Chapter Fifty: Emptying

  In 1939, C City was just a small northern town, but it was garrisoned by many Japanese soldiers. Huāzi still remembered that year when she followed her parents and grandfather to this strange city.

  Grandma likes her, often takes her to the fish market to buy fresh fish back home to make sashimi. Her parents are doing some small business in town, their life is much better than when they were in Japan. Grandpa is always mysterious, often not at home, Hanae always misses him.

  Hana lived happily with her parents and never thought that she would suffer such a disaster in the future. Her red eyes were dripping with blood as she stared at Mitsui Hiroga.

  "Grandpa, it's time for us to settle accounts."

  Hanako absolutely has the qualifications to settle accounts with Mitsui Hiroya, Hanako is not a human now, but when she thinks of her death back then, she still feels a chill down her spine.

  Hua Zi remembered that New Year's Eve was a snowy night, her grandmother had made many delicious dishes, including rice cakes, hot pot and fried dough sticks. Her grandfather was the last one to return home.

  That's right, as a son, Hanako's father toasted Mitsui Hiroya with a cup of wine to thank him for giving birth to himself. Hanako had been drinking the fish soup made by her grandmother, which was delicious and she still remembered that taste until today.

  That night, the whole family sat around the warm table, enjoying themselves, but who could have thought that death was beckoning to them.

  In the middle of the night, Hua Zi woke up and found her grandmother's door open. She curiously walked over and saw her grandfather standing beside the bed, holding a beautiful music box in his hand. As she looked down, she discovered that the entire bed was covered in blood, with bright red droplets staining the wooden floorboards, seeping into large patches of wood.

  Tonight was a bloody and eerie night, Hana saw Mitsui Hiroga, this usually kind-hearted grandfather killed his own wife, son, and daughter-in-law, putting their souls into the exquisite music box after they left their bodies. Then he grabbed Hana and took her to an unfamiliar place. Through the window, Hana could see foreign nurses and doctors coming and going, as well as her white-coated grandfather standing at the door from time to time, staring at herself.

  "Spare me, grandfather!"

  "Grandfather, please spare Hua Zi!"

  "Grandpa, grandpa, grandpa!"

  This was Hana's plea to him, but later when she didn't know how long she had been in that dark environment, she no longer had the strength to ask for help, and any struggle seemed futile in Mitsui Hiroya's eyes.

  Hanako spent a total of thirty-one days in that basement, and when she died, reduced to nothing but skin and bones, with her last glance, she saw the satisfied eyes of Mitsuru Hoshino, as well as the exquisite music box.

  When the music box played, Huāzi's soul also floated into the box with the rhythm of the music.

  Hana slept in the music box for seventy years, but she knew everything that happened outside. Mitsui Hiroga originally wanted to bring this music box to Japan and then to the European battlefield, which would have stopped the advance of the Allied forces, but two atomic bombs from the United States shattered Mitsui Hiroga's beautiful dream.

  Mitaka Hiro's god declared defeat, Mitaka Hiro was wanted from then on, but he managed to evade capture every time with the music box. Later, he hid the music box in the tomb where his relatives were buried, trying to find another chance.

  Later, due to the relocation of the tomb, a school was going to be built on top, and the music box was dug up by workers at that time. They couldn't open the music box, but Hana could use her mind to make them do anything she wanted.

  Hanako had long been filled with hatred for the human world, and later Hanako used her powerful strength to leave part of her power out of the music box. However, a large part of her power still remained in the music box, and there were also her relatives in the music box, so she had to find the music box and release her grandmother and parents.

  Hanako looked at Mitsui Hiroga, her eyes were bloodshot and tears seemed to be welling up in them, but no one knew if they were really there. Seventy years had passed, and Mitsui Hiroga said to Hanako: "Even if I had the chance to choose again, I would still choose to sacrifice you here."

  Mitsui Hiro is no longer human. He had already ceased to be a person when he chose to sacrifice his own family to create the spirit weapons.

  Hanako can't kill Mitsui Hiroya because something is protecting him.

  But Hanako can torment him, she looks at Mitsui Hiroshi, "I can cut your flesh piece by piece and feed it to the dogs, I also want you to taste those dark days."

  Hanako finally decided to lock Mitsuyo in the water tank on the rooftop, Hanako closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her pupils were covered with a thin white membrane like spider webs.

  Huāzi let out a loud roar, and the golden Buddha light weakened slightly. She knew she was about to break through this layer of Buddha light.

  Fu Chuan had a premonition that something was amiss, the thing Hui Ling asked for, Fu Chuan hadn't found yet, but he could already feel Huazhi's power growing stronger and stronger.

  The blood of the divine beast is hard to come by, so Pei Chuan set his sights on his own Qilin, which can be considered the divine beast among divine beasts.

  But since it's a divine beast, Fu Chuan knew that getting that one drop of blood wouldn't be easy.

  "Be good and let daddy cut it for you."

  Look at him and tell him to get out!

  Fuhe couldn't help but withdraw his hand, yet he still didn't give up. He walked into the kitchen and when he stood in front of the stove again, he got burned by a sausage.

  Tonight is a rainy night, Huiling and Qing'er sit opposite each other, they have too many words to say, but when they really face each other, they don't know what to say.

  Qing'er knew that Huiling had been having a tough time in recent years, but she couldn't comfort him either. However, Huiling wanted to know what exactly happened back then.

  Qing'er told Huiling that on that night many years ago, it was also raining heavily just like today. She had been waiting for Huiling in the backyard annex, waiting for her to come back and take her away.

  But in the second half of the night, she fell asleep. Just as she was dozing off, she suddenly heard a noise from the window. When she woke up, she went to close the window, but when she walked to the window, she found that there was nothing wrong with it.

  She thought it was the wind blowing, but when she turned around, she saw a figure standing in front of her. The figure rushed towards her and pinned her to the bed, strangling her to death.

  Huiling couldn't believe that someone dared to kill in Fahua Temple, Huiling asked Qing'er if there was anything unusual about Ranyi Dashi before she died.

  Qing'er thought for a moment, trying hard to recall the events of that year. Then she shook her head, "The Master didn't have anything unusual happen to him. After you left the temple, he went into seclusion."

  Huiling felt it was unbelievable, but a great master had been in seclusion for ten years before and hadn't secluded himself for so long. How could he possibly be in seclusion for ten years?

  Huiling thought he should go back to Fahua Temple and investigate this matter thoroughly, as well as Qing'er's death.

  Huiling said he didn't want Qing'er to leave, and Qing'er felt the same way. However, Qing'er remembered what Fu Chuan had said: "People and ghosts have different paths." She said, "I'm already very happy that I could see you again this time."

  "Master Dao is right, humans and ghosts are different paths. We've been together for too long, it's not good for you. I won't be able to stay by your side forever." Qing'er didn't want to harm Hui Ling, he was human, while she was a ghost.

  Huiling grasped Qing'er's icy hands and said: "Stay by my side for a few more days, at least let me find out who killed you."

  Qing'er nodded, looking at Hui Ling and asked: "Have you been living well in recent years?"

  Huiling didn't answer her, because she didn't want to make her feel guilty and worried. She just nodded, "Okay, everything is fine."

  Huiling told Qing'er that he was fine, Qing'er said it was okay, she leaned on Huiling's chest, quietly and peacefully, neither of them spoke again.

  Fuhe remembered Xing Chengtian's words, Xing Chengtian said that there was no way to deal with spiritual body weapons, spiritual body weapons were almost invincible, let alone Huazhi's resentment was very heavy and deep, it was impossible to completely eliminate Huazi.

  Fu Chuan furrowed his brow, and San Yang walked in from outside at this time. "Master, Master Hui Ling has arrived." Fu Chuan turned around, "Let him come in."

  Huiling came this time to tell Fu Chuan: "I agree to help you deal with Huazi, but I want you to promise me one thing."

  "What's wrong?"

  Huiling said coldly, "I want you to agree to let Qing'er stay in the building for a while, and I also want you to help me investigate Qing'er's death and my master's affairs after this matter is resolved."

  Fuhe fell silent, and Hui Ling was a clever person. He didn't know whether he should agree or not, but Hui Ling said with a hint of pride on his face: "You have no choice but to agree, only I can help you trap Huazi in the building and prevent her from going out to harm people."

  "Only I can help you get rid of those ghosts."

  Fujiang felt that Huiling had tricked him, but what she said was true. This time, he really needed his help.

  "Alright, I promise you!"

  "Alright then, give me some incense first."

  He twitched at the corner of his mouth, now he didn't just have to provide a place to live, but also had to take care of food and drink.

  Fujiang took the blood of the divine beast and handed it over to Huiling. Huiling looked at the white-purple light in the glass bottle, then took out his own relic bead bracelet, removed one from it, placed it on his palm, and used his internal force to grind the relic bead into powder.

  He put the blood of the divine beast and the powder into the gold lacquer, and muttered something on his mouth, "Done?" Fu Chuan asked.

  "Is that all?"

  Hui Ling nodded and asked back: "Then what else do you want?"

  Fujiang looked out at the heavy rain and said, "It's definitely not going to work tonight, it's raining."

  San Yang then told them an even more depressing news, "Master, the weather forecast says that there will be heavy rain for the next few days." Fu Chuan slammed his fist on the table.

  Huiling patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, although we still have to wait a few more days, the seal of Jiahe Building is something she can't break through in a short period of time."

  Although Hui Ling said so, Fu Chuan was still worried. He had experienced Huāzi's power before, but now he couldn't be certain just how strong Huāzi's power really was. After all, every time Huāzi and he clashed, Fu Chuan felt that Huāzi's power was growing stronger, seemingly becoming more powerful with each passing day. Xing Cheng Tian had called him today to tell him that perhaps the only way to completely destroy the Ling body weapon was for the true creator to know.

  Mitsui Hiroya is the maker of music boxes, Fugawa knows that Mitsui Hiroya is now in Hanako's hands, Hanako won't kill Mitsui Hiroya for now, but Fugawa also knows that he has to go through a lot of trouble to rescue Mitsui Hiroya first, Fugawa is now in a dilemma.

  Fujiang didn't know what method to use to rescue Mitsui Hiroga either. Now the only thing that can be done is probably to sneak in and rescue Mitsui Hiroga.

  But now it's even harder to get into Jiahe Building than to reach the sky.

  Huiling did have a proposal, and he said to Chuan: "I think there's one thing that I should tell you."

  "Go on."

  "Aren't you a Xi Wang? Xi Wang is a divine beast, even the Flower Child is afraid of it. I think you can use Xi Wang to purify the entire building first. I think when the time comes, the Flower Child will escape, and there won't be any other evil spirits around her. Later on, when we find her again, it'll be easier to deal with her."

  "We can't just rush into Jiahe Building now, it's unlikely to succeed, we must clear the obstacles first."

  Fu Xiang nodded in agreement with Hui Ling's words, but said: "However, the power of the demonic beast is too strong, I'm afraid that when the time comes, it will harm people who shouldn't be harmed."

  Huiling knew what Fu Chuan meant: "Then we'll have to ask your police friend for help, first evacuate the people in the building and come up with a reason."

  Fu Chuan thinks this plan is feasible, but to evacuate the entire building, Fu Chuan still finds it a bit difficult. However, at times like these, even if it's difficult, we have to give it a try.

  Fujiang was getting more and more anxious and irritated, feeling that this matter was becoming increasingly complicated and making people feel more and more impatient.

  Just then, the gate of Bao Fa Tang was pushed open, and Li Baobao stood outside the door. When Fu Chuan saw her, "How did you come back! Didn't I tell you to play a few more days by the sea?"

  Fu Xiang thought to himself how disobedient Li Baobao was, and then Li Baobao threw down his luggage without saying a word and sat on the sofa, propping up his legs and staring at Fu Xiang.

  Li Baobao said: "You said you would come, but you never came. What was I supposed to be doing there all along, playing with sand?"

  Everyone present did not dare to provoke this young lady, so San Yang and Hui Ling turned around and left Fu Chuan's office. After the people left, Fu Chuan's tone was no longer as tough as before. He walked over, sat on the sofa, and wrapped his arms around Li Bao Bao: "What's wrong? Are you angry again? Haven't things been settled yet?"

  "Look at you, as soon as you arrive, everyone is scared away by you. How can others look at you?"

  They were like a married couple. When Li Baobao got angry, Fu Chuan would coax her. Li Baobao hummed: "What's the big deal? Huiling still owes me rent."

  "How much?" Fu Chuan asked in a gentle and intimate tone.

  Li Baobao didn't say anything, she just wanted to show off that she was Huiling's creditor.

  Li Baobao didn't think the beach was no fun and came back, it was San Yang who secretly called her and told her that Fu Chuan was injured, so Li Baobao hurriedly rushed back.

  Li Baobao's hand was placed on Fu Chuan's chest, and she took out a white crystal pill from the white jade bottle and fed it into Fu Chuan's mouth. This was the Li family's ancestral sacred medicine, which was said to be beneficial for nourishing the body and had the effect of reviving the dead. There were very few such medicines left in the world.

  The pill tastes just like milk candy, except with a bit of medicine flavor. "Does it still hurt?"

  Fujiang didn't ask her why she knew he had a heartache, he already understood that she came back also worried about him, and felt sweet in his heart.