It seemed 

Senior Shu

 had read my mind. He snorted. “If you don’t believe me, I’

ll

 show you.” 

Then, he called Feng Yuanzheng

 and shouted over

 the phone. “Your wife almost killed Li Mazi last night. 

The guy

 wants to take the surveillance video to the police station to report the case! We can’t stop him. You should tell your wife to run away!” 

He then curtly hung up the call. Afterward, he asked Li Mazi to proceed to the nearest police station. We took a cab and quietly followed him. 

Since Zhang Yan’s house 

was far from

 the station, Li Mazi deliberately walked slowly. If 

the situation was as

Senior Shu

 had guessed, Zhang Yan would try to stop Li Mazi once she heard the news. 

Gradually, the taxi driver saw the connection between Li Mazi and us. 

“Brother, which drama are you playing?” asked the puzzled driver. 

“Oh, we’re 

hiding behind

 the tree and waiting for the rabbit to

 come

.” I smiled and handed him five hundred 

renminbi to indicate 

that he should just drive us. We would pay him well. 

We slowly inched along like that for around twenty minutes. Li Mazi had tried his best to walk at his slowest speed. 

E

ventually, he reached the police station. 

He carefully

 turned around to check our car. 

“

Maybe we

 guessed wrong?” I lowered my voice. 

“Impossible. Call Li Mazi and tell him to enter the station,” answered 

Senior Shu

. 

I had to send Li Mazi a text

 and asked 

him to enter the police station. Li Mazi was worried, but he had to go in. 

Right before he had stepped into the entrance of the police station, 

Senior Shu

 furrowed his brows. Suddenly, a car crazily crossed the street and 

drove toward

 Li Mazi. It looked 

as though the driver 

wanted to crush Li Mazi to death! 

“Hurry, follow that car!” I urged the taxi driver as I pulled myself together

. 

Li Mazi 

had always been

 cautious, so he rushed into the police station as soon as the 

car sped toward him. 

The car turned and got on the street to flee as 

the

 ambush didn’t work. The policeman in the 

watchtower

 at the police station entrance frowned and cursed, but 

didn’t do anything

 else. 

I didn’t bother to check on Li Mazi

 and asked 

the driver to chase after that car.

The car was

 quick. The driver’s skills were amazing 

as it weaved between cars. Fortunately, we had gotten ourselves an experienced driver

,

 too.

Although the distance between us was lengthening, we weren’t ditched behind. 

Along

 the way, 

Senior Shu

 tried to call Feng Yuanzheng. He told us that Zhang Yan had driven the family

car away. 

Senior Shu

 made a quick decision

 and asked 

Feng Yuanzheng to rummage through Zhang Yan’s room to see if he could find the iron swallow. 

Senior Shu

 told him that if he 

found

 it, he should go to Li Qiushu’s house and wait for us there. 

Soon, the driver of the other car noticed us. The car accelerated but couldn’t ditch us. 

When we came to a rice paddy field outside the city, the car suddenly stopped. I thought that Zhang Yan wanted to run away. However, she didn’t get out of the car. It seemed she was waiting for us. 

When we 

got

 there, we found that 

there was no one 

in the car! 

“Dang, what the 

heck

 is going on here?” 

The driver curiously followed us. When he saw 

the scene

, he paled immediately

 and stuttered, 

“B-Brother, 

w

hat are 

we

 doing here?” 

“Capturing ghosts!” 

The driver was stunned for at least three solid seconds. Then, he crawled into his car and drove away. 

I didn’t mind him. “

Senior Shu

, what should we do now?” 

Senior Shu

’s eyes 

darted

 as though he was thinking about something. After a long time, he seemed to get it. “Did Li Mazi call you?” 

“No

.

Is something the matter

?” I asked skeptically. However, I recognized 

the problem 

before I finished my sentence. With Li Mazi’s nature, even if he didn’t follow us, he would call me continuously. But now, 

even though

 we had been chasing after this car for quite a long time, he had

n’t

 called me

 even 

once! 

Since there was no one in the car, the 

spirit

must have 

controlled the car.

Where 

was 

Zhang Yan?

Senior Shu

 and I exchanged looks

. We screamed 

in unison. “We’

ve been

 tricked!” 

Zhang Yan had 

seen through

 our intentions

. As such,

 she had 

performed a

 play to usher us here so that she would have time to deal with Li Mazi. 

We took another taxi back to town. On the way 

back

, we kept calling Li Mazi. The line 

went

 through, but no one picked up the call. 

Senior Shu

 shook his head. “

There’s n

o need to call anymore. Now, we

wait.” 

Then, he asked the driver to drive us to Li Qiushu’s house. When we were almost there, Feng Yuanzheng called me. “I

kicked the bedroom door open and found the iron swallow. I’m in Li Qiushu’s house now.” 

I was cheered up. With the iron swallow in our hands, Zhang Yan wouldn’t dare to do anything to Li Mazi. 

After we arrived at Li Qiushu’s house, 

Senior Shu

 received the iron swallow and squinted his eyes to study it. 

I

 was sure that

 Zhang Yan 

didn't

 know that Feng Yuanzheng had stolen her iron swallow. To ensure that we 

could predict

 her 

movements

, I asked Feng Yuanzheng to go home for

 no

w. To 

make it look like a robbery

, I 

got

 his 

consent and punched him

 a few 

times

. 

After Feng Yuanzheng left, 

Senior Shu

 gave me the iron swallow to study it. The bird looked real

, and 

its feathers were strangely magnificent. The bird was carved in a flying posture with both of its wings spread wide. It looked so real that if one didn’t touch it, he wouldn’t know it wasn’t a living bird. 

The iron swallow was cold and heavy in my palm. However, except for that common feeling, I sensed nothing else. I even used the ox tears, but 

I still 

found no Yin energy. 

I was puzzled

 as I admired 

the iron swallow. “So, 

this 

isn’t an otherworldly item?” 

“It is an otherworldly item.” 

Senior Shu

 confirmed. However, his voice turned worried. “

Since 

we 

can’t

 see any traces, it’s possible that the otherworldly item has merged with the 

spirit

. Together, they have become a

 rare 

Yin treasure.” 

I was shocked. Most of the otherworldly items had a wisp of the 

deceased's

 soul attached 

to

 it, like a parasite. As long as 

that

 wisp of the soul was erased, the otherworldly item would become an ordinary antique. 

However, once the soul and the item merged, the otherworldly item would be able to evolve into 

a

 legendary Yin treasure! It was like the harmony between the human soul and body.

 That was why 

we couldn’t see any traces of Yin energy. Moreover, if this otherworldly item was controlled, no one could estimate the result! 

However, this sort of otherworldly item had a fatal weakness. If we could destroy the otherworldly item, no matter how strong the 

spirit

 was, it would perish altogether. 

From what we had observed from Zhang Yan last night until now, 

it looked like she 

and the otherworldly item were fused. It explained why she was hurt when I hit the 

spirit

. 

It was also

 why we couldn’t destroy the iron swallow now. We didn’t want to harm Zhang Yan. 

I understood very well that her strange behaviors were caused by the 

spirit

’s influence. Moreover, this iron swallow must have a profound histor

y

 behind it.

Soon, Feng Yuanzheng called me. “I’m home, but Zhang Yan isn’t home yet.” 

I was afraid that if we lingered, Li Mazi would be 

killed

. “Mr. Feng, please call Zhang Yan and tell her that we

’ve

 raided her room and that we

’ve 

got the iron swallow.” 

After I made the call, 

I waited. 

Senior Shu

 patted me

. H

is voice 

grew

 angry. “You didn’t think 

about

 Feng Yuanzhang

’s well-being

! If Zhang Yan doesn’t believe him, she will kill him too!” 

“Impossible!” I 

was baffled

. With Zhang Yan’s current character, if she wanted to kill Feng Yuanzheng, she would have done that already. There was no reason for her to wait. Anyway, 

since

Senior Shu

 had mentioned 

it,

 I immediately texted Feng Yuanzheng

 and asked 

him to watch out. If the situation turned 

for the worse

, he would have to run for his life. 

We then waited. Soon, Li Mazi called me. I took a deep breath and received the call. However, I didn’t speak first. 

Zhang Yan’s low voice came from the other end of the line. “You’re calm, aren’t you! Well, 

this

 pockmark-faced

 bastard

 seems useless, anyway. I’ll 

get rid of him first

!” 

As soon as she finished her sentence, I heard Li Mazi 

scream

 painfully. Then, his 

wretched

 voice echoed through the phon

e.

 “Little 

B

rother Zhang, help me! Help me!”