Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 5 005: Wall-climbing Charm
If it were in the past, Lin Beixuan would never dare to hold the neck of an obviously strange creature and look like he was ready to attack it with an axe in hand.

If you want to blame someone, you can only blame it on your fate.

Ever since he was given an extremely vicious fate, some of his behaviors and personality seem to be affected by his fate.

Generally speaking, things like fate should be developed through acquired cultivation, and only after a long period of influence can certain inherent behavioral habits be formed.

As a result, after he put on the fate, he suddenly seemed to have decades of experience as a vicious criminal. When he got angry, both humans and ghosts were afraid of him.

At this time, Lin Beixuan firmly pinched the neck of the man in the wall, causing the other party to slow down his retreat. He raised his head and looked at him resentfully.

"Brother, let's discuss something!"

Lin Beixuan swung the hatchet in his hand, and the blade occasionally scraped the other person's scalp a few centimeters away: "I'm a newcomer, are you not welcoming me, so you plan to harm me?"

As he spoke, Lin Beixuan observed the panel in his mind. Several prompts had already sounded.

[You encounter a special target: the wall-climbing charm - Shiqi. ]

[The ghost illustration is opened, and the wall-climbing ghost information is successfully unlocked. 】

[Wall-climbing ghost: He was a petty thief when he was alive. He was caught, killed, dismembered and buried in the wall. He became a ghost in the wall and can wander around freely in the wall. He can only break free from the wall after finding a substitute. ]

[You come into contact with and fight against the wall-climbing charm Shiqi, and successfully obtain 10-year-old coins from him. ]

[Your behavior makes the Wall Climber unhappy, and the Wall Climber's favorability is -40. ]

“So this is how the annual tribute came about.”

As long as you encounter a special target, you can get something from it.

Last time I got a cruel fate from the zombies, this time I got the annual money from the wall-climbing ghost.

The thing in the room mentioned in the explanation should be this wall-crawling ghost, which wanted to harm him when he was not paying attention and then become its substitute.

"hehe."

Lin Beixuan raised his eyebrows and moved the blade closer to the wall-climbing charm.

"We are all neighbors, and it is normal for us to visit each other, but you came into my house without saying hello, that's wrong on your part, don't you?"

"..."

Shi Qi felt the coldness passing over his head from time to time. He turned his head stiffly and forced a smile.

"Look, you also think what I said makes sense."

Lin Beixuan raised his knife and tapped Shi Qi's head, only to find that the touch was no different from the earth wall next to it, and it was very hard. Even if he really used the hatchet, he might not be able to kill the other party.

However, since the other party was wary of him, it meant that the Wall-Climbing Charm's strength should not be too strong, otherwise he would not have been grabbed by the neck so easily.

Lin Beixuan thought for a moment and slowly released Shi Qi's neck, but the knife was still on the other's head.

"This is a situation that no one wants. I have a bad temper and I will pick up a knife and chop people when I get angry."

"I know a little about you and why you are here. If you want to use me as a substitute, you have found the wrong person."

Lin Beixuan stared at Shi Qi with a gloomy look like a poisonous snake, and for a moment he couldn't tell who the ghost was.

Shi Qi felt a little frightened and subconsciously tried to shrink his head, but he bumped into the cold blade behind his head, causing his round head to shudder.

Because of his fate of breaking evil spirits, the hatchet Lin Beixuan was holding was affected by his aura, and had a certain ability to target ghosts. When Shi Qi touched the blade, he felt that his head was in danger of falling off at any time.

I've already died once, am I going to die again?
Shi Qi was so angry that he tried to fight for his life, but Lin Beixuan's next words made him feel a little relieved.

"But I'm a kind-hearted person! I love making friends. How about we make a deal, brothers?"

"?"

and many more……

I am the ghost, shouldn't people be afraid of me?
Shi Qi raised his head slightly and saw Lin Beixuan's ferocious look. He didn't know whether he should believe him or not. It was the first time he saw someone more terrifying than a ghost.

Now his neck was under someone's knife. If he was cut by the other party, he didn't know how long it would take to recover. So he simply nodded and agreed with Lin Beixuan's opinion.

"Brothers!"

Lin Beixuan smiled and patted Shi Qi's head, but he didn't move the knife away.

"You are the wall-climbing ghost in this house. I believe you know the situation in this house best. Can you tell me what dangers there are in this house?"

As soon as Lin Beixuan asked this question, he saw Shi Qi looking at him in surprise. While he was wondering, he saw a few lines of small words appear on the yellow mud wall.

"You are a servant of the Ruan residence, but you don't know what's going on here?" "Last night, Madam Li came to our house and almost drained all your energy. I saw that you still had a breath left, so I thought of using you as a substitute. As a result, you somehow ran out of the Ruan family's gate and disappeared in the night."

"Everyone thought you were going to die outside, but I didn't expect you to come back safe and sound today. How come you didn't know about what happened yesterday?"

Lin Beixuan could see Shi Qi's shock from these few lines. It was only one night. Even if he survived, he shouldn't have forgotten it so quickly.

It seems that the wall-climbing ghost in front of him has some grudges with the original owner of this body.

I wanted to use him as a substitute last night, but the original owner ran away.

So Lin Beixuan pretended to be miserable and said, "I finally managed to save my life, but I have forgotten most of my memories. I hope you can tell me more, so as not to violate the taboos in the house."

Shi Qi had no doubts, and words continued to appear on the wall.

“It doesn’t matter. There is nothing to be afraid of in this house now. When you step into this house, you can’t escape being hunted down by Madam Li.”

"Who is this Madam Li?" Lin Beixuan frowned.

"Mrs. Li was once the third young master's concubine. She was beaten to death just after she became pregnant. Since then, she has turned into a fierce ghost. She targets everyone in the Ruan family's house and kills them one by one."

"Do you know why there are so few people in this house? Because half of the people have been drained of their blood and essence by Madam Li."

"She's getting more and more aggressive now, so I want to find a substitute and escape quickly."

Lin Beixuan showed a trace of doubt in his eyes and asked: "Since those people knew they were being targeted, why didn't they flee from the Ruan Mansion?"

……

The words on the wall paused strangely for a moment.

"We are all servants of the Ruan family. Where can we escape to?"

Lin Beixuan looked at the head under the knife and found that something was wrong with the other party.

Shi Qi's eyes began to reveal deep hatred, and his teeth rubbed against each other, making a strange "squeaking" sound. It seemed as if something was stirring in the earthen wall behind his head.

"Are servants not human beings? They deserve to be buried in the wall..."

The words on the earth wall began to become distorted and chaotic. Shi Qi's gaze towards Lin Beixuan became vicious, and a hoarse voice came out of his mouth.

"We are all dead, why are you still alive? You shouldn't be alive..."

The eerie sound was like insects crawling. Lin Beixuan was close to it, and his brain was a little dazed at the moment, as if he was stuck in a muddy swamp.

At this moment, the extremely evil fate on the panel suddenly lit up, and a murderous aura rushed out from between Lin Beixuan's eyebrows, bringing his mind back on track.

Only then did Lin Beixuan notice that there was a skinny, yellow, and dry hand reaching towards his throat next to his head.

Suddenly, Lin Beixuan vaguely saw an illusory low shrine from the corner of his eye. The face of the stone statue inside the shrine was blurred, holding a white candle that was about to burn out.

"Shit, I almost got into trouble."

Lin Beixuan frowned, and a fierce aura burst out from his body. He swung the hatchet in his right hand directly at Shi Qi's neck.

He had been on guard before, and the hatchet had never been removed from Shi Qi's neck. At this moment, his ferocity was revealed, and he raised the hatchet high up and brought it down mercilessly.

"Pfft..."

The hatchet hit Shi Qi's neck, but it seemed like it was hitting a dirt wall. It only went in halfway before getting stuck in the middle of the opponent's neck.

Shi Qi roared hoarsely, his voice was extremely harsh, and he wanted to pull Lin Beixuan's mind into the swamp again.

Fortunately, Lin Beixuan became more ferocious at this moment and blocked it. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he held the hatchet with both hands and kicked Shi Qi's head with his left foot.

With a loud 'bang', Shi Qi's head was kicked off by Lin Beixuan, and the harsh sound stopped abruptly.

After the head was chopped off, the arm extending from the earth wall turned into a handful of mud and fell to the ground, and the shaking wall gradually returned to its original shape.

[You defeated the wall-climbing demon, causing severe injuries to it, and gained 10 Years Coins from it.]

[Wall-climbing charm - Shi Qi's favorability towards you -100. ]

Lin Beixuan sat on the ground, breathing heavily, his chest heaving violently.

He repelled the wall-climbing demon, but the shrine in the corner of his eye did not disappear. The white wax had been completely burned out, and the green flame on it became smaller and smaller, and finally turned into a wisp of black smoke and dissipated.

Lin Beixuan looked at the extinguished candlelight, his eyes suddenly spinning, and a strong sense of drowsiness arose and instantly invaded his brain.

"Am I going to die again?"

(End of this chapter)