Chapter 57

After taking a hot bath and giving his dirty clothes to Mi Xue, Zhou Kai unhurriedly returned to the bedroom. He lay down on the bed, feeling good.

This wasn’t his home, so he didn’t want to practice with his saber. Since he would be going to check out the situation of the so-called ground fissure tomorrow, he would rest well today and conserve his energy.

He closed his eyes and listened to Xu Lei and Mi Xue’s busy actions outside, ready to fall asleep.

Ding-Dong: An evil spirit attacked you. Fall Resistance +1.

Suddenly, Zhou Kai opened his eyes with a stunned gaze.

What in the world? Big Boss Ding-Dong!

No, this is an evil spirit!

He leaped up from the bed and looked around him.

Come on! An evil spirit was actually lurking under the protection of the Analogous Department? That’s a lot of nerve!

Woo…

The sound of a subtle flow of air was followed by…

Ding-Dong: An evil spirit attacked you. Fall Resistance +1.

Alongside the Ding-Dong sound, Zhou Kai could sense a subtle change in his body that he couldn’t point out. However, it was absorbed by the Three-Yang Body. This was definitely a wonderful ability!

His gaze changed slightly and Zhou Kai fell with a groan as a horrified expression formed on his face.

“Who is it? Who’s there?” Zhou Kai asked in a fluster, feeling timid and uneasy.

Woo…

The air current blew past before the Ding-Dong sound was heard again. Another point was added to his Fall Resistance.

It had increased three times, so he would obtain the second stage of this ability next time!

Zhou Kai was pleasantly surprised but looked increasingly more scared. He climbed down from the bed, wanting to run to the door.

Woo…

The air current blew past again.

Well, the Ding-Dong sound did not ring this time.

His hands, which were stretched toward the door, paused. Zhou Kai frowned.

This evil spirit has only this capability? Isn’t it really useless? It can’t even activate the second stage of my ability?

With a silent effort, the air current once again blew past but still did not activate an even stronger ability of his.

Zhou Kai lost interest. It’s too weak. It’s simply wasting my time.

His gaze instantly became stern, locked onto the trajectory of the air current, and landed on the photo by the bedside.

The entire room was quiet. The only thing that he found strange was that photo.

In other words…

Zhou Kai grinned. While he reached out, Saber Qi floated on his palm. After a few days of practicing with his saber, his aura had become resonant. As he crossed this short distance, his long saber was drawn and automatically flew into his hands.

At the same time, Zhou Kai took big strides and naturally waved his arms. His long saber swung for half a circle and slashed high up in the air.

With a buzz, the photo stand was split in two and the photo was naturally torn in half.

The saber landed just as he had intended it to. The saber wind, which was sharp and condensed, slashed the photo stand but didn’t damage the bedside table. It could be seen that Zhou Kai was proficient in his current saber technique and could be considered a great master of this technique.

As soon as the photo was torn, Zhou Kai sensed an evil intent and saw a shadow escape, seemingly wanting to run away.

There was a cold sneer on his mouth. You’ve provoked me, yet you still want to escape? Dream on.

He lifted his arm and sent his long saber into the air before it penetrated the wall and got pinned on it. It happened to also stop the shadow.

With a slight touch, a sharp flare floated on the long saber, and the shadow produced a mournful scream. It retreated, but Zhou Kai reached out to grab it. The Exorcism power was released, and the shadow transformed into its original form with a pained expression. However, its neck had been grabbed, so it couldn’t make a sound.

Meanwhile, Zhou Kai was sizing up the shadow. He had realized that it was a little brat. It was the tanned boy in the photo.

At that moment, the door opened. Xu Lei and Mi Xue came barging in.

Due to the stir in the room, the two of them had gotten worried after hearing noise from outside. Hence, they had come in.

When they saw Zhou Kai grabbing the little evil spirit, which was emitting evil intent and had a fierce look, they were dumbfounded.

There was actually an anomaly in this place!

Zhou Kai’s gaze moved slightly before he said, “Don’t just stand there, you two. Think of a way to seal this room and don’t let this little thing run away.”

Xu Lei and Mi Xue, who were stunned, looked at each other upon hearing that. They quickly separated and started to set up on all sides of the room.

The Evil-Sealing Dharma Talisman was the most basic magic used by cultivators. As long as their powers were cultivated, they could use it. However, the Evil-Sealing Dharma Talisman was truly profound magic. The power of sealing an evil anomaly in the Dharma artifact and subduing demons under a seal was determined by one’s power. This was a kind of magic with a grade that Xu Lei and Mi Xue had yet to master.

However, the evil-sealing magic was sufficient to deal with a mere evil spirit.

Soon, Xu Lei and Mi Xue used the cinnabar inkstick, which they always had with them, to set up talisman writing on all sides of the wall along with their powers. The writing twinkled with a faint divine light.

The divine light on all sides was connected, and the room became a small forbidden place.

Upon seeing that, Zhou Kai didn’t understand but found it impressive. Naturally, he released the evil spirit.

When the evil spirit regained its freedom, it wasn’t grateful. Instead, it tried to run away. However, it crashed into the Dharma talisman and bounced back. At the same time, its spiritual power weakened before it produced a painful scream.

Mi Xue couldn’t bear to see that and said, “Brother, what’s going on? Why is there a spirit here?”

Zhou Kai answered her, “This spirit was hiding in a photo. It was hiding from the Analogous Department’s survey by using some unknown means. However, it had huge guts, as it actually dared to sneak an attack on me. After I found out, I grabbed it.”

When Mi Xue saw the shattered photo, she was stunned before she picked it up and said curiously, “There is a warm aura in this photo. It feels very warm. This aura should be the one protecting it.”

Zhou Kai paused and looked at the little evil spirit, who didn’t dare run away and was staring at him viciously, before he said, “Tell me, why did you attack me? Why are you lurking here?”

The little evil spirit didn’t answer him. It just looked at Zhou Kai resentfully.

Zhou Kai laughed and looked at Mi Xue and Xu Lei. “Come here, both of you. I’ve taught you guys about conducting yourselves. Now, I’ll teach you how to face an anomaly.”

As he said that, he pointed at the little evil spirit and said, “This is an evil spirit. It’s very young and it seems to have met an unnatural death. It’s also a pitiful kid. Here comes the question: If I hand this evil spirit over to the two of you, how will you guys handle it?”

Xu Lei and Mi Xue were stunned.

After some consideration, Xu Lei answered, “Chief taught us not to believe anomalies. Anomalies can’t be trusted. If we encounter one, we will have to kill it.”

“However, this evil spirit died when it was very young. It’s really pitiful.” Mi Xue was a little sympathetic.

“Mi Xue, your way of thinking is wrong. You pity it, but it’s cold and ruthless. It’ll definitely take revenge on you if it has the chance. There have been too many examples of this in the past,” Xu Lei retorted.

Mi Xue was silent. Since they had been learning together, she knew everything that Xu Lei knew. It was just that she was a woman, so it was normal that she was soft-hearted.

Zhou Kai said with a smile, “You guys are both thinking normally. You are not wrong, but I personally wouldn’t sympathize with it or kill it.”

Xu Lei and Mi Xue looked at Zhou Kai in astonishment.

What was the reasoning behind that?

Zhou Kai said, “Mi Xue, give me the photo.”

Mi Xue brought it over.

Zhou Kai asked, “Do you have any fire?”

“I have a lighter that I bought when I came here. Because this is a mission in a mountainous area, I was afraid that it would be inconvenient at night without a fire so I brought a few over.” Xu Lei hurriedly fished a lighter out of his pocket.

Zhou Kai took it and put the lighter under the photo. He looked at the evil spirit and said, “Call me father.”

Little evil spirit: (╰(‵□′)╯(

Zhou Kai pressed the lighter and fire emerged.

Little evil spirit: O(≧口≦)O… Father.

Zhou Kai looked at Xu Lei and Mi Xue, who were dumbfounded. He then said with a smile, “When facing anomalies, killing or releasing them is not important. What’s important is having a state of mind that is above the anomalies.”