Chapter 17: The Raging Old Lady

Jiang Nan tried to pull his arm back, but was held down tightly by someone. The moment he exerted a little force, the other person immediately stuck tighter like a piece of taffy.

"Don't move."

Xia Chi restlessly grabbed his chest, looking for the legendary eight-pack abs, but felt something hard instead.

Just pinch it.

[Hiss… This feel… This hardness…]

[Am I holding a plaster figure? ]

[I told you, I'm dreaming!]

"Ahem."

Jiang Nan's face was tense, and his voice was slightly angry: "You pulled my arm."

"ah?"

Xia Chi opened his eyes with a start and met Jiang Nan's face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Someone suddenly lifted my back up with great force. I felt dizzy and my sight met the three large, pale words "Mortuary".

The dream is shattered.

Reality arrives.

Good fellow...

[From the embrace of a top star to the door of a morgue...]

[This gap is more exciting than my bank card balance...]

"Ah...haha..." Xia Chi covered his temples, "Oh...why did I faint just now? Um...Teacher Jiang, why are you here?"

[Is it too late to pretend to be dead now? ]

[Luckily I didn't say what I said in my sleep, otherwise I would have thought I was a pervert.]

You are!

Jiang Nan held his breath and said, "You didn't tell me there was a medical disturbance. I called the security guards and Dean Chu."

"oh?"

Xia Chi remembered that he had been sent away, but he didn't expect that not only did he not leave, he also brought people to the basement floor.

The two security guards went to rescue the man in the white coat. Dean Chu was standing not far away, looking at Xia Chi with a complicated expression.

That look... was like looking at a pervert.

Eh?

He and Dean Chu just met today. When did Dean Chu become so prejudiced against him?

However, Xia Chi no longer had time to guess what Dean Chu was thinking, as the two security guards were in a bad situation.

In the eyes of the security guards, this was nothing more than an old woman causing trouble, but for some reason, Dr. Sun from their hospital knelt on the ground like a weakling, allowing the other party to grab her neck and slap her face. He was almost as emaciated as a pig.

So they stepped forward boldly, one of them held the old lady's hand tightly, and the other hugged the old lady's waist - but it was like hugging a shorter version of Schwarzenegger, unable to shake her at all.

The older security guard was grabbed by the arms and thrown out like a chicken, and the other one also rolled to the side with his arms and legs spread out.

security guard:"!!!"

This is unscientific!!!

Xia Chi was jumping anxiously beside him.

"Don't provoke her, she's possessed by an evil spirit."

"Evil spirit..."

Dean Chu was very calm. He had worked in the hospital for so many years and knew that some things could not be explained by science.

He put aside his prejudices and asked questions without hesitation.

"Master, do you know how to deal with evil spirits?"

Xia Chi felt a little embarrassed when he was called "Master Taoist", and then he remembered that he was wearing a Taoist robe with an immortal style.

[Do you really think I'm a Taoist priest? Actually, I'm just an actor...]

[But, the dean has already spoken, so why not... just pretend?]

Dean: “???”

Human lives are at stake! Do you know what you are talking about?!

There must be an antidote within ten steps.

Xia Chi stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to tell fortunes. His index finger slowly straightened from its curled position, pointing at the attendance book hanging at the door of the morgue.

【It's you.】

Xia Chi tore off the notebook and used a black pen to draw talismans on the back of the notebook.

He drew and tore the paper while muttering to himself.

【It’s all over. It’s all over.】

What does the amulet look like? I can't remember clearly. Is it the magatama pattern on the left or the Bagua diagram?

【……】

[Why does this ghostly painted symbol look more and more like a spirit-calling banner? ]

Suddenly, he stopped writing and gave up on himself by drawing a crooked heart on the edge.

[Who cares? Sincerity is the key to success!]

Jiang Nan and Dean Chu stared in amazement at the debris of talisman paper scattered all over the floor, as well as the strange pattern in the middle that looked like a primary school student's graffiti.

The air was eerily quiet.

Forget it, I don’t count on you anymore.

Dean Chu shook his head, turned and went into the morgue. When he came out, he had a bundle of nylon rope as thick as a thumb in his hand.

He waved to the security guard who was scratching his head nearby: "Go, tie her up."

This idea is no less than a mouse putting a bell on the cat.

"Okay."

The clueless young security guard clearly didn't take Xia Chi's warning seriously, his face a look of disbelief that read, "No spirits allowed since the founding of the People's Republic of China." He crouched down behind the old woman, tied a loop around the rope in his hand, and was about to put it on her flowered shirt.

But then he heard a "click" sound, and the old lady's head suddenly turned 180 degrees! Her body didn't move at all, but her purple face was facing him, and her scarlet eyes seemed to be dripping with blood.

The security guard's legs went limp and his crotch instantly became wet. Before he could react, a hand as thin as dry tree bark had already grabbed his collar.

“Plop!”

The warrior knelt down directly with Dr. Sun.

Sun Xiangfeng, who was standing by, saw that not only did he fail to save the man, but he also lost another person. He was shaking like a sieve.

Next to him was Kang Yingdi's body bag, and the corpse was still warm. He knew better than anyone whose vengeful spirit was standing in front of him.

Without waiting for the old lady to slap him, he started to slap himself, crying uncontrollably while slapping himself.

"Wife, it's my fault, ahhhh... I'm not a human being."

"I'm a beast. I've hurt you. I'm so sorry for you. Ahhhhhh..."

“Please, spare me… Ahhhhh…”

The security guards kneeling side by side were all stunned.

Are you sure this old woman is your wife and not your mother?

Or maybe... is this some life-saving skill he learned?

The security guard knew that Dr. Sun must have his reasons for doing this, so he followed suit: "Wife, I'm sorry for you, ah ah ah ..."

“Bang!”

The old lady slapped him first and said, "Get lost."

At this moment, Xia Chi came over and clicked his tongue as he looked at the unlucky security guard.

He stepped in front of the security guard and smiled amiably, "He's just a stranger who has nothing to do with me. Why should I be angry with him?"

"What is that?" the old lady asked sinisterly.

"What?" Xia Chi blinked and moved towards the security guard, with the idea of trying to hide something was almost written on his forehead.

The old lady stretched out her claws and pushed Xia Chi aside, pointing at the strange marks that suddenly appeared on the security guard's face.

"What's this?"

"You're talking about this." Xia Chi rubbed his hands and laughed dryly: "It's just... a mosquito repellent talisman. This brother has an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old child... It's inappropriate to get bit by... a mosquito. Haha..."

The security guard nodded hurriedly.

The old lady looked at the grimacing talisman suspiciously. For some reason, she felt frightened and tentatively reached out her hand.

But it felt like being burned by fire.

“!!”

Her blood-red eyes trembled violently, and when she looked at Xia Chi again, fear was already evident.

Xia Chi took the opportunity to persuade her with both emotion and reason: "Don't get excited, don't get excited, let's talk it over. If you have any grievances, tell me. Maybe I can help you!"

"Help your grandpa."

The old woman interrupted him sharply, and her withered hand went straight for his throat as fast as lightning.

Xia Chi was prepared. He blocked with his left hand and grabbed her wrist. With his right hand, he held the talisman between two fingers and stabbed it straight into her forehead.

But he was not as fast as the evil spirit after all - the old lady twisted her hand and swung him into the air again.

【Come back! 】

Xia Chi held the old lady's wrist tightly in the howling wind. If she was thrown out again this time, she might not even have to see an orthopedic doctor.

In the chaos, his fingertips touched something numb and filamentous, and his survival instinct made him pull it tight - and his whole body sat down.

"Ouch." The old lady screamed and let go of her hand.

Xia Chi calmed down and looked down——

Huh? Could that white thing under my hand be the old lady's hair?

Is this condescending person riding on the old lady's neck?

If not now, when?

He slapped the talisman in his hand downwards, and the soul-calming talisman landed on the old lady's crown with a "pa".

The old lady finally calmed down.

Jiang Nan, who was watching the whole process, was dumbfounded.

What he said came true.

This guy really rode on the old lady's head.

Xia Chi wiped the sweat off his forehead and was shocked to see three bloody marks on his arm, with the skin and flesh turned inside out.

He grumbled, "It's quite clean, but I don't know how to trim my nails."

The old lady couldn't move and could only stare at him.

Roll down.

Xia Chi glared back.

No!

The old lady continued to glare.

Xia Chi was quiet for a while, but seeing that she was old, he decided to treat her gently: "However, you just want revenge, right? It was that scumbag Sun who hurt you. I'll help you... Okay?"

As he spoke, he glanced down. Where was the sign of the bad grandson? Only the security guard was kneeling alone, the talisman paper on his face gone.

The security guard complained aggrievedly: "Doctor Sun snatched the mosquito repellent stickers and ran away."

Following the direction the security guard pointed, I saw that this guy had taken advantage of the chaos to hide in the morgue and locked the door.

"That thief!" Xia Chi rubbed his hands and rolled up his sleeves: "Don't worry, I'll take care of him——"

As soon as he finished speaking, a shrill howl suddenly erupted in the morgue, followed by a "bang bang bang" sound, as if a mad wild boar was rampaging inside.

The security guard was full of admiration: "The Taoist priest is really powerful. He can even handle him through the wall."

"Ah? Haha..." Xia Chi laughed dryly.

[What's going on? I didn't do anything.]

"boom--"

The door of the morgue was suddenly pushed open from the inside, and Sun Xiangfeng crawled out, emitting a cold aura all over his body.

Everyone only saw the cold air, but Xia Chi could see countless distorted human faces in the thick inky fog, roaring and trying to drag him into hell.

[Haunted by hundreds of ghosts? What's going on? ]

Xia Chi took a deep breath, and his eyes swept over the crooked talisman on Sun Xiangfeng's face, and he suddenly realized.

That soul-chasing talisman...

It's actually posted! Upside down!

Good job!

[Stick it upside down to drive away the spirits, stick it upside down to attract the spirits! ]

[This idiot is running to the morgue with a necromancy talisman...]

[It's like a buffet for hungry ghosts! ]

"Master, help me, Master!"

Sun Xiangfeng rushed over with tears streaming down his face. Xia Chi didn't want to save him at all. He pointed at the old lady and said, "Look, look, oh my, this, this, this..."

Sun Xiangfeng was really afraid of the old lady, so he rolled and crawled towards Dean Chu: "Dean, save me."

Dean Chu looked at his doctor writhing on the ground and couldn't help but frown: "Master, what's going on?"

"I don't know."

Xia Chi spread his hands and said, "I didn't do anything. He just came up and stabbed himself twice."

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