I'm an antique shop owner, so it's reasonable for me to know some magic

Chapter 507

Just imagining it sent chills down the officer's spine. He was filled with fear and couldn't help but curse.

"Damn it, if they want to cause trouble, they should go find trouble with people from their own era. What does it have to do with us?"

"Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor. This aligns with the logic of human behavior, but ghosts don't necessarily follow human logic, right?"

As Shen Xuanxuan said this, his heart began to pound.

He had taken on many side jobs in Hong Kong and was quite experienced, but this was his first time performing an exorcism in a foreign land.

He heard from his senior uncle, who had come from abroad, that the ghosts here had no reason whatsoever; they killed anyone they saw without any regard for logic.

It's alright. The Victorian era was all part of the Qing Dynasty. Now that the Qing Dynasty is gone, the ghosts of the Victorian era should be pretty much extinct too.

While comforting himself, he didn't forget to comfort the police officer.

"The hotel is located in a busy downtown area, and the flow of people can greatly weaken the power of ghosts. Besides, it is already difficult for them to survive for hundreds of years. They should not have much power left now."

But what was that huge cloud of black smoke that came out of your compass just now?

The officer wanted to ask, but felt it wouldn't be right to embarrass the superhuman in public, so he could only nod in agreement.

During their conversation, a professional mortician came to take away the victim's body.

At the same time, several more police officers wearing gloves came out of the hotel.

"How's the investigation going?"

“Besides him and his coworker, there were no other signs of activity at the scene. Hotel surveillance footage showed that during the entire process from the start of construction to the fall, the other worker did not make any other movements, so it can be basically ruled out that it was a homicide.”

The police officer who had just arrived calmly removed his gloves and recounted the findings of his and his colleagues' previous investigation.

"The safety rope meets the standards; it's so new that I can smell the pungent odor from it. Everything is the same as the previous two cases. It's now certain that supernatural forces are at work."

Upon hearing this, the police officer turned to look at Shen Xuanxuan.

"The master is indeed amazing."

This is nothing, just wait and see.

Shen Xuanxuan nodded with obvious satisfaction, looking as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"We can talk about flattery after this is over. Let's go inside the hotel and see what's going on first."

After he finished speaking, he turned around to face the remaining onlookers.

"Anyone present who is interested can come in and observe the exorcism process up close."

As soon as this statement came out, there was an uproar.

Many people whispered excitedly to each other.

The fact that they could stand around for so long shows they weren't exactly busy people. The fact that they weren't scared away just now clearly indicates they were a bunch of street urchins who love to watch the drama unfold.

Hearing that they could enter such a luxurious hotel and have close contact with supernatural and mysterious forces, they were all eager to try it out.

Shen Xuanxuan, standing in the middle, was quite satisfied with the reaction of the onlookers.

The officer who tried to come forward to warn him was glared at and shut down.

Amidst these whispers, two voices were heard that went unnoticed.

"This is the first time I've ever seen an exorcist actively invite other unrelated people to an exorcism site."

"It's quite common in America. Don't you remember? I was even on a TV show a while ago."

"How can that be the same? Any exorcist with a sense of responsibility wouldn't do that, unless they are extremely confident in their abilities and can guarantee that they can consider the safety of those around them while confronting evil."

The gentle voice carried a hint of anger, revealing the speaker's strong dissatisfaction with the behavior of the person in the Taoist robe in front of them.

"Actually, there are two other possibilities. First, he underestimated the ghost's strength, thinking he could easily defeat it, and invited others to witness his display of power. Second, he actually wanted the abundant yang energy of the crowd to suppress the ghost's yin energy, thus weakening it."

"In other words, he's either an arrogant and vain fool, or a despicable person who harms others for personal gain?"

"Or rather, both."

"Oh, God……"

The speaker, who was more composed in comparison, paused.

"Let's go in and have a look too."

"it is good."

Ahead, having enjoyed the attention of everyone, Shen Xuanxuan was the first to turn around and head towards the hotel's revolving door.

The officers looked at each other and then followed.

And at the very end were the incredibly excited crowd.

Their faces were flushed, as if they had been drinking, and they couldn't wait to follow in the master's footsteps.

The hotel entrance was spacious enough to allow four or five people to pass through at a time, and soon everyone arrived at the hotel lobby.

The decor here is quite luxurious, and the interior space is large enough. In London, where land is extremely valuable, the financial resources required to operate such a hotel are far beyond what ordinary people can imagine.

However, none of the people who entered this place uttered any sighs or exclamations.

So weird.

Everyone who entered the hotel felt a chill.

They subconsciously slowed their pace, even their breathing became cautious, as if their subconscious was telling them that if they acted as recklessly as they did outside and disturbed some kind of "being" here, something terrible would happen.

An unknown fear drove everyone to huddle together, and the psychological safety of social distance seemed to have no existence at all.

The police did the same, except they weren't approaching their armed colleagues, but rather the unarmed Taoist robe-clad man in front of them.

"Master, what's going on here? Could you tell us?"

"To be honest, something is very wrong."

Shen Xuanxuan's expression was serious.

This time it wasn't an act; I genuinely felt how difficult the situation was.

"The layout of this hotel has been tampered with."

"layout?"

"This is a complicated explanation. If you want to investigate the case, please do as I say next."

Shen Xuanxuan stopped answering the police officer's endless questions and instead began to carefully examine the layout of the place.

Although foreigners may not understand the feng shui layout of the East, with population growth and the development of housing construction, they have also developed their own set of theories.

How to arrange things comfortably, and what kind of decoration and color scheme will benefit your mind and body.

It is evident that a similar theory was adopted when this hotel was built.

However, unsystematic theories are the easiest to exploit.

For example, the original layout of this hall was not bad, but the result was completely different because some of the items were placed in the wrong positions.

"Could you please move the sofa to my left and then move the plant in the center to the southeast corner?"

(End of this chapter)