It was the break of dawn when Mr. Qin came. His eyes scanned the tidy room. “My brother didn’t turn crazy last night?” 

Qin Sisi smiled. “Second Uncle, Mr. Zhang is very talented. Yesterday, he just used a little trick to subdue that soul. Look at my father. I think he will recover soon.” 

Mr. Qin ran to see Qin Minghao. After seeing that his brother was all right, he was elated and burst into tears. He held Qin Minghao’s hand, and his voice turned hoarse. “Brother, you’re getting better! This is wonderful. Mr. Zhang, I can’t thank you enough. I did doubt your skills earlier, so I hope you’ll forgive me.”

I just smiled. “Don’t worry.”

At the same time, I cursed him in my head. His acting skills were top-notch, and his tears could roll whenever he wanted. He didn’t look guilty at all!

If I was him, I wouldn’t have been able to do it.

However, Qin Tiantian’s acting wasn’t as good. She couldn’t suppress her emotions, and I could see her worry. 

She was worried that when Qin Minghao woke up, her collusion with Mr. Qin would be revealed. And once it was exposed, she wouldn’t be able to keep her position as the oldest daughter of a powerful, wealthy family.  

After Mr. Qin showed off his performance skills, he excused himself and left. Qin Tiantian followed him. 

I went to the window to look. Mr. Qin was quarreling with Qin Tiantian in the yard; he looked very angry. All of a sudden, he pushed Qin Tiantian away and left. 

Although Qin Tiantian was furious, she still followed after him. 

After seeing the two leave, Qin Sisi sighed. She then turned and looked at her father in a daze.

Anyone in this situation would feel heartbroken and disappointed. No matter what, that was her blood sister. Yet, she was working with an outsider to harm her own sister and father. She didn’t care about her family members at all. 

I didn’t know how to comfort Qin Sisi, so I just asked her to stay and take care of Qin Minghao. I promised her that I would save Qin Minghao at all costs.

Then, I took Li Mazi and Gold-toothed with me and left.

Li Mazi went to buy some materials required to set up the formation. Of course, I didn’t really need those materials as I wasn’t going to arrange any formation; it was just for show.

Gold-toothed checked around the building and found a spot to hide in to observe the commotions around. He had to report anything suspicious to me. I wanted to see if the expert behind Mr. Qin was staying around this place and if he was preparing something to counter the Seven Fiend Soul Locking Formation.

Meanwhile, I held a compass and wandered around the building. I said that I would check the geomancy of the place in order to find the best spots to set up my formation. In truth, I was just walking around and doing nothing. 

Around noon, Li Mazi came back with all the items I had asked him to find. Gold-toothed called me and said that he had spotted a shorty who was busying around the manor. That person was drawing something on the ground. He asked if I wanted to capture that guy.

“Don’t act rashly. You should seize the time while he’s arranging the formation to run away. Don’t let him see you.” 

Gold-toothed agreed and returned to me shortly after. 

Next, we had to arrange the ‘Seven Fiend Soul Locking Formation.’ I had asked Li Mazi to collect seven skeletons. The first thing we did was find some good places to bury the skeletons. For each pit, we sprayed around black dog blood and a handful of salt.  

Then, we encircled the building with a ring of soya beans. I used a red thread to string many coins and placed them around the building. I had prepared more than forty strings, and each of their ends was tied to Qin Minghao. 

None of this was going to work, but if I wanted to deceive the other person, we had to make it look mysterious and extravagant. 

Since he didn’t know what I was doing, he would think that I was really arranging the Seven Fiend Soul Locking Formation.

Now, we just needed to wait for the night to come. 

While we were setting up the fake formation, I saw some security guards peeping at us, who then made some calls. I knew they were reporting what they saw to Mr. Qin.

At night, the bright moon hung high in the sky while surrounded by twinkling stars. The manor looked peaceful and beautiful. 

To help with the activation of the ‘Seven Fiend Soul Locking Formation,’ I had asked Mr. Qin to turn off all the lights outside the house. I lied and said that it would help boost the power of the formation.

Mr. Qin did as I asked. 

Mr. Qin didn’t leave at night and said that he could help me in case of an emergency. I knew that he wanted to stay over to observe and see if I could actually activate the Seven Fiend Soul Locking Formation.

To avoid creating any doubt, I didn’t refuse his request and let him stay with us. 

Qin Tiantian didn’t come. I guessed Mr. Qin was worried that she would expose everything. That was why he didn’t let her stay with us. 

Soon after, night fell. It was around 11:00 PM when I began preparing the altar. I then proceeded with the body purification, astral step, and chant of the incantation. I did everything perfectly as if I was a real priest; I didn’t dare to miss any details.

After doing that for around twenty minutes, I finally saw strange things outside the building. 

A gust of wind sent all the dust and garbage up into the sky, making them float around the building for a while. 

Right after that, I heard ear-splitting ghost cries coming from underneath the building. The temperature in the villa dropped sharply. It was so cold that I had goosebumps. 

“Damn, here they come!” Li Mazi suddenly screamed in fear.

I immediately went to the window to see. I saw several shadows that slowly rose higher and higher. 

Mr. Qin was flustered and shivered. Apparently, he believed that this was the effect of the Seven Fiend Soul Locking Formation I had arranged.

He laughed and said, “I need to go to the bathroom.” 

Then, he left in a hurry.

I knew that he was going to see that expert to report to him and ask him to activate his own formation to deal with the Seven Fiend Soul Locking Formation.

I sneered and signaled at Gold-toothed to follow him. We needed to know what he wanted to do. 

Gold-toothed followed Mr. Qin sneakily. However, he came back shortly after. “Sigh, that man ran away too fast.”

I smiled. It seemed our plan was going well. 

I stopped what I was doing and went to the window to look outside.

Those seven shadows were slowly floating up. Eventually, they reached the same height as us.

We couldn’t see their faces, but we could make out their shapes. None of the seven had intact bodies. Most of them had lost their arms or legs, and two of them were headless. It was terrifying.

Then, they began to fly around the building, screaming and screeching. “Revenge! We must take revenge!” 

“Did you see who sealed us?” After flying around for a while, the seven shadows stopped to ask. 

“No… No…” I clearly heard a trembling voice that belonged to a freaked-out person. I tried to see who it was but didn’t see anyone.

“Hmph!” The seven fiends snorted then continued to swirl around the building. 

After the seven fiends left, I saw another shadow hovering at the spot where the seven had been. 

As it was in the far distance, we couldn’t see his face clearly. We could only see a vague shadow crawling away.

Also, when the shadow crawled away, his lower body stayed behind. 

That fellow was cut off at the waist.

I was scared as I watched him. The shadow also saw me. Immediately, he crept toward me, crying unceasingly. “Help me. Help me...”

From his voice, I guessed he wasn’t a human but a wandering soul. 

The seven wicked souls had cut this soul into two halves. It was enough to prove how scary they were.

I couldn’t help but gasp. 

The seven fiends soon moved to the back of the building. I immediately ran to the opposite room and watched them through the window.

They encountered a few ghosts. Every time, they forced the other party to answer their question: “Do you know who sealed us here?” 

After receiving a negative answer, they would depart, leaving behind the dismembered wandering souls.

I gasped again. 

As they wandered around, more and more souls were executed. After less than ten minutes, the area surrounding the building was full of crippled souls.

Although those wandering souls were torn apart, they could still move. Their cut off limbs wiggled unceasingly, and their howls made my hair stand on end.

I was terrified as the seven fiends had shifted their attention to us.

My heart throbbed. 

Damn, they saw us!

I hurried to pull the others out and closed the curtains.

We can’t let them see us!

 I was scared out of my wits. 

However, the situation was getting out of control. The seven fiends approached us. The sneers on their faces and their intimidating auras made me tremble.

Shoot, they found us! 

“This aura is familiar. I think I’ve sensed it somewhere.” 

“You’re right. Is he the one that sealed us here?” 

“Just take him and ask him.” 

“Hmph, catch him then interrogate him!”

The seven hovered outside the window as they gazed at me.