Terrifying Heavens: I Slay Demons by Painting Faces

Chapter 93 Setting up a Banquet

Chen Hengyi couldn't quite understand the contents of the purple talisman, but he knew it was definitely not a good thing.

The next moment, Danyang explained: "The incantation on this purple talisman is to gather yin energy into water, suppress the physical bodies and souls of those children, and at the same time consume their lifespan, destiny, and luck to provide assistance to certain people, that is, to use them as stepping stones to help them rise higher and higher!"

All the karmic retribution was borne by one person: the Red Shirt Gang on the water. This is why, even though the Red Shirt Gang has only been dead for twenty or thirty years, they remain so ruthless.

Then Chen Hengyi brought up the Reverse Five Elements Formation from their initial test, narrowing his eyes: "Besides those damned swindlers, there's also an evil cultivator who's been aiding and abetting them. That bastard won't escape either!"

Danyang was still studying the talismans when he suddenly raised an eyebrow and murmured, "Wait a minute, I think I've seen this style before."

Upon hearing this, Chen Hengyi dared not utter a sound, fearing it would disturb Danyang's recollection.

After a few minutes, Danyang spoke up: "More than ten years ago, when I was cultivating with my master, I encountered a Taoist priest who almost went astray."

Afterwards, Danyang briefly told Chen Hengyi a short story about turning over a new leaf.

He had contacted the other party during that time and had some impression of their talisman-drawing techniques. Now he saw the familiar traces again.

Danyang continued, "However, the notes above don't look like they're from thirty years ago; they seem to be from the last few years. The timeline doesn't quite add up."

Chen Hengyi suddenly interjected, "What if that heretical sect is maintaining contact with certain people and occasionally comes to fill in the gaps?"

Danyang agreed. When Chen Hengyi asked his name, Danyang said, "We all call him Ajiu." Then she sighed, "I hope it's not him."

Ah Jiu? Chen Hengyi memorized the name, then walked to the hospital stairwell, took out his mobile phone, and called Detective Li. Having the name would make it much easier to find him, instead of searching for a needle in a haystack.

The couple continued to wait outside the delivery room. Two hours later, the door opened, and a nurse came out and said to everyone, "The mother is fine, but unfortunately—"

Upon hearing this, Ah Qiang breathed a sigh of relief and murmured, "It's alright, it's alright."

He would rather try harder than see a child harmed by a ghost.

If he were still alive, he wouldn't know how to view it.

Chen Hengyi stepped forward and asked, "Where's the child? Can I take a look?"

The nurse countered, "May I ask your relationship to the pregnant woman?"

Ah Qiang rallied and negotiated with the nurse. After learning Ah Qiang's identity, the nurse did not make things difficult for him, since it was just a glance.

Half an hour later, Xiao Lan was wheeled into the ward, and A Qiang went to take care of her.

Chen Hengyi and Danyang entered the delivery room and saw a stillborn baby covered in blood and with pale skin.

The baby was fully developed, but was not breathing.

Danyang did some quick calculations with his fingers and sighed softly, "That's for the best. They won't have to suffer in this world."

Two days later, the renovation of the Central Building was completed, with the style completely transformed under the personal guidance of Master Danyang.

A banquet was held at the Central Building. In the lobby on the first floor, Chen Hengyi hosted a dinner for all the employees.

At the top floor, he invited a few people—some wealthy people.

At the banquet, delicacies from land and sea were laid out, and the lights were dazzling.

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On the top floor, a large round table was set up, with eleven people sitting on it. Six of them were well-known wealthy businessmen who had previously held shares in the Central Tower.

The other five sat in a row, their faces bearing mysterious smiles as they stared intently at the others.

One of the six men was clearly the leader. He chuckled and said, "I didn't expect the owner of this building, Mr. Chen, to be so generous. He gave each of us a million-dollar red envelope. He really has too much money to burn."

Sitting next to him, a middle-aged man with a round face and a fat build said with a smile, "Brother Huang, where did this kid surnamed Chen get so much money? I've never heard of him before."

"Who knows?"

The eldest brother, surnamed Huang, was the leader of the six, named Huang Tianyang.

Huang Tianyang snorted coldly, glanced around, and said, "I wonder what that kid is up to. He invited the six of us brothers to dinner in such a big house, and now we're nowhere to be seen. Did he realize something and want to eat us?"

Someone else joked, "Brother, since you already guessed it, why did you still come over?"

Huang Tianyang patted the bulge at his waist where a gun was, and said, "Seventh Brother and the others don't want to come, but since Boss Chen is so generous, why not take the free money?"

Upon hearing this, everyone laughed and joked. After all, although they were rich, spending a million on a dinner was not a loss. Who would complain about having too much money?

And it's not even certain who will eat whom.

As these people were chatting and laughing, Chen Hengyi suddenly walked in.

As soon as he entered, the door slammed shut behind him.

Everyone was startled. Chen Hengyi's gaze swept over the six people and the five ghosts who were waiting nearby.

No one spoke, but Chen Hengyi took out a newspaper with a big news story from 1953 on it, which said that the predecessor of the Central Building was originally a fraudster's base where many children were tortured and killed.

When he took out the newspaper, everyone's expression turned cold.

Chen Hengyi then spoke up, "Enough with the nonsense. I know you're the same group from back then. You all have no objections, right?"

Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly stood up, and in the blink of an eye, four guns were pointed at Chen Hengyi.

Huang Tianyang, who was in charge, said sternly, "Boss Chen, I don't know what you're trying to achieve by bringing up these old stories. Humph, why don't you just make money peacefully? Why do you have to get involved in this mess?"

Despite being pointed at by four pistols, Chen Hengyi showed no fear, because the Five Ghosts had already arrived beside him without the six men being able to see him.

Chen Hengyi pulled over a stool and said, "Let's make a deal. Tell me who that evil Taoist priest who helped you back then was. I heard his name is Ajiu. Where is he? If you tell me, I'll spare your family's lives. Otherwise, I'll wipe your whole family out."

"Hahaha, Boss Chen, you're much more ruthless than us."

Clearly, both sides were close to revealing their hand at this point, and the six men made no attempt to deny it.

Because once Chen Hengyi revealed that information, there was no point in them trying to argue anymore.

But they remained calm, because they had guns, and Chen Hengyi was alone. In this day and age, whoever had a gun was the boss. They had seen sorcerers and Taoist priests before; although they possessed some magical abilities, once hit by a gun, death was not far off.

Huang Tianyang asked with some doubt, "Boss Chen, could you tell me when we offended you, and who's behind you?"

Chen Hengyi pointed at one of them and made a gunshot sound: "Bang!"

This made everyone else present laugh, and they looked at Chen Hengyi as if he were a fool.

But the next moment, someone was laughing when suddenly their head exploded, and in an instant, blood splattered, red and white, onto the faces of those nearby.