Steward Li suddenly became frantic upon hearing that I wanted to temporarily hold onto the black wooden box.
His eyes widened, veins bulging on his forehead like a beast, and he lunged at me:
“Give it back, give it back!”
The bodyguard in black immediately stepped in front of Zhang Youguo.
“Careful, Mr. Li!”
Zhang Youguo shouted loudly.
“Old Li, what do you think you’re doing?”
Before he finished speaking, Steward Li was already upon me.
Attempting to snatch the black wooden box from my hand.
But I felt no fear. Not to mention my basic cultivation.
At his age, he couldn’t harm me.
I merely channeled a breath of qi, grabbed his wrist, and twisted it upwards.
Steward Li let out a scream, his body collapsing into a half-crouch.
The mother-son ghosts, seeing this, suddenly acted.
“Let go of my husband!”
“Daddy!”
With that, the mother-son ghosts also swarmed towards me.
I let out a cold snort and pushed Steward Li away.
Channeling a breath of qi, I drew out two talismans, avoided the two ghosts, and slapped them directly onto their foreheads.
Empowered by my cultivation, my speed suddenly increased.
With two crisp sounds.
Before the mother-son ghosts could react, the talismans hit their foreheads.
The two ghosts cried out.
And fell directly to the ground, suppressed by the talismans, motionless.
Zhang Youguo’s bodyguards also quickly moved forward, using a joint lock.
To subdue Steward Li on the ground.
Seeing the mother-son ghosts immobilized by my talismans, Steward Li struggled and cried out.
“Let me go, let me go…”
As he struggled, his skin rubbed against the ground, revealing large folds, as if peeling.
Or was it a human skin mask?
I frowned slightly, noticing the strangeness of his face.
I moved closer, reaching out to touch the skin on his face.
Steward Li tried to bite me.
But he was held firmly by the bodyguards.
“Don’t move…”
I took the opportunity to grab the layer of skin and tear it off.
As the rubber mask was pulled away, the steward’s true face was revealed.
His face was covered in craters and sores.
One after another, like a honeycomb, looking incredibly gruesome and terrifying. His entire face was rotted.
Even his nose was a pit of bloody sores.
As he struggled against the ground, the sores oozed foul-smelling pus and blood.
“Old Li, your, your face… how did it become like this?”
Zhang Youguo asked, shocked.
Steward Li had worked in his household for almost twenty years.
He had never realized that his steward had been wearing a skin mask all along.
And that his true face was covered in so many sores.
“Chairman, please, have him return the box to me, give it back.
I just want my wife and child to have a good life in the next life, a good life…”
I raised an eyebrow slightly, observing Steward Li.
His yang energy was very weak, and the sores on his face were likely related to his constant association with spirits.
After all, he was just an ordinary person, not a Taoist master, and didn’t know how to avoid such situations.
When ghostly energy invades the body, many abnormal changes and illnesses can occur.
“This is likely the consequence of living with his wife and child for so long.
Ghostly energy has infiltrated his body, accumulating over time.
His body has begun to ulcerate.
If you continue like this,
at your current state, you won’t live much longer…”
I stated calmly.
“I don’t need you to tell me, give me back the box, give it back…”
Steward Li continued to struggle, shouting hoarsely.
Seeing his violent struggles, the bodyguard struck him on the neck with a palm.
Steward Li was instantly knocked unconscious.
“Mr. Zhang, I’ve knocked him out. What should we do now?”
The bodyguard asked Zhang Youguo.
Zhang Youguo did not decide immediately but looked at me.
“Uncle Zhang, control him for now!
There are still two ghosts here. For the time being, seal off this area and prevent anyone from entering or leaving.
We’ll make further plans after I hear back from my master.”
Zhang Youguo nodded.
“Alright, take Old Li to the sauna room and keep him there.
And seal off this area for now.
“Yes, Mr. Zhang.”
The bodyguard responded and then spoke into the microphone on his collar, asking for two more people to come.
From what I could see, Steward Li and his wife and child, apart from stealing the Zhang family’s luck, were not a significant threat.
They were not the cause of Zhang Chuyue’s mysterious illness.
Since I hadn’t heard back from my master, this matter could only be put aside for now.
So I said to Zhang Youguo.
“Uncle Zhang, let’s go upstairs now!
Let’s deal with Chuyue’s situation.
By the way, gather everyone together.”
“Okay!”
Zhang Youguo now had great faith in my abilities.
After all, I had displayed various skills as soon as I made my move.
And had even uncovered the steward who had been raising ghosts to steal luck from him for years.
He had high expectations for me to cure Chuyue.
Now, after a thorough inspection of the entire villa.
It was confirmed that Zhang Chuyue was not being haunted by evil spirits.
So, the next step was to follow my master’s second instruction.
To search for strange bas-reliefs and carvings…
Because of the incident with Steward Li.
I was now forced to suspect that Zhang Chuyue’s situation might be the work of someone within the villa.
I could only temporarily gather them all.
To ensure that these people wouldn’t interfere with my subsequent actions.
Afterward, we left the garage and returned to the main living room on the first floor.
At this point, all the security guards and workers in the villa had arrived.
Besides the two security guards watching Steward Li.
There were four other security guards, two cooks, and seven workers responsible for gardening and cleaning.
In this large villa, more than ten people served the daily lives of the Zhang father and daughter.
Such a luxurious lifestyle was probably only seen on television…