Chapter 38: The Female Emperor

  His sleeves fluttered, and with a wise spirit, he grasped the Buddhist beads in his hand and drew a swastika on the cold wall. Then, he sat cross-legged and said, "I will recite the Diamond Sutra here until I finish it, only then can I be considered done."

  Fu Chuan said: "Alright, you stay here, I have something to attend to, I'll be back soon."

  Huiling's mouth twitched and she reminded him, "I think you're not looking well today, I advise you to avoid a head-on confrontation with him."

  Fu Xiang nodded and smiled: "Thanks for reminding me, what I'm going to do won't really hurt me."

  Fu Chuan finished speaking, and with agile movements, he climbed up from the window on the side of the building, just like a spider, steadily upwards. The main entrance was impassable for him, so he could only choose to enter Jiahe Building this way.

  Fu Chuan climbed all the way up to the third floor before jumping in through a window, and this room was empty, Fu Chuan saw that there wasn't a single person inside.

  After Fu Chuan jumped into the house, he tidied up his clothes and regained his composure. He looked around and the little ghost told him that it had hidden the music box in an empty room. The female ghost kept asking him about the whereabouts of the music box, but the little ghost never told her.

  Fu Chuan kept asking the female ghost about the music box, and the music box must be very important to her. Fu Chuan Ye inferred that it was likely that this female ghost was the old man's granddaughter. But why did the old man's granddaughter become such a fierce evil spirit? Fu Chuan couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he thought.

  The deputy captain came this time just for the music box, and Xiao Gui told him that it was vaguely placed in an empty room on the eleventh floor. Fu Chuan walked out and carefully closed the door before heading towards the elevator.

  The music box must be a very important thing, otherwise people and ghosts would not fight for it. The old man found his granddaughter's belongings for decades, but he was actually looking for the music box. After the female ghost was released, she kept chasing my little ghost. As for the fate of the music box, Fu Chuan felt that this music box should be the key to this matter.

  Fu Chuan walked into the elevator, and suddenly a drop of icy water fell on his cheek. He remained expressionless, but ghosts are invisible to the naked eye, however, they can be seen through mirrors. Fu Chuan slightly turned his eyes and saw from the transparent glass of the elevator that there was a water ghost above him.

  Jiahe Building can now be said to be a real haunted house, all kinds of ghosts have appeared. Huiling has trapped this place with Buddhist light, so nothing except humans can get out, so they should all be anxious by now.

  Just as Fu Chuan was thinking about this, the thing had slowly crawled up from above towards him. Its eyes were black, with black pupils that almost filled its entire eyes.

  It crouched on Fu Chuan's shoulder, looking left and right, seemingly finding Fu Chuan very tempting, yet also seeming to feel a little afraid. It didn't dare make any sudden moves, even more so it didn't dare take Fu Chuan's life just yet.

  Fujiang didn't rush either. Anyway, it wasn't his turn to make a move now. The elevator still had some time before it arrived, so he might as well play with this thing for a bit.

  Fu Chuan felt that the things in this building were very fierce now, at least more than those lonely ghosts on the street. They had much more resentment than the lonely ghosts, and this place was now a den of fierce ghosts. Fortunately, Fu Chuan thought of asking Hui Ling to help himself, and at least the Buddha's light could protect the people in this building for some time.

  The water ghost hung on Fu Chuan's body, and Fu Chuan held his breath because the smell of the water ghost was too unbearable. It had a rotten smell and a stinky sewer-like smell.

  Fujiang didn't make a move, the space inside the elevator was too small, he had to get this thing out before he could take action, there wasn't enough space here, he didn't have that kind of skill.

  But when Fu Chuan walked out of the elevator, the scene outside also shocked him. It turned out that all around the elevator were ghosts wandering everywhere. They heard the sound of the elevator door opening and looked at Fu Chuan. They wanted to pounce on Fu Chuan, but seeing the water ghost hanging on his body, they hesitated.

  Fuhe heard the water ghost say in a low and terrifying voice: "Get out of here!"

  Fu Chuan thought that this water ghost seemed to be the leader among them. Fu Chuan pretended not to see anything and, pretending to adjust his pants, stood up straight and walked out.

  His body passed through theirs, and every time he bumped into one, Fu Chuan felt as if his heart had been stabbed by an icy icicle.

  He stopped outside Room 204 on the 11th floor, Fu Chuan didn't have a key, but he didn't want to arouse suspicion from the water ghost, so he pretended to say: "I didn't bring my key."

  Fuhei helplessly shook his head, but at this moment, the water ghost helped Fuhei open the door. Fuhei realized it was the water ghost who did it and pretended to be puzzled, saying "This is strange." Then he walked in.

  Fukawa closed the door, but he didn't know where the music box was either. However, this vengeful spirit kept haunting him, and he had to get rid of it first before he could calmly search for the music box.

  The water ghost seemed to like Fu Chuan, sticking out its tongue and almost licking Fu Chuan's ear, fortunately Fu Chuan dodged it. At this moment, Fu Chuan grabbed the water ghost from his body with one hand, then used the lotus flower handprint to disperse the water ghost's resentment, and then gave it a good beating.

  Fujiang is now searching for a music box while asking the water ghosts: "How did you enter this mansion?"

  The Water Ghost is now trapped in the wall by Qing's spiritual power. "You want to know? I won't tell you, so what if you have the ability to kill me?"

  "Stubborn mouth!" As soon as Fu Chuan finished speaking, the Water Ghost was slapped in the face. Meanwhile, Fu Chuan was still searching for something in a distant corner. The Water Ghost felt strange and looked towards Fu Chuan, instinctively thinking he was not someone to be trifled with.

  "I'll ask you again, how did you get into this building."

  The water ghost still had a hard mouth, "I just won't tell you, bite me!"

  Boom!

  The Water Ghost was kicked again, this is the unique skill of the Fu family, which can beat people invisible. "I advise you to ask me what I want, and you just answer what I want, otherwise, it's you who will suffer." Fuchuan said.

  The water ghost still didn't know fear, and with a hoarse laugh said: "Just wait then, when the princess finds out about you, she'll kill you!"

  "Your Highness?" Fuchuan thought when did another princess appear, "What princess?" Was it another female ghost?

  "Her Highness is our leader, we all call her princess, it was she who awakened us and brought us into this building, and it was she who gave us a home."

  Fu Chuan said, "It's quite sentimental." Fu Chuan was still searching for what he wanted in the house, but there was no progress. The little ghost told him it was inside the house, but he just couldn't remember where he put it.

  The Water Ghost heard this and thought that Fu Chuan was afraid, so he said with a sneer: "You know you're afraid, that's good. Hurry up and let me go, and I'll spare your life."

  Fuhe let out a cold snort and said: "I'm so scared."

  Just as the water ghost thought it was going to be released, Fu Chuan took out a yellow talisman instead. "Anyway, you won't say anything, and keeping you here is useless too. I think I'll do a good deed and send you down instead."

  The water ghost shouted: "Don't."

  "Alright, I don't want to vanish into thin air either. So, I'll ask you something and you answer me, got it?"

  The Water Ghost said: "Good, I will definitely say."

  "Tell me about your background, and the background of those things outside, what brings you here?"

  The water ghost told Fu Chuan that it was originally a substitute who was pulled down to the river and died, and had been wandering outside for a long time. One day, a female ghost found it and brought it to the Jiahao Building. It thought that since there was a place to hide, it came, but unexpectedly, the female ghost was like a madman, bringing all the homeless ghosts from the street into the Jiahao Building. Fu Chuan asked if he knew what the female ghost wanted to do, and it shook its head, saying it didn't know, but they had to go out every night to kill one or two people and bring their ghosts back to the Jiahao Building.

  The water ghost told Fu Chuan everything he knew, but Fu Chuan couldn't make sense of it. However, even if the female ghost wanted to let them out to cause trouble, she probably wouldn't be able to now.

  At this moment, the music box fell from a rain umbrella in the corner. Fu Chuan picked it up and looked at the music box. In fact, except for its age being somewhat distant, there was nothing else particularly special about the music box.

  Fukawa looked at the music box, and then Mizuki said, "It's also telling us to find a music box."

  Fujiang looked at the water ghost and asked, "Have you found it?"

  "I've looked for it, but I just can't find it."

  "Where is it now?"

  "The Water Ghost said: 'She likes high places, now she's on the top floor, she's not afraid of sunlight, but under the sunlight, she can go anywhere freely, she's very fierce and we're all afraid of her.'"

  Fu Chuan knew that ghosts were not afraid of sunlight because they had become demons, and this ghost was not easy to deal with. Fu Chuan understood that it would be a very difficult battle.

  Fuhe sighed, now he can't go up, it's a bit scary, afraid of not being able to eliminate it, and he didn't bring enough weapons, indeed dare not easily go up.

  Fu Chuan asked the water ghost: "Have you ever harmed anyone before?"

  The water ghost looked at Fu Chuan with a glance, nodded slightly, and then Fu Chuan said: "Sorry, I can't keep you." Fu Chuan beat the water ghost until it was scattered.

  Perhaps even if the water ghost had never harmed anyone before, it probably wouldn't let it go either. When Fu Chuan walked out of the elevator, he saw these ghosts wanting to break through the Buddha's light and leave, but there was no way at all.

  Fu Chuan could only quietly go around to the third floor from behind, he climbed down from where he was originally. Just as Fu Chuan went down, Hui Ling finished reciting the Diamond Sutra and stood up, seeing Fu Chuan said: "Alright, let's go, it's time to go back for dinner, I'm hungry."

  Fu Chuan really wanted to finish reading the scriptures and then leave the monk's life behind, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. "Let's go."

  Huilian asked him: "What did you go find?"

  Fujiang handed the music box to Huiling and asked, "Have you ever seen something like this before?" Huiling shook her head, "No, I haven't. It's just an ordinary music box, how did you get it?"

  Fu Chuan said, "I'm going in to find this thing, and this matter has a great relationship with this thing." Fu Chuan told Hui Ling about the whole thing, including the Japanese old man coming to find him. Hui Ling also found it strange and said, "You can start investigating from that Japanese old man."

  Fu Xiang nodded, "But I still need your help, I have to find out if any Japanese people were sold in the old cemetery."