Chapter 27
The dish was served quickly, but Xie took a bite and only started eating after confirming that it was not spicy.
After discussing for so long, everyone was very hungry and ate quietly without saying anything.
After dinner, Shi Ming and Lu Jueqiu went back to continue searching for Chen Shan's whereabouts, while Jing Xiebai drove Xie Que home.
The street lights are bright, pedestrians are coming and going, the evening breeze blows, rolling up the dead leaves on the ground, and the air is filled with a faint floral fragrance.
The seemingly peaceful city is actually full of dangers.
Jing Xiebai opened the car window and casually threw out a piece of talisman to help the wandering soul not far away to be liberated.
The number of ghosts has increased sharply during this period, and even before midnight, there are many wandering souls gathered on the streets.
Since Xie Que opened his Yin-Yang eyes, he has become accustomed to seeing ghosts from time to time, but he did not expect there would be so many.
"What should we do with these wandering souls? Are the exorcists also responsible for this?" Wandering souls are nothing to the exorcists, but it is different for ordinary people. At the very least, their luck will be damaged, and at the worst, they will get sick and die.
Xie felt a headache looking at the wandering souls all over the streets. He couldn't even deal with all the evil spirits, so how could he have the experience to deal with these wandering souls?
Jing Xiebai glanced at Xie Que and said comfortingly, "Don't worry, we will arrange for the Taoist priest in the temple to solve it."
There are not enough exorcists, and it is impossible to disperse manpower to deal with the wandering souls, so they can only leave it to the Taoist priest.
Xie nodded and wanted to speak.
“Ding-ling-ling——”
The ringing of the phone interrupted Xie's unspoken words.
Jing Xiebai glanced at Xie Que and picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Xiao Jing, there's an incident at the Municipal General Hospital. You need to go there right away."
Municipal General Hospital?
Jing Xiebai frowned. The hospital had only been built half a month ago and hadn't even opened yet. What could have happened?
"Tell me slowly, I'm listening."
Jing Xiebai parked the car aside, turned on the hands-free mode, and motioned Xie Que to answer the phone with him.
The person on the other end of the phone explained the whole story in just a few words.
"Fifteen bodies have been found in the hospital morgue for no apparent reason, and their identities have yet to be confirmed. The staff who cleaned the hospital today all collapsed unconscious outside the hospital entrance. They were just discovered, and when they woke up, they had no memory of the past three days. Preliminary observation suggests a ghost is behind this."
Jing Xiebai: "Evil ghost?"
He frowned and asked, "Hospitals are always chosen where the earth's energy is concentrated, and they also hire Taoist priests to set up formations. How could there be evil spirits here?"
The Municipal General Hospital is a big project, and it is impossible for them to be careless about such things. There must be someone behind the scenes doing something wrong.
"Did Chen Shan do it?" A hint of ruthlessness flashed across Jing Xiebai's face. He didn't expect Chen Shan to attack them so early.
They had just arranged the exorcist to deal with the evil spirits, and now they were short of manpower. It seemed that Chen Shan knew their movements very clearly.
Jing Xiebai did not refuse, as he was not confident in handing over matters related to Chen Shan to others.
"Don't worry, I will immediately transfer people from the Jing family to resolve this matter as soon as possible."
After Jing Xiebai hung up the phone, he made another call.
"Municipal General Hospital, five people, come and form a formation."
There is too much traffic around the hospital, so a formation must be set up to prevent ordinary people from coming in and to prevent evil spirits from escaping and harming people.
Xie Que: "I'll go with you."
No one knows whether Chen Shan did this on purpose to attract their attention. At this time, it is safer for him to follow Jing Xiebai.
"Okay, let's drive to the hospital right now. Someone will bring talismans over. Protect yourself."
Xie Que has too many secrets, and there is also an ancestor of a ghost exorcist who reincarnated early to pave the way for him. In Chen Shan's eyes, perhaps Xie Que is the person who is really worth guarding against.
"Tell me, how could a ghost dare to cause trouble in the hospital?"
Xie was a little puzzled. The evil ghost that could break the formation and cause trouble in the hospital must have practiced for at least a hundred years. Chen Shan couldn't find such an evil ghost even when he refined ghosts himself, so he could only choose some evil ghosts that had practiced for decades to raise. How could he be willing to let the evil ghost out?
Moreover, the evil ghost that has cultivated for hundreds of years has already regained consciousness and it is impossible for it to seek death by causing trouble in the hospital. The only outcome of doing so is a fight to the death with the exorcist.
"Also, the best way to raise a ghost is to offer blood sacrifice. Isn't Chen Shan afraid that killing so many people will make him more vulnerable to being exposed?"
Xie looked out the window, pursed his lips tightly, and his beautiful eyes were full of confusion.
Chen Shan gave him a very strange feeling.
He didn't dare expose himself directly to them, yet he acted boldly, seemingly completely unafraid of being discovered. He was like a cloud of mist, visible but untouchable. Even if he raised his fist, it was just hitting the air, causing no actual damage.
Is his move this time to set up a bigger plan?
Xie sighed, feeling a little confused.
Jing Xiebai: "Is there a possibility that he lured the evil spirit to the hospital to force us to take action. If we can deal with the evil spirit, he can use the mantis to stalk the cicada while the oriole waits behind. If we can't deal with it, he can take action to deal with us."
This is obviously much more cost-effective than directly refining evil spirits.
"As for raising evil spirits... he might still be using some evil magic that we don't know about."
Most of the exorcists nowadays have never been exposed to sorcery. Even Jing Xiebai was only able to get some exposure to sorcery when reading the family history because of his identity as the head of the family.
They knew too little about sorcery. If Chen Shan sacrificed himself one day and used sorcery to kill them, they could not guarantee that they would be able to cope with it.
"We're here." Jing Xiebai didn't continue the topic. He parked the car in front of the hospital and got out without turning off the engine.
The surrounding residents have been forcibly dispersed, and the formation has been set up, waiting for them to go in and exorcise the ghosts.
Jing Xiebai took the talisman from the person beside him and handed it to Xie Que, then instructed the other five people, "Watch the formation carefully. No one is allowed to get close, no matter who it is. If I don't come out tomorrow, go find Lu Jueqiu."
"yes!"
Xie raised his head and looked around the hospital.
It was no different from an ordinary hospital, except that one of the buildings was clearly shrouded in a black aura.
It is not easy for evil ghosts to hide their negative energy. Most evil ghosts will only hide their negative energy when they are being hunted by exorcists, but evil ghosts with high enough cultivation often disdain this.
Chen Shan really set up a big plan to deal with them.
"Stop looking and go in." Jing Xiebai patted Xie Que's shoulder and motioned him to follow him in.
"Where should I start investigating?" Xie Que could only feel that there was a heavy yin energy here since he came in, but he couldn't find the source.
"Let's go to the morgue first." Jing Xiebai took You Zhong out at some point and held it in his right hand.
Black air gathered around the sword, the red stone on the guard was slightly shining, and golden light was wandering on the Taotie's body, emitting murderous aura.
The Youzhong was inherently a vicious creature, and the more yin energy it exuded, the stronger its murderous intent. If Jing Xiebai hadn't been suppressing it, the Taotie would have burst out of it in the next second to feast on a feast.
"We're here." Jing Xiebai stood in front of the glass door but didn't go in.
There was dark air lingering inside the door and nothing could be seen clearly.
"Stand away." Jing Xiebai took a step back, raised his sword and swung it out.
With a "bang", the glass door shattered into pieces, fell to the ground, turned into blood, and quickly disappeared.
"Hehe, I finally waited for you."
A sharp sound came from the hall, and the black air gradually dissipated, revealing the original appearance of the hospital.
"Is it a female ghost?" Xie stood at the door and poked his head to look inside.
"Hmm." Jing Xiebai was not in a good mood. Just now, a few pieces of glass flew onto him, leaving a foul smell.
Xie Que turned around and glanced at Jing Xiebai, and said, "The morgue is on the second floor below ground."
He had good eyesight and could see the map of the hospital not far away at a glance.
"Go down the stairs?"
Jing Xiebai: "Let's take the elevator. It will be convenient to go to the upper floors later."
"Okay." Xie nodded and walked in.
Jing Xiebai: "Hey, wait a minute!"
"Hmm?" Xie stopped and looked back at Jing Xiebai.
"The lock line hasn't been connected yet, why are you in such a hurry?" Jing Xiebai pulled Xie Que's left hand, and without waiting for Xie Que to answer, a light golden line appeared on Xie Que's wrist.
"Sorry, I forgot." Xie looked at the string on his wrist with some curiosity. "Is this thing really that effective? With it, can I definitely confirm the other person's identity?"
The two times he exorcised ghosts, Xie Que had never carefully examined this thread. He wondered if it would still be effective if he encountered a ghost that had cultivated for hundreds of years.
"No, just keep it if you want." Jing Xiebai touched his nose embarrassedly.
The human-locking string was somewhat useful against ordinary ghosts, but it was just a decoration against a fierce ghost. Before meeting Xie Que, he had always been skeptical of this thing, but the first time he worked with someone, he encountered only puppets and paper figures, so he connected the string. Unexpectedly, he did the same thing subconsciously this time.
"Okay, okay, let's go to the morgue first, and then go to the cleaning room." Jing Xiebai let go of Xie Que's hand, and walked away without caring whether he followed him or not.
Xie was a little confused and unconsciously touched the place where Jing Xiebai had touched. He quickly put his hand down and jogged to catch up with Jing Xiebai's pace.
The moment the elevator door opened, a cold wind blew in from the door. Xie subconsciously looked back, only to find that the place where the door was originally had become a wall.
Xie Que: "Does this have to wait until we solve the Li Guimen before it will appear?"
Jing Xiebai nodded and reminded: "Be careful, don't save the talisman paper. Even if you have to use the blood talisman at the critical moment, you must save your life."
Xie Que has recovered well and has sufficient Yang energy in his body. The blood talisman made from his blood will be very powerful.
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