Lin Qiusheng shook his head. “It’s all right! I’veearnedenough money.For more money,I almost paid for it with my life.I understandwhat’s importantnow.”

I smiled as I understood him. He finally got it.Many peoplehadturnedthemselvesintoridiculous clowns in public just to earn money. For the sake of money, they didn’t care about their dignity or even their bodies.

It’s not that having money isn’t good.Butsome people will never feel that they have enough, no matter how big the sum they have earned. And this is despite their primal wish that they could earn enough to make ends meet. If the basic living condition, which is to have a safe life, isn’t achieved, what good is it to possess a lot of money?

Wang Jie had wanted Lin Qiusheng’s life because of a small show.Everythingwas because of greed. Anyway, he was lucky that he had met Lin Qiusheng, who was a good man.

However, thereweremany people like Wang Jie in thisworld. And how many people like Lin Qiushengwouldone meet when they made mistakes? They could only sink deeper and deeper into the dark vortex and let the darkness swallow them whole!

I indulged in my emotions whilesittingin the car. All of a sudden, Xiao Zhao asked from behind the wheel,“Mr. Zhang, could you help me with something?”

I nodded. “As long as I can do it, I will help you.”

She smiled and found a place to park the car. Then, she gestured atme to get out of the car.We went to acafeby the street.

“Master Zhang, I think something foul has been pestering me these days,” said Xiao Zhao.

After listening to her, I felt awkward.This woman and her boss have something in common! They both encountered foul things almost at the same time!

However, I stillmadea serious faceand askedher totellme more details.

Xiao Zhao took off ablood-redjade pendantfromher neckand gaveit to me. “This jade pendant was originally yellow. Idon’tknowwhen, buta red wisp appeared inside. But these days, it has turned completely blood-red. Sometimes, it will heat up!”

I received the jade and took a close lookat it fromdifferent angles. I found no problemswith it. “If the jade releases faint heat, itcouldbeatypical warm jade. If youkeepit with you for a long time, it’ll begood for your health. Although theblood-redhue looks scary, I’vefound no Yin energyfromit,” I told her simply.

When I said that, Xiao Zhao’s eyes reddened. She didn’t mind that we were in a public areaandpulled down the collar of her high-neck sweaterto show me her neck.

Feeling embarrassed, I looked around. Fortunately, we wereseatedin a relatively remote corner. Therewereno other people around. Xiao Zhao’s sudden movementdidn’t attract anyone’s attention.

WhenI saw her neck, I had to take in a breath of cold air. There were so many kiss marks on her neck. Some were red,whileotherslooked like day-old bruises. Moreover, judging from the colors of the bruises, it looked somewhat sadistic to me.

Xiao Zhao felt embarrassed as Ihad staredat her neck for a long time. She adjusted her clothes then started to weep. “These days, at night time, I alwaysfeelthatsomeone is kissingme. But when I open my eyes, I don’t see anyone. At first, I thought I was dreaming. But in the morning, when I washed my face and saw these bruises in the mirror, I was shocked.Since that day,the jadelooksredder. I thought that a pervert visited my house at night time, so I set up the cameraonmy phone to recordmyselfsleeping.However,I only saw myself rolling and struggling on the bed as though I was pushing something away from me.”

Then, she showed me the video on her phone. It wasasshe said. It looked like something was looming over there. At the same time, more and more kiss marks appeared on her neck. It seemed something foul had been pestering her.

I lifted my head to take a glanceat XiaoZhao. She was beautiful, indeed. If shewent intoshowbiz, she would become a goddess.Wasthat the reasonaperverted ghostwaspestering her?

However, the darker the bruises on her neck, the deeper the color of the jade. It spoketothe fact that the jade pendant was related to this case.

“Xiao Zhao, how long have you been wearing this jade?”

“Ever since Icanremember. I’veheard that it’s a family heirloom thatwasimparted to the male descendants. However, until my generation, my family only has me. That’s why I got it.”

The older the jade item, the more likelyfor it tohave a spirit.The body of a female virgin was the best to nurture jades. As she had worn the jade pendant for more than twenty yearsand it was a family heirloom, it shouldn’t be a problem for her toachievethis much.

Anyway, Ihad heard fromsomewhere that jade woulddevelopaffectionforits wearer after a long time. If she could nurture a jade spirit, that jade spirit would love her.

I guessed Xiao Zhao’s jade had a jade spirit. With that thought, I asked Xiao Zhao, “I hope you don’t mind,but I guess you are in love these days, right?”

She was amazed. “How did you know that?”

I smiledwhen I knewthat my assumption was correct. The jade spirit was jealous. To confirm my thought, I had to be thick-faced and asked, “Have youbeen intimatewith your boyfriend?”

Xiao Zhao didn’t look atease, but she wasn’t foolish. She understood it immediately. “Because of that?”

I nodded and explained more to her. “Everything in the world can have a spirit after existing for a long time. Once the spirit has intelligence, it will likely fall in love with the owner that has nurtured and helped create it. I guess your jade has a spirit and it’s jealousofyour boyfriend. That’s why it has comeoutand is troublingyou.”

“What?” Xiao Zhao’s eyes opened wide in shock. “What should I do? I can’t just stay single for the rest of my life because of this jade.”

I held the jade in my handandgentlystrokedit twicebeforereturning it to Xiao Zhao.

It wasn’t a hard matter to solve. She would just need to put the jade into a bucket of water and change the water every three days. After theblood-redcolor of the jadecompletely faded, the jade spirit would be melted. As long as she stopped wearing the jade, there would be no more trouble.

Xiao Zhao couldn’t thank me enough, but I didn’t feel happy.Oncethe jade spirit was dissolved into water, the jade wouldn’t be ‘alive’ anymore. It felt like I had just killed a person.

Anyway, from the color of the jade, I knewthatif she continued to keep it, the jade spiritcouldbecome an evil spirit. I decided to solve itnowand help its owner feel rest assured forever.

I didn’t let Xiao Zhao take me home. I slowlywalked back to the shop. These days, Iwas feelingweary after solvingYoung MasterSong’s case. And, I didn’t feel comfortable as I had indirectly destroyed a jade spirit.

People had startedto learn how to create tool spirits from theInternet, but when bad thingshappened,they would destroythat spirit.

Some tool spiritswould be forced to becomeevil just to satisfy a human’s endless desire. Those spirits would be eliminated in the end, which was somewhat sad to me.

Humanshadalways been selfish, and otherworldly merchants couldn’t always help them. The only thing we could do wasto try ourbest.

It was like when the giant Kuafuchasedthe sun. He knew that he would never succeed, but he pursued his ideal without second thoughts!

It was our responsibility, and also our fate!

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