Chapter Thirty-Six: The Well Character Curse

  The female ghost was trapped in a big circle surrounded by red lines and couldn't run out, but the fat man was also inside.

  "Save me!" and compared with being suddenly possessed by a ghost just now, Fatso is even more scared.

  Tian Qi was speechless to the extreme, and unexpectedly, Bao Zi had made another scene, almost harming everyone. He knew it wasn't possible to take pictures of ghosts, but he hadn't told Bao Zi because he didn't think he would do such a thing.

  Taking pictures of ghosts, the ghost's shadow will not appear in the photo because it has already come out of the photo. Taking pictures is like a medium, a medium that allows a ghost to instantly come to your side.

  Of course, it can't be said that all the shots of ghosts are fake. This also depends on specific situations. If a ghost is accidentally captured in a photo and its attention is not focused here at the time, then it's possible.

  Tian Qi held a black stick standing outside the red circle, wanting to hit the female ghost, but it was difficult to control the accuracy.

  What's going on? Suddenly Tian Qi also lost attention for a moment.

  "Isn't there any way to catch ghosts in that diary?" This book was also given to Qiu Shen by Tian Qi, and Qiu Shen asked Tian Qi to study it clearly before giving it back to him, so he hadn't seen the specific records on it yet.

  "I'll think about it." Tian Qi calmed himself down, after all, it was a damaged book, and some methods were only mentioned briefly before being cut off. There weren't many complete ones, and some characters might be blurry due to the long passage of time.

  Glutinous rice, black dog blood, peach wood sword, eight trigrams flag... Tian Qi went through them one by one to recall, hoping to find something that he could take out immediately, but most of the things recorded inside were very traditional Chinese items. Not to mention that Tian Qi didn't have any of them now, many things he had never seen until now.

  "Sun Blood!" Tian Qi finally thought of something that could be found now.

  Tian Qi spoke out the solution.

  "Use mine, your body quality is not as good as mine." Chou Shen stopped Tian Qi from biting his own finger, he took a step ahead and bit it himself, fresh blood had already flowed out.

  Jian Chou said so, Tian Qi's heart was moved, it's great to have brothers. However, he also decided that next time if there is a solution, he will take the initiative to do one step ahead and then tell everyone.

  Tian Qi directed, shining brightly, Chou Shen held the blood-stained finger and proceeded step by step. Soon, a pattern was formed outside the red circle where the female ghost and the fat man were standing.

  To be exact, this is not a pattern but a character "Jing".

  "Alright, you two step back a bit, I'll take it from here."

  Tian Qi spoke and then knelt down on the ground, muttering to himself.

  The voice was very small, and neither Yingying nor Qiu Shen could hear what he said, but the expression of the hanging female ghost in the red circle changed.

  Her eyes were wide open, somewhat frightened and at a loss, her hands holding onto Wang Zi's waist began to tremble uncontrollably.

  "Ah...... Uh...... Ssss......" The female ghost's mouth began to emit a series of strange, eerie howls, causing Fatso's legs to tremble along with it.

  The ground color in the red circle begins to change from black to gray, to some reddish, and finally the color becomes like boiling magma.

  "Ah!" The female ghost's voice changed from a low growl to a heart-wrenching scream, showing how much pain she was in at that moment.

  Tian Qi remained unmoved, still kneeling on the ground, closing his eyes and muttering to himself.

  The ground color within the red circle began to change, from black to gray and then to red, until it finally turned into a fiery red. The ground was like a rolling magma, capable of engulfing anything at any moment, while the ground outside the red circle remained dark without any light emission.

  "How scary!" Yinyin, who was standing aside, felt extremely shocked by the scene and also drew a big question mark in her heart. When did his Qi brother become so fierce?

  Actually, she didn't know that if Tian Qi opened his eyes at this moment and saw the scene in front of him, he would also be frightened. However, he couldn't see it now, as he had entered a state of semi-self-hypnosis. Unless the female ghost completely disappeared, he wouldn't be able to stop now. Even if someone stood in front of him with a knife and stabbed his body at this moment, he wouldn't feel any pain.

  Time passed minute by minute, second by second, and the scorching lava finally swallowed up the female ghost completely, freeing Fatty.

  "It's finally over." These were Tian Qi's first words after opening his eyes, and then he lost consciousness.

  It was two hours later when he woke up again.

  "Where is this?" Tian Qi opened his eyes and found himself lying in Yingying's arms, with Pangzi and Chou Shen sitting beside him.

  "You finally woke up, you scared us to death, fortunately nothing happened!" Seeing Tian Qi wake up, Yingying let out a sigh of relief.

  Because of the urgency of the situation, Tian Qi didn't have much time to give them a detailed explanation of the ritual.

  "This ritual is called 'Jing Zi Zhou'." Tian Qi sat up, finding that his body was not as tired as before. "According to the records in the book, this ritual has great power and once started cannot be stopped. It consumes the spiritual energy of the person reciting the incantation. The stronger the evil spirit's strength, the more spiritual energy is consumed. If the person reciting the incantation's spiritual energy is completely exhausted while the evil spirit still exists, the ritual will fail and suffer a strong backlash, which may cost the life of the person reciting the incantation." Tian Qi was still a little scared at this moment, fortunately, the strength of the female ghost who died by hanging herself was not that strong, otherwise he might have ended up here today.

  "My goodness, this is too dangerous! Fortunately, it's just a drop of your blood, if it were yours, it would consume a lot of spiritual energy!" Yingying had just finished crying and now her eyes are welling up with tears again.

  "It's okay, it's okay, I just said that, and I'm fine now, aren't I?" Tian Qi hurriedly comforted Yingying as she was about to cry.

  The fat man sitting next to him naturally also heard Tian Qi's words, and he was so regretful in his heart. His own arbitrary behavior almost caused a disaster, and his head hung low, almost shrinking into his belly.

  "Fat brother, don't mind too much, it's okay if nothing happens. As the saying goes, 'the ignorant are not to blame.' Tian Qi patted Fat's back and indeed, this matter couldn't be blamed on him. Fat originally didn't know much about this aspect of things and only came into contact with these matters after starting a company with them. How could he compare to the three of them who were all science majors?"

  Tian Qi only observed the cargo lift after he fainted, and Qiu Shen and his two men carried him to this side of the cargo lift. Fortunately, the cargo lift was still usable because it was originally closed, and they opened it with a press.

  There are seven buttons on the elevator, from 1st floor to 6th floor, and also a -1st floor. Because Tian Qi is unconscious, they didn't dare press any button on the elevator randomly, so they just sat here waiting for Tian Qi to wake up.

  "Everyone get ready, I'm going to press the elevator." Tian Qi had just woken up for a short while, although he had recovered some of his energy, but was still a bit weak. So he handed the black stick to Qiu Shen to hold onto, and he came to press the elevator. In case something unexpected happened when the elevator opened, Qiu Shen could react the fastest.

  Tian Qi first pressed the button for the sixth floor, but the elevator's buttons didn't light up and it didn't ascend.

  The fifth floor, still no reaction.

  Fourth floor...

  Third floor...

  "Everyone get ready, I have a feeling we'll make it to the second floor this time," Qiu Shen said.

  As expected, after Tian Qi pressed the button on the second floor, the freight elevator began its slow ascent, accompanied by an ear-piercing screeching sound, whether due to not having been used for too long or some other reason.

  The ladder finally stopped on the second floor, and everyone's heart was in their throat. If what was written on the paper was true, then each additional layer would increase the difficulty by one level, and the things they encountered would definitely be even harder to deal with.

  But who would have thought that the moment the cargo door opened, what appeared before them was not a male ghost or a female ghost, nor any evil beast, but water, endless water pouring in.

  Due to lack of mental preparation, the huge force brought by the water flow instantly knocked down four people, and Ou Shen's black stick was also washed into the water.

  If it were just water, they could still escape after filling up, because among the four people, only the fat man couldn't swim. But now the situation is that the water keeps pouring into the cargo elevator, and the cargo elevator is also leaking water, one is pushing force, the other is suction, making it difficult for people to escape.

  Because the water flowing in was very clean and clear, Tian Qi squinted his eyes to observe the outside, he found that except for their cargo ship having water, there seemed to be no water outside.

  Water without a source, there is only one possibility. Now their situation is an illusion, a cargo ladder opens and triggers an illusion array.