Chapter 23: The Haunted House (3)

  The next morning, the bottle filled with dog feces cracked open. Although Tian Qi had expected that Shen Yanqiang would not be defeated by this move, he still underestimated him, and his strength was likely to surpass his own. In fact, it's easy to break this situation, just like his own method, the only difference is to put it in front of a mirror, which can not only break the situation but also transfer the bad luck. Tian Qi asked Cui Xuan to gather all the things on the bed and burn them, and this situation naturally ceased to exist.

  However, even if this method was learned by Tian Qi later on, Shen Yan's expression clearly showed that he already knew how to crack it.

  Just as Tian Qi was thinking of other ways, Cui Xie started acting again.

  By nightfall, Tian Qi had arranged nine large candles in a circle in the room, with a ring of white powder on the inside of the circle and another ring of black ink surrounding it.

  This method was something he had known for a long time, and once the candles were all burned out, the ceremony would be over. By doing so, unless Cui Huan had great endurance, there would be no more bad luck affecting the upstairs in the future.

  "Who?" The candle was still burning when a knock at the door sounded. Cui Hu got up to open it.

  "Wait, don't open it!" Tian Qi's attention was still on the ceremony, and by the time he wanted to stop him, it was too late. Cui Xi let out a muffled hum and fell face up to the ground.

  The ceremony was interrupted halfway and had already failed. Tian Qi hastily turned on the lights in the room, only to see Cui Huan's face turn iron-green.

  "Are you okay?" Fatso asked.

  Tian Qi didn't answer, so both Fatso and Tian Qi shed crocodile tears.

  "He's been possessed by a ghost," Qiu Shen saw that there was another soul in Cui Wei's body, and it seemed that it had not completely occupied his body yet. Cui Wei's soul was still resisting, and from the expression on his face, he looked very painful.

  "What to do, call 120? He won't die, will he?" The fatty had a brief moment of schadenfreude before getting a bit anxious, if something unexpected really happened, they would definitely be implicated.

  Tian Qi had a plan in mind. Wang Xin had once told him how to quickly bring someone back from being possessed by a ghost, although the method was somewhat damaging, but there was no other way to do it now.

  Tian Qi whispered a few words into Pangzi's ear.

  "Ah! Really? This actually works? I thought it was only effective with virgin's urine, but it also works for a married person like me?" Fatso was somewhat skeptical of Tianqi's method.

  "We'll know soon enough whether it works or not," Tian Qi urged.

  Soon, Fatso came out of the bathroom with a cup in one hand and pinching his nose with the other.

  At this time, Qiu Shen used his hand to pry open Cui Xiang's mouth which had already been prepared, and Tian Qi was not idle either, holding the black short club given by Old Man Zhao standing at the door.

  "You still have this thing?" Fatso asked.

  Tian Qi didn't say a word and signaled for Pangzi to quickly pour the contents of the cup into Cui Xiang's mouth.

  "Cough, cough, cough!" The fatty was also angry and forcibly poured a whole cup into Cui Xiang's mouth. Accompanied by a fit of coughing, Cui Xiang's face returned to normal, but he still hadn't woken up.

  At almost the same time, Tian Qi swung his black stick forward, and a pool of black blood mysteriously appeared on the ground. In the room downstairs, someone suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and seemed to have aged several decades in an instant. This person was Shen Yanqiang, the owner of Room 7.

  When Cui Xiang woke up, everything was over, the blood on the ground had been cleaned up. He didn't remember what happened earlier, only that he fainted as soon as he opened the door. However, the foul taste in his mouth still lingered.

  Tian Qi couldn't tell him that it was Pangzi's urine, so he just glossed over it and moved on. But Pangzi had been holding back his laughter and almost burst out laughing.

  "If nothing unexpected happens, Shen Yanqiang should take the ashes box away on his own initiative," Tian Qi changed the subject, seeing Cui Huan's puzzled expression. After all, since the problem was solved, Cui Huan naturally became happy. This is a weakness of human nature; the process is not important, only the result matters.

  Three days later, Cui Hui received the news that Shen Yanqiang had sold the house downstairs at a low price, and the ashes box had naturally been taken away long ago.

  Under Pao Zi's half-threatening and half-boasting, Cui Wei also gave a not small reward. Cui Wei is a clever person, the one downstairs is a formidable master, Tian Qi and others quickly solved the trouble, obviously more powerful. Such people must be befriended, and cannot be offended, even if Pao Zi doesn't say it, the reward he gives will not be small either.

  Actually, Cui Xie was really blind on this point. For now, let's not say anything, but Tian Qi's current strength is no match for Cui Xie's. This victory also had a bit of luck in it. If Wang Xin hadn't told him about the appearance of people possessed by ghosts and how to determine the nature of the ghost, he wouldn't have been able to solve the problem so quickly.

  The masterless ghost and the ghost with a master have a big difference, that night the ghost who possessed Cui Xie was a ghost with a master, its master is Shen Yanqiang, it's him who raised this little ghost with his own essence and blood.

  Tian Qi initially just wanted to solve the problem without causing intense conflict, after all they were colleagues and he wanted to leave some leeway for each other. However, Shen Yanqiang was ruthless and unscrupulous, and even sent his little ghost out to harm people. Tian Qi then took out a black stick and directly dispersed the little ghost's soul, which would also cause Shen Yanqiang to suffer intense backlash, making it impossible for him to recover in a short period of time.

  As for why the urine of a fat child was used at that time, it is said that the urine of a young boy can indeed ward off ghosts, but it also harms Cui's own soul. The urine after yin and yang is not pure enough, but it has some effect, most importantly, it does not harm one's own soul.

  "Tian Qi, isn't this matter already settled? Why do you still look so worried and gloomy, even the dishes are over-salted!" Although Fatso said this with his mouth, in fact he ate more than anyone else.

  "Shen Yanqiang is very formidable, at least more so than me. How can I not worry?" Tian Qi said.

  "I thought it was something big, don't worry, if anything happens, Fat Brother will take the blame!" Fat Brother patted his chest with a big brother attitude.

  Chou Shen didn't say a word, but his eyes had already fully expressed his meaning. The fatty glared at him without saying anything.

  Tian Qi's worries are not unfounded, China has a long history, and there may be many hidden families that have existed for thousands of years. If this person is related to one of these families, he would not want to make an enemy of them, and considering his current strength, he would likely be easily defeated. This is also the reason why he didn't take drastic action.

  "Don't always dampen others' morale and destroy your own prestige. No industry is without struggle and conflict, this world is like that, the strong survive, if you always avoid and yield, there's only one outcome," Fatso took a big bite of chicken leg, "and that's extinction!"

  Fatso is right, Tianqi doesn't think about it anymore, anyway, take one step at a time, come what may.

  "Is anyone there? We have guests!"

  Just then, a woman's voice came from downstairs.

  "Guests have arrived so early?" Tian Qi glanced at the time, and by now Pangzi had already wiped his mouth and rushed downstairs.

  This has nothing to do with how proactive the fat guy is, judging from the voice of the woman downstairs, she should be quite young, he's rushing towards this, Tianqi is happy to be idle, anyway, with his deep-seated personality, he will definitely not take the initiative to talk about clients, if the fat guy doesn't go, he'll have to go.

  After tidying up a bit, Tian Qi and Qiu Shen also came downstairs.

  She is indeed a beauty, but she's just passing on a message, the real client isn't her.

  "Are you three the bosses here?" The woman was somewhat surprised, in her impression, people who could do this line of work should be very old, but this fat guy didn't count, and the other two were indeed handsome guys.

  Tian Qi smiled and said: "That's right, age is not a problem, being able to solve things is what really matters," Tian Qi naturally understood the meaning behind the woman's words.

  "Right, right! Don't look at his age, but he just took down someone much older than him with a single move!" Fatso continued.

  "Alright then, that's settled. That's roughly how it went, for the specifics you'll need to discuss with my boss. We'll send a car over to pick you up tomorrow!"

  The woman is very efficient in her work and doesn't drag things out. As the saying goes, "a strong general has no weak soldiers," so their boss must be an extraordinary person too.

  "Just came from a haunted house and now another ancestral mansion is haunted too, what a coincidence!" Fatso said as he saw the woman off.