Chapter 28: Strange Phenomenon on the Construction Site

  "The village in the south is in a mess, the construction site has almost come to a standstill, and your company is also panicking." The southern barbarian rowed his boat arrow-like downstream.

  The Liu Lang River is a river that surrounds the city. It's really true that "the willow trees grow shade without intention". Taking this water route is the fastest way to get to the small town.

  Hong Yizi was extremely anxious, "I've run out of options, I originally followed your previous instructions to stick to my post, but the situation is critical and I had to take matters into my own hands. The Bagua tree array in Zhang Mei's courtyard has been frequently activated, it's just some minor ghosts causing trouble, nothing to worry about. I thought you would definitely be able to escape, so I came."

  I nodded in gratitude. Hong Yizi said no need, we are both sincere, you promised me that matter cannot be forgotten. It turned out that he was still thinking about the promise I made to him back then, and I said of course. The spirit cat's eyes were also shining brightly beside us, saying that it was I who first got the news and then reported it to my master, and that I was the one who carried him here. Qing Shan Daozhang said I know, and it is also a credit to you. The spirit cat meowed loudly and stood up straight, it seems that the underworld is not all about small villains, but also has heroic acts of mutual rescue.

  Qingshan Daochang said: "Can't wait any longer, things have changed completely because of Guiyang Knife, now I will complete the supplement for Ling, you quickly return to Yang, we'll make plans again."

  I said: "Just escaped from danger, Daoist priest won't put himself in a precarious situation, will he?"

  Qingshan Dao pulled Ling Miao Ran, and also Li Yan, whispering in a low voice for a while, suddenly the three of them got up, instantly white fog rose, enveloped me whole.

  Three people were rapidly circling above my head, with flashes of white light striking down, directly entering the top of my head. A wave of hot air rose up, and I felt as if a warm pillar was pouring into the top of my head. Several rapid streams merged into a single white column, which flowed from the top of my head into my entire body, circulating through my bones and marrow. My whole body crackled with energy, and suddenly my vitality doubled. Meanwhile, the three people circling above my head were panting and trembling, as if they were desperately turning something around. I knew that this was a joint effort by the three of them, using all their strength to help me replenish my spirit.

  A surge of heat flowed from the top of my head down to my feet, and then back up again, circulating several times. I felt my blood flow accelerating, my face glowing red, and my eyes sparkling brightly. Before long, three people thudded heavily onto the bow of the boat, all clutching their chests and panting uncontrollably. Li Ying was trembling violently, her body shriveled up, her hair disheveled, apparently she had the weakest inner strength, and earlier she had also exhausted herself completely.

  I fell to the ground and knelt down, saying: "Thank you all for saving me."

  Qingshan Daochang said in a weak voice, "It's not the time to say this yet, but later on, it's unknown who will save whom. Now, I have gathered the methods of three people and fully made up for your 49-day soul. Just now, I opened your full eyes on top of your half-closed ones, so you can see both big and small fierce ghosts. Your current magical powers are much higher than Li Yan's. In the future, I hope to protect the righteous spirit and walk the righteous path together, and we will resolve the great calamity of the Yin world."

  I nodded, and Old Qian also smiled on the side. This was the first smile in this period of time. He said to Qing Shan Dao Chang: "Then give me some supplements too, maybe I can help with something."

  The spirit on the side said: "Giving you a supplement is useless, you are not a true spiritual body."

  Old Qian whispered in my ear, "Isn't it that your sister has been soaked for too long and lost her spirit?" Damn, you've also been soaked for a long time.

  Li Yan said sternly beside him, "Don't talk nonsense, in the face of great danger, you must stick together with Xin Xin, and don't act rashly."

  "Only your heart, makes me get goosebumps all over", Old Qian muttered quietly.

  The boat shot forward like an arrow and arrived at the shore of a small town.

  Qingshan Dao looked at me deeply and said: "You must understand your identity as a spirit messenger at all times, you are not the same as before, you should be cautious in your actions. After you return to the world of the living, you can still stabilize the South Village, the project cannot be stopped, otherwise it will cause great chaos in the Yang realm. The three of us must hurry back to cultivate and repair our Dao, if there is anything, just call me with the copper bell."

  As they spoke, the three of them suddenly flew up together and turned into three wisps of white smoke drifting away. I felt that when Li Yan turned around, she looked at me deeply with eyes full of pity and reluctance, an expression that was etched in my heart.

  Things won't wait for people. Hong Yizi and Ling Mao said they would return to Nan Village immediately, where things are also endless, and help me guard it tightly. I nodded, it seems that these two guys are really doing their best, and in the future, they can't go back on their word.

  The water splashed loudly, and the boat disappeared without a trace. The red-clothed youth mounted the spiritual cat and vanished in an instant.

  Suddenly, Old Qian and I floated into the air, involuntarily drifting towards the People's Hospital in the city. At this time, I said to Old Qian: "Be careful not to say anything that will get me into trouble again, calm down, don't be so reckless, you're scaring people to death."

  My subconscious old money understands and says: "Alright, listen to you, mom's, this time I was really harmed by you, it's true that I almost died, I know, if I don't say anything, it's just..."

  At this time, the sky was already bright. We entered the ward, and oh my god, it was full of people! They were all from the company, including Zhao Cai, Liu Pang, and even Zhang Mei had come, as well as Old Guo from the police station. The company's boss sat between two beds, glancing back and forth between them, while white-clad nurses and doctors rushed in and out busily. Suddenly I realized that I was lying on one bed, motionless and receiving an IV drip, with Old Qian lying on the other bed, also motionless and receiving an IV drip. It dawned on me that, damn it, Old Qian and I had somehow lost our tempers and been sent to the hospital. Old Guo furrowed his brow, definitely here at the boss's request to check if anything was amiss. Looking at the boss's anxious expression, I suddenly felt a bit moved - this guy wasn't entirely the good-for-nothing that Old Qian had said he was.

  I floated gently into my body with Old Qian. I suddenly felt an unusual warmth, it seems being a living person is still more comfortable after all.

  Everyone exclaimed in surprise, "He's awake! He's awake!" The room was in an uproar, and the doctors and nurses were even more flustered.

  I and Old Qian suddenly sat up with a thud, our eyes wide open. The crowd let out an even louder cry of surprise.

  I took a look at the boss, then swept a glance over the people in the room, and looked around again, saying: "Geez, where am I? What's going on?"

  Lao Qian also rubbed his eyes and said: "Oh no, I had a nightmare."

  A doctor came over to look at us and asked, "Do you feel uncomfortable?" The nurses took the blood pressure meter and kept measuring, and they were going to get some medicine. I was worried about Nan Village in my heart, thinking that this matter couldn't be delayed any longer. So I got out of bed and said, "Nothing's wrong, I'm fine." At the same time, I pulled Old Qian out of bed.

  The old man smiled, looking relieved. The two of us lay there, a big deal for the company. Old Guo stepped forward, his eyes fixed on me without blinking, and said, "Nothing unusual?" I knew what he meant, so I just said nothing was wrong, maybe just too tired.

  Zhang Mei rushed forward, crying and saying: "Now I'm clear, you don't know how scared we were. You two went to sleep at night and never got up again. At first, I thought you were just tired, so I didn't disturb you. But when I came to call you for lunch, you still didn't move. That's when I found Village Chief Zhao, and it was Liu Gongtou who called your boss. You've been lying here for seven days, scaring us to death."

  I've got it clear in my mind. Zhang Mei smiled and said "it's alright, it's alright", too tired. Old Qian also chuckled.

  After a flurry of activity by the doctors and nurses, they all had strange expressions on their faces, saying: "This is really strange, now all the indicators are normal."

  Lao Guo on the side also felt a weight off his shoulders, repeatedly saying that as long as everything is normal and nothing's wrong, it's all good. This guy owes our company two cases, one is the theft case in the finance department, and the other is the dead livestock case in Nancun, neither of which has any leads, what a huge pressure, luckily we're fine.

  Zhao Cai and Liu Peng stepped forward, wanting to speak but hesitating. I asked if something was wrong at the construction site.

  Liu Pang was about to say something when the boss stopped him and said "Don't worry, you can rest first and talk later."

  I and Old Qian both said that we should go back to Nan Village now, since you have entrusted such an important matter to us two, we want to make a good impression. Unexpectedly, the boss's eyes were red, and he kept saying: "You are really my good brothers, let's consider this as your business trip, after the project is completed, I will celebrate with you."

  I touched Old Qian and smiled: "Thank you, we're fine now, let's go."

  Lao Qian isn't always worried about whether he's being underpaid or overworked, is he? I was just teasing him. After going through all this, I suddenly feel that what's most important is to be alive and well, not the overtime pay or business trips.

  The boss sent a car to take me, Lao Qian, Zhao Cai Liu Pang and Zhang Mei to Nancun.

  Liu Pang on the car finally couldn't help but say, "Director Li, please save me! The construction site's bridge machine has stopped, the pile driver has stopped, and the workers can only level the ground. If we don't finish on time, I'll be in trouble and won't be able to afford it even if I sell my wife!"

  Liu Pang's chubby face was scrunched up like a big pancake, he was really worried, breaching the contract wasn't something to be taken lightly.

  I said: "Why don't you say you want to sell your wife?"

  Old Qian chuckled and chimed in, "He's worthless, his wife is the one who's valuable."

  Zhang Mei suppressed her smile, while Zhao Zai remained expressionless.

  Liu Pang still said with a crying face: "Are you still joking at this time? Hurry up."

  The car went straight to the construction site in Nancun. My god, something really happened. It was crowded with people. The bridge machine stopped on one side without a sound, the pile driver stopped in silence, the workers were leveling the ground sporadically, and the villagers gathered on one side pointing and discussing.

  The car came down, and the people around slowly gathered. There were old men whispering inside, saying strange words, saying that not listening to the elderly would lead to trouble, and now something has happened again.

  Zhao Zai's face was solemn, he had been through some things, so he kept a low profile, pulled me aside and whispered: "It's really strange, the bridge machine was fine, but suddenly the cement mortar that was sent up just wouldn't set, it just kept falling down, the technical personnel were all anxious and crying, they couldn't find any reason. The piling machine suddenly emitted black smoke, and finally went out of fire, it couldn't be driven in, we found workers to dig, you can go take a look, after digging more than three meters, it was all black soil, but still couldn't be driven in, if it's not stable, the quality supervisor won't let us continue working."

  I and Old Qian walked forward, indeed there was a big pit, with black soil overturned.

  I looked carefully and didn't find anything unusual. But I clearly smelled a bloody smell wafting into my nose, could there be other evil spirits causing trouble?

  I looked around, the southern city site mountain top white fog rose, a closer look, inside the white shadow was stirring, it could only be those wronged ghosts in the moonlight forest, still waiting for me to return with the bones. This shouldn't be chaotic, I have a plan in mind.

  I looked again at the four directions, and it was a dark fog drifting from the east. I could see the fierce ghost clearly, but at this time, the heavenly way was shining brightly, and the black fog disappeared quickly, hiding in an instant.

  This matter is strange and suspicious, I fear there may be a new evil causing trouble, quickly disperse the crowd.

  I said to Liu Pang: "Let's disperse for today, we'll think of another way. It's not a good idea to gather so many people."

  Liu Pang made a wry face and had no choice but to agree.

  Zhao Cai also dispersed the villagers.

  We went back to Zhang Mei's home together. When we arrived at the courtyard, the copper bell moved slightly, and I knew that what Hong Yizi said about the Bagua tree array was unusual. From the degree of vibration of the copper bell, Hong Yizi was right, they were just some small evil spirits, breaking the ground and stirring up yin energy, there were some unclean things normally.

  I took a careful look at the new grave in the south and saw Hong Yizi holding a green stick standing on the mound, slightly bowing to me. I nodded my head. Fortunately, it had done its best, and none of the little ghosts had caused any trouble. The spirit cat came over and rubbed against my leg, and I stroked it lightly. Zhang Mei came out and said: "Oh, you're back! This cat disappeared last night, but it only came out when you returned."

  As soon as we entered the house, Zhang Mei pulled me to one side, her face pale and shining with sweat, whispering: "This time I really didn't do anything, don't suspect me." I smiled and said: "Just now you said you were back, I was even moved, don't make it sound like I'm so bad."

  I walked into the main house, and the photo frame on the wall was still hanging there as usual. The man in the frame seemed to have moved his eyes, I nodded slightly, which counted as a greeting, but didn't see anything special.

  Everything is normal after one round of checks.

  But my heart was tightening up in waves.

  All these are not problems, but big problems have arisen!