This time, the victim was the son of an important leader in this city. It was the same 

as

 the other previous two cases. His head exploded

, which resulted in 

his instant death. 

Although this 

guy

 wasn’t a top leader, he held a lot of 

power

. He immediately learned about my existence from Jiang Teng. 

After telling me about the new incident, the bodyguard smiled. “Mr. Zhang, if you can take revenge for th

e

 victims, you will 

forge

a

strong 

relationship with

 the people in this city

…” 

I was speechless

 and told

 myself that I hated 

having

 this sort of connection to government officials. In some 

cases

, even if I solved the situation,

 they would try to kill me

to shut me up

. 

And

, if I couldn’t solve the problem, 

it was likely I

 would never be able to run my shop again. It was a 

difficult situation

. 

“Do you want to go to the scene?” 

I nodded. If the leader knew about me, I had to go and take a look. 

Along

 the way, the bodyguard carefully advised me, “Mr. Zhang, when we arrive, please mind your behavior. Do not 

get into a fight

 with the leader.” 

Even if he didn’t tell me, I 

knew that much

. 

Well, good citizens shouldn’t fight against the officials.

 I understood this way of life. 

When we arrived at the place, our car was stopped outside the iron gate. 

A

 policeman 

finished

 checking us thoroughly

. He 

even took things like 

snacks

 away. 

Another policeman guided us through layers of security 

to

 the living room. 

I

n the middle of the living room was a crystal coffin. I could see the body inside through the transparent walls of the coffin. 

In front of the sofa was a

n outline of a 

human 

figure

 marked by white chalk. 

This place seemed to be 

the death scene. 

This body was similar to the previous two. Except for the exploded head, there was no other wound. I asked the bodyguard and 

learned

about a 

different detail about this case: The murder took place in the morning 

when

 the sun had already risen… 

Although the morning sunlight wasn’t very strong, this living room was naturally well-lit. Normally, 

a

spirit

wouldn't

 dare to show up during 

such a time

. To me, it was very, very bad news. 

After I had carefully checked the scene, I was brought to the backyard. The bodyguard wanted to follow me, but the policeman stopped him. 

Jiang Teng was sitting with a classy, bespectacled man. From Jiang Teng’s proper posture, I knew he was tense. Meanwhile, the elegant man looked more relaxed. 

When he saw me, the elegant man waved his hand. The policeman left. 

Then, the man assessed me from 

head

 to toe. “I heard from Old Jiang that you 

have a lot of 

talents.

 I

’

ll give 

you three days to capture that murderous, ghostly thing. Is it a problem?” He drawled his words

. His finger tapped 

the table from time to time. 

A

s I hadn’t answered him yet

, the man added,

 “Mr. Zhang, you have many good things in your shop, right? I guess some of them are national treasures.” 

I was startled inwardly. This man had investigated me thoroughly within one day! I knew he had an important background. 

“

It’s n

o problem!”

The corner of my mouth twitched when I agreed with him. 

But in my heart

, I was cursing the eighteen generations of his family

.

On the way back, I didn’t talk to Jiang Teng. This man wasn’t reliable at all. I hadn’t made any progress 

on

 his case, and he had directly sold me out. 

Jiang Teng checked me. He didn’t have the guts to talk. The bodyguard knew the situation wasn’t good. He kept his mind on the road

 and didn’t say 

anything. 

As soon as the car stopped, I was attracted by the noise outside the villa. The gray-haired man had come back

!  

He was like an enraged lion, burning the paper money in front of the villa. The bodyguard had muffled him. He couldn’t talk, 

apart from letting out 

some low whimpers.

I turned to take a look at Jiang Teng. 

He 

was looking at the old man with hostile eyes. I was shocked

 and felt a 

murderous intent from Jiang Teng. 

When Jiang Teng recognized that I was looking at him, he put away 

his

 cruel countenance

 and said 

reluctantly

,

 “Forgive me

, w

e’ve bumped into a trouble-maker.” 

Then, he asked the bodyguard to get out of the car and direct his staff to shoo the man away. When the old man was thrown out of the gate, he shot me a menacing glance. 

I was sure that my eyes weren’t blurred this time. However, I didn’t think about it much.

 Since I had

sat

 with Jiang Teng in 

his

 car, he 

might have thought

 that I was Jiang Teng’s new hound. 

I didn’t linger in that thought. After 

t

aking a deep breath, I told the bodyguard

,

 “Get me a pot of cooked glutinous rice and a bowl of fresh rooster blood immediately. I will also need two wax candles and a sheet of white paper!” 

The bodyguard didn’t say anything and rushed to prepare the items. 

“What are you going to do?” asked Jiang Teng. 

I spat the words, 

“Congregating the spirits!” 

C

ongregating the spirits was similar to Ouija, the game young people liked to play

, just

 more dangerous. It was easy to invite 

spirits when playing Ouija

, but it was tough to send them away. The spirits 

one

c

ould invite 

might even be

 relatively powerful and with deep hatred. However, as long as 

the user

 followed the rules, they wouldn’t 

be harmed

. 

Congregating the spirits 

was

 different. When 

one

 congregated spirits, 

they

 would massively invite all kinds of ghosts and spirits. If 

they

 were careless, 

they

 could even invite

 super strong spirits

. 

I

f 

they

 did, 

those guys would not leave without a sacrifice

! 

I

 had no other choice now. If I couldn’t solve the 

spirit

 within three days, I would be finished. I should try 

it 

once. 

If

 my luck was good, perhaps I could summon the 

spirit

 that 

was causing

 trouble. 

The items I requested were normal and easy to find. 

Around an

 hour later, the bodyguard returned. 

I told him to turn off all the lights in the villa. In the end, we

 only

 had 

a

 pair of wax candles to light up the living room

. They lit the room with 

their faint yellow flames. 

When I 

felt

 the time was right, I told Jiang Teng and his people

,

 “

All of you

 should go and wait in your rooms. 

N

o matter what noise you 

hear

, do not 

come

 out!” 

As they were already scared, they left immediately. No one wanted to linger. 

I shook my head reluctantly and spread the white paper sheet on the table.

I directly dipped my finger into rooster blood and drew some red lines on the paper. The cooked 

glutinous

 rice was divided into four parts and placed in the four different corners of the paper. Together, they formed a simple Spirit Congregating Formation. 

Then, I squatted in front of the table

 and

 respectfully read the spell. “Sacrifice with blood, using food to raise…

”

As 

I read the spell

, the red lines I had drawn on the paper slowly glowed. As the formation started to work, the red lines 

shone

 brighter. When I finished reading the spell, the light created by the red lines on the paper floated up and created a strange but complicated diagram in the air. 

The Spirit Congregating Formation started to spin faster and faster. As the formation was moving, more and more 

spirit

s started to follow the light and come in.

At first, there were some small ghosts. I could use some joss sticks and yellow paper money to send them away. Then, relatively strong ghosts came. I could use a drop of blood to 

send

 them off. However, as the 

spirit

s with stronger power arrived afterward, I had to struggle hard to deal with them. 

I held the Yin and Yang Umbrell

a and 

cautiously 

looked

 at the ghosts that were fixing their eyes at me like a pack of hungry wolves. I couldn’t help but curse

. 

“Damn it! I don’t want to be drained before that thing comes!” 

After cursing, I decided to wait for two more minutes. If it didn’t come, I would 

deactivate

 the Spirit Congregating Formation immediately! 

As soon as I 

had

 this thought, a cold wind blew into the room. The ghosts that were bargaining with me immediately fled when they felt the wind. 

Instantaneously, a murderous aura slapped my face

.

M

y legs felt like jelly. However, it was the only chance I had. Holding onto the Sirius Whip 

tightly, 

I was ready to 

face

 the enemy.