Chapter 15: Setting off again

Faced with its question, my heart ached, and the hand I had placed on the Heavenly Emperor’s ruler slowly loosened. Although I repeatedly told myself in my heart that it was a ghost that would cause many innocent lives to suffer needlessly, I had no way of holding the Heavenly Emperor’s ruler and slapping it down.

At that moment, my heart was very soft. I even thought that it would be better to find someone to directly transform it, even if it would cost more effort and time. But in fact, at that time, I didn’t know much about transformation. Without solving the problem at the root, these infant spirits cannot be transformed.

At that moment of silence, the spirit asked me in a sad and helpless voice, “Uncle, you don’t want me either, do you?”

There was an infinite sadness in this voice, and I almost blurted out, “I want you.” But at the critical moment, a thunderous tiger roar sounded in my ear, which suddenly woke me up.

My forehead was instantly covered with cold sweat, and I almost went crazy. You have to know that the more fierce the ghost, the more it can affect the human mind. If I blurted out that I wanted it, it would be tantamount to giving it a promise, and it could legitimately haunt me, but I couldn’t do anything about it.

Promising a ghost is the most important kind of oath, and it must never be broken. If you break it, even the heavens will not help you, and they will even put pressure on you.

My lucidity was only a momentary thing. The next moment, I silently recited the mantra of tranquility, and my emotions immediately calmed down. Then I said, “Let go. I will find someone to liberate you. If you continue like this, it will only make you more deeply sinful. This was not your fault in the first place. Why do you have to do this?”

The spirit of the infant still did not turn around, and said to me in a faint tone, “Uncle, do you know how difficult it is for an adult to be reborn? How long do you have to wait? And how many causes and effects from the previous life do I need to resolve with the two who do not want me? What if you are reborn again? I have already missed this opportunity…” At this point, the spirit of the infant paused, and suddenly the voice began to sound shrill: “If you are reborn again, who knows if I will become a human being next time? Who knows if it will be next time? In the end, are you just unwilling to have me?”

At the end, the spirit almost screamed in a harsh voice. I took out the Emperor’s ruler. At that moment, the spirit suddenly turned around. At that moment, my heart began to beat rapidly. I was really scared.

Because the face that turned around was so strange. It should have been a cute little face, but it felt like it had been smashed and put together again, with some parts even distorted and deformed. There were even traces of blood in between. It looked at me with eyes that were already filled with resentment and had turned completely black. “Uncle, do you not want me? Do you not like me? I’m not like this. I’m very cute. I was in my mother’s womb, but then the iron tongs smashed me, sucked me out, and turned me into this. Do you despise me?”

I was holding the imperial ruler in my hand, but I couldn’t bring myself to strike. I wasn’t affected this time, I just couldn’t bring myself to strike. It seems that in terms of temperament, I really am unqualified.

But at that moment, the baby spirit suddenly smiled with malice, then suddenly pounced on me. It was so fast, and it took advantage of the fact that I was in a daze, so I didn’t have time to dodge. In an instant, I felt a coldness spreading up from the soles of my feet, and my teeth began to tremble uncontrollably.

What’s worse, my body couldn’t move at all, it was completely numb and stiff, out of my control.

The next moment, I saw the infant spirit climb onto my shoulder and open its mouth wide to gnaw at my shoulder. Its mouth was full of spite and it shouted indistinctly, “I don’t want you, I don’t want you.”

Of course, I knew that this was just an illusion, and that it could not really gnaw at my body. What it was really gnawing at was the yang fire on my shoulder. Once all three of my yang fires were gnawed at, I would definitely be killed by this spirit. This killing would be the result of its influence on my behavior, causing me to harm myself or even commit suicide.

But I know in my heart that there is nothing I can do now because my body is completely immobile. No wonder my master always emphasizes the importance of having an external mindset, not being affected by it while in it. An infant spirit has made me so, really…

But I could not accept this. At this time, it was a matter of willpower. I took a deep breath, stopped paying attention to the spirit, and instead concentrated my mind and tried to mobilize my qi in the lower abdomen, which is also known as “gong”.

Finally, after I shouted, my body moved instantly, and with the momentum of the instant boost, the spirit was suddenly repelled.

I didn’t care about my body, which was cold and stiff. The next moment, I used the mantra, and my power surged up to the Heavenly Emperor’s Staff, which I slammed down hard on the baby spirit’s head. At that moment, I inevitably ‘touched’ it, and it was a feeling of coldness that penetrated my bones.

As the Emperor’s ruler fell, the spiritlet let out a sound similar to a cat’s scream, then suddenly retreated, leaping onto the ceiling, glaring at me with hatred and malice.

But where would I pause at this moment? The next moment, the mantra was activated, and I began to pinch the fingers with one hand. In the end, I was not ruthless enough. Instead of the hand gesture that would disperse its soul, I chose the relatively gentle iron fork finger. This hand gesture prioritizes benevolence and is mainly used to drive away. It does not tilt the power at the first opportunity, leaving no room for error.

Perhaps sensing the danger of my finger technique, the spirit child suddenly let out a strange cry and pounced on me again. In an instant, my iron fork finger was also thrust toward it, stopping two inches from its forehead. If it behaved any more unruly, I would not show mercy.

But my repeated kindness and righteousness could not outweigh its resentment. It only paused for a moment, and then it rushed towards me regardless. At this moment, I also thrust my iron fork finger at it, but subconsciously I held back three points.

After being struck by my iron fork finger, the spiritlet let out a miserable cry and then retreated several meters. When it looked up again, it was already listless.

I took out the Seven Star Peach Wood Sword from my backpack, stepped forward, and used a certain amount of power to perform the Taoist roar technique of shock pressure, shouting at it, “Can you accept the transformation?”

The spirit looked at me with great resentment, and then suddenly disappeared into the wall. I was a little surprised, took the peach wood sword, walked towards the wall, and then carefully touched it.

After a while, I already had an answer in my heart. After hesitating for a moment, I sighed and said, “My master has always told me that the most perfect solution is to leave a way out for everything. To kill everything will actually bring a lot of karma and is also against benevolence.

So I decided to try a more troublesome method.

Thinking of this, I took a blue talisman from my backpack and stuck it somewhere on the wall. I was afraid that it would only be resolved at dawn.

After I had finished all this, I turned to leave, but then I felt something scratching my feet. I was startled, and thought, could it be another baby spirit? I looked down, but saw nothing.

I was puzzled and used my supernatural powers to see. When I looked again, I found that it was also the spirit of a baby, but it was normal gray, and its aura was very dim, as if it was about to go out at any time. It must have taken a lot of effort to grab my pants.

I thought to myself, and suddenly I understood where it came from. I usually carry a soul-sealing talisman when I go out to work, and I originally thought it wouldn’t be useful this time, but I didn’t expect it to come in handy here.

I took out a triangle-shaped soul-sealing talisman and said, “If you are willing, come here. I will naturally help you deal with everything and give you a salvation.”

As soon as I finished speaking, a small gust of wind blew through my palm. I sighed, put away the soul-sealing talisman, carefully put it in my backpack, and then turned and walked out of the storage room.

After I came out, the corridor, which was originally covered with a sky full of angry spirits, had disappeared. The aura here had changed somewhat, but it was still eerie. After all, according to what the ghosts told me, there were still seven places in this office building that I had to solve.

Thinking about this, I set off again, and my figure disappeared at the end of the corridor…