The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 242 Young Master Zhang: How come something even more terrifying than a cat demon has arrived?

The car grew increasingly cold and damp, with a faint, pungent odor that made Luo Jianming feel somewhat uncomfortable.

As soon as he drove the car into the yard in front of his house, he couldn't wait to get out.

"Master, we've arrived at my home. Please check if there are any problems here."

Luo Jianming opened the car door for Li Zhen.

As Li Zhen got out of the car, a lingering fishy smell hit him.

He looked around.

The windows upstairs were shattered, and the ground a short distance in front of him was covered with broken glass and bloodstains.

Walking among the broken glass, Li Zhen reached out and touched some dried blood, then sniffed it.

The blood also had a fishy smell, which meant it was definitely left by that cat.

Li Zhen's earlier claim that Luo Jianming possessed demonic energy was merely a bluff to scare him.

The cat's body appears to be decayed, with only its soul escaping, so it can possess other beings at any time.

All Li Zhen could sense was the scent and yin energy left behind by the cat demon.

"Master, how is it?" Luo Jianming asked, leaning closer to Li Zhen.

Li Zhen said, "It's that monster from the Fan clan, but it's not here right now."

"Judging from this, it was first burned by the talisman and then struck by the statue. It must have been injured and is now likely hiding or looking for prey to help it recover its strength."

Luo Jianming shuddered and said fearfully, "Master, the prey you're talking about..."

"That's right, it's a human. This monster can only recover by eating blood."

"Could the mage go find it while it's injured tonight? If we find it now, we can take advantage of its weakness and kill it!"

“Hong Kong Island is so big, where are we going to find it now? It used to be possessing the body of the Mr. Fan you mentioned, but that may not be the case now. Besides, it's injured now, so it will definitely be more cautious than usual.”

"Then how do we find it?"

"It is, after all, a demon. Although it has cultivated for hundreds of years, it is still not as rational as humans. It is extremely violent when it acts, and it leaves a trace wherever it appears."

"Are we just supposed to wait for it to appear on its own?"

“I have no other way. The master you met on the road during the day should know a lot. You can go to that master first thing tomorrow morning and ask him about the origin of that monster. Maybe that master can find the monster.”

"Okay, I'll go first thing tomorrow morning."

Luo Jianming glanced at the room, feeling a bit scared, and said, "Then Master, please stay here for now. If you need anything, just let me know. I'll leave a phone number for the monk, and I'll come back to see you tomorrow after I've met with that monk."

Although this is his home, it makes him very uncomfortable.

He led Li Zhen into the house, turned on the lights, walked around inside, and helped Li Zhen settle into a place to stay. Then, not daring to linger, he left the house and returned to his car.

In his view, given the terrible things that had just happened in his place, the fact that Li Zhen dared to come and stay there naturally meant that Li Zhen was a truly capable sorcerer, so he trusted Li Zhen.

Li Zhen, who came out afterward, first removed the vampire and banshee from the back seat of the car. Then, he had the mahjong ghost bewitch Luo Jianming and took the opportunity to remove the corpse from the back of the car and drag it into the house before letting Luo Jianming leave.

Watching the car speed away, Li Zhen returned to the house with the vampire and the banshee.

This house has always been inhabited, and it has a very homey feel, but the fishy smell has never dissipated, and the odor is a bit strong.

He closed the door behind him and glanced at the shrine that appeared directly opposite the entrance.

The head of the statue on the shrine was only half left, one of its hands was missing, and its body was tattered and torn, as if it had been forcibly glued together. It had lost the incense smoke that it had accumulated from long-term worship, and it did not react to Li Zhen or the demons that followed him.

Sitting down on the sofa, Li Zhen, feeling somewhat tired, rubbed his temples.

The demonic fetus, which had been tracking them, suddenly appeared in front of Li Zhen and reported, "I've searched every part of that building, but I haven't found the monster. The whole building smells of fish; it stinks."

Li Zhen looked at the demonic fetus: "Its scent is so strong, can't you find it by following the scent?"

The demon fetus said with a look of disgust, "The smell is too strong. I can smell it everywhere in that building. It's a big distraction for me. Unless it appears nearby, it's really hard to find."

Li Zhen didn't say anything.

He could use divination to roughly locate the cat, but he was too exhausted to have the energy to search for the vicious cat.

Since deciding to visualize the Great Black Mother, he has not rested.

He rarely felt this weariness when he used the "corpse gu" on himself or turned his body into a real zombie in the past.

After his body recovered, some of the conveniences that he used to have disappeared.

Instead of going to the room arranged by Luo Jianming, Li Zhen rested on the sofa for the night.

……

"...I heard you say you have magic when I was three years old, how come you haven't become rich yet?"

"Our Maoshan magic is to destroy wealth, to make you rich, to make you rich, but what kind of wealth?"

“I won’t say much to you. You either go back to the sanatorium, or I’ll have someone come to our home to take care of you. It’s not good for you to keep running back and forth like this.”

“I’m not going anywhere, and I don’t need anyone to take care of me. You don’t understand, that cat demon has already drunk human blood and will soon revert to its true form. If we don’t eliminate it soon, it will become a problem. I must eliminate it.”

“Dad, it’s a real loss that you’re not setting up a fortune-telling stall.”

Inside the house, Zhang Dashao was arguing with his daughter, Zhang Xiaochuan.

Although he was the inheritor of the Zhang family's Maoshan magic, his daughter never believed his talk of magic and cat demons.

He has only himself to blame.

He claimed to know magic, but he almost never used magic in front of others, and his family lived a mediocre life. How could he convince his daughter that he knew magic?
He would occasionally display some of his skills, but his daughter regarded them as magic tricks, and his mystical practices were naturally considered superstition.

Hearing his daughter's words, Young Master Zhang was speechless.

Suddenly remembering something, he looked at his daughter and said, "I bet I'll get a disciple within three days, and I'll take my disciple to destroy that cat demon."

Zhang Xiaochuan chuckled and said, "You mean, in this era, you go out and take on an apprentice, so that they can go with you to eliminate some cat demon?" Suddenly, Young Master Zhang had a premonition, and after a moment's calculation, he said to Zhang Xiaochuan, "My apprentice has arrived!"

Before he could finish speaking, the door to the house was pushed open from the outside.

Immediately afterwards, a man ran into the house, panting.

"Master, you must save me!"

Young Master Zhang looked closely and saw that it was Luo Jianming who had run in. He was immediately overjoyed, sat down on the large chair, leaned forward, and said happily, "Are you here to become my apprentice?"

Luo Jianming was taken aback: "Become a disciple? We can talk about that later, Master, please save my life first!"

"You didn't come here to become an apprentice?" Young Master Zhang muttered. "Something's not right."

He glanced at Zhang Xiaochuan standing to the side, and when he saw the smile on Zhang Xiaochuan's face, his old face darkened.

"Something's wrong."

Young Master Zhang pulled Luo Jianming in front of him, pressed down on him a few times, sniffed him, and frowned, saying, "Why do you smell like this? It's really strange, such a heavy yin energy, it doesn't seem like a change caused by a cat demon."

Completely bewildered, Luo Jianming said, "What smell? Master, listen to me. Last night I went to my boss's house and I saw him squatting by the pond, holding a koi carp, and then he bit it. It scared me to death."

He is still very scared when he thinks about what happened last night.

After meeting with Li Zhen last night, his unease subsided considerably; otherwise, he would have mistaken Young Master Zhang for a lifeline and directly become his disciple.

This was also a small change caused by Li Zhen.

Hearing Luo Jianming's words, Young Master Zhang sat up straight, his expression becoming even more solemn: "This is troublesome. The cat demon has already regained its true form. You must first kowtow to me three times and acknowledge me as your master. Then we, master and disciple, will go together to eliminate that cat demon."

Zhang Xiaochuan rolled his eyes: "Dad, why would someone force another person to become their apprentice?"

Young Master Zhang scoffed, "This is fate. How can you call it forcing someone to become your apprentice? Ask him if he's willing."

Without saying a word, Luo Jianming immediately kowtowed three times.

Young Master Zhang gave Luo Jianming a light boost and said happily, "Very good. From now on, you are the forty-second generation successor of my Zhang family's Maoshan magic."

After saying that, he pulled Luo Jianming to the back of the house and casually took a bow and three arrows from the table and handed them to Luo Jianming.

"Go to the altar!"

Leading Luo Jianming to the altar, Young Master Zhang gestured for Luo Jianming to kneel down, while he himself lit three incense sticks.

Looking at the bow and arrow in his hand, Luo Jianming asked curiously, "Master, in modern society, why do we still use bows and arrows? Wouldn't a gun be more powerful?"

After placing the incense sticks on the altar, Young Master Zhang said, "This is no ordinary bow and arrow. This arrow is made of 9,999 Five Thunder God Talismans, and its power is extraordinary."

He picked up an arrow and thrust it forward: "To kill the cat demon, you must pierce its heart with this arrow; nothing else can kill it. There are only three arrows left now; every arrow used is one less."

Luo Jianming hadn't expected the arrow to be so powerful, so he took a second look at it.

Young Master Zhang continued, "My Zhang family's magic is only passed down to men, not women. We've been entangled with that cat demon for hundreds of years, and we've killed it eight times. This is the last time... Never mind, let's not talk about that now. I'll tell you about it slowly on the way."

"We have to find that cat demon now. It has regained its true form. If we don't find it soon, things will get really scary."

Without taking anything, he led Luo Jianming outside.

Young Master Zhang shook his head speechlessly: "Dad, come home for dinner early."

Upon entering the living room, Luo Jianming suddenly said, "Master, I met a sorcerer last night. He seemed very powerful. Let's take him with us; he'll definitely be able to help us."

Young Master Zhang suddenly stopped.

Seeing that Young Master Zhang's expression had turned extremely ugly, Luo Jianming cautiously asked, "Master, did I say something wrong?"

Young Master Zhang waved his hand: "It has nothing to do with you. I just suddenly had some bad premonitions."

He raised his right hand, quickly pinched his fingers for a while, then wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said to Luo Jianming in a deep voice, "Tell me in detail how you met that mage, don't leave out any details."

Seeing how serious Zhang was, Luo Jianming also became serious and quickly recounted his encounter with Detective Li last night.

After telling him about taking Li Zhen home, he scratched his head: "That sorcerer dared to stay at my house, he must be a real sorcerer. If he were an ordinary person, he would definitely be scared away."

Young Master Zhang looked into Luo Jianming's eyes: "You said you first saw a hallucination, felt like you were driving, but the car wasn't moving, and then suddenly saw that... that sorcerer appear in your car?"

Seeing Zhang Shao's expression, Luo Jianming knew he might be in trouble again, and whispered, "What's the problem?"

Young Master Zhang wiped away another bead of cold sweat: "This is a big problem. He ended up moving into your house without showing any fear?"

Luo Jianming continued nodding: "Yes, that mage was very calm. He didn't seem afraid of the cat demon at all."

Young Master Zhang sniffed Luo Jianming: "This scent isn't my imagination, nor is it something you picked up after contacting the cat demon. Strange, strange... How did something even more terrifying than the cat demon appear?"

Luo Jianming asked somewhat uneasily, "Master, what you said is making me a little scared."

“I’m scared too,” Young Master Zhang said speechlessly. “You didn’t even know whether the other party was a human, a ghost, or a demon, yet you dared to bring it home and settle it in your house? Aren’t you worried that it will eat you alive, bone and all?”

"No way... I thought that mage was very easy to talk to." The image of Li Zhen appeared in Luo Jianming's mind.

Whether it was psychological or not, Li Zhen's image in his mind also became somewhat sinister.

Luo Jianming recalled the hallucinations he had experienced before meeting Li Zhen, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He grabbed Zhang Dashao's arm and said, "Master, you must help me!"

Young Master Zhang shook his head and walked straight outside: "One problem after another. The cat demon is still alive, and you've run into this. Let's go see him together and see if he's human or something else. If there are any problems, we'll figure out a solution. Only by resolving things here as soon as possible can we concentrate on killing the cat demon."

Luo Jianming followed behind Young Master Zhang: "I think this mage also wants to kill that cat demon. Maybe we can persuade him to join us."

"It's not necessary to make him take action; it would be a blessing if he didn't cause trouble."

Young Master Zhang drove Luo Jianming back to his house.

"Take the arrows with you, and don't forget to put them in the carriage."

Opening the car door, Young Master Zhang, his face grave, looked at the house ahead.

As if sensing something, his gaze shifted to the broken window on the second floor, where he met a pair of deep, dark eyes.

(End of this chapter)