Chapter 4: The Crimson Cloak of the Fire Demon

  Fuhe walked out of the sanatorium, pulled out a cigarette, but before he could light it up, he saw the vengeful spirit across the street. He opened his lighter and with a flick of his wrist, turned the flame into a beam of light that shot towards the opposite side. However, he didn't expect the red-clothed female ghost to run so fast, and thus failed to eliminate her.

  This red-clothed female ghost, Fu Chuan often sees, one kind is the grievances of the past life coming to find people for revenge, another kind is finding a substitute, finding a substitute to replace oneself to go down to hell and suffer in order to reincarnate, Fu Chuan looks down on the latter the most.

  However, the most formidable among the red-clad ghosts is the Red Robe Fire Ghost. This ghost must have been wrongly accused of a grave injustice in life and was burned to death by fire, disfiguring its face beyond recognition. When this ghost arrives in the underworld, even King Yama is afraid of it for three parts, and not even Baochuan has seen it before.

  Fu Chuan walked across the street and went to the old woman's side, "Granny, I'll help you get across."

  Fu Chuan felt an abnormal chill as soon as he held the old woman's hand, this was not a normal body temperature. Fu Chuan sensed that the red-clothed female ghost had returned again, staring at him with a pair of blood-red eyes on his shoulder, seemingly trying to figure out what kind of thing Fu Chuan was. Fu Chuan didn't immediately take action, they were currently on the main street, afraid that if he took action, people would mistake him for a madman.

  "Grandma, where do you live? I'll send you back."

  The old lady didn't have any guard against him, she was in her sixties and had a good eye for people. Fu Chuan looked like he wasn't a bad person, although he did look rather sly, but being sly isn't necessarily the same as being bad.

  The old woman said: "I live in the shed just ahead."

  "I'll send you back."

  Fu Xiang wasn't a kind-hearted person either, he just couldn't bear to watch the ghost harm people, so he went through all that trouble to send the old lady back.

  All the way, the red-clothed female ghost followed Fu Chuan and the old woman. Fu Chuan saw that this female ghost had a strong resentment, so he didn't take action to subdue her. Some female ghosts have heavy resentment. If you don't understand the cause of things and just subdue the female ghost, it won't solve the problem. This will only make the female ghost's resentment stronger, and when she has another chance, she will be more vicious in harming innocent people. As for being reduced to nothingness, the Southern Gate Fu family generally does not advocate their disciples doing such things, because Buddhism and Taoism both emphasize compassion and benevolence.

  Fuhe was sent to the bottom of the attic by an old lady, who walked up the stairs and thanked Fuhe before leaving. However, when Fuhe said "you're welcome", he had already used his true energy to block the red-clothed female ghost behind the old lady's back. It wasn't until the old lady had completely disappeared from view at the top of the stairs that Fuhe released his energy and sent the female ghost flying far away.

  The female ghost's ferocious appearance was fully exposed, her bright red sharp claws swaying at Fugui, her eyes filled with deep crimson color, as if asking Fugui why he had to meddle in other people's business.

  Fu Chuan put his hands behind his back, he didn't have a yellow talisman, so he could only use his hands to seal the imprint. If the female ghost made any sudden movements, one seal would be enough to hurt her. This female ghost was surrounded by a bloody aura of resentment, and it wasn't something that could be dealt with just one seal. Since Fu Chuan didn't have any magical tools in hand at the moment, he had no choice but to deal with it like this for now.

  Fuhe said: "Whatever grievances she had, she was already an old woman in her seventies or eighties. You took it upon yourself to go up to the world of the living and harm people's lives. Don't you fear that for ten lifetimes you will not be reincarnated?"

  A vengeful spirit only has one chance to be reborn, but if there is a grudge that needs to be avenged in the mortal world, it will give up its last chance of reincarnation. The opportunity for a vengeful spirit to be reborn occurs only once every 20 years. Fu Chuan knew she had come back to seek revenge against the old woman and had given up her one and only chance.

  The red-clothed female ghost seemed to have understood Fu Chuan's words, and she glared at him with a fierce gaze that seemed to say "you're meddling in other people's business". She withdrew her gaze and then stretched out her sharp claws towards Fu Chuan.

  Fu Jiang continued to move the true energy in his body, until the female ghost forced him into a dark corner. The female ghost's sharp claws were already close to Fu Jiang's neck, and it seemed that with just one swipe, she could cut open his throat. However, the female ghost looked at Fu Jiang with pain, for the strong yang energy that Fu Jiang had cultivated over the years was not something that these evil spirits could approach.

  Fu Xiang knew that this female ghost must have had a great injustice on her body, and he didn't want to beat her until her soul flew away. So he said: "Hurry up and go back to reincarnation, otherwise don't blame me for beating you until your soul flies away!"

  The female ghost was fearless, she curled up her lips as red as blood, and a gloomy voice came from the quiet corner.

  "It's not that easy! I came here for revenge, and if I don't get it, I won't give up!"

  Fu Jiang saw this thing and was furious, so he slapped out a palm, causing the red-clothed female ghost in front of him to scatter. The seal could only temporarily disperse her soul, but couldn't eliminate it, so after a few days she would reassemble again. Sooner or later, she will come back.

  Fu Chuan walked out of the building, he looked around and found that the surroundings were all blocked by shanties, forming a natural coffin. If people who died here didn't die of natural causes but had some grievances before their death, they would almost certainly become vengeful spirits after 49 days. So as soon as Fu Chuan entered this place, he felt an unusual chill, at least several degrees lower than the scorching sun outside.

  Fuhe took out his phone and dialed San Yang's number.

  "Check the situation of xx shed xx room for me."

  These things are usually investigated by San Yang. San Yang is a computer genius and also a young detective. Fu Chuan even said that he would make a better detective than following him to be a Taoist priest.

  Fu Chuan returned home, and San Yang had already placed the materials he needed on the table. However, Fu Chuan didn't want to look through them himself, so San Yang said: "Master, that house used to be inhabited by a family of three - a mother, a couple, with the husband being the old lady's son. But many years ago, the couple moved away, leaving only the old lady there."

  "Do you know why they moved away?"

  Fu Chuan thought the problem might have arisen here, a solitary old woman why would provoke such a fierce evil spirit. Fu Chuan looked at San Yang, San Yang flipped over the papers in his hand and said: "The old woman was an unlicensed midwife ten years ago."

  Fuhe thought this was no big deal, as many people of that age were midwives and made a living from it, "This is not strange."

  The three sheep continued to flip through the paper and then said: "But this old woman was once reported by someone for illegal abortion."

  "How long ago was it?"

  "About fifteen years ago." San Yang took out a yellowed old newspaper, which he had searched hard for. Pei Chuan took a look and indeed the person in the big article was the same old lady from yesterday.

  The newspaper reported that the old woman, surnamed Xu, was an unlicensed midwife who had been delivering babies since she was young. Occasionally, some people would also ask her to perform abortions. However, one time a mother and daughter came to her asking for an abortion. After the procedure, the daughter bled heavily on the bus ride home and died. The mother then hired a lawyer to seek justice for her daughter's death. But soon after, the mother went mad and jumped from a building to her death. In the end, the case was dropped.

  The old woman was actually in this line of work, and those who had been through it knew that there were no leftovers. Not to mention the births, but every year she had to perform abortions for countless lost women. Infant souls are the most entangling, which is why even if the female ghost had left the old woman's side, her hands were still so icy cold.

  Fu Chuan did not expect things to become so complicated, he thought that the female ghost might be the girl who died from severe bleeding back then. However, there was no photo of the girl in the newspaper. Fu Chuan instructed San Yang to find a photo of the girl who died back then. If the female ghost was indeed that girl, then her death was truly unjust.

  The newspaper said the girl was 17 or 18 years old, because she had an early romance at school and later became pregnant. Her mother, afraid of losing face, took her to a private clinic for an abortion, but unexpectedly the girl died. The mother couldn't accept it, and the lawsuit was unclear whether it was won or lost, so she eventually went mad.