After confirming that there were no problems with the feng shui, Zhao Youliang followed Qi Zhigang into the house.
After carefully examining the furniture arrangement and other details, Zhao Youliang still couldn't find any problems.
During this process, he even used his psychic abilities to scan every corner, especially behind the curtains and in places like the bathroom where dirt could easily hide.
"Old Qi, are you sure you're not kidding me?" Zhao Youliang couldn't help but become suspicious.
"Your house is so 'clean' it's unbelievable. There's no dirt here, not even any yin energy."
"Huh?" Qi Zhigang was full of surprise after hearing Zhao Youliang's words.
"Quantum, do you think I'd joke with you about ghosts? What would I get out of that?!"
"Besides, I couldn't have stabbed myself in the back just to tease you, could I?!"
In fact, Zhao Youliang did not suspect that Qi Zhigang was playing a trick on him; he was just saying it casually.
Unfortunately, he looked at it carefully again, inside and out, but still couldn't find anything "unscientific".
"That's strange. Could it be that my skills are not good enough?"
As he spoke, Zhao Youliang secretly chanted a spell, summoning the spirits of his shrine to descend.
Fortunately, this time they didn't invite Chang Jie, but a stern-looking madman prisoner.
After recounting what had happened, the prisoner was still puzzled.
"Quantum, there's nothing dirty here at all."
"Even if there were something dirty, how skilled would he be to keep it from being detected by you and me?"
"If someone with this level of skill were truly intent on harming people, that Qi fellow would have died a violent death last night. We would have been invited to come and see him sometime."
Zhao Youliang nodded repeatedly, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke to Qi Zhigang.
"Old Qi, how about this: after I finish my work at the shop when it gets dark, I'll stay here with you for the night."
We'll see then.
"If you still can't find the evil spirits or other harmful things, then it means my skills are insufficient, and you should find someone more capable."
Qi Zhigang nodded repeatedly upon hearing this: "Xing Liangzi, then I'll trouble you."
"Like I said before: let's take things slowly and see how things go. If you ever need my help, just let me know what I'll do!"
As he spoke, Qi Zhigang took a bag of pig's head meat and other cooked food from the refrigerator and stuffed it all into Zhao Youliang's hands.
“Take Quantum back and eat it with the dog…and don’t forget what you promised Big Yellow.”
After taking the cooked food, Zhao Youliang smiled bitterly to himself: This really is a real-life example of people being treated worse than dogs...
Half a day passed quickly, and night fell in the blink of an eye.
When Zhao Youliang arrived at the barbecue stall, he found Qi Zhigang and his wife helping out.
"Quantum, you've arrived!"
When they saw Zhao Youliang approaching, everyone, from Sister Yingchun and Xiao Li to regular customers who always came for barbecue, greeted him with smiles.
Unbeknownst to them, or rather, ever since they learned that Zhao Youliang was a disciple of the Huang family, the townspeople have shown him much more respect.
This respect reached its peak after Zhao Youliang distributed talismans to everyone for free.
Faced with the enthusiastic crowd, Zhao Youliang naturally nodded in response to each person and even joked with Qi Zhigang.
"Haha, Lao Qi, are you here to keep an eye on me? Are you worried I won't dare to stay at your new house tonight?"
Qi Zhigang knew, of course, that Zhao Youliang was just teasing him, so he just kept talking nonsense.
"Absolutely! If you run away, who am I supposed to turn to?!"
"If we build a new house but can't live in it, wouldn't that be a huge loss?"
After a burst of laughter, everyone went back to their work, and indeed, it turned out that Qi Zhigang had said:
Although he comes from one of the five major surnames, he gets along very well with the townspeople.
This was evident from the enthusiastic invitations extended to him by each table: in less than an hour, Qi Zhigang had visited every table and drunk five or six bottles of beer.
Upon seeing this, Sister Yingchun smiled and said, "Zhigang, you two must come and support me here often in the future."
"Your visit has boosted our wine sales significantly!"
As Qi Zhigang opened a bottle of wine for a customer, he cheerfully replied, "Absolutely!"
"Sis, we weren't close before, but I'll come help you whenever I'm off night shift or on my day off!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Youliang couldn't help but ask curiously, "Working off the night shift or taking a day off? What do you do for a living, Lao Qi?"
Before Qi Zhigang could speak, Li Mao had already answered on his behalf.
"You just don't know, Quantum."
"Gang and his wife both work at the county hospital. Gang is a doctor and his wife is a nurse."
"When any of our fellow villagers needed their help, they never refused them."
"And she answered the phone at the same time every time she was called, she never showed off, and she never got angry!"
The diners around him nodded deeply in agreement with Li Mao's words.
Another person added, "Last year, my child had a fever in the middle of the night, and I called Zhigang and he came right away."
"That day was filled with a raging storm and a blizzard!"
"This couple is absolutely wonderful people!"
Amidst the praise, Qi Zhigang remained modest, saying that it was only right for neighbors to help each other out.
Through this encounter, Zhao Youliang gained a better understanding of Qi Zhigang's character, laying a solid foundation for the two to become best friends in the future.
After seeing off the last table of guests, Zhao Youliang and Qi Zhigang went to his new house together.
Sister-in-law Yingchun and Qi Zhigang's wife were worried and wanted to stay with him, but Zhao Youliang refused.
Since there's nothing dirty about them, they're useless following along; they might as well go home and rest.
Conversely, if there's something unclean involved, their presence would be even more useless...
Although the two beautiful women didn't come along, Li Mao shamelessly insisted on coming along as well.
Looking at his heavy smoky eye makeup, Zhao Youliang couldn't help but feel both annoyed and amused.
"Li Mao, didn't I tell you not to smear soot on the bottom of the pot?"
"What's wrong? Forgot about yesterday? Aren't you scared anymore?!"
Li Mao chuckled upon hearing this: "You don't know about quantum mechanics, but I've discovered that this kind of thing is addictive."
"The kind of person who wants to watch the most when they're scared, and is both bad at the game and loves to play."
"Oh, by the way, Quantum, could you please ask the deities in your shrine to take me in as a disciple?"
"I promise I'll obey and do whatever you ask!"
Ignoring Li Mao's eager gaze, Zhao Youliang reluctantly began to explain.
“Li Mao, becoming a shaman requires a connection to the divine: either you have it yourself, or it is a good connection passed down from your ancestors.”
"I've checked, and you happen to have neither of those two things. Isn't that amazing?"
Li Mao: "Damn..."
Upon arriving at Qi Zhigang's new house, Li Mao took out a deck of cards from his bag.
Zhao Youliang and the other two played around like that, slowly waiting for the dirty stuff to come out.
During this time, Qi Zhigang also imitated Li Mao and gave himself an exaggerated smoky eye makeup.
They claimed that if there really was a ghost, the three of them would gang up on him and kick him, so that Zhao Youliang wouldn't have to fight alone.
Zhao Youliang had no choice but to let them have their way.
For safety's sake, each of them was given more than ten talismans that they had drawn themselves, just in case.
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