As the midnight bell rang, a chilly wind swept through the hotel, as cold as autumn.
Mu Tiantian prepared the yellow talisman for exorcising ghosts, as well as the peach wood sword.
In less than three minutes, several dark figures entered the talisman array she had drawn.
The howling sounds piled up together, powerful and piercing, sending chills down one's spine.
There are only five real evil spirits; the rest are just ordinary ghosts and minor demons.
Mu Tiantian chanted a spell and used a yellow talisman to wipe her eyelids.
After a while, she opened her eyes and stared at one of the evil spirits, the same female ghost who had scared her in the elevator earlier.
The female ghost stared at her eyes as if frozen in place, her gaze lost in them.
Mu Tiantian saw the cause of the female ghost's death, and at the same time, she saw the manner in which the female ghost died.
She quickly opened her eyes and took a deep breath. The female ghost had jumped off the rooftop of this building and died, but she was also harmed by another evil ghost, which led to her tragic end.
Of the remaining four evil spirits, one was particularly fierce and tried every means to break through the formation.
After the female ghost noticed, she slapped her and yelled, "Go ahead and crash into my mother!"
The male ghost became obedient and then stared intently at Huo Jixiu, as if he had some deep-seated grudge.
However, in Mu Tiantian's eyes, these ghosts looked like big rag dolls, so their behavior and expressions were quite comical, and their original appearance could not be seen.
"You lot, turn back to your youngest and most beautiful selves from when you were alive! No making faces, or I'll beat you all to a pulp right now!" With that, Mu Tiantian raised her peach wood sword and waved it in front of the ghosts.
The peach wood sword gleamed with a fiery red-gold light in their eyes; if they touched it, they would be burned.
The ghosts obediently returned to their original forms, and Mu Tiantian saw their true faces.
The male ghost, who had been so fierce just moments before, was still glaring menacingly at Huo Jixiu.
Mu Tiantian asked, "Do you know each other?"
Huo Jixiu said calmly, "My father's illegitimate son, a scourge, tried to seize my property while I was in a coma. I drove him away, but he tried to cause me trouble. He suddenly died in the hotel. I suppose God couldn't bear to see him like that, so He took him away."
"My name is Huo Hai, not a menace!" Huo Hai was immediately taken aback when he heard Huo Jixiu call him that.
Mu Tiantian looked Huo Hai up and down. He was only slightly better looking than an average person, and he didn't look like Huo Jixiu at all. She couldn't help but ask, "Are you two really from the same father? How come you look so different?"
Huo Hai raised his head arrogantly, "I'm much more handsome than him."
Upon hearing this, the female ghost slapped her again, cursing, "Ugly bitch."
"Who gave you your confidence, you ugly believer?" The female ghost got angrier and angrier and slapped him twice more.
"Lin Wen, have you hit me enough? You've already killed me, what more do you want?!" Huo Hai was furious. "You say I'm ugly? I remember how infatuated you were with me when you were alive."
Lin Wen rolled her eyes at him. "If it weren't for the fact that you're the illegitimate son of the Huo family, who would even bother with you?"
Mu Tiantian looked at the other three evil spirits, all of whom were men, each possessing varying degrees of fierce and resentful aura. They were currently staring at Mu Tiantian with narrowed eyes.
Huo Jixiu noticed their gazes, took off his Buddhist prayer beads, broke the red string, took out three prayer beads, and threw them at the three evil spirits.
A series of mournful howls rang out, and the three evil spirits knelt on the ground in agony, wailing. After a long while, they finally quieted down and collapsed unconscious in the talisman array.
Mu Tiantian turned around and saw Huo Jixiu sitting solemnly in his wheelchair, expressionless and detached, as if he wasn't the one who had just thrown the Buddhist beads.
Mu Tiantian asked curiously, "You...do you have a grudge against those three?"
"I don't know him," Huo Jixiu said calmly.
"Then why did you hit them?"
"I don't like the look of him." Huo Jixiu remained as indifferent and aloof as ever, making it impossible to discern his true emotions.
The other ordinary ghosts included men, women, and children, including Huo Hai and Lin Wen, none of whom dared to make a sound.
They looked at the powerful resentment emanating from Huo Jixiu with expressions of terror.
Mu Tiantian had no choice but to put the three evil spirits that Huo Jixiu had knocked unconscious into the yellow talisman. At the same time, the count on her bracelet began to run.
This is the counter needed for the bet with Mu Yu.
As for the remaining ghosts, Mu Tiantian learned a little about their lives.
Lin Wen is a nobody actress at an entertainment company, and Huo Hai is her boss.
She has a best friend named Liu Xuan, whose career is on the rise. Out of jealousy, she plotted to have Liu Xuan come to this hotel to meet Huo Hai. Huo Hai and the three evil spirits that Mu Tiantian had just taken in, the four of them assaulted Liu Xuan and even recorded it.
Later, Liu Xuan committed suicide and became a vengeful ghost, killing those who had wronged her. After learning about this, Huo Hai fled the country overnight and bought many powerful amulets and consecrated items for exorcising ghosts before returning.
Although they managed to stop Liu Xuan, they couldn't stop Lin Wen, as well as the three brothers who were already dead.
After his death, Huo Hai scares people in this hotel, killing two people with heart conditions. Meanwhile, the three evil spirits, unable to change their nature, become lecherous ghosts and have their two girls and a young man with delicate skin killed.
Those who died because of them also became ghosts and lingered in the hotel. Many guests reacted strongly, so Huo Jixiu had no choice but to close the hotel for rectification.
Mu Tiantian counted the number of ghosts in the formation, which basically matched what they said, but one was missing. "Where is that Liu Xuan?"
Several ghosts shook their heads; none of them had ever seen it before.
Mu Tiantian put all the ghosts into the talisman, and the hall became much quieter instantly, except for the resentment emanating from Huo Jixiu, which sent chills down one's spine.
She then took out some talismans to ward off evil spirits, performed a spell on each one, and then pasted them on the door.
Huo Jixiu followed behind her in his remote-controlled wheelchair and suggested, "You don't need to go to all that trouble. Just have my employees come and put up the posters tomorrow."
"No, I still need to cast spells on these talismans. Outsiders can't do it." Mu Tiantian instructed, "Although I've exorcised the ghosts, their yin energy is still there, which can easily attract other wandering ghosts. These talismans are mainly to collect that yin energy and resentment. Tomorrow, arrange for someone to purchase some exorcising crystals. They must be consecrated and cannot be fake. Then place them in all the guest rooms. After that, tear off these talismans and burn them. Just throw the ashes away with the garbage."
"By the way, it would be best to put two stone lions outside your hotel, and carve some runes on them. This will not only prevent evil spirits from coming, but also make some feng shui changes to the layout of your hotel," Mu Tiantian said. "I will give you instructions on the size of the stone lions, the direction their faces should face, and the style of the runes."
Mu Tiantian glanced at him, "Are you really not going back to rest? There are so many rooms, I might not be able to finish pasting them all by tomorrow."
"No need." Huo Jixiu didn't say much, and helped Mu Tiantian take the extra house-protecting talismans.
Mu Tiantian sped up so he could rest earlier.
Huo Jixiu stayed with her for almost the entire night.
After the last talisman was pasted on, Mu Tiantian lay down on the sofa in the lobby rest area, feeling much more relaxed and relieved of her fatigue.
The sun had already risen outside, and its warm rays shone through the window, dispelling much of the gloom.
Just then, Mu Tiantian's phone rang.
It was Gu Yichen calling, asking with concern, "Mu Mu, how are you? Are you alright?"
Huo Jixiu's expression changed slightly upon hearing Gu Yichen's voice.
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