No matter what, Hong Tianbao didn’t agree to use strong force 

against his

 father. 

Being left

 with no choice, we had to take turns 

watching

Old Hong through

 the nights to prevent 

him 

from running away. 

Unexpectedly, Old Hong 

didn’t leave the house for a few days. 

At night, he would 

torment

 the three of us

, so we

 were mentally 

exhausted

. 

I didn’t dare to relax this time. From the previous fight, I could tell that the

spirit’s IQ wasn’t low. Perhaps

he was trying to wear us out

 and find the right opportunity to escape.

Anyway, I couldn’t endure staying up so many nights in a row. Tonight

was my turn to watch Old Hong. After a while, I became tired and sleepy

. I slowly closed my eyes. 

Drowsily, I thought I heard someone talking. The voice was so close to me that every time that person spoke, the moisture from their mouth 

reached

 my face. It felt cold and damp, which wasn’t comfortable at all. 

I thought Hong Tianbao and his brother were talking. Instinctively, I waved at the source of the noise

 and signaled at 

them to move away from me and not to disturb my rest. 

I extended my hand but didn’t touch anything. Nobody was standing

 or sitting near me

.

I got up immediately. I looked around and saw Hong Tianbao and his brother sleeping on the floor 

of

 the living room. I tensed up

 and turned 

to check Old Hong’s room. 

The

 door to his room was 

open

. 

I rushed there to check

; n

o one was inside. I ran out of the house to see. No one was in the yard, either. 

While I was thinking where Old Hong could 

have gone

, a red flame illuminated the night sky. 

Oh 

shoot

, that old man 

went

 to burn people’s houses again… 

It was all I could think about. 

Then, I accelerated

 and ran 

at my maximum speed toward the flame. 

When I reached that place, I saw many people surrounding the flames. Hong Tianbao and his brother 

ran

 after me. 

By looking

 at their 

embarrassed attitude

, I knew they had the same thoughts 

as

 me. Old Hong 

could have

 set this fire. 

The villagers carried water from their houses to put out the fire. The owner of the house was sitting on the ground

. He was screaming 

that half of his life’s savings were gone…

It took them an hour to put out the big fire. Although no one 

was

 hurt, the house was burned down.

I carefully searched through the crowd

 but

 didn’t see Old Hong. In other words, after he set the fire, he 

had run

 away. I was afraid that he would do some more damage, so I called Hong Tianbao

 and asked 

him to go to the field to check. 

Later on

, Hong Tianbao took me back to his home. Since it was almost dawn, Old Hong would have 

returned

 home already. The otherworldly item wouldn’t go out during the day. 

Indeed, when we 

returned

 to 

his 

house, we saw

 that

 Old Hong’s door was closed. It was obvious that he 

had returned

 and slept. 

I pushed the door

, but i

t was locked from the inside. I 

knocked several

 times. No one came to 

open

 the door. 

Arson was a serious crime. I exchanged looks with Hong Tianbao. Right after that, I kicked the door with all of my strength

.

It was good

 that 

the wooden doors in the countryside weren’t really tough. I had easily kicked it open. I spotted Old Hong immediately. He looked shocked 

to see

 I had 

kicked 

his door open

.

 He 

gazed at me with

 his opaque eyes. A moment later, he finally pulled himself together. He pointed at my nose

 and scolded 

loudly

.

 “You prick! What are you doing

?!

”  

I didn’t have time to listen to his nonsense 

and said 

coldly

,

 “Did you set 

that house on

 fire?” 

It wasn’t beyond my estimation that he didn’t have any impression of what he had done. I had to exert my effort to explain to him that he was possibly controlled by an otherworldly item. And, that the otherworldly item that had controlled him was 

the

 red turban. 

Old Hong didn’t believe me. When he heard that I intended to do something with his red turban, he immediately protected his hea

d and screamed

, “You want my red turban? You

’ll

 have to walk 

on

 my 

dead body

 first!” 

“Hm

ph

, people who become rich inhumanly should be burned to death!” 

I then heard a cold voice in my ears, but 

it didn’t come from Old Hong.

 Hong Tianbao was smoking quietly nearby, so it wasn

’t him, either

. 

Could it be that 

Old Hong had set that house on fire because the house owner had done something inhuman or 

became

 rich from fraud? 

I was surprised. 

This 

old man had repeatedly mentioned 

some

 family and he 

also talked about 

eradicating the Qing monsters

. At 

this moment, I seemed to 

understand the

 origin of the otherworldly item. 

I pulled Hong Tianbao

 and asked 

him to use the iron chain to 

temporarily

 tie and lock Old Hong in his room. 

Hong Tianbao knew that his father wasn’t himself. No matter how loud and filthy Old Hong 

screamed 

at his face, he kept an indifferent attitude and locked him up. 

Fortunately, nobody 

knew

 that Old Hong had set that house on fire. We didn’t need to worry about the police 

coming

 to our door. Not long after that, Hong Tianjiang came home. He slumped on the chair and sighed when he saw his father tied up. 

Since

 the two brothers were home, I told them about my assumption. 

I had a feeling that 

the Hong 

family 

had

a

 relationship with Hong Xiuquan, the leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement

. 

We were in Jintian Village

, the location of the

 Taiping Heavenly Kingdom uprising. 

During the late years of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court

 stopped doing its work 

and the people were unbearably tortured by the corrupted officials. They couldn’t endure it anymore. At that time, a farmer called Hong Xiuquan stood up. He called the people to join Christianity from the West. 

He said that people

 should worship God

. T

ogether, they would destroy the Qing monsters. With the help 

of

 Yang Xiuqing, Feng Yunshan, and Xiao Chaogui, the Jintian Uprising succeeded.  

Hong Xiuquan established a new nation called the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which advocated to beat the local tyrants and re-divide the fields. He proclaimed himself as the Heavenly King. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement soon spread to the entire country. 

All the

 Taiping soldiers wore red 

turbans

. They thought if they did that, God would protect them and that no mortal weapons could harm them. 

Countless Taiping soldiers 

fell, but t

hey were replaced by the new waves of soldiers. The 

people of the g

reat Qing Dynasty were frightened. They had lost a lot of land to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. However, the tremendous Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement eventually failed 

due to

 internal and external troubles. The Qing Dynasty chopped Hong Xiuquan into pieces and put his remains into 

a

 cannon

. They shot the cannon to set an 

example of punishment to the rebels. 

I thought that Hong Xiuquan didn’t want to accept his failure. A wisp of his soul had dwelled in 

the

 red turban

 and was 

waiting for a chance to resurface! 

Of course, the two brothers 

didn’t

believe

 my assumption. 

Hongtian Bao 

said, 

“Most of the people in this Jintian Village are the descendants of the rebellious soldiers. If it happened 

as

 you said, why 

didn't it

 happen to 

other families

 in this village

? Why did it happen to 

my family?” 

I said nothing but was persistent with my guess since it was the only reliable 

one

 I had until now. 

Hong Xiuquan 

was

 the King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It was normal that he didn’t want to accept his failure. At that time, the Taiping Heavenly 

Kingdom

 movement had claimed half of the country. Hong Xiuquan was unwilling to give up this supreme power. 

Anyway, t

he brothers were stunned by my speech. In the end, the

y

 decided to trust me. If we 

had

 the correct direction, 

our next moves were 

simple. We needed to make Hong Xiuquan accept the fact that his Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was gone. We would need to replay 

the way

 his rebellious force was defeated. 

However, to ensure nothing 

would go

 wrong, I decided to make everything clear. I told the brothers to find a plan to get the red turban. I needed to check the red turban to see if that spirit was the Heavenly King, Hong Xiuquan. 

However, for a few days in a row, we 

didn’t have

 a chance to take action. Although Old Hong was tied up,

 whenever we went

 near him, he would scream and struggle hard. 

The situation was beyond my estimation. I originally thought it was similar to other otherworldly items. But 

f

rom the current situation, I guessed this otherworldly item 

was very strong. I

ts purpose was probably to restore the ancient kingdom! 

Old Hong had been locked up for three days. Hong Tianbao served him well every day

, but

 since Old Hong always tried to 

chase him away

, the burly

 and 

fatty man 

wept

 sometimes. 

I 

was

sad for him

. It 

felt as if a

 sharp thorn

 was growing

 in my heart. 

Old Hong didn’t cooperate with us

, so m

y investigation had encountered a 

roadblock

. I leaned against the wall

 and thought about 

what 

strategy I should use 

to get that red turban. 

Old Hong was strangely guarded against me. Last time, Hong Tianbao and I had broken his door

. 

I guessed that the incident 

must have

given him some trauma.

If the other party had been a little boy, I could have directly taken action. Unfortunately, he was a lanky

 and

 senile old man. If I forcefully took action, I would provoke the spirit in his body

 and maybe even cause

 Old Hong

’s death.

“Jiulin, brother.” Hong Tianbao came to me. He leaned 

against

 the wall next to me and slowly 

sat

 down. His image in my 

mind

 had 

gone

 from a jade trading businessman to a small business boss who had just gone bankrupt. He looked dispirited. 

D

uring 

these past

 fifteen days, he was the one that had to bear the mental pressure and strain the most. 

I looked at him and didn’t know what to say to comfort him. The current situation wasn’t positive. I could only pat his shoulder to calm him. “Brother, don’t worry. We can solve this.” 

He gave me a nod and puffed his smoke deeply. Then, he rubbed his face. He looked better afterward. 

After trying

 to 

smile

, he said, “Brother Jiulin

,

 I’m a straightforward person, s

o

 just tell me the truth. Is 

the current situation

 very troublesome?” 

“Yeah, 

this is 

relatively hard to solve! I’ve been watching your father these days. His 

mind

has been

 affected. Moreover, he’s really old. If 

things continue

 like this, his body 

won’t be able to

 bear the consequences.” I told him what was 

worrying

 me. 

After listening to me, Hong Tianbao put out his cigarette. “Three days. Give me three days! I promise you I will take the red turban off his head and give it to you.” 

Then, he seemed to 

have made 

up his mind on something very important. In my eyes, his footsteps became heavier. I didn’t know what method he would use to get the red turban, but I was sure it wasn’t a good method. 

Except for 

handing

 meals, Old Hong wouldn’t let anybody approach him. If Hong Tianbao had 

accepted

 this tough task, I 

knew that I should

 prepare the 

necessary items! 

I carried 

spirit talismans and refined salt with me 

at all times. 

Moreover, in a countryside village like this, 

there were plenty of 

granular foods. I could always get them at the critical moment. 

However, I still needed one thing. I needed a top-Yang attribute item to activate the Heavenly Dipper Formation. Most 

otherworldly 

spirits wouldn’t dare to enter the Heavenly Dipper Formation. But if the

spirit

was really Hong Xiuquan, he wouldn’t be afraid of my formation. I needed another 

pillar

to support

 my Heavenly Dipper formation! 

If the otherworldly item had chosen Old Hong, Old Hong would be in danger. I needed to use the extra 

pillar

 to protect him. 

Since I couldn’t leave this place and the Hong brothers didn’t want other people to know that his father was in grave trouble, I had to call Li Mazi. 

Li Mazi was as despicable as usual. “Hey man, I know you can’t live without me!” 

I laughed and scoffed

. Then, I 

briefed him about the situation. “Within three days, you must bring the purple clay teapot 

I got

last

 time to Jintian Village.” 

When he heard my stern voice, he stopped teasing me. “I promise that before the sun sets tomorrow, you will see me.” 

After hanging up the call, I couldn’t help but smile to myself

. I thought 

that my buddy over there was still useful. 

After 

I had prepared

 everything, I returned to my room

 and took 

a nap. 

I was worn 

out

. Once 

Li Mazi came and I got the red turban, 

it would be

 the critical moment. 

I 

had

 to put myself in the best fighting mode before 

his arrival

!