Chapter 896: Chapter 896: Release the Fierce Ghost! Chapter 896: Chapter 896: Release the Fierce Ghost! Huang Xiaolong, Qingqing, and Feng Hanyan arrived at the hotel’s top floor.
The hallway was eerily quiet; the top floor strangely had no extra rooms, only an office at the end of the corridor.
The entire top floor was enveloped in a layer of chilly air, as if air-conditioning was on, giving anyone who felt it on their skin the sensation of creepy crawlies. The average person coming up would most certainly experience a spine-chilling feeling.
Just then, several burly men patrolling the hallway spotted Huang Xiaolong and menacingly approached.
These burly men had stable lower stance, sharp eyes, and were clearly not martial arts grandmasters, but they were at least at the half-step grandmaster realm. Their waists bulged noticeably, indicating they were armed with guns.
It was clear that the office was heavily guarded.
“What are you doing here? Get out of here! This is a private area of the hotel!” one of the burly men roared. “Scram! Otherwise, you’re responsible for the consequences!”
“You bunch of bullying thugs!” Feng Hanyan stepped forward and elegantly flicked her fingers as if strumming a pipa.
Pop pop pop~~ Pop pop pop~~
The air exploded with the sound, and sharp whistles shot out from thin air.
The burly men didn’t even have a chance to grunt before they collapsed heavily onto the floor.
What Feng Hanyan used was a Kunlun martial technique capable of sealing an enemy’s acupoints effortlessly with just a movement of her hands and feet.
“Heh~~ Your martial skills aren’t bad,” Huang Xiaolong said with a casual smile.
“These pawns of tyranny, I want to butcher them all…” Feng Hanyan said fiercely. “Little Long, let’s go find that poor ghost’s corpse.”
Right away, the two people and one demon hurried to the end of the corridor.
Indeed, there was an office.
A sign hung above it—’No trespassing for the uninvited, trespass at your own risk.’
Additionally, over a dozen talismans were pasted on the door.
Daoist power radiated from them.
“Well… the person who drew these talismans has passable Daoist power,” Huang Xiaolong commented. “It’s slightly inferior to my baby wife’s. Could it be someone from the Metaphysics Society?”
However, Feng Hanyan was righteous with indignation. “This is outrageous! After someone has been killed, they still pasted talismans to prevent the soul from reincarnating! I must kill that twisted boss!”
“Little Long, shall I tear off these talismans?” Feng Hanyan inquired, looking at Huang Xiaolong.
“You don’t need to ask me, do whatever you please, I don’t mind,” Huang Xiaolong replied with a smile.
Without further ado, Feng Hanyan ripped off all the talismans from the door, then shook them with her True Qi. The talismans were shredded as if cut, turning into a shower of paper scraps fluttering in the air.
These talismans were mainly targeted at ghosts and spirits; they posed little threat to the living, thus Feng Hanyan could tear them off effortlessly.
Once the talismans were torn off, the heavy wooden door of the office flung open.
Whoosh~~~~
A bone-chilling cold breeze blew from inside the door.
The room was pitch-dark, so dark one could not see their own fingers.
Huang Xiaolong took out a few incense sticks, chanted the Fire Bell spell, and a bright glow illuminated the room. He stepped in first.
Inside the office.
It was a spacious office, decorated quite simple.
Shocking!
In the center of the office, a woman was hanging!
No, to be precise, it was a corpse!
A female corpse!
“Here, this is the body of the ghost who has been appearing in your dreams,” Huang Xiaolong said with a smirk on his face.
The woman’s dress was strange, not of the modern era but resembling clothing from the Qing Dynasty.
The female corpse had delicate features, jade-like skin, and waterfall-like black hair, beautifully adorned as if painted in fine brushwork. One could see she must have been a stunning beauty in her lifetime.
She had her eyes closed, as if she were merely asleep.
If not for the lack of breath, anyone would believe she was a gorgeously alive beauty caught in the midst of a springtime nap.
However, to Huang Xiaolong, the ghostly energy within the female corpse was unmistakably powerful—certainly surpassing a purple-clad fierce ghost and nearing that of a Ghost King!
Although she was not as strong as Ying Kexin, she was a bit stronger than the purple-clad ghost Gui Mengyao.
On the female corpse, there were talismans pasted everywhere, and even around her neck, hung a string of Buddha Beads.
The power of Taoist magic and Buddhist law, layer upon layer, entangled the female corpse, locking in her ghostly soul.
It was sealed.
The ghostly soul was firmly sealed inside the corpse, unable to escape.
These talismans were relatively ancient, and the Taoist power they contained was countless times stronger than the talismans pasted on the office door.
It seemed they were left by a Taoist of considerable mana.
As for those Buddha Beads, they were clearly no ordinary magic artifact.
“Just as the ghost said in the dream, not only was she killed, but talismans were also pasted on her body to lock her soul from being reincarnated… It’s utterly heinous. This perverted hotel owner, keeping the corpse in his office and admiring it every day, is the epitome of perversion!” Feng Hanyan said through gritted teeth.
At the same time, in Feng Hanyan’s mind, the pitiful cries echoed again, “Sister, you must save me… I am so miserable… I don’t want to harm anyone, I don’t want vengeance, I just want to be reincarnated and start a new life… wah wah wah~~~~ Sister, burn these talismans… and those Buddha Beads…”
“Alright! I have promised to help you, and I will!” Feng Hanyan’s mind suddenly felt a bit trance-like, with only one thought in mind—tear off the talismans, destroy the Buddha Beads!
Almost in the blink of an eye, Feng Hanyan struck out with her palm.
This palm force was ferocious, blowing off all the talismans that were pasted on the female corpse, then with a twist of her force, they turned to powder.
Next, Feng Hanyan moved to snatch the Buddha Beads from the female corpse’s neck.
“No!!!!!” A voice of shocked anger rang out from the entrance of the office.
A middle-aged man with sword-like eyebrows, dressed in a Tang suit, his face full of rage and panic, rushed in. “No! Absolutely not!”
Huang Xiaolong stood aside, watching with a humorous glint in his eyes, without attempting to intervene.
In a flash, Feng Hanyan reached out across the air and snatched the Buddha Beads from the female corpse’s neck.
Thump~~~~!
The man in the Tang suit slumped to the ground, his facial muscles twisting uncontrollably, lips muttering unable to articulate his thoughts, and after several seconds, he trembled, “You’ve caused a disaster, a terrible disaster!”
Feng Hanyan turned and said, “You are the owner of this hotel, aren’t you? You sick and twisted pervert! I was just looking for you, but here you come to me!”
Feng Hanyan’s entire body radiated a murderous aura, her True Qi bursting forth. Feng Hanyan’s cultivation was in the Sword Dao, and her True Qi was extremely sharp, cutting through the air and producing a terrifying hissing sound that was horrifying.
The middle-aged man in the Tang suit was completely intimidated by Feng Hanyan’s murderous intent and presence. However, he was still panicked. “What do you mean? What sick and twisted pervert? What are you talking about?”
The middle-aged man in the Tang suit was also perplexed, thinking to himself how he became a pervert.
At this time, Huang Xiaolong spoke up, “Hey~~ I say, Feng Hanyan you beauty, are you blind or what? Haven’t you seen the ancient attire on this female corpse? This is a centuries-old ghost. How could it have possibly been humiliated and murdered while staying in this hotel? Besides, there are no visible wounds on the body. That ghost deceived you in your dream, telling you it was dismembered and tortured to death… It tricked you… hehe, the ancients said that beauty comes with no brains, and they weren’t deceiving me.”
Regaining his composure, the middle-aged man in the Tang suit roared, “You… You’re acting recklessly! This is a fierce ghost from the Qing Dynasty! Sealed with Buddha Beads and talismans, and you’ve just released it! This ghost slaughtered several villages, leaving behind a catastrophic trail with sky-high resentment… So many Taoists and monks died to seal it… and you’ve set it free! From now on, Fozhou City will be overturned! There are only a few people in this world who can suppress it! It’s over, all over…”
A look of despair appeared in the eyes of the middle-aged man in the Tang suit.
Just then!
The female corpse, which had appeared “fresh,” rapidly withered and shriveled before our very eyes!
In just a few seconds, it turned into a terrifying mummy.
Boom~~~~!!!!
A ghastly and fierce ghostly aura surged from the head of the female corpse into the sky!
“Gegege~~gegegege~~~” A light female voice rang out in the office, “Sister, you are truly kind… gegegege~~~ Finally, I am free! Finally, after so many years! I can’t even remember how long it’s been! I’m finally out!”
Crack~~crack~~crack~~crackle crackle crackle~~~~~~
Suddenly, all the glass in the hotel showed visible cracks.
Then with a bang, they exploded!
All the glass in every room of the hotel shattered to pieces!
And moreover, the hotel’s electrical system and various signals were simultaneously damaged by an unknown force!
“Gegege~~gegege~~~” The woman’s voice mocked, “It’s been so long since I’ve killed… Today… let’s start here… All of you, every single one, must die~~ gegege~~ Sister, to thank you for releasing me… when I kill you later, I’ll try to make it as painless as possible for you… gegegege~~~”
At the same time, outside the hotel, various ghostly wails rose, and gusts of wind carrying the howls converged towards this place from all directions!
“You’ve released Fozhou City’s most ferocious ghost! You are sinners for the ages!” The middle-aged man in the Tang suit wailed in despair, beating his chest and stamping his feet.
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