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Chapter 318 Shedding the False and Becoming the True, Nourishing Yin and Transforming into Suppressing Evil (Bonus Chapter 2135)

The two idlers were carried out. Although they were still breathing, they were too weak to wake up, just like Zhang Xiaofeng.

Although Zhang Yu was worried that the idle man's family would cause trouble, what he wanted to know more about now was why Wang Zhiwen had no information.

"Brother Wen, how come you're perfectly fine last night?"

Wang Zhiwen frowned as he looked at Zhang Yu.

"How can you talk like that? You're unhappy because I'm fine?"

"No, no, what I mean is... is there any hope for Xiaofeng?"

Zhang Yu quickly apologized.

"Even if they could be saved, it wouldn't be me!"

As Wang Zhiwen spoke, he looked at Wang Zhibo, who was sitting in the living room with a furrowed brow.

Zhang Yu immediately understood, but when he thought about his attitude towards Wang Zhibo yesterday, he didn't know how to ask about it.

Wang Zhiwen had no such concerns and went directly to ask Wang Zhibo.

"Zhibo, is there any hope for Xiaofeng?"

Wang Zhibo looked up.

"I can't be sure yet, but we shouldn't need to let anyone in tonight."

"Really?"

Zhang Yu, standing to the side, beamed with joy, while Wang Zhiwen's sister, Wang Mengzhu, burst into tears of happiness.

"Mengzhu, what are we waiting for?"

Wang Zhiwen looked at his sister and gave her a wink.

Before Wang Mengzhu could react, Zhang Yu realized what was happening.

"Sister-in-law, the money!"

"Oh, right, how could I forget about that?"

Wang Mengzhu quickly withdrew 50,000 yuan in cash from her home.

In order to pay the wages of the young and middle-aged men and the idlers, Wang Mengzhu has already withdrawn 100,000 yuan to keep at home.

After these days, only a little over 60,000 remain.

Wang Zhibo looked at the money on the table but did not take it.

"Let's see if Zhang Xiaofeng is alright tonight before discussing the money. If we can't resolve the issue, I won't accept the money."

After Wang Zhibo finished speaking, he stood up.

"I'm going out for a bit, I'll be back tonight. Prepare Zhang Xiaofeng's blood and hair, I need them when I get back."

"Okay, okay, I'll definitely be ready."

Wang Zhiwen readily agreed.

Then they watched as Wang Zhibo left with a lamp holding a candle.

"Brother Wen, this Wang Zhibo is really quite capable!"

Seeing Wang Zhibo leave, Zhang Yu couldn't help but speak up.

Wang Zhiwen glanced at Zhang Yu and shook his head.

"Zhang Yu, I'm not trying to criticize you, but the world has changed. Even if you don't believe me, don't offend him. It's just that Zhi Bo has a good temper. If it were anyone else, they would have left last night, and none of this would have happened today."

"Yes, yes, it's my problem."

Zhang Yu quickly admitted his mistake, and then said, "Brother Wen, after this matter is over, I will go and apologize to Uncle Zhi. Could you act as a go-between then?"

Looking at Zhang Yu's ingratiating gaze, who had always been somewhat distant from him, Wang Zhiwen nodded faintly.

"We'll talk about this later. There's no rush. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Brother Wen. Sister-in-law, I'll go back and get a bottle of wine to have a drink with you. Can you cook a couple of dishes?"

……

Wang Zhibo placed three ever-burning lamps on the table in Zhang Yunshan's courtyard.

"Brother Zhang, that thing came again last night. The ever-burning lamp worked, but why are my methods useless against it?"

Zhang Yunshan was inspecting the three ever-burning lamps at the time, and simply smiled upon hearing this.

"If your methods were effective against it, why would you need to ask me for this?"

Zhang Yunshan looked at the burnt-out candle and asked:

How long did you stay up last night?

"It started in the early morning, and by six o'clock in the morning it should have burned halfway, but when I went to check, only the bottom part was left."

Wang Zhibo recalled.

"The ghost was about two-thirds of the way through before it came out. When I went there and came back, the rest was burned out. It only took about five minutes."

Zhang Yunshan nodded.

"It seems the thing you found wasn't the worst, otherwise something might have happened last night."

Wang Zhibo nodded, then asked, "Brother Zhang, can you tell me why that thing can't be attacked?"

Seeing that Zhang Yunshan remained unmoved, Wang Zhibo suddenly took out his mobile phone and transferred 220,000 yuan to Zhang Yunshan.

Upon seeing the text message, Zhang Yunshan chewed on a ginseng root and said, "I can't say for sure, but you should have seen those three fires, right?"

Wang Zhibo recalled the candlelight that had appeared above Wang Zhiwen's head and on his shoulders, and nodded.

"This is what I'm thinking: the ghost might not be in the place we see, but in another... another dimension?"

“We can’t reach this space, but we can reach the ever-burning lamp.”

"So, do you understand?"

Wang Zhibo thought back to the scene of attacking the female ghost yesterday. It looked like he hit thin air, not that the attack was absorbed by the female ghost.

But then, Wang Zhibo thought of something else.

"Then why was that thing able to attack Zhang Xiaofeng and the others?"

Zhang Yunshan shook his head.

"Just like I don't know why the Everlasting Lamp could enter that space to protect Zhang Xiaofeng and the others, I don't know how that ghostly thing could attack Zhang Xiaofeng."

Wang Zhibo remained silent for a moment.

"Thank you, Brother Zhang. If you need anything in the future, you can come to Wangjiagou to find me."

"Hehe, I don't really want that day to come."

Zhang Yunshan smiled.

"My biggest wish is to live another ten years peacefully."

"Now that I have this money, I feel more confident to talk to Xiaoli and we can spend our old age together."

Wang Zhibo was taken aback, nodded, and then left.

Zhang Yunshan watched Wang Zhibo's retreating figure.

"If you don't have some skills in this line of work, you won't dare to get married."

……

That evening, Wang Zhibo made Zhang Xiaofeng's three ever-burning lamps.

To prevent any accidents, he made the candles even bigger and longer than they were last night.

This night.

Zhang Xiaofeng was alone in his room. Just before dawn, Wang Zhibo watched as the three candles in the ever-burning lamp began to burn fiercely, their flames even brighter than the lamp itself.

It burned for a full seven minutes, until only a third remained, at which point the candlelight went out.

Wang Zhibo went to check on Zhang Xiaofeng; he was sleeping well and his condition had not worsened.

When the rest of the Zhang family came to see it, they were all overjoyed and wept tears of joy.

Wang Zhibo accepted the money but did not leave. Instead, he made another eternal lamp for Zhang Xiaofeng and kept watch over it all night.

That night, only one-tenth of the ever-burning lamp burned, because the ghost didn't come!
Thus, Wang Zhibo breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the ghost wasn't solved, at least Zhang Xiaofeng's family's problem was resolved.

That day, Wang Zhibo returned to Wangjiagou.

After arriving home, he started contacting people to ask where there were old locust trees and where there were mugwort plantations.

He planned to make an ever-burning lamp for himself, because if he really encountered that kind of ghost, he didn't seem confident that he wouldn't be hurt by it.

But Wang Zhibo didn't expect that he would receive a call from Wang Zhiwen the day after he returned.

The phone call contained only one message.

That ghost has reappeared, and it's even more ferocious than before!
This time it wasn't Zhang Xiaofeng's family, but other families in Zhangzhuang!
In just one night, ten people from three households in Zhangzhuang were drugged, all to the point of being like Zhang Xiaofeng, but no one died. Now, instigated by the relatives of those two idle men, those people went to Zhang Xiaofeng's house, claiming that Zhang Xiaofeng had attracted the evil spirits.

They say that if Zhang Xiaofeng doesn't die, more people in the village will die.

Zhang Xiaofeng's family has already called the police today, but Wang Zhiwen is worried that if anyone else falls victim to the virus tonight, Zhang Xiaofeng might be in trouble before the police arrive tomorrow.

Wang Zhiwen meant that he wanted Wang Zhibo to get rid of the ghost.

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhibo fell silent.

Exorcising ghosts?

If only it could be eliminated.

However, Wang Zhibo still went to Zhangzhuang and visited those people.

Indeed, the symptoms are the same as Zhang Xiaofeng's.

Unable to absorb Zhang Xiaofeng's yang energy, the ghost began to absorb the yang energy of the other people in Zhangzhuang.

But according to Zhang Yunshan, shouldn't the ghost have already left?

With these questions in mind, Wang Zhibo went to find Zhang Yunshan.

If we can't get the answers we want from Zhang Yunshan, then we should report this to the Bureau of Public Opinion.

No one died. Although it would be difficult to get the Bureau of Investigation to take action, he had connections within the Bureau.
But when Wang Zhibo went to find Zhang Yunshan, he found that no one was home.

Having no other option, he called Wang Xingping directly.

No one heard.

After thinking for a moment, he called Chen Xin again.

"Chen Xin, we can't get through to your uncle on the phone. Can you contact him?"

"Hmm? If you can't reach him, Uncle, then I can't reach him either. He must be on a mission."

When Chen Xin received Wang Zhibo's call, his heart skipped a beat, and he immediately asked, "Is there something going on in Wangjiagou?"

"No, it's not Wangjiagou... Oh right, I remember you interned at the Bureau of Investigation, didn't you?"

"Correct."

"Could you help me look into something? There's a rather tricky problem."

"Okay, you say."

Wang Zhibo immediately recounted the situation of the female ghost.

Chen Xin was quite surprised after hearing this, and after hanging up the phone, he started searching on his computer.

Upon investigation, they indeed uncovered some similar cases.

"Hundreds of people in xx village were attacked by what appeared to be a ghostly entity. Those attacked did not die, but they were emaciated... A month later, it was found that most of them had recovered, but they all suffered some permanent damage to their bodies. The cause has not yet been found."

"The health of residents in one building in XX residential area has deteriorated significantly. No pathogens have been detected, but the incident is suspected to be a ghostly attack. One person has died, and the cause remains unknown."

"Ten students from xx school..."

"XX City..."

"The reason hasn't been found?"

Chen Xin was somewhat surprised. If what Wang Zhibo discovered was the same kind of ghostly phenomenon as all of these, then it meant that Wang Zhibo was the first witness.

Chen Xin understood after thinking about it.

These incidents all share a common characteristic: either no one died, or only one or two people died.

In this situation, without connections at the Bureau of Polling, getting a quick response from them is somewhat difficult.

Most people go there afterward, unlike Wang Zhibo who experienced it firsthand this time.

In addition, not every Bureau of Investigation agent has abilities like Ghost Eye, which is why they haven't been able to discover it for so long.

"It is indeed a clever ghost, but ghosts cannot be this clever. Is someone controlling the ghost to cause trouble?"

Chen Xin became interested and called Wang Zhibo.

“We understand the situation. There have been similar incidents, but the cause has not been found. Uncle, you should be the first witness to this incident.”

Wang Zhibo was taken aback. The first eyewitness?
“There was another person in Zhangzhuang who had seen this thing before. He also told me about a yin object that could protect normal people.”

"Huh? Who?"

"His name is Zhang Yunshan. He used to be a fortune teller, but for some reason the evil spirits inside him disappeared."

"Hold on."

Chen Xin typed "Zhang Yunshan" into the computer and found three people with the same name among the fortune tellers. Based on their addresses and places of origin, Chen Xin identified one person.

After reading all the information, Chen Xin called Wang Zhibo.

“I found Zhang Yunshan, whom you mentioned. He was attacked by a messenger of the gods during a supernatural event, and the evil spirit within him disappeared at that time.”

"He was lucky. The ghost's true form was a woman's face with its seven orifices gouged out. It was originally sewn onto the back of his head. When the incident happened, the skin on the back of his head was completely torn off. The ghost was gone, but he himself was fine."

"I checked his background, and there's no similar incident mentioned in his resume, so it might not have been recorded..."

Before Chen Xin could finish speaking, he heard Wang Zhibo's changed tone.

"What do you think his ghost is?"

"Uh... a face, a face with its seven orifices gouged out, its origin is unknown."

After Chen Xin finished speaking, he waited for a while before he heard Wang Zhibo say, "The ghost I saw had all seven orifices gouged out."

Ok?
Chen Xin was startled.

"You mean, that ghost is Zhang Yunshan's?"

Wang Zhibo said uncertainly, "It's hard to say... I've checked, and there's no yin energy or ghost on him."

Chen Xin immediately replied, "You didn't see any yin energy in that female ghost either."

"..."

Wang Zhibo fell silent.

Chen Xin, however, became interested.

“Uncle, tell me what that evil thing he told you about is. Maybe it has more than just the abilities he told you about.”

Wang Zhibo's hair stood on end.

"You mean...that female ghost is related to the yin entity he told me about?"

"I'm not sure. Tell me first, and I'll check to see if I have any information about that evil spirit."

"Okay, Zhang Yunshan called that thing the Three Everlasting Lamps..."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Xin searched for "three ever-burning lamps" on his computer but couldn't find it.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Xin deleted 'three ever-burning lamps' and wrote the corresponding description back in.

Soon, the system found similar items through a fuzzy search.

Fortunately, his access level was upgraded to Level 2 Information Analyst in the past few days because he dealt with several Skull God Cult strongholds; otherwise, he really wouldn't have been able to see this information.

That thing is called the Three Spirit Lamps.

After scanning through its information, Chen Xin noticed something amiss.

The initial steps for making three spirit lamps are the same as those for making three ever-burning lamps, but the final steps are different.

Wang Zhibo used the blood of a vengeful spirit to spray the three lamps, but the Three Spirit Lamps require spraying three different things onto the three lamps respectively.

The Heavenly Spirit Lamp requires not only the blood and hair of the corresponding person, but also that person's last breath.

The Yang Life Lamp needs to gather sunlight to be lit.

Only the Yin Lamp requires the blood of a Yin person to cover it.

All Wang Zhibo received was the method for lighting the Yin Yun Lamp.

"So, of the three spirit lamps, only the Yin Lamp actually worked. In reality, it wasn't for dealing with ghosts, but rather for raising them?"

That's quite interesting.

Chen Xin looked at the three lamps and remembered what Wang Zhibo had mentioned earlier about the three eternal lamps.

Suddenly, he had an idea.

Since the other party relies on the "three ever-burning lamps", why not make the "three ever-burning lamps" truly work as they claim?

So, what will it be like when the other party makes 'three eternal lamps' again?
Coincidentally, Chen Xin was also somewhat interested in the effects of this yin object.

Immediately, he picked up the notebook on the table, pretended to write something, and opened "The Complete Book of Talismans".

After thinking for a moment, he wrote down the first line.

"As the ancients said, a person has three fires that can ward off evil spirits..."

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