Terrifying Heavens: I Slay Demons by Painting Faces

Chapter 87 The Temperamental Demon

Central Tower, at dusk, in the security room.

"What a turbulent time. Mr. Hong Kong just got into trouble, and the boss has already changed..." Uncle Han, with his snow-white hair, sat in his chair, sighing and shaking his head.

A chubby guy who looked remarkably like movie star Kent Cheng muttered, "We're the ones who are really unlucky. All the businesses have closed down for renovations, but we still have to keep going to work... I really envy the others."

"Now that there are Bagua mirrors hanging everywhere, it doesn't look so eerie at night anymore," said Ah Qiang, who was burly, with regular features, thick eyebrows, and big eyes, and was optimistic.

Because the boss surnamed Chen raised the salaries of all the security guards by one level as soon as he came in; now they are considered to be earning high salaries.

The pregnant wife at home doesn't have to argue with others over a dollar's worth of gas.

Anyway, Ah-Qiang thinks the new boss is pretty good.

When A-Qiang brought up the topic of wages, everyone else chimed in.

"Now the new boss lives in the building, so everyone needs to be smart when they see him, and no more slacking off!" Uncle Han reminded everyone at this moment.

Meanwhile, on the top floor of the Central Building, Chen Hengyi was bathing and burning incense. He muttered to the portrait of Master Huaguang, "Master, please bless me."

As a newly minted billionaire, Chen Hengyi naturally wouldn't risk his life against vengeful ghosts like other ghost hunters.

Having money isn't because I value my life, but because I have more options.

So he directly acquired the Central Building and then had Master Danyang oversee its renovation. He wanted to change the building's feng shui layout into a Bagua Demon-Subduing Formation to suppress and kill that red-shirted guy!

They'll definitely have to weaken it before they go for it.

Suddenly, the indoor lights flickered and then went out completely with a snap.

Chen Hengyi frowned. He was happy to see the light, so he didn't care whether the light was on or not. But when he looked at the reflection in the window glass, he suddenly saw a pale-faced figure with yellow liquid flowing from its neck and mouth flash by.

When he turned around, the room was empty.

"Ha, speak of the devil and he appears."

Chen Hengyi narrowed his eyes, intending to find out where the other person was.

At that moment, the lights continued to flicker, and a muffled footstep approached from afar.

But just then, the sound of fluttering paper reached his ears. Chen Hengyi turned his head and was surprised to see the portrait of Master Huaguang glowing faintly in the darkness.

The next second, a cold snort, like a thunderclap, shook the Central Tower.

Immediately afterwards, the darkness vanished completely as if it had encountered its natural enemy, and the lights returned to their brightness.

Following that cold snort, Chen Hengyi seemed to hear an extremely shrill scream.

If he wasn't mistaken, it seemed that some brat had offended the patriarch and was forced back by a cold snort.

Chen Hengyi was at a loss for words.

Wouldn't you say the other party is courting death? Anyway, with the Grandmaster here, Chen Hengyi doesn't need to worry about his safety.

"It's a pity, it would have been so much better if our patriarch had just killed that brat directly."

Chen Hengyi thought for a moment, straightened his clothes, opened the door and went out.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw the eerie atmosphere emanating from the deep corridor, but Chen Hengyi showed no fear and walked straight downstairs with a normal expression.

He hadn't gone far when he saw a figure in a security guard uniform waving at him from around the corner.

Chen Hengyi smiled and walked over after seeing it.

But when he arrived at the spot where the other person was standing, there was no one there. In the distance, another person in a security guard uniform mechanically waved his arm at him, just like before.

Chen Hengyi didn't move forward, but instead said to the air, "Speak, what do you want? I don't have time to play games with you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Hengyi sensed the yin energy in the air rapidly increasing, followed by a foul odor with an earthy smell coming from behind him.

He turned his head and saw a pale-skinned male ghost in front of him, with thick yellow-green liquid seeping from his neck and mouth.

He recognized the man as Mr. Hong Kong, who had died a few days earlier. However, the man had now become a ghost, seemingly controlled by the Red Shirt Guy, and had come to meet him.

Before Chen Hengyi could speak, the other party had already spoken.

Strangely, this Mr. Hong Kong, despite being an adult ghost, spoke in a child's voice: "Why aren't you afraid of me?"

"Why should I be afraid of you? This is my territory. I'm the owner of the Central Building. Do you think a wandering ghost like you can make the owner of this place afraid of you? Shouldn't you be the one afraid of me?"

The man in the red shirt was taken aback, then quickly shook his head: "No, no, you're a human, I'm a ghost, you should be afraid of me."

Upon hearing that voice, he knew that the person he was speaking to was the guy in the red shirt.

Chen Hengyi snorted coldly and continued walking downstairs.

The man in the red shirt who was controlling Mr. Hong Kong appeared beside him like a ghost and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Weren't you looking for me?"

Chen Hengyi continued downwards.

What he's looking for now is the true identity of the Red Shirt Guy. According to the plot, he knows that the guy's death gate is in the underground parking lot, below which there is an underground cave containing the Red Shirt Guy's remains.

The matter is only resolved by disposing of the other party's corpse; killing the ghost in front of you is utterly useless.

Strangely, he and Master Danyang had come to look for it during the day, and even found the architectural blueprints of the Central Building, but they did not find any caves underground.

The two guessed that it must belong to a ghost realm or something similar.

Now that the boy in the red shirt has appeared, perhaps he can go and take a look.

When the guy in the red shirt saw that Chen Hengyi was ignoring him, he suddenly became aggressive, just like a child who suddenly changed his temperament and wanted to throw a tantrum when an adult ignored him.

The ghost of Mr. Hong Kong disappeared, and Chen Hengyi, who was continuing downhill, suddenly saw a large stream of water rushing towards him in the corridor ahead.

The water roared, surging and rapid, accompanied by fierce curses: "I'll drown you! I'll drown you! I'll drown you!"

Chen Hengyi knew that the water flow in front of him was an illusion, but he could feel the incredibly real water vapor hitting his face, and even the humidity in the air seemed to have increased.

"You orphan, homeless ghost, how dare you bark in your master's house!"

Chen Hengyi opened his mouth and spat out a dragon-like flame that rushed towards the surging tide.

Logically speaking, water and fire are incompatible and should fight to the death. However, the water was ultimately an illusion. It disappeared instantly upon being touched by Chen Hengyi's playful fire, as if nothing had ever happened.

The attack failed, which immediately infuriated the red-shirted ghost.

Chen Hengyi could even hear the other person's angry panting. He knew that this brat was very petty and narrow-minded.

Sure enough, the next moment, the man in the red shirt's voice rang out: "You damned Taoist priest! I'll make sure you get what's coming to you! I'll make sure your business fails!"

Chen Hengyi didn't care. He wasn't expecting the Central Building to make him any money anyway, so he ignored the red-shirted guy's threat and continued walking down into the underground.

His disregard enraged the man in the red shirt once again.

Sometimes, even ghosts can't stand the silent treatment.

Chen Hengyi arrived at a door in the underground parking lot.

Upon arriving here, he immediately noticed that the situation was completely different from that during the day, with wisps of green smoke seeping out from the cracks in the door.