"How about it? Feeling scared?"
Seeing me frown, fat guy Qi thought I was intimidated by his identity. He then arrogantly said, "Elders like me don't stoop to your level. Show some respect and get lost! Don't disturb me when I'm exorcising for Su Su, it's a matter of life and death. Are you capable of handling this responsibility?"
As he spoke, fat guy Qi, holding Su Su, prepared to get back on the car. Su Su was really something; at this point, she was willing to get back on the car with fat guy Qi. I was genuinely concerned about her intelligence.
Since I had already decided to intervene, I couldn't just stand by and do nothing. I immediately stopped them and then smirked, "Indeed, we should exorcise, but first, we should exorcise the lecher like you!"
"Hmm?"
Hearing this, fat guy Qi immediately furrowed his brows and couldn't help but glance at me. Before he could say anything, Su Su, on the side, was almost in tears and said, "It's true, there's really a spirit on me, it comes out at night!"
"You heard that?"
As soon as Su Su finished speaking, fat guy Qi's eyes flashed with a hint of triumph. Then, he mockingly said, "Who are you people? Is interfering in Su Su's personal matter something you should be doing?"
"Hmph! I have decided to interfere in this matter!"
With a sneer, I pushed fat guy Qi directly and then said to Su Su, "Don't believe his talk of spirits! He just wants to take advantage of you. If you really have this kind of trouble, I can help you!"
"This..."
Upon hearing this, Su Su couldn't help but look at me skeptically and subconsciously asked, "Can you exorcise too?"
"Of course!"
I confidently nodded, although I couldn't help but feel a bit doubtful. I had carefully observed Su Su earlier and there were no signs of any spirits on her. She kept insisting that there was a spirit on her, and her forehead did look a bit dim. So, at that moment, I wasn't entirely sure what the situation was.
However, if she was really possessed by an evil spirit, I naturally would have a way to help her. After all, I had already achieved the foundational stage. If I couldn't even handle a "possession by an evil spirit," then I might as well laugh myself to death!
"Haha, someone thinks they can exorcise just because they're a person..."
As soon as I finished speaking, fat guy Qi couldn't help but mock again, "Do you think anyone can exorcise a spirit?"
As he spoke, fat guy Qi directly took out a piece of talisman from his pocket, muttered something under his breath, lightly flicked it with his finger, and with a "poof," the talisman suddenly ignited.
"Ah!"
Seeing the talisman spontaneously combust, Su Su immediately screamed and then looked at fat guy Qi with a fiery look, clearly convinced of his identity. Even Wang Yulin couldn't help but stare dumbfounded, lowering his voice, "Damn, can he really do it?"
"Hehe..."
Looking at Su Su's fiery look, fat guy Qi couldn't help but chuckle with satisfaction. Then, he turned to look at me, provoking, "So, what about it? Want to give it a try too?"
"Fine, I'll give it a try!"
Just a simple fire talisman, even an ordinary person, as long as they know the spell, can easily ignite the talisman. What's there to be proud of?
"Petty tricks!"
Chuckling disdainfully at fat guy Qi, I subconsciously reached into my pocket.
Damn it, my pocket was empty. I didn't have a single piece of talisman. My talismans were all in the suitcase, and my poor suitcase had fallen off the cliff with the bus days ago...
Perhaps recognizing my embarrassment, fat guy Qi chuckled multiple times and said, "Since it's just a petty trick, why don't you try it too?"
"Bro, what should we do?"
Wang Yulin clearly noticed the fiery look in Su Su's eyes, and anxiously tugged at me, looking extremely worried. We had grown up together, and he couldn't possibly believe that I really had the ability to exorcise.
Seeing his anxious look, I couldn't help but suddenly ask, "Do you really like her?"
"I..."
As soon as Wang Yulin heard this, his face became somewhat embarrassed. After biting his lip, he finally nodded, "Yes!"
"Alright then!"
Nodding, I took out a crumpled banknote from my pocket, bit my finger, and directly drew a simple rune on it.
Compared to yellow paper, a banknote obviously wasn't the best material for drawing runes, but I couldn't find any better alternatives at the moment. I also didn't have the time to find a brush or cinnabar, so I had to make do with using "tong zi mei" (eyebrows of a child) that contained a fair amount of yang energy.
Completing the rune in one go, I didn't even need to recite a spell. With a flick of my hand, the crumpled banknote immediately ignited.
"Wow!"
Seeing the banknote spontaneously burst into flames, Wang Yulin's eyes lit up, and he quickly said to Su Su, "Did you see that, did you see..."
"Hmm?"
At the same time, fat guy Qi, on the other side, couldn't help but furrow his brows, and then came to me, arched his hand, and said, "I am the 87th generation disciple of Maoshan, Qi Hongliang. May I ask your name?"
I gave him a cold look and thought to myself, "You still have the nerve to call yourself a disciple of Maoshan? Look at your pathetic appearance; aren't you afraid of disgracing the name of Maoshan?"
So I said, "Wang Lin! Unaffiliated with any sect or school!"
Hearing that I was unaffiliated, Qi Hongliang visibly relaxed. He then approached me, whispered, "We're fellow practitioners. Brother, give me some face, and I'll surely repay your kindness."
"Get lost!"
Before Qi Hongliang could finish his sentence, I had already kicked him in the chest. I had been itching to teach him a lesson! With his current state of being a Maoshan disciple without achieving the foundational stage and being worn down by indulgence, it wasn't surprising that even an ordinary person like Wang Yulin could knock him down with a punch. As for my kick, even though I held back, it still sent him flying four or five meters away!
"You!"
In front of Su Su, I kicked Qi Hongliang to the ground, causing him to get angry, his face flushed, and he prepared to fight me.
I didn't care about him at all, coldly glared at him, and said, "Get lost! If I see you again, it won't be as simple as it is now!"
"You're tough! Just wait and see!" Qi Hongliang threatened.
After giving me a fierce look, Qi Hongliang didn't dare to come up eventually, and just left a fierce remark before quickly escaping into the car.
"Damn it!"
After driving away Qi Hongliang, Wang Yulin couldn't help but grab me excitedly, praising, "Bro, you're amazing! How did you do that just now?"
"It's nothing! Just a little magic!"
As soon as I finished speaking, Su Su suddenly grabbed me, pleading, "Master! Please help me, I really can't take it! I'm being tortured to the brink of madness!"
"Hmm?"
I furrowed my brow subconsciously and then said, "But I don't see any ghosts on you."
"There are!"
Not believing me, Su Su burst into tears and said desperately, "There are! Every night, it comes into my dreams... sob... really, you have to believe me!"
"Hey, don't cry!"
Seeing her crying in distress, I felt a little helpless. If someone didn't know, they might think I had done something to her! So I quickly nodded and said, "Okay! I believe you. Isn't it enough that I believe you?"
"Stop crying and tell me, what's going on?"
"Okay!"
As she heard this, Su Su stopped crying and began telling me about her recent experiences.
According to Su Su, she had been having the same nightmare for some time. Whenever she fell asleep, a man in black would immediately appear in her dreams.
At first, she thought it was just her nerves, but one time, she woke up and saw the black-clothed man floating outside their dormitory window, constantly waving at her...
Another time, she went to sleep fully dressed, but woke up completely naked. More bizarrely, she later found her clothes hanging on a tree outside their dormitory.
This made Su Su realize that she might be haunted by a ghost, so she posted her experience on the "Supernatural" forum online, which led to Qi Hongliang contacting her, claiming to be an authentic Taoist priest from Maoshan who could help her exorcise the ghost, which led to the events of that day.
It was all a matter of chance. If it weren't for my cousin calling me to pick him up, and coincidentally driving a car similar to Qi Hongliang's, Su Su might have been deceived by him.
Even if Su Su had been deceived, with Qi Hongliang's limited skills, he might not have been able to expel the ghost.