Guilongchao: I played the domineering CEO to the bone.

While Changmingsuo and Minmoyou were "busy," Tong was also very busy.

She hurried toward Shancheng Lane—after all, the Taoist priest named Zhu would be her right-hand man in the future, and she would have to rely on him to make movies or do commissions. Now that he was in trouble, could Tong just sit idly by?

Then, halfway through the journey, Tong received a "distress message" from Changmingsuo—she even considered discussing it with the Taoist priest to see how serious his problem was and whether he could solve it by himself. If he could, she would go and save Changmingsuo.

When Tong saw the word "Help" sent by the longevity lock, she immediately sent a message to the young Taoist priest, but he did not reply—it seems that the young Taoist priest is also in big trouble.

This really put Tong in a panic – how come she left behind such a mess before even meeting her new teammates?

Then Changmingsuo said that "the little stray cat was randomly pressing Xiaolingtong's screen," which left Tong speechless but relieved. She then rushed to Shancheng Lane.

On the way, Tong received another harassing message from Xiao Guang.

"Hey, this is really strange! Why would Xiao Guang suddenly joke with me about the Supreme Dragon Curse?"

"How could she possibly know about the Supreme Dragon Curse? Is the Supreme Dragon Curse really that worthless? Does she really think it's so common that she can just find out about it so easily?"

"500 Nine Square Coins? I bet she just heard some random story from some nobody and actually believed it."

"Next time, I'll have to teach Xiaoguang how to distinguish between truth and falsehood properly."

Tong grumbled and replied to Xiao Guang's message before continuing on her way.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not cursing Xiao Guang, I'm cursing those unscrupulous people who even lied to that idiot Xiao Guang!

You not only lied to her, but you also caused that silly girl to cause trouble for your sister Tong?

It really is...

Tong finally arrived at Shancheng Lane.

As soon as she reached the street corner, she heard people talking about being possessed or children being possessed.

Then, heading towards the bustling crowd, you'll see a large crowd gathered in circles in front of the archway of Shancheng Lane.

Through the gaps in the crowd, Tong could barely make out a familiar figure in the middle of the crowd.

It was that Master Zhu!

Eh—how did Hitomi recognize him?

That's because Master Zhu's little spiritual pupil chat avatar uses his own headshot...

"Make way, make way!"

Using her agile body, Tong forcefully squeezed a path through the crowd and entered the innermost circle of onlookers.

Sure enough, I saw a cute little girl with a bun hairstyle, her skin was burning red, and her forehead was covered in cold sweat. She looked like some of those "darkened" elementary school students on the internet, holding her head with both hands and screaming "Ah! Ah!" She was just missing a monster special effect.

However, the Taoist priest in front of the little girl had a solemn and dignified appearance. In one hand, he held a burning yellow talisman between two fingers, and in the other hand, he held a cinnabar bracelet against the little girl's head from a distance.

Golden light, invisible to ordinary people, continuously seeped from his palm and entered the little girl's body. Her eyes were tightly closed, and she was muttering incantations, seemingly indicating that this was not a simple matter...

At least it wasn't a scene of a middle school student going berserk and turning evil in the street.

Tong had just arrived and didn't know what had happened, so she calmed down and listened to what the crowd that had been watching for a while had to say.

First, there was an elderly man standing next to Tong, equally bewildered. Leaning on a cane, he squinted his aging eyes, nudged the young man beside him, and asked in a loud voice:

"Hey—what's that boy doing?"

"What are you muttering so mysteriously...?"

The robust young man who had been nudged by the old man, despite the surrounding noise, leaned close to the old man's ear and shouted:

"Oh dear! That girl! She's possessed!"

"This is called chanting incantations to exorcise evil spirits!"

Perhaps the old man's hearing wasn't very good? Or perhaps he was a little senile; he simply didn't hear clearly at first, and, tugging at the young man's sleeve, asked again with great confusion:

"I was asking about the boy, why did you tell the old man about the girl?"

The young man, understanding the difficulties faced by the elderly, patiently repeated himself:

"I'm talking about that boy! Chant an incantation to exorcise the evil spirits!"

The old man still seemed not to have heard clearly, and moved closer to the young man.

"Old man, are you hard of hearing? Why are you sticking this on?"

"Recite incantations to exorcise evil spirits!"

What kind of porridge?

"It's not porridge! It's chanting incantations to exorcise evil spirits!"

"What shoes? Where are you going? Young man, how can you not speak clearly?"

"Don't you understand what I said? I've already said that boy was chanting incantations to exorcise evil spirits! Chanting incantations to exorcise evil spirits!! I've said it so many times! Chanting incantations to exorcise evil spirits!"

"Old man, I don't understand any of this, so how can you explain it clearly? What are you trying to stick here?"

"Aaaaah!! I! I... I'm not watching anymore! Uncle, go ask someone else! I've had enough! Let me go! Let me go!!"

The young man stumbled and ran away, like a comic book heroine who might trip and fall around a corner, running in a panic.

The old man stroked his beard and muttered to himself in a strange tone:

"Why are young men these days so impatient... It's all because they love being online!"

As he spoke, the old man looked around, seemingly searching for the next "prey" who could answer his question.

Tong sensed something was wrong and quietly moved a few steps to the side before appearing in the old man's line of sight.

I only felt relieved when I saw the old man pull back a fat uncle...

That's...that's terrifying...

But it wasn't all for naught—at least we learned that Master Zhu was chanting incantations to exorcise evil spirits, didn't we?

Tong shifted her attention away from the old man and looked elsewhere.

A male livestreamer holding a selfie stick was shouting loudly not far away.

"Hey everyone, pay attention! Do you know what these two people, one big and one small, one man and one woman, are doing in front of the camera?"

"Interested gentlemen, please follow me and send some free gifts. The host will start explaining right away!"

"Have the host count down from three! Those who are late won't hear it! Viewers, hurry up and enter the live stream!"

"Three! Two! One!"

"Hey! This involves a very ancient legend..."

"Hey! Want to know what the legend is? Want to know what this legend has to do with this guy who looks like a Taoist priest?"

"Everyone, please use your lucky hands to give this post a like, follow, and share! You won't get lost next time, and the host will reveal the secret to you right away!"

"Let's have some more free little gifts!"

"Five seconds! In five seconds, the host will reveal why this Taoist priest dares to close his eyes while holding a burning yellow talisman, unafraid of burning his hands!!"

"Five! Four! Three! Two! One!"

"Look closely! The Taoist priest in the camera is called Little Li—"

"Hey! Ladies and gentlemen, guess what's the significance of his name, Xiao Li? There's a lot more to it than meets the eye!"

"I know you're all anxious, but please don't worry! I only do things for real, and I never tell lies or make up stories!"

"Gentlemen, please give the host some tea money to moisten your throats first, and the host will soon lead everyone to investigate the truth behind the mysterious events on the streets of Shancheng Lane in Zhongpu District!"

"........."

Tong listened for a while, but finally couldn't help but curse out!

He's a damn bastard! This guy! He rambled on and on for ages without saying a single useful word, just spouting loads of garbage!

He must be padding the word count, right?!

He deserves to be a small-time streamer his whole life, never able to afford three dishes in his entire life!

He can't even come up with a single story, all he does is whet people's appetites and scam likes and gifts, he's just wasting my precious time!

I've really wasted my life!

There shouldn't even be the idea of ​​listening to the audience's opinions!

Tong was heartbroken—how come I didn't know this Taoist priest was called Xiao Li? How come I didn't know there was any significance to calling Taoist Priest Zhu Xiao Li?

But I really want to know why Master Zhu isn't afraid of getting his hands burned... Ugh!

It's that feeling of wanting to laugh but being unable to... a feeling of being so speechless that I laughed out of anger.

At this moment, the little girl in front of the candle suddenly fell ill, clutching her head and shaking like a walking corpse, whimpering loudly:

"Big brother! It hurts... Ouch!"

An elderly woman next to Tong began to contribute to the panic—shouting frantically:

"Hey hey hey! This little girl is going crazy!"

The girl was emanating black mist that was so thick that even her pupils couldn't see it clearly.

Tong slapped her forehead—how could she have forgotten her own pupil technique?

Immediately unleash your pupil technique!

When Tong focused her eyes, which were activated by her eye technique, on the little girl, the scene before her immediately changed:

The little girl's body became a raging inferno, burning and collapsing, with sharp, heart-wrenching screams erupting all around.

"Burn! Burn it well!!! Burn down this cage that's trapping people!!! Aaaaaaahhhhhh!!"

One of the voices shouted something like this, and it was vaguely discernible as a woman's voice, repeatedly questioning the air:

"Why didn't you come that day?! Why didn't you come!!!"

"It was you! You're the one who caused my death in the fire!! I'll make you pay with your life!!!"

Her voice suddenly softened, becoming stiff, mournful, yet slightly seductive, as she muttered to herself:

"I'm here... I'm here..."

"I've come to keep my appointment~ Hehehehehe........."

Tong could vaguely see a ghostly figure attached to the little girl—probably some lingering spirit that escaped from a broken veil in some dragon realm, carrying a strong curse power.

Now, the curse power is about to get out of control.

Buhou! The little girl is in danger!

Unfortunately, everyone has their own area of ​​expertise.

Hitomi wouldn't use her dragon curse power to eliminate the evil curse power attached to the little girl at all—if she could eliminate the little girl along with it, Hitomi would.

But the problem is, the little girl is innocent!

Tong could only anxiously spin around in place, pinning her hopes on Master Zhu.

"Five stars illuminate the heavens, their light shining upon the darkest depths!"

Master Zhu, who had been muttering to himself for a while and moving his lips rapidly, suddenly opened his eyes wide, his blood-red pupils emitting a light that seemed to pierce straight to the soul!

"Heaven and earth, and all things within them, bear witness to my divine power!"

The Taoist priest loosened the yellow talisman that was almost burning to his fingertips, holding it in a claw-like shape. The talisman hovered in mid-air, as if obeying the young priest's command, and burned quickly and quietly in his palm...

"All-encompassing, radiant with light—"

The young Taoist priest's hand, which was resting on the girl's head, moved closer. The string of beads on his hand rose up without wind, and each red bead automatically swirled on the candle's fingertips, floating horizontally in mid-air as if defying gravity.

"break!"

As it fell, the yellow talisman burned out, and only Long Yin could see the golden light shining brightly in the young Taoist's palm, forcefully pushing something out of the little girl's body.

The little girl, drenched in sweat and panting heavily, wearily sat up and looked around blankly.

"Uh... Big brother? I... what's wrong? I remember I just finished eating and was planning to go home... and then I felt dizzy the whole way...?"

“You are just too tired. I just chanted a mantra to protect your spirit and drive away evil spirits, and you are fine now.”

Zhu was lying with a straight face, but it seemed like he had let something slip?

It's okay, the little girl won't understand.

"It seems much better? Thank you, big brother!"

The girl bowed to the candle and skipped away.

The crowd praised the young Taoist priest, and some elderly men and women surrounded him, wanting him to help them with their rheumatism or something similar.

The man who was livestreaming earlier held his phone up to Master Zhu's face and started taking pictures.

"Wow! This Taoist priest is truly skilled! I'm impressed!"

"Did you all see that, sirs?"

"Although I haven't said anything yet, the Taoist priest has already proven everything with his actions! Those who can understand will understand, and those who don't don't need to understand. How much you can understand depends on your abilities, okay?"

"That concludes this exciting live stream! Dear viewers, please consider giving us a tip!"

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