Chapter 58
Inside a studio near Changhua Street.
Rong Jing looked at the message on his phone and said to Chi Bai, "They are on their way."
Chi Bai's visit to the studio was purely a coincidence. In the past two days, he, the special department, and the Yancheng Police Department had thoroughly searched all universities and high schools in a carpet search manner, and confirmed that no one was using the "spirit" portrait given by Han Yu to perform spirit summoning rituals.
Chi Bai felt relaxed, and thought about the news about Rong Jing and Song Zhiye that he had seen on social software in the past two days. He was curious and thought of using the opportunity of inviting them to dinner to gossip about them.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I arrived at the studio, I heard Rong Jing say that he was going to arrest someone.
He immediately became interested: "Who to catch? Take me with you, I'm the best at fighting."
Chi Bai even patted the pocket he was carrying.
As a qualified Taoist priest, he, like Rong Jing, always carries a bag when he goes out. The bag contains various talismans and magical instruments to avoid encountering unexpected situations and being unable to resist in time.
He said to Rong Jing, "Don't worry, I brought the silent note with me today, and I put it on the outermost part. I definitely won't forget this thing during a fight."
Rong Jing: “…”
Although he was very grateful for Chi Bai's consideration, he still told Chi Bai the truth: "There aren't many people where we're going this time, so it doesn't matter if I really forgot the mute note."
Coincidentally, the villa in the northern suburbs of Lincheng District that Xiao Sheng had originally reserved for Master Tiantong was owned by Lin Ciyan. Rong Jing didn't know who Lin Ciyan was, but upon hearing the name unexpectedly, Nie Liu slammed the table and shouted, "Lin Ciyan? You want Lin Ciyan to find a random excuse to kick Xiao Sheng and the others out? I'll do it!"
He had previously borrowed money from Lin Ciyan at a foreign airport, and had added Lin Ciyan on WeChat so that he could repay the money smoothly upon his return to China. Although the money had been repaid, their friendship remained, so it was most appropriate for him to contact Lin Ciyan.
After seeing what Nie Liu said, Lin Ciyan paused and asked: Did you just say Rong Jing?
Nie Liu: Yes, next time you come to Master Rong for fortune-telling, it’s free!
Seeing this, Lin Ciyan didn't say anything more. He just responded with "OK" and then made an excuse that there was a problem with the water and electricity in the villa in the northern suburbs. If Xiao Sheng didn't mind, they could go to the western suburbs. He also had a villa in the western suburbs, but the environment was a bit secluded.
As soon as Xiao Sheng saw the words "secluded environment", he agreed without hesitation.
Master Tiantong likes this kind of environment.
Rong Jing handed the map to Chi Bai and said, "An hour ago, Senior Si Liu went to the villa in the western suburbs and found the house that Tiantong wanted to live in. As before, Senior Si Liu set up a talisman array around the house. However, since we have never fought Tiantong before and do not know his specific abilities, we are worried that he will notice, so we specially expanded the range of the talisman array."
In this way, the possibility of the talisman array being discovered by Tiantong becomes smaller, but the difficulty of capturing Tiantong is increasing.
But there is no other way, this is safer.
Hearing this, Chi Bai thought of Rong Jing's usual habits and asked, "Did you tell fortunes? What does the hexagram show?"
"The hexagram indicates that everything will go well."
"That's all right. Come on, I'll go with you."
Since Chi Bai had said so, Rong Jing didn't mind having an extra helper. The two of them got in the driver's car and headed to the villa in the western suburbs.
The western suburbs of Yancheng are close to the mountains, and the villa areas are all at the foot of the mountains. Although the scenery is not as good as Xie Changshi’s villa halfway up the mountain, it is also considered the best in the villa area.
"If we go there now, we should be able to arrive ten minutes earlier than Tiantong."
"Early? Then where are we going to hide?"
"There's a villa inside that belongs to Lu Yunji. I have the password."
Chi Bai: “…”
It’s different when you have rich people around you. They have villas everywhere.
The car quickly pulled into the villa complex, and Rong Jing and Chi Bai got out. According to Xiao Sheng's driver, they still had twenty minutes until their arrival, and it looked like they had encountered a traffic jam or something similar.
Rong Jing didn't care and pushed open the door and entered the empty villa.
Although this is Lu Yunji's property, Lu Yunji has obviously never lived here. At first glance, there is only a sofa placed here, and the surrounding walls are still the most primitive cement walls. The smoke and dust raised by someone's arrival made Chi Bai's mouth twitch, and he couldn't help but sneeze.
Rong Jing couldn't help it either.
In the next three minutes, the two of them sneezed no less than ten times while covering their noses.
Chi Baisheng suggested helplessly: "Why don't we pretend to be ordinary people and go for a walk around the neighborhood."
Rong Jing shook his head: "You can go, but I can't."
Chi Bai realized belatedly that Rong Jing was now a celebrity and had already appeared in front of Xiao Sheng and others. If he ran into Xiao Sheng while strolling around later, wouldn't he be exposed?
Thinking of this, Chi Bai felt that he could still endure it.
And at this moment in the nanny car.
After listening to Xiao Sheng's explanation of the Rong Jing, Master Tiantong sneered. Xiao Sheng didn't quite understand what he meant by this laugh. He rolled his eyes and added, "But no matter how much they boast about the Rong Jing, they're definitely not as good as you, Master."
Xiao Sheng has known Master Tiantong for two years. Although they don't have many opportunities to spend time together, for the sake of his own future, he has spent a lot of time to understand Master Tiantong's character and knows that the other party likes others to praise him.
As expected, Tiantong was not modest: "Of course."
But what Xiao Sheng didn't expect was that Tian Tong added something else from the back: "But don't underestimate this little guy named Rong Jing. Both of my junior brothers fell into his hands."
Two junior brothers?
Xiao Sheng was slightly stunned.
Tiantong didn't want to say much. He just lowered his eyes and thought about the incident of Qiu Qian being arrested which he had heard a while ago.
Tian Tong wasn't surprised that Qiu Qian was arrested. In his opinion, Qiu Qian was greedy, stupid, and incompetent, so it was only natural that he would be caught by the special authorities. But he didn't expect that someone as ruthless and cruel as Han Yu would suffer such a loss.
The two most noteworthy things are that Liuyun Temple was not destroyed and the attempt to instigate college students to perform a spirit summoning ritual failed.
However, it was precisely these two things that made Tiantong determined to come here and meet Rong Jing.
But before that, some misunderstandings may need to be clarified.
He hadn't made this decision out of revenge for Han Yu and Qiu Qian. From Tian Tong's perspective, Han Yu and Qiu Qian's loss was excellent news for him. The internal struggle within Xuantian Temple was fierce, and any loss would mean a decline in their standing with the temple master and the others. Consequently, the resources that once belonged to them would be divided up among others.
If... if he could take this opportunity to get rid of Rong Jing, I'm sure the master would look at him differently.
Thinking of this, Tiantong's face, which had always looked gloomy due to his facial features, relaxed and a leisurely smile appeared on his face.
The driver stepped on the brakes, the partition lowered, and a slightly hoarse voice fell into Xiao Sheng's ears: "Mr. Xiao, we've arrived at the villa."
Xiao Sheng turned to look out the window. After confirming the location, he put on his mask and hat just in case. He nodded to Master Tiantong and whispered, "Master, get out of the car. The villa I arranged for you is this one right here."
"Um."
Tiantong got out of the car and his eyes fell on the villa in front of him.
He also lived in a villa in Gaoyun, but Gaoyun was geographically remote and its economy was much more backward than that of Yancheng, so naturally the villa was not as good as that of Yancheng.
He thought that after dealing with Rong Jing, perhaps he could move to Yancheng.
Tiantong thought so and stepped into the villa.
He walked around the villa. Although no one lived in it before, it had everything it needed, and Tiantong was very satisfied.
After walking around, he looked at Xiao Sheng standing in the lobby on the first floor and threw the tumbler doll in his hand to him.
Xiao Sheng was slightly stunned and asked, "What is this...?"
Tian Tong: "It's a good thing for luck. With it, your good luck will come right back. All those lost endorsement scripts will come back to you."
Xiao Sheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately bowed to Tian Tong, thanking him excitedly. He then carefully placed the tumbler close to his body and said to Tian Tong, "Master, I've booked dinner at a nearby restaurant. Would you mind my visit?"
Tian Tong waved his hand and said, "Eat by yourself. I still have things to do."
He planned to go to Changhua Street to find Rong Jing tomorrow. With the experience of Qiu Qian and Han Yu as a lesson, he had to make sufficient preparations. He would check the magic tools he brought with him and decide whether he should prepare some more talisman paper.
As for evil spirits, he does have one.
Seeing that Tiantong's attention was focused on the backpack on the table, Xiao Sheng didn't stay any longer and turned to walk towards the door. But at this moment, a strong ghostly aura with a strong killing intent invaded from outside. As an ordinary person, Xiao Sheng was unaware of it, but Tiantong reacted quickly. His face darkened, and when the aura was completely approaching his face, he quickly took out a talisman paper and stuck it forward, shouting, "Fix!"
A few centimeters away from Tiantong's nose, Si Liu's figure was forced to appear.
A bright yellow talisman paper stained with the smell of blood was pasted on Si Liu's forehead.
The sudden scene made Xiao Sheng's eyes widen suddenly.
Although he could roughly guess that a master like Tiantong knew the art of controlling ghosts, he was still shocked when this straightforward scene appeared before his eyes.
"Why are you so surprised? Your girlfriend also turned into a ghost after she died, but she was eaten by the evil spirit I raised." Tian Tong was very disdainful of his fussing look, and then said, "You are not needed here anymore, you can leave."
"Okay." Even though Xiao Sheng was very interested in the scene in front of him, he couldn't refuse since Tian Tong had made the promise.
Unfortunately, just as Xiao Sheng was about to reach the door again, he suddenly stopped. He then retreated, step by step, until he returned to his original position. Catching this scene from the corner of his eye, Tian Tong couldn't help but frown. He opened his mouth to question Xiao Sheng, but the next second he saw the young man who had followed Xiao Sheng into the room.
Chi Bai put his hands in his pockets and chewed gum. When he met Tiantong's gaze, the gum blew up a huge bubble, which popped and burst the next moment, revealing a face with a smile but obviously a bit of nonchalant look.
"Good afternoon, Master Tiantong," Chi Bai said with a smile. "Why didn't you notify our special department before you came to Yancheng? We can do our best to be your hosts and show you around. It's definitely more interesting than staying in this remote villa, isn't it?"
Special department?
How did the special department know that he came to Yancheng?
Tian Tong's eyes flickered, and just as doubts arose in his heart, he saw Chi Bai put a hand on Xiao Sheng's shoulder. He hugged Xiao Sheng like a brother and said with a smile: "I heard that Master Tian Tong had two junior brothers who fell into Rong Jing's hands. Could your junior brothers be Qiu Qian and Han Yu? Then do you know how Qiu Qian fell into trouble? He-"
Chi Bai deliberately dragged out his words, pointing at Xiao Sheng, who was being held immobile by his firm grip. His smile deepened. "Well, that's how it is. We found a helper and easily lured him out using something he was interested in. You and your junior brother... you're cut from the same cloth."
He concluded: "They are all just as stupid."
Tiantong keenly captured the key word in Chi Bai's words: helper.
He thought of something, and his cold gaze instantly fell on Xiao Sheng's face.
Xiao Sheng, who knew Tian Tong's character well, was so frightened by this blow that he broke out in a cold sweat. He was about to speak up to refute, but Chi Bai didn't give him a chance. He pushed him out the door and said, "Alright, Ah Sheng, we don't need you here anymore. Once we deal with this Master Tian Tong, we'll apply for a sentence reduction."
Ah Sheng?!
When Xiao Sheng was pushed out, he almost exploded when he heard such an intimate name.
If he still can't see that Chi Bai is trying to sow discord at this moment, he would be a fool!
But this push without any warning caused him to roll down the stairs like a ball. For a while, only his screams and groans of pain could be heard.
But Chi Bai deliberately raised his voice and shouted, "Run away, otherwise Master Tiantong will get angry and take his anger out on ordinary people!"
Upon hearing this, Tian Tong sneered, "Provocation? You want me to let him go? You must be dreaming!"
Anyone who betrays him will not have a good ending.
His voice was carried by the wind from inside the house to outside the door and into Xiao Sheng's ears. The man who had just crawled up from the ground enduring the pain suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and just a second later, this bad premonition became a reality.
He watched helplessly as thick black fog rose up around him. The vast black fog almost enveloped his entire body. In his horrified sight, the black fog turned into a terrifying giant hand that suddenly rose up.
Seeing the palm coming towards him, Xiao Sheng subconsciously wanted to step back, but his whole body was stiff and he couldn't move at all. He could only watch as the big hand approached little by little, covering him tightly from all sides and completely blocking his breathing.
Fear and panic made Xiao Sheng breathe rapidly. He couldn't hold his breath for long. Soon his eyes turned white and he struggled and whimpered as if he was about to faint.
Rong Jing watched from the side for a long time, and seeing that Xiao Sheng was really going to die if he didn't take action, he pressed the stop button of the video and sent a message to Song Zhiye. Then he put away his phone, walked to his side, put the talisman paper on him, and shouted, "Retreat."
After a brief pause of one second, the black fog was torn and screamed as it was melted bit by bit by the golden light.
Xiao Sheng, who finally had some fresh air to breathe, staggered and lost his balance for a moment, and his knees hit the ground with a bang.
The shattering pain in his knee barely awakened his sanity that had been dulled by suffocation. He raised his face, which was still bluish purple, and looked at Rong Jing with eyes full of fear and terror.
Rong Jing smiled at him and said, "Don't worry, I won't let you die for now. This is just a small lesson."
After all, the Panpan case has not yet been concluded. With all the evidence eliminated, only Xiao Sheng's surrender can completely clarify Panpan's "suicide".
"Aji, take him to the police station."
After Rong Jing gave the order, a figure emerged from behind a nearby tree. The tall and strong man lifted the equally tall and muscular Xiao Sheng with one hand, nodded at Rong Jing, and said, "Don't worry."
The voice was slightly hoarse, yet very familiar.
Xiao Sheng was horrified and stared at him, his throat moving slightly: "You——"
Aji shrugged and said, "Yeah, I was called by the Sixth Young Master to play cosplay today, so I was your driver for the whole day."
He wasted no time, throwing her into the nanny car and closing the door. He then went around to the side and opened the driver's door. Inside the car, his agent, upon seeing Xiao Sheng's face, screamed uncontrollably, "Xiao Sheng!"
Only then did Xiao Sheng realize that his agent was tied up in the car.
He gritted his teeth and shouted, "You are illegally imprisoning me!"
Aji didn't even turn his head: "We are clearly doing this to eliminate harm for the people."
Then, he stepped on the accelerator and headed towards Yancheng Police Station.
…
inside the house.
A fierce battle has broken out between Chi Bai and Master Tian Tong. Chi Bai holds a peach wood sword, while Tian Tong's magic weapon is actually a human-shaped statue. The appearance of the statue is different from his tumbler dolls. The facial features are regular and can show various expressions, which looks very real.
The peach wood sword pierced through the air and flew right in front of him. Tian Tong immediately threw the statue in his hand away.
The statue, suspended in mid-air, suddenly erupted with an extremely powerful ghostly aura. Immediately afterwards, a ghostly figure slowly withdrew from the statue. The ghost's face showed pain, but as Tiantong muttered an incantation, the pained expression vanished completely, replaced by a cold, murderous look.
When Chi Bai saw this scene, he couldn't help but frowned slightly.
If he guessed correctly, this ghost shadow seemed to be forcibly squeezed into the statue by Tiantong.
Even the battle with him at this moment was forced by Tiantong.
Seeing Chi Bai's gaze, Tian Tong sneered and took the initiative to report the ghost's identity: "You are still young, so you probably don't know him. But if Zhang Zhengze was here, I'm afraid he would recognize his former companion at a glance."
Zhang Zhengze?
Chi Bai's expression remained unchanged, but he was horrified in his heart.
The name Zhang Zhengze may sound a little unfamiliar, but if it is changed to San Ye, it will be very familiar.
Chi Bai just went to the Third Master's place a while ago and bought a batch of paper silk.
His eyes were heavy as he asked, "Is this the Third Master's former companion in the special department?"
Tiantong smiled and said, "Not bad."
Then, the smile on his face deepened: "Young man, do you want to try and see which special department was better, the former one or the current one?"
Although it was an inquiry, Tiantong obviously did not give Chi Bai a chance to refuse.
As soon as he raised his hand, the ghostly figure let out a sharp cry and flew towards Chi Bai. The ghostly energy swept past, stirring up layers of air waves. Its speed was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it was already in front of Chi Bai. Chi Bai was startled and immediately blocked it with his peach wood sword.
But the ghost unexpectedly did not dodge, but faced it head-on, hooking the peach wood sword with its sharp claws and squeezing it tightly.
It seemed to feel no pain. Even though its palms were burned by layers of golden light, its scarlet eyes were still staring straight at Chi Bai, and its palms were getting stronger and stronger.
Click.
A crack appeared on the peach wood sword.
Chi Bai's face changed. He looked down and saw that the cracks on the peach wood sword began to spread around. He quickly let go of the peach wood sword and stepped back.
But when the ghost saw this, he threw away the peach wood sword and quickly chased after him.
Chi Bai threw the talismans at the ghost like they were free, but unfortunately the ghost was too powerful and each talisman could only stay on it for a short time. The immobilization talisman could last for at least a day and a night on an ordinary ghost, but it could only hold this ghost for two minutes.
Just when Chi Bai was struggling with how to deal with the ghost, a hand suddenly rested on his shoulder. Chi Bai's heart trembled and he turned around suddenly.
When he saw the mirror, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"you--"
"Watch me."
Rong Jing narrowed his eyes and looked at the ghost opposite him. The black and gold banner fell to the ground with a thud. The young man stood behind the banner, his eyebrows and eyes calm, and shouted: "Collect!"
The powerful suction instantly sucked the defenseless ghost forward two steps.
Tiantong frowned after noticing this scene: "What is that?"
A cold light flashed in his eyes, and he was about to move to help the ghost, but suddenly he heard a lazy voice behind him: "Your opponent is me."
A ghostly murmur of laughter sounded, causing Tiantong to break out in cold sweat.
He suddenly turned around and saw that Si Liu, who had been given a talisman to immobilize his body, actually slowly raised his hand and peeled off the talisman on his head.
Then, under Tiantong's gaze, Si Liu smiled at him, twisted the talisman paper with his slender fingertips, and the yellow talisman paper turned into powder and fell to the ground.
This scene caused huge waves in Tiantong's heart.
Just by this simple action, he could be absolutely sure that Si Liu was much stronger than the evil ghost he raised!
Tiantong's expression changed slightly and he began to retreat without saying a word.
But Si Liu didn't want to give him this opportunity: "Let the two kids train the evil ghost, as for you——"
He looked Tian Tong up and down, and said with a smile: "Let's see how many moves you can withstand from me."
…
Tianditong Shopping Mall.
Xue Cang looked at Aqiu with suspicion, then looked around. Although today was a weekday, there were still quite a few people coming to Tianditong.
His brows furrowed in thought as he whispered, "Do we really have to come to Tianditong to eat hotpot?"
Ah Qiu raised his chin. "This is something Rong Jing strongly recommended. He said Tianditong's hotpot is the best in Yancheng. We finally have a day off, so why don't we go out and have a good meal?"
Xue Cang agreed with the second half of his words, but the first half——
What is Rong Jing’s hobby? Why would he come here to eat hotpot for no reason?
Although he was grumbling in his heart, Xue Cang didn't say anything more. Instead, he went to the top floor of Tianditong with Aqiu and ordered hotpot and dishes.
After just two bites, Xue Cang's doubts disappeared completely.
You know what, it tastes really good.
It still has to be a mirror.
He raised his eyes and was about to praise Rong Jing to Aqiu, but he was surprised to find that there was a layer of mist around him. Then a ghost suddenly rushed out from the black mist and went straight to his heart.
Xue Cang's face was slightly stern. He overturned the table to temporarily block the ghost, and then suddenly stepped back.
After creating enough distance, he raised his eyes to look at the ghost, but he saw something even more terrifying than the ghost—
Han Yu.
The man looked at him, raised his eyebrows, and smiled: "Surprise."
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