Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The next moment, there was an uproar at the door, and two people were seen walking in from the outside world.
In front was a young man who looked easy-going, but with a bit of violence in his eyebrows. Behind him was a man wearing a strange mask. He could only vaguely see that he was a tall man, but there was nothing else that could be seen anymore.
At this time, the servant came chasing the two of them in with cold sweat on his face, “Master Xia Xi, people entering the banquet are not allowed to wear masks. Please invite this guest…”
The man named Xia Xi stopped. Stepping forward, he looked at the servant with a half-smile, “Oh, are you talking to me?”
The servant’s face became paler, and then he said bravely: “These are the rules of the ancestral home, please abide by them.”
“These are the rules from the ancestral home. Of course I know them, but there’s nothing I can do about it now.” Xia Xi sighed and looked at the person behind him. “After all, my friend’s appearance is very scary, and everyone who sees it will be frightened. He is also thinking about everyone, when wearing a mask.”
The people around looked at the man wearing the mask. The more they looked, the weirder they felt. They did not doubt the authenticity of Xia Xi’s words.
“If you are really worried, how about asking him to take off the mask and show it to you alone??” Xia Xi’s tone was still very kind, as if he finally thought of a suitable idea and smiled at the servant.
The servant immediately nodded in relief, and the masked man and Xia Xi entered the room beside him. In the room, just when everyone thought the matter was over, Gu Wuji saw Xia Yangshuo shaking his head, with a hint of vigilance on his face, “That servant is so naive, how can Xia Xi be such an easy person to deal with.”
Gu Wuji also saw this Xia Xi in the information given by Xia Yangshuo, but the information was not very detailed, so he only knew that the branch he belonged to was developing very well, and he had long been vaguely regarded as the heir of the family.
Seeing Gu Wuji turn his head, Xia Yangshuo immediately pulled him aside and whispered: “This Xia Xi is very weird, I suspect there is something wrong with him. Although I’m not familiar with Xia Xi, I met him a few years ago. At that time, he was still a sick man, and his personality was also very introverted… But when I saw him recently, he seemed to have become a different person. It’s not just that his temperament has changed drastically, he has also become completely different in other aspects.”
Xia Yangshuo thought that the other party might just be stimulated by something, but after meeting Gu Wuji, he noticed more and more that something was wrong with the other party.
“Besides other aspects, his personality is also very weird. He seems to be easy to get along with, but in fact, it is uncertain.” Xia Yangshuo shook his head, “Even people who were originally close to him now don’t dare to get close to him anymore.”
Gu Wuji nodded. In fact, he had sensed something strange from Xia Xi before, but considering that this mansion was haunted, he didn’t think too much about it.
But maybe it was really the other party who suffered stimulation or something which caused a dramatic change in temperament.
Ning Yang, who was standing next to him, saw that Xia Yangshuo was so close to Gu Wuji, and he didn’t like it, so he immediately said: “Master Gu, the one wearing the mask is a member of the Bai family. Of course, I think you must know this kind of thing.”
Gu Wuji: “…” He doesn’t know! How could he know!
Everyone else showed a look of understanding, with fear and a bit of uneasiness in their eyes, “The Bai family has never acted according to common sense. Their methods are extremely cruel, I don’t know what they will do today.”
“I heard that the Bai family trains heirs to live with ghosts for decades, and even keep ghosts in their own bodies. Only the last surviving person can become the heir. The dead then become their white ghosts driven by the family…”
“It’s really scary. I didn’t expect there to be such a family in this day and age.”
In fact, everyone has almost believed that the Bai family was responsible for what happened last time, but the Bai family was not easy to deal with, and although it had a bad reputation, in fact, no one had ever been caught doing anything too harmful. Others couldn’t say anything about things like the Ning family’s secret troubles with ghosts. In fact, only some people in the family knew about it, and most people knew nothing about it, even if they knew it, they would just pretend that they didn’t understand anything.
The servant came out safely with Xia Xi and the Bai family person in mask, with an apology on his face when he spoke to the Bai family, “I’m really sorry for offending you before. I’m sorry, if I had known you…”
The Bai family person just shook his head, as if it was not convenient for him to talk.
Xia Xi smiled and said, “It doesn’t matter, he won’t mind this kind of thing.”
The servant left gratefully.
Others were a little surprised to see this servant come out safely but considering that this was the Xia family’s ancestral home, Xia Xi probably didn’t dare to do anything and felt a little disappointed.
Only Gu Wuji felt something strange about the servant and couldn’t help but look at him a few more times, but even after he looked carefully, he couldn’t see anything.
The masked Bai family member seemed to have noticed something, and turned his head to glance at Gu Wuji, but his sight disappeared so quickly that almost no one noticed.
By this time, almost everyone had arrived, and the hall was extremely lively, with everyone exchanging pleasantries.
There were two figures standing in a hidden place on the second floor, looking coldly at the people downstairs with mocking looks on their faces.
“Are we really going to do this? Isn’t it too risky…” One person said anxiously.
“Of course, is it possible to really hand over the Xia family’s wealth to these little basta**s? We have worked hard for the Xia family for so many years, and this property should be ours!”
“But if there is really a ghost in the ancestral home, isn’t this…”
“How is it possible? The old man just feels guilty and is hallucinating because he is old and unconscious. The woman has been dead for decades, and her body has turned into ashes. There is nothing else these guys can do. The people they found are probably all charlatans.”
“That’s true. There are ghosts everywhere in the world. He’s just trying to scare himself.”
“Anyway, everything must go according to plan. You have to move quickly so that no one can find out. They are all paying attention to that female ghost anyway.”
“Yes.”
While others were chatting, Gu Wuji secretly began to look at the internal structure of the building.
After all, it was a building with some age. Just like the Cheng family, it had a simple and heavy atmosphere. The surrounding furniture and furnishings were, however, very stylish. At first glance, it seemed that it was a family with a rich heritage.
On the wall in the center of the hall was a huge oil painting, depicting a man and a woman. The man looked somewhat similar to Xia Yangshuo, and the woman was a beauty.
According to the information given by Xia Yangshuo, the woman in the oil painting was the old man’s deceased first wife. It was said that the ancestral house was haunted after her death. After asking the experts, he finally found someone to draw a painting and put it here, then only was she barely restrained.
Gu Wuji: “…” This expert did not really seem like an ordinary expert. Was there no problem?
He always felt that there might be something wrong with the matter. After all, the expert hired by the Cheng family had already caused such a big thing.
What’s more, the Xia family’s affairs seemed to be related to the portraits. Ever since Gu Wuji experienced copies of the two previous worlds in the paintings, he had begun to fear paintings.
After a few more glances, Gu Wuji seemed to be in a trance and could see a sneer on the face of the woman in the portrait, but when he looked carefully, it turned into a gentle look.
Gu Wuji thought, “Is that really the case…”
He made up his mind that if he wanted to solve the problem then, he would directly summon the lady’s ghost, and then influence the other party to pursue a new life. However, it would be difficult to succeed in persuading her.
The others were shocked when they looked at Master Gu’s solemn expression. The last time when it was so scary in the bar, Master Gu always looked calm, but now his expression was so solemn. Was it possible that the evil ghosts here were so powerful?
Everyone immediately became nervous, and Xia Yangshuo tightened his grip on the talisman Gu Wuji gave him. Everyone became suspicious, fearing that another accident would happen.
At this time, the most crucial person in this banquet finally appeared.
The wheelchair was pushed out by a middle-aged woman. Sitting in the wheelchair was an old man who looked very old but was in good spirits. There were many people surrounding him, obviously to rescue the old man in time in case of any accidents.
The venue suddenly became quiet. Other unrelated people retreated one after another, and those who stayed at the front were those from the Xia family branch who might become heirs.
“I think everyone has understood the purpose of coming here.” Mr. Xia said, “The person who can fulfill my request will be the heir of the entire Xia family. Everyone present will be witnesses.”
Other passers-by were talking a lot. Because this matter was kept secret from outsiders, they didn’t know what the Xia family was doing, and they were all curious.
Everyone was extremely excited. Even though they had a lot of wealth now, they were still far behind the main line of the Xia family. This was simply an opportunity to reach the sky in one step.
“However, what I want you to do is just find her and not harm her.” Mr. Xia said with a hint of melancholy in his tone, “I just want to see her.”
Everyone was stunned.
They all knew what happened back then, and now that they heard Mr. Xia’s words, they could even imagine more stories about the love affairs of wealthy families. This matter was far more complicated than they thought.
But more importantly than this kind of bloody story… they thought they were just here to drive away ghosts at first, but Mr. Xia’s request was actually to bring the ghost intact in front of him?
The level of difficulty had simply soared. That was to say these masters were very experienced in ordinary exorcism, but it was too difficult to restrain a ghost without any harm… It was better to say that their own lives may not be saved, so who else had the ability to restrain that ghost?!
Gu Wuji was also shocked.
Was it really that simple?
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