The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

After the Episode 275 (3)

"No, I'm going to visit someone." Liuliyuan Hongming said, "I'll send Dad off in the evening."

Liuliyuan Lily showed a troubled expression: "Hey~~~ Can't I let my mother send me?"

"She has to manage a company by herself, she's very busy." Liuliyuan Hongming put his hands together and said, "Please help me, I'll give you some pocket money when I come back."

"I can't do anything about you, Dad." Liuliyuan Lily sighed, "You actually want a high school student like me to drive you. You should at least go get a driver's license. It's not like you don't have a car at home."

"I don't want to waste my time on those things." Liuliyuan Hongming said, "This time it's a very important matter."

"What is it?" Liuliyuan Lily asked curiously.

"Anyway, it's a very important matter." Liuliyuan Hongming said, "You don't need to know it so clearly."

"Eh~~~~ Don't you want people to know?" Liuliyuan Lily looked at him with empty eyes: "Is there some secret that cannot be revealed? Lover? Mistress? Illegitimate child?"

Liuliyuan Hiroaki sighed and said, "Stupid daughter, what are you thinking about? I told you not to watch those messed up TV dramas. I'm going to visit a fellow exorcist and ask him for advice. His address is in Roppongi..."

"You mean Lingkong Agency?!" Liuliyuan Lily took out her phone and flipped through it. She found a piece of news and asked, "Is it the Lingkong Agency of the psychic detective Qian Xiaoyi?!"

Liuliyuan Hongming was stunned: "You know?"

"How could I not know?" Liuliyuan Lily said with an exaggerated expression: "The previous Halloween special was super interesting! So it turns out that what was broadcast on TV was not a script. Is that Chinese guy really a psychic detective?"

"That's right. He's not the common liar. I heard he's very powerful." Liuliyuan Hongming nodded, and then said, "Just send me to the outside of Lingkong Office."

Liuliyuan Lily said coquettishly: "Hey~~~ Can you take me up with you? I also want to listen to your conversation. After all, I am a psychic. If I inherit the temple in the future, how can I help others get rid of ghosts if I don't understand anything?"

Liuliyuan Hongming said helplessly: "Study hard and go to college in the future. You don't need to inherit the temple or anything like that! With your half-baked inspiration, don't think about exorcism all day long. That's not a job suitable for you."

He didn't want his daughter to follow the same path and become an exorcist because this industry exposed too many dark sides of human nature, so he never let her learn the knowledge of an exorcist.

"Tsk~" Liuliyuan Lily muttered, "I also want to be on TV and be a psychic detective."

At night, the two drove from Mingguang Temple and came to the downstairs of Roppongi Lingkong Office.

"We're here~" Liuliyuan Lily said dissatisfiedly, "Do you really want me to wait downstairs? I also want to meet that psychic detective and ask for an autograph or something."

"Adults are talking about things, children should not interfere." Liuliyuan Hongming said with fatherly authority: "I will help you get the autograph, just wait for me in the car."

"Yes, yes~ It's an adult's business~" Liuliyuan Lily complained, "I'm a socially anxious adult who can't drive and doesn't dare to go to crowded places."

Liuliyuan Hongming said with some embarrassment: "That's not social phobia, that's for spiritual practice, you don't understand..."

Yes, in his daughter's eyes, he is a socially phobic person who stays in the temple and only knows how to chant Buddha and practice. In fact, he was not like this many years ago, but living in isolation for a long time did make him start to become uncomfortable in crowded places. Once there are many strangers around him, he feels uncomfortable all over, as if ants are crawling on his body.

But he absolutely refused to admit that he was socially phobic! It was simply because his practice required him to stay away from places with chaotic auras! Yes, that's it!
"I'll be down right away." Liuliyuan Hongming hurried upstairs under his daughter's gaze. "Is anyone there? Is Mr. Qian here?"

There was a knock on the door of the office. Qian Xiaoyi walked behind the door while brushing his teeth and said with foam at the mouth, "The office is closed now. We have closed. Come back tomorrow."

"Mr. Qian, I was introduced by Anna. I also know Mr. Ashiya."

When Qian Xiaoyi heard this, he wondered if this was someone from the same business as him, so he said, "Please wait a moment."

He went to the bathroom to wash his face, then opened the door of the office, and a shiny bald head appeared in front of him.

"Excuse me, who are you..." Qian Xiaoyi looked at the other person, who was a middle-aged monk in his thirties or forties, and looked very ordinary.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Liuliyuan Hongming." Liuliyuan Hongming said, "Anna said that I can only see you at night, so I took the liberty to visit you at this time. Please forgive me."

"That woman again? She's really good at finding things for me to do." Qian Xiaoyi was a little unhappy. He was indeed not at home during the day because the business of the firm had skyrocketed due to the broadcast of the program. He had been going out every day these days to help others handle commissions.

But even so, I can't choose to come after get off work.

"You mentioned Mr. Ashiya just now, so you are also an exorcist?" Qian Xiaoyi asked, although he was unhappy.

"Yes." Liuliyuan Hongming looked at Qian Xiaoyi, and suddenly a circle of faint golden light appeared behind him, indicating his identity as an exorcist.

"Wow~ Buddha's light~" Qian Xiaoyi raised his eyebrows: This guy's cultivation is quite good, he is several levels higher than that guy Gui Teng. Judging from his strength, he should be considered a first-class exorcist in Tokyo.

"Please come in." Qian Xiaoyi invited the monk into the room, and after both of them sat down, he asked, "I wonder what Mr. Liuliyuan has to come to me personally for?"

"I have a favor to ask of you." Liuliyuan Hongming said straight to the point: "Please help me deal with the slit-mouthed woman!"

"Slit... Slit-mouthed woman?!"

Qian Xiaoyi subconsciously glanced at his room. The thing was right there. Why were you going to deal with it?
"Well, excuse me, why did you come to me?" Qian Xiaoyi asked cautiously, "And that kind of thing is difficult to deal with, right?"

Ruriin Hiroaki said, "On Halloween a few days ago, the Slit-mouthed Woman appeared in Shibuya, and you were there too, right?"

He told Qian Xiaoyi his guess and what Anna had told him, and said, "So you must have a way to make those things kill each other, right?"

"This..." Qian Xiaoyi was a little puzzled. He thought there were no other psychics in Shibuya at that time, so he borrowed a lot of the power of the Slit-Mouthed Woman without any scruples. Unexpectedly, he was still discovered.

Qian Xiaoyi asked: "Before we talk about this, I want to ask, why did you come to me? Compared to a newcomer like me, you should go to those acquaintances, right? There should be many capable people in Tokyo, such as the priest of Iwama Shrine, or Mr. Ashiya, why don't you go to them?"

"So you didn't know?" Liuliyuan Hongming nodded. "That's right. It's an old story. It's normal that Mr. Qian doesn't know since he's new here. But Mr. Qian should know the rules about urban legend commissions, right? The commission fee is several times that of a normal commission, and it's best to have other exorcists as help...

This unwritten rule is actually a lesson learned with blood..."

(End of this chapter)