Bai Chi readily accepted the 50 million; he was simply taking advantage of the situation.
I told him I would come to see him in seven days, but he tried to be clever and thought I was joking. The younger generation in my family even said he was just trying to scam money.
Xiao Hei has been quite busy these past few days. While the Liu family isn't exactly keeping a close eye on them, they've been keeping a close watch on their situation.
When Bai Chi was sealed, Liu Sheng's son and daughter-in-law, and even Liu Sheng's wife, were all abroad seeing a psychologist.
They happened to not dream that night, so they naturally concluded that feudal superstition was unacceptable, which was clearly the work of the psychologist.
Therefore, they didn't care at all about Liu Sheng's actions in asking them to come back.
It was only after Liu threatened them with shares that they reluctantly returned to China.
But even after returning, Liu Sheng was still accused of being superstitious by his family. They even advised him to wait and see if he continued to have nightmares in seven days, and if he did, it wouldn't be too late to come back to Bai Chi.
As it turned out, their dreams became even more terrifying seven days later, as evidenced by Liu Sheng's panicked expression.
His face was deathly pale, his breathing was unsteady, and his veins were red. The good complexion he had painstakingly cultivated over the past seven days was once again filled with death.
Even his body was entangled in an invisible black substance, as if he had been possessed by an evil spirit.
Xiao Hei checked the account and transferred the fifty million from the black card to Bai Chi's card. Only then did Bai Chi finally get up.
"If you take someone's money, you have to do their bidding. Master Liu, let's go."
Having lost 100 million yuan in cash in less than ten days, Mr. Liu was heartbroken, but at this moment he had no choice but to express his deepest gratitude.
Bai Chi took down the ancient painting hanging on the wall and gestured for Liu Sheng to come over.
Then, pointing to the thorns on the ancient temple, he said, "Master Liu, this painting has been enshrined in your family for so many years. You should know best what this place originally looked like, right?"
Liu Sheng's expression changed: "How could this be? Why are there so many thorns here? There was nothing here before."
What should have been an ordinary ancient temple wall is now covered with dense thorns.
Incandescent bulbs don't beat around the bush.
“These past few days, I’ve also been investigating the Liu family’s ancestors. A thousand years ago, the Liu family’s ancestors committed numerous evils, wantonly slaughtering innocent people, using people to refine elixirs, or using people to raise Gu poison. In just three years, they killed nearly 100,000 people. The Liu family head should know about this, right?”
As they spoke, Bai Chi unfolded the painting and brought it close to Liu Sheng.
“Within the Liu family’s jurisdiction, the people are full of complaints and resentment. Countless souls have gathered into an evil spirit to fight back against every member of the Liu family who participated in the persecution.”
"In the end, only the Liu family line remained. The Liu family has a thousand-year history, and this painting is well preserved. The Liu family head should know about these things, right?"
Liu Sheng's face grew increasingly grim, yet he remained defiant.
"Sir, I asked you to resolve this nightmare. Why are you bringing this up? Besides, these things happened a thousand years ago. What do they have to do with us now?"
Bai Chi shook his head: "How can it not be related? The thorns in this painting are the evil spirits filled with resentment. Patriarch Liu, you can't be unaware of this, can you?"
As they were talking, the painting in Bai Chi's hand suddenly moved closer to Liu Sheng.
The next second, Liu Sheng collapsed to the ground, retreating in a panic: "A ghost! A ghost! A ghost!"
His legs looked like they were about to go limp from fear.
Fortunately, he had a nightmare last night and had no appetite today, so he hadn't eaten or drunk anything and wasn't scared into incontinence.
Bai Chi didn't expect him to react so strongly. He had seen it just now; when the thorns approached Liu Sheng, they instantly turned into piles of white bones and came straight at Liu Sheng's face.
It's amazing that it can escape during the day; that's quite an achievement.
Bai Chi ignored the panicked Liu Sheng and slowly rolled up the painting.
"Master Liu must have already seen clearly that the one you dream about every night is the evil spirit formed by the resentment of the innocent souls who were persecuted by the Liu family a thousand years ago."
"A thousand years ago, the head of the Liu family found a master at the last moment to seal the evil spirit in this painting. However, every ten years, the blood of a child from the Liu family lineage is needed as a sacrifice to strengthen the seal."
Bai Chi led Yunxiao toward the door, not forgetting to signal Liu Sheng to follow.
"Throughout these thousand years, including the wars and battles, the Liu family and this painting have survived, which means the seal is intact. However, it failed last time. Has Patriarch Liu found out why?"
Thinking back on the recurring nightmares he's had lately, almost every nightmare felt real, as if a demon was about to drag him into hell.
As the head of the family, he knew more and thought the seal was broken. So after realizing that something was wrong with the dream, he continued to search for a master to seal the evil spirit again.
Then we found the incandescent bulb.
He didn't come yesterday, not because he believed in any psychologist; he just thought that Bai Chi was lying to him about it only lasting seven days.
From the moment he didn't have a nightmare on the first night, he thought the seven days were just an excuse, and that he could get through this and that would be the end of it.
But despite all my calculations, last night's dream was even more bizarre than I had imagined.
The skeletons that emerged from the dry well were no longer content with merely scratching; they began to tear at their scalps, their internal organs, their skin, and so on.
The excruciating pain and torment of the night made him realize the seriousness of the situation; if he didn't find Bai Chi soon, it might be too late.
Thinking of this, Liu Sheng's face turned repulsive: "It's all the fault of the women in my family. They doted on my little grandson and secretly used my granddaughter's blood, which is why they couldn't seal that demon!"
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