The autumn had come to the Southern area, bringing with it a lot of rainfall. In theory, the water in the rainy season 

c

ould wash away Yang energy

, so m

any foul things would seize this chance to resurface and wreak havoc. It should be the busiest time 

of the

 year fo

r me

. However, these days, no one came to my shop. 

It was raining, and I was too lazy to 

go out

. I could only stay idly in my shop

 and wait 

for mold to invade my body. 

Li Mazi was a man with no 

humanity

. Two days ago, he was in my shop playing Contra with me. But 

a

s soon as he heard that Ru Xue had come back from her parents’ house, he immediately transformed into her eunuch. I was now left

 alone 

in my shop

. I drank 

tea to pass

 the 

time. 

I sat on my rocking chair

 and 

unfold

ed

 a newspaper. I thought 

news

 these days couldn’t be compared to the past. I got only articles about 

gossip

, like this star married that star

 and 

the other star had an affair. There was nothing substantive

. I

t was 

freaking

 boring. 

I threw the newspaper aside. As soon as 

I was about to

 get up to stretch my body,

I

 glanced at 

a tarrying title through the corner of my 

eye. It read,

“

The famous entrepreneur Chen Yiqing in Fujian died bizarrely!

” 

I had seen the name Chen Yiqing in many 

news articles about

 business and the economy. This man was in his early forties. He was an extraordinarily talented man. 

Along with his

 wife, he had created his enormous business

, starting it 

from scratch. After only five years, he had created the most famous e-commerce brand in Fujian. His company now sold household appliances. The company’s annual mutual transactions had reached several billion renminbi. He was a 

genius

 in the industry of domestic household appliances.  

I couldn’t help but pick up the paper again to read it. Soon, I finished reading the article

, and

 I frowned. 

Although the picture was 

censored

, I still 

noticed

 that his death was horrible. His body was chopped into fingernail-sized pieces. I was sure it was a revenge case! Moreover, it was strange that the police said that they found no trace of the murderer at the crime scene. It 

sounded like

 nonsense

.

These years, 

incidents

 like this weren’t new. The market was as fierce as 

a

 battlefield. A dispute during a negotiation could become a 

reason

 to kill someone. After reading the article, I didn’t keep it in my mind and moved over. 

It was beyond my imagination that Chen Yiqing was just the 

beginning of a series of murders

. A few days later, 

something similar

 happened again in Fujian. Most of the victims were famous

 and 

successful people. Moreover, the police couldn’t find any trace of the murderer at the crime scenes. 

The serial murder cases had created a lot of panic in Fujian! The police issued a statement saying that the murderer was a psychopath that 

harbored

 deep hatred towards the rich. They had 

investigated

 some suspicious unemployed

and low-income people. However, before their investigation made any progress, another 

person

 died. 

The newest case had broken the police’s assumption about the murderer. The victim this time had an ordinary background. 

They were a

lmost impoverished

, 

to be exact. 

I flipped through a thick stack of newspapers. Chen Yiqing was killed on October 21

st

. 

A

 new case happened every day after his death. As of the last case, seven people w

ere 

chopped to death. The police didn’t find any evidenc

e. There were no

fingerprints, hair strands, 

or possible weapons at the crime scenes. They didn’t find any suspects in the area 

after checking

 many CCTV cameras, either. 

With my years of experience working with otherworldly items, I noticed these serial murder cases weren’t simple. It was possibly the work of 

a

 malicious otherworldly item. Otherwise, it was impossible to cause seven deaths without leaving a single trace. 

I held a cup of tea

 and took 

a sip

. I thought about 

whether or not I should proactively join this case. 

The deaths of those victims were even worse than the one-thousand-slice sentences in ancient times

.

 They were literally minced

, with the p

ieces of their 

remains as

 big as fingernails! The evil spirit behind this could be at the Ghost King level, 

which was the

 type that I should stay away from if I could. 

Given the

 trend, there would be more deaths. 

Since

 I 

had seen the news

, I couldn’t 

stay

 still. I didn’t want my conscience to feel guilty. 

I’d thought about this matter for quite a long time. Then, I placed my 

teacup

 back on the table

 and made 

up my mind: No matter what, I had to go and see! 

Before leaving, I called Li Mazi

 and asked 

him to keep an eye on my shop while he was serving Ru Xue. I didn’t want to return to a

n empty 

shop without knowing who had emptied it. 

Fujian was a coastal province. Moreover, as it was autumn, 

there

 was a lot of rain. When I arrived at Fuzhou, the rain was getting heavier. 

I rubbed my hands and pulled my coat close to me. Holding a dark-colored umbrella, I went to the police station. 

The policeman on duty snorted at my explanation of paranormal activities 

due to some

 foul thing. He thought that I was a madman who 

had come

 to trouble the police here. I had to ask him to call the Public Security Department to ask about the cases I had helped them with in the past. The policeman half

-

believed me. In the end, he decided to 

take

 me to see his chief. 

The leader was a middle-aged criminal policeman

 with

 a medium build. He extended 

a

 hand to me

 and welcomed me. 

While shaking his hand, I knew he was good at martial arts. The policeman had a tender face, but there was a long

 and

 big scar that looked like a centipede crawling on his left cheek

. It broke 

his gentle aura

 and gave him a touch

 of cruelty. 

We introduced 

ourselves. 

I now knew that he was the captain of the Criminal Police Department here

. His name was

 Captain Liu Feng. 

I simply told him why I 

had come

 here. He kept silent for a while, then asked, “Mr. Zhang, how big is the probability 

that

 a foul thing is behind 

these

 corpse-chopping cases?” 

I gently exhaled. If he asked 

this

, it meant he 

believed 

me. I thought then answered

,

 “Based on the current situation, the possibility could be one hundred percent. Moreover, from the frequency of 

these

 serial murder 

cases

, there could be another victim

 tonight.

” 

After listening to me, Liu Feng excused himself and went outside to make a phone call. When he returned, he put on a serious face. He made me a little nervous. He put his mobile phone back 

on

 the desk

 and asked, 

“Do you know who I just called?” 

I wore a serious face

 and shook 

my head. I rolled my 

eyes discreetly and 

thought to myself

, 

I don’t have any 

superpowers. H

ow the heck am I 

supposed to k

now who 

you

 just called?!  

“Our Chief of the Bureau,” answered Liu Feng. 

It turned out he had called his Chief to ask for direction. Unexpectedly, his Chief agreed. Moreover, he had asked the other police stations around Fujian to cooperate with me. 

I was surprised

 and guessed 

that their Chief 

knew

 me, or that he knew something about my deeds

. 

However, 

now

 wasn’t the time to think about this. If the Chief agreed to support me, it would be easier to carry out the next steps. 

First, I read the profiles of the seven victims. I needed to know 

information

 about them. The victims had different genders and ages. There was nothing similar 

about

 their bodies, either. I also read the oral statement of the victims’ family members. They were similar. They got up in the morning, 

saw

 a lot of blood on the bed

 along with 

the chopped bodies of their deceased family 

members

. Feeling 

p

anic-stricken, they called the police. 

These were the official investigation 

procedures

. However, the information here was useless to me. I asked to interview the deceased’s families one more time. Captain Liu cooperated with me well. He gave me the addresses and assigned a policeman called Xiaolin to accompany me. 

Before we got out of the police bureau, a red shadow stormed into the office despite the policeman on duty standing in her way. 

It 

was a woman wearing red clothes. Her messy hair covered her face. She was wearing slippers, but one was missing. 

There were small cuts on her 

foot, and s

he looked 

disorderly

 as she had run 

in

 the rain. While trying to get through the policeman in her way, she screamed. However, as 

she was panicking

, she couldn’t 

produce 

a full

 and

 meaningful sentence. I caught some words like ‘

l

ife

’ and ‘

dead.

’ 

We had to stop because of this interruption. We brought the woman to the office and poured her a cup of warm water. 

“Thank you, thank you.” The woman thanked us. After drinking up the whole glass of warm water, she finally calmed down. 

S

he rubbed her shoulders, which 

showed 

that she was still frightened. 

Captain Liu sat with a pen in his hand

. He asked 

her for some basic information like her name, age, and address. It would give us the basic knowledge about this woman, and it would also ease her so that she could tell us what had happened. 

Through the woman’s intermittent voice, we knew she was named Wang Ping

. She was 

thirty-seven years old

, and s

he 

resided

 in a high-end community not far from the police station. 

When

 Captain Liu recognized that she could talk normally, he asked, “What happened?”  

When Wang Ping heard his question, she was startled

 and dropped 

her glass. Her eyes opened wide in fear. 

“So many people were crying. They cried… They wanted to kill me!” Wang Ping buried her head into her arms on the table. Her voice turned hoarse and trembled. 

Captain Liu didn’t know 

what

 to write down. “Who wanted to kill you?” 

Wang Ping’s absurd answer alerted me. 

“There were so many crying faces… They were on my walls, on my closets

, 

and even on my bed. I know they wanted to kill me. I ran away from home.” 

Chief Liu and I exchanged looks. 

It seemed w

e had the same idea

.

 Wang Ping could be the next victim. I wanted to know more about the situation, so I asked her to go to her house to see. 

Wang Ping didn’t want to go home. I had to 

assure

 her that she would be all right. 

She hesitated then 

brought us to her home. 

When I entered her house, I saw a little boy around six or seven years old sitting on the sofa. When he heard the noise, he lifted his head and shot us a faint glance

. H

is face was full of disgust. 

I was surprised. 

He’s just a little boy

. H

ow could he have such extreme emotions?

Subconsciously, I turned to Wang Ping. As I was just a stranger

, t

he boy’s hatred wasn’t directed 

at

 me. I guessed he was 

looking

 at Wang Ping. 

Wang Ping saw the bo

y and frowned

. “Boy, go to your room or I’ll beat you up.” 

The boy said nothing

 and held 

his head low. He grabbed a cloth tiger doll and quietly 

went

 upstairs. Before leaving, he shot me a glance. I felt so strange

. T

he little boy had something odd in his 

eyes

, but I couldn’t tell what it was. 

Wang Ping gave me a reluctant smile. “Please don’t mind him. He’s just a kid.” 

I smiled and said nothing. The odd feeling grew higher in my heart. 

Wang Ping had rushed to the police station to ask for help and had left her

son at home. Then, 

she threatened

 her son right in front of us. I felt a little disgust toward Wang Ping already!  

Anyway, it was her family’s business, 

and

 I shouldn’t put my nose in it. After she 

showed

 us around, I started to assess her house. 

The living room in this house was vast. There 

were

 an authentic leather sofa and a crystal coffee table 

that faced

 an LCD TV

. It 

occupied half the opposite wall. Next to the TV was a photo frame. I 

saw a man and a

 boy

. I recognized the boy, who was 

Wang Ping

’s son. The man 

was probably her husband. 

There were two bedrooms upstairs

. O

ne was open and 

the other was

 locked. I guessed the locked one was the boy’s room. 

After taking one round, I found nothing of interest. I didn’t see the crying faces Wang Ping had reported. 

We went back to the living room. I asked Wang Ping to tell us about the situation. Wang Ping had adjusted herself

. She had dried 

her hair and 

changed

 her clothes. I finally saw her face clearly. 

She was thirty-seven years old

, but 

there was not a single wrinkle on her face. Her skin was well

-

maintained. Since she was frightened, her small

 and

 pale face looked strangely attractive. She could entice men well with such a face. 

I knew my evil desire had arisen, so I had to hurriedly read the 

s

acred 

t

ext of Daoism. Then, I pulled myself together

 and listened 

to Wang Ping’s story.