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Chapter 109 - 109 The Matter Isn’t Over Yet! (Fourth update)
Chapter 109 - 109 The Matter Isn’t Over Yet! (Fourth update)
Chapter 109: Chapter 109 The Matter Isn’t Over Yet! (Fourth update)
Translator: 549690339
Actually, for the past few years, the First People’s Hospital has invited monks and Taoists to perform ceremonies every July on the lunar calendar, each time costing over 300,000.
So, they were completely able to accept Huang Xiaolong’s quoted price.
After negotiating the price, Huang Xiaolong took two amulets out of his canvas bag and handed them to the dean and vice-dean. “Keep these well and keep them close by. As long as you have these, no ghosts can get close. Consider this a free gift from me.”
The dean and the vice-dean gratefully accepted the amulets.
Huang Xiaolong then asked for the dean’s phone number so that he could contact him at any time.
“Alright, I’m going to check out the inpatient building now. If there’s any problem, I will inform you immediately.” Huang Xiaolong said as he stood up to leave the dean’s office.
“Every July on the lunar calendar, nine people die… There is a certain amount of Yin energy in the hospital, especially in the inpatient building. But it’s not that strong. One thing I’m sure of is that there is not a super fierce ghost with an extremely strong resentment in the hospital… it’s just ordinary ghosts.” Huang Xiaolong spoke to himself as he walked.
“Ordinary ghosts couldn’t constantly harm people. Besides, this has been happening in the First People’s Hospital for several years. Over the years, at least dozens of people have died. Such a huge resentment is enough to nourish a super fierce ghost… Since there isn’t, it means… a formation!”
“Finally,” Huang Xiaolong’s eyes lit up. “Someone or something must have set up a formation in the First People’s Hospital!”
“Nine people die in the lunar July, no more, no less. Exactly nine…” Huang Xiaolong mused, then his face brightened up. “I’ve figured it out! Yes, that’s it!
I’ve got it all figured out!”
Huang Xiaolong arrived at the inpatient building.
The body of Xiao Ying, who had jumped off the building, had been removed, and the crowd of onlookers had long dispersed.
Huang Xiaolong looked up at the shadowy inpatient building, then he smirked and walked in.
“Okay, time to get to work! I should inform the dean of the First People’s Hospital, I’ll perform the exorcism in front of them. They are quite skeptical, I don’t want them to accuse me of being a fraud later.”
Huang Xiaolong pulled out his phone and dialed the Dean’s number, asking him to come to the VIP ward where Lin Jing was staying.
Huang Xiaolong planned to do his work there.
“Thank goodness Sister Jing left early. Otherwise, she might be frightened out of her wits when she saw those filthy things. Hehehe— women are afraid of ghosts, Sister Jing wouldn’t be an exception.”
Whenever he thought of Lin Jing, Huang Xiaolong felt warm and comfortable.
The VIP room where Lin Jing stayed.
After Lin Jing was discharged, no new patients had moved in yet.
The dean, the vice-dean, and the head of the hospital’s security department all came.
Adding Huang Xiaolong, there were four people in the ward. But luckily, the VIP ward was spacious, so it didn’t feel crowded.
“Master, have you… have you figured out a way to exorcise the ghosts?” The Dean asked eagerly, his face full of flattering expressions.
“Yes, I asked you guys over so you can see it for yourself, in case you refuse to pay later.” Huang Xiaolong stated bluntly.
Hearing his straightforward words, the Dean’s face turned somewhat embarrassed.
After all, they just refused to acknowledge the test result when he was diagnosing Lin Jing’s pregnancy, right?
“Master, we…we didn’t recognize your greatness before. Rest assured, from now on, we fully respect you.” The dean appeased Huang Xiaolong meticulously.
“Alright, enough chit-chatting, let’s begin. First, I’ll chant a spell to summon all the ghosts in the inpatient building to this ward. But don’t be scared, just watch at ease.” After finishing his words, Huang Xiaolong began to draw the curtains in the ward.
“Summon ghosts? This… this…” The vice dean began to feel his scalp tingling.
With the curtains drawn, the room was dim and gloomy, giving off a rather eerie impression.
Huang Xiaolong burned a reveal charm, and a golden light flashed across the room, “Get ready, I’m going to start chanting the summoning spell, prepare yourself mentally since you might see ghosts at any moment. If you’re scared to death, I’m not responsible for it.”
Upon hearing his words, the dean, the vice-dean, and the head of the security department, three old men, clasped hands together to comfort each other.
Huang Xiaolong started to chant…
The spell was completed.
Suddenly!
The ward was full of chilling winds, the temperature plummeting!
The blanket on the sick bed started to rise as if blown by an invisible wind, plastic bags on the cabinet and such, were flying upward.
“It’s… it’s coming… oh my… my God…” The Hospital Director stuttered, his teeth chattering.
Whoooo—
A whirlwind swept through the ward, eventually morphing into a ghostly figure of a woman in red!
This red-clothed specter floated in mid-air, her back facing Huang Xiaolong and the others.
“Gh…Ghost!” Even though they had mentally prepared themselves beforehand, upon truly seeing a ghost, the Hospital Director and the rest were terrified, their souls seemed to leave their bodies. Cold sweat trickled down their foreheads like tap water.
Crackle-
In mid-air, the neck of the woman in the red dress twisted to a horrifying 180 degrees, her head now facing Huang Xiaolong. Blood dripped endlessly from her hollow eye sockets, globs of scarred, puss-covered flesh festered on her pallid face, creating an image of pure horror.
However, upon seeing Huang Xiaolong, the woman in red shivered uncontrollably, terrified to move an inch.
“Th…This… This is Ma Ting! She was a nurse at our hospital! Last year… last year… she died in this building due to an overdose of anesthesia…” The Hospital Director said with a trembling voice.
“What else? They’re not all here, let them all come out.” Huang Xiaolong said casually.
Subsequently, one ghost after another showed up in the ward.
Huang Xiaolong counted. There were eight in total, including the new ghost, Xiao Ying, who had just committed suicide by jumping off the building.
The Hospital Director, terrified and shaking, began to speak.
Turns out, apart from the newcomer Xiao Ying, the rest of the ghosts all died during the seventh month of the lunar year, last year. Some were nurses or doctors from the hospital, some were patients, and some were relatives of the patients.
“Including Ma Ting, there are exactly nine ghosts…” Huang Xiaolong nodded, then loudly said, “Why are you lingering in the hospital scaring people instead of going to the Underworld after you died? Do you want to completely disappear or something?”
“It’s not our fault…” A red-dressed ghost girl began to sob. “We all died unjust deaths… After our deaths, we were unable to leave this hospital building, we couldn’t go to the Underworld to be reincarnated, we… we are trapped here…
We must find replacements to be free… and so, we had no choice but to hurt people… Please let us go… We don’t want to hurt people…”
All eight ghosts began to cry, their cries sending shivers down the spine.
“Ok, considering your circumstances, I will let you go this once. Come on, get in my Soul Cylinder for now, I’ll find time to send you to the Underworld for reincarnation.” Huang Xiaolong took out his Soul Cylinder, flipped the lid open, and captured all eight ghosts.
With that, the whole hospital was cleansed.
The temperature in the ward began to rise, strands of sunlight seeping through the curtains brought in a sense of brilliance and warmth.
The Hospital Director and the others let out a sigh of relief.
It was as if a heavy load had finally been lifted off their backs, their whole beings exuded a feeling of ease and joy that was hard to describe.
Huang Xiaolong walked over, drew open all the curtains, and looked out to see that the gloomy aura which had been shrouding the hospital building had completely dissipated. The outer wall of the building glistened under the sun’s rays.
“Master! You’re so amazing! I’m completely in awe!” The Hospital Director quickly started buttering him up. “Could you be an immortal?”
“My god, I’ve lived to such an old age and only today got to see a real-life immortal. Truly the work of an immortal!”
“Master, are you a descendant of Maoshan?”
“Master, our First People’s Hospital will never forget your kindness.”
Huang Xiaolong laughed casually.
He paused for a moment then said, “Don’t rush to flatter me, it’s not over yet. Did you think that capturing a few minor ghosts will ensure peace in the hospital? Let me tell you, it’s not over yet!”