Chapter 79 Earthbound Spirit

Zheng Wenjie rested in Guangfu for one night under Pei Likang's arrangement. Before dawn the next day, Pei Likang came to his door and urged him to set off.

Zheng Wenjie, who was wearing a black Tang suit, touched his chin and looked at Pei Likang who was panting beside him: "You are really a disgrace to Taoism. You are so tired just by climbing a mountain."

"No... there's no way. I've been weak and sickly since I was a child." Pei Likang gasped heavily, blaming Zheng Wenjie in his heart. If he hadn't insisted that they had to go up the mountain together, he would have been so bored that he would not sit on the bamboo chair and would have wanted to walk.

"We're here. Let's take a break first." Zheng Wenjie looked up and saw a strange deep pool not far away. It was called strange because the water in the pool did not refract the sunlight, and there was no grass growing around the pool.

Pei Likang sat on the grass and rested for a while before saying, "Brother Zheng, that's it. Don't worry, nothing will happen with me here."

Zheng Wenjie smiled and said, "Don't worry, since I promised, I won't break my promise."

Pei Likang seemed to be relieved. He stood up and opened the small box he carried with him. Inside was a compass, talismans, copper coins, a sword and some grains.

Pei Likang also took out a yellowed and old amulet from the box and handed it to Zheng Wenjie: "This is an amulet that has been enshrined in the Five Elements Palace for more than a hundred years. Combined with Brother Zheng's fate, this matter will be foolproof."

Zheng Wenjie took it and took a look...he couldn't see anything, but Zheng Wenjie was not surprised. Even Madonna's talisman was like waste paper to him.

Pei Likang looked at the sun hanging high in the sky and said, "Okay, Brother Zheng, this is the time of the day when the yang energy is the strongest. Let's get started!"

"Okay." Zheng Wenjie readily agreed. He controlled Pei Likang with both hands, lifted him high above his head and walked closer to Shen Tan step by step.

Pei Likang shook his limbs and shouted, "Brother Zheng! Brother Zheng! What are you going to do? Is there any misunderstanding? Listen to me, let me down quickly."

Zheng Wenjie sneered: "Okay, I'll let you go."

Zheng Wenjie threw Pei Likang into the pool with a light flick, creating a splash of water.

"Help... Ugh... Brother Zheng, I don't know how to paddle... Help"

Zheng Wenjie looked expressionlessly at Pei Likang struggling in the water. The closer he got to Huangshan Village, the more memories about the old corpse in the mountain village emerged in his mind.

Chu Renmei was simply wrapped in a rotten straw mat and thrown into a mass grave. She was not thrown into the pond. In the plot, it was the construction team that caused Chu Renmei's body to fall into the pond.

But now Chu Renmei's body has fallen into the pool. Pei Likang's story that Chu Renmei stopped killing people because she promised a child's request, and the child asked her not to kill anymore, is even more of a joke. Chu Renmei, who is full of resentment, will feel uncomfortable if she doesn't kill anyone.

The reason why Chu Renmei only killed sixty-six people was because there were only sixty-six people in Huangshan Village at that time, and Chu Renmei could only use resentment to make people hallucinate, commit suicide or be killed. It was not surprising to Zheng Wenjie that she did not continue to kill people, because it was Pei Likang who took action.

Zheng Wenjie did not let the Pei family's hired men go up the mountain together, because he also wanted to know what Pei Likang was trying to do. If it was a good thing, then it would be fine, but if he had any bad intentions, there was no need for the Pei family's hired men to be buried with Pei Likang.

"Help...help..." With increasingly weak cries for help, Pei Likang sank into the pool. Except for the occasional bubbles, there was no movement for a long time.

"Did I guess wrong? That shouldn't be the case." Zheng Wenjie muttered to himself, and suddenly raised his eyebrows. He almost thought that he had made a mistake.

Pei Likang's head gradually emerged from the water. His face was as pale as paper and his eyes stared at Zheng Wenjie. Then his body floated above the pool and stood face to face with Zheng Wenjie.

Pei Likang was very depressed and uneasy. He checked Zheng Wenjie and found that he was just an ordinary person with a good fate and did not have any magical powers. But when Zheng Wenjie grabbed him just now, he used his magical powers but could not break free.

Zheng Wenjie chuckled and said, "Are you crazy? Why are you staring at me? Are you playing tricks on me?"

Perricone's face was full of praise: "I thought I could scare you half to death, how did you find out?"

"I didn't find anything, but I felt that there was something wrong with you." Zheng Wenjie continued: "So, can you tell me what you are doing now? What do you want me to do?"

Pei Likang was silent for a while, then floated to the shore opposite Zheng Wenjie: "I want to borrow your body."

Zheng Wenjie watched expressionlessly as Pei Likang suddenly pulled out a pistol from behind his waist and fired six shots directly at his chest. All six shots hit Zheng Wenjie's chest directly.

Zheng Wenjie groaned, reached out and touched his chest, and six bullets mixed with his own blood appeared on his hand, and the gunshot wound on his chest healed immediately. He threw the bullets into the pool, and Zheng Wenjie looked at Perricone with a cold look.

Pei Likang's face changed drastically when he saw this, knowing that his plan had failed, he turned around and ran without hesitation. After running two steps, he floated three or four meters high, and then was hit on the head by a stone, and his head exploded like a watermelon.

Zheng Wenjie looked indifferently at the headless corpse on the other side that was no longer twitching, and snorted coldly. He didn't want to know what Pei Likang was trying to do. He actually dared to attack him, so he might as well kill him and be done with it.

The black pool of water began to waver again, and an invisible force dragged Pei Likang's body, including his shattered head, into the pool. Soon, a woman's head, tightly covered by wet hair, emerged from the water.

Zheng Wenjie suddenly remembered that when he was a kid, he was so scared by Chu Renmei that he dared not turn off the lights before going to bed. He scolded angrily, "What are you looking at? Do you want to avenge Perricone or something? If you have the guts, come up and fight with me."

Chu Renmei remained silent and sank into the water again. The surroundings became quiet again, as if nothing had happened.

Zheng Wenjie snorted, and when he turned around, he bumped into Chu Renmei face to face. Zheng Wenjie's eyes widened slightly, and he raised his hand to slap Chu Renmei on the head, but it went through her and missed. Zheng Wenjie slowed down his heartbeat, which was a little faster than usual, and felt a little annoyed. He didn't feel anything towards Chu Renmei, and he was scared by Chu Renmei even though he had become a zombie. Zheng Wenjie stretched out his hand and waved it again, and Chu Renmei was like a transparent shadow without any sense of reality.

Zheng Wenjie felt a little puzzled. Firstly, if Chu Renmei appeared behind him, there was no way he would not notice it. Secondly, there was no way he could not touch the ghost.

"What are you?"

"say?"

"Chu Renmei?"

Zheng Wenjie called out a few more times, but Chu Renmei didn't react at all. She still stood in front of Zheng Wenjie, motionless.

Zheng Wenjie frowned and took a step to the side. Chu Renmei also took a step sideways. Zheng Wenjie laughed angrily: "You really want to practice with me?"

Zheng Wenjie took a few steps back, came to the shore and jumped directly into the pool. Just as Zheng Wenjie was about to transform and use his supernatural powers to evaporate the water in the pool, he saw a space at the bottom of the pool that was similar to a barrier.

Not only was Pei Likang's body inside, but his smashed head had also returned to its original shape, but it was still a corpse with its eyes closed. Next to him was Chu Renmei, who was wrapped in a straw mat with only one hand exposed. The bracelet on her wrist was broken into two pieces, and on her palm were the six bullets that Zheng Wenjie had thrown into the pool.

Zheng Wenjie blinked in the water and swam in without hesitation. There was no water in the water, and even the ground was covered with dry mud.

Zheng Wenjie took two steps forward and pulled away the straw mat that wrapped Chu Renmei. The bloody head was covered by hair, only half of the face was exposed, and the ragged body was covered with bruises.

"Tsk, you looked quite miserable before you died? You must have been beaten to death." Zheng Wenjie teased. He knew that Chu Renmei was quite miserable, so after killing Pei Likang, he had no intention of getting rid of Chu Renmei.

Even if Chu Renmei goes on a killing spree in the future, he won't want to care as long as she doesn't provoke him. But if Chu Renmei comes out to provoke him, then he can't be blamed.

"Yes, they were so cruel. They beat me so hard that my whole body was in pain. I kept explaining and crying, and I bled a lot, but they were still laughing. The more I cried, the louder they laughed." Pei Likang's voice came from the side with resentment.

Zheng Wenjie turned his head and saw Perricone still lying on the ground with his eyes wide open. He kept saying, "After I died, Xiaoqiang told me that all this was because my husband wanted me to die and then marry a rich lady."

"I am angry and resentful. I want revenge and I want to kill them. I will not let them get what they want."

"Later, this person told me that he wanted to make a deal with me. If I helped him to take away a person's soul, he would clear my name."

Zheng Wenjie chuckled: "You still care about this? Isn't it better to kill them all and get revenge?"

"I don't want to be cursed after my death. I don't want to hear my parents and master say that I am fickle. I don't want them to say that I have brought shame to my ancestors and the troupe."

"Do you know what he wants to do by asking you to take away a person's soul?"

"Yes. When he threw my body into this pond, he said that this pond was not only the place where dragon energy gathered, but also the place where dragon energy that had died and was no longer flowing was located."

"I don't understand what he's saying, but he said that this place can make me stronger and turn me into an earthbound spirit. Then I won't have to worry about a ferryman coming to take me back to the underworld."

"He can also practice a spell here. All he needs is a body without a soul."

Zheng Wenjie stood up and looked around. The dragon energy that Pei Likang mentioned should be something like Feng Shui. This place really made ordinary people feel chilly and chilly.

"Well, he's dead. When a person dies, it's like a light goes out. Even if he wanted to harm me, I forgive him."

Seeing that Chu Renmei answered every question, Zheng Wenjie asked again: "What about you? What do you want to do?"

"I want your blood..."

Zheng Wenjie reacted and realized that the bullet he had just thrown was stained with his blood. It seemed that Chu Renmei got it and brought her benefits.

"What use can my blood have?"

"His head was restored by your blood. I can sense that with just a little more, he will be able to be resurrected."

Zheng Wenjie laughed dumbly: "You want me to save him? I kill him and then save him?"

"No, save me. Your blood can save him, and it can also save me. Give me your blood and I will let you go. Otherwise, you will have to stay here with me forever." Pei Likang, who was possessed by Chu Renmei, spoke in a more and more miserable voice.

Zheng Wenjie narrowed his eyes and figured it out. Chu Renmei had no way to deal with him. She had tried to force him into an illusion on the shore just now, but it didn't work, so she kept pestering him.

But she has become an earth-binding spirit, and moreover, the earth-binding spirit of this Feng Shui treasure land. In this Feng Shui treasure land, Chu Renmei is equivalent to the God of Land, so he cannot touch her in this Feng Shui treasure land.

(End of this chapter)