"While your BMW is very Tesla-like, it's fine as long as you're unharmed," Li Junfei said with a smile.
Cao Yushan and his son chuckled, understanding why they were unharmed. They had crashed into ghosts, not committed suicide, so the car hadn't been going too fast.
After a brief exchange, Zhang Wei and his companions didn't linger, waving goodbye to Cao Yushan and his son.
Watching Zhang Wei's car drive away, Cao Yushan sighed and glanced at the damaged BMW. "We didn't drive away any ghosts this time, and we lost a car. Truly a case of losing both the wife and the soldiers."
As his words faded, Cao Yu spoke up. "Dad, since we're buying a new car, why don't we buy a domestic one, and a big truck at that?"
"Why?"
"It's just... Dad, I was thinking, why don't we try consecrating our vehicles too?" Cao Yu's eyes gleamed. "Look how well Zhang Wei's car works after consecration. When a ghost appears, you just drive straight at it. It's time-saving and effort-saving. Isn't that better than hacking at ghosts with a peach wood sword?"
"And if we buy a big truck, with its heavy tonnage, we can surely send ghosts to heaven by crashing into them."
"Even though consecration is a lot of work, it's fine. I'll do it. I'll drive it slowly. Once I've consecrated every part of the big truck, turning it into a magical artifact." He grew more excited as he spoke, already picturing himself driving a massive truck, facing a horde of ghosts, slamming the clutch and accelerator, treating life and death lightly, and smashing the ghosts to pieces. If they didn't die, he wouldn't even pull the handbrake.
Thinking of this, Cao Yu exclaimed, "No! Not just big trucks, but motorcycles and small vehicles too. I want to consecrate them all, so I can deal with any terrain. If a big truck is inconvenient for ghost-exorcising places, I'll ride a motorcycle to crash into them."
"Really, Dad, let's give it a try. Look how awesome Zhang Wei's crashing was. It's really got potential."
"Wait! I just remembered who Zhang Wei is! He's on the Potential New Star List!"
"Damn it! It must be like this!"
"Dad, that Zhang Wei might have gotten onto the Potential New Star List precisely because of his car-as-a-magical-artifact trick."
"No way! Dad, you have to buy me a car. As long as you buy me a car, then with a Wuling Hongguang in one hand and a BYD electric motorcycle in the other, I'll definitely make it onto the Potential New Star List too."
With determination, Cao Yu resolved to start researching motor vehicles and surpass Zhang Wei, aiming to become the number one ghost-exorcising driver!
Cao Yushan's mouth twitched. Although he wanted to refute his son, Cao Yu, and even scold him, he had to admit that his son's reasoning was quite sound, and he himself had deeply experienced the effectiveness of Zhang Wei's car-crashing ghost-exorcism.
After some thought, Cao Yushan hesitated and said, "I'll buy you an electric motorcycle tomorrow, but let's be clear, safety first. After all, that Zhang Wei, I remember his physical body is very strong; he could break the arm of a Double-Horned Bronze Armor Corpse with his bare hands. Your physique can't compare to his."
"It's fine! Dad, I'll start exercising tomorrow, and then you can get me something like Buddhist Golden Body cultivation techniques. I'll combine them, and I'm sure I can become the number one ghost-exorcising driver!"
...
Meanwhile, Zhang Wei was unaware that he had inadvertently inspired someone to create a new ghost-exorcism profession.
At this moment, Zhang Wei was driving Li Junfei back to school.
"Brother Wei, aren't you coming back to our dorm to play games with us?" Li Junfei asked.
"Next time. I have some things to do."
"Huh? Are you sure?" Li Junfei checked the time. "It's already midnight. What else could you possibly be doing? Besides, you know, 'exercising your arm,' I can't think of anything else you'd be doing at this hour."
The胖子 (fatty) chimed in, "Junfei, be civilized. That's called 'repeated directional muscle exercise of the arm.'"
Zhang Wei laughed and cursed, "What are you two talking about? I'm going to find Qian Cheng..."
*Ring ring.*
The phone's ringing caught Zhang Wei's attention.
Li Junfei's eyebrows shot up. "Oh ho, looks like we guessed wrong. Brother Wei is going to watch the sunrise with a girl, and then 'watch the sunrise' with a bunch of girls. Let me see who this beauty is calling Brother Wei. Hmm? Huang Qingshan, this girl's name sounds very..."
Mentioning the progress of the Northeast incident, Huang Qingshan stopped joking and spoke seriously. "It's like this, Zhang Wei. Weren't you and Master Wunian and the others surrounded and attacked by ghosts before? You captured a red-clothed fierce ghost afterward."
"After we escorted you away from the Northeast, our department interrogated that red-clothed fierce ghost. But something happened, and that red-clothed fierce ghost was killed."
"However, fortunately, before the red-clothed fierce ghost died, our investigation team obtained some clues from it."
"Following those clues, we traced them and found a key lead."
"The reason you were surrounded and attacked by ghosts was not accidental. The matter is related to the Nine Evil Yin Gathering Ghosts, which is the reason for the frequent appearance of ghosts in this Northeast incident."
"The mastermind behind it felt that you were obstructing them, so they wanted to eliminate you."
"And the reason I say we've made progress is that... we've found out who the mastermind is."
As he spoke, "Who is it?" Zhang Wei's eyes lit up.
"Senluo Division," Huang Qingshan said in a deep voice.
Even though they were communicating over the phone, Zhang Wei could sense the undisguised gravity in Huang Qingshan's tone as he uttered the words 'Senluo Division.'
...