The man in the room asked, but I didn't answer. I just raised my hand and knocked on the door one more time.
"Who is it?"
The man's voice became more cautious. Before I could answer, I felt a cold aura shoot toward me from the other side of the door.
This aura wasn't strong. With my current cultivation base, I could deal with it easily.
I stood still, and a witchcraft energy barrier automatically appeared in front of my chest.
After this barrier was formed, an ear-piercing and short sound abruptly sounded out. Subsequently, an extremely tiny black shadow drilled a small hole through the solid wooden door and pierced straight through it. It pierced straight into the Shaman Energy barrier, and only then did it stop moving and was enveloped in midair.
I focused and saw that the small shadow was a black, steel needle. The tip of the needle was sharp, just like an ordinary steel needle. The thick part at the back was carved with all kinds of hollow inscriptions. A thick wisp of Yin energy twirled around it. It didn't look ordinary at all.
When it came to controlling a magic tool, the smaller it was, the harder it was to control it. From this steel needle, I could tell that the man in the room had an extraordinary cultivation base. However, I sensed that the Yin energy on the steel needle was at the middle stage of the Glorious Era. It wasn't a threat to me.
I retrieved the witchcraft energy barrier and let the steel needle fall to the ground. Then, I reached my hand out and touched the door in front of me. The high-quality wooden door turned into powder in just a blink of an eye.
The other party had proactively attacked me, so it was useless to hide my aura. I directly walked into the room.
After entering the room, I glanced around and saw a middle-aged man in his forties standing by the table in front of me. He had a long, thin face and triangular eyes. He had a dark aura around him. He looked at me cautiously, his eyes solemn.
"Who are you?
Why did you trespass my house? "The man spoke fluent Cantonese and asked me in a gloomy voice.
Cantonese was quite different from Mandarin, but after all, I had stayed in Shenzhen for a period of time. Under the influence of what I saw and heard, I could still understand this sentence.
Of course, I wouldn't answer his boring question. I waved my hand, and my Dao energy covered the entire room. After confirming that the man couldn't use Dao techniques to communicate with the outside world, I asked him faintly, "Are you the one who sold the ghost to Wu Dengke?"
"Wu Dengke?"
The man was startled. He immediately switched to Mandarin with a thick accent and answered, "That's right, Wu Dengke did hire one from my place … I can see that your cultivation is not bad, so you must be someone from the mainland's metaphysics world. I'm not sure about the situation in your mainland, but in Hong Kong, hiring and selling ghosts is a business transaction. There's no reason to pick a fight after the fact.
If you break into the house because of Wu Dengke, you will break the rules of our Hong Kong Feng Shui circle. "
"Rules?
You just need to answer my question. With your cultivation, you're not qualified to talk to me about rules. "
I didn't even look at him. I didn't understand the rules of Hong Kong Feng Shui, but I didn't ask why, nor did I care about the consequences. It wasn't a reasonable thing to buy and sell little ghosts to harm people. I had a balance in my heart.
After hearing what I said, this person's expression changed again, anger surged out of his face, and he shouted, "You mainland brat, you really have some big words!
This is Hong Kong, and I'm an elder of the Ghost Raising Sect. If you want me to answer your question, you have to let me know your strength first! "
While talking, this person took out an incense burner magic tool. After chanting a mysterious incantation, a ghost wearing a black cloak appeared in front of me.
Since this person was from the Ghost Raising Sect, his spell was related to the summoning of ghosts.
After he finished casting the spell, the evil ghost in the black cloak crazily stormed toward me with a cold wind.
I couldn't help but shake my head and chuckle.
Although I didn't hide my aura anymore, his cultivation base was too low, so he couldn't sense my realm. That was why he dared to attack me.
Ignorance is bliss. If he could sense my aura, he would have been well-behaved long ago.
"Since you're an elder of the Ghost Raising Sect, you should know where Liang Tianxin is right now, right?"
The ghost in front of me was at most a Ghost King. I only needed to use thirty percent of my strength to deal with it. I wasn't in a hurry and asked him.
"How dare you!
You dare to call the Grand Elder by his name? "
The anger in the skinny man's eyes intensified. After chanting a complicated incantation, a sword-like magic tool appeared in the ghostly figure's hand. Its might increased by a bit and in the blink of an eye, it pounced in front of me.
I smiled faintly and waved my hand. The space around the ghost in front of me twisted and changed shape.
Shortly after, the ghost in front of me was suppressed by my "Seal" spell, vanishing without a trace.
The entire process had taken only a few seconds.
Seeing that I had easily dealt with his ghost, the middle-aged man was dumbstruck. His mouth was wide open, and his face was full of disbelief.
"You …"
I clapped my hands and asked indifferently, "How is it? Can you answer my question now?"
I guessed that the magic tool that the ghost had just used was the middle-aged man's life-saving measure. However, he couldn't even struggle for a few seconds. He was clearly frightened. His face was dejected, and he didn't look angry anymore. Instead, he put on a flattering expression and said, "Fellow Daoist, please spare my life. I had eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai. That's why I spoke so arrogantly. Fellow Daoist … No, Senior, you're a great man of great stature. Please forgive me. What do you want to know? I'll tell you everything I know."
I couldn't help but laugh. This person was smart enough to change his facial expression easily.
Of course, I didn't care about his character. I just asked, "Tell me your identity. Also, why did you sell the ghost to Wu Dengke?"
"Yes, yes, yes."
The man nodded and continued, "I'm Wen Xiliang, an elder of the Ghost Raising Sect. I'm friends with Wu Dengke. A few days ago, he came to me with money and asked me to set up a trap to stop the construction of the building. I was blinded by greed, so …"
Blinded by greed?
Hearing this, I sneered.
This man had Shi Yao cultivation base. In the secular world, he could be considered a master. Moreover, he held a high position in the Ghost Raising Sect. He definitely didn't lack money.
Moreover, Wu Dengke was just a small leader of the Wang Group in Hong Kong. How much money could he have that Elder Wen would want?
I interrupted him and shook my head. "I advise you to tell me the truth."
"This … Okay, I'll tell you … I'll tell you the truth."
Hearing my words, Wen Xiliang's face turned frightened. He nodded repeatedly. It seemed my Daoist technique had given him a big shock.
He was silent for a while, as if organizing his words. Then, like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube, he continued, "That Wu Dengke has a Seven Baneful Fate. The little ghost refined from the soul of this kind of person will be very powerful. It was because of his Seven Baneful Fate that I decided to help him …"
"I gave him the Yin Expelling Talisman with the Ghost Life Talisman's incantation. As long as he uses the Ghost Life Talisman, he will die. This kind of Seven Fiends Soul with the incantation isn't weak. The ghost refined from it will be a Ghost King. With more training, it can even become a Yin spirit!
That's why I thought about it … "
"I was blinded by greed and broke the rules of the Fengshui circle.
However, I still told Wu Dengke about this. He was willing to kill me. You can't blame me for this.
Senior, please be merciful and let me go. No matter what conditions you have, I will agree to them all … If not, I don't want this Seven Fiends Soul anymore. Senior, please take it. "
Wen Xiliang flattered me and looked at me with a hopeful face.
I couldn't help but laugh. This Seven Fiends Soul sounded incredible, but it was just a ghost at the Ghost King level. In the future, it would only have a chance to become a Yin spirit. It wasn't anything special.
Let alone Tong Tong, even the Well Ghost I had encountered was much stronger than this Seven Fiends Soul. Wen Xiliang thought that I wanted to steal the Seven Fiends Soul. It was ridiculous.
I didn't mind him and just sighed.
As things had come to this, the whole thing was in order. It was a pity that Wu Dengke had helped Elder Wen Xiliang of the Ghost Raising Faction before his death.
Thinking to this point, I sighed.
Wu Dengke had used all kinds of schemes. To vent his anger, he didn't care about anything else.
In the end, not only did he fail to vent his anger, but his soul also ended up like this after his death. He had brought this upon himself.
As the old saying went, one shouldn't have the intention to harm others.
From the moment Wu Dengke decided to harm others, his fate was already set.
"Senior, I've told you everything I know. Please let me go. I will change my evil ways. I won't break the rules again. I won't harm people again."
Wen Xiliang became even more terrified when he saw that I didn't speak for a long time. He continued to beg, "Please let me go this time."
I smiled noncommittally and ignored his pleading. "There's one more thing. Your Ghost Raising Sect's Grand Supreme Elder, Jiang Tianxin, is an old friend of mine. Do you know where he is?"
"Grand Supreme Elder?"
Wen Xiliang's expression turned solemn when I mentioned Jiang Tianxin. He paused for a moment before continuing, "The Grand Supreme Elder comes and goes like a ghost. Apart from a few close friends, I'm afraid no one knows where he is hiding … However, since Senior is an old friend of the Grand Supreme Elder, why don't you come to our sect's main altar and leave your name? Someone will naturally inform the Grand Supreme Elder."
I shook my head. "An old friend is an old friend. However, I'm looking for him to settle an old score."
"This …" Wen Xiliang's pupils shrank. He couldn't speak for a long time.
When I was dealing with him earlier, I had actually used my Heavenly Master technique. However, he might not have been able to see through it with his cultivation.
At this moment, my words had clearly told him that I had a Heavenly Master cultivation base.
It was normal for Wen Xiliang to be frightened after knowing that he had offended a Heavenly Master.
I didn't have time to think about his thoughts and continued to ask, "You really don't know his whereabouts?"
"I really don't know, but …" Wen Xiliang was as quiet as a cicada in winter. Then, he seemed to recall something.
"But what?"
"A few days ago, I heard from another elder in the sect that a rich businessman from the New Territories is going to hold a banquet in a few days and invited the Grand Supreme Elder to attend the banquet … That rich businessman is a person on the list of billionaires and has some connections in the Fengshui circle of Hong Kong. It is very likely that the Grand Supreme Elder will attend the banquet," Wen Xiliang answered respectfully.
Then, he didn't wait for me to ask and directly told me the story.
According to him, there was a rich merchant in the New Territories of Hong Kong. He was a wealthy man who often appeared in the newspapers. He had a strange dream a few days ago. He dreamt that his father was being bullied by evil spirits in the Underworld.
The rich merchant asked someone to check and said that the Fengshui of his ancestor's grave wasn't good. It had been eroded by Yin energy. That was why his business was affected.
The rich merchant also knew something about Fengshui. Soon, he decided to move the grave.
However, this merchant wasn't an ordinary person. His family had been rich for many years. His ancestor's grave was a famous place with good Fengshui in Hong Kong. Of course, he couldn't choose a random place to move the grave. At the very least, the Fengshui of his ancestor's grave couldn't be worse.
He couldn't make up his mind at the moment. However, this merchant was rich and didn't lack money. That was why he decided to hold a banquet in the New Territories a few days later. He invited some big shots of Hong Kong's Fengshui circle. He hoped that they could work together to move the grave.
"That merchant has a lot of money, and he attached great importance to moving the grave. He promised a lot of money.
Of course, the Grand Supreme Elder doesn't like those common things. However, I heard that the merchant has collected many rare treasures in the Fengshui circle. Even the Heavenly Master is interested in them. That's why the Grand Supreme Elder will go to the banquet, "said Wen Xiliang.
Rare treasures that even the Heavenly Master is interested in?
I thought for a while and didn't really care.
The Glory of Knowledge realm and the Heavenly Master realm were only one step apart, but in fact, they were very far apart.
Below the Heavenly Master, everyone was an ordinary person.
They were born in the mortal world and blended with the mortal world. They weren't much different from each other.
However, the Heavenly Master was beyond the mortal world. They were no different from immortals.
Ordinary people could understand the power of the Earth Master, but they couldn't understand the power of the Heavenly Master.
Although Hong Kong had a strong Fengshui circle, I didn't think that ordinary people would have treasures that even the Heavenly Master would envy.
However, if Liang Tianxin was likely to go there, I would have to go there when the time came.
After asking for the merchant's name and the location of the banquet, I rubbed my chin and thought about how to deal with Wen Xiliang.
This kind of person had been dealing with sorcery all year round. He didn't have a good heart. Moreover, he had an extraordinary cultivation base. If I let him live, he would be a disaster.
Moreover, someone had to take responsibility for the souls that had died in the Wang Group's construction site.
However, it wasn't fair to put all the blame on this person.
After all, Wu Dengke was the one who had caused the Wang Group's destruction. Wen Xiliang had just given Wu Dengke a butcher's knife.
What should I do with him?
Wen Xiliang looked at my expression and seemed to understand what I was thinking. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed as if he was pounding garlic. He cried, "Senior, I have told you everything I know. Please spare my life. I will definitely turn over a new leaf in the future!"
After listening to him, I waved my hand. Wen Xiliang slumped to the ground. The Yin energy in his body moved like gray snakes. They flew out of his body and dispersed into the air.
"I'll spare your life, but I can't let you keep your Yin energy.
Not only is your Yin energy harmful, but the Ghost Raising Sect's cultivation technique is also problematic. If your Yin energy leaks, it will harm you and yourself.
It's okay if you keep increasing your realm. However, if your talent reaches a bottleneck and your cultivation base stops advancing, the Yin energy leaking from your body will harm you and your lifespan.
From now on, as long as you turn over a new leaf and become an ordinary person, it won't be a problem for you to enjoy your old age, "I said with a serious face.
It wasn't that I was making this up. The Ghost Raising Sect's cultivation technique was problematic.
Take the Corpse Sect as an example. Most of the people in the Corpse Sect were surrounded by yin energy, but they lived deep in the mountains. In order to increase their cultivation faster, they nourished their bodies with yin energy all day long. They were not like the Ghost Raising Sect, where they couldn't completely control the yin energy in their bodies, causing it to leak out and harm others.
After comprehending the eighth step of the Nine Star Heavenly Dipper, I had the power of insight, which allowed me to see the essence of things.
If Wen Xiliang's cultivation base continued to increase, he could live for a few more years. However, if he stopped, he would only have ten more years to live.
Moreover, even if he continued to increase his realm, his lifespan would be no more than sixty years, unless he could become a Heavenly Master.
Wen Xiliang couldn't see these deep things.
At this moment, his entire cultivation was destroyed, and his face was filled with pain. There was even a hint of hatred in his eyes, but he still spoke with flattery and gratitude. He said repeatedly, "I will definitely turn over a new leaf in the future. Thank you, Senior. Thank you, Senior …"
Of course, I wouldn't care too much about his attitude. I waved my hand and didn't bother with him anymore. I walked away.
…
In the next few days, the Wang Group's construction site was working normally. Dai Nanzhou gradually recovered from his gloomy mood. He was busy working on the construction site every day. His cheerful personality slowly returned to normal.
After work, Dai Nanzhou took the initiative to call me to go for a drive.
Hong Kong was a real modern metropolis. It was very prosperous. Even at night, the lights were as bright as day. The colorful lights extended far into the distance. It was really beautiful.
Besides driving, we couldn't avoid visiting shopping malls like Causeway Bay when we were in Hong Kong, a shopping paradise.
In the next few days, Dai Nanzhou took me to almost every corner of Hong Kong.
Of course, I didn't pay attention to clothes, shoes, and hats. Along the way, I saw some antique shops with geomancy.
Unfortunately, I didn't find anything good. I didn't find any decent magical tools or the seven-star mugwort that Zhang Kanwen had mentioned.
I didn't feel regretful. Magical tools were carefully nurtured by geomancy masters. It was rare to see one.
As for the seven-star mugwort, it was even rarer. It couldn't be found everywhere like cabbages in the market.
Besides shopping, I was always on guard against the people from the Ghost Raising Sect.
Since I couldn't kill Wen Xiliang that day, I was prepared for him to find the Ghost Raising Sect to take revenge on me.
However, the next few days were peaceful. Wen Xiliang seemed to be scared out of his wits. Everything was calm.