Chapter Seventeen: The Five Ghosts of Wealth Transport

  Chen Linxi was originally surnamed Xu, a native of Luoyang. Due to his innate intelligence and the fact that he was born with heterochromatic eyes, at the age of five, his parents sent him to become an apprentice under Old Man Wang. However, for some reason, although he followed Old Man Wang in learning Taoism, his temperament was vastly different from Old Man Wang's. Old Man Wang was stubborn and opinionated, while Chen Linxi was adaptable and open-minded; Old Man Wang had many tricks up his sleeve, but Chen Linxi had a straightforward and honest nature. As time passed, they became increasingly incompatible. Old Man Wang, not wanting to see or hear him, sent him away to "make his way in the world". Unexpectedly, he encountered another descendant of Guiguzi's lineage, the Chen family, and even fell in love with their daughter.

  At that time, the old master and Chen's family coincidentally became enemies due to business matters. The old master took revenge in the name of justice, telling him to stay away from Chen's daughter, but he didn't listen. Then, Ghost Valley's arch-nemesis came knocking on the door, thinking that the Jade Tablet was collected by Chen's family, and planned to take action against them. Master Wang thought that this group of people couldn't stir up big waves, so he ignored them. As a result, Chen's entire family was exterminated, and Chen Linxiu risked his life to save Miss Chen, but only managed to obtain her consent and marry her in spirit before she died, thus becoming a blood relative of Ghost Valley.

  Wang Lao Ye Zi was undoubtedly regretful to the point of turning green, but he insisted on saving face and refused to admit his mistake. As a result, he remained at odds with Chen Lin Xi until now. Even when the Gui Gu Yu Ban went missing, no one suspected Chen Lin Xi.

  The whole story was finished, and Old Master Wang didn't even lift his head. Even when he went out or came home, he looked dispirited and pale.

  But even if he didn't say it, Wei Xiangtu and Li Huan knew that Chen Linxi was basically not wrong, and was a pretty kind person. If he really wanted the jade tablet, there was nothing wrong with that either.

  It's been a rollercoaster ride these past few days, and Li Huan could foresee that he would be busy running around for those broken jade tablets for a long time to come.

  Can only pray for it to be found soon.

  The next day was the day I had an appointment with the beautiful female shop owner.

  At half past ten in the morning, the beautiful shop owner arrived as scheduled.

  She didn't come alone, but with her mother, a silver-haired, dignified and kind old woman. She spoke in a rhythmic tone, slowly saying: "I heard from my daughter that there is a superior person here who can subdue the five ghosts that are disturbing our house?"

  "Ah, it's Miss Wei I'm meeting, I'm just a psychologist after all." Li Huan smiled slightly. The old woman then smiled and looked at Wei Xiangtu.

  "Miss Wei, who is your master?"

  "Wei Xiangtu slowly said: 'The name of Tianzhu is not Zhou, everything within the seas belongs to me...'"

  The old woman straightened up slightly: "So you're a senior disciple of Master Zhou Yu. Cai Ping said that as soon as you entered, she knew what kind of evil spirit was causing trouble. I didn't quite believe it, but now it seems that you really do have great abilities."

  Wei Xiangtu didn't show any modesty, smiled and said: "You're not simple either, these five ghosts were invited by you yourself, right?"

  The old woman looked a bit regretful and smiled bitterly: "If the young lady can save my family from this disaster, I am willing to be a little ghost who sends wealth to the young lady."

  "Don't say that, it's just a small effort. Besides, how could these five ghosts suddenly become restless? I'll have to go and take a look before making any conclusions."

  "Very well, Wei young lady, move into Jade Cold House."

  "Okay, Dr. Li can come too." Wei Xiangtu smiled and turned back to Li Huan, "We're all girls, you can help out with the chores."

  "Alright."

  Originally, the shop owner drove his own car to come over. Now, of course, Li Huan is playing the role of driver. On the way, the old woman still used a tone with ups and downs, slowly telling stories.

  "The old lady's maiden name was Xu, and she married into the Lin family twenty years ago. The five ghosts were also invited at that time. Over the years, thanks to the blessings of the gods, the family business has been thriving. Moreover, her husband had a kind heart and did many good deeds before his death, so there have been no major disasters in recent years. However, since her husband passed away last May, things have not been peaceful at home."

  "The old woman cremated her husband according to his will and placed the urn in the Lin family ancestral hall back in their hometown. However, after the old woman and Cai Ping returned from their old home, the five ghosts started causing trouble."

  "Not to mention that the family business was on the verge of bankruptcy, sometimes even things stored in the safe would mysteriously get damaged. Cai Ping had recently been seeing ghostly fires jumping around the wall corners at midnight. I investigated and found out that it was actually the Five Ghosts of Wealth from our household causing trouble. If not for the old lady's small magic to salvage the situation, the consequences would have been unthinkable."

  Wei Xiangtu furrowed his brow upon hearing this and asked, "Old Lady Lin, are you using a spirit-suppressing technique? Which specific one?"

  "The Ling Jing Buddha's fragrance has been barely enough to keep the house safe. Now, most of the business has stopped, only leaving that Buddhist goods store to accumulate virtue and scatter wealth." Old Lady Lin sighed helplessly, "Although I know using the Golden Stone Piercing Blood method can quickly restore things to normal, but as an old woman, I dare not use it. If I lose control, it would be even more disastrous."

  "Wei Xiang said: 'This is not wrong, it's better to be cautious.'"

  The Lin family's villa was located in a remote area, surprisingly in the suburbs far from the city center. It was very large, much larger than Old Master Wang's mansion. Moreover, compared to Old Master Wang's conventional and uniform planning, this house and the mother-daughter duo seemed to exude an elegant atmosphere from the inside out. Especially the backyard, where the green bamboo shoots were faintly visible, was particularly elegant.

  But Wei Xiangtu furrowed his brow and asked, "Is there a bamboo forest behind? When was it planted?"

  "I don't know, it's been there since we bought this house twenty years ago. The old lady just liked bamboo, that's why she bought this house." Old Lady Lin said in surprise, "Could it be that something is haunting the bamboo forest?"

  "Not really." Wei Xiangtu shook his head and turned to Li Huan, who had looked out of sorts since entering the room: "What do you think?"

  Li Huan's face turned a bit pale, and he forced a smile: "Well, I've told you the truth."

  What Li Huan saw was very frightening.

  The house he saw in his eyes was shrouded in a strange, dark green mist. As he slowly drove the car into the gate, he suddenly saw a small, slender-legged ghost with a green head crouching in one corner of the courtyard, staring at him with a pair of ghostly eyes and making a mournful, hoarse moan from its mouth. On its back was a piece of talisman paper, on which there was a small pile of incense ash, and an incense stick that had been inserted into the incense ash and seemed to have also pierced the body of the little ghost.

  He didn't say it just now because he was afraid of scaring Lin's mother and daughter, and Xiangtu was right next to him. He thought she also saw it, so he calmly drove the car into the garage and came out again.