With the script in hand, she knew all too well that this evil spirit would be difficult to deal with.

She had only been working for the Xie family for less than a week, and her spiritual power had not fully recovered. It was best for her not to participate in this operation.

But this is a golden opportunity for her to climb up to Master Qinglian and the Xu family.

In the original storyline, Xu Shanglou, the heir of the Xu family, was only discovered to have his fortune stolen much later.

By then, the evil spirits behind it had grown greedy and were very difficult to deal with.

The male and female protagonists, with great effort and the help of Master Qinglian, finally managed to slay the evil spirit.

Although Xu Shanglou was no longer as successful as before and had voluntarily resigned from all his positions in the group, he managed to save his life.

As a result, Cheng Jingru gained special treatment from the Xu family and became a distinguished guest of the top wealthy family, thus becoming famous and enjoying unparalleled popularity.

Now that she has the opportunity to seize the chance ahead of time, how could she possibly give up such a good opportunity?

If this matter can be resolved smoothly, Xu Shanglou, this business prodigy, may emerge unscathed and retain his position as the heir to the Xu Group.

As the benefactor, one can also rise to prominence overnight!

Master Qinglian handed two talismans to Chu Yuqi, who immediately perked up. "These are Heavenly Thunder Talismans?"

The Heavenly Thunder Talisman can summon heavenly thunder and karmic fire; it is a high-level talisman, and only those with profound Taoist skills can create it.

Moreover, even for a highly skilled master like Master Qinglian, drawing a Heavenly Thunder Talisman is not something that can be done overnight; it takes a year and a half to obtain just one.

It's no wonder Chu Yuqi was excited. Even in a mid-level sect, the Heavenly Thunder Talisman is a treasured artifact that is not easily taken out.

Master Qinglian casually gave her two cards!

She was immediately filled with confidence for today's operation, already imagining the evil spirit trembling and begging for mercy.

"Then let's hurry over there," she said with a smile.

Qi Lian'an's phone suddenly rang. He answered the call, and his expression changed slightly.

After hanging up the phone, he said to the two of them, "Three of the executives we were monitoring are already dead."

All three died unexpectedly: one suffered cardiac arrest after drinking heavily, one fell from a high-rise building, and the other was in a car accident.

From any perspective, it seems like an accident. But the fact that more than half of the five people dismissed died is highly unusual.

Master Qinglian frowned: "That thing has actually become this ferocious?"

Even though Xu Shanglou knocked down all the statues of the God of Luck and severed the connection, the evil spirit still wouldn't let those executives go.

The three who died probably didn't even have their souls preserved.

This was the first time Chu Yuqi had ever witnessed such a cruel backlash, and a chill ran through her.

But she quickly rallied: "That's why we need to find out the evil spirit behind this and get rid of it as soon as possible. By the way, Master, didn't you cast a divination for our trip? The divination showed that there was good fortune amidst misfortune, which means our operation will go very smoothly."

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"What? Three people have already died?" Xu Shanglou stood up immediately when he received the notification.

Things have gotten serious; that evil spirit is more difficult to deal with than we imagined.

"No, we can't let Zhuozhuo go. We need to tell Zhuozhuo to come back right away!"

"We can't get in touch with Miss San anymore, and we can't get through to Du Fenglang either!" Assistant Wang was sweating profusely with anxiety.

"Where is Master Tingyun?"

"We can't get in touch with them either!"

The atmosphere in the mountains was clearly strange; the group lost all contact within minutes of entering the mountains.

A shadow fell completely over Xu Shanglou's heart. He grabbed his car keys and stood up abruptly. "I'm going to find the old man!"

Xu Zhongkai stayed at the best seven-star hotel in Yunwu City, which is very close to the CBD business center.

The manager had obviously been instructed that as soon as Xu Shanglou arrived at the hotel, he was greeted and taken to the presidential suite on the top floor.

Xu Zhongkai's expression turned sour the moment he saw his eldest son. "What are you doing here? Weren't you so proud of yourself when you blocked your father? You can't possibly be here to beg me, can you?"

Xu Shanglou: "..."

He closed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "...Dad, I beg you."

Xu Zhongkai was originally expecting to have a long and heated debate with his son, but upon hearing this, he momentarily doubted his own ears.

"What did you say?" When did this unfilial son change his ways and actually lower his head to beg for help?

Xu Shanglou: "Dad, I beg you, please ask Master Qinglian to help me save people."

It took Xu Zhongkai a while to come to his senses. He snorted coldly, "Don't worry, Master Qinglian will protect your life."

Xu Shanglou shook his head. "It wasn't me, it was my sister."

Xu Zhongkai: "Where did you get a sister? I don't know her."

When did he get a daughter? Didn't his wife give birth to three sons?

Xu Shanglou: "The woman you saw outside Qinghui Residence that night is named Ruan Mingzhuo. She is my wife's younger sister. She participated in today's operation in order to save me."

"That rude little girl?" Xu Zhongkai frowned; he didn't have a good impression of Ming Zhuo.

This young lady has a fiery temper, just like him when he was young.

But he hadn't expected the other party to take such a risk to save his son.

Xu Zhongkai had just received news of the unexpected deaths of the three executives and knew the seriousness of the matter.

"How could you let a little child put herself in danger? How old is she?" Xu Zhongkai criticized as soon as he opened his mouth. "If something happens to her, our Xu family will owe the Ruan family a debt!"

Xu Shanglou: "Master Qinglian..."

"The master has already gone in with his men, and we can't contact them anymore!" Xu Zhongkai rubbed his temples.

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