As soon as Hua Xiangyun arrived in the village, a burst of laughter and chatter came from the threshing ground.

She found her friends and learned that Erlaizi had made a fool of himself in the village.

"In the sweltering summer heat, he was walking around in cotton-padded clothes, insisting on telling the brigade leader that he was sick and needed to borrow money from the accountant first."

"You know, he's perfectly fine, and his complexion isn't bad either, so how could he suddenly be sick?" Wu Yanxin, seeing that Hua Xiangyun knew nothing about this, quickly started gossiping.

Hua Xiangyun guessed that those spirits would definitely teach these hooligans a lesson, based on what everyone said, it must be yin energy entering their bodies.

This is easy to solve. Right now, the sun is blazing, so let him get some sun for a few more days and he'll gradually recover.

Judging from their behavior, they seem to be desperate and want to try anything, so it's good to let them learn a lesson from this experience and prevent them from having any bad ideas in the future.

This time, it was fortunate that it was me who ran into them; if it had been any of the others, they would definitely have suffered at the hands of these scoundrels.

"Did the village lend any money?"

"I heard he borrowed it. Apparently, he went out wrapped in cotton-padded clothes and trousers, but he didn't even break a sweat. The brigade leader and the others were worried that something might go wrong, so they asked Da Laizi to accompany him to the county town to see a doctor."

Hua Xiangyun nodded. "We should go and see them." We should spend money to avoid trouble, and it would be best to go to the hospital for a thorough check-up and spend all our money so that they would feel the pain to the core.

Hua Xiangyun was unaware that these people had all come to Wu Chen's place at the end of the county.

Wu Chenxi hadn't taken on any jobs for a long time, and she never expected that this business deal would be thanks to her apprentice.

Thinking that these people wanted to harm her good disciple, she naturally wouldn't be polite.

As is customary, after consulting the oracle and asking the gods, a troubled expression appeared on his face.

"Witch doctor, please look at my child! He's practically frozen solid!" one of the hooligans' mothers pleaded, almost kneeling down.

Erlaizi and his group were still skeptical, unsure whether the sorceress was as powerful as the legends claimed and could help them solve their problems.

Wu Chenxi: "Did you guys go down some secluded path? Did you encounter anything along the way?"

Erlaizi and his companions shook their heads. "We did walk a short stretch of path, but it was just like any other walk. Many people have walked that path before."

Wu Chenxi raised her eyelids and glanced at them. Now she was disguised again as a gloomy old woman. "What are you doing taking the back path? You must be up to no good."

Those who harbor evil intentions are more likely to attract evil spirits. Fortunately, this time it was someone who wanted to teach you a lesson, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to get to me.

It's not that I don't want to save you, it's that they're unwilling to let you go.

Big Laizi grabbed Second Laizi's ear hard and said, "Tell me, what have you two been doing?"

Erlaizi wanted to deny it, but little did he know that his buddies, in order to save their lives and under pressure from his family, immediately confessed everything.

Now everyone looked at Er Laizi with hostility. If you want to get married through crooked means, then go ahead and do it yourself. Why drag others down with you?

Now look what's happened! They've attracted some evil spirits, and their children are suffering because of them.

"This might not be my fault. We were just going to ambush someone, and we certainly wouldn't offend those people..." No matter how stupid Er Laizi was, he couldn't possibly take the blame all by himself. Otherwise, with so many people around, he would be in big trouble.

“I don’t care about all that,” Wu Chenxi said with a profound expression. “Don’t forget that those spirits only appear after people have left. They also have a sense of right and wrong, and a sense of justice. This time you must have violated their taboo, so they want to teach you a lesson.”

You should apologize to them properly and try to do good in the future; maybe they will forgive you then.

"Sorcerer, thank you for your trouble. Please have a good talk with that person. We are willing to burn more offerings and make more offerings for him." Some people just wanted to resolve this matter as soon as possible, otherwise they would be afraid if their children had something following them.

Now that we've run into this mess, let's deal with it first, and then settle accounts with that scoundrel properly.

"That's easy to do. I can help you with a ritual so that you can properly apologize to them and promise never to have bad intentions again."

"You just need to be quick, otherwise they might come knocking again at night."

Erlaizi was so frightened that he quickly took out all the money and notes from his pocket, which he had just received from the accountant.

"Sigh, for the sake of our fellow villagers, I'll help you one more time." Wu Chenxi returned to her room shakily, and when she came out again, she was carrying some candles and paper money.

"I went to great lengths to get these. There are five of you here. Just give me five dollars each. But after this is over, you mustn't do anything bad for at least a year. Otherwise, I won't be able to help you if you come begging to me again."

Everyone nodded quickly. Compared to the invisible and intangible threat, five yuan was a lot, but they had to grit their teeth and give it to him.

Wu Chenxi performed a series of rituals, and a phantom image appeared in front of them. If Hua Xiangyun were here, she would have seen through it at a glance.

But Erlaizi and his gang didn't know this, and they were so scared that they hid in the corner.

She had even more faith in the witch doctor. Luckily, she had come to the right place today. If she had foolishly sought medical help everywhere, she would not have been able to deal with this thing.

Thinking of the embarrassment he had made yesterday, and the lack of prestige he had in front of his brothers today, Er Laizi said angrily to Wu Chenxi, "Wu Shenpo, hurry up and put it away."

As soon as he finished speaking, the phantom rushed straight towards him and passed right through him, making him feel even colder.

They were so frightened that they dared not say another word, and could only look at the witch with pleading eyes.

Wu Chenxi opened her eyes and looked at him, her voice very cold, "I only agreed to expel them, but I did not agree to annihilate them."

With so little money, I can only act as a mediator and try to settle things. If you want to take drastic measures, then you'd better find someone else.

"Isn't this all your job?" Er Laizi, trying to save face in front of his brothers, braced himself and tried to bargain with Wu Shenpo. "Besides, we've already paid you. Aren't you just taking money to solve problems?"

The old witch simply closed her eyes, waved her hand at them, and said, "My skills are not yet fully developed. Since you are not satisfied, then take your money and things and leave. I will not entertain you any longer."

Upon hearing this, no one else would agree. Within a radius of a hundred miles, the only person they could find with real ability was Wu Shenpo.

Besides, with such a ghostly thing following them, wouldn't they have no peace day or night from now on?

What's wrong with this scoundrel? If he's unwilling to spend his own money, he shouldn't be ripping everyone off like this.