When he opened his blood-red maw, intending to tear Chen Zhihe's soul from his body, he didn't notice that a red rope wrapped around his body behind him and then suddenly tightened.
He felt pain, turned around, and his heart skipped a beat. How did she wake up? "When did you wake up?"
"You're really stupid. I haven't been unconscious at all."
It was only then that Fu Xiushi realized he had been tricked. She probably woke up in the hospital, but guessed his true identity and wanted to get back at him. So, she had just played along with him in a play, and he was the clown.
Li Zhi waved his hand, and the blood-red talismans that had immobilized the group spontaneously combusted without any wind. "Get out of here quickly, he's about to self-destruct!" Upon hearing this, the group quickly left the house.
Li Zhi chanted a spell, and a golden talisman flew from her hand and stuck to the talisman master's body. The master's body emitted a very foul smell, and then his body exploded.
In that instant, Li Zhi grabbed Gu Siye by the waist and flew out of the room. The stench almost hit her. It was disgusting!
This was the first time Gu Siye had been hugged by a woman, and under such circumstances. Although Li Zhiyi put Gu Siye down as soon as they left the room, he felt a strange sensation in his heart. His ears turned red, and he dared not look at Li Zhiyi.
Li Zhiyi, oblivious to his emotions, returned to the room and destroyed the suppressed ghosts that needed to be eliminated. She also collected all the blood spirit talismans from the bottles and jars.
"Sister-in-law, who exactly is that person? How can he control people by drawing talismans?" Gu Nianzhi knew that her sister-in-law was very skilled at drawing talismans.
"Yes, he is an evil talisman cultivator. The righteous and evil sects actually cultivate some similar things. The most common talisman paper of evil talisman cultivators is soaked in human blood, so it is blood red. Some talisman paper is nourished inside the human body for forty-nine days before being taken out. Such talisman paper is more powerful and also has a foul smell of blood."
"Sister-in-law, you didn't faint just now? You really scared us."
Gu Siye secretly glanced at her, wondering how she knew a sorcerer would come looking for trouble.
"Yes, I was originally unconscious, but I woke up the moment this evil cultivator entered the room. However, I didn't make a sound, thinking of turning the tables on him."
Fu Yanche laughed and said, "You're really something! I really thought we were all done for and wouldn't make it back to China alive."
"I'm so sorry, it was my negligence that almost caused a terrible mistake." Chen Zhihe also felt deeply apologetic, as he had almost harmed everyone and himself. If it weren't for Miss Li waking up in time, he would already be dead.
"Okay, it's alright. Don't trust others so easily in the future. Let's go back to the hotel."
It was only then that Chen Zhihe realized that his fellow Chinese compatriots were the best. These Thai people were too cold-hearted and ungrateful. People who had dealt with him for more than ten years would betray him. He pondered whether he could sell his business and take his wife and children back to China to develop his career.
On the bus, the radio announced that a grand auction would be held at the Hai Tian Tower that day. Li Zhiyi immediately became interested, especially since this was the very building she had dreamed about before leaving the country—the Hai Tian Tower, the tallest building in all of Bangkok.
She had originally planned to go there to check and see if she could find any clues about her master, so she decided to do it now.
"We're going to one last place today, the auction at the Haitian Building. If we don't find any clues, we'll go back to China. Are you going back to the hotel or coming with me?"
"Okay, sister-in-law, we'll do as you say. Driver, turn around."
“Ms. Li, the skyscraper you mentioned is the tallest building in all of Bangkok, and it belongs to a listed company, the only one even more powerful than my company. I’ll make a call and get a few admission tickets.”
Chen Zhihe's guess was correct. When the group arrived at the venue, they were immediately stopped by security guards. Without admission tickets, they couldn't get in at all.
About twenty minutes later, a man dressed in Thai clothes came up to them with five tickets in his hand. The man only recognized Chen Zhihe and said in Thai, "Hello Mr. Chen, these are your admission tickets, please take them."
Chen Zhihe didn't hesitate and immediately took out a stack of Thai baht and handed it to the Thai man, saying, "Thank you, I'll come to you again if I need anything next time."
With their admission tickets, everyone successfully entered the auction venue. The venue was already packed with people, and judging from their attire, it was a place frequented by the upper class, since the items being auctioned were antiques or treasures.
In the auction hall, some calligraphy and paintings by famous figures, as well as landscape paintings, were already displayed for everyone to admire. Since it was an auction, it must contain some items that are rarely seen on the market; otherwise, such a grand auction wouldn't have been held with such fanfare.
"Sister-in-law, if you see something you like later, just hold up your sign and I'll give it to you." Gu Nianzhi turned around and winked at her brother, thinking to herself, "You better be quick-witted later, brother. This is all I can do for you."
"Hmm, let me take a look." Although it was Li Zhiyi's first time at an auction, she didn't know what treasures were on display that had attracted so many people.
Everyone was very enthusiastic, but the auction hadn't started yet. The person in charge said it wouldn't start until noon, and there was still plenty of time.
Li Zhiyi said to Gu Nianzhi, who was standing next to him, "I want to go upstairs and take a look first."
Gu Nianzhi immediately pushed her brother forward: "My brother will come with you. We'll all wait for you here."
When Li Zhi saw Gu Siye following her, she didn't say anything. The two avoided the crowd and walked towards the stairwell. Don't ask why they didn't take the elevator. First, there were too many people waiting for the elevator. Second, the clues might be on some floor.
So the two of them tacitly started climbing the stairs, going from the nineteenth floor to the forty-first floor in one go.
When we got to the forty-first floor, there were very few people using the elevator. With dozens of floors still to go before the top, we said, "Let's take the elevator up."
There were only the two of them in the elevator. Li Zhi casually pressed the button for the top floor, and the elevator started to rise. But strangely, about five minutes later, the elevator was still rising.
Gu Siye clearly noticed something was wrong, because the elevator was malfunctioning. He tried to press the alarm button, but found that it was broken.
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