The Mightiest Little Master of Metaphysics
Chapter 173 - 171 There Is a Ghost in My House (Third Update)

Chapter 173: Chapter 171 There Is a Ghost in My House (Third Update)

"Master," Lei Wanchun’s voice trembled slightly as if he had grasped a lifeline, "please come and save me, I feel there’s a ghost in my house."

"Tell me slowly what happened, I’m heading to your place now."

From the phone, one could hear Master Zhang going downstairs, locking the door, and then heading to the parking lot.

Lei Wanchun heaved a sigh of relief, his emotions calming down a lot, and he whispered into the phone:

"Master Zhang, I really didn’t expect that thing to be unclean, otherwise I wouldn’t have dared to touch it. Please come quickly, only you can subdue it now..."

"Unclean thing, are you referring to..." On the other end of the phone, Master Zhang started the car. Hearing the engine, Lei Wanchun felt like a drowning man who had finally grasped a piece of driftwood, almost moved to tears.

"Yes, yes, it’s a set of armor, an ancient armor. I bought it from a local vendor while traveling. He said it was a genuine ancient artifact and could ward off evil spirits at home. I have always been interested in history, and the price was acceptable, so I bought it. I thought, even if it didn’t ward off evil, it would at least make a great decoration and show I have taste. Besides that, the armor indeed has an imposing presence, exuding a hint of murderous aura just by looking at it, especially the chain mail, its craftsmanship is incredibly fine..."

Master Zhang: "Hello?"

"Oh oh, I forgot, I tend to go off-topic when talking about this armor. When I first bought it, I liked it so much that I cleaned it every day, even found an expert to maintain it, and placed it at the entrance of the living room, looking majestic. At first, everything was normal. But then, one day as I fell asleep on the living room sofa, I felt the armor turning towards me, its helmet staring at me, and I seemed to see a pair of eyes through the gaps..." Lei Wanchun described as his scalp tingled and felt a prickling sensation on his back.

"Maybe you were too tired, or your sleeping posture was off. Although I am a Xuan Shu Master, I’ve encountered many cases of people claiming to be pressed by a ghost, but it’s usually due to an incorrect sleeping posture, leading to physiological nightmares caused by poor breathing."

"No, definitely not. The scene was too clear, not a dream at all. The helmet just stared at me silently, did nothing. I didn’t think much of it then. A few days later, I lay on the sofa to rest again and saw the armor turn towards me; the helmet opened and stared just like before. Then, it moved, its legs seemed to tremble as if it was walking. But there was nothing inside. As it reached my side, the helmet opened, and I heard a creaking sound..."

"Creak..."

Lei Wanchun froze, staring at his phone, straining to listen for any sounds outside, every nerve in his body taut.

"Keep talking, I’m almost up in the elevator."

"After the helmet opened, I saw indeed a pair of eyes inside, and a face, bluish-gray in color with corpse spots. The eyes were rotten, damn, there were even corpse worms inside. I was so terrified that after waking up, I dragged that thing to my car and dumped it at the farthest garbage site, hoping it would be destroyed as trash. But just now, when I was home alone, someone knocked on the door. I looked through the peephole and saw... saw that helmet. It came back, standing outside my door. Master Zhang, are you listening?"

"I am listening, I am outside your house now, what’s the code?"

Lei Wanchun quickly gave him the code and then heard the door opening from his phone, followed by footsteps.

"I can’t find where you are?" the voice from the phone said again.

"I’m in the storage room on the third-floor attic, the room on the far left..."

Lei Wanchun lived in a top-floor duplex, with an attic included; it was extremely hidden.

The sound of footsteps was clear on the phone, and Lei Wanchun looked up, letting out a long breath, finally relieved that Master Zhang had arrived.

"Master Zhang, are you here? Master Zhang..."

There was no response from the phone. Lei Wanchun was puzzled and then heard someone push the attic door. He crawled over in surprise to open the door and saw through the gap a pair of decayed eyeballs and a fallen corpse worm.

"Finally found you..."

The voice from the phone said.

***

Around ten in the morning, Yun Qi had just returned home, squinting her eyes like a dozing kitten.

The whole family was unwrapping the gifts Yun Qi had brought them, though they were small, they carried the traditional features of Guyue County.

Yun Qiuce received a Nuodance mask, looking particularly cool. He played around with it, tussling with Yun Kuang for a while and asked, "Qi, is this thing clean? It’s not like in the TV shows, carrying the soul of a dead person or anything, right?"

"Haha, Uncle is really paranid. Would Qi ever give you something like that?" Yun Kuang laughed.

"Indeed, even if it did have such a ghost, it would run away in fear when in Qi’s hands." Yun Zhao, usually not one for humor, also teased with a smile.

Yun Qiuce then put his mind at ease, wearing the mask to play tricks on the unfortunate Housekeeper Liu.

Grandma received a silk scarf with exotic local features, woven with patterns of Phoenixes and Peacocks symbolizing blessings and good fortune.

Grandpa received a bamboo flute, just right since he played the flute.

Yun Qiucheng received a local stone house model, fitting since he was an architect.

Clearly, each person’s gift was chosen with great care, neither biased nor missed.

With a harmonious atmosphere, Grandpa asked, "Has young master Qin returned home?"

"Mmm, he left after sending me home. The matters in Guyue County have been temporarily resolved, and he has a mountain of things to deal with at home." Yun Qi forced herself to stay alert, answering earnestly.

"What could a child possibly have to do?" Yun Qiuce said dismissively.

Yun Qi blinked. Brother Qin Luo was not just any child; he was exceptionally gifted, having shown an extraordinary business mind and management skills from a young age. That’s why a significant portion of Grandpa’s enterprises were actually managed by this ’child.’

That’s why it aroused envy.

"Why didn’t you stay a few more days and enjoy the local scenery? I heard it’s particularly beautiful there," Grandma said with a cheerful smile.

"Hmm..." Yun Qi squinted, raising her gaze thoughtfully, "I need to return early, calculating the timing, the next sum of money should be coming in soon."

"Oh?" The entire family was surprised.

"Qi, when did you take on another job?"

Yun Qi gave a mysterious smile, lowering her eyelashes, with a rare deep and introspective expression in her eyes.

Dad of Little Yezi should have vanished by now.

By evening, the Lei Family house was packed, curious neighbors went upstairs to check and found police all around.

Little Yezi’s mother, Du Lijie, was sobbing in front of a police officer.

The police officer was taking notes and patiently said, "Usually we don’t take a missing person case within half a day, but you said you encountered a ghost, what’s that about?"

"Just met a ghost. A few days ago, he told me the armor at home was unclean and wanted to throw it away. And now it’s just been a few days and I can’t reach him, I’ve searched everywhere I could think of."

"Could he have gone out drinking with friends, lost track of time, and his phone ran out of battery?" the police officer helped analyze.

"No way, he’s off today. He was supposed to pick up our daughter from kindergarten this afternoon. Our daughter is his treasure; he wouldn’t forget that for anything."

"I see."

The officer looked around and saw family photos plastered all over the home. Evidently, Lei Wanchun was a family man who wouldn’t leave his daughter alone in kindergarten.

Little Yezi whimpered, holding hands with an elderly family member, "Grandma, is daddy missing?"

The elder gently wiped her tears, "It’s okay, the police are here; your father will definitely come back."

Little Yezi sobbed continuously, her little shoulders shaking, suddenly recalling something.

She dashed back to her room, clumsily yet earnestly dialing her teacher’s phone number.

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