Li Mazi pinched me several times to wake me up. At this time, 

i

t was already dark outside.

Jade Tail sounded aggrieved. “It’s not my fault that he 

kept

 me with him

!

” 

“What happened to me?” I held my head

. I felt 

dizzy and light-headed. 

“She’s been sucking your Yang energy,” said Chuyi. 

“What?” I was surprised. “You stinky little fox, was that 

your

 way 

of repaying

the 

favor?” 

Jade Tail felt irritated. “What do you mean

 by ‘favor’? 

You eat rice, and I

 eat

 Yang energy. It’s normal for me to ea

t

, isn’t it? I just took a bit of energy from you, and you fainted. 

Why

are

 you 

blaming

 me for 

being so weak

?” 

This little fox 

had

 a 

sharp

 tongue. She made my 

blood boil

.

Chuyi said, “This thing is really dangerous. She has not been tamed yet. You shouldn’t bring her with you all the time.” 

“

What's this ‘thing’

 you mentioned? It’s not polite to 

talk about a

 girl like that!” Jade Tail had her hands anchored at her waist. She fumed

 and jumped 

out of my 

bag

. 

I got u

p and sighed

. “We should continue to 

prepare

 the seal.” 

It seemed something was 

hidden inside the pine tree 

as

it was blocking

 the eye of 

the

 formation. However, we 

couldn’t

 get inside th

e

 tree to check. 

Then, 

I remembered Jade Tail. “Miss Jade Tail, we have to ask a favor of you.” 

She said contentedly

,

 “Oh? What 

do I get in exchange

?” 

“I’ll buy you 

something good to eat,”

 I said as I tried to coax her. 

“Geez, I don’t want food! I want new clothes!” 

“Okay, okay!” 

Jade Tail turned into her fox form

 and entered a

 hole at the tree stump. 

S

he shortly returned

 and transformed 

back to her human form. While brushing off the brown leaves on her body, she said, “

A 

rusted samurai sword and a set of armor are inside.” 

I guessed these 

items

were

 used to kill many people 

and 

gradually 

accumulated

 strong murderous energy. That

 was 

why they were used to guard the seal. 

W

e didn’t have similar items to replace them. I discussed it with Chuyi and we both agreed that we would 

use them for the new formation as well

. 

As we were about to activate the new sealing formation, police sirens howled from the foothill

 and echoed 

through the night sky. Chiba rushed to check

 and said, 

“Not good. There are many policemen in the shrine.” 

I was surprised. “I told Urashima not to call the police, didn’t I?” 

The situation had 

become

 complicated. I decided to activate the formation first. I put on the gloves and grabbed a few black snakes

, nailing 

them onto the pine trees. When their blood 

slumped from

 the tree to the soil, I started to read the spell. 

As soon as I finished reading the spell, a group of people with flashlights in their hands came to the mountain. Urashima led this group of policemen. He pointed at us

 and ranted about 

something. From his tone, I knew they didn’t come in peace.

Jade Tail was scared. She turned into her bead form

 and went 

back into my bag. 

The policemen 

took out

 their pistol

s and shouted

. Chiba hurried to explain to them. However, Urashima hostilely pulled her aside. 

“What did they say?” I asked. 

“They said you were the accomplices that 

stole

 the Silver Fox Guardian. They told you to stay still…”  

Before Chiba could finish, Urashima yelled at her. I guessed he wanted to shut her up. 

My head buzzed. 

Is

 Urashima planning to push the blame on us, or 

does he have something else in mind?

W

e were just Chinese tourists 

that couldn't

 speak the

 local

 language. We couldn’t communicate with them. Eventually, they came to cuff us. My heart chilled

 as we might end up in jail.

Li Mazi 

tried to explain

 himself with tears on his face

, hoping 

the other party 

would understand

 what he was saying. 

Chuyi’s eight-fac

ed

 Han sword was confiscated as they considered it a weapon. His face was emotionless

, and h

e didn’t 

show weakness

 when he

 faced the policemen

. 

“Mr. Zhang, I

 will

 find a way to rescue you!” Chiba screamed. 

I asked quietly, “Jade Tail, can you help us?” 

“I can!” Jade Tail’s fox head protruded from the bag. “But you have to bear all the 

consequences

!” 

“

All right, don’t do it!

” I hurried to 

say

.

She snorted

 and 

didn’t sound pleased.

S

he was a monster 

and might use extreme methods

. If she caused big trouble, 

we would be doomed

. 

The policemen took us down the mountain to where a few police cars were parked. I thought I 

was done for, but

 a shotgun resounded all of a sudden. Many people crouched in fright. A young cop held 

a

 pistol with both hands

, 

shakily 

pointing it

in a

 certain direction.

The chief ran to him and yelled at his face. The young man tried to explain himself. 

This scene 

in front of me w

as like a drama without subtitles. Soon, I knew what had just happened. A headless samurai with 

broken

 armor slowly approached the police chie

f 

from behind. Many people saw him

. They screamed and shouted.  

The chief also turned to see

, and h

is eyes opened wide in shock. The samurai 

raised

 his sword

 and hacked 

at the officer. The chief officer landed on his butt

. He was

 paralyzed 

from 

fear. 

A few shotguns echoed. However, the bullets went through the samurai’s body, which made his figure 

flash. It was

 as if the bullets had hit a reflection in the water. 

I looked around. A thick fog had arisen within the shrine. Some 

human figures

appeared

 in the fog

, both

 ancient

 and

 modern. The 

m

ikos, staff, and policemen screamed in fear. 

The 

place

 was in complete 

chaos

. I 

discovered

 that Japanese people were really afraid of ghosts. 

Did they believe in their existence

?

The policemen 

fired

 their guns unceasingly. The shrine’s staff and 

m

ikos ran to hide inside the shrine. 

While I was watching the fun, I heard a crackle. My handcuff was unlocked. I 

lowered my head

 and found Jade Tail with a tiny key in her hand

. She blinked 

at me. “How will you thank me for this?” 

“Where did you take the key?” 

“I made it from a leaf! 

Sigh

, I stole it, of course!” 

She also uncuffed Chuyi and Li Mazi. As soon as we were free, we backed off to a relatively safe area. There were bullets 

flying everywhere

. We didn’t want to get hurt. 

Someone touched me from behind. It was Chiba. “Mr. Zhang, Mr. Urashima ha

s 

disappear

ed

!” 

“I’m sure he’s going to the mountain. He wants to destroy our seal!” 

I 

understood

 it now. Urashima was the other party’s accomplice. If he hadn’t insisted 

on opening

 the box to check, Jade Fang wouldn’t have had 

the

 chance to 

steal

the statue

. 

A

t that time, we hadn’t 

suspected

 him yet. 

We immediately headed to the mountain. If we caught Urashima, we would be able to clear our names. 

As soon as we got to the mountain trail, we saw numerous ghosts wandering around the mountain. There were 

a lot

 of them. At first glance, they made me think of the event called 

‘t

he night parade of one hundred ghosts.

’

“Oh my 

God

!” Li Mazi hid behind a tree. “I’m not going! I’m not going! Anyway, I’m no help. I’ll wait for you guys here!” 

I wanted to scold him, but I saw a long-haired banshee behind Li Mazi

. It 

looked like Sadako in 

‘The Ring’

.

I smiled

 and said,

 “Hey, look what’s behind you.” 

Li Mazi turned and screamed

. He swung 

his arms and legs 

and

ran

 to hide behind me. 

At

 this moment, countless souls were attracted by 

our

 aura

s. 

They started to swarm toward us.

Chiba made hand seals

 and shouted

, “Evil spirits

, get lost

!” 

Thanks to her 

bloodline

, she still had some magic powers that helped her sweep away the weak souls. 

I drew my Sirius Whip

 and read some

 spells. The whip moved like a snake. All the souls

 it hit

turned into

 smoke. Chiba was amazed. 

Those souls didn’t have 

great strength

, so Chuyi didn’t need to take action. 

I cleared a path and 

told them to follow me

. However, I wasn’t aware

 that 

a samurai had approached me from behind. When I turned to see, he had already wielded his katana

, r

eady to hack at my head. My heart chilled 

at this

 moment. 

“On your knees!” Chuyi made a hand sea

l

. 

The samurai kne

lt

 in front of me as if he was pressed do

wn

 by a mountain. He clenched his 

teeth and used 

the katana to support himself.

From my position, I could see his guts spilling ou

t. He was bleeding

. Perhaps he had performed 

seppuku

 to commit suicide. 

All the

 ghosts that died 

by the way of

 suicide had strong resentful energy. 

Chuyi drew his sword out of its sheath

 and gently moved it

. The samurai was beheaded

; he turned 

into smok

e and vanished

.