Returning from cultivating immortality, the top scorer in the college entrance examination goes bers

The next morning at eight o'clock, Lu Jingchen and Su Muyue arrived at the Cloud Top Hotel on time.

From afar, this once magnificent five-star hotel now resembles a gigantic black monster, standing on the west side of the old town. The hotel's glass curtain wall is hazy and gray, unable to reflect even a sliver of sunlight, exuding a lifeless atmosphere.

The parking lot at the entrance was empty, with only a few employee cars parked there. The security guard at the entrance leaned listlessly against a pillar, only straightening up when he saw Lin Zhengxiong's car drive up.

"Master Lu, Miss Su, this way please." Lin Zhengxiong got out of the car himself and opened the car door for Lu Jingchen.

Stepping into the hotel lobby, a chilly atmosphere immediately hits you. Despite it being summer, the hotel felt like winter; the air conditioning wasn't even on, yet the temperature was only in the teens.

The lights in the lobby flickered and crackled with electricity. The receptionists were pale-faced, their eyes darting around, and they all looked terrified.

Upon seeing Lin Zhengxiong enter, they quickly lowered their heads and dared not speak.

"What's going on? Why are there only a few of you today?" Lin Zhengxiong asked, frowning.

A waiter whispered, "Chairman Lin, something happened again last night. One of the security guards on the third floor saw the woman in white while on patrol and was so scared that he quit. Now many employees are afraid to come to work, and the rest are all living in fear."

Lin Zhengxiong sighed, his face full of helplessness. He turned to look at Lu Jingchen and said with a wry smile, "Master Lu, I'm sorry to have troubled you. There are only a few people left in the hotel now. If this continues, we really will have to close down."

"It's alright, we can resolve this today," Lu Jingchen said calmly, his gaze sweeping across the ceiling of the lobby.

He could see thick, black resentment coiling around the ceiling, like black snakes writhing there.

Just then, a burst of arrogant laughter came from the elevator entrance.

"Cousin! I'm back!"

A middle-aged man wearing a floral shirt and a gold chain swaggered out of the elevator. Beside him was a man in a black Taoist robe with a sinister expression and a sinister look in his eyes.

The man in the floral shirt is Wang Qiang.

Lin Zhengxiong's face darkened instantly upon seeing Wang Qiang: "Wang Qiang! You dare come back? I'm being lenient by not confronting you yet!"

"Cousin, what are you saying?" Wang Qiang said nonchalantly, "I also have a share in this hotel, why can't I come back? I heard you hired some greenhorn to handle the hotel matter? I think you're getting senile."

As he spoke, he looked Lu Jingchen up and down, a mocking smile on his face: "So it's you? I heard you chased Master Zhang away yesterday? Let me tell you, Master Zhang is a fraud, he has no skills at all. This is Master Xuanzhen, whom I specially invited from Thailand. He has profound magical powers and can subdue any kind of evil spirit."

The man called Master Xuanzhen smiled sinisterly and said in broken Chinese, "Chairman Lin, hello. I advise you to get rid of this kid as soon as possible, otherwise, not only will the hotel issue remain unresolved, but your daughter's life will also be in danger."

"What nonsense are you spouting!" Lin Zhengxiong trembled with rage. "Master Lu is a distinguished guest I invited. It's none of your business to boss him around! Wang Qiang, get this so-called Master Xuanzhen out of here right now! Or I'll call the police!"

"Call the police?" Wang Qiang scoffed. "Cousin, why would you call the police to arrest me? To arrest me for helping you solve the hotel problem? Let me tell you, with Master Xuanzhen here today, this hotel issue can be resolved. If you insist on believing this brat, then the hotel can just wait to go out of business!"

Master Xuanzhen chimed in, "Chairman Lin, I know you don't believe me. Here's what we'll do: I'll perform a ritual right now and show you my abilities. If I can temporarily suppress the vengeful spirit on the 18th floor, you can kick this kid out and let me handle this. If I can't, I'll leave immediately and never come back."

Just as Lin Zhengxiong was about to refuse, Lu Jingchen tugged at his arm and said calmly, "Fine, I'd like to see what you're capable of."

Lin Zhengxiong looked at Lu Jingchen with some confusion. Lu Jingchen shook his head at him, signaling him not to speak.

Wang Qiang smiled smugly: "Young Lu is quite sensible. Master Xuanzhen, then I'll have to trouble you!"

Master Xuanzhen nodded and took out a black cloth bag from his pocket. Inside the bag was a small black jar and some strange magical artifacts.

He placed the jar on the ground, then lit three incense sticks and stuck them in front of the jar.

Then he muttered incantations and waved a black whisk in the air.

As he chanted his incantation, the temperature inside the hotel dropped lower and lower, and the lights flickered more and more violently.

A gust of cold wind blew by, causing the curtains in the lobby to flutter and make a rustling sound.

"It's here! The vengeful ghost is here!" Wang Qiang shouted excitedly.

Several blurry white figures drifted out from the stairwell and wandered around the lobby.

The waiters screamed in fright and quickly hid behind Lin Zhengxiong.

Master Xuanzhen revealed a smug smile. He picked up his whisk and waved it at the shadows: "You beasts! Get out of here at once!"

The shadows indeed stopped, no longer daring to drift forward.

"See that!" Wang Qiang said smugly to Lin Zhengxiong, "Master Xuanzhen is amazing, isn't he? Can this kid do it?"

Lin Zhengxiong's expression was rather grim. He looked at Lu Jingchen with worry in his eyes.

Lu Jingchen remained calm, with even a hint of mockery on his lips.

Just then, something unexpected happened.

The white shadows suddenly went berserk. They let out piercing screams and pounced on Master Xuanzhen.

Master Xuanzhen's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly waved his whisk, trying to defend himself.

But the shadows were not afraid of his whisk at all; they passed right through it and pounced on him.

"ah--!"

Master Xuanzhen let out a piercing scream as his entire body was enveloped in shadow. His face instantly turned ashen, and he spat out a mouthful of black blood before crashing heavily to the ground.

The black jar shattered, and an even denser black mist emerged from it, coalescing into a tiny baby shadow that chuckled.

"Raising ghost children?" Lu Jingchen's eyes turned cold. "No wonder you were able to suppress these vengeful ghosts temporarily. It turns out you used the evil art of raising ghost children. You used the ghost children's yin energy to suppress Li Xue's resentment, but this will only make the resentment stronger and stronger, and eventually it will explode completely. At that time, everyone in the hotel will die."

Master Xuanzhen lay on the ground, clutching his chest, staring at Lu Jingchen in horror: "You... how did you know?"

"This kind of evil magic harms both others and oneself." Lu Jingchen took a step forward, and a golden true energy condensed at his fingertips. "Today, I will act on behalf of Heaven and punish you, this harmful thing."

As he spoke, he slapped the baby's shadow with his palm.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, the golden true energy instantly shattered the infant's shadow.

As the black mist dissipated, the temperature in the lobby instantly rose significantly, and the white shadows disappeared as well.

The lights stopped flickering, and everything returned to normal.

Wang Qiang was so frightened that his face turned pale, his legs went weak, and he almost collapsed to the ground.

Lu Jingchen turned to look at him, his eyes icy: "Wang Qiang, now it's time to talk about your business. Back when the hotel was being built, you killed a worker and buried his body in the foundation of the 18th floor, didn't you? Li Xue found out about this, so you pushed her off the building and staged it as a suicide, didn't you?"

Wang Qiang trembled all over, his lips quivering as he said, "I... I didn't... You're talking nonsense..."

"Still dare to deny it?" Lu Jingchen sneered. "Mengyao just said that you pushed Li Xue down, and that you buried someone on the 18th floor. If you don't tell the truth, I'll have Li Xue come and settle accounts with you personally."

Upon hearing the name "Li Xue," Wang Qiang was terrified. He collapsed to his knees, sobbing uncontrollably, and cried, "I'll tell! I'll tell! I'll tell you everything! Back when the hotel was being built, I cut corners. That worker found out and tried to report me, so I accidentally killed him and buried his body under the floorboards of room 1808. Later, Li Xue found out and tried to call the police, so I had no choice but to push her down... I was wrong! I was really wrong! Please, please forgive me!"

Lin Zhengxiong was trembling with rage. He rushed forward and punched Wang Qiang in the face: "You beast! I was blind to have recognized you as a relative! I will definitely hand you over to the police so you can be punished by law!"

Just then, Lu Jingchen's gaze fell on the direction of the 18th floor, and his expression became serious.

"Oh no, the resentment has erupted."

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire hotel suddenly began to shake violently.

All the lights went out at the same time, plunging the entire lobby into darkness.

A terrifying aura of yin energy surged down from the direction of the 18th floor, overwhelming everything.

A woman's heart-wrenching sobs echoed throughout the hotel.

"Wang Qiang... you owe me my life..."

"And you... Lin Zhengxiong... You protected the murderer... I'll make you all pay with your lives..."

Lu Jingchen took Su Muyue's hand and said to Lin Zhengxiong, "You two stay here and don't move. I'll go upstairs and take a look."

After saying that, he turned and ran towards the stairwell.

When I got to the 18th floor, the corridor was pitch black, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.

Lu Jingchen turned on his phone's flashlight and headed towards room 1808.

Pushing open the door, the room was filled with such a thick, oppressive atmosphere that it was almost impossible to dissipate.

Lu Jingchen walked to the center of the room and stomped his foot on the floor.

"This is it."

He took out the dagger he was carrying and pried open the floorboards.

As the floorboards were peeled away piece by piece, a rotting skeleton came into view.

In the skeleton's hand, a piece of jade pendant was still tightly clutched.

Lu Jingchen picked up the half of the jade pendant and examined it carefully in his hand.

The jade pendant is made of white jade and has the character "Chen" engraved on it.

Just then, a cold voice came from behind him.

"You finally figured it out..."

Lu Jingchen turned around abruptly and saw a woman dressed in white standing behind him, looking at him with resentment.

But Lu Jingchen's gaze fell on the other half of the jade pendant she was holding.

The two jade pendants fit together perfectly.

Lu Jingchen's pupils contracted sharply: "You're not Li Xue! Who are you?"