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Chapter 46 Incident
Several tens of minutes later, the two sides arrived at the entrance of a residential area.

The neighborhood is called Xishan Fenglin. It's not exactly a high-end neighborhood, but because it's near the university town, the property prices are quite high. Li Sanli's father bought this house with his entire fortune, and its value has since increased several times over. However, he doesn't plan to sell it; instead, he plans to let Li Sanli move in after he becomes independent.

Then Li Sanli took it and used it as a place to keep his mistress.

Now that he's at the door, Li Sanli is still rubbing his hands together, his face full of hesitation and fear.

"I said, Lao Zhou, let's not go over there."

"Brother Zhou, why don't we wait a little longer? I recently heard that a Qigong master surnamed Ma is about to come to this city. I'm willing to go bankrupt to invite him to come and take a look."

"Master Zhou, Ancestor Zhou! I curse you, Zhou You, you bastard, stop right there!"

Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, Li Sanli became furious and reached out to grab Zhou You, but he stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

—Strange, was this guy always this strong?

At this moment, someone turned around and said with a smile.

"Hey, don't be so angry. You just want others to see that thing, what's wrong with me going?"

Li Sanli took a deep breath, then leaned close to Zhou You's ear and roared in a low voice.

"That thing is a vengeful ghost, a vengeful ghost that kills without blinking an eye!"

"That being said, did it kill you?"

".No."

"So, were you and your sex partner harmed in any way?"

"—It's my girlfriend!"

"Okay, were you and your girlfriend hurt in any way?"

"No, not at all."

"That settles it." Zhou You spread his hands. "You guys weren't hurt at all. The only 'master' who ended up in the hospital was scared out of his wits, which shows that the ghost wasn't very dangerous. It's still midday, so going to check on it shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"Um, what does that mean?"

While Li Sanli hesitated, Zhou You spoke again.

"And to be honest, I learned a thing or two from my grandfather, which might actually be of help to you?"

Finally, this became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Li Sanli gritted his teeth and said directly.

"Okay, I'll listen to you this once, but let's make it clear first, if anything happens, we'd better run. I'm willing to die with my girlfriend, but I absolutely don't want to die with a virgin."

Did the virgin eat your rice?

Zhou You rolled his eyes, but quickly let it go and instead gently rubbed his chin.

We've seen plenty of demons and monsters in scripts, but do ghosts exist in real life too?

—Forget it, let's go take a look first. Anyway, according to Li Sanli's description, this ghost is not harmful. It just stays there and scares people. Besides, it's the middle of the day. Even if there is danger, we can just use the Bone Jade Chime to drag it away.

Li Sanli led Zhou You to a building. Zhou You first sneaked into the elevator, pressed the floor button, and looked around nervously like a thief. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, he then chuckled and said...

"Old Zhou, you kept this from us for so long! We've known each other for so many years, and I've never even heard of you being able to exorcise ghosts. If I'd known, I would have..."

However, at that moment, whether it was a power outage or something else, the elevator suddenly stopped and the lights went out.

The conversation suddenly stopped.

A few seconds later, a bloodcurdling scream rang out.

The feeling was like a little girl finding a cockroach while eating, or a frail scholar finding a burly man pressing against him from behind while taking a shower—a profound and painful sense of despair permeated from the inside out.

Under the impact of this deafening sound, even Zhou You, with his composure, immediately frowned and covered his ears forcefully.

After a while, the lights were turned on again.

There were no ghosts or monsters suddenly appearing around, only a gaunt, obese man huddled in the corner of the elevator, continuing to sing in a shrill, piercing soprano voice. "That..."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

"Excuse me."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

"well."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

Zhou You finally couldn't hold back and gave Li Sanli a big punch on the back of the head.

Finally, the screaming stopped.

Zhou You pressed his hand against his throbbing brain and said.

"No, bro, what happened to you just now? It was just an elevator malfunction, did you have to scream so hard?"

"...Just an elevator malfunction?"

Li Sanli stared at Zhou You for a few seconds with his silent eyes before realizing what he had done, and hurriedly stood up awkwardly.

"It was just an elevator malfunction. I thought we'd encountered a ghost."

With Li Sanli's embarrassed voice, the malfunctioning elevator started up again and arrived at the designated floor a dozen seconds later.

However, the fat man seemed to have been scared out of his wits. He cautiously poked his head out, looked around, and when he saw that there was nothing unusual, he breathed a sigh of relief and greeted Zhou You.

"Old Zhou, my house is at the very back. Xuanxuan and I have recently moved out to stay in a hotel. Apart from those few masters, no one has been inside the house lately."

Hearing the trembling words, Zhou You peeked out and found that it was in a shady corner. The light in this area was not bright, and although it was noon, it was still shadowy. Something seemed to be lurking in the corner.

He glanced around and suddenly spotted a rough piece of paper in a corner.

—That was a yellow talisman.

Li Sanli also saw the thing and laughed awkwardly.

“Old Zhou, don’t worry about it. That thing was left behind by a master who claimed to be a direct descendant of the Shangqing Sect. But he came out of the room in less than ten minutes, leaving his tools scattered all over the floor. Since he’s in such a state, that thing is probably useless. Just throw it away.”

Zhou You didn't do that. Instead, he carefully examined the yellow paper, folded it neatly, put it in his pocket, and then smiled.

"Alright, then take me to your house."

Li Sanli seemed a little puzzled, but didn't say anything more.

He led Zhou You inside until they reached the door, where he took out the key, inserted it into the lock, and prepared to turn it open—

But then, a series of bell sounds suddenly rang out.

Li Sanli immediately stopped what he was doing.

He seemed to sense something terrifying, and tremblingly raised his head to look in the direction of the bell—

That's Zhou You's skill.

So this person breathed a sigh of relief again.

"What?! It's a handbell, Lao Zhou? Don't scare me! You know I've always been timid; you almost scared me to death just now."

The man, Li Sanli, muttered to himself as he picked up the key that had slipped from his hand and bent down to put it back in.

Therefore, he didn't see that Zhou You was also looking at the string of handbells that were ringing slightly.

And his expression was even stranger than his.

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