I gasped in pain, tears welling up in my eyes, but I had no time to care about whether I was hurt. I gritted my teeth, struggled to my feet, and limped toward the gate.
Fifth Grandfather opened the door and went out. If that woman in red had seen him, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
"Fifth Grandfather, don't open the door!" I shouted as I ran.
I was extremely anxious. If anything happened to my fifth grandfather, I would never forgive him for the rest of my life.
I saw the gate of the courtyard wide open from afar, and my heart sank to the bottom. My face turned pale, and I felt immense regret for bringing this filthy thing home.
Just as I ran out with a bad feeling, the scene in front of me made me pause.
I saw my fifth grandfather holding his big machete in one hand and pushing my electric scooter with the other.
"Changming, what are you doing? You didn't even bring the electric bike back. What if that Zhou guy sees it and throws the battery away?" My fifth grandfather glared at me and said irritably.
At that moment, I didn't think too much about how my fifth grandfather knew about that thief Zhou. My eyes welled up with tears, and I went over and hugged him tightly, choking back sobs, "Fifth grandfather, are you alright?"
"Get lost, are you running a fever today?" My fifth grandfather shoved me aside, handed me the electric scooter, glared at me, and yelled.
"No." Although I was scolded by my fifth grandfather, I felt very happy at that moment.
I put the electric scooter back in the yard, and my fifth grandfather closed the gate and was walking back.
"Fifth Grandfather, when you went out just now, did you see a woman in red?" I leaned closer and asked nervously.
"I didn't see it." Fifth Grandfather asked doubtfully, "Changming, you seemed a bit strange tonight. Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." I touched my head sheepishly. I really wanted to tell my fifth grandfather about how I was chased by the red-clothed ghost in broad daylight, but I thought about how old he was. If something bad happened to him, it would be too late for me to regret it.
"It's good that you're alright, go back to sleep." Fifth Grandfather helped him put the big knife on his back and turned to walk towards his room.
"Fifth Grandfather, did you hear the knocking just now?" I continued to ask.
I wasn't surprised at all that my fifth grandfather carried his big knife when he went out, because he always carried his knife with him. Even when he went to the market, he would wrap the knife in cloth and carry it on his back.
"I heard it. I don't know which bastard was running around knocking on the door in the middle of the night," Fifth Grandfather said angrily.
"When you ran out, did you see anyone? Especially anyone wearing red?" I was still worried, afraid that the woman in red was still nearby.
"I didn't see it, but Changming, did you get into trouble outside and get chased home? Otherwise, why didn't you bring your electric scooter back, and why didn't you take the key out?" Grandpa Wu suddenly stared at me and asked with concern.
"How could that be? I'm a good person, how could I cause trouble?" I shook my head like a rattle drum. Afraid that my fifth grandfather wouldn't believe me, I said half-truthfully, "Fifth grandfather, you don't know, when I came back just now, I seemed to see a woman in red following me. I thought I had encountered something evil, so I hurriedly ran home."
"Dirty thing?" Fifth Grandfather asked, looking at me.
"I think so," I said, looking panicked.
"Haha, Changming, you've been reading too many novels. I'm just a pig butcher, and you're talking to me about dirty things." Fifth Grandfather took the big knife off his back and said with a disdainful look, "Look at this. Back then, we weren't even afraid of the Japanese devils, let alone dirty things. If you encounter it next time, come back and tell me, and I'll go and chop it up alive."
"Uh, haha, I'm going back to sleep." I laughed awkwardly and hurriedly walked towards my room.
Fifth Grandfather was clearly not a superstitious person. He had been on the battlefield and experienced the baptism of gunfire, so he was full of murderous aura. Perhaps he really wasn't afraid of anything unclean.
But if only the evil spirits were that simple, like the woman in red tonight, even I am no match for her, let alone my fifth grandfather's broken knife.
I just thought my fifth grandfather was bragging and didn't take his words to heart at all.
I returned to my room, but I was still worried because I wasn't sure if the woman in red had left, yet I didn't dare go out to check.
When I came back, I didn't see anyone around, and there were four knocks on the door. Anyone with a little common sense knows that you shouldn't knock on someone's door four times in a row.
Oh right, I was in such a rush that I just remembered I hadn't closed the hall door.
I got up and walked towards the hall. When I arrived at the entrance of the hall, my expression was strange. I clearly remembered that the door was not closed when I ran out, so how come the door was closed now?
Moreover, I had just returned not long ago. Before I came back, I discovered that my fifth grandfather had already gone back to his room, and he had never been to the hall before.
It couldn't have been Fifth Grandfather, so who could have closed the door? Or was it just the wind blowing it in?
But that doesn't make sense. There are no windows in the hall, so how did the wind close the door?
Could it be that the ancestral master in the hall sensed the red-clothed woman's reasoning, went out and chopped her up, and then closed the door behind him when he came back?
I shook my head, banishing this nonsensical thought from my mind. Since Grandpa told me to run home if I encountered anything powerful, he probably had some backup plan.
Yes, that's the only explanation. And I didn't sense any evil aura at home, which means the woman in red has left or has been killed.
I took a shower and returned to my room, my mind in turmoil. I took the small knife out of my bag and examined it closely. After studying it for a while, I still couldn't figure it out, nor could I sense any fluctuations in its magical power.
If it weren't for this knife tonight, I might have been strangled to death by that woman in red.
I thought I had been scammed by the old woman, but I never expected to buy a treasure for a thousand. I still can't confirm whether it is a magic artifact, but tonight I easily cut off one of the red-clothed female ghost's arms with it. What's even more terrifying is that it instantly drained the magic power from my body.
Carefully putting the knife back into my bag, I sat cross-legged on the bed and began to cultivate the Three Pure Ones Supreme Technique. After the great battle with the red-clothed female ghost, I found that my cultivation speed had increased significantly. According to my estimate, I would reach the entry level in ten days at most, and then I could try to draw those basic spirit talismans.
I quickly entered a meditative state.
The next day.
A rooster's crow woke me up. I got out of bed, washed my face and brushed my teeth, then went to the kitchen and ate a bowl of white rice porridge with pickled vegetables before riding my electric scooter out the door.
As soon as I stepped out the door, I saw something strange by the roadside in the distance. When I got closer, my face changed drastically, and I was filled with disbelief.
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