The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 525: Hong Kong Past (6)

"It's right here." Ah Fa took them to a building and said, "I have already contacted the landlord for you. He will be here soon."

"Happiness Building..." Taoist Lingkong took out his compass and looked around, saying, "Really, the aura here is really unusual. The yin energy here is much heavier than other places, and the feng shui pattern is also extremely poor. It is surrounded by the surrounding houses, and the yang energy has been divided away."

Taoist Jingde patted him on the shoulder and said, "Master Qian, you can tell if you look up. There's no need to take out the compass."

Taoist Lingkong looked up and immediately noticed the difference in this building. Even with the naked eye, he could see that it was out of tune with the other surrounding buildings. The surrounding buildings all looked very popular, but this place was different. It seemed to be isolated and gloomy. Even the pedestrians on the roadside avoided this place and walked around it.

Qian Xiaoyi and Taoist Lingkong stood behind them. Qian Xiaoyi commented, "This kind of place was not well planned when it was built. The Feng Shui pattern is abnormal. It is uncomfortable to live in and look at. It would be strange if ordinary people didn't feel uncomfortable living here. No wonder it is haunted."

"Hey, this is the most famous haunted building in Kowloon." Ah Fa introduced, "Especially the 18th floor. There are not many people living in the whole floor. Most of them have run away. No one dares to rent it. Only short-lived ghosts who don't care about their lives dare to rent there, but they run away after living there for a short time. But because of this reason, the rent here is also very low."

“……” The two Taoists looked at each other in silence.

Although the price is indeed much lower than houses of the same standard, it is still more expensive than the subdivided flats of a few square meters that they had looked at before. At that time, the average salary level in the mainland was only a few hundred yuan per month, so they could not afford to live there. They really could not afford it.

"Come here, come here. You want to rent a house, right?" A fat man wearing thick glasses with the bottoms of wine bottles came out of the building. There was a layer of greasy sweat on his head. He had a bunch of keys hanging around his waist and his feet were clanking. After seeing the three people, the fat man walked over very enthusiastically.

The two Taoists couldn't understand what he said in Cantonese. After Ah Fa went up to negotiate with him, the fat man spoke in broken Mandarin and said enthusiastically: "The two masters have come at the right time. You can see this area. It's a prime location. There are no houses around here that are cheaper than mine. Let me tell you, the houses here are so scarce..."

Ah Fa interrupted him and said mockingly, "You fat boy, do you think we are stupid? Your house is haunted and no one dares to live in it. How can it be in short supply?"

The fat man with glasses said angrily, "Hey, hey, hey, you blind man, stop talking nonsense. What haunted house? Where is there a haunted house? Be careful or I will sue you for libel! Masters, don't listen to him. My house here is very decent. What kind of house do you want? I have all kinds of houses here, even thousand-square-foot mansions. I guarantee you will be satisfied."

"Pull over! Who are you calling a blind man? Huh? Haven't you seen "A Better Tomorrow"? Believe it or not, I will chop you to death." Ah Fa pushed the fat man angrily.

The fat man immediately got scared, hiding behind the two Taoists and yelling in a timid way: "Don't touch me, I'm calling security."

"Okay, okay." Taoist Jingde quickly stopped their nonsense and said, "Boss, we have heard about your building. We are not completely ignorant. So, whether we want to rent it or not, let us go up and take a look first. If there is really nothing wrong, we are of course happy to rent a room, don't you think?"

"Yes, yes, I should. I... I'll take you upstairs to have a look." The fat man took a deep breath, as if he was making some mental preparations, and led the three people into the building. There was an old security guard reading a newspaper at the door, and he didn't even glance at their coming in and out.

This building looked quite old, and the elevators were all old-fashioned models, with no iron doors outside, only a layer of iron fences. The elevator slowly rose with noise, and did not stop until it reached the 18th floor. As soon as it stopped, a cold wind blew in from the corridor, as if the air conditioner was turned on.

The iron fence was opened with a snap, which scared the fat landlord. He smiled awkwardly at the others and said, "This is it. I'll take you in..."

They walked out of the elevator and came to the corridor. The lighting here was very poor. Even turning on the lights in broad daylight could not make the place bright. There was an incense burner in the corridor with a lot of burnt incense sticks in it.

"Oh no, I forgot to bring it..." The fat man saw the incense burner, touched his body, and his face changed. Just as he was about to say something, he saw three incense sticks being handed to him.

Taoist Lingkong said considerately: "I have it here."

"...Thank you." The fat man's expression became even more embarrassed. He took the incense stick, lit it with a match placed next to the incense burner, then bowed respectfully to the incense burner, muttering "Don't be surprised if it's strange" and other words.

After lighting the incense sticks, Ah Fa said in a sarcastic tone, "It's a very decent house, isn't it?"

The fat landlord looked a little embarrassed, pretending he didn't hear anything, and greeted the two Taoists enthusiastically: "Two masters, please come this way. The rooms here are all empty. You can look at any one you want. They are all fully furnished and you can move in directly. It's very convenient..."

He took the three people to look at houses. Every time he entered a room, he did not open the door with his key first. Instead, he knocked on the door three times and said, "Excuse me, I'm bringing someone to see the house" before taking them in to see the room.

Qian Xiaoyi pouted and complained, "If you show people a house like this, it would be strange if the customer is not scared. No wonder you can't rent it out."

Taoist Lingkong chuckled and said, "They all believe in this here. If they don't do this, they won't feel at ease."

After checking out all the rooms, Fatty heaved a sigh of relief. His good brothers were very cooperative today and nothing unexpected happened, so he forced a smile and asked, "I wonder if the two masters are quite satisfied? As you can see, this floor does have some... bad feng shui, but I guarantee that it is still very comfortable to live in. Generally, as long as you don't go out at night, you won't encounter any strange things, so you see..."

"The house is really nice." Taoist Jingde looked very satisfied, which made the fat man a little happy. But the next second, Taoist Jingde turned around and asked in a puzzled tone: "But is there another room here that you didn't show us?"

Everyone followed his gaze and saw a room at the very end of the corridor. The door was covered with talismans and was locked with an iron chain.

(End of this chapter)