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"My Tenant is a Female Ghost" features a female ghost.
"What is the Nine Turns of the Universe Yin Soul Formation? Is it some kind of formation?" Hu Fei asked curiously.
"Yes, but it's a forbidden technique for soul restoration. I stumbled upon it in my master's notes," Bai Zhuo gently patted Miao Xiaoqi's head and asked, "Does Qi know about this formation too?"
Miao Xiaoqi furrowed her beautiful brows. "Yes, I heard my grandmother mention it. It's a very cruel forbidden technique that requires eighty-one placentas or a specific arrangement. It can forcibly pull souls from the Underworld, but once the souls are brought to the Underworld, they can never reincarnate again. Over time, they will only have the option of scattering into nothingness..." Miao Xiaoqi pointed at Cai Wenbin and the other officers who had been possessed. "It looks like they have already succeeded halfway."
"It seems we need to act quickly; otherwise, the remaining hostages are in danger," Bai Zhuo said. Suddenly, a commotion erupted from the crowd outside, and at the same time, Captain Li Tao's walkie-talkie crackled to life.
"Captain! A hostage has jumped down! A hostage has jumped down!"
Upon hearing this, everyone rushed outside and looked up. They saw a young woman hanging in mid-air, gripping an iron frame with one hand. The Golden Capital Hotel had over twenty floors; falling from such a height would surely be fatal!
Bai Zhuo felt that the figure looked familiar. He snatched the binoculars from Li Tao's hands and brought them to his eyes. His hands trembled as he cursed, "Alpaca! How is it Ge Shui Lian? Damn it... Didn't I warn her? This reckless girl!"
Hu Fei heard Bai Zhuo cursing and asked, "Bai Zhuo, you know that hostage?"
"Of course! That's my master's granddaughter, Ge Shui Lian!"
Hu Fei was taken aback. "What? She's Elder Ge's granddaughter? Damn it! Where's the air cushion? The air cushion!"
"Chief, it's already on the way!"
"Damn it! Hurry up!"
"Brother Bai, it's Sister Shui Lian, what should we do?" Miao Xiaoqi asked anxiously.
Bai Zhuo was equally frantic. Although he didn't particularly like Ge Shui Lian, she was still his senior sister, and after spending so much time together, there was some bond between them. He slapped his forehead repeatedly, "Damn it... think of a way! Think of a way!"
Captain Li Tao was also worried. "Hu Bureau, how about I lead a team to charge in?"
"No! You can't get in; if you do, you'll end up like them!" Bai Zhuo pointed at Cai Wenbin and the others tied to the pillar.
"Are we just going to watch her die?" Captain Li Tao shouted. "I know Elder Ge; he's a good man! His granddaughter is in danger, and we're just going to stand here?"
"Shut up! She's my senior sister; I'm more anxious than you!" Bai Zhuo yelled, slapping his thigh hard. "The air cushion... there's no time for that..." Suddenly, he felt something hard in his hand.
"The Five Elements Plate? A barrier?" Bai Zhuo muttered to himself, recalling everything that had happened in the orphanage. "Qi, can your Fuzzy climb up there?"
"It can... but even Fuzzy can't help Sister Shui Lian!"
"Good! As long as it can get up there! Just let Fuzzy do that!"
...
Ge Shui Lian was usually lively and had some upper body strength. She tightly gripped the air conditioning frame with her left hand and refused to let go. Looking down, the crowd over sixty meters below looked like a swarm of ants!
With a trembling voice, Ge Shui Lian said, "If I had known, I would have listened to Bai Zhuo's warning and not come out to play... now it's too late for anything. Wuwu... Mom, Grandpa, I'm unfilial; I'm going down to see Dad first!"
Suddenly, Ge Shui Lian felt a chill run down her neck, a sharp pain piercing through her, causing her left hand to loosen. Her body swayed in the air, drawing gasps from the crowd below.
"What? What is that? It hurts!" Ge Shui Lian's right hand was still wrapped in bandages and encased in plaster, rendering it useless. She could only endure the pain and keep her left hand steady. Looking down again, dizziness washed over her. Ge Shui Lian felt her body weaken, sensing that she could fall at any moment! At that critical moment, she distinctly felt a cold, barbed object crawling up her arm from behind!
...
"Qi! Are you done yet?"
"It's ready, Brother Bai!"
"Good!" Bai Zhuo formed several stiff Hand Seals, all learned from Ge Shui Lian.
He chanted fervently, pressing his right fingers against the five spiked holes, reciting, "Clear the fingers, ground spirit, pure spirit... Two Instruments and Four Symbols, Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, the beginning of all things... Earth and Heaven, the way of the law assists me—Five Elements, Barrier! Open!"
"Buzz—" The air around the Five Elements Plate became thick as the barrier expanded.
Pain! The agony pierced deeper than he had imagined! Blood flowed freely into the Curse Seal grooves on the Five Elements Plate as if it were free!
"Damn! It's spinning so fast! Ah!" Bai Zhuo pressed down hard on the inner plate of the Five Elements Plate to slow its rotation, but the excruciating pain shot through his fingers, making him cry out. It was unimaginable how Ge Shui Lian had endured this when she used the Five Elements Plate that night!
"Ah—!" Soon, blood filled the earth-shaped Curse Seal within the Five Elements Plate! But it was fine; Bai Zhuo needed the water-shaped barrier or perhaps the metal-shaped barrier. However, the metal-shaped barrier was the last Curse Seal; if he truly used it, Bai Zhuo's right hand would surely be lost.
"Cough cough cough..." The inner plate of the Five Elements Plate kept spinning. With too much blood loss from his right hand, Bai Zhuo felt it grow icy cold. Soon, blood flowed through the fire-shaped Curse Seal groove, and he could feel his right arm's muscles beginning to twist and deform.
"Seven! Is it done? She hasn't fallen yet?" Bai Zhuo asked, looking up.
Miao Xiaoqi, in sync with the Golden Silkworm, replied with a choked voice, "Sister Shui Lian's will is too strong. Fuzzy has bitten her hand to shreds, and she still won't let go!"
Bai Zhuo cursed, "Damn it, why is she so stubborn at a time like this? That girl needs to let go!"
However, from over sixty meters up, Ge Shui Lian couldn't hear Bai Zhuo's shouts. Her left hand was already mangled by the colorful Fuzzy worm, but she clung tightly to the iron frame with all her strength.
"This foolish girl! Seven, bite my name into her arm! Hurry! I can't hold on much longer!"
"Okay, okay."
The Seven-Colored Silkworm quickly began to gnaw at Ge Shui Lian's arm. Though it looked bloody, it was merely superficial wounds. In pain, Ge Shui Lian turned her gaze to the Seven-Colored Caterpillar.
"What is this? Writing?" Ge Shui Lian focused her eyes. "Bai... Bai what? White? Bai? Bai Zhuo!" She was startled and looked down; the ground below was empty, filled with onlookers outside the hotel, making it hard to distinguish Bai Zhuo from the crowd.
"Bai Zhuo... are you telling me... to jump?" Ge Shui Lian's mouth was bitter. "Can I trust you... Forget it, I'm going to die anyway; I might as well take a gamble..."
With that thought, Ge Shui Lian closed her eyes. As she relaxed her heart, her left hand lost strength and her fingers loosened. She fell downwards, the wind howling in her ears as if mocking how fragile life felt at that moment.
"Ah!" "She's falling!" "No!" The crowd gasped in shock, pointing at Ge Shui Lian suspended in mid-air.
"Here it comes! Hold on! Water level! Water Barrier Formation! Supreme True Lord! Urgent Command! By decree—" Bai Zhuo gritted his teeth so hard that blood oozed from his gums. His right hand was firmly pinned to the Five Elements Plate, and he had managed to anchor the constantly rotating inner disk of the Five Elements Plate onto the Water Talisman!
It drew closer, even closer. Was that the sound of the crowd gasping in shock? Am I about to die? Bai Zhuo, where is your miracle? If you can save me, your fiancée, I might really have to reconsider.
A loud "thud!" echoed, like a stone hitting water.
The imagined agony never came; instead, she found herself surrounded by the icy waters of the river, feeling as if she were a fish that had just been thrown into the water, swimming freely.
"I'm not dead! This is... this is the Five Elements Barrier!" Ge Shui Lian thought in astonishment. She remembered that she had only roughly taught Bai Zhuo about it once, and he was already able to utilize the Five Elements Plate so effectively? He was truly remarkable!
The crowd around them gasped in surprise, unaware that Ge Shui Lian had landed safely. Some bolder individuals tried to move closer for a better look but were pushed back by the fierce security officers, who cursed as they left the scene.
Ge Shui Lian slipped into the barrier, and Bai Zhuo finally relaxed his grip on the Five Elements Plate. Without the blood and soul energy fueling it, the plate quickly ceased its spinning, and the surrounding stone disks made a clattering sound as they retracted.
With a "pop," the Five Elements Barrier dissipated, and Ge Shui Lian screamed as she fell from midair. Bai Zhuo reacted swiftly, rushing forward to catch her.
Gasping for breath, Ge Shui Lian poked her head out from Bai Zhuo's embrace to glance at the ground below and weakly asked, "I... I'm not dead?"
Bai Zhuo, still fuming, set her down and gave her a sharp slap on the backside with a loud smack. "You reckless girl! I warned you to be careful! If I hadn't remembered how to use this Five Elements Plate, you would have fallen into a meat pie!"
Ge Shui Lian yelped at the slap and was about to scold Bai Zhuo when she noticed many outsiders around them and surprisingly held her tongue. Her eyes glistened with unshed tears as she whispered a thank you to Bai Zhuo.
"Ah! Brother Bai Zhuo, you're truly amazing! To fall from such a height and come out unscathed... this is great! Now I can explain everything to Elder Ge!"
Hu Fei was so excited he could barely speak coherently when suddenly Captain Li Tao's walkie-talkie crackled to life. "4 Sniper Number reporting, 4 Sniper Number reporting!"
"Received, please speak."
"The hostage who just jumped has enraged the suspect. All eight hostages upstairs have been harmed. Requesting unconditional shoot to kill! Requesting unconditional shoot to kill!"
Hu Fei took the walkie-talkie. "Request approved. Look for opportunities and be ready to shoot at any time!"
"Received!" "Number One received!" "Number Two received!" "Number Three!"...
"Li Team!" "Yes! Chief!" "Evacuate the surrounding crowd and enter a state of combat readiness!"
"Understood!"
Bai Zhuo looked up and saw Yin Qi circling on the rooftop. He glanced at Cai Wenbin and the others tied to the pillar; they seemed to have become even more agitated, screaming desperately at Bai Zhuo and the others, their terrifying eyes bloodshot and more ferocious than before!
Bai Zhuo took out three yellow talismans and affixed them to his shoulders and forehead.
According to Daoist teachings, a person has three fires: the life fire on the head, and the two fires of luck and energy on the shoulders, collectively known as Yang Fire. If Yang Fire is insufficient, then evil spirits can invade; this is how possession occurs. Previously, Ge Shui Lian wanted to draw out the True Fire of Samadhi from Ning Lan for this very reason.
Thus, older generations often warned that when walking at night, one should not wear hats or carry umbrellas, as these would cover the life fire on one's head, allowing one to see things that should not be seen. Similarly, one should not allow others to casually pat their shoulders at night.
The three talismans Bai Zhuo affixed to himself were blessing talismans; these talismans would ensure that his Yang Fire burned brightly and continuously, sufficient to face most situations.
"Captain Li, select a few elites and follow me!"
"Simple!" Captain Li Tao, like Hu Fei, had great trust in Bai Zhuo. He opened the intercom and said, "Dragon Abyss Assault Team, report to me!"
In less than half a minute, a team appeared before Li Tao. They were dressed in deep purple tactical vests, with handguns, military knives, grenades, and stun grenades attached to their gear. Each of them held a Type 97 assault rifle, their muscular arms showcasing explosive strength, adorned with numerous healed scars. Their short buzz cuts were neat, and their faces were painted with light green camouflage.
These were true warriors!
One of the leading soldiers saluted Li Tao and Hu Fei. "Dragon Abyss Assault Team—Cai Wenwu, Major, reporting to the Captain and Director Hu!"
Li Tao solemnly returned the salute before breaking into a smile, patting the medal on his chest. "Well done, son; you're already a Major now!"
Cai Wenwu chuckled. "The instructor is smiling! If it weren't for you risking your life for me back then, I would have ended up in military court long ago!"
"Alright, enough flattery. This is Bai Zhuo; once you go in, follow his orders! Otherwise, your brother's fate will be your own!" Li Tao pointed at Cai Wenbin hanging on the pillar.
"Is there still hope for my brother?" Cai Wenwu asked.
Bai Zhuo replied, "Yes, but you need to take out those people upstairs first."
Cai Wenwu was straightforward and saluted Bai Zhuo. "Understood! Dragon Abyss Assault Team is ready to serve Mr. Bai at any time!" For a moment, Bai Zhuo felt an overwhelming desire to possess this military power!
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