You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

Chapter 4: The Ritual of Opening the Altar!
"What is there to fear from a mere evil spirit?"

"If it shows itself later, I'll just use the Soul-Binding Technique to suppress it and capture its soul!"

the back seat of the car.

Chen Yang closed his eyes slightly, mentally preparing himself while imagining what would happen next.

He fantasized about subduing evil spirits, receiving rewards, greatly increasing his cultivation, unlocking more missions, ultimately becoming invincible, reaching the pinnacle of life, marrying a beautiful and wealthy woman, and living a shameless life...

A slight smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.

"Even at a time like this, Chen Yang is still so calm. He must be really capable!"

Seeing this scene through the rearview mirror, Zhou Qiang felt relieved, but at the same time, he was also a little uneasy!
Chen Yang is truly capable, which means things are going smoothly at his construction site.

but……

I even told this story as a joke at my class reunion yesterday. I wonder if Mr. Chen would be angry if he knew?

"Mr. Zhou!"

Chen Yang suddenly spoke.

Zhou Qiang was startled and quickly said, "Boss Chen, you can just call me Xiao Zhou."

"How can that be done?"

Chen Yang said, "You provide the money, I provide the labor; it's an employment relationship. It's only right that I call you President Zhou!"

He paused slightly before asking, "Didn't you say you didn't believe in ghosts and gods, Mr. Zhou? Why the sudden change in your attitude... Did something happen at the construction site?"

"Ok!"

Zhou Qiang truthfully replied, "After leaving your shop, I received a call from the construction site..."

His family's construction site is located in the city.

It is a renovation project of the "Old Shangqiao Hospital" in Wucheng.

"Shangqiao Hospital" is actually the city hospital of Wucheng. Because the old hospital was built in "Shangqiao Town", even though it has moved to a new address seven or eight years ago, locals still use this name.

"When I got there, the construction site was in complete chaos..."

"Some people say they saw a hand crawl out of the toilet bowl when they went to the bathroom... Others say blood was dripping from the ceiling, and they saw a ghost crawling upside down on the ceiling with blood flowing from its seven orifices, but the ghost disappeared in the blink of an eye... Even several workers who were working overtime disappeared!"

"I still didn't believe it at the time. I thought the workers were trying to get me to raise their wages through this method. The workers disappearing mysteriously... they must be hiding!"

At this point, Zhou Qiang's voice trembled slightly.

Chen Yang could sense that his emotions were filled with an indescribable terror...

“I was a little angry at the time, so I took the foreman to look for them. We eventually found them in the green belt. They were all unconscious, with sand stuffed in their mouths and ears…”

Zhou Qiang's body was trembling, causing the car to sway slightly. He said hoarsely, "I wanted to call 120, but I found them all standing up in an abnormal posture, their eyes bloodshot, and they all started to say..."

"say what?"

Zhou Qiang's Adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed hard. "He said I was disturbing its rest by working here, and if I didn't leave... he would kill me!"

Feeling the car swerving a bit, Chen Yang quickly said, "Mr. Zhou, don't be afraid... just drive carefully!"

As they were talking, they arrived at Laoshangqiao Hospital.

It's already 11 o'clock in the evening.

The street in front of the hospital was quiet.

The shops on both sides of this street used to be full of restaurants, stores and pharmacies, but they closed down as the hospital moved and have not been rented out since.

This has benefited residents of nearby communities, making parking much more convenient.

The car stopped at the hospital entrance and honked its horn a few times. An elderly man in a security guard uniform then jogged over, pressed a button on the remote, raised the gate, and ran to Zhou Qiang's car, knocking on the window.

"Young Master Zhou, where have you been?" "You've been at the construction site, and I'm in the project office now."

"Da" is a dialect word used in the southern mountainous areas of Xixia Prefecture and the Xihai Gu region, meaning "father".

Chen Yang looked out the car window.

Some of the streetlights in the hospital were broken, and only about half of them were lit.

Several buildings that needed renovation were covered with green netting. Perhaps because the hospital had moved away, the greenery and trees inside were left untrimmed and looked somewhat messy under the dim streetlights.

The renovation project's "project headquarters" was located in a three-story building on the left after entering the hospital.

This building was built more than 20 years ago and was later converted into the pediatrics department of a hospital. The project office was converted by combining two pediatric clinic rooms. The furnishings inside are simple. Apart from a large table, a few chairs, and a single bed covered with bedding, the rest are some construction site miscellaneous items, safety helmets, and safety slogans.

Anyone who has worked on a construction site knows...

The project office on the construction site was practically just for show, and the person in charge was rarely there throughout the month.

The project office was packed with workers, a veritable sea of ​​heads. Someone shouted, "I quit, Boss Zhou! It's not about whether we get a raise or not... Every one of us has elderly parents and young children to support. If something really happens, who will take care of our families?"

"Hurry up and pay me my salary! I've already packed my bags. This lousy place is supposedly haunted; I don't want to stay here for another minute!"

The rumors of the construction site being "haunted" were already rampant, and now that something happened tonight, which of these workers would dare to work there?
Zhou Qiang's father was heavily pregnant, with a beer belly even larger than Zhou Qiang's.

He was trying to persuade the workers when suddenly one of them shouted, "Manager Zhou is here..."

"Young Master Zhou, you're in charge of this construction site. When are you going to get paid? Give me a straight answer!"

A group of people surrounded Zhou Qiang again.

Zhou Qiang shouted, "Everyone, don't panic, listen to me first..."

His voice was drowned out by the voices of the crowd.

Someone handed Zhou Qiang a megaphone, and he shouted, "Everyone, don't worry. I have a solution for the problems at the construction site. Once it's resolved, anyone who wants to leave can go to the bank to withdraw their money and pay their wages as soon as it opens tomorrow. I won't stop you!"

The workers fell silent.

Zhou Qiang's father wiped his sweat, looked over, and a look of relief appeared in his eyes...

My dear son has finally grown up!

I've actually learned one of the most important skills in civil engineering—delaying tactics!
To put it bluntly, it's just a delay!
Regardless, let's just stall until tonight!
I'll invite city leaders over tomorrow. Even if I can't keep the workers on, at least I can negotiate with the city government to extend the construction period!
An older worker asked, "Young Master Zhou, you make it sound so easy. There's dirt on this construction site!"

"It only knocked out a few workers today... what about tomorrow?"

"What if it tries to harm or kill people?"

Zhou Qiang smiled confidently and said, "So what if it's haunted? If there's a ghost, then we can just get rid of it, right?"

As he spoke, he pointed behind him and said, "This is Master Chen Yang. His ancestors were highly accomplished Taoist masters. Although they have declined in his generation, they still have considerable skills. With him taking action, we guarantee that we can take care of that evil spirit!"

Old Zhou and the workers looked in the direction Zhou Qiang pointed, and saw a young man in a Taoist robe standing at the door!

Not bad!
The look of satisfaction in Lao Zhou's eyes deepened!
My dear son...

They've even learned how to find actors!
Find someone to wear a Taoist robe and go through the motions; maybe that will fool these workers... It's just that the actor they found isn't very good. Where can you find such a young master?
One of the workers asked what Old Zhou was thinking: "Young Master Zhou, did you just hire someone randomly? So young, is he capable?"

Someone chimed in, "So... you're saying you can catch ghosts? Do you even know how? You don't even have a peach wood sword, how are you going to catch one?"

"........."

Chen Yang was speechless for a moment.

Being stared at by so many people, he was honestly a little embarrassed, being a socially awkward person. But things had come to this point, and in order to complete the "mission," he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.

He smiled faintly: "It's just a mere evil spirit, why bother using magical artifacts to deal with it?"

Chen Yang glanced at the workers and said, "I would like to trouble you all to help me move that table outside. I need to perform a ritual to force that evil spirit to show itself!"

(End of this chapter)