Chapter 4 Section 4

  Li Jiacheng opened his mouth and shouted "Sheng Shixiong!"

  Cheng Zhou's hand slipped and almost dropped his phone on the ground.

  "Li Jiacheng, what's up? Is it something about the company..."

  "No! It's that mother and son pair, they're gone!" Li Jiacheng's slightly urgent and anxious voice came from the phone. "Sorry, Cheng Shixiong, you just managed to rescue those people with great difficulty, and then you managed to subdue that little ghost and let him reunite with his mother... but I... lost them."

  Chengzhou was completely at a loss for words. Sutu walked up, took the phone, and casually turned on the speaker, asking: "What's going on? Be clear about it. When did the mother and son go missing? Where did they go missing? What were you doing at that time? Was there anything unusual happening then?"

  Chengzhou went back to help He Sheng gather the tables.

  "The mother and son went missing around 3 am this morning, I received the news at almost half past three."

  Li Jiacheng quickly calmed down, the speed was so fast that it made Chengzhou suspect that the anxiety and urgency he showed earlier were a bit like they were deliberately put on for him to see.

  Hong Ye walked into the living room, dragged her laptop over, and sat down cross-legged on the sofa.

  Li Jiacheng's voice came out clearly from the phone:

  "Earlier I sent that mother and son to the underworld, according to new regulations, they need to wait in the fourth-level evil spirit concentration camp for the fourth judge's verdict."

  "What's a fourth-level evil spirit concentration camp?" Cheng Zhou asked He Sheng curiously.

  "I'll tell you later." Si Tu cut off He Sheng before he could even open his mouth, he had to tightly grasp the topic, otherwise it would only make the conversation more and more deviated.

  "Li Yinsi, you continue."

  Li Jiacheng said on the phone, "I left after sending them to the fourth-level evil spirit concentration camp, but at 3:30 this morning, I received news that the mother and son escaped from the concentration camp. The four-level ox-headed horse-faced demons went to catch them, but they disappeared on the Yinjian Road near the Ghost Castle."

  "Have you looked for it both inside and outside the haunted castle?"

  "Yes, I also asked many regular customers, but they all said they didn't see that mother and son."

  "Are their soul marks still there?" asked Situ.

  Li Jiacheng's voice paused for a moment, "It's this point that makes me worried, although the names of the mother and son are still on the Ghost Book of the Underworld, but I can no longer feel their soul imprint, which means their souls have not dispersed, but they have already mastered the method of washing away or getting rid of the soul imprint."

  Li Jiacheng suddenly let out a soft sigh, "And I don't know if this method is only known to that mother and son now, or if the evil spirits in the fourth-level concentration camp have also found out."

  Situ didn't take Li Jia Cheng's concerns to heart. Capable evil spirits breaking free from the underworld's control wasn't a first or second time, after all. The underworld would always be quick to follow up with upgraded methods of controlling these fierce spirits - without resistance, how can there be progress?

  And I believe that after the mother and son escaped, the underworld will definitely strengthen its control over the fourth-level evil spirit concentration camp.

  "Sima asked bluntly: 'The mother and son's souls are lost, why don't you hurry to find them? Why come to us, Cheng Chou?'"

  Cheng Zhou clenched his fist and asked, "How was it?"

  Li Jiachen coughed and said, "I'd like to ask for Cheng Shixiong's help."

  "Sorry, he's busy." Sze-toh said and hung up the phone.

  Li Jiacheng hastily said: "I can pay a fee! You and He Sheng, I can pretend I didn't see anything."

  "Situ raised an eyebrow, 'Are you threatening me?'"

  "...Situ, can you let me have a word with Cheng Shixiong?" Li Jiacheng's voice softened, but his attitude became tougher.

  Situ looked at Chengzhou, and if it wasn't necessary, he didn't want to offend a yin official either.

  Cheng Zhou grabbed his head, he thought it was better to avoid such strange and inexplicable things. With two big ghosts and one unknown attribute little ghost at home, it was already enough for him to bear. He really didn't want to get involved in Li Jiacheng's affairs, even if he was willing to pay a reward.

  Cheng Zhou shook his head and smiled at his phone: "We Cheng said he only knows Li Jia Cheng, a colleague from the company, not Li Shi Di as the yin officer."

  Li Jiacheng didn't wait for Situ to hang up the phone and quickly said, "Cheng Shixiong, that mother and son are very grateful to you. They even asked me to arrange a meeting with you. And it was not long after they met you that they escaped from the fourth-level evil spirit concentration camp and then disappeared. Don't you care about this at all?"

  "...Is there anything I can help you with?" Cheng Zhou hesitated for three seconds before speaking up.

  Situ looked at Hong Ye.

  Hong Ye stared at the computer with both eyes, without any expression.

  Situ did not stop the conversation between Cheng and Li Ka-shing.

  "That mother and son have a good impression of you, if you take the initiative to explain the severity to them, there may be a great possibility of resolving this matter peacefully. This way, they won't commit an even bigger mistake, and I can also complete my task earlier." Li Jiacheng said seemingly sincerely.

  Situ shook his head and walked over to help He Sheng bring the bowls and chopsticks into the kitchen. He didn't want to make any comments about people like Li Jia Cheng, he just hoped that Cheng Zhou wouldn't stupidly become one of his stepping stones for climbing up.

  Cheng Zhou had been a salesperson for several years, so he naturally picked up on the loopholes in Li Jiacheng's words. While wiping the table, he said: "That also depends on whether you can find that mother and son. Have you thought about where to look? What method will you use to find them?"

  "I think I'll start by investigating her family first." Li Jiacheng obviously had a plan in mind, "Apart from the three members of the Huang family, Yao Fangqing is extremely resentful towards her own father. And as far as I know, all three members of the Huang family have encountered some big or small problems during this period, but Yao An, Yao Fangqing's father, remains unscathed."

  "If Yao Fangqing still has hatred in her heart, apart from the three members of the Huang family, she will definitely go to trouble her father again. If possible, I hope you can go over and take a look at the situation first, Brother Cheng. If it can lure out Yao Fangqing, that would be best; if not, it's still better than me going directly to stir up trouble."

  "How much is your reward?" a childish voice suddenly burst out.

  Chengzhou looked at Hongye.

  "I can..."

  Before Li Jiacheng finished speaking, Hong Ye said: "No hell currency that can be used universally in the underworld, no special tools, no materials for setting up arrays and casting spells, just worldly cash."

  Li Jiacheng fell silent on the other end of the phone for a while, "Twenty thousand Huaxia coins."

  The red leaves brushed against her mouth, and she made a boat shape with her hands. "Dad, you can hang up that phone."

  "50,000!"

  Chengzhou's heart skipped a beat.

  Hongye stretched out her little foot and directly pressed the hang-up button on the phone with her heel - the phone was on the coffee table.

  "Get out of the way! Don't use your feet! Don't you have hands? You're lazy to death!"

  The phone rang again.

  Cheng Chou wanted to answer the phone, but was snatched away by Hong Ye.

  After several rounds of haggling, Hong Ye and Li Jia Cheng finally agreed on a price.

  Find either of the mother and son, reward 50,000; both 100,000

  Persuade either the mother or the son to go back to the underworld for trial, the reward is one million, two people twenty million.

  Save Li Jiacheng once, reward 50,000.

  Until Li Jiacheng hung up the phone, Cheng Zhou still couldn't believe they had actually taken on such a big deal.

  Chengzhou sat on the sofa, counting his fingers to calculate the reward for finding and persuading Yao Fangqing's mother and son to return to the underworld, "......it's actually 3 million?!"

  "The price they're offering isn't low, considering what they're getting. After all, Yao Fang and her son are fourth-level evil spirits, and they've even mastered the method of erasing soul marks. This means that either they've become more powerful, or someone is secretly helping them - and whoever is helping them definitely doesn't have abilities inferior to mine."

  Situ took out a commonly used cup from the kitchen, and He Sheng followed behind with a large pot of hot milk tea.

  "Do you know how much those wizards and Taoists offered to save me back then?" Situ sat down on the long sandalwood couch in the corner.

  "How much?" Cheng Zhou took over the thermos flask handed over by He Sheng, pouring milk tea into each cup. He Sheng also sat down beside Si Tu.

  "The lowest bid is five hundred thousand, and the highest one opens his mouth and wants three million."

  Chengzhou's hand shook slightly, almost spilling milk tea out of the cup.

  Situ Xiao smiled and didn't mention his own level of evil spirit in the underworld, "And even if they don't succeed in the end, they can still earn a guaranteed income. The guaranteed income for this line is generally thirty percent of the agreed-upon remuneration."

  Chengzhou quickly looked at Hongye, and Hongye said without lifting his head: "Li Jiacheng will transfer the deposit to your account later."

  "How much?" Cheng Zhou asked excitedly.

  "Ninety thousand exactly."

  "We've struck it rich!"

  Situ burst out laughing upon hearing this.

  He let out a sigh and said straightforwardly, "Cheng Ge, getting rich isn't that easy. This line of work looks lucrative, but it's extremely dangerous, basically risking one's life, and the prior preparation costs are also extremely high."

  In the Ghost Market, a 4th-level talisman is worth 20,000 Huaxia coins. However, to deal with a 4th-level evil spirit, one 4th-level talisman can only scare it away at most. To subdue or eliminate it, you need at least five 4th-level talismans with lethal power on your body, otherwise, it's basically impossible. And the more lethal the talismans are, the more expensive they become. Not all 4th-level talismans cost only 20,000 coins.”

  Chengzhou opened his mouth wide and then smiled wryly. Indeed, wanting to easily make money was just a dream!

  "What's more, if you can draw talismans and set up arrays yourself, it'll save some money. But the cost of various materials isn't cheap either. If you also want to buy some ritual robes and ritual instruments that have protective and attacking effects, the expenses will be even greater. Cheng Ge, I asked you last time, do you want to learn how to make talismans?"

  Chengzhou hesitated for a while.

  The red leaves have already made up his mind for him, "Starting tomorrow!"

  Cheng Chou thought of rebelling.

  "Dad, you're too weak!"

  Cheng Zhou said painfully: "...... Just learn it then, after all, it's better than not understanding. That thing isn't difficult, is it?"

  He Sheng smiled, "It depends on whether you have a natural talent for it. If you do, you'll learn extremely quickly. If not... even if you copy the same thing ten thousand times, you still won't understand the underlying principles, and don't even think about being able to draw talismans with real power."

  Cheng Zhou nodded, worried about his future, and once again deeply felt that the normal life he had been longing for was rushing away in an unknown direction!

  "By the way, what's the meaning of those 4th-level evil spirits and 4th-level talismans you mentioned? How powerful is a 4th level? How many levels are there in total? And what's that evil spirit concentration camp?"

  "Don't worry about that for now, take a look at this first." Hong Ye interrupted Cheng Chou and moved the notebook to the coffee table.

  Three people in the boat leaned over to take a look.

  "The cursed letter that will bring a curse if not forwarded is spreading again on the internet, because many people have complained that after not forwarding the letter, its cursed content really came true?"

  Cheng Zhou was stunned, "What is this? This kind of news is also being spread around, how did Weibo Yanhuang pass the identity verification of this online news agency?"

  "Red Leaf sneered, 'Isn't it interesting? The craze of crossing the gorge has just passed, and now cursed emails are spreading wildly.'"

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