A mandala, also called a mandala, is somewhat similar to a Taoist altar, but its form is more complex and bizarre, especially that of Tantric Buddhism.

"The mandala is laid out according to the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams pattern. The ground is decorated with an array drawn using cinnabar mixed with the pure, flawless blood of a young girl. Xiao Ba says she doesn't know what kind of array it is!"

After Xiao Ba finished speaking, Long Nier began to translate.

"Do you remember what the formation was like, Xiao Ba?" Fatty Lin asked.

"Chirp chirp!"

Little Ba nodded and waved its little paws.

"Xiao Ba said she has an excellent memory, she remembers everything and can draw it!" Long Nier said with a smile.

"Come on, draw it!"

Fatty Lin handed over a piece of paper.

After taking it, Xiao Ba dipped its little paws in the talisman ink and drew a slightly rough array on it.

"This is the Yang-Gathering Formation!"

After Xiao Ba finished drawing, Fatty Lin gave his conclusion.

"Xiao Ba, is there anything else decorated inside?" Fatty Lin asked after thinking for a moment.

"Chirp!"

Xiao Ba nodded and began to speak again.

"In the very center of the mandala is a lotus-shaped bed. The bed is very large; it can easily sleep eight or nine people at the same time!" Long Nier said, glancing at Xiao Ba as she translated, and then smiled.

We looked at Xiao Ba, and when she was talking about this, her two little paws kept spreading outwards. We didn't understand before, but now we understood completely. She was saying that the bed was big.

"The bed was covered with crimson brocade, and there were water stains on the brocade. It was impossible to tell what had been spilled, but Xiao Ba could smell several kinds of Chinese medicine: centipede powder, epimedium, cistanche, royal jelly, as well as dried deer and male silkworm moths!"

As Long Nier looked at Xiao Ba, she continued speaking, and Xiao Ba nodded after each sentence.

"These medicines are all for replenishing Yang energy!" I murmured.

"She's absorbing yang energy while simultaneously replenishing it; she doesn't treat people like human beings at all. Anyone who comes here will definitely not recover!" Fatty Lin said.

"That's for sure!" I nodded.

"Chirp!"

Xiao Ba nodded in agreement.

Fortunately, Xiao Ba is a white fairy who is familiar with the properties of medicine. If it were someone else, they definitely wouldn't be able to smell what's in those water stains.

"Nine eternal lamps were placed around the lotus bed. The lamp oil had a peculiar smell, a mixture of fragrance and stench, somewhat like corpse oil!" Long Nier continued translating.

"Anything else?" I asked.

"Chirp!"

Before Long Nier could speak, Xiao Ba stretched out its little paw and pointed upwards.

"The bed has a canopy, and there are Tantric mantras on the dark blue ropes hanging down. What kind of mantras are they? Xiao Ba says she doesn't know!" Long Nier translated.

"Chirp!"

Xiao Ba nodded, indicating that he was right.

"Is there anything else?" Fatty Lin asked.

"have!"

Long Nier nodded and said, "There's a one-meter-tall bronze cauldron by the bedside. It contains Yin Sha Water, and it smells very fishy!"

I know all about Yin Sha Water.

Simply put, if water gets into a grave and is taken out and mixed with a woman's menstrual blood, it's called Yin Sha Water.

This is the most sinister and filthy thing, and its effect on breaking magic is extremely powerful.

"If Chen Weishan and the other two had to spend the night with Luo Yufu on the lotus bed, they'd be in real trouble!"

I murmured.

"It was truly a hardship!" Fatty Lin nodded.

"Chirp!"

Little Hachi then called out again, drawing our attention.

"Is there more to the setup?" I asked.

"Chirp!"

Xiao Ba nodded and spoke for almost another minute.

"Xiao Ba said that there's a secret room, a few square meters in size, at the very back. Inside, there are many infant skeletons, as well as some hair, nails, and ashes!"

"That's what Long Nier translated."

"This is a materials storage warehouse!" I murmured.

"Xiao Ba, whether we can handle Luo Yufu and her gang depends on you!"

Fatty Lin pondered for a moment, then looked at Xiao Ba and said with a smile.

"Fatty, what are you planning to do?" I asked.

"Ni'er, how good are you at concocting sleeping pills?" Fatty Lin didn't answer, but looked at Long Ni'er instead.

"My sleeping potion works on ordinary people, but it probably won't have much effect on a master who can set up such a scheme!" Long Nier said.

"As long as we can knock out Luo Yufu and Chen Weishan, that's fine. As for the master, we'll have to fight him head-on!" Fatty Lin said.

"No problem!"

Long Nier nodded.

"Okay, that's settled for now. I'll contact Chen Weishan again after he's spent time with Luo Yufu. With him as an inside man, there shouldn't be any problems!" Fatty Lin said after considering for a moment.

"Let's do it!" I nodded.

Long Nier and Xiao Ba nodded at the same time.

"Thanks!"

Shen Yuehong said slowly.

After finalizing our plans, we didn't linger here and drove back to the store.

The following morning, we went to Stanley Ho's Repulse Bay mansion.

This is the weekly check-up day. After checking on Stanley Ho, I can have a good chat with his fourth wife.

Lui's condition is good. With weekly acupuncture and appropriate tonics, he should be able to live for another ten years, barring any unforeseen circumstances.

After the inspection was completed, we followed Fourth Aunt out, while the young nanny, Shishi, walked in with graceful steps.

Fourth Wife showed no unusual reaction to this; she even smiled at Shi Shi.

"Sister Ling, I have a question. The boss's health wasn't good a few years ago, so why didn't he consult any of those gurus?"

Upon entering the study, Fatty Lin asked directly.

"Why not seek out a guru?"

Fourth Wife seemed to have heard the biggest joke and was amused.

"Sister Ling, what are you laughing at?"

Fatty Lin was dumbfounded by the laughter.

Long Nier and I were also a little confused. Xiao Ba also popped out and stared blankly at Fourth Aunt.

"Xiao Lin, you've been in Hong Kong for so long, haven't you seen it clearly yet? Our Lu family has never been accepted by the mainstream of Hong Kong!"

Fourth Wife's smile vanished, and she said in a deep voice.

"You ask why we don't seek out gurus? Because gurus are a resource exclusively reserved for so-called upper-class families!"

Before I could answer, Fourth Wife gave me the answer.

"And the Luo Yi Society, do you think I don't want to join?"

Fourth Aunt asked again.

"I want to play with them so badly, I dream about it, but they won't let me!"

Just like before, Fourth Aunt gave us the answer before we could even speak.

"Want to know what high society and upper-class families are all about?"

Fourth Aunt then asked.

"I want to know!"

We looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

"At least 30% of your company's shares should be preferred stock for John Bull. Only with this preferred stock can you be considered part of high society and an upper-class family!" Fourth Wife said.

"Sister Ling, what are preferred shares?" I asked.

"Do you know how the Li family rose to prominence?" Fourth Wife didn't answer, but instead asked a question in return.

"Acquire Hutchison Whampoa?" I said.

I know about this. The Li family took off after swallowing Hutchison Whampoa, which was a classic case of a snake swallowing an elephant.

"That's right!"

Fourth Mrs. nodded and said, "It was precisely because of the support of that Mrs. Shen that the Li family took off, and the reason Mrs. Shen supported the Li family was because of preferred shares!"

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