Joining Tiandao Company: Starting by mending a zombie world

Upon hearing this, General Zhang knew that since it concerned his daughter's innocence, he couldn't say anything, nor could he force Chu Sheng and Yu Chuda to do it.

"Master Chu, you...you're handsome, why don't you do it?"

"Save Jingyu, and by the way... I'll also observe whether it's true," Duanmu Ying murmured.

Chu Sheng was both amused and exasperated, experiencing for the first time the distress caused by his handsome appearance. He turned to look at Yu Chuda.

"Hehe, junior brother, what this female doctor said is right."

"You have plenty of yang energy, you come!" Yu Chuda smirked, grinning smugly.

"Slap..." Chu Sheng slapped his forehead, glancing at the old man out of the corner of his eye, "Is there really no other way?"

The old man shook his head: "Unless... the caster is killed, this is the only way."

Chu Sheng's mind raced, and he muttered to himself,

"Do you think this might be a scheme orchestrated by Kagura Noyo?"

"She's deliberately casting a spell right now to divert our attention from dealing with her to saving Miss Zhang."

Everyone was puzzled and looked on with confusion.

"Kagura no Yoshi is now... perhaps she wants us to take the initiative?" Chu Sheng's thoughts became clearer.

The reason they always thought Kagura Nogi was very powerful was entirely because they believed in the old man's death calamity, while ignoring Kagura Nogi's own strength.

If the other side were truly powerful, why would they resort to such underhanded tactics? It would be much better to deal with General Zhang directly!

"Yes! My junior brother is right."

Yu Chuda suddenly realized, "How powerful can an Onmyoji be if they don't even have a single shikigami?"

Hearing the explanation from the two brothers, everyone in the room understood.

This is nothing but a bluff by the little bastard, a pretense to trick General Zhang into surrendering the city.

"So... what should we do now?" Wang, the adjutant who had been guarding the door, asked, voicing everyone's question.

Chu Sheng and Yu Chuda looked at the old man and said in unison, "Let him do our fortune telling!"

The old man suddenly realized, "How could I not have thought of that? This calamity was meant for me, not for that Japanese devil!"

While secretly admiring Chu Sheng's comprehension, his mind also began to work. His eyes darted around, and he feigned a question:

"My two young friends, my divination skills are only good for predicting auspicious and inauspicious directions. But to directly determine the location of that demon is not an easy task."

"Don't give me that." Chu Sheng stepped forward, a smirk playing on his lips. "What, are you worried General Zhang will mistreat you?"

Duanmu Ying, finding it amusing, interjected:

"That's right, sir. Don't hold back. Killing the enemy and saving lives is killing two birds with one stone. Uncle Zhang will definitely not let you down."

The old man immediately looked embarrassed, stealing a glance at General Zhang, and repeatedly said, "I wouldn't dare... I wouldn't dare..."

Upon hearing this, General Zhang laughed and immediately instructed his adjutant, Wang, to bring three small yellow croakers, which he then placed on the table.

"If you can calculate the location of that sorcerer, sir, I, Zhang, will reward you handsomely!"

Seeing that he couldn't refuse, the old man sighed with a bitter face, "Alright, alright, this old man will use up some of his lifespan today to tell your fortunes."

As he spoke, he found a table, washed his hands, burned incense, then held his breath and concentrated, shaking the six copper coins in his palm while chanting incantations:

"Qian represents Heaven, Kun represents Earth, Zhen represents Thunder, Xun represents Wind... Kan represents Water, Li represents Fire, Gen represents Mountain, Dui represents Lake..."

"When the six lines of the hexagram move, good or bad fortune is revealed; when the direction is determined, even ghosts and spirits are terrified!"

"Clatter—" Copper coins scattered on the table, arranging themselves into a strange pattern.

"Heaven above, Earth below... Fire in the East..." The old man stared at the direction of the copper coin, his fingers rapidly calculating, "The direction is in the east of the city... specifically..."

His brows furrowed more and more, and suddenly his face turned pale, and he spat out a mouthful of blood!

"Old man (Mr. Zhou)!" everyone exclaimed.

The old man waved his hand, not sad but happy, muttering, "This calamity was meant to happen, this calamity was meant to happen."

"What did you figure out?" Chu Sheng asked in a deep voice.

The old man took a deep breath, his voice trembling: "The divination indicates... that the sorcerer is in a place in the east of the city, a place of phoenix-singing splendor and extremely strong yin energy."

He paused, then said slowly and deliberately, "However, she seems extremely confident in herself and has no intention of running away."

East of the city?

The phoenix sings amidst brocade, and the yin energy is at its peak?

The crowd murmured to themselves.

General Zhang frowned as he looked at his adjutant, who also frowned.

He then looked at Chu Sheng and Yu Chuda, the latter of whom were even more bewildered—they had been here for less than a day before being captured and taken to the General's Mansion, how could they possibly know of a place "where phoenixes sing amidst brocade and where yin energy is extremely abundant"?

"A girls' school!" Suddenly, Duanmu Ying, who was standing to the side, seemed to have thought of something. "That person is very likely hiding in a girls' school."

The crowd exchanged bewildered glances—the girls' school truly was a place of phoenixes singing amidst brocade, and where yin energy was extremely strong.

"Lieutenant Wang, immediately take men and seal off the girls' school!" General Zhang coldly ordered. "I want to see just how many heads she has to dare harm my daughter, Zhang Tiehu's daughter."

"Yes, sir!" Lieutenant Wang accepted the order and left.

"Let's go too!" Chu Sheng said to Yu Chuda. "Soldiers alone may not be enough to deal with the Onmyoji."

"Alright!" Yu Chuda didn't hesitate and immediately put on his magic weapon and went outside.

Duanmu Ying suddenly stepped forward: "I'll go too!"

General Zhang frowned even more deeply: "Xiao Ying, this is too dangerous! That's a Japanese sorcerer, not a patient!"

Duanmu Ying shook her head: "Uncle Zhang, I've studied medicine for so many years and I've never seen a ghost before. Please let me go and take a look."

She paused, took a step closer to Chu Sheng, and said:

"Besides, these two Taoist priests from Maoshan are so powerful, they will definitely protect me."

Chu Sheng was taken aback and subconsciously looked at Duanmu Ying beside him.

A captivating, towering snow-capped peak peeked out from her loose collar, rising and falling with her breath—a truly beautiful sight.

"This woman is really something," he muttered to himself, but rejected Duanmu Ying's "honey trap."

"It's too dangerous, you'd better not go."

Duanmu Ying's almond-shaped eyes widened in surprise, not expecting Chu Sheng to reject her. She pouted and said:

"If you don't take me, I'll go secretly."

Chu Sheng raised an eyebrow, rolled up his sleeves, and opened his palm to intimidate:

"Believe it or not, I'll slap you so hard you'll cry!"

Duanmu Ying naturally didn't believe Chu Sheng would really hit her, and with her neck shrank, she still stubbornly said:

"Then...then I'd like to go take a look."

General Zhang rubbed his temples.

He knew that Duanmu Ying was a bit willful, and the more he forbade her to go, the more likely she was to cause trouble, so he smiled ingratiatingly and said:

"Master Chu, why don't you take Xiao Ying with you and let her go a little further away so she can see what's going on?"

Chu Sheng hesitated for a moment, but then he saw the red aura swirling around Duanmu Ying's forehead and his eyes lit up.

This woman is currently enjoying great fortune; with her around, one might be able to borrow some of that luck. His eyes darted around, and he said:

"Since General Zhang has spoken, let's go together."