Hong Kong variety show, I am a charming cop.

Chapter 296 Reunion with Xu Yangshen

"Mmm, I didn't expect you to be so insightful. I knew my judgment was right!" Ah Qun's eyes were sparkling.

Li Jian coughed lightly and continued walking forward.

After going in another ten meters or so, Li Jian finally found the source of the sound, but he never expected it to be him!

"Xu Yangshen, what the hell are you doing here?"

Lying on the concrete floor of the underground parking garage was a man with disheveled gray hair who looked more like a beggar than a normal person.

The man, wearing glasses and acting strangely, was none other than Xu Yangshen, who had accompanied Li Jian to inspect the building a few days earlier.

Li Jian clearly remembers that Xu Yangshen said he wanted to thoroughly investigate the building that day, and then he disappeared without a trace.

Li Jian tried calling him, but no one answered.

Li Jian thought he had gone north, but he never expected that he had been staying in the underground parking garage of this building all along.

Xu Yangshen lay on the ground, groaning twice, too weak to even speak.

Li Jian squatted down, patted Xu Yangshen's cheek, and found that he was trembling all over and curled up in a ball.

“Water—water—”

Li Jian leaned closer and finally heard what Xu Yangshen was saying.

He took out a bottle of mineral water from his spatial ring.

It was pitch black inside, and Ah Qun's attention was all on Xu Yangshen, so he didn't notice that Li Jian had pulled out a bottle of mineral water from somewhere.

Li Jian fed Xu Yangshen a few sips of water, and Xu Yangshen gradually regained his composure: "Cough cough cough—"

Li Jian, fearing he might choke to death, quickly said, "Take your time, there's no rush."

Xu Yangshen drank a few sips of water and groaned weakly, "Is there anything to eat? I haven't eaten for days."

Li Jian had no choice but to feed him a few milk chocolate beans.

Crack--Crack--

Xu Yangshen sat on the ground, holding a handful of chocolate beans, stuffing them into his mouth as if he hadn't eaten for days.

His cheeks puffed out like a hamster's, and he swallowed some chocolate beans without even chewing them, making a "glug glug" sound in his throat.

"Hey, eat slowly, no one's going to take it from you!" Li Jian said with a hint of helplessness. "The way you eat, you look like a starving ghost."

Xu Yangshen looked up, his mouth still full of chocolate chips, and mumbled, "I...I'm just hungry! I haven't eaten for days!"

"Damn it, I've been a fortune teller my whole life, and I almost died here!"

Xu Yangshen munched on chocolate beans while cursing.

Having finally regained some strength, Xu Yangshen struggled to his feet.

He lay on the ground for several days, his clothes were dirty and smelled sour that Ah Qun quickly covered his little nose.

Li Jian asked, "Old Xu, what's wrong with you? I called you but you didn't answer. I went to your house and found the door locked. Why have you been staying here?"

Xu Yangshen adjusted his glasses and said, "Don't mention it. The day we parted, I followed the compass to the underground parking lot."

Who knew that they would fall into a trap as soon as they entered?

My phone has no signal, I can't make calls or receive text messages, and I've been wandering around here for days.

Not only was there no food or water, but it was also incredibly cold here, especially at night when the temperature dropped to below -10 degrees Celsius. I almost froze to death.

Ah-Qun interjected, "Why don't you go back the way you came?"

Xu Yangshen gave a wry smile: "I was bewitched by evil spirits, what is commonly known as being trapped in a ghost wall. My compass and other things stopped working. In addition, my main job is to tell fortunes, not to exorcise ghosts, so I am trapped here."

Fortunately, I had a life-saving talisman given to me by my master, preventing evil spirits from possessing me; otherwise, you would only see my corpse.

Ah Qun asked curiously, "You also have a life-saving charm?"

Xu Yangshen lifted his shirt, revealing his back.

Under the flashlight beam, a red Taoist symbol appeared on Xu Yangshen's back: "By Imperial Decree, I Pray to the Heavenly Venerable."

Ah Qun bit her finger and said, "How come you all have talismans but I don't? I want one too!"

Ah Qun gently shook Li Jian's clothes.

Li Jian said, "Let's talk about it when we get out. I'll get you a Grand Slam tattoo!"

Li Jian turned to Xu Yangshen and asked, "Old Xu, you've been here for so many days, have you figured anything out?"

Xu Yangshen leaned against the wall and rested for a while.

Xu Yangshen stood in the center of the parking garage, his gaze sweeping over the surroundings with a heavy expression. His tone was somber: “This building is eerie and filled with yin energy. If I’m not mistaken, many people must have been buried here before, but later a master was consulted and a shopping mall and residences were built on top of it.”

He paused, then continued, "The original designers probably wanted to use this yin energy to boost the mall's popularity. After all, places with heavy yin energy tend to attract more people; this is called reversing yin and yang."

Li Jian asked, "You mean, this place was originally a mass grave?"

Xu Yangshen's tone carried a hint of helplessness: "I don't know if it's a mass grave. But as time goes by, the seal on the building is gradually loosening, and the yin energy is overwhelming the yang energy."

Those who died inside this building were corrupted by evil energy, unable to be reincarnated, and ultimately became vengeful ghosts.

Upon hearing this, Ah Qun's face turned pale, and his voice trembled slightly: "Then...then aren't we in a huge graveyard?"

Li Jian gripped the cymbals in his hand, his eyes cold and stern: "No wonder the yin energy here is so heavy, even the air feels oppressive."

Xu Yangshen sighed, his tone tinged with self-reproach: "I hadn't discovered the root of the problem until I went down to the garage. It was only then that I found out, but my cultivation was too low, and I was instead trapped by the vengeful ghost."

Ah Qun excitedly shouted, "That's right, that's right! When Old Lady Li died, she possessed her grandson's body. I remember Old Lady Li was a very nice person when she was alive, always smiling."

Who would have thought that after she died, she would also become a vengeful ghost.

Now her son is dead too, and he has become a vengeful ghost.

So, does that mean I'll become a vengeful ghost after I die? That's so cool!

Li Jian slapped her on the head in an annoyed tone.

Li Jian frowned and said, "What should we do now?"

Xu Yangshen said, "The most urgent task is to seal the Yin point of the building to prevent the Yin energy from leaking out. Otherwise, even if it doesn't become a vengeful ghost, the people living in this building will still be corrupted by the Yin energy."

At best, it causes a fever, a cold, or bad luck; at worst, it leads to serious illness and death.

"Close the Yin acupoint?"

Li Jian frowned even more deeply. "This is probably no small project. Can you handle it alone?"

Xu Yangshen shook his head: "Of course I can't do it alone, and the sealing of the Yin acupoints also requires choosing the right time, otherwise the effect will be greatly reduced."

More importantly, this is not a small project; it may require altering some of the building's topography.

Li Jian pulled Xu Yangshen up and said, "Forget about the Yin Cave for now, come up with me. There's a vengeful ghost up there, chasing after my friend."

Xu Yangshen asked, "Did that vengeful ghost bleed? If it did, that would be terrible."

A-Qun asked, "What do you mean?"