I pulled myself together, remembering the location of th
e
villa. Then, I intently looked at it. Soon, a woman
in a nightgown
came out of her house
. With a frightened face, she rushed to see the security guards.
She was probably Zhou Tian’s wife. I left the
I
nternet shop
, walking out
.
I arrived in front of her b
efore she could
knock
on the security booth. “Zhou Tian is your husband, right?”
B
ewildered, she
asked
as if I were her sole life-saving straw
,
“Are you the master Zhou Tian
told me about?”
“Tell me, what happened?”
I didn’t stop a
fter confirming the woman’s identity
.
I
pulled
her into the neighborhood
,
ask
ing
her for more information as we moved forward.
The woman shivered. “I was sleeping
when
I heard someone crying. It was
very
close
, just as if it was next to me
. Then, I found that it was Zhou
Tian who was weeping
. He seemed to have become someone else. It was so strange.”
When we were near their house, I heard someone crying inside.
I lowered my voice and said,
“Go straight to the point!”
The woman nodded. “I think Zhou Tian is being pestered by a foul thing. He told me to find you and ask for your help before he los
t
his sanity.”
“
I see. D
on’t worry.”
I drew the Sirius Whip and hid
it behind
my back
, asking
her to open the door.
At first glance, I saw Zhou Tian rolling and weeping in the living room. His eyes were gone
, and
his empty sockets we
re
bleeding
nonstop.
His wife
saw th
e scene
and scream
ed. She
fell
on her butt while shivering uncontrollab
ly
.
When Zhou Tian heard her scream, he sat up and
scolded her
. “You
damned
bi
tc
h! I’m going to kill you!”
He then covered his eyes
and
kept rolling on the ground. He simply ignored me.
The woman covered her mouth, tears brimming her eyes. I gestured at the door
as a way to tell her to
go out first. I slowly moved forward a
fter she had left the room.
Zhou Tian
ignored me the whole time
.
“W
ho
the hell are you? Why
are you haunting
him?
”
I grabbed the Sirius Whip, my eyes cold. I wanted to threaten the
spirit
that was attached to Zhou Tian.
The spirit wasn’t afraid. It controlled Zhou Tian’s body and
crawled
closer to me. He licked the blood streaming from his eyes, sneering and mocking. “You’re not a worthy opponent…”
“
W
ell, let’s fight to find out!”
If it didn’t want to talk, I
could only
use force. I screamed and lashed with
my
Sirius Whip.
The
whip
hit
Zhou Tian’s neck. He screeched
and stumbled
two meters away. He then crouched on the ground and stopped moving altogether.
Right after, sharp
pain was transmitted from
my back. I turned and saw
some
red mist trying to drill into my body.
The pain came from the contact with that red mist. I immediately took out a handful of refined salt and thr
ew it over
. The mist sizzled
and
dispersed, but I felt a twinge
i
n my back again.
The red mist seemed to be
playing
with me. No matter
in which direction
I turned, it would appear behind me. My move
ments
slowed down
, and
my
body became cold
.
I couldn’t help but sneeze
.
I realized that the red mist was
consuming
my Yang energy. If
this continued
,
things
would be over for me.
The red mist changed tactics w
hile I was trying to resist it
, spreading all around me
.
Wisps of red mist twined together, creating a net that
shrouded me.
When we were in the grannie’s single-story house, the otherworldly item had done this to deal with the red sandalwood altar.
The sandalwood altar
had been unable to
deal with that attack so it shook hard.
I quickly operated my brain and saw a ball cactus by the window sill b
efore my view was completely blocked.
Plants like this ball cactus could absorb dust and purify the air. They were full of Yang energy that could be used to expel Yin energy. I hurried to roll toward the ball cactus. Then, I picked up the pot and
smashed
it on the
floor
with all of my strength
.
The ball cactus was broken into small pieces.
I hurried to pick a piece of the cactus without
thorns and
directly stuffed
it
in my mouth. The slightly bitter taste filled my oral cavity
, and my body started to warm up
.
I felt much lighter a
s the heat was expanding to
cover
my entire body.
Most
of the pain caused by the red mist was gone.
I felt more confident
now
. Every time the hea
t
was about to dis
perse
, I would pick another piece of cactus
,
swallowing it. Slowly, the red mist
started to weaken
.
All of a sudden, the mist
turned
into a wisp that slowly
moved
toward the door.
From the looks of it, it was
exhausted
and wanted
to flee. How could I let this chance go? I held the Sirius Whip and lashed hard.
After every whip, the red mist would cry and weep.
But
the
w
hip’s power was soon drained
, and th
e red mist took the chance to run away.
I hurried to check Zhou Tian. His eyes had
returned to normal
, but his face
was twisted in pain
. Apparently, he had been
badly
affected.
If
this
continued, although he wouldn’t die, his longevity would be shortened. I called his wife
and asked her to
cook him a bowl of hot ginger soup.
Then
, I sat in their living room to
regain
my composure.
If that spirit called Zhou Tian’s wife
‘
bi
tc
h
,
’
I guessed he had been
betrayed by his own wife. And, Zhou Tian’s wife may have had an affair in the past.
It was an important clue
.
However, considering the harmony of Zhou Tian’s family,
I wouldn’t make use of it for the time being
.
Soon, the woman cooked a bowl of ginger soup and started
feeding
Zhou Tian.
“Master, thank you so much. Did you finish dealing with that foul thing?”
I almost spurted out the water I had just drunk.
I reluctantly explained to her, “That thing isn’t
easy
to deal with. I was lucky that I could
drive
it away.
It’ll take some time to destroy
it
for good
.”
The woman was
stunned at first
. She then looked at her husband, who was lying like a dead pig on the bed
, and
asked me, “Master, do you think I’m beautiful?”
“E
h
?” I didn’t
understand what she meant
.
She bit her lower lip then suddenly got up, pulling the knot of her nightgown open, which revealed her snow-white skin. She then jumped on me, trying to kiss m
y
lips.
Everything happened too fast. When I got a hold of myself, the only thing I could hear was
our breathing.
I
hadn’t touched a woman for quite a long time
, so I was a little slow to react.
The woman was emboldened since
I didn’t
reject
her. She couldn’t help fiddling with my buckle
. S
he was
so
excited
that
her hands were trembling.
Zhou Tian suddenly rolled on his bed. I pulled myself together and
pushed
the woman aside,
starting
to read the
s
acred
t
ext of Daoism. I finally snapped out of it.
She didn’t know what I was doing, so she
tried
to get on me another time. She moaned crazily
,
“Give it to me, will you?”
“Ma’am, please
behave yourself
!”
This time, I got rid of her and
rushed
to the door. I
looked at her coldly
. “I came here to help you deal with the otherworldly item. I’ll leave immediately i
f you keep doing that
.”
Zh
ou Tian
’s wife looked bewildered. Then, she heaved a deep sigh
, tears
brimm
ing in
her eyes. “Do you think I’m a
n easy woman
?”
I looked at her
, keeping silent
.
The woman was suddenly stirred up. She pointed at Zhou Tian and yelled,
“We’ve been married for years
, and h
e has never satisfied me, not even once
!
I ha
ve
to take the initiative every time
, and he can barely get it up.
I’m
a woman
, and I want to feel like one
!”
I felt embarrassed. This man looks burly and muscular. How could he be so useless?
Anyway, I wasn
’t interested in knowing
about their intimate life. I comforted her and later
went to the guest room to rest.