After that thing got into the room, I held the Sirius Whip tightly and 

came

 out of my hiding spot. I saw a lanky shadow rais

e

 a dark iron whip

. The whip was aimed 

at the paper doll’s head. 

Before the shadow found me, I carefully assessed him. He was wearing the official uniform of the Tang Dynasty. From the official hat and the gorgeous patterns embroidered on his clothes, I guessed he had a relatively high position when he was alive. However, he stood with his back to me, so I couldn’t see his face. 

“Argh!” When the iron whip hit the paper stand-in, I heard Jiang Teng

’s scream 

from downstairs. 

I was surprised

.

 I knew it wasn’t good.

I had 

sprinkled

 a few drops of Jiang Teng’s blood on the stand-in to increase 

its

 Yang energy. However, I hadn’t expected the 

spirit to be

 strong 

enough to

 affect even Jiang Teng’s real body. 

This 

development

 was beyond my expectation. I knew I couldn’t wait anymore. I immediately

lashed my Sirius Whip. 

The 

spirit

blocked

 my Sirius Whip with his iron whip without even turning his head around. Immediately, all the magic power of the Sirius Whip was used up! The shadow then emitted thick murderous energy

, which made me feel breathless

. 

As soon as I was about to read the 

s

acred 

t

ext of Daoism to stop the murderous energy, the 

spirit

 halted. Then, his sky-reaching murderous energy subsided. 

“Hm

ph

!” The 

spirit

 snorted and jumped through the window

. It

 disappear

ed

 into thin air. 

After he left, I slumped on my butt and wiped the sweat off my forehead. 

I was still shocked. 

What position did that 

spirit

 have when it was alive? I couldn’t even attack him once! 

At this

 moment, someone banged on the door. I got a hold of myself and opened the door. The bodyguard was standing outside

. He was 

looking at me with 

an

expectant

 face. 

I shook my head

 and

 sound

ed

 somewhat dispirited. “Don’t ask me if I got the 

spirit

. I didn’t even see his face. I only saw 

that he wore a

 black official uniform 

from

 the Tang Dynasty. He’s got excellent martial art skills as well.” 

The bodyguard sighed. Then, he remembered that he had to take me to see Jiang Teng. I ran downstairs and found Jiang Teng clutching his head on the sofa

. H

is facial features 

were twisted

 in pain. 

I 

went

 to check him. He was all right. “Don’t worry. You’re all right.” 

Jiang Teng exhaled in relief, then asked the bodyguard to support him to his room. After he 

left

, I sat on the sofa and replayed the recent incident in my head. I didn’t know why the 

spirit

 had spared me at that moment. 

His murderous energy wasn’t fake

, and

 I 

felt

 scared

 when I recalled

 that suffocating feeling. However, at the critical moment, he left. 

After t

hinking about it for a long time, I still hadn’t figured anything out. My head became heavy. I had to wobble upstairs. 

As

 I was about to enter the guest room, I found something strange 

in

 Jiang Guanguan’s bedroom. 

I came closer. I was aghast 

to see

 a line of words, which seemed to be written with blood. The blood was still oozing. 

First, beat the incapable ruler; 

s

econd, beat the evil citizens!

The words were emitting resentful energy! 

I was stunned. Now, I knew Jiang Guanguan had offended someone. I decided to ignore my sleepy head

 and dashed 

downstairs to find Jiang Teng. I needed him to 

investigate

 what had happened during the night before his son’s death. 

When he heard the words, 

‘F

irst, beat the incapable ruler; 

s

econd, beat the evil citizens,

’

 his face changed drastically. 

H

e said, “I’m going to investigate this as fast as possible.” 

I nodded. “As soon as you get the result, you must tell me.” Then, I went back to the guest room to sleep. 

When I woke up the next day, Jiang Teng and his bodyguards weren’t in the villa. The maid in the villa told me that they had hurriedly left the house early this morning after receiving a call. 

What happened? 

I mumbled to myself. I didn’t want to see another body with an exploded head. 

I had 

waited

 for the whole morning in the villa

, but t

hey hadn’t called me yet. I decided to call them. Both of them had their mobile phones turned off. 

I

 felt even more worried

. Determinedly, I left the villa

 and walked 

along the street

 while

 thinking about how to lure the 

spirit

 out one more time. This 

spirit

 was so terrifying and intimidating that the stand-in could only trick it once! 

With many thoughts in my head, I had inadvertently walked far away. When I recognized my surroundings, I found myself in front of a public cemetery. 

I cursed under my breath. 

After t

aking a quick scan of the public cemetery, I decided to go back. All of a sudden, I saw the old man who had burned paper money in front of Jiang Teng’s villa. He 

was carrying

 an empty basket. With a crooked gait, he slowly walked out of the cemetery. 

It seemed he had just 

finished

making

 offerings to 

a

 deceased person. I still had 

an

 impression of him from the previous night, which made me look at him longer than required. I recognized something: He had gray hair that made him 

appear

to look like

 a sixty-year-old old man, but his fac

e, which 

was covered in sorrow and 

grief, was

 that of a man in his forties. 

This contrast made my heart jump. A vague thought popped up in my head. However, it was gone before I could catch it… 

When the old man walked past me, he shot me an indifferent glance as though he was looking at 

an

 enemy! 

Instinctively, I took a step back. I wanted to 

look at

 him 

again

, but the man had walked farther away. I shook my head, thinking that it could be just a hallucination of mine. 

When I returned to the villa, it was around twilight. Jiang Teng and his bodyguard hadn’t come home yet. 

I ate something for dinner then 

went

 to Jiang Guanguan’s room

 and laid 

on his bed. Closing my eyes, I tried to imagine the situation before his death

. 

He was drunk

 and wobbled 

to his room. He fell on his bed and blacked out at that instant. Then, a cold wind swept into the room. Jiang Guanguan woke up because it was cold. He went to close the window. At that moment, the iron whip that carried the power of one thousand catties hit him and directly blasted his head. 

While in thought

, my heart sank. I sat up all of a sudden. While I was 

imagining

 the moment of Jiang Guanguan’s 

death

, I felt 

a

 thick murderous aura

. 

Here it comes again!

I gathered my courage and looked in the direction of the murderous aura. I saw a man standing by the window with his back facing me. He held the iron whip and 

didn’t make

 a move for quite a long time. 

I wanted to move and see his face. However, as soon as I got off the bed, the man jumped through the window! 

It looked like he wanted to take me somewhere. After 

h

esitating for a while, I grabbed the Sirius Whip and jumped through the window as well. Indeed, he was waiting for me not far from where I had landed. 

I gritted my teeth and walked behind him. Eventually, I found that the spirit had maintained a proper distance from me so 

that

 I would neither lose track of him nor be able to see his face. 

To shorten the distance, I thought about using 

a

 spell to invite 

a

 spirit to carry me. However, when the ghosts arrived and saw the shadow ahead of me, they were scared

 and scattered 

immediately. 

I 

became

 even more curious about this 

spirit

. After walking for a long time, I recognized that we were heading to the South of the city. 

After walking for around three hours, the man suddenly accelerated and made a turn. I paced up after him. However, he

’d

 disappeared.

There was a stone stele in front of me with some words carved on it. I couldn’t read them from where

 I was standing

, but I knew they were important. I strode faster. Unexpectedly, right as I was about to see the words, I heard the bodyguard 

call

 me from behind.

 I was about to 

turn around, but then I realized that it was impossible 

for

 the bodyguard to be there! 

A 

thunderclap

 suddenly echoed. It boomed so loud that it could pierce through people’s eardrums. My eyes shot open! I was on Jiang Guanguan’s bed! 

A chill arose in my heart. The 

spirit

 almost got me in my dream. I was lucky that the bodyguard had woken me up. Otherwise, I couldn’t imagine the consequence! 

The bodyguard waited until my face had more color. “Mr. Zhang, another 

person’s 

head exploded.” 

“What?!” I opened my eyes wide. The bodyguard nodded and started to tell me the 

details

.