Inheriting a Taoist temple, the story begins with Wu Zetian offering incense.

Chapter 131 Heh heh, the evil cultivator has learned the tricks of Mission: Impossible 4! [Seeking monthly votes]

The blind man really liked Zhou Yi's naive and unsophisticated attitude:
"Large enterprises all have feng shui-related consulting needs. What you need to do is very simple: come and visit regularly to see if there is anything affecting the feng shui and fortune... You haven't done similar business before, have you?"

His voice was smug; after so long, he had finally regained some confidence in this young man.

Zhou Yi was so engrossed in the joy of earning 300,000 yuan a year that he completely failed to notice the blind man's true colors.

"Thank you so much, Lao Han. I'll praise you a lot next time I visit my grandfather's grave."

The blind man was even happier to hear this:
"No need, just tell the truth. You guys get ready. I'll go and keep that director of the association in check, and find a place to send him on his way."

A blind person doesn't cultivate merit, and doesn't consider the past and future like the I Ching does.

If you encounter someone who deserves to die, then send them to their death. As long as you don't get into legal trouble, it doesn't matter how they die.

Before leaving, he took out a shopping card from the Golden Sun Shopping Mall and handed it to Zhou Yi:
"Here's 30,000 yuan. Consider it a gift from the mall owner. Take it and spend it. When you're out and about, be mindful of your image and don't embarrass your grandfather."

After saying that, he left the underground parking lot with a smug look on his face, preparing to trap the director.

Zhou Yi took the shopping card and was surprised that the shop owner was quite considerate. He realized that there was still about an hour left, so he led everyone to the mall to browse around, familiarize themselves with the layout, and teach them how to turn the elevator on and off, so that they wouldn't miss the time to dismantle the formation because they didn't know how to press the elevator buttons.

The mall was brightly lit and filled with a dazzling array of goods, leaving the ancient visitors speechless.

Fortunately, everyone was wearing Taoist robes, which gave them an air of detachment from worldly affairs, so no matter how exaggerated their behavior was, the people in the mall thought it was normal.

Taoist priests living deep in the mountains, isn't it normal for them to be a bit rustic?

With 30,000 yuan in shopping cards, Zhou Yi didn't know what to buy, so he simply bought Li Qingzhao a mobile phone, and then bought everyone a tablet computer and an outdoor electronic watch. He used the remaining money to buy office supplies.

I bought a whole bunch of things like carbon paper notebooks, rulers, and set squares.

Wu Zetian originally wanted to pick out a few more clothes, but when she saw the prices, she found that even a casual piece cost four figures. Being thrifty and hardworking, she immediately gave up.

Too expensive. Clothes and shoes are not as cheap as those in Yunwu Town. I'll buy them when I get back.

Li Qingzhao held the phone with great curiosity and quietly asked Aunt Gongsun how to use it. Aunt Gongsun took the opportunity to state her conditions:
"If you take some time to write me an opening poem, I'll teach you all the modern knowledge. Haha, you can even play games on your phone, and you can use the game scores to gamble. It's so much fun!"

Li Qingzhao was originally uninterested in games, but the words "gambling" instantly captured her attention.

"Tell me quickly, what kind of game allows gambling? I'll slaughter them all!"

Gongsun Da Niang hadn't played this type of game much:

"It seems there's a way to win Happy Beans. The more beans you have, the happier you are. But we still need to figure out how to play. I'll practice after I finish my work and then teach you."

Li Qingzhao nodded heavily:

"Alright, I'll take care of the poetry."

In less than an hour, the 30,000 yuan was gone. Zhou Yi led everyone to the underground parking lot, put the purchased items in the car, and then began to distribute the magical artifacts.

Each person had a golden light talisman, a substitute talisman, a Vajra protection talisman, and various other magical artifacts with different functions stuffed into their pockets.

The jade pendant with the Bagua symbol was once again placed around Wu Zetian's neck.

With everything ready, Zhou Yi checked the time, tested the walkie-talkie signal to confirm they were all on the same channel, and then set their watches to the same time before leading everyone into the elevator that went directly to the apartment building.

Zhou Yi pressed the buttons for the 18th and 32nd floors respectively. As the elevator slowly ascended, Gongsun Da Niang held the Tai Chi sword in her arms. She, Chen Tang, and Huo Qubing were going to the 32nd floor, where they could draw their swords to save themselves if there was any danger.

Zhou Yi led Wu Meiniang and Li Qingzhao to the eighteenth floor. When dismantling the formation, they also needed to find a suitable place to bestow auspicious land.

As the elevator ascended floor by floor, the atmosphere gradually became tense.

Chen Tang asked:

"Sir, what should we do if we encounter someone?"

"Knock out the people guarding the formation, ignore the others."

Finally, they arrived at the eighteenth floor. Zhou Yi led Wu Meiniang and Li Qingzhao off the elevator and said to the three people remaining inside:
"Keep in touch, call me if you feel anything is wrong."

"Follow the order!"

After the elevator doors closed, Zhou Yi strode into the adjacent stairwell and found the shrine in the corner.

There are four shrines in total in the two corridors, placed in the four corners. These four shrines act like water pumps, continuously drawing up the yang energy of the mall, which is then absorbed by the formations on the 18th and 32nd floors.

Zhou Yi raised his leg and kicked each of the four shrines to pieces.

Just as I finished, Aunt Gongsun's voice came through the walkie-talkie:
"The shrines are all taken care of, but I didn't manage to snag a single one."

It's difficult to steal credit when fighting alongside two super generals.

Zhou Yi replied:
"Prepare to proceed to room 3247." After the shrine was kicked down, the entire stairwell was instantly filled with yang energy... Without the shrine's absorption, the yang energy would gradually descend and return to the mall employees and customers.

Zhou Yi walked out of the stairwell and into the corridor on the eighteenth floor, where he began searching for room 1847.

The layout of the Golden Sun Apartment Building is a square structure, which is considered a predicament in Feng Shui. The evil cultivator probably chose to set up his formation here because he was attracted by the square structure.

As soon as she stepped into the hallway, Li Qingzhao shrank back:

"a little cold."

The hallway was filled with yin energy and evil spirits. Stepping in felt like entering an ice cellar. This is probably how Hu Lijun's youngest son fell victim to this evil spirit.

However, Zhou Yi was not afraid of this. He raised his wrist, revealing twenty-four black beads. The surrounding yin energy was instantly purified, and the yin spirits also stayed far away, not daring to approach.

The room numbers on the 18th floor were very messy. Zhou Yi couldn't stand it after looking at it for a while, so he simply took out his compass and used metaphysical methods to find the room.

He followed the pointer and searched halfway around the U-shaped corridor, finally finding a room with a very heavy yin energy. But when he looked up at the room number, it was 1858, not 1847 as the blind man had mentioned.

He was a little confused, so he used the compass to check again and found that there was indeed something at 1858. Wu Meiniang found 1847 from another direction. Zhou Yi walked over and found that the compass needle was still swinging violently in the direction of 1858.

"Huh? What's going on?"

Zhou Yi picked up the walkie-talkie and asked:
"Have you found room 3247? Don't rush to kick down the door, their door number seems to be wrong."

After saying that, Zhou Yi raised his hand, grabbed the doorplate, and pulled hard. He found that it was newly pasted on and the glue on it hadn't dried yet.

Holy crap, do heretics watch Mission: Impossible 4?

Could it be that they foresaw an impending calamity and changed the address in advance?
Fortunately, I decided to take action today. If I had waited two more days, the floor number might have been changed.

Zhou Yi looked around and saw that all the room numbers on the 18th floor had been changed. This was clearly a large-scale project and was likely the work of a gang.

After circling around, Zhou Yi returned to the door of room 1858 and pasted a spirit official talisman on the door so that no evil spirits would rush out.

He told Wu Meiniang and Li Qingzhao to wait there, then went into the elevator lobby, pressed the up button, and planned to go to the 32nd floor to find the real room using a compass.

The elevator arrived quickly, and just as Zhou Yi was about to get on, he suddenly felt inexplicably irritated.

He used a copper coin to cast a divination and found that entering the elevator was an ominous sign, so he immediately turned around and entered the stairwell, quickly climbing up the stairs.

For someone who has been climbing mountains since childhood, a dozen or so flights of stairs is nothing.

Soon, he arrived at the 32nd floor. When he stepped out of the building, he saw that the elevator he had just pressed was showing a malfunction, as if it was stuck halfway.

Luckily I didn't go up, otherwise I would probably be stuck in the elevator right now.

He rushed into the corridor and met up with Huo Qubing and the other two. Using the compass pointer, they quickly searched and finally determined that the formation was in room 3278... The room numbers on the room were even more confusing.

After confirming that this was the place, Zhou Yi agreed with Huo Qubing to kick down the door in two minutes, and then went back to the eighteenth floor along the corridor.

After this back and forth, the pan-fried buns they ate that morning were completely digested. Zhou Yi found Wu Meiniang and Li Qingzhao, and after communicating with Huo Qubing via walkie-talkie, he kicked the door open from both upstairs and downstairs at the same time.

Zhou Yi kicked the door lock, and Huo Qubing kicked the door hinges off.

Upon entering the room, Zhou Yi saw a huge octagonal altar with a strangely shaped ceramic doll in each of the eight directions.

Upon seeing this design, Zhou Yi's heart skipped a beat. He grabbed the walkie-talkie and spoke to Huo Qubing and the other two:
"Don't touch the dolls on the altar!"

In the realm of metaphysics, there is a saying that "a small person can be a big devil." The younger the child, the stronger their resentment. In addition, children's thinking is inherently chaotic, making them difficult to deal with.

The troublesome little devil, coupled with the Bagua altar, left Zhou Yi somewhat at a loss. He quickly recited a calming mantra and began searching for a breakthrough.

Normally, you can just break the dolls according to the Bagua directions, but there are two altars upstairs and downstairs. If you break them in the wrong way, not only will you not be able to destroy the formation, but you will also accelerate the growth of the Yin spirit.

Seeing Zhou Yi's anxious face, Wu Meiniang quickly comforted him:

"Immortal, you can do it with confidence. Even if you make a mistake, I will designate this place as a blessed land. No matter what evil spirits or demons there are, they can all be neutralized by this blessed land."

These words put Zhou Yi at ease... Yes, we have the destiny of an emperor as a backup plan, so there's nothing to be afraid of.

He began to analyze the order and method of striking. The Bagua altar has eight directions, and the upper and lower altars are interconnected. If one step is wrong, it may lead to complete failure.

While Zhou Yi was racking his brains for a solution, in the downstairs monitoring room, an elderly security guard with gray hair stared intently at the monitor screens of the two altars, a smug look on his face.

"Go ahead and smash it! Once you break the doll, the great karmic consequences of the Yin spirit descending to earth will fall upon your heads, hahaha!"

He let out a maniacal laugh, completely unaware that an elderly man wearing sunglasses had appeared outside the security room...

(End of this chapter)