The moment the old man turned his head and saw me, his expression changed from impatience to shock.

He circled around me a few times, marveling at me:

"You little rascal, you're still alive and kicking even though you're possessed by evil spirits, you're really something."

I didn't reply, but instead pointed at the statue and said, "The Heavenly King of Suppression is enshrined in the Yin position. What is Doctor Sun trying to suppress?"

A flicker of surprise crossed the old man's eyes, but he quickly glared at me with annoyance.

"You should mind your own business first. Come inside, take off your shirt, and let me see what's wrong with you."

I went into the inner room as instructed, but instead of taking off my clothes immediately, I first observed the layout of the room.

The four walls were covered with various talismans, many of which were ancient talismans that had been lost for a long time, but most of them were tattered and obviously had lost their effectiveness.

The most eye-catching thing is a bronze incense burner in the corner, its body engraved with dense runes, slowly emitting blue smoke.

"This calming incense is quite rare." I sniffed it gently. "It's made from the core of a century-old peach wood mixed with seven-star grass. Doctor Sun, you've really gone all out."

The old man finally showed a look of surprise: "You actually recognize calming incense?"

"I just happened to have seen it, it's nothing." I waved my hand and took off my coat.

When my back was completely exposed to the air, the old man gasped: "Good heavens! You've stirred up a hornet's nest!"

Upon hearing this, I grinned.

Since this old man isn't a swindler, I'm relieved.

"You're really something, kid, you can still laugh."

The old man gave me a thumbs up, then took out a mirror and looked at my back.

In the mirror, several bluish-black handprints were faintly visible on my back, one of which was pressed right on my Mingmen acupoint.

"This is a mark left by a vengeful ghost." The old man squinted.

"Logically speaking, if this thing had hit your vital point, you should have been dead long ago. Looks like you're no ordinary kid."

"Dr. Sun has a keen eye. You guessed right, I am a cobbler."

I nodded and readily admitted my profession.

Most doctors might find the profession of cobbler somewhat unlucky, but judging from Dr. Sun's appearance, he shouldn't be that superficial.

Sure enough, Dr. Sun's eyes lit up:

"I knew that an ordinary person would have been dead long ago with that much yin energy wrapped around them. No wonder you managed to find this place alive and kicking."

"However, the anemia you mentioned is probably due to using too much of your essence and blood recently. It is indeed effective for young boys to use blood to exorcise evil spirits, but you must do it in moderation."

I shrugged, feeling somewhat helpless after hearing the old man's words.

"Dr. Sun, I do want to be more restrained, but you have no idea how many ghosts I've encountered these past few days."

"Dr. Sun, you're a smart man. You know that paranormal forum in our city, right? You must have read quite a few posts there, right?"

I thought the old man spoke in a very modern way, and I just saw his phone, which was the latest model of an Apple phone.

They probably also surf the internet.

Sure enough, Dr. Sun nodded.

"That's right, those aren't ghost stories, they're all true."

"Just so you know. I'll just tell you this: in the past two weeks, I've been to Building 14 in the city, Anning Girls' High School, and Ping'an Orphanage."

"I didn't go to many places outside the city, so I only went to Maya Village and Gejia Village."

"Oh, I understand." Dr. Sun nodded, and I thought he really understood. Just as I was about to continue, I heard the rest of his sentence:

"Young man, are you trying to kill yourself? Get out of here, get out of here, or you'll bring bad luck if you die in my clinic."

I rolled my eyes, and although I knew he was joking, I still said in an annoyed tone:

"You'd better cure me, or I'll hang myself in your clinic."

Although I didn't chat with Dr. Sun for long, I felt that we got along quite well, and for a moment we talked as if we were old friends.

"Alright, enough joking around. I really admire you, old man. I wouldn't dare go to any of those places you mentioned. I'd probably die there if I went. You actually went through them all in half a month. You're amazing. I'm impressed!"

Dr. Sun gave me a thumbs up again, but didn't mention anything about the need to be moderate in using my semen.

"Although I don't know why you went to such a dangerous place, I still want to remind you that you should avoid going to places like that."

Dr. Sun turned around and started rummaging through drawers and cabinets, muttering to himself all the while.

Just then, there was a sudden, urgent knocking on the door.

Before the old man could even answer, a stylishly dressed young man helped an old woman in.

"Dr. Sun, please take a look at my mother! She keeps saying she sees my deceased grandfather these past few days,"

The old man immediately became a little annoyed.

He twitched his beard and looked at the young man with a somewhat gloomy expression.

"Did I agree to this? You just barged in. Don't you have any manners at all?"

"I was too hasty, I'm sorry, Dr. Sun," the young man said with a look of regret.

He wasn't just all talk; seeing that the old man's expression hadn't improved,

Without the slightest hesitation, he slapped himself hard several times across the face.

The sound was crisp and loud, indicating that a lot of force was used.

Since the other person had already gone this far, Dr. Sun felt too embarrassed to stay angry.

"Help your grandma over here so I can take a look."

"Well, wait a minute. You probably can't see it right away. Let me check what's wrong with him first."

"It's alright, I'm fine. You take a look at the old lady first."

I waved my hand, saying that Dr. Sun's choice was not wrong either.

I'm just anemic, so waiting a little longer won't hurt. But the old lady is already in a state of constant breathing; if she waits another afternoon, it might really...

Upon hearing this, the young man gave me a grateful look.

As Dr. Sun looked at the old woman's face and grasped her pulse, his brows furrowed more and more, and his face turned ashen.

The young man watching was terrified, but dared not say anything to disturb Doctor Sun, and could only watch anxiously.

Just then, Doctor Sun sighed and took out a basin of cinnabar.

Just as the old man was about to grab the cinnabar, I stopped him first.

The old woman's face was bluish-black, and three intersecting bloodstains were faintly visible on her forehead. This was a typical sign of being "possessed by evil spirits," and was definitely not an ordinary case of being possessed by a demon.

Let me take a look.

I gestured for the old lady to sit down and carefully observed her complexion.

Her eyes were bluish and her lips were purple, which are typical symptoms of yin energy entering the body.