Hong Tianjiang 

was in

 a good mood. He proudly 

stuck out

 his chest, 

held his

 head high, 

and received

 the worship from hundreds of ghosts. Then, he explained his story to me. 

“

Ever s

ince I was a little boy, 

all of the

 people in this village have looked down on me…” Hong Tianjiang’s voice was as cold as ice. 

The way he had started his speech told me that he was a man who had grown up with a twisted mentality. He didn’t regret anything

. After all, he did make 

a deal with a

n evil 

spirit to achieve what he wanted. 

At

 this moment, Hong Tianjiang didn’t look as nice as he used to be. 

H

e started to talk sternly. “Today is a good day! 

A moment ago

, I was so happy 

that

 I forgot myself and chatted with you for a while. It’s true that when one’s happy, 

they

 will 

become

 more talkative.” 

Now I understood why Hong Tianjiang had suddenly talked a lot this evening. I didn’t doubt him at that time, but I now remembered he tried to drive the topic to power claiming many times. I was dull enough to explain a lot of the moral aspects 

related to

 this matter. 

At this moment, after thinking about it, I wanted to strangle myself to death. This man 

was

 an honest farmer. How 

could

 he suddenly 

have a desire

for

 power?

Hong Tianjiang then started to tell me his story

 about 

what he had experienced. Hong Tianjiang’s mother had passed away when they were 

very

 young. Old Hong brought up his sons alone. Life was hard and he had to struggle a lot to make ends meet. That

 was

 why the Hong famil

y

 didn’t have a high position in Jintian 

Village

. 

His brother, Hong Tianbao, had a large build

. N

ot many kids dared to bully him. At the same time, Hong Tianjiang 

was 

a skinny kid

and he was always nice to people. Naturally, he 

became

 the target 

of

 the bullies in 

the

 village. 

Later on, Hong Tianbao 

grew up to be

 a smart and talented man. Under his brother’s glow, Hong Tianjiang 

became

 more and more inferior. 

After Hong Tianbao left home to enter the jade business, Hong Tianjiang stayed and worked as a farmer. Hong Tianjiang 

was

 jealous. He thought that his brother had forgotten about him and that 

his brother

 would let hi

m 

stay in this countryside and work as a farmer for the rest of his life. 

But 

that

 wasn’t the most important factor. The most important factor was that 

no woman in this village wanted

 to marry him. Every time his father wanted to arrange a marriage for him, the villagers denied him. Some even mocked Hong Tianjiang and said that no one 

would want

 to marry a dummy like him. 

Eventually, even 

someone like

W

idow L

i

 was put 

on

 his list of matches. In the countryside, widows were considered unlucky 

people

. It was enough to tell how 

unwelcome

 Hong Tianjiang was in this village. However, Hong Tianjiang was even more enraged 

that

Widow Li

 rejected him! 

“Wh

y

?! She’s just a widow. When I 

laid

 my eyes on her, she 

should have

 agreed immediately. How could a widow like her disdain me?” 

Hong Tianjiang couldn’t control himself. But then, his voice turned into 

despicable laughter

. “Well, well, she disdained me, and what happened? She still has to follow me, doesn’t she?” 

As soon as I heard this, I knew it was the beginning of Hong Tianjiang’s evil path. I asked him to tell me more details. He thought that I was interested in his story. He acted like a child sharing 

his

 best toy 

with

 a friend. He told me what he 

did

, which made me curse 

like

 a filthy animal under my breath

! 

After being

 rejected by 

Widow Li

, he couldn’t walk with his head held high in this village. 

He 

came

up with a

 plan. It was 

late at

 night

 and dark enough that people couldn’t see things

. He broke into 

Widow Li

’s house. 

Widow Li

 live

s 

in a corner far from the main road

. Even 

if they were loud, people 

wouldn’t be able to

 hear them. Moreover, 

Widow Li

 didn’t light up her house to save money on utilities. People 

knew that 

her house was dark at nigh

t

. 

“You don’t know how awesome that feeling was.” Hong Tianjiang licked his lips

 and smiled 

horribly. “People were walking outside. She wanted to scream, but she couldn’t.

I threatened her

 and told her that 

if she screamed and people came, I would tell them that she’d seduced me! Oh well, a widow seduc

ing

 an old bachelor

!

 She has a son

, so s

he ha

d

 to keep 

living

 for 

him

!” 

I clenched my fists. 

I looked

 at Hong Tianjiang, who was standing in front of me, and 

thought

 about the fact that I’d been eating with him and sleeping at his houses for days

.

 I felt so disgusted. 

He continued his story. “I didn’t even need to cover her mouth. She didn’t dare to scream. You don’t know how beautiful and satisfying her face changed while under my body!” 

“What happened after that?” I didn’t want to hear him insult a widow. From her recent look, I knew 

Widow Li

 was already a ghost. But 

Widow Li

 didn’t protest against him. Why did Hong Tianjiang kill her? 

“After that?” Hong Tianjiang grinned maliciously as if it was the best memory of his life.

“After that, except for the times her son came home, I 

went

 to her house every night. I finally know why every man wants to marry a wife. Oh, you know, that feeling

. T

ch tch

.

 I don

’t

 think I

’ll ever 

forget that.” 

Hong Tianjiang was sinking in his memor

ies

. 

Widow Li

 was a mild and tender woman. Since Hong Tianjiang treated her well, she 

stopped rejecting

 him. She started to 

think about marrying 

him. 

However, 

a bad 

incident happened 

during

the

 weekend. 

Widow Li

’s son, who was studying in another city, had a break and decided to go home to surprise 

Widow Li

. When he saw the mother he had always respected rolling 

in

 bed with Hong Tianjiang, his face changed. He didn’t enter the house

 and returned 

to school immediately. Moreover, he strongly disagreed 

with

 his mother 

about marrying

 Hong Tianjiang. 

To 

Widow Li

, her son was most important to her. 

Since

 her son didn’t like 

to see

 her

 with

 Hong Tianjiang, she started to 

reject

 Hong Tianjiang. 

Since

 Hong Tianjiang had tasted the sweetness, he didn’t want to end their relationship like this

.

 He kept visiting her

 and 

when 

Widow Li

 didn’t agree to have an intimate time

with him, he forced her. 

A

fter forcing his secret lover many times, Hong Tianjiang’s patience was drained. 

O

ne time, he was so angry he couldn’t control himself

 and threw 

the candle holder 

by

 the bedside 

at

Widow Li

. 

H

alf of her face was burned. She screamed in agony. Hong Tianjiang was afraid that she would alert people. Immediately, he used the blanket to muffle her screams. However, after a few minutes, 

Widow Li

 stopped breathing. 

Since

 it was the first time Hong Tianjiang had killed a person, he was

scared. Fortunately for him, 

Widow Li

 was an introvert 

and

 rarely left her house. There was nothing strange 

if she

disappeared

 for 

a 

few days. However, paper 

can’t

 wrap fire. The death of widow Li was exposed. Hong Tianjiang was scared

. I

f the people in the village contacted her son, they would eventually make him a suspect. 

Right at that 

moment

, he found 

that the

 red turban his father 

loved was taking action

. Later on, he learned that the red turban in his house was left by the leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement. Although he wasn’t a well-educated man, he had grown up in Jintian Village. Of course, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom wasn’t an unfamiliar topic to him. 

The 

evil

 spirit started to entice him 

into putting

 on the red turban. As long as Hong Tianjiang listened to the spirit, it would help him solve all of his problems. Hong Tianjiang wasn’t a fool. He knew that if he put it on, the spirit would possess him. Thus, he tried to make his father wear 

the red 

turban instead of him. 

Indeed, not even two days after Old Hong 

wore

 the red turban on his head, bad things started to happen in the village. Someone robbed the houses and some 

homes

 were burned unknowingly. Since people were in trouble, they 

were too preoccupied

 to worry about the 

widow’s

 business. They buried 

Widow Li. N

o one remembered to notify her son about her death. 

“If they hadn’t 

seen

 my father 

burn the house, 

I wouldn’t hav

e had 

to ask Hong Tianbao to come home…” Hong Tianjiang’s voice was indifferent

. It sounded as though

 he didn’t consider Hong Tianbao as his older brother. 

“I made him come back just to use his money to muffle their stinky mouths. I didn’t expect that he would bring you here.” 

Hong Tianjiang wasn’t pleased with my presence. Moreover, 

since

 he was afraid that I would doubt him, he 

didn’t

 interfere with me. 

After testing my skills, he knew I wasn’t 

the spirit’s

 equal opponent. He made a plan 

to swap 

the red turban and asked his father to cooperate with him to play a 

show

 for me to see. No matter what, Hong Tianjiang was Old Hong’s son. Although he knew his son had committed a crime, he wasn’t that heartless to ignore him. 

That deal had resulted in Hong Tianjiang paying part of his soul in exchange for his safety. 

“I didn’t expect that my old man 

would change

 his mind. He wanted 

you to

 stay…” Hong Tianjiang’s face twisted again. “As long as you’re gone, this village will become my kingdom! 

Let's see if

 any of them dare look down on me!” 

“Look at 

Widow Li right now.

”

 He 

waved his right hand. 

Widow Li

 obediently walked to him. Her face had returned to normal. She stood and served beside Hong Tianjiang. Hong Tianjiang contentedly pulled and hugged 

Widow Li. He talked 

to me. “See? Even 

though 

I

’ve

 killed her, she has to respect me and worship me!” 

I sneered

 and scolded

 Hong Tianjiang, who had considered himself a supreme being. “You deserve to be disdained!” 

How could anybody lay their eyes on a 

scumbag like him? He hated that people 

looked down on 

him. He loathe

d

 Hong Tianbao and envied his success. But they 

grew

 up in the same family, and people respected Hong Tianbao 

but not 

him

. Didn’t he think about that? 

It 

proved 

that Hong Tianjiang had 

a

 problem. And now, he didn’t feel sorry or guilty after he had 

committed

 many crimes

. He was 

even lower than

animals. He was totally pleased with his 

despicable

achievements.

 What a big scumbag he was! 

Hong Tianjiang’s face changed. He pushed 

Widow Li

 aside

 and got 

up. “I know you have some skills

, but

 Jintian Village is my kingdom. 

Now, I’m going 

to ask my people to kill you!” 

Then, he made a gesture. The ghosts of the Taiping soldiers

followed his order

 and swarmed 

toward me. I gave him a disdainful smile. How could these 

random

 ghosts be my equal opponents?  

I didn’t say anything

 and lashed 

my Sirius Whip. Any ghosts the Sirius Whip touched would turn into smok

e and vanish

. Hong Tianjiang grimaced. Those were the ghost soldiers that he was so proud of.

He didn’t just watch the fun. He blended in the formation of ghost soldiers

 and gave 

them commands. Under his command, the ghost soldiers slowly broke my defense. 

However, 

at

 this moment, I didn’t dare to use my blood. 

If

 I was worn out, I would not have enough strength to deal with that filthy animal

,

 Hong Tianjiang! 

I tried to pull back and forth with them in 

hopes

 that Hong Tianbao would bring Li Mazi here to help me 

once

 he realized that I had been away for too long. The magic power of the Sirius Whip was thinning out

. Meanwhile, 

the ghost soldiers were rolling toward me in unceasing waves. Although my Sirius Whip 

had turned them

 into smoke, under Hong Tianjiang’s command, they slowly gathered and charged forward again. I couldn’t get rid of them for now. 

As I was slowly 

losing the battle

, I started to retreat toward the door. As long as I could get out of here and resist until the morning, Hong Tianjiang wouldn’t have any puppets with him. He would become a tiger that had neither fangs 

nor

 claws. It would be much easier to deal with him then! 

It seemed he had recognized my intention. Hong Tianjiang accelerated his control. His ghost soldiers moved faster and faster. 

At this

 moment, I knew my Sirius Whip wouldn’t work efficiently. I decided to bite my finger to use the blood and risk my life with Hong Tianjiang. Right 

at this

 moment, a shadow flew over

 and

 tightly 

hugged

 Hong Tianjiang from behind. 

It was 

Widow Li

! She looked at me. I could see her imploring eyes. 

However, her 

actions

 had enraged Hong Tianjiang. He began to attack her to get rid of her. Her soul became translucent and eventually transparent, but 

she still hugged him tightly. S

he knew that if she kept holding onto him like this, she would perish. Still, she was resolute enough to not let go of him. 

I knew she was taking revenge on him! 

I didn’t hesitate anymore. My Sirius Whip directly hit the nearest ghost soldiers 

and turned them 

into smoke. Then, I 

ran

 out of the house. 

Hong Tianjiang didn’t chase after me. I ran 

quickly

 to the Hong family’s house. I knew Hong Tianjiang wouldn’t dare to attack me in his house. He was the sort of 

man

 that had a big mouth but would only 

do

 something stealthy behind people’s backs. 

I went to find Hong Tianbao and told him every detail of the story. I had to do that because I had to capture Hong Tianjiang tomorrow. If Hong Tianbao didn’t trust me, he would be a big obstacle to me. 

Hong Tianbao couldn’t believe it. He sounded shocked. “Brother Jiulin, don’t fabricate things. My younger brother has always been a nice and kind man since he was a little boy. 

He couldn’t have committed

 so many evil 

crimes

!” 

I knew it was hard for him to accept all of th

is 

at once. However, I tried my best to persuade him. I also told him that his father, Old Hong, knew something. It was thanks to his contribution 

that the play they acted out seemed 

so real. 

Old Hong was sleeping, but Hong Tianbao didn’t mind that. He pulled me to confront his father. 

When

 Old Hong 

found out

 that I 

had learned about 

everything

, h

e was speechless. He kept silent for quite a long time. 

His silence made Hong Tianbao believe me. If I had fabricated things to insult them,

Old Hong would have jumped and shouted at my face. But he hadn’t said anything. Hong Tianbao had never thought that his brother 

was behind 

all of these events. He looked shocked. 

“Father, how did you… How could you….”

Hong Tianbao 

grabbed 

his head in pain.