The door opened.
A strong smell of blood hit them immediately.
"Goodness!"
The situation in the room left Lu Fei and Hu Zi staring in shock, eyes wide open.
The walls and floor were covered with gruesome blood writings.
They were dense and horrifying to behold.
"Oh my God, what on earth is written here?"
But the words were very strange; after looking at them for a long time, Hu Zi still couldn't figure out what they were.
Lin Shishi shook her head bitterly; she didn't know either.
Lu Fei discreetly took out the Reincarnation Mirror and shone it around; the wall was filled with the word 'death', densely packed.
If he had opened that King of Hell's Note, those words would have manifested one by one on his body.
When the King of Hell wants you dead at the third watch of the night, he will not let you live until the fifth!
In this world, all misfortunes and accidents will happen to him.
Getting hit by a car when going out, getting hit on the head by a flower pot falling from the sky, tripping on flat ground, and even drinking water could possibly make him choke to death.
Lu Fei felt a chill down his back.
Fortunately, Jingxin Lotus reminded him. Otherwise, following the normal process of appraisal, he would have most likely opened the King Yan's summons already.
It was truly insidious and ruthless, impossible to guard against.
"Miss Lin, where is your mother now?" Lu Fei took a deep breath and calmed down.
To find out who had done such a malicious act, he had to continue playing along with this scene.
"She should be in the bedroom. She doesn't go out during the day, pulling the curtains and sleeping, just like... like a ghost..." Lin Shishi shivered, crossing the ground written with bloody 'death' characters, and cautiously pushed open the bedroom door.
In the dim room, a thin figure was curled up on the bed.
She seemed to be very cold, covered with thick blankets.
"Manager Lu, is there still hope for my mother?" Lin Shishi's eyes were filled with fear and worry.
"Wait a moment."
Lu Fei held a ghost-banishing talisman in his hand and walked into the bedroom with Hu Zi.
As for Xiao Hei, he stayed in the living room.
The middle-aged woman on the bed was motionless, her entire body emanating a cold, eerie aura.
"Madam."
Lu Fei and Hu Zi approached the bed, but the middle-aged woman showed no reaction to their calls, as if she were already dead.
Lu Fei gave Hu Zi a signal.
Hu Zi reached out carefully and pulled the woman over.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
A series of red blood shadows suddenly sprang out from the woman, like fierce ghosts opening their bloody mouths, all rushing towards Lu Fei.
Huzi couldn't see anything, only feeling a flash of red light in front of his eyes, and he didn't have time to react at all.
Fortunately, Lu Fei was well prepared.
After casting a ghost-repelling character, the ghost-whipping whip followed closely.
Slap, slap, slap, a few times.
The red shadows completely dissipated.
They were just a few minor evil spirits attached to the middle-aged woman, but if Lu Fei were to open the King of Hell's Scroll and the word 'death' fell upon him, even dealing with a tiny evil spirit might result in an unexpected outcome, leaving him without a place for burial.
"Boss, just now..."
Huzi drew his ghost-head saber, but the crisis in the bedroom had already been resolved, and he looked around in confusion.
"It's safe for now."
Lu Fei reached out and checked the middle-aged woman's pulse.
"She's still alive."
Then, he placed a ghost-repelling talisman on the woman's forehead to suppress the negative energy in her body.
"Manager Lu, what was that just now?"
Lin Shishi stood at the bedroom door, trembling with fear.
She had felt the frightening fluctuation in the bedroom just now, but like Hu Zi, she couldn't see clearly.
"That was the evil energy attached to your mother. A part of it has been removed, but to completely get rid of it, we need to wait until tonight," Lu Fei said solemnly.
"Tonight?"
Lin Shishi became even more terrified when she thought about her mother's condition at night.
"Can you really cure my mom completely tonight?"
"Rest assured, now that Sinisterium Pawnshop has taken on your case, we will see it through to the end."
Lu Fei's assurance brought a bit of comfort to Lin Shishi's heart.
She summoned her courage to enter the bedroom and check on her mother. She noticed her mother's complexion had improved, and she no longer had that eerie, chilling aura. This made Lin Shishi trust Lu Fei even more.
"This evil object is extremely powerful. If you had come to us two days later, your mother would have been beyond saving! Fortunately, you found Sinisterium Pawnshop in time," Lu Fei said deliberately.
"It's all thanks to Uncle Zhang from across the hall!"
Lin Shishi wiped her eyes.
"My father hanged himself, and my mother and I were terrified. We didn't know what to do. Luckily, he helped us. He took care of my father's funeral arrangements and told me that my father might have been killed by the calligraphy scroll. He suggested I seek help from someone at Sinisterium Pawnshop."
"You're lucky to have encountered such a kind person. Most people would avoid getting involved in something like this. Few would offer assistance on their own initiative," Lu Fei said with an appreciative look. "Are your families very close?"
"He moved in not long ago," Lin Shishi replied.
"That makes it even more commendable. Is he at home now?" Lu Fei's eyebrows twitched slightly.
It must be this kind-hearted neighbor.
Using the strange events at Lin Shishi's house to lure me here.
After all, only a real customer would not arouse my suspicion.
This is truly well-planned.
Who on earth is it?
"He's not here, uncle. He only comes home every night," Lin Shishi said gratefully, "When my mom gets better, we will definitely thank him."
"In the evening, I will surely have a good talk with this kind-hearted person..."
Lu Fei sneered to himself.
Night fell.
The dim bedroom became eerie once again.
The middle-aged woman on the bed gradually revealed a pained expression, her eyes slowly opening.
A dark red light flickered in her eyes.
She sat up stiffly, her head turning mechanically, and soon locked onto Lu Fei, who was sitting on the living room sofa with his eyes closed, resting.
"Die!"
She uttered the hoarse syllable from her throat. Without anyone noticing, she silently walked out of the bedroom, came up behind Lu Fei, and fiercely reached for his neck with both hands.
"Boss, watch out!"
Hu Zi, sensing something amiss, suddenly opened his eyes. Seeing the situation, he was greatly alarmed and quickly swung his ghost-head saber to knock away the ghostly hands.
"When did she come out? How did I not notice?"
Lu Fei, as if startled awake, his face changed dramatically.
Little Black, curled up at his feet, merely lazily opened his eyes and then continued dozing off.
"Mom..."
Lin Shishi was truly jolted awake, and upon seeing her mother, who looked as terrifying as a malevolent ghost, she was instantly scared out of her wits.
"Miss Lin, be careful! Your mother's evil energy has flared up!"
Lu Fei shouted and swung his ghost-whipping whip at the middle-aged woman.
But strangely, the whip seemed to miss its target, failing to hit her time and again.
In a failed attempt to dodge, he was instead grabbed by the neck by the woman.
"Boss?!"
Hu Zi was dumbfounded.
When did his boss become so weak?
He tried to rush in with his knife to save the boss, but in the chaos, he was tripped by the boss's outstretched leg instead.
"Oh no, this evil spirit is too powerful! We might not be able to handle it on our own...Miss Lin, quickly go find someone..."
Lu Fei, his face flushed red from the ghostly hand's grip, struggled to shout at Lin Shishi.
"Hurry..."
Lin Shishi, her face ashen with fear, moved her weakened legs and ran desperately to the other side, pounding on the door.
"Uncle, uncle! Open the door, help, save us..."
A few seconds later.
The door opened, and a man in black clothing revealed half of his face.
"Uncle, my mother has gone crazy, she wants to kill, please save us, or he will die...."
Lin Shishi spoke incoherently.
The man raised his head, his gaze sweeping across the corridor, and glanced at Lu Fei, who was being choked in the living room. He slowly uttered a word.
"Good!"