Chapter 48: Senile Dementia

  Tian Qi's persuasion still worked, and with his identity, these ghosts could feel it.

  "Don't think I can't handle you, it's just not the right time now. If you insist on following me, don't blame me if things turn ugly later, having your soul scattered all over isn't a good outcome!"

  Under the persuasion of Tian Qi, many ghosts left, only ten still followed him. Tian Qi also lost his patience and said harsh words: "A good person is bullied by others", this sentence is not unreasonable.

  The threat was indeed useful, and four souls hesitated for a moment before choosing to leave.

  The child's mother felt a lot less pressure and her body suddenly felt much lighter.

  Now, apart from the child and his grandmother's soul, there are only four that still follow him. Tian Qi doesn't plan to bother with them either. Anyway, they definitely can't enter the room because he had made arrangements in the room before coming over. Except for the child tied by the red rope, other ordinary souls will be scared away as soon as they enter.

  But just as Tian Qi thought everything was going smoothly, a thick and eerie aura suddenly appeared in the corridor.

  "What's going on?" They didn't notice it when they went downstairs just now.

  The child's mother also started shaking all over, Tian Qi felt it too, and she was even more obvious.

  "It's nothing, maybe just passing by." This chill came quickly and left quickly.

  But when they knocked on the door and entered the room, Fatso said that something terrifying had just happened. A ghost that suddenly rushed in wanted to enter the child's body. If it weren't for the black jade worn by Fatso, the child would have been possessed by now.

  Tian Qi felt a chill after hearing what the fat kid said. He knew that the child's soul was not complete and his body could be easily occupied by other wandering spirits, so he let the fat kid watch over him. The room was simply arranged to prevent this from happening. If Tian Qi hadn't done this, the business would have been ruined. It seemed that the eerie wind they felt earlier was indeed a ghost, and an evil one at that.

  Tian Qi was worried that the arrangement in the house would lose its effect due to what had just happened, so when the child's mother brought the child's soul into the house, he was anxious. There were still several tails following behind, and if they all followed into the room, he wouldn't have time to deal with them. Fortunately, the effect was still there, and except for the child's soul, nothing else could enter, including the child's grandmother.

  Tian Qi let the child's mother bring the child into the room, put a red rope on the child's body, and then closed the door to come outside.

  "What do you want to do, leave by yourselves or let me send you away?" Tian Qi took out the yin-yang mirror, his tone also becoming very stern. Here, apart from the child's grandmother, there were several souls. No matter how Tian Qi tried to persuade or threaten them, it was all in vain, making Tian Qi very annoyed.

  "I know you have two sons, and the things in your hands are also very powerful, but can you protect them for a lifetime? Once you're gone, we'll come after their family!" The one-legged old man spoke up.

  Tian Qi's face was gloomy, and the yin-yang mirror in his hand couldn't help but be lifted up. If this mirror were to shine directly on them, they would definitely lose their souls. Let's see how they'd still dare to come and provoke him.

  "I don't know what you want to do, but I advise you to calm down. I've already told some friends I know that if anything happens to me, they'll help me take revenge."

  Tian Qi was speechless, he didn't expect the ghost's IQ to be so high, it even left a trick, his friend of course wasn't a living person, saying this is really hard to guard against, he can set up some defenses in the room to prevent external evil from entering, but what about the people in their household going out?

  "What do you want to do then?" Tian Qi thought for a while, but couldn't think of a better solution, and could only make concessions. He was actually threatened by the ghost, which made him very unhappy.

  "Is the child all right?" Tian Qi opened the door and entered the house.

  "It's okay! It's okay!" If there were still some doubts and mistrust at the beginning, now that the child is really better, the gratitude of the whole family is beyond words.

  "Things haven't been settled yet, bring me a pen and a notebook."

  Tian Qi didn't have time to explain to them and only said that he couldn't come out. He took his pen and notebook and went out the door.

  Another hour passed, Tian Qi opened the door with a tired face, he was really exhausted.

  After drinking some water and eating something, Tian Qi recovered a bit of his strength.

  "These ghosts are really big-mouthed lions, aren't they cheating people?!" Fatso said after reading what Tianqi had written on the notebook.

  Zhang Dong, a villa, five boys and girls, and 10 billion cash.

  Zhao Lihua, a quadrangle courtyard, five cherry blossom trees, 20 billion cash.

  ……

  There were six more ghosts, and this was the condition for them to leave.

  "These are what we'll settle with, it's already enough trouble for you!" The middle-aged man also looked at the things written above. Tian Qi had previously made a simple explanation. This was the condition that those ghosts who followed and refused to leave wanted. Yin currency and renminbi were different. Those were a bit troublesome, but not very difficult to handle, and wouldn't cost too much.

  "You all didn't notice the last one." Tian Qi spent more than half an hour, and it was after bargaining, otherwise it would be several times more troublesome. But just like that, the condition of that one-legged old man remained unchanged, just this one.

  "What's wrong with this, isn't it just going to his hometown?" The fat man and the man thought alike, thinking that among these conditions, this was the simplest one, and they should want them to go back home to visit their relatives and pass on some messages.

  Tian Qi shook his head. If only it were that simple. It was indeed going to their old home, but they were going to catch ghosts, and very fierce ones at that.

  After the matter was over, the middle-aged man transferred 200,000 yuan to Tianqi. For his background and family, this is not a large sum of money. However, Tianqi insisted that Paozi transfer 100,000 yuan, only accepting the originally agreed-upon price.

  "This is a hundred thousand yuan, Tianqi! If you don't want it, think about it again. It's money that was delivered to your doorstep, refusing it would be ungrateful!" In the end, when confirming this item, Fatso looked at Tianqi with a pained expression. This time, ten thousand yuan would be gone just like that. Although they weren't short of money now, this was given by someone willingly, what reason is there to refuse?

  Tian Qi kicked Pangzi and said, "Hurry up, if we don't get through this, it will be a bad omen. This is our fault and has nothing to do with others. If we resolve this consequence ourselves, then we should be the ones to suffer the retribution!"

  When Tian Qi said this, Pangzi was also scared and didn't dare hesitate anymore, pressing the confirm button.

  The master had told Tianqi and the others many times, for fear that they would forget. Tianqi also saw it in the remaining pages of the ghost-catching diary. Although their profession is not as demanding as that of monks or Taoist priests, there are still things that can and cannot be done. They must never indiscriminately create killing karma, causing souls to scatter and disperse. Unless absolutely necessary, they should not do such things, for every cause will produce a corresponding effect, and no one can escape it. Even if you manage to escape, the consequences may still manifest in your loved ones or descendants. Therefore, they cannot take this 100,000 yuan.

  "Tianqi, isn't that just catching a ghost? Is it that serious?" Tianqi hadn't told Pàngzi the details, so Pàngzi didn't think it was that serious.

  "I don't know how serious it is, but it's definitely not simple. It's something that came out of an ancient tomb and killed a whole village, and only one person escaped. You tell me how serious it is."

  Fatso spat out a mouthful of water, "What? The person who killed an entire village is this powerful?"

  Tian Qi nodded, "This village isn't very big, but according to the old man, there are about twenty households with over a hundred people."

  "I went there and it was so scary, have ghosts become spirits?"

  "I don't know, my mentor said before that ghosts can also cultivate, but it's just a legend, he hasn't seen one either, and there's no way to verify whether they exist in the world or not. Compared to this, even if cultivation is possible, the conditions required are extremely harsh, one in ten thousand, otherwise the world would have been chaotic long ago."

  Tianqi hung up the phone with Qiu Shen, who won't be back for two days. During these two days, Tianqi and Pangzi prepared some things separately because they were going to a mountain valley in N city. The old man had said that everyone there was dead and there might not be anyone else around, so they needed to prepare outdoor camping gear.

  These days Qi let Fatso go prepare, he was in charge of sorting out some ghost-catching tools and also found time to visit his mentor.