After 

we returned

 to the village, I found the Village Elder and told him about Luo Cheng’s choice. 

The Village Elder kept silent for a long time. In the end, he just sighed. 

I knew he wanted to 

honor

 Luo Cheng, so I gave him a suggestion. If 

t

heir village wanted to open as a tourist attraction

, I thought

 they should build a Sui-Tang cultural park 

on that

 piece of land. It could be a source of income 

for

 the villagers and it 

could honor

 Luo Cheng’s heroic spirit. 

“We will consider your suggestion

,”

said the

 Village Elder

. I

t wasn’t my concern if they would do that. 

After lunch, Li Mazi and I bid farewell to the Village Elder and Sanye. They had collected dozens of thousands of 

renminbi

 to offer us as 

our

 commission. 

T

he Village Elder kept shoving the money into my bag. He knew the rule 

of

 our business

and was thankful 

that

 I had given up the silver spear to fulfill Luo Cheng’s wish. 

I didn’t 

refuse

 him this time

. By doing this, 

the villagers could feel 

at ease

. I received the money and threw it 

at

 Li Mazi. Afterward, we went to the hospital to find Tang Xianzu. 

When we got there, he had already left

. He had left 

me a letter. Here’s what the letter read: 

“Dear Master Zhang, 

if

 you see this letter, 

it means

 you’ve already helped our village solve the problem. To be honest, I tricked you. I was stabbed because I was too greedy

. 

I wanted to steal the spear from my friend’s house 

and

 exchange it for money. I knew the headless horseman 

was

 Luo Cheng. Yesterday, I heard from my family that General Luo Cheng’s spiri

t

 helped the village eradicate the rat monster. I 

don’t think

 I have the face to return to the village anymore. 

I’ll see

 you when I see you!” 

After reading the letter, I couldn’t help but shake my head

. I thought 

that Tang Xianzu was the 

type of person 

that 

desired

 money more than 

his

life

. This time, it was Luo Cheng’s spirit. If it had been the King of Western Chu or the God of Slaughter Baiqi, he wouldn’t have had the chance to write this damn letter.

However, I had to say one thing. Having worked in this business for quite a long time, 

I had

 always subdued otherworldly items. This was the first time an otherworldly item had saved me. 

When we

 were about to fight the rat monster 

and risk

 our lives, Luo Cheng had come. Li Mazi and I exchanged understanding looks

 and smiled

. We 

then

headed

 home. 

When we left the patient ward, we saw a group of doctors bowing and giving their apolog

ies 

to a young couple. However, the young couple was screaming at them. 

After a few seconds, I 

learned that

 their mother had 

received

 treatment in this hospital. The mother was seriously ill when she 

arrived at the hospital. H

owever, it wasn’t a life-threatening sickness. After one night 

of 

staying here, she died unknowingly…  

The couple thought that those quacks had neglected and killed their mother. They cried and demanded an explanation. 

The doctors and the family started to shout at each other. I sighed

 and prayed 

that the deceased would rest in peace. Then, I turned and went downstairs. 

When we passed the nurse

’s

 counter, we suddenly heard someone 

say

, “Oh my God! Another patient has died! I’ve said 

it before. T

hat bed has 

a

 problem

, but t

he Dean doesn’t listen to me.” 

Let alone me, Li Mazi paled immediately. We turned and 

saw

 two young nurses whispering to each other. 

When they saw us watching, they pretended to b

e busy and 

started to collect and sort the documents on the table

.  

“Miss, what did you just say?” I frowned. If she 

was telling

 the truth, there was mo

re to the

 old woman’s death. 

The nurse waved her hands at me

 and said 

impatiently

,

 “Please go. 

You don’t need to know

.” 

Li Mazi wasn’t pleased. He looked at the nametag the nurse wore

 and said 

boldly

, 

“I remember your name. If you don’t tell me the story, I

’m going 

to see your Dean. I’m sure you’ll be fired tomorrow!” 

The young nurse

’s 

eyes reddened

. She was 

upset but eventually nodded. 

I 

gave 

Li Mazi a thumbs-up. This rascal friend of mine was a true diamond that could cut diamonds.

The nurse then told us that it wasn’t the first time a patient 

had 

died on that bed. 

Three others had 

died before the old woman. That

 wa

s why she thought that the bed 

had a

 problem. “I

’ve

 checked the list of patients that used to lie on that bed. I found that every single patient who 

slept

 through the night on that bed 

died in the

 morning…” 

“It seems that bed really 

has

a 

problem…” I exchanged looks with Li Mazi. We decided to help the hospital get rid of this problem. 

Fortunately, that room was a two-patient ward. After the old woman was gone, the other person was so scare

d that they asked 

to change rooms. 

The young couple caused trouble until the afternoon

. 

I didn’t linger

 and tried 

to 

get

admitted

 t

here

. 

The doctor in charge looked around forty or fifty years old. He was a responsible doctor

. 

He pushed his reading glasses up the bridge of his nose

 and 

said

,

 “Kid, a patient just died there. Take another room!” 

“That's the point

!” Li Mazi recognized 

the words

 had slipped from his tongue. He corrected himself immediately

.

 “

I mean

, I like to stay in that ward. Every time I come to your hospital, I stay there.” 

“All right, if you 

want

 to stay there, you can stay there

.

 You two boys can 

bring

 more Yang energy to that room, anyway!” When the middle-aged doctor heard Li Mazi 

say

 that, he assessed us one more time. It seemed he knew our pur

p

ose. He waved his hand and asked us to fill in the form. 

As soon as I entered the ward, cold air slapped my face. 

I

t seemed 

there was

 a curtain of cold air around the bed 

where

 the woman had died. 

It wasn’t necessarily due to the foul thing. 

It 

could have

 b

een something else, like the 

old woman’s ghost or the ghosts of the previous victims. 

Before nightfall, I opened the door and the window

. Then, I burned 

wormwood

 and walked

 around the room. 

When the scent of wormwood filled the room, the temperature wasn’t low anymore. When I felt it was enough, I closed the window. 

Li Mazi and I then

 started our long and boring wait in the room. 

After 10:00 PM, no more visitors walked 

in

 the corridor outside. The room temperature started to drop again… 

It seemed that the foul thing couldn’t stand idle. I asked Li Mazi to 

lie

 on the bed while I 

hid

 underneath the opposite bed. 

I had just learned how to draw the Yang Concealing Talisman. 

By using

 this talisman, I could conceal my Yang energy. Unless the ghosts saw me directly, they 

wouldn’t be able to

 sense my 

presence

. 

Li Mazi 

sure was bold

. I had asked him to pretend to sleep on the bed

, but he 

started to snore not even after three minutes. 

I 

thought

 it was funny and wanted to wake him up. But then, I saw 

that he was

 blushing

. It was as 

if he 

was

 choking. Li Mazi’s eyes shot open. Both of his hands grabbed his neck

, just as if he was trying to pull away a pair of invisible hands

! 

It was 

an

 emergency, and I couldn’t 

waste time

. Immediately, I rolled out and got up

. I lashed 

the Sirius Whip at his neck. 

Before the whip reached Li Mazi, it stopped. I then heard a child crying. A faint red shadow appeared between me and Li Mazi. 

I focused and 

saw

 it was a boy that had a deformed fac

e. His nose was missing

. His bloodshot eyes 

were differently sized. He looked 

at me as if he wanted to tear me apart. 

I looked further down

 and saw that 

the kid didn’t have an umbilical 

cord

. His intestines 

had

 spilled out of his belly button

. He was bleeding 

hard. 

T

his little boy 

is

 a resenting chil

d! 

My g

randpa had told me that there were three types of resenting children. The first type was the one that died in 

their

 mother’s womb. The second type was the child 

that had

 died at birth. And, the last was the ghost of a child that had died after birth. 

The third type of resenting child had enjoyed happiness in this world

. I

ts resentful energy wouldn’t be much

and we could help them rest easier. However, the first two types had extreme energy. My grandfather had advised me that 

if

 I were to encounter this sort of resenting child, I 

would have

 to attack fast and not show any mercy. 

I shouldn’t let them go to create future 

problems

. 

R

esenting 

children

 were all hostile and inclined to 

seek

 revenge. If you 

annoyed one

, it would pester you forever! 

It seemed this boy had died at birth. From his deformed appearance, it wasn’t hard to guess that his parents had abandoned him. 

I wasn’t sure if I could subdue the ghost

, so

 I 

took out

 the Yin and Yang Umbrella

. I pointed it 

right at the child ghost.  

That child ghost 

felt

 the power of the Yin and Yang Umbrella. He shot me a glance then let go of Li Mazi

, jumping 

toward the window. 

“You want to 

run

? Not easy, boy!” I 

wouldn’t

 give it a chance. I opened the Yin and Yang Umbrella

 and dashed 

toward the ghost. 

The ghost shot me a disdainful glance and accelerated toward the window. However, he didn’t know that I had 

stuck 

spirit talismans on the window. He was sent backward 

and fell under the influence of

 the Yin and Yang Umbrella. 

He struggled in pain

. He screeched 

and 

looked

 at me

 with imploring 

eyes. I knew he was asking for mercy, but I couldn’t let him go. I knew that if our situations were 

switched,

 it wouldn’t 

spare 

my life! 

After around two minutes, the child ghost completely vanished. Li Mazi got up. He looked at the Yin and Yang Umbrella for a while before he pulled himself together. “Is it over?” 

“What do you think?” I pulled him up. After putting on 

our

 jackets, we didn’t linger for a second

 and ran 

home. 

Li Mazi thought it 

was

 easy to deal with the resenting child ghost

, but it was because I had skipped a few steps.

Ever since I’d entered this business, I didn’t think t

hat

dealing with evil

spirits

was

 hard. 

The real reason it was hard was that

I

 was willing to investigate the origin of the otherworldly items to help those spirits ascend in peace. 

If I just focused on destroying the

 evil

 spirit 

to

obtain

 the otherworldly item, I wouldn

’t

 be 

a

 qualified otherworldly merchant! 

What is an otherworldly merchant? 

He’s humble, h

e walks on the Yin and Yang road

, and he

binds

 the 

strings of karma

!