Those people seemed to be
very
afraid of
Paolo
. The leader of the group scoffed, “You want to put your hands in our Longquan Villa’s business? Have you thought of the consequences?”
“
The three of you should
leave.”
Paolo
didn’t even bat an eye. He looked at Ru Xue and Li Mazi while waving his hand disdainfully at the other three.
After hearing
him, my courage swelled up
.
My blood boiled as if I
was
watching a thrilling American-European movie.
The three men in black were angry
. They gazed at
Paolo
like
a
tiger watching
his
prey. They seemed to want to attack him.
Paolo
held his scepter horizontally in front of him
and read
something. Immediately, the room temperature dropped sharply. Moreover,
judging by
the horrified looks on the three men, I knew there
was
something behind me.
Marco
stopped me
right as
I was about to turn my head around to see. He looked at me
and shook
his head.
I had to give up this thought
and kept
my eyes on the enemies. They hesitated for a long time before reluctantly bowing to
Paolo
. Afterward, they left through the back door.
As soon as they left, I rushed to untie Ru Xue.
After confirming
she wasn’t hurt, I heaved a sigh of relief. Then, I woke Li Mazi up. He was stunned but the people in black
hadn’t
hurt him.
I didn’t know why they just wanted to keep them unconscious here
.
I asked
Paolo
about this. His current performance proved that he was more than capable to help us.
Paolo
didn’t answer me but scanned the place. When he looked at the ceiling, he took a deep breath.
Marco
and I followed his
gaze
. A female body was hung above our heads. Her long hair hung like a waterfall
that billowed
with the wind.
I turned on the flashlight
and
carefully
shone
it
over
her. It was a dried body. Except for her hair, her entire body was withered
. Her
clothes were faded and tattered. She looked disgusting.
I noticed her outfit
and found it
familiar. It was the satin dress the ghost had worn the other day! Was
this
the dead body of the violinist?
“Father, what’s going on?”
Marco
turned to
Paolo. In a shivering
voice,
he said,
“Why are her remains here?”
I
’ve
always had keen eyes
when it comes to reading
people.
Marco
was the sort of man that could remain calm in every situation. However, this body made him flustered. I felt my heart
sink
.
“
It seems
this group
doesn’t just
want to kill Zhang. They want to
create a
devil! Are they crazy?!”
Paolo
was enraged. Then, he took us
and left
the Ghost Castle.
When we returned
to the hotel,
Paolo
asked
Marco
to stay with us. He was
getting ready
to prepare something. “Before I
return
, do not leave the hotel.”
I then knew that this hotel belonged to their family. I had thought that
Marco
was just a bellboy here
, but i
t turned out that he was the Crown Prince…
As soon as
Paolo
left, I
impatiently asked
, “
Marco
, could you tell me about that dead body? I don’t understand what your father
meant
.”
Marco
gave me a nod.
To Western people, devils were like
ghosts
in our country. They were classified as spiritual
beings
.
The difference was that
an expert
could
restrain a
spirit, but
a
d
evil would listen to no one.
D
evils didn’t have sanity
, and t
hey had only one purpose:
To
destroy every living thing around them. That
was
why Western people hated
them.
Before Paganini died, he had confessed his sin.
A
kind man held the funeral for his teacher. He also put the violin whose strings w
ere
made of her intestines into the coffin with her in hopes that her grudge would
disappear
and that she could go to heaven.
Unfortunately, the ghost had been hurt too deeply
, and
she didn’t want to leave. The ghost
ly
nature made her harm people. However, she
had
always been a kind woman
, so s
he didn’t want to kill anybody.
Paolo
had built
the
hotel to watch over the Ghost Castle and help people that were attacked by the ghost. The two parties somewhat had a vague agreement.
However, those mysterious men had unearthed her body and hung her on the ceiling of the church.
This action
provoked the ghost
, making it easier for her soul to merge with her
dead body.
Coupled
with the Yin energy in the castle,
she would eventually
become a devil. Those mysterious
people
had also
brought
Li Mazi and Ru Xue inside the
castle
to offer their souls to the ghost, which would
give
her the
nutrients
to become a devil even quicker.
After listening
to
Marco
, I felt angry and scared. I hated them for
trying to create
a devil that
could
kill anybody
, but I was also
afraid of the enemy’s madness
.
“Zhang, you’ve offended
a
powerful person. I’m afraid
this
means big trouble…”
Marco
patted my shoulder.
I
had a
headache
. However, I knew those people were from the Longquan Villa. My only enemy
that would go to such lengths
was the Longquan Villa.
After talking to
Marco
, it was almost three o’clock in the morning. I helped
Li Mazi to support Ru Xue upstairs to the room. She was polite to me, but she shot cold looks
at Li
Mazi. It seemed
she
was heartbroken because Li Mazi
didn’t believe
her.
I couldn’t help them with this. It was up to Li
Mazi to
coax
and
comfort
his wife.
After sending them to their room, I returned to m
ine
. Yin Xinyue was sleeping
, her
phone
still
in her hand. I checked her phone
, and s
he had
looked at
the pictures of the four of us before falling asleep.
My heart ached
, and
I pulled her into my
arms
.
“You are back.” Yin Xinyue shuddered when I suddenly hugged her. She woke up
and looked
at me
, looking rather sad.
“How is Ru Xue?”
“Silly wife, everything is over.” I hugged her tighter
and told
her every detail.
Yin Xinyue smiled after listening to me. “Haha, I
knew
Ru Xue
would
never betray us!”
“Sleep
. H
oney, we
will return
home tomorrow!”
As the
situation remained
unsolved, Li Mazi and I couldn’t leave
, and Paolo was now
involved because of us. However, if the girls stayed here, I was afraid that they would be in danger. I had to send them home first.
Yin Xinyue didn’t want to leave us. However, she understood the situation
, so s
he eventually agreed to leave first.
After the women had fallen asleep, Li Mazi and I went downstair
s and waited
. Soon,
Paolo
returned.
H
e
brought back
a copper mirror and a bust of Paganini.
On the way to the Ghost Castle,
Paolo
told us that he wanted to use the Paganini bust to attract the female ghost. Then, he would seize that chance to
climb
up to the ceiling to get her body down. As soon as we could separate her body and her soul,
those people’s
plan of making a devil would
fail
!
But
that
ghost had
existed for
a few hundred years, so the bust of Paganini
wasn’t
enough to trick her. We
needed
someone
to hold
the copper mirror and the bust.
That person would need to
let his image and the bust reflect in the mirror at the same time.
The mirror belonged to the category of Yin items
, especially this
copper mirror dat
ing to
the Medieval Age. When someone
looked in
the mirror with the Paganini bust, th
ey would leave their
soul aura in it, which would trick the female ghost
into thinking
that it was Paganini’s soul.
However, this task was extremely dangerous. Since the ghost was about to become a devil, her resentful energy had
rocketed
. If one didn’t dodge fast enough, he would perish. Li Mazi and I competed to do this task. Unexpectedly,
Paolo
asked
Marco
to hold the mirror.
Because Li Mazi and I didn’t speak Italian, our plan would fail if the ghost talked to us
.
We had to
follow
Paolo
’s arrangement.
After
we entered
the Ghost Castle,
Paolo
wrapped some clothes around the Paganini bust.
He moved a rusted, steel ladder from the back of the church
and brought it to
the main hall.
Then, he slowly
started to climb up. Li Mazi and I held the ladder for him.
Marco
picked up the Paganini bust. Soon, a
cold
wind blew into the hall from a small room in the back. The female ghost appeared at the lectern. When I saw her face, I
took a d
eep breath.
Her face was ashen, h
er eyebrows had turned purple,
and
her lips were
deep red.
When she saw me, she was
puzzled
. Then, she saw
Paolo
on the ladder
, who was ready
to remove her body. She bared her fangs
and flew
toward us.
Everything happened
too
quickly. Before
Marco
could react
, the
ghost came right in front of us. I got a flash of wit
at
this instant
and picked up Paolo
’s scepter
to attack
her. The ghost was sent a few meters backward.
Unfortunately,
the scepter was broken into two pieces
. My
purlicue was tor
n and bled
.
Marco
seized the time
and
said something in Italian. The female ghost now turned to him.
When she saw
the bust of Paganini, she turned extremely malicious
. I had never seen her so angry before.
I was a few meters away from her, but I
could feel
her sky-reaching resentful energy!
However, she didn’t advance
. Instead, she hesitated
at her spot.
Marco
thought it was the right time.
He immediately
raised the copper mirror
and shone his figure in it
. The blurry mirror suddenly had the head of Paganini
. It
looked so real.
The ghost didn’t hesitate anymore
. She roared
and
flew quickly
toward him!