Chapter 22

Chapter 22

The classroom erupted in shock.

“Oh my god, what did I just see? Is Qiao Moyu some kind of legendary boss or something? Master Chen is being so respectful to her!”

“This is crazy! Oh my god, are they putting on a show? It really feels like a TV drama-this is just too much!”

Everyone started talking excitedly. Lou Qianqian and her mother stood off to the side, their faces incredibly sour.

Master Chen ignored them, already busy with his Luopan. After every step, he’d turn to look at me, his expression as eager as a schoolkid waiting for their homework to be checked.

“Master Qiao, am I doing it right?”

I leaned in to check the Luopan and immediately sensed something was wrong.

The needle was spinning wildly, total chaos, yet I couldn’t find any trace of the Deadly Curse.

“The earth has four forces, qi comes from eight directions. External qi moves in form, internal qi halts and nurtures life.”

I stared at the Luopan, calculating with my fingers, when my face suddenly changed.

“This is bad!”

I dashed upstairs, with Master Chen and his two assistants right behind me. We burst into the master bedroom on the second floor, where I saw a maid facing the mirror, grinning, a knife raised in her hand.

She saw our reflection in the mirror and her smile grew even wider, stretching to an unnatural angle. Then she lifted the knife and drove it hard toward her own stomach.

“Shit!”

There was no time-I kicked out instinctively. My 108-yuan pair of Warrior Shoes flew off my foot, smacking right into her stomach and blocking the knife just in time.

Then I lunged forward, tackling her to the ground and stuffing a string of Five Emperors Coins into her mouth.

The maid shrieked as a puff of black smoke poured from her lips, then she slumped and lost consciousness.

But this was only the beginning of our troubles.

On the vanity in the bedroom, there was actually an offering to a Thai Spirit Child.

“Ghost Children are among the fiercest of evil spirits. Now they’ve run into a Deadly Curse. The two have been fighting for so long, but now the Deadly Curse has devoured the Ghost Child. This is really bad.”

I took out some cinnabar and smeared it over the Ghost Child figurine, then stuffed it into my bag.

“Quick, let’s go downstairs and check!”