Chapter 49
The doubt remains unanswered for the time being.
The terrifying-looking girl's body had been completely possessed by the evil spirit. She was floating in the air, her arms outstretched with an exceptionally powerful aura, and the nails on her fingers were growing wildly and becoming extremely long.
Her eyes were fixed on Rong Jing, her mouth was wide open, and a hoarse voice that was not that of a girl gradually fell into Rong Jing's ears: "Little Taoist priest, if you are a smart person, you shouldn't come here."
Rong Jing thought to himself that he was not a human being.
The smart little zombie should come here, capture all these evil ghosts, and then send them to the ancestor to make the ancestor happy. Once the ancestor is happy, Xie Changshi can live a few more years.
Rong Jing was thinking hard in his mind, but he said nothing.
The demon pressed against the girl's body. Seeing no reaction from the mirror, his brow darkened. The powerful demon grew angry, and the aura around him became more intense, causing the temperature in the entire corridor to drop.
The girl's face became more and more ferocious, as if something would burst out of her skin at any time.
The evil spirit spoke again: "I have been trapped in the rift for many years. I finally returned to the human world through the summoning ritual of these fools. I will never give up so easily. If you turn around and leave this hotel now, I will spare your life. Otherwise, I will sacrifice you on this auspicious day!"
Rong Jing's eyes turned slightly, and a look of deep thought appeared on his face. After a moment, he asked, "Are you serious?"
The evil ghost said: "Of course, you should know that there are many evil ghosts here, and you can't beat us."
Rong Jing took two steps back, as if he was moved by what the other party said.
He pondered for another five minutes, his expression changing constantly. After five minutes, he exhaled and said, "I can agree, but you can't hurt this girl."
The evil ghost raised his hand. This fragile body could not withstand its strong ghost energy. As long as it stayed in this body for a few more minutes, the other party's original soul would be gradually devoured by it, and then the body would be damaged and completely die, and even the underworld would not be able to go.
Not to mention the chance of reincarnation.
"Okay," it sneered, "This body is of no use to me. As long as you leave, I will come out of her body."
Rong Jing then took a few steps back and returned to the elevator door. He raised his hand and pressed the button. The elevator, which hadn't yet descended, quickly opened its door. Rong Jing kept one foot inside the elevator and one foot outside, urging the evil spirit, "Get out of her body now, or I won't be at ease."
The evil ghost looked at the distance between himself and Rong Jing. It was long enough and safe enough. Moreover, there was another evil ghost hiding behind the door of the hotel room in front of him, ready to make a move.
As his eyes flickered, a black shadow slowly tore out from the girl's body.
First, the head, and the hideous facial features were gradually exposed in the shadows. An arm stretched out from the torso as if taking off clothes, then the complete upper body, and finally the legs. This process lasted for fifty seconds before the two were completely separated.
But it's just this second.
An inexplicable gust of wind suddenly blew up, and the talisman paper that fell on the ground was blown onto the girl's body without warning, and it stuck to the girl's arm like glue.
The whole process was so quick and fleeting that the demon didn't react. By the time it came to its senses, it was too late. It suddenly reached out and tried to squeeze into the girl's body again, but just as its fingertips touched the girl's arm, a dazzling golden light suddenly erupted, burning the skin where the two touched.
The fainted girl was unaware of anything, but the evil ghost let out an extremely sharp scream.
"Damn it, you tricked me! You tricked me!"
When Rong Jing saw this scene, a smile appeared on his fair face, and he rushed over with the talisman paper in his hand.
He's not stupid.
This evil spirit had deliberately led him there, surely intending to kill him. But in the end, it had inexplicably told him to leave, simply because, in their brief encounter, it had realized it was no match for him.
So he threatened him to leave by possessing the girl.
Rong Jing knew that a stalemate was pointless. After all, the demon was quite intelligent and knew that Rong Jing's weak spot was the girl's life. Rong Jing was certain that if he hadn't obeyed the demon's request and left, the demon would have definitely threatened the girl's life.
By then, the fighting will be restricted.
Unfortunately, the evil ghost is not as smart as the little zombie.
Under the effect of the talisman paper, Rong Jing's figure quickly approached the room. However, just as he moved, the sound of a door being broken suddenly exploded beside his ear. In the corner of Rong Jing's eye, a figure who was also possessed by an evil spirit was rushing towards him from the side. He kept his brows calm and immediately took out a piece of talisman paper. When the other party stretched out his hand to tear his chest, the talisman paper stained the other party's palm.
"Certainly!"
The evil ghost was holding the boy's body and suddenly froze in place.
Rong Jing didn't spare him a second glance. His gaze fell on the evil spirit in front of him, still struggling from the burning. He took a quicker step and in a flash, he was in front of the evil spirit. Seeing Rong Jing approaching, the evil spirit burned with rage. It roared and waved its arms, shrouded in endless ghost energy, towards Rong Jing's heart.
Rong Jing bent his body, clenched his white hands into fists, and rushed forward.
Bang.
The two forces collided, and the evil ghost was shocked and took a step back.
Its pupils shrank rapidly, and after a brief second of thought, it turned around and ran away!
Rong Jing: “……?”
This is too quick to admit defeat.
but--
Rong Jing couldn't just watch it leave.
Granted, he had cast a talisman array outside the north building, but who knew where the ghost had gone? What if it went to another room in the hotel and possessed another student? Rong Jing's previous operation would be in vain.
Rong Jing would never let such a thing happen.
The talisman papers scattered and, under the effect of the wind-inducing talisman, floated silently towards the evil spirit.
The evil spirit scurried around the room. A mirror guarded the doorway, forcing it to leave through another source. Its crimson eyes shone with malice and hatred. Its figure pressed against the left wall, half of its body already protruding into the next room, when a sudden, burning pain shot through its ankle.
It suddenly lowered its head and saw that a piece of talisman paper had turned into a huge black hand, and the five fingers of the hand were tightly clamped around its ankle. Moreover, the place where the fingers and ankle touched was constantly flashing with golden light. Every time the golden light went out, it was like the paper was burned, leaving a circle of black marks.
The evil ghost's face suddenly changed. He ignored the severe pain in his leg and struggled to continue to drill into the next room while gritting his teeth.
But the big black hand exerted unexpectedly force and pulled it back.
Amid the evil ghost's screams, Rong Jing's figure suddenly appeared in its eyes.
The young man smiled, holding the peach wood sword, and stabbed it hard in the chest: "Goodbye."
Squeak——
The peach wood sword blessed by the Third Master is the most useful weapon for exorcising ghosts. When the tip of the sword touched the evil ghost's chest, the other party's screams became more shrill and louder, but Rong Jing did not show any mercy. He exerted force with his wrist and pierced the evil ghost directly with the sword.
Bang.
The evil ghost's eyes widened and suddenly exploded after being stabbed.
Disappeared without a trace on the spot.
Seeing this, Rong Jing closed the door and looked across at the boy who was immobilized. Although his body was immobilized, the evil ghost could still show different expressions on the boy's face. Witnessing the scene of Rong Jing killing his own kind so easily, fear appeared in his eyes.
The evil ghost was stronger than it, but it was still no match for the Taoist priest in front of it.
What about it?
The evil ghost was filled with fear and uncertainty, and was uneasy until he realized that he was still possessed by the student. Then a trace of calmness rose in the midst of his fear.
pity.
It saw Rong Jing smile at it.
A bad premonition suddenly arose in the evil ghost's heart, and the next second this premonition became reality.
Rong Jing shook his fist at it, showing his little fangs: "I can't hit a girl, but it should be okay for a boy to be wronged a little."
Then, bang, a fist hit him.
The boy's body remained in place because of the immobilization talisman, but the evil ghost felt an extremely strong force coming from his stomach and knocked it away from the boy's body without any explanation.
Before it could react, Rong Jing, who had been prepared, quickly followed and swung the peach wood sword, and the evil ghost was scared away.
After dealing with the two evil ghosts, Rong Jing stood in the middle of the corridor. There was no relaxation on his face, but rather a frown.
To be honest, although it is not difficult to fight against a single evil ghost, there are too many evil ghosts here, and they also threaten the lives of the students.
It's not easy.
While Rong Jing was thinking, the people in the rooms who heard the noise quietly opened their doors a crack, and put their eyes to the edge of the gap, trying to see clearly what was happening outside.
Rong Jing was standing at an angle that allowed him to see the eyes in a certain slit in front of him. He raised his peach wood sword and said to them, "That's perfect. Open the door and I'll come in and take a look."
Someone recognized Rong Jing's face, and their anxious hearts, brought here with them, felt as if they had been soothed by a warm hand. They breathed a sigh of relief, immediately opened the door, and then, with a pale face, asked, "Master Rong, I'm not going to die, am I?"
Rong Jing glanced at him. He was a well-built man, wearing only a white sports vest, so the bulging muscles in his arms were clearly visible. Rong Jing's gaze swept over him, and she was surprised to find that he didn't have any ghostly aura at all. She couldn't help but ask curiously, "Are you also practicing spiritism?"
The man nodded awkwardly: "I saw my roommate playing, so I made a wish too."
Who knows what might go wrong?
Rong Jing nodded and reassured him: "You're fine, you're not possessed by a ghost."
Having said that, Rong Jing still handed the talisman paper in his hand to him.
Then he turned to look at the other students who had opened the door. Both men and women had grim expressions on their faces. While the Yancheng police hadn't fully explained the situation when they brought them here, they had definitely mentioned that there was something wrong with the spirit summoning game. Furthermore, despite being isolated, they still had access to the internet. There were all sorts of rumors out there, so they'd probably seen some of it.
At this moment, I feel both regret and worry.
Rong Jing discovered that half of these people had been contaminated by ghost energy, but it was not a big problem and could be solved.
After dealing with the problem on the 25th floor, we continued to move up.
16th floor.
Si Liu quietly broke into one of the rooms and crushed the evil spirit in the student's body to death without even blinking. After crushing it to death, the spirit didn't even scatter. Si Liu stared at it for a while, let out a soft "tsk" sound, and ate it in one gulp.
I'm used to being a human being, and I feel disgusted every time I eat this stuff.
But if I don’t eat it, it feels like a waste.
After all, as a ghost, he is much more powerful than he was as a human.
Si Liu had completely looted the 16th floor. Compared to the other three, he was the fastest, but even so, he still felt it was too slow. His eyes shifted, as if he had thought of something. In a flash, he appeared on the 26th floor, right in front of Rong Jing's face.
Rong Jing blinked, looking a bit shocked: "Senior, you finished your work so soon?"
Si Liu: “No.”
He opened his hands, and a flag suddenly appeared between his slender fingers. The flag was completely black, but on the black there were golden patterns depicting unfamiliar talismans.
As soon as the flag appeared, Rong Jing sensed a powerful force from it.
In the hands of these Taoists, banners, peach wood swords, and rulers belong to the same category: they are all usable magical instruments, perfect for exorcising ghosts. If Rong Jing guessed correctly, this banner must have been Si Liu's magical instrument during his lifetime.
However, this magic weapon is quite special.
There were also people in Xuantian Temple who liked to use flags, such as his uncle Feng Si, who Si Liu called an idiot.
But Uncle Fengsi’s flag is red.
In the past, the other uncles in the Taoist temple always scared him, telling him, "Little Rongjing, stay away from your uncle Fengsi. Your uncle Fengsi's flag is dyed red with the blood of you little zombies."
Unfortunately, Rong Jing was very disrespectful. He actually liked Feng Si. After hearing this, he asked Feng Si: "Uncle Master, do you want my blood?"
The other uncles were so angry that they almost spanked him.
Yuan's wandering thoughts were quickly brought back by Si Liu's next words. Si Liu said, "There are too many evil spirits here. It would be a waste of time to catch them one by one."
He handed the banner to Rong Jing: "Use this to catch it."
Rong Jing was slightly stunned: "Senior, don't you need it?"
Si Liu explained: "My flag is used to catch ghosts, but don't forget, I am also a ghost."
Rong Jing: “…”
Si Liu was not sure to what extent Rong Jing could use the flag, so he just said, "Try it first."
But before that, he had to leave.
Si Liu came suddenly and ran away quickly, leaving Rong Jing standing there in a daze.
Seconds later, he received Si Liu's message and thrust the black-gold banner into the ground. The banner rested on the ground with an eerie stability, then swung freely without a breeze. Rong Jing stood behind the banner, eyes closed, his fingers gripping the talisman paper and rapidly shifting their gestures. With each shift, a beautiful golden light flashed from his fingertips.
Suddenly, he put his hands together, joined his index finger and middle finger together, and suddenly opened his eyes.
He shouted in a low voice: "Get up!"
boom!
The black-gold banner knocked against the ground with a thud, and with itself as the center, circles of golden ripples spread out.
The flags are fluttering.
Countless thick black air rolled in from all directions, and shrill screams instantly resounded throughout the North Building. Seeing this, Rong Jing casually pulled out a silent note, but as soon as he pulled it out, his wrist went limp.
As soon as the scream stopped, his expression changed. He immediately frowned, took a deep breath, and continued to focus his mind on the flag.
The screams rang out again.
On the third floor, Xue Cang, who was battling an evil ghost, placed a girl behind him and raised his peach wood sword to stab the ghost. However, the ghost was extremely fast, and just as the tip of the peach wood sword was about to touch it, a strange smile suddenly appeared on its face, and then a gust of cold wind rushed up from behind Xue Cang.
The girl screamed: "Be careful!"
Bang!
Xue Cang rolled to the side and when he turned around, he saw two evil ghosts staring at him.
He narrowed his eyes and thought to himself.
This group of evil spirits probably knew that the situation was not good for them, so they chose to cooperate.
He propped himself up from the ground, pursed his lips and sneered, raised the peach wood sword again, and took an attacking posture, ready to stab the two evil spirits.
But what he didn't expect was that the evil ghost suddenly let out a sharp cry at this moment.
Xue Cang was slightly stunned. The evil ghost in his pupils seemed to be sucked by a strong force, and was forcibly sucked from the human form into black mist, and then disappeared in front of him.
Xue Cang: “……?”
Rong Jing on the 26th floor had a pale face and sat down on the ground.
He raised his head, looked at the banner that was emitting a thick black aura, and let out a breath.
He was so tired that he felt like dying.
*
At the same time, at a university in Yancheng.
Female dormitory.
Li Xinyan lay sprawled on the bed, one hand pulling aside the curtains, the other clutching her phone. Her eyes were filled with excitement as she said to her three roommates still sitting at the table below, "Girls, we just got some big news! Didn't the counselors count the number of people practicing psychics in the group chat yesterday? All those who reported it have been taken to the hotel in Chengzhou District!"
The girl in bed number 3, who was putting on makeup, raised her bright face and asked thoughtfully, "What about those two buses today?"
"Yes, didn't someone say on the forum that they saw the police?" But for some unknown reason, the post was completely deleted within two minutes.
Now, Li Xinyan felt that she seemed to have figured out something.
She shared the news she had learned with everyone: "Someone connected with a Taoist priest on the microphone, and he said that ordinary people who play the spirit summoning game will only attract evil spirits. The evil spirit may help you fulfill your wish, but will eventually take your life. I just saw someone reveal that the two high school students found dead in the Ancheng waters played the spirit summoning game before they died!"
The girl in bed number 3 obviously didn't believe these sinister-sounding things. She put down her eyebrow pencil and couldn't help but retort, "It's just a coincidence, right?"
"I thought so at first, but—" Li Xinyan dragged out her words mysteriously. As the girl in bed number 3 began to look at her in a more urgent manner, she lowered her voice and completed the first half of the sentence, "Zhang Ze and Wang Zhi are missing. They say they've lost contact."
As soon as these words were spoken, the girl in bed number three took a deep breath.
The other two roommates also turned their heads and looked over at the same moment.
They weren't surprised Zhang Ze had gone missing. Although they hadn't taken the so-called spirit summoning game seriously, they knew Zhang Ze was the source of it. They figured that with the situation now getting so serious, Zhang Ze must have realized he was in trouble and was hiding.
But Wang Zhi is different.
Wang Zhi was their classmate and lived in the dormitory next door.
Initially, they had a good relationship with Wang Zhi. Li Xinyan and Wang Zhi were from the same hometown, and thinking that since they were from the same place, they might have more in common, Li Xinyan often invited Wang Zhi to dinner. Life was good until Wang Zhi found a boyfriend, and her previously unnoticed fatal love-crazy illness took over, making Li Xinyan unable to tolerate her and she distanced herself from her.
I heard that a week ago, Wang Zhi attempted suicide in her dormitory because she broke up with her boyfriend. If her roommate had not returned in time, today would have been the seventh day after Wang Zhi's death.
Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. Even when Wang Zhi threatened to commit suicide, her ex-boyfriend never came to see her.
Therefore, when Zhang Ze wantonly promoted how powerful and effective the spirit summoning game was and how it could fulfill any wish of the petitioner, Wang Zhi became the first person in her class to follow the trend and play the game.
According to Wang Zhi’s roommate, Wang Zhi’s wish was to get back together with her boyfriend.
As for whether they reconciled or not, Li Xinyan didn't pay much attention to it. She looked at the two of them as if they were lunatics and would not take the time to understand their relationship problems.
But now that Wang Zhi has lost contact, things are gradually developing in an unpredictable direction, and Li Xinyan is also a little uneasy.
She said: "I just asked the neighbors, and they said Wang Zhi put on makeup on Sunday morning and said that the man asked her out for dinner and a movie, but she didn't come back after that. Their dormitory head also contacted Wang Zhi that night, and Wang Zhi said she wouldn't be back tonight. As a result, she couldn't be contacted this morning."
The girl in bed number 3 had a look of shock in her eyes: "What about her boyfriend?"
"My boyfriend is back at school," Li Xinyan said. "He said he didn't spend the night with Wang Zhi last night and went back to the dorm after the movie. His roommates can testify to this. I heard the police came to investigate and even checked the surveillance footage from the theater where they were staying, confirming that the man wasn't lying."
In other words, after Wang Zhi broke up with her boyfriend, she actually disappeared.
"Everything that happened after that is being handled by the police. We don't have any information from next door, but it seems that this shady psychic game is indeed a bit strange."
Li Xinyan continued to slide the screen as she spoke.
Although the forum administrators had been keeping a close eye on new posts these past two days, there were always one or two that slipped through the net and lingered for a few minutes. Li Xinyan's refresh revealed one of these slip-throughs. Seeing the post with the word "spiritual summons," she didn't hesitate and clicked on it immediately, reading it at a glance.
When I refreshed the page again, a line of words popped up on the page: The post you browsed has been deleted!
Li Xinyan: “…”
The movements are really fast.
Then he looked up and continued sharing: "Someone in the finance department posted that they couldn't summon a spirit, so their entire dorm went to their roommate's uncle's house to try it. Later, the uncle had some problems, so they went to see Rong Jing, a very famous master on Changhua Street, and he solved the problem."
Mirror?
This name is really well-known.
The girl in bed number 1 also said a few more words: "Didn't Huang Yiwen from class 2 next door go to Rong Jing? She said that she was an extremely accurate fortune teller. And it's related to Rong Jing, so it seems..."
Several people looked at each other and were amazed in their hearts, but the girl in bed number 4 remained silent. She sat quietly on the chair, looking at her pale face in the mirror, and slowly pinched her slender fingers.
At this moment, there was only one thought in her mind -
Wishes made during the spirit summoning ceremony can come true.
Licking her dry lips, she suddenly stood up and said to her three roommates, "I'm going home tonight and probably won't be back."
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