Chapter 25 You're a Scammer in the Martial World
"Well, this one." Su Fei lifted her slender wrist, revealing a black prayer bead bracelet. "My younger sister gave it to me. She said it can ward off evil and disasters, but I don't know if it really works."
It worked, and it worked very well! Qin Chao could sense the pure Buddha's power emanating from the prayer beads even from a distance. As someone who practiced demonic arts, he was especially sensitive to Buddhist artifacts, much like how a mouse would react to a cat.
Buddhist power was naturally the bane of demonic arts, but it was also like the relationship between fire and water. If the fire was dominant, it could actually counteract the water.
Qin Chao felt an uncontrollable shiver, which meant that whoever had enchanted the prayer beads must be a highly accomplished individual. This was getting stranger by the moment. How could Su Ji have something like this?
"By the way, don't you know how to read faces?" Su Fei suddenly crossed her arms, hummed twice, and looked at Qin Chao through her glasses. "Come on, tell me what you think of my face."
"Hehe, well...I'm not really good at that." Qin Chao chuckled awkwardly. "How can I read faces for the chairwoman with my mediocre skills?"
"Not gonna read it?" Su Fei raised an eyebrow and looked at Qin Chao teasingly. "Well then, I suddenly feel like your appointment as security director was a bit hasty. It seems like Chen Yingyang has been the security captain for a long time, so maybe he should be promoted instead."
"No, no, no!" Qin Chao was suddenly horrified. My god, they're using my job as leverage. "Beauty, are you trying to force me into prostitution or something?"
"Go to hell!" Su Fei glared at him in anger. "What kind of prostitution? I just want you to read my face. If you don't want to, forget it!"
With that, she turned to leave.
"Wait, wait, I'll read it!" Qin Chao hurried over and blocked Su Fei's path.
"Alright then, go ahead. If you're not good, I'll deduct your salary." Su Fei was truly a powerful chairwoman; her words were sharp enough to leave Qin Chao speechless.
Qin Chao finally understood how the affair in the office happened. He couldn't help but wonder why the female secretary always submitted to the male manager's lustful power, which was like a power that overwhelmed the heavens. Furthermore, the gap between Su Fei and him in terms of power was as vast as the difference between heaven and earth.
"Chairman, your face is really good-looking. It's the face of great wealth and prosperity. It makes me jealous!"
"Do I need you to tell me that?" Su Fei rolled her eyes. "You're just a swindler!"
"Who, who's a swindler?" Qin Chao's competitive spirit was aroused. Although he wasn't a so-called master of the Jianghu, he had his own experience in face reading. He had never been wrong in so many years.
He concentrated his energy and his aura began to flow into his eyes. At that moment, a dark green aura suddenly flashed across Su Fei's beautiful face.
Malevolent qi? Qin Chao was startled. How could there be such a serious malevolent qi? It seemed that Su Fei was destined to face a calamity, and it seemed to be very close.
"Sister Su...I think I've figured it out, but I don't know if I should say it or not."
"If you have something to say, then say it!" Su Fei rolled her eyes. "Are you also studying those masters who mutter incomprehensible ancient texts and then say that divine secrets cannot be revealed?"
"That's not necessary." Qin Chao shook his head. As a cultivator, he was doing something that went against the heavens. He didn't care much about revealing divine secrets.
Qin Chao turned his head and saw Hu Lili and the others walking down. He said to Su Fei, "This is not the place to talk. Let's go over there."
After that, he led Su Fei to the corner of the corridor, looked around, and saw that there was no one around. Only then did he relax.
"What's going on? Why are you being so secretive?" Su Fei felt a little uneasy about being alone with a man, so she complained, "If I find out that you have any bad intentions, you're done for."
"Cough cough, beauty, what are you thinking?" Qin Chao couldn't help but feel a little evil when he saw Su Fei's towering chest. He cleared his throat twice, adjusted his emotions, and said, "Actually, there's something I need to tell you."
"President Su, there is indeed a trace of evil spirit between your eyebrows, and it looks quite serious. If not handled properly, you may be in danger."
"Is it true or false? You're scaring me!" Su Fei felt that Qin Chao's tone was not joking, and quickly asked, "Hey, don't scare me. If you frighten me, you'll suffer too."
"Um...why are you dragging me into this?" Qin Chao said helplessly, "President Su, I'm not making it up. Moreover, the source of this evil spirit seems to be not far from you, and it is very likely to be from your closest kin."
"Nonsense!" Originally, Su Fei was listening with great interest and was very interested. But when she heard Qin Chao's words, her pretty face suddenly turned cold and she said coldly, "Qin Chao, if you keep talking nonsense, don't blame me for being impolite. Hmph, you cheat in the world, go back to work! Let me tell you, you're only temporarily acting as the security director. If there is any slack in your work, I will kick you out of the door directly!"
After speaking, the beauty picked up her briefcase, glared at Qin Chao, and turned around and walked down the stairs.
This made Qin Chao a little confused, and he was so angry that he gritted his teeth. "Damn it, you asked me to read your fortune, but you don't believe me. From now on, if I believe you rich people, I'm a ghost! Damn it, I'm not a ghost, I'm a demon."
Qin Chao went down the stairs on the other side, but he didn't know that the reason why Su Fei was so angry was that Qin Chao's words touched her heart.
Su Fei remembered that she had a so-called master, a monk, who had also said a few ancient words to her in a vague way, but it seemed to remind her to pay attention to her closest kin.
"Hmph, what kind of fortune-telling, they are all tricks of the trade!" Su Fei frowned and muttered to herself, then kicked the nearby trash can.
"Damn Qin Chao, let you talk nonsense, let you talk nonsense." Ding Ding Dang Dang, she kicked it with pleasure. It seemed that Su Fei was treating the trash can as poor Qin Chao.
At this time, her phone in her pocket suddenly rang.
"Hello, sis, I'm not coming home for dinner tonight!" A light and lively female voice came from the phone, and Su Fei immediately smiled.
"You naughty girl, where are you running to tonight?"
"Ah, sister, don't wait for me. I'll be fine!" With that, the phone hung up with a snap. The darkness that had clouded Su Fei's face just a moment ago dissipated, and she began to smile at her phone.
"You brat, not even thinking about seeing me when you come back. Just wait and see how I'll deal with you. And that guy, Qin Chao...hmph, could it be that everything he said was true?" With that, a hint of sadness appeared on Su Fei's charming face.
As Su Fei disappeared at the staircase, a white figure suddenly emerged from the wall. She gave Su Fei a cold glance through her hanging hair before disappearing back into the wall.
Autumn nights always arrived quickly, and all the security guards in the security office had already gone home, except for Qin Chao and Chen Yingyang.
At this moment, Comrade Chen Yingyang seemed to be quite excited as tears flowed down his face, staring at Qin Chao.
"Qin Chao, have you finally come to your senses? Are you going to stay and keep me company?"
"Screw you!" Qin Chao was exasperated. He didn't stay behind at school to engage in homosexuality with Chen Yingyang; he was here to resolve the matter of Yu Qian. If this went on, someone would definitely get hurt. Qin Chao didn't have three heads and six arms, and with so many buildings on campus, he could save one person, but not necessarily the second or third.
"Qin Chao, don't be so heartless." Chen Yingyang unbuttoned Qin Chao's shirt, revealing his thin frame. He shouted, "Come on, I'm very open-minded. Come on!"
"Fuck you!" Qin Chao finally couldn't take it anymore and punched Chen Yingyang, knocking him onto the couch.
"So Qin Chao likes this too..." Chen Yingyang covered his black eye and suddenly laughed. He removed his belt and began to whip himself, saying, "Come on, Qin Chao, hit me harder. I like it!"
"I...can't take it..." Qin Chao finally surrendered and gave Chen Yingyang a thumbs up. "You're invincible!"
He knew that he couldn't stay in the security office with Chen Yingyang around. He might as well open the door and slip outside. With such a large campus, there was nowhere he couldn't stay! If worst came to worst, he could just go to the chairman's office. Qin Ling was probably on duty there, so he could spend the night with her. Hehe...
Fantasizing is fine, but when it comes to taking action, Qin Chao doesn't have the courage.
"Qin Chao gege, come on, I promise I can satisfy you..." At this moment, Chen Yingyang's voice sounded behind Qin Chao.
"I mean, you're asking for trouble!" Qin Chao's anger flared up. When he turned around and looked at Chen Yingyang with her silk-like seductive eyes, his eyebrows suddenly twitched and his nose wrinkled twice.
"Rosy? Damn, what are you doing looking like this?"
"Hehe..." Chen Yingyang's face blurred, quickly turning into the beautiful face of a female demon. This beauty was wearing a security guard uniform, her chest tightly wrapped, appearing very prominent and eye-catching.
She giggled a few times, then leaned in and wrapped her arms around Qin Chao's waist, pressing against his neck and whispering.
"I think you're scared of this man. So, I borrowed him for a little while. But I didn't expect you to catch on so quickly, how boring. I still wanted to play with you using this body, hmph."
"Go die, don't use such disgusting methods next time!" Qin Chao was a little nauseous, but he reached out and patted the female demon's plump buttocks. Surprisingly, the feeling was quite good, Rosy's figure was definitely something to praise.
"So Qin Chao gege really is quite violent, go ahead, be a little rougher, I like it." Rosy wasn't repulsed at all, instead she swayed her waist in Qin Chao's arms, continuing to imitate Chen Yingyang's mannerisms, pretending to have a sadomasochistic inclination.
But when she used this move, her lethality was terrifying. After all, she was a hot beauty, and she had the look of someone in authority that Qin Chao desired, which inevitably ignited his passions.
"Stop fooling around, I still have business to attend to." Qin Chao suppressed the burning desire in his heart, pushed away the female demon, and said.
"The school is so big, where do you plan on finding a female ghost?" Rosy had long seen through Qin Chao's intentions and asked.
Chapter 26 The Ghost in Red
"I'll find her!" Qin Chao shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'll search every building, and I'm sure I'll find her eventually."
"You're being too naive," Rosy said, clinging to Qin Chao like she had no bones, "If ghosts want to hide, even the ghosts themselves cannot be found, let alone a half-baked cultivator like you who has just entered the world of cultivation."
"So, what should I do?" Qin Chao said, looking very troubled. "I can't just let Yu Qian's soul continue to harm others. And if Liu Chuan knew what Yu Qian had become, he would be heartbroken."
"If he's heartbroken, let him be," Rosy said with a coquettish laugh, "As long as we're happy, that's all that matters."
"You demon, you could never understand human emotions," Qin Chao said, pushing her away.
"What's so good about human emotions anyway?" Rosy said with a sneer. "If you want to cultivate, you must abandon your desires. Otherwise, on the path of cultivation, you will inevitably fail."
"What about love?" Qin Chao looked up at the moon and stars in the sky and said, "In my understanding, cultivation is about defying the heavens, transcending the shackles of our enemies, and wandering freely through the universe. If we don't even have desires, then what's the point of cultivation? Cultivation is about cultivating the true self!"
"Besides, I practice demonic cultivation, and what is a demon? A demon follows its own will. If I can't even do what I want, then what kind of demon am I?"
This speech left Rosy stunned. She stood there, looking at the naturally gifted cultivator in front of her, and suddenly felt like she didn't know her own client at all.
He could say such things. It seemed that even without her help, he could still achieve great things and make his name known throughout the world.
"Perhaps you can try to subdue the female ghost that Hu Lili mentioned," Rosy said after a moment of silence. "Maybe she knows something about Yu Qian. After all, she can be considered the queen of this area."
"Indeed!" Qin Chao's eyes lit up as he gave Rosy an admiring glance. "As expected of a demon, very cunning."
"Can I take that as a compliment?" Rosy laughed, admitting that this female demon had a beautiful smile.
"Suit yourself." Qin Chao shrugged and glanced at his phone. It was already past ten at night, and the dormitory building was locked tight. However, as the head of security, he had keys to all the dormitory buildings. Yes, including the women's dormitory, but he didn't dare go in.
"Rosy, do you want to come with me?" When he looked up again, Rosy had disappeared. The campus was eerily quiet, with only dim streetlights on either side still glowing.
Qin Chao remained calm. He was used to Rosy's bad habits of showing up or leaving whenever she pleased.
"Since you want to slack off, I'll go alone." He shrugged and headed towards the allegedly haunted Second Male Dormitory. It had been abandoned for a long time until recently, when it was reoccupied. Plus, no one lived on the first floor.
The school was quiet at night. At this time, all the dormitories had turned off their lights, and the students who wanted to sleep were sleeping while the ones who wanted to go out were out. Qin Chao felt confident in his ghost-catching plan and wasn't worried about being discovered by others.
As he passed a small grove of trees, he suddenly noticed two dark shadows moving back and forth inside. Qin Chao immediately became excited. Damn, there really were ghosts, and there were two of them!
He reached behind his back and pulled out a flashlight, then quickly rushed into the grove with lightning speed. With a loud snap, he switched on the flashlight, emitting a dazzling light, and then shouted out loud with thunderous force, making the surrounding trees tremble.
"Where do you think you're going?"
But when he shone the flashlight on the two figures, Qin Chao was struck dumb as if by lightning. The ground in the grove was covered with a small bedsheet, and two people were rolling around on it. A man and a woman, both startled by the flashlight, had forgotten to pull up their pants.
"I... I rely on..." Qin Chao stuttered and paused for a while before finally speaking. The two students also woke up, and the girl let out a scream, then hurriedly began to put on her pants in a fluster. The boy's face was also very unpleasant, and he repeatedly pleaded with Qin Chao in a low voice.
"Big brother, this is our first time. Please spare us and don't expel us!" The girl also cried softly, her cry sounding particularly pitiful in the dark night, more powerful than any ghost. Qin Chao was speechless and turned off his flashlight, saying, "You guys continue, continue, don't freeze." He left the forest and continued walking towards the No. 2 Apartment.
The two students were dumbfounded. The boy swallowed a mouthful of saliva and turned to look at the girl, slowly saying, "Should we continue?"
"Your grandmother's leg!" The girl stopped her pitiful crying and angrily grabbed the boy's ear. "It's all your idea, and you call it romantic! I haven't seen anything romantic. All that's left is just being reckless!" The two of them started fighting, and Qin Chao shook his head, thinking that he didn't have a good start. He didn't catch the female ghost, but he caught a pair of wild mandarin ducks in the wilderness. It's amazing how couples are invincible. Even on the hottest days, they still hug each other. Even in the darkest nights, they still wander through the forests.
After twisting and turning, Qin Chao soon arrived at the front of the No. 2 Apartment. This building seemed to have been around for a long time. The walls were covered with spots, and many places had peeled off like skin with scabs. Although Guangyuan College had been established for less than ten years, it was said that the school had acquired a previously built university. That university had been around for a long time, and this building was left over from that time.
Qin Chao first walked around the building and used his flashlight to shine into the windows one by one. Almost all of the dormitories were dark and it was unknown how long it had been since they were cleaned. Many of the beds were covered in spider webs.
Qin Chao stepped on the fallen leaves, making a cracking sound. The night was very quiet, so the sound was particularly harsh. He walked around the building but didn't find anything unusual. The white-clothed female ghost who Fang Wen had mentioned, who was jumping around, did not appear either.
"Strange..." murmured Qin Chao to himself as he put away his flashlight and walked to the door of the dormitory building. The door was locked from the inside, and if the people inside didn't come out, the door to the building wouldn't open. Normally, the administrators should live on the first floor, but due to the conditions here, the male administrator lived on the second floor.
Qin Chao took out his key and unlocked the lock to the dormitory building. This kind of building was like a cross-shaped building, with three buildings connected together. Therefore, inside the building was a bit like a maze, and if you entered for the first time, it was easy to get lost.
The passage leading to the dormitory on the first floor was locked by a large iron gate, which seemed to be a cold door god, blocking outsiders from entering. But this did not stop Qin Chao, who had many keys.
The dormitory was very quiet. Most of the male students in this building were third-year students, and most of them were living outside with their girlfriends. Therefore, the building was very clean, and few people lived there.
While looking for the key to unlock the gate, Qin Chao began to reminisce about Rosy. Even the strongest humans were afraid of the dark.
"Rosy, oh Rosy, when I really miss you, you don't show up. When I don't miss you, you're everywhere," he sighed, one hand holding the key and the other pulling up the icy lock.
As he picked it up, Qin Chao was suddenly shocked. Because the lock was already open, it was just hanging there. He hesitated for a moment, then reached out and pushed the large iron gate. With a creaking sound, as if it were a mocking laugh, the gate was pushed to both sides.
"Oh my God..." Qin Chao's heart began to sink. He took two deep breaths and looked at the dark corridor, trying to encourage himself. Although he was the most badass magician, Qin Chao was ultimately just a college student and still had some fear.
"Let's do this!" Bracing himself, Qin Chao stepped into the dark corridor. Although he could see in the dark, out of habit, Qin Chao still turned on his flashlight and pulled out his electric baton. With the sound of his heavy footsteps, he went room by room to check these dormitories that had been closed for who knows how long.
This is an old-fashioned dormitory building, so the doors to the dormitories are all covered in iron sheets. The originally grayish-white iron sheets, ravaged by time, were covered in red rust, like mottled bloodstains.
According to Fang Wen's words, the dormitory where the dead girl stayed seemed to be at the far end of the first floor. But who knows if the female ghost likes to wander around. Qin Chao could only take out a bunch of keys and open each old iron door one by one, searching for any clues inside.
Pushing open the door to the first dormitory, a damp and putrid smell immediately hit Qin Chao's face. He spat twice and swept his flashlight around inside. Apart from the cold iron bed, there was nothing else in the room. Only green mold grew in the corner of the ceiling.
"Damn, I need to figure out what year it is." Qin Chao retreated and closed the door to room 101. He turned his head and shone his flashlight down the hallway, but suddenly felt a chill run down his body. He saw a white figure leaning against the window at the end of the hallway. Her hair was very long and covered her face. When Qin Chao's flashlight swept over, the white figure suddenly disappeared from his sight.
"Damn it!" In that moment, Qin Chao swore that he really wanted to throw away his flashlight and run away. But then he remembered, who the hell am I? I am the demon king of the devil's sect!
"Don't run!" He yelled loudly, his voice echoing emptily through the hallway like a thunderbolt. Qin Chao held a flashlight in one hand and an electric baton in the other, gathering his courage to enter a state of demonization, his eyes burning with green flames, and rushed towards where the female ghost disappeared.
In three steps, he arrived at the end of the hallway. Qin Chao turned to the left, but suddenly bumped into someone head-on.
"Ow!" The person was knocked down by the collision. Qin Chao flashed his flashlight and saw that she was wrapped in a red robe, with her red hair scattered all over her face, causing his heart to skip a beat.
Holy shit, this is a fierce ghost!
"Ghost!" Unexpectedly, the fierce ghost shouted first, her voice several hundred decibels loud, causing the glass in the hallway to vibrate and make a clattering sound.