People worship their ancestors: I'm just burning some paper money, how did I become a Taoist ma

A dark figure emerged from the night and stood on a pile of discarded building materials nearby.

Li Mu looked up and could only see a blurry human figure looking down at him.

The moonlight was obscured by clouds, making it impossible to see the person's face.

But Li Mu could sense the chilling aura emanating from the other party, clearly indicating that they were no ordinary person, nor were they any common spirits.

"Young man," the man spoke, but his voice was hoarse, like sandpaper rubbing against glass. "You took what I've been raising for three years."

Li Mu stood up, gripped the peach wood sword in his right hand, and quietly reached into his pocket with his left hand, finding a talisman he had prepared beforehand.

"That's the child you killed three years ago." Li Mu's voice was calm, but his heart was pounding so hard it felt like it would burst out of his chest. "You turned him into a little ghost, making him suffer a fate worse than death. And you still have the nerve to say it's yours?"

The man was silent for a moment, then let out a low, cold laugh.

"Ha...you sure know how to talk. High-minded? Righteous?" His voice was full of sarcasm. "Do you know how much trouble you've caused?"

"What exactly are you planning by raising such a brat?" Li Mu asked, raising his voice eight octaves.

"You don't deserve to know." The ghost keeper's voice turned cold. "You only need to know one thing—tonight, you will die."

As soon as he finished speaking, the dark figure leaped up above Li Mu's head, displaying superhuman abilities that defied common sense.

Li Mu felt a bone-chilling cold pressing down on him, as if a mountain was about to crush him.

Without thinking twice, Li Mu pulled out the talisman from his pocket—the Thunderfire Talisman—bit his tongue, spat a mouthful of blood onto the talisman, and then slammed it down towards the top of his head.

"boom--!"

The moment the Thunderfire Talisman exploded, the surroundings were illuminated as brightly as day.

A pillar of lightning and fire as thick as a water bucket shot out from Li Mu's palm, soaring straight into the sky.

The black shadow that lunged down was struck head-on by the pillar of lightning and fire, letting out a muffled groan as it was sent flying!

Li Mu picked up the peach wood sword with his left hand and walked towards the figure that had fallen to the ground.

He was a man who looked to be in his forties or fifties, with a thin face, a hooked nose, and wearing a black robe.

He was getting up from the ground, with a large charred burn on his chest and dark red blood at the corner of his mouth.

"Thunderfire Talisman..." The ghost keeper stared at Li Mu, a look of fear appearing in his eyes for the first time. "You actually possess the lost Thunderfire Talisman. Just who are you?"

"None of your business," Li Mu said coldly.

The ghost keeper's lips twitched.

He took a deep breath, as if weighing something.

Then he laughed. A chilling, triumphant laugh.

"Interesting. A young man who knows a lost Taoist technique has actually appeared in the Tianhai region. I must go back and report this."

He took two steps back, and his body began to blur.

"Trying to run?" Li Mu raised his peach wood sword, intending to give chase.

But the dark figure in front of them vanished like mist, leaving no trace.

The voice of the ghost keeper drifted from afar, ethereal and faint, as if it came from another world:

"Young man, I'll remember you. There will be a long time before we meet again."

Then, silence fell.

……

"How did they just disappear like that?" Li Mu arrived at the spot where the other person had vanished, looked around, and asked in bewilderment.

The small porcelain bottle was still in the center of the Bagua formation, and the sealing talisman on the bottle was intact.

He walked over, squatted down, and carefully examined the seven small flags. The Seven Stars Sealing Spirit Array was intact and showed no signs of being disturbed.

Li Mu picked up the small porcelain bottle, put it in his bag, and then collected the seven small flags to erase the traces of the Bagua formation.

This place can no longer be used. Next time, there might be more than one person coming, so it won't be a problem that can be solved so easily!

Li Mu crawled out through a hole in the fence and left the scene. The remaining problems would have to be solved at another opportunity!

……

After arriving home, Li Mu first took the small porcelain bottle out of his bag and placed it on the coffee table in the living room.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he picked it up again and put it in the deepest part of the bedroom wardrobe, and even stuck a spirit-sealing talisman on the wardrobe door.

Nowhere is safe for him, but this home is his only refuge right now.

next day!

Li Mu received a message from Zheng Hongyuan early in the morning.

"Mr. Li, how did things go last night? I haven't dared to bother you."

"The things in the villa have been packed up. But your business partner's situation is more complicated than I thought," Li Mu replied after a moment's thought.

"How so?"

"It's hard to explain over the phone, let's talk in person later," Li Mu replied.

"Okay, you choose the place, and I'll treat you to lunch!"

Li Mu put down his phone, closed his eyes, and leaned back on the sofa.

He needed to sort out his thoughts; he had taken in a little ghost created by evil magic and offended a ghost keeper.

The enemy is in the dark while we are in the light; this is the worst possible situation, and the world seems to be much more complicated than he thought.

Clearly, he wasn't the only one who could use Taoist magic; even if the ghost-raiser wasn't using Taoist magic, it was still some kind of evil art beyond the comprehension of ordinary people!

He's not the only one in this world who can use supernatural powers, and he's not special!

Around noon, Li Mu found a place to eat and then told Zheng Hongyuan the location!

Not long after, Zheng Hongyuan arrived!

Today, Zheng Hongyuan's eyes looked more anxious than last time, and his eye bags were deeper, making him look several years older in the past two days.

"The problem you mentioned has been resolved," Li Mu said immediately.

"Then I really have to trouble you. If it weren't for you, I really wouldn't know who could solve this problem!" Zheng Hongyuan said with a smile.

"Mr. Zheng, don't be so happy yet. The matter you entrusted has indeed been resolved, but only the problem has been solved. I can close the deal there. However, in the spirit of being responsible, I must tell you that although the problem is solved on the surface, the root cause of the problem has not been figured out! Now it depends on whether you intend to stop here or to get to the bottom of the problem and solve it completely!" Li Mu said slowly.

Upon hearing Li Mu's words, Zheng Hongyuan immediately understood his meaning.

After a moment of contemplation, Zheng Hongyuan looked solemnly at Li Mu and slowly spoke.

"We'll have to trouble Master Li to solve this problem at its root and eliminate any future troubles! Don't worry about the reward; I'll definitely reward you handsomely after it's done."

"I understand now. In that case, I need more information." Li Mu went straight to the point!

"What aspects do you want to know?" Zheng Hongyuan asked.

"Who gave Liu Jianguo that jar? When and on what occasion?"

"Liu Jianguo's son, Liu Yang, went to an ancient town on the eastern outskirts of Tianhai with some classmates. He bought that jar from a street stall in the town. The seller was an old man!"

"What kind of place is this ancient town?" Li Mu continued to ask.

"Qingxi Ancient Town in the eastern suburbs is 40 kilometers away from Tianhai City. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, that place was the commercial center of Tianhai area. It declined later, but in recent years, tourism development has brought it back to life."

"Was anything unusual happening when he bought that jar?"

"Liu Yang told me something that I didn't pay attention to at the time, but now I think it's a bit strange. He said that there were a lot of jars on the stall, all kinds of sizes. He originally wanted to buy a big one, but the old man insisted that he buy the small one, saying something like 'This one is destined for you, it's more suitable for you,' and Liu Yang bought it without really understanding why," Zheng Hongyuan recalled!

We are destined to meet.

These four words sparked a thought in Li Mu's mind.

It was not accidental, not random; it was very likely meticulously planned.

The jar appeared at that street stall, was bought by Liu Yang, and taken back to Liu Jianguo's villa, and then it started to be haunted...

It was designed by someone.

The jar is the bait, the Liu family is the target, and the little devil is the tool.

Someone is deliberately targeting wealthy families, creating panic by raising ghosts, and forcing them... to do what?