On the other side, after getting off the car, Luo Xi stared at the earthbound spirit not far away.
The earthbound spirit also stared at her intently, and from time to time bared its teeth in protest and provocation, as if it was afraid that she would run away.
Luo Xi slowly moved a few steps to the right, and the earthbound spirit's line of sight followed her and moved a few steps. When she walked to the left, the earthbound spirit naturally moved to the left as well.
This made Luo Xi sure that this earthbound spirit was coming for her.
Earthbound spirits are generally not very picky when looking for scapegoats. As long as the scapegoat dies at about the same time and in the same way, they can get away.
According to the normal process, the earthbound spirit in front of him should have died in a car accident at dusk. The fork in the road he just created was also to let people die in the same way as a car accident.
Luo Xi and the others escaped the car accident and death. Under normal circumstances, the earthbound spirit will continue to look for the next scapegoat and will not waste time on the predecessor.
As long as he kills one during the dusk period, he can get away.
But the one in front of him obviously did not do so. He did not seize the time to find the next scapegoat, but stared at Luo Xi with red eyes and kept provoking her, as if he had set his eyes on Luo Xi and had a grudge against her.
Luo Xi didn't remember that she had offended the Earthbound Spirit. She took out a talisman that she had just drawn on the car, flashed it in the direction of the Earthbound Spirit, and then smiled gently and said, "Confess and you will be treated leniently, resist and you will be treated severely. Do you want to confess yourself, or do you want me to choose for you?"
The Earthbound Spirit with red eyes froze, and his arrogant roar paused. His eyes turned to the talisman, as if he was concerned about the talisman in Luo Xi's hand.
Luo Xi thought that the Earthbound Spirit was going to give in, but then he saw the pale human figure suddenly slinking towards her, and a gust of cold wind attacked the talisman in her hand, and the black evil spirit eroded the talisman.
Luo Xi looked down and saw that the talisman, which was bright at first, had dimmed a lot, and was obviously useless. She didn't expect that this earthbound spirit could have such a skill.
On the other side, the pale-white human laughed hoarsely, and his blurred face showed a twisted smile, as if mocking Luo Xi, "Your talisman is useless. I want to see what else you can use to threaten me..."
The little golden dragon looked cold, wanting to come out and spit fire to kill this arrogant guy.
Luo Xi held it down, slowly took out yellow paper and a pen, squatted on the side of the road and began to draw.
She quickly drew a dozen more, the Five Ghosts Killing Talisman, the Heavenly Thunder Evil Suppression Talisman, the Demon-Slaying Demon-Slaying Demon Talisman... Each one was more powerful than the other.
Fortunately, this road is relatively remote, with few pedestrians and few cars on the road stopping. She took advantage of the green belt to block the view of people.
Ten minutes later, under the arrogant and provocative gaze of the earthbound spirit, Luo Xi took a stack of newly-made talismans and spread them out in a fan shape so that the earthbound spirit could see them clearly.
The arrogant black shadow just now stopped moving, staring at her like death, and his red eyes turned around, and he seemed to want to run away.
"If you dare to run, you will have to try all these talismans." Luo Xi threatened clearly.
The earthbound spirit: "..."
Ghosts cannot outrun activated talismans. He was sure that as long as he ran, the little girl opposite would throw the talismans. It was such a big stack, let alone tasting them one by one, even just one was enough for him.
Luo Xi took a few steps towards the earthbound spirit, and stopped at a hidden place before asking, "Why are you targeting me?"
The earthbound spirit looked stiffly at the talisman that was only an arm's length away from him, and admitted his fault directly, "Master, please spare my life. I was reckless and bumped into you. I just wanted to find a substitute..."
Keep those talismans away from me!
Luo Xi smiled: "Are you really stupid, or do you think I'm stupid? Last chance, tell the truth."
The Earthbound Spirit: "..."
"This one is the Five Ghosts Killing Talisman, which asks five fierce ghosts to gnaw on you until your soul is gone. This one is the Heavenly Thunder to Suppress Evil, and you will be killed by the heavenly thunder. Although it hurts, it is a quick death. This one is more miserable. It is said that it will make you feel the pain of being cut into pieces, but you will not die all at once. It will last for three days, and you will feel pain before it finally dissipates."
Luo Xi pointed at the talismans in her hand, picked a few and explained them kindly to the Earthbound Spirit.
The earthbound spirit's red eyes softened immediately, losing their ferocious and fierce look just now. It said humbly and gently: "What do you want to hear? I will tell you everything I know."
The little golden dragon said "tsk", thinking that the earthbound spirit was too spineless. He thought it was a tough guy just now, but it softened in the blink of an eye.
The earthbound spirit seemed not to feel the little golden dragon's contempt. After Luo Xi repeated the question just now, it answered seriously: "I have been trapped here for almost ten years and have not been able to find a replacement. Recently, someone burned incense for me to keep you. Even if it doesn't work, I have to delay for a while."
Luo Xi was stunned. Delay time?
"Who asked you to do this? Do you remember what he looks like?"
The earthbound spirit nodded, "That person is very famous. I want to join his company before I die. Although he has rarely appeared in recent years, I recognize that face. It's Lu Runhua, the former head of the Lu Group."
Luo Xi's face changed. Obviously, she didn't expect that the person behind the scenes would be Lu Runhua.
Lu Runhua, isn't that Lu Haozhi's father?
Why did he do this? Did he want to take revenge on Lu Haozhi? The one who drove the beast spirit was also Lu Runhua? Isn't he an ordinary person?
Luo Xi turned around and was about to leave, but the earthbound spirit stopped her eagerly, "You, you left, what should I do..."
Luo Xi hesitated, "Do you still want me to take you away?"
The earthbound spirit felt wronged, and rolled his red eyes, and said recklessly: "I, I just want to reincarnate. I have never harmed anyone in so many years of death. Today is the first time. You are a capable person, so just help me to transcend."
Luo Xi: "..."
She called Master Li Guan and told him about the earthbound spirit, and asked Master Li Guan to take over.
"You wait here, Master Li Guan is a high-level Taoist priest in XX Taoist temple, and has rich experience in transcendence. He can definitely let you go to the underworld painlessly."
After Luo Xi finished speaking, she went to the apartment without stopping. The phone was not connected, and she was very worried about the safety of her sponsor.
The earthbound spirit that was thrown away after being used could only stay where it was, nervous and expectant, thinking that the high-level wizard recommended by the little girl should be very reliable.
"Have you found it?"
Lu Haozhi asked in a low voice near the apartment.
Ah Yi came over with the idiot, his face pale.
"To the north, there is a particularly strong resentment there, we dare not get too close, but from a distance it looks like the person in your photo."
Lu Haozhi nodded, telling them that they didn't need to follow him. He stretched out his hand and tapped Ayi, and a stream of pure Yin Sha power passed over as a reward for them.
Seeing that Lu Haozhi was willing to let them go, the twin ghosts immediately fled far away.
To the north, about a kilometer away from Lu Haozhi's apartment, is a shop on a commercial street.
This shop sells antique handicrafts. It is not closed yet at this time. The lights are on inside, and there are many customers choosing things that suit their taste.
This scene looks ordinary, and there seems to be nothing unusual.
Lu Haozhi stood in front of the shop expressionlessly, squinting his eyes and looking at it.
This shop seems to have nothing to do with Lu Runhua, but Lu Haozhi knows very well that the ownership of this entire commercial street is in the hands of Lu. Even the renovation of this street was paid for by Lu, which is considered one of Lu's investments.
Lu Runhua actually chose this place...
Lu Haozhi curled his lips slightly and stepped into the shop.
Several little girls who were still selecting handicrafts in the store were surprised to see a grown man coming in.
This is because most of the handicrafts in this shop are for women, such as round fans, carved jewelry boxes, Hanfu skirts, etc. Most of the people who come in are girls, and few men will step in.
However, when they saw Lu Haozhi's face, the girls blushed slightly and gathered together to chatter about the handsome guy.
Lu Haozhi walked directly to the counter, looked at the man sitting in front of the counter, and said softly: "Butler."
The butler who served Lu Runhua all his life looked much older than before. He raised his eyes, smiled at Lu Haozhi, and pointed to the door inside in a low voice: "Young Master, the master is waiting for you inside."
Lu Haozhi walked over there.
Behind the door is a compartment of the store, which is usually used as a warehouse. There is another door in the compartment. The room after pushing it open is a temporary sleeping place for the night watchman.
Lu Haozhi closed the door of the warehouse and then pushed open the second door.
There was no light inside the door.
There was no moon tonight, and the dark clouds made the whole room look even darker.
There was a rotten smell in the air, not very obvious, but also impossible to ignore.
"Since you are back, why hide anymore."
Even without turning on the light, Lu Haozhi looked accurately at a corner of the room, as if hiding in the dark was useless.
Lu Runhua, who was sitting in the corner of the room, smiled softly. He looked at his son's eyes that reflected the light in the dark, and whispered, "It's indeed a demon... It's a pity that it's too weak, too weak."
Lu Runhua muttered to himself for a while, and suddenly laughed out loud, looking at Lu Haozhi with loving face: "Haozhi, Daddy has found a way to make you grow up and become stronger. You will evolve into the most perfect form!"
"Oh, become stronger?" Lu Haozhi chuckled, "It depends on you?"
"Haozhi, you will definitely like the gift Daddy prepared for you."
A faint light came on, not an incandescent lamp, but a candle in the antique palace lamp.
The light and shadow of the candles intertwined to create mottled shadows on Lu Runhua's face, making that face, which was still handsome despite its old age and wrinkles, look like a demon at this moment.
Lu Haozhi narrowed his eyes slightly, and Lu Runhua looked very strange at this moment.
There was blood on Lu Runhua's hands, not only on his hands, but also on his forehead, arms and the back of his hands, where runes were drawn with blood. In front of him was a statue of the God of Danger, with the tiger head already twisted off, and the slender black gap revealed a terrifying pressure.
There was something in the statue.
Lu Runhua began to chant, and for a moment, the blood runes on his arms, forehead, and back of his hands seemed to twist, and then the statue of the God of Danger cracked at a speed visible to the naked eye.
When the statue was completely broken, a roar that seemed to come from heaven and earth exploded, and a black shadow emerged from the broken statue, getting bigger and bigger.
It had a green face and fangs, a huge body, four claws on the ground, and long teeth.
Lu Haozhi suddenly thought of the painting that Luo Xi had sent him before. He stared at the black shadow expressionlessly, "It's uglier than a pig that needs to lose weight."
The black shadow seemed to be unconscious and couldn't understand human words. It acted entirely on instinct.
As soon as it came out, it looked at Lu Haozhi opposite it, staring at him firmly.
The only remaining instinct made it restless. Swallow, swallow the person in front of it, swallow him, and it will become more powerful!
This instinct made the shadow even more ferocious. Even before Lu Runhua could urge it, it roared and kicked the ground with its four claws, cracking the wooden floor. It opened its mouth full of fangs and rushed towards Lu Haozhi.
Lu Haozhi turned back into a black cat the moment the shadow rushed over, and was swallowed by the green-faced, fang-toothed thing.
Lu Runhua stared at that place intently, as if waiting for something.
After a while, the shadow suddenly fell to the ground, turning over and struggling in pain.
The black air shrouding it became less and less, as if it had been completely eaten by something.
The shadow struggled and roared, but could not escape from this state. Its roar became lower and lower, and finally it lay on the ground unable to move, as if it was dead.
At this moment, a cat's paw burst out of its belly and tore the black shadow into pieces.
The last bit of the black shadow was left under the cat's paw and gradually dissipated, leaving only a black milk cat in the place. The golden green cat's eyes looked coldly and ruthlessly in the direction of Lu Runhua.
Lu Runhua didn't speak for a while, squinting his eyes and looking at the black milk cat several times, whispering in disbelief: "Failed... How could it fail..."
The secret method he had finally found, feeding with the soul of a ferocious beast, would definitely be able to accelerate Lu Haozhi to become a perfect demon.
But the unchanged milk cat form in front of him told him that he had failed.
Lu Haozhi's beast form didn't change at all, he still looked like a young kitten. He swallowed a whole beast soul, but he didn't evolve at all!
This result made Lu Runhua's eyes flash with madness and unwillingness.
He walked quickly to the kitten and stretched out his hand to grab it. "No, it won't fail. It shouldn't be like this. It should have turned into a perfect monster after swallowing the beast soul!"
Lu Haozhi avoided his hand coldly, was surprised at first, and then laughed softly: "So you went to great lengths for this purpose."
Lu Haozhi never understood what was in Lu Runhua's mind. After knowing that Lu Runhua was sick, Lu Runhua's behavior became even more unpredictable.
In order to force out Lu Runhua's real purpose, he had imagined a lot.
In the past few years, Lu Haozhi was very cautious and dug a trap for Lu Runhua step by step. But he never thought that Lu Runhua's purpose was not money and power, nor the road to immortality, but just wanted to see the legendary perfect monster!
Lu Runhua started to make trouble when he was ten years old. After so many years, he just felt that his cat-like figure was not worthy of the word "monster".
In ancient times, there was Ye Gong who loved dragons. Is Lu Runhua now another version of "Ye Gong"?
Lu Haozhi suddenly disliked his past self.
He was so stupid that he used the thinking of a normal person to guess the brain hole of a psychopath.
Lu Runhua's face twisted. He couldn't accept that his only obsession in life had failed. He bit his fingertips and smeared the blood on his body again. As he drew more and more runes, his vitality withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"It's useless! Why is it useless! Why haven't you changed!"
No matter how many times he drew the runes, Lu Haozhi still looked like a little kitten. He shook his beard slightly, as if he didn't expect Lu Runhua to be so crazy.
He whispered, "If you don't want to die, you'd better stop this behavior."
"Why is it useless..."
Lu Runhua fell to the ground. After the madness, he seemed to have no strength to speak. The blood runes were originally evil methods. Lu Runhua, an ordinary person, used this trick, which was purely costing his life.
Anyone who is slightly normal would not do this, but it is obvious that Lu Runhua is not a normal person. His
severe lack of emotion makes him indifferent to other things, and he only cares about the only thing in his life that interests him.
He even seems not to care about his own life, and he is confident in refining the beast soul. As long as he can witness the grace of the perfect demon with his own eyes, he will have no regrets even if he dies in the next second.
Before Lu Haozhi came, he had the purpose of crushing Lu Runhua to death, but looking at the lifeless and seemingly crazy man in front of him, he suddenly felt very boring.
In a sense, Lu Runhua's life is quite sad.
Severe emotional anhedonia prevents him from experiencing the emotions of normal people. However, he is extremely intelligent and his orthodox education makes him want to become a normal person intellectually, but it is in vain.
After decades of unsuccessful attempts, when he almost gave up experiencing the emotions of normal people, he found something that interested him for the first time in his life.
It was like a person who had lost his five senses, suddenly tasting the ups and downs of life, and suddenly feeling everything in the outside world. The feeling of ecstasy was probably not enough to describe Lu Runhua at that time.
Being controlled by this sudden emotion, coupled with the fact that Lu Runhua was not normal in the first place, the whole person naturally became crazy.
A thought can turn into a demon, that's all.
Before Lu Haozhi came, he had carefully arranged everything. The secretary and Gong Xu were waiting nearby. If Gong Xu hadn't been afraid of disrupting Lu Haozhi's arrangements and becoming a burden, he would have wanted to go in with him.
The two sat in an antique teahouse across the street, which was also one of Lu Haozhi's businesses. He opened a private room in the teahouse, staring closely at the shop across the street and checking his watch from time to time.
As time passed, just when the two of them couldn't hold back, a black kitten appeared in front of them.
The secretary was still calmly analyzing whether the cat was a young master.
Gong Xu picked up the little cat and started to check him: "Brother, are you okay? What did that guy do to you?"
Black Cat gave Gong Xu a blank look to stop his restless hands. As a brother, it was too undignified to be held in the arms of his stupid brother.
Leaping lightly to the ground, Black Cat said: "Call 120."
Gong Xu and the secretary were shocked at the same time.
"Young Master, where do you feel uncomfortable?"
"Brother, are you injured?"
Black Cat: "Not me."
The secretary was startled. If it wasn't Young Master, then it must be...
Gong Xu obviously thought of it. He glanced at the shop opposite, gritted his teeth, and finally didn't ask.
...
The two of them and the cat stayed in the private room in silence until the 120 ambulance drove over. They saw Lu Runhua being taken away by the ambulance. The person who got on the car with him was the housekeeper.
Lu Haozhi glanced at Gong Xu and said silently: "He will be transferred to the hospital under Lu's family. If you want to see him, go ahead."