The Demonic Taoist Priest Emerges from the Mountain

About five days ago, at night.

Liang Dong, who was fast asleep, suddenly sensed something was wrong.

It felt like bugs were crawling on my face, and it was incredibly itchy.

He scratched his head in his sleep, but felt a sticky sensation on his fingers.

Immediately afterwards, a foul, fishy smell entered his nostrils.

Because Liang Dong had been involved in the underworld in his early years, he always remained vigilant.

He woke up with a start the moment he realized something was wrong.

What he saw was not the ceiling he was familiar with.

Instead, it was a terrifying face.

Half of the face was a bloody mess, with one eyeball hanging out of its socket.

The other half of his face was deathly pale, devoid of any color.

The well-preserved eyeball was completely black and empty, giving off a creepy feeling.

A head of long, black hair hung straight down, landing on Liang Dong's face.

Thick blood continued to drip from his hair.

Liang Dong was terrified.

He tried to shout, but no sound came out.

It felt like I was nailed to the bed; even moving was extremely difficult.

He recognized him.

This female ghost is the girl who jumped off the building that day.

The female ghost didn't say anything, just stared straight at Liang Dong.

Liang Dong's chest heaved violently.

Intense fear numbed all his nerves.

Torment, fear, and madness spread.

I don't know how much time has passed.

The female ghost's body slowly became ethereal.

Liang Dong's body finally regained sensation.

He turned on the bedside lamp immediately.

My pajamas were completely soaked with sweat.

He looked down at his wife, who was still fast asleep.

It was as if he was the only one who had experienced what had just happened.

And so, Liang Dong kept his eyes open until dawn.

He was terrified.

They also realized the seriousness of the situation.

There was nothing he could do; he had visited Guanshanlou beforehand.

However, the gate of Guanshanlou was tightly closed.

There was no one inside.

After that, he invited several more geomancers.

But these people couldn't see anything either.

And so the ordeal continued until nightfall.

Liang Dong dared not close his eyes.

He was afraid that he would fall asleep and then...

That female ghost will come looking for me again.

But I haven't slept for more than a day.

Liang Dong was still asleep.

It was still the middle of the night.

In his dazed state, Liang Dong seemed to hear sobbing.

The sound seemed to come from near and far.

Because of what happened last night.

Liang Dong woke up immediately.

This time, the female ghost did not appear before his eyes.

Before Liang Dong could even breathe a sigh of relief...

He suddenly felt a cold, mournful cry in his ear.

He turned his head in a panic.

That one glance made him shout out loud.

This time, the female ghost did not hover above her body.

Instead, she lay down beside him.

That face, so ravaged that it had lost all its beauty, was contorted in pain.

She just watched Liang Dong cry.

Liang Dong's scalp was starting to tingle.

I don't know where the courage came from.

He suddenly threw a punch.

The punch landed on the female ghost.

The female ghost's crying stopped abruptly.

Immediately following was a cry of pain from Liang Dong's wife.

Looking again, he realized that the woman lying next to him wasn't a female ghost at all, but clearly his own wife.

Liang Dong's wife was woken up by Liang Dong's beating.

He kept cursing Liang Dong.

But look at Liang Dong's face covered in cold sweat.

They realized something was wrong.

Under his wife's persistent questioning, Liang Dong told her what had happened the past two nights.

After hearing this, his wife also showed a look of fear on her face.

That night, one more person suffered from insomnia.

The couple dared not close their eyes all night.

The two discussed it for a long time.

They decided to go to karaoke and burn paper money for the female ghost after dawn, hoping she would let Liang Dong go.

The next day, Liang Dong and his wife did exactly that.

Originally, they thought this would alleviate the female ghost's resentment.

But they were wrong.

That night, the female ghost arrived as promised.

This time, it wasn't just Liang Dong who saw the female ghost; even his wife saw it.

The female ghost sat in front of Liang Dong's wife's dressing table, combing her hair with Liang Dong's wife's comb.

The comb fell repeatedly on the hair stained with black blood.

The Liang couple were on tenterhooks.

Perhaps it's because his wife is by his side.

Liang Dong, who had been terrified, finally mustered up his courage.

He shouted at the female ghost, "What do you want from me to let me go?"

The female ghost heard Liang Dong's words.

The movement in my hands finally stopped.

Her terrifying face slowly turned toward Liang Dong.

The corners of his mouth slowly turned up.

"You can't escape, and nobody can escape."

Then came a chilling laugh.

Amidst the laughter, the female ghost vanished once more.

Over the next two days, the female ghost not only began to affect Liang Dong and his wife, but also Liang Dong's son, who was at a boarding school, and his parents, who were back in their hometown, were frightened by the female ghost.

Liang Dong simply couldn't take it anymore.

Today happens to be the 17th day of the lunar calendar, and Liang Dong went to Guanshanlou early in the morning.

They hoped that Master Qin would help their family.

But to my surprise, Master Qin didn't come; instead, I was the one who saw him.

After I heard Liang Dong's story...

His expression began to turn serious.

I have a feeling that there's something fishy about this whole thing.

First of all, from the perspective of cause and effect, Chen the madam and Liu the boss are the biggest perpetrators.

So why did Liang Dong suffer the most severe revenge from the female ghost?

Even the instigator, Madam Chen, only ended up hanging herself at the karaoke bar entrance.

But the female ghost wanted to kill Liang Dong's entire family.

This is obviously not in line with common sense.

Some might say that the girl has already become a ghost, and cannot be viewed with ordinary eyes.

But even when she became a vengeful ghost, the first people she chose to take revenge on were those who had wronged her.

I squinted at Liang Dong.

Liang Dong seemed a little scared, shrinking his neck and avoiding eye contact with me.

"Let's not delay, let's go to your house first."

I put aside my doubts and decided to go to Liang Dong's house to see what was going on.

Liang Dong's house is in the town.

It is a three-story building with a small courtyard.

In 1998, this type of residential house was considered a sign of a moderately well-off family.

When Ning Jinrou and I got out of the car, I was immediately chilled to the bone.

I immediately used the [Aura Observation Technique] to examine the three-story building.

One look and I got goosebumps all over my body.

The entire building was filled with a thick black aura.

In our line of work, this black energy is called death energy. When death energy solidifies to a certain degree, it will transform into evil spirits.

Under normal circumstances, only vengeful ghosts can condense malevolent energy.

Fortunately, judging from the deathly aura emanating from this building, the ghost haunting Liang Dong's family had not yet reached the level of a vengeful spirit.

If I see even the slightest hint of malevolence here, I will turn around and leave.

After all, I'm here to help Liang Dong, not to die.

With our current abilities, dealing with a ghost of this level would be tantamount to suicide.

I slowly walked around the outer courtyard of Liang Dong's house, and finally stopped at the gate. I looked up at the two door gods pasted on the door and touched my chin.