Chapter 32: Protecting Ruoqin Thanks Tuhao Feng

  When I returned to the hotel, Zehong and Shiteng were still watching TV.

  "What's the plan for tonight?" Because all the arrangements were made by Ze Heng and I just listened.

  "My junior and I didn't bring any knives, that's the problem. Is there a Guan Gong temple or something nearby? We need a knife." Ze Heng turned off the TV and said to me seriously, "Must it be Guan Gong's knife?"

  "Uh-huh. Yes, because Guan Gong's sword has been worshipped or consecrated by people, the sword also carries spiritual energy, although it can't compare to our revered Life-Extending Sword, but it still has some power." Sheng Teng explained to me, mentioning the Life-Extending Sword? "What is a Life-Extending Sword?"

  "The life knife is something that every disciple has offered their blood to when they leave the sect. As long as the knife exists, the person will not die, but if it's destroyed, they will definitely be seriously injured and may lose all their skills. It's similar to some schools' soul cards, which are usually thrown into a place lacking one of the five elements by the master, based on what the person lacks. For example, if someone lacks water, their soul card would be thrown into the ocean. If the soul card is destroyed, that person will lose all their skills... Do you understand?" Ze Heng explained to me the meaning of the life knife.

  "Isn't that your knife, once it's damaged and connected to your own body?" I remembered that night when we were dealing with the tree spirit, Ze Heng was still holding his knife and chopping away, he wasn't afraid of damaging the knife either.

  "Don't worry too much, the sword of fate is not that easy to damage, unless you encounter a very powerful character."

  "Hmm, but I don't know about the temple around here," this is the problem, I studied in Ma Kou city for two years and never heard anything about a temple.

  "Do you have any triads or the like here, or in restaurants, they must be offering sacrifices to Guan Gong." Guan Gong was canonized as a god of protection due to his righteousness and integrity, so many triads regard him as an object of veneration. They use Guan Gong to warn everyone, but Guan Gong also has another title called the God of Wealth and Martial Arts, so some restaurants invite Guan Gong to sit in their houses when they worship gods.

  "This... are you sure the Guan Gong's knife in the restaurant can be used?" I remembered that the Guan Gong statues in restaurants were usually small, and their knives were less than 10 centimeters long, how could they use them?

  "Then go borrow from the underworld." Ze Hong said this and I felt that he was a bit too naive.

  "A dozen or so members of the triad are holding knives, and you want me to go in and say: 'Hello, I've come to borrow a knife.' Are you kidding? I'd be killed!"

  "Then you deal with it yourself, without a knife my junior and I can't help either." Isn't this just messing with me? "Alright, I'll make a call to Director Jiang." I dialed Director Jiang's number, "Director Jiang, do you know if there are any gangs around here?"

  "What's wrong with gangs?"

  "I need to borrow something from them. It's for tonight."

  "Oh, there is a gang, but it's hard to deal with, they're very powerful, however, there's no way to take them down because they don't make any big moves. Are you sure you want to go? What do you want to borrow?" Hearing Director Jiang describe it like that, if I went in wouldn't I just be asking for a beating? "I...I want to borrow a knife..."

  "What? What kind of knife is so fierce that you still need to go there to borrow?"

  "Lord Guan's sword..."

  "Is that knife useful? I have one here." With that, the director woke me up. Of course, how could a police station not have one! The police also believe in Guan Gong very much! "Good, Director Jiang, I want to borrow the knife from Guan Gong's hand."

  "Are you sure it's okay? That's a wooden carving." Wooden... "Hey, Zehong, is a wooden one alright?"

  "It's okay, as long as it's in Director Jiang's hands." Since Zehong said so, I'll believe him. "Alright, Director Jiang, I'll come get it later."

  After hanging up the phone, I asked Ze Heng if you want to go together? "Okay, let's go take a look." The three of us prepared and went to the police station together. Director Jiang took us to see Guan Gong, a 1.8-meter-tall Guan Gong standing in front of us, with the knife in his hand taken down by Ze Heng and swung a few times. "Not bad, not bad, there's a big evil spirit on top! Director Jiang, do you only have one?" I saw that Ze Heng seemed to be very satisfied with this knife, of course, it had a big evil spirit, being worshiped in the police station, how could the police not get infected?

  But what about the one that Shenteng is using? "Well, if you need it, I'll contact the Buddha statue store and ask them to deliver one over."

  "That's the best," I saw Director Jiang contact that Buddhist statue shop, and the three of us sat in the police station waiting for a while before they sent over a Guan Gong statue. "It'll do, but it hasn't been consecrated yet, younger brother, you go consecrate it." Zehong examined the knife that had just been delivered, any Buddhist statue that hadn't been consecrated was just an ornament.

  Shi Teng walked past the police station, observing it for a while. He moved Guan Gong's statue to a lower position. "Sit west and face east, enter meditation!" I saw Shi Teng bite his finger, apply blood to Guan Gong's forehead, and draw a pattern resembling the character "yi" downwards. "Today, Lin Shi Teng, a disciple of Guan Men, specially invites Guan Shen to reveal his true body, grant spiritual power to this sword, and assist me in beheading demons and monsters to protect the righteous way." Afterwards, Shi Teng took out a dagger, cut his palm, and applied blood to the blade. I saw that the blood-stained knife gradually emitted some spiritual energy. Shi Teng also took the large knife in hand and danced with it for a while. "It's done, older brother."

  The two of them tucked their knives behind their backs, and I suddenly felt that the two had become extremely handsome. Why didn't I have anything in my hands? Director Jiang was also shocked by this scene, and he too began to believe that these two were not ordinary people.

  "Director Jiang, let's take a short break. Tonight, you can dispatch people to hide around the alleys. If anyone sees someone running out, they'll chase after them. The three of us will just follow behind Ruoqin." Ze Heng told his plan to Director Jiang.

  "En... Alright, we must catch that person tonight!"

  A few of us waited at the police station for a while, waiting for nightfall. When the time was almost up, we went to pick up Ruoqin together. When Ruoqin got in the car, she saw Ze Hong and Shi Teng's lineup and was also stunned. She had never seen them carrying wooden knives with their bodies before.

  After getting into the car driven by Director Jiang, which was not a police car but his private vehicle, we decided to stop at a distance from the alley because it would be too conspicuous and might be discovered, so we decided to walk over from here.

  "If you see anything, don't be afraid, the three of us will be secretly watching you. All you need to do is follow the route we told you and walk over alone, don't worry, there are people hiding around us."

  "I thought she was talking, hoping she could calm down and face it, but unexpectedly Yuqin's attitude is not bad. I asked Director Jiang, 'She wanted to be a police officer before, if this matter is handled well, can you find a way to let her have a position?'"

  Director Jiang heard that Ruoxin had a desire to become a police officer and admired her restless attitude. "If possible, our bureau needs someone to answer emergency calls, would you like to? However, I can't give you an official police identity, but I can offer you a auxiliary police identity."

  "Ah! I'm willing!" Seeing Ruoqin's mood relax a lot, I told Director Jiang to disperse the plainclothes police officers. The three of us followed her at a distance of about 100 meters, and when she was about to turn into the alley, we tensed up, hiding at the entrance of the alley to secretly watch.

  When we saw Ruò Qín walking to the middle of the alley, "Ruò Qín, get down quickly!" Zé Hóng shouted out. Right on cue, a ghost appeared and floated slowly over Ruò Qín's head. Ruò Qín heard our cries and got down on the ground!

  I saw that ghost originally wanted to directly face Ruqin, but it was a miss! "In the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, three births and five lines, Li Huo Sheng, Li Huo Fen!" Facing these four ghosts gathered at the same time, I didn't dare to slack off, so I directly used my most powerful Li Huo technique! My forehead started burning again!

  Ze Hong and Shi Teng rushed over with their knives at the first moment, jumping into the air, countless fireballs surrounded the ghost and burned it. I saw the ghost behind Huo Ying's back constantly roaring and changing its face! It was those four dead people. I saw the ghost struggling, on the other side Ze Hong and Shi Teng simultaneously slashed their knives towards the ghost's head, I heard the sound of metal colliding, the ghost let out a sharp roar that scattered my fireballs, and I saw Ze Hong and Shi Teng being knocked back several steps, the knife scraping against the ground, sparks flying everywhere, before finally coming to a stop after a long time.

  Is this ghost really so formidable? Just 4 people and it's already like this!

  "Zehong, throw me the knife! Soldier, advance! Clouds fly and fog rises!" I rushed forward and caught the knife Zehong threw into the air, facing the ghost and slashing at it. On the other side, I chanted "Inheritor! Metal, wood, water, fire, earth, three lives five elements, shape metal knife, slay evil spirits!" The gold element gathered in the air transformed into a knife and charged forward with me. Clang! The ghost directly retreated and then rushed towards me. My hand holding the knife chopped at its body but had the same effect, my strength was not as great as Zehong's, the living knife was shaken off and flew out, while my hand was still trembling.

  That ghost suddenly grabbed my throat and pinched me in mid-air, my Golden Blade Technique chopped at its body without bias, I was loosened by it, I coughed twice, originally thought this ghost would continue to attack me, but it inexplicably ran away, I saw a black shadow jumping down from the rooftop next to us, Ze Hong and Shi Teng holding knives, "Chase!"

  I helped Ruoqin up and followed them running out of the alley, handing Ruoqin over to Director Jiang. I caught up with them. I saw Zehong and others turning into a hutong, I was afraid of not catching up, so I sped up, when I turned into the alley, I directly bumped into Zehong and others, just as I was about to ask them why they stopped.

  As a result, I saw three people standing inside the alley. They were all dressed in black robes from head to toe, two of them facing us and one with his back towards us.

  "It's you again!" I knew who it was as soon as I saw his demeanor.

  "Oh? How did you recognize me?" I heard that voice and became even more certain, he turned around, three people staring at each other!