The three of us ran to Gao Erhu’s house. When we arrived, we saw that his wife 

was awake

. 

Contrary to our expectations, s

he didn

’t look to be 

in bad condition, nor was she dying! 

There was a 

small 

puddle of blood on the floor. 

It looked like

 the 

spirit

was here already

. 

I looked around the house 

but 

didn’t see Gao Erhu. “Ma’am, where’s Gao Erhu?” 

The woman didn’t answer. Instead, she looked at us 

suspiciously

. Her eyes flashed 

with guilt

. “Who are you?”  

Did she deceive Gao Erhu or something? Or

 did this

 couple deceiv

e

 us? 

Either way

, Gao Erhu 

was missing, and

 I didn’t have time to consider 

the possibilities

. I gave the woman a disdainful glance, 

saying,

 “Ma’am, I’m here to save Erhu. You’d better tell me where he’s gone,

 o

r

you’ll regret

 it

!” 

“

He’s telling the truth

. Ma’am, this is a powerful 

m

aster! Erhu

asked him to 

come

 to your house to capture 

a

 ghost.” 

Baldy

 walked forward, talking to the woman. 

The woman

’s hesitation was evident from her expression as she looked

 at us. After a long moment, she burst out crying. “I don’t know what happened to Erhu. He rushed into the backyard and sharpened his knife. He’s gone to kill Hou San’er.” 

“What? Killing someone?”  

Li Maz

i’s jaw dropped, and he questioned her words

. Erhu looked like an honest man. Why would he kill somebody? 

I knew Gao Erhu was possessed

, b

ut when I asked the woman where Hou San’er lived, she didn’t want to answer. It 

appeared 

she had something she wanted to hide. 

Fortunately, 

Baldy

 knew Hou San’er

 and showed us the way to his house

. We 

got in the car and drove 

toward the man’s place. On the way, 

Baldy

 told us that Hou San’er was one of the butchers that helped us tonight. He had a close relationship with Gao Erhu. There 

was no

 reason 

for 

Gao Erhu to kill him! 

“We’ll see when we get there…” I rubbed my eyes. 

Tonight was full of surprise

s

. I had a feeling that the truth 

would be revealed soon, and

 I urged 

Baldy

 to move faster. 

It was almost dawn

, t

he first beam of sunlight 

shining on

 the horizon. The air was cool and refreshing

. I

t

 gave

 people 

a sense of clarity and wellness

. 

Eventually, 

Baldy

 stopped his car in front of an independent villa in the village. “That’s Hou San’er’s house.” 

I got out of the car and saw the gate wide open. Taking a few steps forward, I 

faintly heard 

the clanging noise of

 two metal objects

clashing

against 

each other. I didn’t dare linger any longer. Immediately, I headed toward the source of the noise. From a distance, I saw two people 

entangled in a

 fight against each other. 

It was 

Gao Erhu and Hou San’er! 

Hou San’er was as slender as a bamboo stick. At first 

glance

,

 one would think that he was 

the weakest among the 

two

. However, 

at

 this moment, he was 

fighting evenly with

 Gao Erhu. I 

really

 admired his boldness! 

One had to remember that Gao Erhu was possessed by a spirit that even I was helpless against!

Unexpectedly, Hou San’er suddenly turned to us, brutally screaming, “Where 

did

 you come from, 

pests

? Get lost!” 

His eyes were bloodshot,

 and 

his voice rude, 

not sounding his age at all

. I 

realized that

Hou San’er 

was also possessed. 

No wonder they were fighting! 

T

wo different 

spirit

s 

were using 

their bodies to fight

.

I knew that if I didn’t leave now, the two of them would join hands to attack me. 

Left with no choice

, I waved at Li Mazi and 

Baldy, telling them to head back

. 

After we left Hou San’er’s house, we heard them fighting again. Seeing that

 t

he 

sun was about to come out,

 Li Mazi 

said anxiously,

 “Little 

B

rother Zhang, should we really leave like this?”

He also knew 

that this was a rare chance

. I looked at the mini villa

, and w

hen I saw that the lights 

were 

on, I suddenly had an idea.

“Do you know the phone number of Hou San’er’s wife?” I asked 

Baldy

. 

Baldy

 checked his phone for a long time

 and eventually found it

. I asked him to call her.

Soon enough, the 

call went 

through. A woman was sobbing 

at

 the other end of the line. 

“Mrs. Hou, we’re here to save Hou San’er. We’re at your door. Could you tell me what happened before th

ose guys

 got into a fight?” I snatched the phone

 and quickly questioned her.

The voice on the other end whined for a while before speaking up with a trembling voice.

 “I don’t know. My husband and I were sleeping

, but w

e were awakened 

by

 a sudden chill. When I opened my eyes, I saw a shadow standing in front of our bed, holding a big knife. He laughed and said that he 

had to 

kill Old Hou. He kept 

ranting 

too.” 

“What 

was he saying

?” 

“

‘

Shameless traitor 

who 

sold 

his 

master for glory

’

 or something like that. He 

spoke in a very outdated fashion, too. He sounded like someone from ancient times

. However, when I turned on the light, I saw Gao Erhu.” 

The woman 

continued with disbelief

, “Erhu is my husband’s best buddy. 

Yet, 

he

’s here to

kill

 us! 

What’s

 even stranger 

is, 

when Old Hou saw Erhu attempting to kill him, he was baffled

 at first

. Then, he slumped onto the ground, shivering. When he got up again, 

it was as if he became

 another person. Even his voice changed…” 

I 

was starting

 to 

gather

 something from listening to the woman. However, it wasn’t enough to draw any conclusions. I asked her to 

stay on the line

 and tie the phone to a rope, dropping it to where the other two were fighting. 

Shortly after

, the woman stopped talking

, and

 I heard 

a 

rattling noise, which told me she was releasing the rope. 

Around two minutes later, I heard people yelling and fighting

.

Gao Erhu shouted, “Hou Cheng! You 

turned your back on me

 and joined the despicable Cao! Tonight, I 

will

 take your dog life!” 

The spirit in Hou San’er’s body laughed oddly. “Well, a smart bird knows where to perch.

You

’ve

 always been arrogant, Lu Fengxian! You’ve wasted the steed Red Hare and the Sky Piercer! You only sought pleasure with Diao Chan and 

treated us like slaves

! Why 

should 

we serve you?” 

Then, they resumed their fight. Li Mazi and 

Baldy

 dropped their jaws in shock when they heard that.

Although we now knew the truth, a strong wave of emotion 

rose

 in my heart. 

The 

spirit

 we 

encountered

 this time is that of the Warlord Lu Bu! 

If 

this is true

, the otherworldly item could be the Sky Piercer 

—

 his halberd! 

Lu Bu was 

a very notable figure in history

. He was 

peerless and was invincible in his time

. When the eighteen feudal vassals planned to attack Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu defeated the generals of the joined army as if he were chopping vegetables.  

He was even more famous after the Battle in Hulao Pass, where he had a great 

battle 

against Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei. 

Although formidable generals were as common as clouds during the era of the Three Kingdoms, everybody thought that Lu Bu was the invincible one. That

 was

 why Chinese people had a proverb saying, “Among men, Lu Bu; among steeds, Red Hare.” 

Unfortunately, Lu Bu was later besieged by Cao Cao’s great army in Xu Province

.

 Hou Cheng – Lu Bu’s subordinate – had stolen the Sky Piercer while Lu Bu was sleeping. Then, he tied up Lu Bu and turned the general over to Cao Cao. 

Cao Cao beheaded Lu Bu and gave his steed, Red Hare, to Guan Yu. However, the Sky Piercer 

went 

missing ever since. 

I was so excited

 that

 my hands were 

shaking

. The Sky Piercer was 

an extraordinary

 weapon, one of 

the

most famous

 weapons in the era of the Three Kingdoms.

 Forget its worth in the modern-day; 

even if it was 

in ancient times

, it was already priceless! 

Li Mazi was 

stunned

 for a long time. When he pulled himself together, he screamed excitedly, “Little 

B

rother Zhang, 

this is 

a good chance for us to get rich!” 

I didn’t 

reply

. 

Nonetheless

, I was strangely happy. Even if it 

weren’t 

the Sky Piercer, it would still be a superb, priceless otherworldly item.

Moreover, Hou Cheng was also involved. 

In history, this man was famous as well.

 Thus, the otherworldly item that he was 

possessing

 should be worth a lot of money! 

After screaming, Li Mazi looked at me bewilderedly. “Why do I feel that 

you knew

it was 

Lu Bu 

before this

? How did you know that?”

“That 

spirit

 wore armor popular in the era of the Three Kingdoms.

Moreover, it

 felt like he was

 invincible. At that time, Inner Mongolia belonged to the Bing Province. There 

aren’t 

many famous historical figures from Bing Province, 

let 

alone famous generals. That’s why I

 immediately

 thought about Lu Bu!”  

“

My brother sure is amazing

!” Li Mazi 

said happily

. Then, he asked in a low voice, “But what should we do now?” 

“

W

e can only wait. In the morning, we’ll 

address both

 of them.” 

Guan Yu couldn’t defeat 

Lu Bu

 after fifty rounds

, so

 Hou Cheng was nothing in his eyes. 

Since they were on equal footing in their battle, I assumed it was because I previously wounded Lu Bu. 

I suddenly had a 

nasty

 idea. I asked 

Baldy

 to drive us back to his hotel. When we arrived, I took the bags of unused lime and poured 

the content

 into the hole where Lu Bu was taking shelter.

Afterward, I added water. 

Soon, the lime boiled up

, and a

 wave of heat expanded from the hole. The three of us had to back 

away

. 

I asked Li Mazi to pick up all the things we 

left i

n the car. Then, we waited for Lu Bu to 

return.

The mixture of lime and water could generate high 

temperatures

, which was 

very 

effective 

when it came to stopping

 Yin energy. 

The heat would produce

 Yang energy, the representative of justice. Yu Qian, an official in the Ming dynasty, 

wrote

the ‘S

ong of

 Li

me

’

 to compliment 

the material,

 saying that it was so tenacious that 

it wouldn’t break even after 

being hammered a thousand 

times

. 

After a night of 

fighting

, Lu Bu 

would

 return 

here

 to replenish his Yin energy. At that time, the strong Yang energy from the lime would forcefully swallow his Yin energy. This time, I had even brought the Yin and Yang Umbrella

, so i

t should be easy to capture him. 

After we prepared everything, Li Mazi 

asked gingerly,

 “Do you want to 

deal with 

Hou Cheng first? It’

ll be

 easier to deal with him than with Lu Bu.” 

“E

h

?” I looked at him in surprise. Although Li Mazi had a smooth tongue, he was never too 

intelligent 

when dealing with otherworldly items. This time, he suddenly became much smarter. 

“I don’t know why, but I feel that 

it’s better not to mess with

 Lu Bu today. My intuition 

is telling 

me that something unexpected 

will 

happen!” Li Mazi

 said casually

. 

However

, listening to him, my heart suddenly sank. As we had been working in this business for quite a long time, we always trusted our sixth sense. I decided to listen to his 

warning

. We packed up and went to Hou San’er’s house. 

Before we approached his house, we heard 

a 

noise

. S

omeone was lamenting and crying, and people 

were speaking 

in low voices. I had a

n awful

 premonition. When we entered his yard, we saw 

a 

funeral hall being set up. 

A rough coffin that hadn’t been painted was placed opposite the villa. Some men were using brushes to 

paint

 the coffin red. 

Not far from the coffin, a thick layer of blood was found on the ground. It was the place where Lu Bu and Hou Cheng had fought before dawn. 

Hou San’er 

is 

dead? 

I walked past 

the group of people 

to enter the house. A woman wearing linen mour

ning 

clothes was sitting on the edge of a bed, wiping her tears. 

Baldy

 muttered to me that she was Hou San’er’s wife. It seemed Hou San’er was dead. 

It was a little out of 

place 

if we asked 

any questions now

. However, I had to try, 

and I went up and 

patt

ed

 her shoulder

 as I

said

 my condolences. 

She was surprised when she heard my voice. In the next second, she lifted her head, shooting me a glance that conveyed her loathing. It 

appeared that she hated us because 

we didn’t save her husband when he was in danger. 

I did think about saving him, but I 

wasn’t strong enough to stop them

! 

“Ma’am, how did brother Hou pass away?” 

Baldy

 was a talkative person. 

Yet

, 

at

 this moment, he seemed to choke 

on 

his words.

With a sorry face, he implored Hou San’er’s wife to tell us the situation. 

That's

 how we could 

get 

revenge for Hou San’er!