Chapter 248
Chapter 248
When I came out of the restroom, Seventh Master was still resting with his eyes closed.
I woke him up, but I didn’t tell him about the note. I only told him to eat something.
After breakfast, the words written on that note kept weighing on my mind, leaving me so restless that I couldn’t even focus on my book.
I kept waiting for the person who had handed me the note to come back, but he never did.
The dining car on the high-speed train was at the rear of the train, and we were currently in the middle section. He had just pushed the cart out from the rear and headed toward the front, so in the end, he would definitely have to turn back and return to the dining car at the rear.
But even by the time we got off the train, he still hadn’t come back.
I had no need to go looking for him either, because I knew that if I did, I definitely wouldn’t find him.
After we got off the train and reached the exit, someone was there holding a sign to pick us up.
Only after seeing the name written on the sign did I learn Seventh Master’s real name.
His name was Zhao Qiankun.
I had to admit, that was not a name just anyone could carry.
The person picking us up was a young man surnamed He. He was the assistant of that big boss.
Assistant He was very polite and respectful toward us because we were honored guests.
He drove us straight to the big boss’s home instead of going to the company. When that big boss heard Seventh Master was coming, he hadn’t even gone to the office today. That alone showed how much he trusted and respected Seventh Master.
Someone in real estate was naturally either rich or powerful, and his home was naturally grand as well.
After about a forty-minute drive, we arrived at a large villa and met that big boss, Lin Jinhua.
This Boss Lin had the face of a wealthy man. His earlobes were quite large, marking him as a person blessed with good fortune. There were two housekeepers in his home, and I saw that he was very courteous even toward them. He was a man of exceptional refinement.
“Seventh Master, it’s been two years since we last met. The last time was when my father passed away. Jinhua has missed you dearly.”
Boss Lin gripped Seventh Master’s hand tightly, like an old friend reunited. “Ordinary affairs keep me tied up, and I never have time to stay in touch. Now that something has happened, I come looking for you. I’m ashamed of myself, truly. Please don’t hold it against me, Seventh Master.”
Seventh Master smiled and patted Boss Lin’s hand. “A gentleman’s friendship is as light as water. Don’t be so formal with me, old friend. I often see news about what you’ve done. When a man achieves success, he helps the world. You’re the sort of friend I’m happy to have.”
After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Seventh Master introduced me to him. “This is Chen Mo. Don’t let his youth fool you. He is the successor of a certain master, and he has received the Register Conferral. He came with me this time to lend me a hand and help me resolve the trouble you’ve run into.”
Seventh Master was really giving me far too much credit. As soon as he said that, Boss Lin immediately looked at me with new respect.
Since Boss Lin knew Seventh Master, he naturally knew what the Register Conferral meant. He probably assumed I could perform Daoist arts just like Seventh Master.
“Young and accomplished. If even Seventh Master thinks highly of you, Xiao Chen, then you must be capable.” He hurriedly shook my hand with great warmth.
I felt a little embarrassed. “You flatter me, Boss Lin. I’m just a fortune-teller trying to make a living. This time, I’m only here to learn from Seventh Master.”
After another round of pleasantries, our conversation finally moved to the main topic.
Boss Lin sighed and said, “This time, I really failed to see clearly. I chose a bad piece of land. Ever since construction began there, accidents have never stopped. Now the construction site is facing a shutdown, and every shutdown deals my company a loss I can hardly withstand. I would rather see that lost money go to people in need than watch it all go down the drain.”
“Recently, I haven’t been able to sleep night after night. Look at my complexion. I truly can’t stop stewing over it.”
I looked at Boss Lin’s complexion. It was indeed rather poor.
In truth, the money lost was nothing more than a drop in the bucket for someone at his level. But his way of thinking was different from other big bosses. He would rather use the money lost to do good deeds than let it be wasted for nothing.
Seventh Master asked, “From the sound of it, those two accidents weren’t the only things that happened at the construction site?”
Boss Lin nodded. “Two people died, yes, but things go wrong all the time. Almost every few days, someone gets hurt. I was this close to having a medical team stationed right inside the site.”
“There was one time before when the person in charge of cooking in the site cafeteria-a veteran chef with thirty years of experience-actually forgot to turn off the stove. Luckily, someone saw it in time and went in with a fire extinguisher to put it out. Otherwise, the consequences would’ve been unthinkable.”
I said, “That should count as human error, right? The chef was just too careless.”
Seventh Master shook his head. “A chef with thirty years of experience wouldn’t make such a basic mistake. Besides, one accident is an accident. When there are many accidents, they’re no longer accidents.”
Boss Lin sighed. “Someone told me before that there might be something wrong with the Feng Shui of that place. Otherwise, there was no way so many things would keep happening one after another.”
Seventh Master shook his head again. “You people are exaggerating the power of Feng Shui. Feng Shui’s influence on people is long-term. It builds gradually before becoming urgent. It doesn’t mean that just because a place has bad Feng Shui, something will immediately happen the moment you arrive there.”
“I’m more inclined to believe that ghosts are causing trouble there. The influence ghosts and Evil Spirits have on people is immediate and acute. In essence, ghosts are a kind of energetic magnetic field. If ghosts have taken root in a place, then no matter how good the Feng Shui is there, it will be damaged and cause an imbalance of Yin and Yang.”
“But ghosts’ influence on people is limited too, unless that person is physically weak, ill, or has just suffered a major blow. When a person lacks vitality and spirit, they’re more easily affected by ghosts. This is a kind of magnetic-field effect.”
“As for that chef, either he was sick at the time, or something serious had happened in his family. Otherwise, he shouldn’t have made such a basic mistake.”
The moment Seventh Master finished speaking, Boss Lin froze. Then he patted Seventh Master’s hand and exclaimed, “You’re truly incredible, Seventh Master. That chef really had just suffered a blow. His son had just been admitted to a top university this year, but during summer vacation, he went wild swimming with some people and accidentally drowned. Because of that, I couldn’t bring myself to hold him accountable. After all, he’d just had to bury his own child.”
Boss Lin wasn’t the only one shocked. Even I felt like I’d just learned something new.
Seventh Master really was amazing. He knew everything.
“Then that explains it.”
Seventh Master nodded. “The magnetic field is indirectly affecting them, causing them to become dazed and make mistakes they never should have made. But those two people who died… their deaths were indeed suspicious. I suspect the ghost in that place won’t be easy to deal with.”
Although we hadn’t gone there to investigate in person yet, the ominous hexagram had already made it clear that the ghost we were dealing with this time was likely more powerful than any ghost we’d encountered before.
Boss Lin took out a document envelope, pulled out all the materials inside, and handed them to me and Seventh Master.
“I specifically sent people to investigate the history of that plot of land. I even had them check the local county records. We really did find quite a few things-and they’re extremely strange.”
Seventh Master and I began reading through the documents.
To deal with a ghost, aside from having abilities like Seventh Master’s, one also needed to understand the ghost’s life. As the saying went, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.
But after I finished reading, my whole scalp went numb.
The history of that plot of land could actually be traced all the way back to the Republican era.
As early as the Republican era, a major incident had taken place on that very land.