Chapter Fifteen: Point of Blood

  Generally speaking, human middle finger blood is considered to be spiritual because it has pure yang energy. When drawing talismans, if materials such as cinnabar and chicken blood are not available, they can be replaced with it, and the power of the talisman will be even stronger than those made with cinnabar and chicken blood.

  The situation has become precarious, and the vengeful spirit of Zhang has possessed Dahei's body. It seems he is seeking revenge against Qin Feng. If not handled promptly, it may become even more troublesome. Thinking this, Qin Feng decided to surrender to him.

  He bit his middle finger, and quickly, Qin Feng swiftly drew a series of strokes on the talisman paper. "Tian Fa Zhen Gui Fu!" The resentful spirit Zhang Lai seemed to have sensed the power of this talisman and involuntarily muttered a phrase, before trying to hastily retreat backwards.

  To say that Lin Ruochen's protective charm was indeed not very useful, it only held back for a short while before being crushed by Dahei and thrown aside. But at this moment, Qin Feng's Heavenly Ghost-Town Symbol is actually the top-grade talisman used by the Tian Shi Dao to suppress ghosts and demons, Zhang Lai as a disciple of the Tian Shi Dao would not be unaware of the power of this symbol.

  Qin Feng quickly ran forward and shouted to Manager Liu: "Manager Liu, come over and help me catch him!"

  Manager Liu, who didn't know what was happening, saw Qin Feng take out the talisman and seemed to understand something vaguely. He hurriedly made a big jump, taking advantage of Dahei's inattention, and pounced on Dahei, who wanted to escape, tightly hugging him with both arms.

  "Alright, now let's see how you escape!" As soon as the words fell, Qin Feng had already stuck that talisman onto Da Hei's head.

  "You dare to cast this spell on me!" The resentful spirit Zhang Lai stood there in a daze, as if he had been petrified. Then, the resentful spirit Zhang Lai let out a loud cry of pain.

  Qin Feng walked over and said, "I'll ask you something. If you answer me truthfully, I'll let you go and reincarnate. But if you lie to me, I'll beat you until your soul scatters!"

  The resentful soul Zhang came and said with a bitter tone: "You ask, I will tell you!"

  "Do you know this box?" Qin Feng took out the box and placed it in front of Da Hei.

  "This is..." The resentful soul Zhang suddenly froze there, although it was attached to Da Hei's body, but Qin Feng could still see his panicked and surprised expression.

  "This is..." Zhang Lai was once again left speechless, as if he had thought of something, but it was always vague and he couldn't find the right words.

  "Do you know about Gu Yin?" Unable to wait for Zhang's response, Qin Feng asked the question again with great eagerness.

  "Gu insect? I naturally know, at first I was killed by the Gu technique." Before Qin Feng could speak, Zhang Lai said: "This Daoist master, it turns out that you and I are also fellow disciples, hand over the talisman and I'll tell you what's going on."

  Qin Feng looked at the sincere expression he had borrowed from Da Hei, thought for a moment, and then let him off the hook, saying: "I can take it down, but you must fulfill what's in this box. I'll ask you about it later!"

  "What's wrong?" The resentful soul didn't quite understand Qin Feng's meaning.

  "Now, it's almost noon, and although you're attached to a human, I'm afraid you won't be able to withstand the intense yang energy at noon, which will harm you. You should know this."

  After listening to Qin Feng's explanation, the vengeful spirit Zhang finally agreed. On guard, Qin Feng carefully took down the "Tian Gai Zhen Gui Fu" talisman, and immediately heard a "whooshing" sound, followed by Da Hei fainting to the ground.

  "What's going on?" Manager Liu looked at the mysterious scene in front of him with surprise and asked Qin Feng in confusion.

  "It's okay, Master Dahei just bumped into a guest earlier and it's fine now." Putting away the small box and the talisman, Qin Feng looked at Lin Ruochen beside him and asked with concern: "Are you alright?"

  Lin Ruochen let out a long sigh, rubbed her shoulders, saw that Qin Feng had finally taken care of it, and smiled slightly, saying "it's nothing".

  He put away the vengeful spirit, and next Qin Feng thought of handing it over to his grandfather. After all, his grandfather was knowledgeable and had a deep understanding of the Tao, so he would be better at handling the vengeful spirit than himself. He turned around and took a look at Dahei, then asked Manager Liu to send Dahei back home immediately, letting him rest for two days. As for himself and Lin Ruochen, they couldn't delay any further and immediately went to the funeral parlor to hand over Huaihuai to his grandfather.

  After eating something casual in the restaurant, Qin Feng and Lin Ruochen rushed to the funeral home to find Grandpa without stopping.

  Arriving at Grandpa's dormitory, it was just past noon. After lunch, Grandpa was lying on the bed with his legs raised, listening to the Peking Opera "The Red Lantern" broadcast on the radio, tapping his feet and clapping along enthusiastically. Seeing Qin Feng and Lin Ruochen come in, he curiously asked: "Little Feng, what's wrong? You look flustered."

  "Grandpa, I've caught the vengeful spirit Zhang."

  "What?" Grandpa heard the news and jumped up from bed at once, his eyes wide open, asking: "Where?"

  "It's in here! I locked it up in here, this thing almost drove me and Xiao Lin crazy." Qin Feng complained for a couple of sentences before handing the box to Grandfather.

  "Grandpa, what do you plan to do about it?"

  Grandpa thought for a moment, looked at Hei Hei and said: "Xiao Feng, what did he say?"

  "No, but I'm now certain that this is the ghost with the cursed seal."

  "Good grief, someone actually laid hands on a Tian Shi Dao disciple, how despicable! Grandfather couldn't swallow this and asked: "Xiao Feng, since this thing has been branded with a Gu insect seal, there should be four tombs around it. Have you found them?"

  "Found three, the one on the south side was destroyed when they dug the foundation, only three are left."

  "What's inside?"

  "There are indeed paper people, and it's strange that these three paper people have survived intact for over 300 years."

  He lit a Long White Mountain cigarette, Grandpa took two puffs, and then said: "Where's that paper man?"

  "This sentence reminded Qin Feng, 'Oh no, the paper man is still in the grave that's being dug up.' At that time, Qin Feng was thinking about driving away Zhang Lai who was attached to Da Hei's body and had forgotten that there was something very important - the paper man."

  These paper men have lasted for over 300 years without rotting, which is extremely unusual. Now that they are being placed outside, if something goes wrong and someone else touches them, an accident might happen. "Grandfather, what's the reason why these paper men haven't rotted in 300 years?"

  Breathing out smoke, Grandfather thought for a while and felt that there must be something fishy about it. Although he had seen the art of Gu in Yunnan before, he had never heard of paper people staying so fresh for such a long time. After thinking about it, he knew that there must be some kind of mystery behind it, so he asked Qin Feng to hurry up and bring back the paper man for further study.

  So, just in case, Qin Feng quickly took a car to the suburbs to retrieve the paper man, but at this time, things took an unexpected turn.