The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 143 The Unleashed Evil Spirit and the Mahjong Ghost: A Clash with the Little Ghost

If Li Zhen remembered correctly, the older of the two people opposite him was called Kong Zhaoming, and the younger one should be called Xiao Yulong, who was the protagonist of "The Haunted House".

Bow down.

He glanced at the runes on his hand.

Lines of golden text appeared in his eyes.

Kong Zhaoming was deeply disturbed by the strange events that had befallen him, so he went to the Guandi Temple to get a talisman to carry with him, praying that the gods would allow him, who had spent most of his life on the police force, to live a long and peaceful life until retirement.

The malevolent spirits have already arrived silently, and Kong Zhaoming cannot escape a tragic death. A vague unease drives him to constantly appeal to the gods and Buddhas for help, hoping for good fortune. Please investigate the truth behind these strange events and thoroughly resolve their cause.

It really is "The Haunted Cop Shop"...

Li Zhen looked up at Kong Zhaoming, who was older than him.

This time, it was this person who summoned him, not the protagonist Xiao Yulong beside him.

Li Zhen recalled the plot of "The Haunted House".

It's been many years since I watched this movie, but Detective Li remembers the plot of the movie very clearly.

Besides the daring visuals, including scenes of ghosts and humans, the ending also relates to the ghosts' overwhelming victory, wiping out the protagonist's entire family.

The plot of this movie is not complicated. In short, it's a story about a vengeful ghost who believes he has been wronged and returns for revenge.

The cause of this matter can be traced back to Xiao Yulong's father, Xiao Youtian.

Xiao Youtian is also a police officer.

Many years ago, a home invasion robbery and murder occurred on Hong Kong Island. The murderer broke into a widow's home, stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry and cash, and then brutally murdered the victim.

As the lead police officer, Xiao Youtian apprehended three murderers.

The three men were sworn brothers. After being caught, they disregarded their brotherhood and bribed Xiao Youtian to torture one of them, making him take all the blame upon himself.

Unable to withstand torture, the man confessed and was sentenced to death. The other two were released after only a few years in prison.

Not long afterward, Xiao Youtian went insane and was sent to a mental hospital.

The evil spirit that is now entangled with Xiao Yulong, seeking revenge, is the transformed form of the murderer who was executed.

This evil spirit not only killed his two sworn brothers who later committed crimes together, but also did not want to let Xiao Youtian's family go.

The evil spirit killed Xiao Yulong's sister and tortured his girlfriend to the point of wishing she were dead before killing Xiao Youtian and Kong Zhaoming.

In the final ritual, it seemed that the evil spirit was exorcised, but it actually possessed Xiao Yulong's girlfriend.

In their embrace after surviving the ordeal, Xiao Yulong didn't notice that his girlfriend's face had turned into a demon.

The movie has no sequel, but under those circumstances, Xiao Yulong could not have survived.

This kind of ending was not uncommon in Hong Kong films at the time, but it left a deep impression on Detective Lee, who had never seen this kind of ending before.

Li Zhen looked at Kong Zhaoming's back.

He actually had no grudge against the evil spirit. The reason he was killed was simply because he and Xiao Yulong were old partners and often worked together on cases. He was busy with this matter and was considered a busybody by the evil spirit.

It's yet another case of a villain returning as a vengeful ghost...

Seeing someone get into a car while talking, Li Zhen had Xiao Gui and Mahjong Gui chase after them, while he went into a narrow inn.

It was a cloudy day, and both the little ghost and the mahjong ghost could barely go outside, but Li Zhen still felt unwell under the stimulation of the light.

The vampire and the banshee, who was also wearing a cloak, followed Li Zhen into the inn.

The light at the entrance of the hostel was blocked, and the inside suddenly became dark.

"welcome……"

The receptionist, with a business-like smile, looked up and saw Li Zhen's face, and her heart skipped a beat.

A red-eyed bat flew out from under the vampire's robe and landed on Li Zhen's shoulder.

Before the waiter could react, his eyes became somewhat vacant.

Li Zhen casually placed a small, irregularly shaped gold nugget he had prepared on the table.

"I need a room."

"Yes, sir, I'll open it for you right away."

After completing the check-in procedures, the receptionist led Li Zhen upstairs and took him to the best room.

Li Zhen entered the room and looked around.

The place is quite clean, and although it's a bit cramped, the curtains are good at blocking out light.

"Go back to work."

The receptionist turned and went downstairs with a blank look in her eyes. She only shuddered and regained her composure when she got to the front desk.

"What did I do? Oh right, I booked a room for a guest... Why is this the payment method? Exchanging cash is such a hassle..."

The idea that the gold was fake didn't even cross her mind. She simply put the gold away, and it seemed that in a short period of time, she had spontaneously fabricated a plausible story for what had just happened.

The gold was naturally prepared by Li Zhen for himself.

A single grain of gold was more than enough to pay his rent; the rest was for the trouble he might cause.

The receptionist wasn't hallucinating; she was just making things up in her head.

This is an ability that Li Zhen developed based on the characteristics of red-eyed bats after acquiring more complete knowledge of bat-based sorcerers.

If a person is in bed one moment and standing in front of the sink to brush their teeth the next, with just a little prompting, they will have the illusion in their mind that they suddenly felt they needed to brush their teeth and came to the sink.

This person's first reaction wouldn't be to think they're being controlled.

The former is more in line with common sense and is more easily accepted, while the latter is not.

Previously, Li Zhen could use red-eyed bats to control people's consciousness, making them dazed and speak honestly, but he couldn't make them think according to his intentions after they regained their senses. Now, he can barely do that through suggestion.

The research on the application of evil objects by the Magusu school is indeed very in-depth. Even just a little knowledge involving the manipulation of consciousness has greatly benefited Li Zhen.

Li Zhen turned on the bedside lamp, sat down in the soft chair, and sorted out his thoughts.

He picked up a pen and a phone book from the table and scribbled a few lines down.

According to the second volume of the scroll, Li Zhen's cultivation method is generally correct, but since a person is not a talisman, some details definitely need to be adjusted.

This problem is not big.

The biggest problem lies in the fact that the scrolls state that one should be careful when choosing demons, and that the demons should not be too different from each other, so as to maintain a balance between them.

Li Zhen didn't know the details of the three evil spirits he had chosen, but judging from their performance, they should meet the requirements.

The problem lies in the incorrect state of the Damasul visualized during witchcraft practice, which prevents it from controlling the other two major evil spirits.

Li Zhen realized this during his cultivation.

According to the second volume of the Dharma scroll, after successfully visualizing the three great evil spirits, an invisible evil aura can be formed around the body to protect it.

This is a sign that you have successfully visualized the three great evils.

But Li Zhen doesn't have that.

Moreover, logically speaking, at this stage, a calamity should have occurred, but Li Zhen did not have that feeling.

It seems we really need to restore some of Lingdamasu's health before he can complete the third step of his cultivation...

Should we offer it more blood and flesh sacrifices?

And try feeding more evil spirits?
What worries Li Zhen even more is that the "True Five Elements Evil Spirit Sublimation Method" he practiced is actually different from the original version because the evil spirits he used are completely different.

Moreover, this book may not be credible.

Although Li Zhen had this thought in mind, he wasn't too worried about it.

It wasn't until he met the Wu Nu, heard the name Wu Qiyuan, and witnessed the events at Yandang Mountain that this idea grew to the point where he could no longer ignore it.

This requires him to cautiously explore and learn on his own, lest he become someone who benefits others.

After noting down what he needed to do and the possible outcomes, Li Zhen wrote down several types of black magic spells.

Nalong's memories are the most chaotic and numerous he has ever acquired, and he has not yet fully absorbed them.

Even so, he acquired more than ten different types of black magic from this school, increasing the number of bat-style black magic techniques he could perform from twelve to more than twenty.

Li Zhen recalled and wrote down all the black magic spells he could currently perform.

His mind was somewhat confused about black magic. If he didn't organize his thoughts, he might not be able to recall which black magic technique was suitable when he needed it.

In addition, the methods for refining female demons also need to be organized.

Based on his memory, the female demon was far more terrifying than Li Zhen had imagined.

In Na Long's memory, Li Zhen saw a kind of evil magic that allowed one to merge with a female demon and be reborn from her womb after her death.

This was an attractive technique for Li Zhen, who needed to change his physical body.

Of course, even if it doesn't require changing one's physical body, it's still a good last resort for survival.

The price is just a bit too high...

"...Really, that sound was really strange, like the sound of someone struggling before they die. The more I think about it, the more frightened I get."

"That's so weird, let's not go. There's not much people around No. 7 Narrow Road in Wan Chai. Maybe they're playing a trick on us. We won't see any suicides when we get there." In the car, Xiao Yulong was driving, and Kong Zhaoming was in the passenger seat.

Upon hearing Kong Zhaoming's words, Xiao Yulong shook his head: "They've already called, how can we not go and check? If a life is lost because of our negligence, neither of us can live with ourselves."

Today was supposed to be a rare moment of leisure for the two of them, but Xiao Yulong suddenly received a strange phone call. The caller, speaking in a peculiar voice, told him that someone in a certain place was about to commit suicide and that he should go and check it out quickly.

Now that he had received the call, Xiao Yulong, as the responsible police officer, naturally couldn't pretend he hadn't heard it.

However, the man's voice sounded very strange, which made him somewhat suspicious.

As if remembering something, Kong Zhaoming said with a hint of fear, "The things that have happened these past two days are too eerie. I'm afraid of seeing things like this now. You know, I went to Guan Yu yesterday and got a talisman to carry with me."

The night before last, he got extremely drunk and almost got hit by a car when he opened the car door after leaving the hotel.

Enraged, he and Xiao Yulong got into their car and chased after the other vehicle.

When they chased the car into a secluded alley, it suddenly disappeared.

Helpless, Kong Zhaoming walked into the nearby grove to use the restroom, only to find the car parked there.

There was no one in the car, and the whole vehicle looked like it had been in a car accident, completely wrecked.

But if there was no driver, how did this car go so fast just now?
Kong Zhaoming was quite frightened, and his drunkenness vanished on the spot.

What happened after we left the grove was even more bizarre.

Seeing Xiao Yulong hurriedly break open a door, Kong Zhaoming knew something was wrong, so he drew his gun and chased after him.

The room was gloomy.

After searching for a while, Kong Zhaoming saw a man wielding a knife and slashing at him, so he immediately shot the man.

The man's appearance was extremely terrifying, as ferocious as a demon, which provoked Kong Zhaoming to fire six shots in quick succession, killing the man on the spot.

He later learned that the man had been wielding a knife to slash at his wife and was about to attack Xiao Yulong, who tried to stop him. However, Xiao Yulong had already handcuffed him to the window, making it difficult for him to hit the man with the knife.

As for the horrific scenes he witnessed, those were naturally inexplicable.

If he had only fired one or two shots, it could have been explained as an act of self-defense, but emptying the magazine was a different story.

Even though Xiao Yulong covered up some details for him, this matter could not be glossed over.

Considering that he had worked diligently for so many years and would soon be retiring, his superior appealed on his behalf.

However, his superiors also couldn't handle the case, and he would definitely be sent to court when the case was heard.

His future will be decided by the judge who is judging him.

Upon hearing about this bizarre situation, Kong Zhaoming began to have second thoughts.

But what Xiao Yulong said is also correct.

This involves a life; it would be best to go and see.

No. 7 Narrow Road, Wan Chai, was originally an office building. After the government relocated, it became an abandoned building with little activity.

They parked the car and walked breathlessly. Before they even reached the building, they were nearly crushed to death by a refrigerator that fell from the sky.

Perhaps it was luck, but the two escaped unscathed.

Realizing something was wrong, the two cautiously went upstairs and saw the person about to jump from the top floor of the building.

The man, holding a tattered umbrella, stood on the edge of the rooftop, about to jump.

Kong Zhaoming and Xiao Yulong quickly tried to persuade the man not to jump.

But when the man turned around and revealed his face, he scared the two of them half to death.

His face was covered with rotten brown scabs, his hair had fallen out in large quantities, and his scalp underneath was covered in blood, as if his skin had been peeled off.

Kong Zhaoming and his companion had seen many corpses, even rotting ones, but they had never witnessed anything like this.

The two ran downstairs in a panic and saw the person who jumped down land in front of the car.

The man's death was extremely gruesome; a large gash appeared on his head, and blood splattered all over Xiao Yulong's face.

The two dared not linger there for even a second. They climbed into the car and frantically started it, turning around in the narrow space.

A cold wind swept by, lifting the clothes of the corpses on the ground.

The little devil, holding the rotting cat, appeared next to the corpse, grinning as he looked at it.

The corpse's head slowly turned, and a pair of blood-dripping eyes looked at the little devil.

An even colder, more sinister wind arose out of nowhere.

The powerful resentment forced the little ghost to retreat repeatedly.

The Mahjong Ghost appeared behind the little ghost.

A pair of skeletal hands reached out to grab the corpse on the ground.

With a series of cracking sounds, the corpse's hands rose strangely behind its back, grabbing the two skeletal hands and creating a stalemate.

The corpse shuddered and managed to squeeze out a muffled sound from its throat: "Get out!"

His head tilted to the side, and his hands fell back to the ground.

The evil spirit disappeared somewhere.

The eerie wind and resentment slowly dissipated.

The mahjong ghost looked up, but couldn't find any trace of the evil spirit.

Unless the evil spirit reveals itself, even if Li Zhen had come, he might not have been able to catch it just now.

Once it senses danger, the evil spirit will surely retreat.

The little devil chuckled, turned his head to look at the car Xiao Yulong was driving, and then disappeared from the spot.

The Mahjong Ghost also disappeared from the spot.

……

After it got completely dark, the little ghost and the mahjong ghost returned to Li Zhen's residence and told him everything that had happened during the day.

After hearing about the little ghost's story, Detective Li asked, "Is that evil ghost's strength no less than that of the Mahjong Ghost?"

After glancing at the Mahjong Demon, the little devil said crisply, "Anyway, he's better than me."

"Let's go see that Kong Zhaoming first." Li Zhen stood up.

"Who is Kong... Kong Zhao?"

"The older one."

"I'll lead the way, I'll lead the way, I know where he is!"

After organizing the data for most of the day, Li Zhen, feeling a bit dizzy, left his hotel and joined the flow of people on the street.

The little imp, invisible to others, hopped and skipped ahead, leading the way.

Arriving at a small tavern, the little devil pointed inside and said to Li Zhen, "He's inside. He was terrified by the person who jumped off the building, and after separating from that person, he came here to drink."

The walls of the tavern are covered with all sorts of old cardboard stickers, and the style is mainly nostalgic and cozy.

There weren't many people inside.

Li Zhen looked towards the tavern and saw Kong Zhaoming drinking alone in silence.

He entered the tavern and went straight to the table where Kong Zhaoming was sitting, sitting down opposite him.

Kong Zhaoming glanced at Li Zhen in a daze, then his eyes suddenly cleared.

Having witnessed those bizarre scenes before, especially the terrifying appearance of the person who jumped off the building today, he subconsciously reached out and touched the part of his waist where the gun was hanging.

“I am a human, not a ghost,” Li Zhen said calmly.

He didn't find anything offensive about Kong Zhaoming's frightened behavior.

Li Zhen was fully aware of how frightening his appearance was.

Startled awake, Kong Zhaoming breathed a sigh of relief and said awkwardly, "I've encountered... a lot... a lot of things lately, and I overreacted a bit. Sorry."

He regarded Li Zhen as someone he had dealt with before.

As a police officer, he has handled cases for many years and has come into contact with many people. It is normal for him to occasionally encounter a few people who recognize him but whom he does not remember.

But Li Zhen's words made him realize that things were not like that.

"Have you encountered a lot of strange things?" Li Zhen said, "Like that man who jumped off the building at noon?"

Kong Zhaoming's eyes widened: "You...how did you know?"

“Hong Kong’s TV news is reporting on this, why don’t I know?” Li Zhen looked at the talisman Kong Zhaoming was wearing around his neck. “Is it a protective talisman obtained from the Guandi Temple? It can’t protect you. If you don’t save yourself, you’ll die in a few days at most.”

Kong Zhaoming was a man who valued his life.

Hearing these words, he wasn't angry, but felt a chill run down his spine.

Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, he asked in astonishment, "Why did I die?"

Li Zhen bluntly stated, "Because there is an evil spirit who thinks you are meddling in other people's business, and it wants to kill you."

(End of this chapter)