Chapter 33: With a Knife in Hand

  I was startled, could it be that my mother had gone mad? At this time she told me to take off my pants, was it because I went out late at night and encountered danger, making a big mistake, so now she wants to spank me?

  So I didn't move.

  Mother shouted again: "Quickly take off your pants and pee on him!"

  I suddenly realized. In our rural area, it's rumored that a virgin boy's urine can kill ghosts, and my mother told me to use my urine to deal with the little ghost. However, I'm no longer a virgin boy, my urine has no lethal effect on ghosts, now I regret it, if only I had known earlier, I would have rather died in the coffin to preserve my innocence! It's really a lifelong regret, from now on even ghosts will bully me!

  "Hurry up and take it off!" My mother rushed over to help me undress, but I took two steps back and said that I didn't need to pee at the moment, so even if I did take my pants off, it would be useless.

  Suddenly, a "bang" sound came from my pocket, and both my mother and I were stunned for a moment. My mother looked at me, and I looked back at her, wondering if another ghost had appeared?

  The sound was coming from my iron box, I took out the iron box with a shock, and found that there were continuous knocking sounds inside. I was even more surprised, this iron box only had a yin-yang knife... Suddenly, it dawned on me, Yin-Yang Knife!

  Isn't the Yin Yang Knife able to perform surgery on ghosts? Then it must also be able to kill ghosts!

  I eagerly opened the iron box, disregarding the chill and grasped the yin-yang knife to slash at the little ghost's back.

  "Ah——" The little ghost let out a shrill, ear-piercing scream, hastily releasing Zhang Junhao and suddenly shooting to the side, standing one zhang away from me with a terrified and resentful glare.

  "Cough, cough..." Zhang Yunhao coughed with difficulty and got up from the ground, covering his neck with one hand and pointing at the little ghost with the other, scolding: "Damn it, dare to choke me, go kill him quickly!"

  The little ghost looked at the yin-yang knife in my hand, let out a low growl, turned around and sprinted into the forest, disappearing from sight in an instant.

  I was still in a state of shock, and it took me a long time to react. My hand holding the yin-yang knife trembled uncontrollably.

  "Hurry back!" her mother urged.

  We hastily returned home and closed the door tightly. Zhang Yunhao took a deep breath and said, "Your knife is really effective, it can even kill ghosts." I was also relieved, fortunately there was the yin-yang knife, otherwise the consequences would be unthinkable. I got some gauze and disinfectant to disinfect the wound on his forehead and bandaged it up. His injury was very deep, now with another two eyes became three standing together, just like Erlang Shen's third eye.

  Mother apologized to Zhang Yunhao, and Zhang Yunhao waved his hand, saying it was nothing. At that time, you were also trying to save me, weren't you? Then he blurted out: "Fortunately, there was a knife, otherwise I would have been strangled to death by the ghost."

  I was worried that he would mention the knife in front of my mother, and sure enough, she asked me what the knife was and where it came from. I said I picked it up on the road, and she wanted to see it. I said there's nothing good about it, and while talking, I locked it into a box. Fortunately, my mother didn't ask any more questions, probably thinking it was just an ordinary knife. She scolded me a few times, saying that if I went out again at night, she would skin me! I nodded repeatedly in front of my mother, promising her again and again, before she finally felt relieved and returned to her room.

  As soon as Mother left, Zhang Yunhao immediately asked me to call him brother and younger brother to see the yin-yang knife. He also claimed that if I let him take a look, he would play a tune on his ancient lute for me. If he hadn't said anything, it would have been fine, but as soon as he did, I got angry and said, "You're not saying your lute can capture ghosts, are you? How come when you played it, the ghost not only didn't get captured but also possessed you?" I think what you're playing is not a ghost-capturing tune, but a ghost-summoning one, summoning the ghost to strangle you. Zhang Yunhao forced a smile and said he had no idea what was going on, guessing that his opponent was just too powerful.

  I'm glad he couldn't subdue the Water Saint with his zither, otherwise things would have gone awry and hurt Uncle Huangshi's family, I really don't know how to end this.

  But that little devil came to me last night, and now he's coming to my mother tonight. What does he want to do? Just now I hurt him again, and he will be even more resentful. I'm afraid he'll come back to take revenge on me. As soon as I think of this, my heart starts to palpitate again. Especially when I worry that he won't come after me, but after the people around me, such as my friends Zhang Yunhao or Wu Lele. If anything happens to them, I will be restless for the rest of my life.

  Now I hope that either the little ghost is afraid of my yin-yang knife and doesn't come to bother us again, or we'll ask a superior person to subdue Xiao Gao.

  But who to look for? I had pinned my hopes on Zhong Ling'er, but I felt that she was too cold and ruthless, and going to find her would also be in vain.

  I was in a fluster when Zhang Junhao came to my side and whispered, "There's a ghostly aura." I quickly looked out the window and indeed saw a black shadow appear, holding an umbrella with one hand - it was the red-clothed female ghost.

  She's here again.

  Zhang Yunhao said it was the female ghost from just now, I said I knew, walked to the window and softly called the female ghost in, explained to her that my mother didn't allow me to go out. The red-clothed female ghost listened, squeezed out a few tears, begged me to help her. I said helping her is okay, but can't go to her wooden house. The red-clothed female ghost looked at Zhang Yunhao hesitantly. I said don't worry, my friend can't see you. Zhang Yunhao looked in the direction of the female ghost a few times, beckoned me over and said "Brother, come, let's discuss something."

  I walked up to Zhang Yunhao and asked him what was going on, he whispered in my ear asking if it was the female ghost coming to ask me to treat her illness. I said yes, and Zhang Yunhao said: "You can treat her, but you have to get her to agree to two conditions." I cursed this kid in my heart, someone is so sick, and you're still trying to take advantage of them, how ruthless! But the suggestion was good, so I asked him what the two conditions were. Zhang Yunhao covered his mouth with his hand and whispered in my ear: "First, get the female ghost to appear, let me take a look at her; second, ask her to help deal with that little ghost from earlier."

  The red-clothed female ghost kept staring in this direction, looking anxious and tense. I told her the condition that Zhang Yunhao had mentioned, and she was very embarrassed to say that she couldn't easily appear because ordinary ghosts who didn't have a deep understanding of the ghostly way couldn't appear, especially when the light was strong, once they appeared, they would be swallowed up by the light and their souls would scatter. As for the little ghost just now, she also saw it, that little ghost was very ferocious, she knew she wasn't a match for it, so she couldn't deal with it.

  I conveyed the red-clothed female ghost's words to Zhang Yunhao, and Zhang Yunhao waved his hand and said extremely coolly: "If she doesn't agree, then don't treat her illness."

  The red-clothed female ghost could hear this, and she squeezed out two more tears. She said that these two conditions were really impossible for her to satisfy us, because the place where I wanted to perform surgery on her was special and couldn't be seen by others. If Zhang Yunhao really wanted to watch, he could only watch for seven minutes, and only from behind. As for the little ghost, she would go find it and persuade it, trying to make peace with us.

  I think the red-clothed female ghost is pitiful, and she has done her best to achieve these two things, so I agreed to her request. Zhang Yunhao was very excited, saying that he had always wanted to see what a ghost looked like, and today his wish was finally fulfilled. I don't know why people can't see ghosts, let alone how ghosts can make themselves visible to humans - do they all have an invisible function? This mysterious secret is probably something I won't be able to understand for the time being.

  "I see her!" Zhang Yunhao exclaimed and walked towards the red-clothed female ghost. The red-clothed female ghost had her back to us, and upon discovering Zhang Yunhao approaching, she hastily dodged. Zhang Yunhao said, "Don't dodge, let me take a look at you." The red-clothed female ghost didn't respond and wouldn't let him see her. I couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Don't be so rude, don't scare people like that." Zhang Yunhao finally stopped and said helplessly, "Forget it, I won't look."

  The red-clothed female ghost asked me if I really couldn't go to her home. I said I really couldn't, unless my mother fell asleep, which would probably be in the second half of the night. The red-clothed female ghost thought for a moment, then looked at Zhang Yunhao again and pitifully said: "Then let's just do it here." As she spoke, she began to unbutton her clothes.

  I also took out the iron box, and Zhang Yunhao saw that the red-clothed female ghost was about to undress, his eyes widened again, and asked what this was going to be. I said don't be so obscene, be a bit more reserved. Zhang Yunhao found himself lost in thought, laughing and saying sorry, it's my first time seeing a female ghost, I'm a little excited. As he spoke, he leaned in towards me, his eyes wide with curiosity, staring at the yin-yang knife. Taking advantage of my distraction, he tried to touch it, but as soon as his hand reached the edge of the iron box, he quickly withdrew it, exclaiming "Whoa, it's so cold!" I reminded him not to touch the knife, saying that without 800 years of cultivation, one couldn't touch the knife, or their hand would be frozen stiff. Zhang Yunhao naturally didn't believe me, and said with great disdain, "Do you have 800 years of cultivation?" I said, "A mere 800 years... of course not", but I do have eight days.

  At this time, the red-clothed female ghost said she was ready. I held the iron box and walked towards the red-clothed female ghost, who had her back to us. Zhang Yunhao also wanted to go over, but I blocked him, telling him not to look improperly. Zhang Yunhao asked in a low voice, "Are all the clothes in front undone? Can everything be seen?" I didn't respond, and Zhang Yunhao leaned in and said, "I also want to become a ghost doctor!"

  When I came before the red-clad female ghost, I found that her injured breast had turned even darker. Her two breasts were full and straight, one as white as a snow sculpture, the other as black as coal, making me feel extremely sorry and heartbroken.

  The red-clothed female ghost saw me staring at her breasts, her eyes lit up, and she blushed with anger, urging: "Dr. Yang, can you hurry up?"