Chapter 13         Lamborghini 

Ye Shaoyang continued to explain, “No sorcerer in their right mind would capture a spirit and lock up in its rotten body, letting it continue to hurt other people. That doesn’t make sense. But my guess is that this person wanted to raise a drowned undead. He created it, and he even got it a female ghost to help it. The drowned undead would absorb the Yang Qi from the living and also consume the soul essence from captured souls. The sorcerer also planted this locust tree to help gather Yin Qi for the drowned undead. And when the drowned undead became a powerful creature, this person would have used it to do something bad.”

Xiao Ma asked with shock,  “There are evil sorcerers?” 

Ye Shaoyang rolled his eyes and answered, “What bad person or good person? Sorcerers that practice black magic are everywhere. Some would keep ghosts to help them do harm, while some keep black magic items. Sometimes, I feel humans are scarier than spirits and demons.”

Then, Ye Shaoyang walked under the locust tree and looked at the thick tree trunk, “Plenty of Yin Qi has surrounded this locust tree. I think it will soon form a specter, which will cause harm.”

After he said that, he drew a Thunder Talisman Paper, threw it on the trunk of the tree, and took a few steps back. He muttered an incantation. A few seconds later, a loud bang rang out. 

A Thunder Talisman Paper did not draw normal thunder from the sky. Instead, it drew a special Yin thunder that dealt with ghosts and demons. This Yin thunder only produced a bang, but it did not produce any light.

A great fire erupted on the tree. Soon enough, the blazing inferno completely engulfed the tree. Suddenly, the tree began to shake, like a person trying to put out a fire. As the tree burned, black liquid spurted out from the small cracks on its body. However, the fire instantly burned and charred the liquid. 

The lady instinctively stepped back and murmured, “This is too terrifying.” 

Xiao Ma took the opportunity to put his arms around the lady and said, “Don’t be scared little lady, I’ll protect you.” However, she greeted him with a thrust from her elbow. 

“Ouch, I’m just trying to comfort you. I thought you were scared.”

“You pervert, you’re more annoying than ghosts!”

After a ten minute burn, the giant locust tree became a pile of charcoal. Xiao Ma and the lady finally let out a sigh of relief. However, something strange happened at this moment. Three green fireb.a.l.l.s flew out from the pile of charcoal. These fireb.a.l.l.s were not burning strong.

“What are they?” the lady asked, “They look pretty.”

“Primordial spirits,” Ye Shaoyang answered. 

Three blurry and indistinct human outlines appeared at the foot of the previously standing locust tree. They all kneeled down and thanked Ye Shaoyang.

“Thank you Mister for killing the demon and burning this evil tree.”

Ye Shaoyang gave a sympathetic look and asked, “The female ghost killed all of you?”

One of them answered, “Yes Mister, that female ghost would kill one person every three years. The female ghost and the evil tree trapped the others and I here. Some of the souls that were captured earlier have already broken into primordial spirits and consumed.” 

Ye Shaoyang let a sigh, as he felt sorry for the three innocent souls that the evil spirit murdered. Because of that, he told the three souls, “Go to the underworld now and report to Yama, the King of h.e.l.l. I’ll write a talisman paper for you, explaining what you’ve been through. They will not judge you too harshly. What you’ve suffered in this life, you’ll be compensated in the next.”

Then, Ye Shaoyang took out his cinnabar ink pen and wrote some words on the paper. After he finished, he released the talisman paper, and it started to fly north. The three souls gave their final thanks. Then, they turned into a puff of green smoke that fused into the talisman paper. Xiao Ma and the lady were speechless, as they watched the paper slowly disappear.  

“Let’s go then,” Ye Shaoyang said. 

Then, Xiao Ma replied urgently, “Aren’t you gonna find that evil sorcerer?”

“That female ghost and the drowned corpse have been here for more than a century, so that sorcerer would have already died,” Ye Shaoyang explained, “Even though that person was able to set up this place to raise a powerful drowned undead, he was ultimately unable to use it.”

Xiao Ma started to complain, “What? That’s no justice; he made this thing, and it was able to kill so many people. It almost killed me!”

“Everyone has to pay for their actions when they reach the underworld.”

Then, Xiao Ma asked curiously, “What if a soul didn’t report to the underworld?”

“It’s best you don’t know that much,” Ye Shaoyang gave him a serious look. Then, he walked to the lady and said with a delighted expression, “Let’s get out of this place.”

“Thank you Mister for saving my life …” the lady answered with a trembling voice. As she had seen all the spirits speak to him with such great respect, she unknowingly did the same. Ye Shaoyang gave a silly laugh and said, “Please don’t call me Mister, my name’s Ye Shaoyang, and you can call me … big brother Shaoyang.”

As Xiao Ma watched Ye Shaoyang behave so flirtatiously, he thought to himself, What a fast change of att.i.tude. He was acting all high and mighty just now, but when he turns to speak to this lady, he became so pervy. Even though he is a Daoist Master on the outside, he is still a pervert on the inside!

“Big brother Shaoyang, my name is Zhou Jingru,” as she spoke, she reached out her hand to greet him.

Ye Shaoyang’s heart felt nourished, as he held her small and soft hands, “What a pretty name you have Jinru. Hehe, let’s get out of here first.”

After they took a few steps, something suddenly occurred to Xiao Ma. He slapped his head and looked at the lady, “Your name is Zhou Jingru? You’re the one that’s studying in the School of Foreign Languages?”

Zhou Jingru looked at him with askance but did not say anything. 

Xiao Ma was very excited, “You’re one of the four beauties in the School of Foreign Languages school! Your father has the biggest monopoly of housing development in Jiang Nan! Your measurements are XX,XX,XX.”

“What!” Zhou Jingru yelled in shock.

“No no no, those are all rumors, your body … hehe, is of course way better than rumored.” 

Zhou Jingru’s face became red, as she used both hands to cover her b.r.e.a.s.t.s. She yelled, “Pervert!”

When they arrived at the main road, Zhou Jingru pulled out her cellphone and ordered the person on the other side. She told them that she had already called a car to pick them up. After they waited a bit, a car came up and stopped beside Zhou Jingru. It was a red sports car with a very cool-looking body. Ye Shaoyang did not know anything about cars, but he at least knew it was expensive.

“Lamborghini!” Xiao Ma yelled with excitement. 

“What ghini?” Ye Shaoyang asked curiously, as he only knew what a bikini was, “Is it better than Mercedes Benz?”

Zhou Jingru slightly laughed.

Xiao Ma looked down on Ye Shaoyang and spat out a word at him, “Hillbilly!” 

The chauffeuse was in her twenties, and she was also a very pretty lady with a very mature look. She noticed that Zhou Jingru was with these two weirdos from the countryside. Although she was curious, she did not ask for details. They all got into the car, and she drove off.

Xiao Ma sat closer to Ye Shaoyang and whispered in his ear, “Hey, I won’t compete with you to get Zhou Jingru, but in return, you gotta set me up with her chauffeuse after you’re with Jingru.” Ye Shaoyang became irritated at him and elbowed him.

“What are you guys talking about?” Zhou Jingru turned her head back to check on them. 

“Little Ye said he wanted to treat us to supper,” Xiao Ma responded. 

Zhou Jingru smiled angelically and said, “I’ll treat you guys. But let’s get washed up first. We’re all covered in mud and other stuff.”

Xiao Ma had totally forgotten that he was in such a terrible shape. He saw that the chauffeuse was pinching her nose, while her face was full of disgust. Xiao Ma thought to himself, I guess I screwed up her first impression of me. Now, all that she’ll remember is a stinky a*s fatty….

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