Chapter 26: Escaping with One's Life

  Why did I encounter such a thing at this critical moment? I was instantly pale and speechless.

  "You fool, this golden gourd is for Buddhist monks to use. You're reciting a Taoist spell, will it work?" Zhang Xinyu said discontentedly at this time.

  "Alas, this is a Buddhist treasure, how can you recite Taoist incantations?" I was so regretful that I scolded myself for being stupid.

  The ghostly shadow vanished with the golden light, and another gust of dark wind blew in, followed by a wailing cry. Is this ghost excited? What should we do now? Without the golden gourd, Chang Ai has also been injured, are we going to let the ghost slaughter us?

  At this time, I suddenly remembered that Cao Shi Jiu said there were six words on the golden gourd, but I couldn't remember how to read them. All I could recall was that it was called the Six-Word Great Bright Mantra. I tried my best to recall, but just couldn't remember the pronunciation of the six words.

  "Does anyone of you know how to read the Buddhist mantra 'Om Mani Padme Hum'? Please teach me quickly." I was so anxious that my feet were about to tap, and all I could do was hope they would read it.

  "What are you still asking us about Buddhist mantras at this time? Hurry up and think of a solution! Otherwise, even the Buddha himself can't save us!" Li Jian Tian was clueless, completely not understanding what I was doing.

  The ghost has come, it's holding onto my leg and crawling up inch by inch, almost to my waist.

  "Is it Om Mani Padme Hum?" Lin whispered.

  "Om mani padme hum." I loudly recited it out and made some gestures like a monk.

  Just finished reading, golden light burst out, and the ghost shadow actually crawled to my chest. The moment the golden light came out, the ghost shadow flew out again.

  "Where's he running?" A familiar voice came out.

  The grass has returned for the nineteenth time.

  Cao Jing Yu directly descended from the rooftop, a spiritual symbol struck Ghost Shadow's body. A loud cry was heard as Ghost Shadow was knocked to the ground, rolling around on the floor.

  "Amnesty order, bind." Cao Shi Jiu struck out a red rope and tied it around the ghost's neck. Then he released the rope, which directly wrapped around the ghost, binding it tightly.

  "How come you're back now? If you'd returned any later, we would have been gone to the Western Heaven." I was somewhat dissatisfied with Mao Shijiu.

  "You think it's easy to catch a ghost? I've been chasing it for a long time before I finally caught up with it, and it took me a lot of effort to subdue it." Mao Shi Jiu explained.

  "Your skills are so poor, I'd rather not be your apprentice, don't mislead the younger generation." I continued to say.

  "You little scoundrel, you can't just talk nonsense and get away with it! I've already given you the jade pendant, don't try to swindle me, poor Daoist!" Ma Shi Jiu became tense.

  "I can only reluctantly agree then." Thinking of Yu Pei, I endured it.

  Everyone burst out laughing.

  Cao Jingyu quickly gathered up the bound ghost and the group left the wooden hut.

  "We should go now, it's almost dawn. There are no ghosts blocking the way now, we should be able to find a way out quickly." said Mao Shi Jiu to us.

  We all nodded.

  As we walked and walked, the sky gradually brightened up, there were fewer and fewer trees along the way, it felt like we were about to get out soon.

  "Look, there's a road ahead of us. We've finally left the primeval forest!" Zhang Xinyu exclaimed excitedly and jumped up.

  Indeed, ahead is a path that has been trodden by people, and it clearly feels like the edge of the forest, where you can see farmland in the distance with crops growing. A woodcutter is chopping firewood not far away.

  "Hey, old man, how do I get to Jiangnan city from here?" I shouted out loud.

  "What's wrong? I've already eaten." This woodcutter has poor hearing.

  "I said, can we get to the city by walking that way, or is there any transportation?" I asked again.

  "What? I don't know what you're saying!" The old woodcutter still hadn't heard.

  Finally, after asking clearly, it was still very far from here to the city, and there were no means of transportation to go. Under helplessness, we requisitioned a cow cart and set foot on the journey back to the city.

  After a bumpy ride, we finally arrived at the outskirts of the city. Because the ox cart was not allowed into the city, even Li Jian Tian, the police chief, couldn't do much about it. We had to call someone to take the ox cart back and pick us up.

  The five of us were already disheveled and covered in the smell of the countryside, our bodies filthy beyond recognition. After two days of trekking through the dense forest, a foul odor clung to us. The boys could still take it, but the girls were on the verge of collapse, shouting and screaming all along the way about wanting to take a bath, their ears almost growing calluses from the constant din.

  Lin Mo was finally rescued and sent back home, I returned to the police station, took a bath, prepared to sleep well, and slept until dawn. But the problem came, this Ma 19 still had no place to live, he refused to enter the police station, and did not want to spend money on staying in an outside hotel, finally, we three followed Li Jian Tian back to his home to stay.

  Li Jian Tian has a wife and kids, coincidentally they just returned to their hometown for a family visit. Mao Shi Jiu shamelessly occupied Li Jian Tian's bed, so I had no choice but to sleep on the floor with Li Jian Tian.

  "Hey, go take a bath, my wife will scold me to death when she gets back." Li Jian Tian saw that Mao Shi Jiu hadn't taken a bath yet and had crawled into bed, so he frowned and urgently called out.

  Only heard Mao nineteen has already started snoring loudly.

  Li Jian Tian helplessly shook his head and lay down on the ground.

  We slept until our butts were sunburned.

  A loud, piercing scream woke us up.

  "Li Jian Tian!" A woman was almost hysterically shouting Li Jian Tian's name, seemingly on the verge of collapse.

  Li Jian Tian was suddenly awakened and sprang up like lightning.

  "Who is it? Who are they?" I opened my eyes dazedly to see a woman with a child questioning Li Jian Tian.

  "Wife, don't be angry, don't be angry, they are my friends." Li Jian Tian lowered his head, seemingly very afraid of his wife.

  "You've only been gone for a few days and you've let the house become a mess." Li Jian Tian's wife was getting angrier by the minute.

  "I'm going back to my mom's place." After saying that, Li Jian Tian's wife pulled the child and walked out.

  Li Jian Tian chased after her, "Hey, wife, don't go!"

  It's strange to say, Li Jian Tian has been the police chief for over a decade, yet he still lives in a small house of less than 5 square meters. The furniture at home is very old, and it's really unknown how clean he is. Later, I learned that Li Jian Tian supported several poor mountain children outside, from elementary school to university, and now one has already graduated from university. His family lives in poverty. It's unknown how much grievance his wife has endured to live with him until now.

  Li Jian Tian returned with a dejected look on his face.

  "Are you leaving?" I asked.

  Li Jian Tian nodded and then shook his head, letting out a sigh.

  Every family has a difficult-to-recite scripture. A police chief appears to be very impressive outside, but at home, no one knows what it's like.

  Seven days have passed, and school has started normally. Nothing unusual happened during this period. The quiet campus is bustling again, and not many people are discussing the bloody case that happened before, but rather worrying about the final exams, as there is less than a month left before the medical students' dreaded finals arrive.

  And I, a senior, will start my internship in the hospital in the second half of the year. However, judging from the current situation, I'm not in a hurry either. Li Jian Tian has promised that as long as I assist the police in solving the case, he can introduce me to a job, and Mao Shi Jiu is also eager to take me on as an apprentice, so I've become a hot commodity.

  Currently, I have become idle, on the one hand, I found Lin Mo, and on the other hand, there is no news about Lin Yu. All day long, I stick with Lin Mo, and I am planning to make a formal confession to him.

  That day, I entered a flower shop and was about to buy a bouquet of roses to confess to Lin Mo.

  "Boss, get me a bouquet of red roses."

  "I'm afraid we're out of roses, sir," the shopkeeper replied.

  "Are you kidding me? There are still a lot here!" I pointed unhappily at the large pile of red roses beside us.

  "I'm so sorry, these flowers have all been reserved by others."

  I went to several flower shops one after another, and all the red roses had been booked up.

  "Who the hell has so much money, at a critical moment, it's all gone for me." I cursed as I walked out of a flower shop, and coincidentally bumped into a man in black suit and sunglasses who was entering the flower shop.

  "Boss, are the red roses I ordered ready?" The man in black asked the boss as soon as he entered the flower shop.

  "Alright, alright, they're all here." The boss replied politely.

  "Alright, bring all of these to the Taurus Building immediately. Our young master has an urgent matter and it must be quick." The man in black said.

  Isn't Dou Niu Building just the building of Dou Niu Group? Young Master? Is it that person who was beaten by Lin Yu? I muttered to myself.

  Without saying another word, I followed the man in black as he walked out of the flower shop.