Wu Xin Appears

"Stop it!"

Liu Daimei’s delicate, fair cheeks suddenly flushed crimson, the blush against her pale skin incredibly alluring. She could feel someone’s restless hands groping over her body, practically about to slip beneath her clothes!

"It’s broad daylight, and there are people outside! What if someone finds out? Can’t you hold it in? Once we’re back, I’ll let you do whatever you want."

Liu Daimei now practically gave Gu Sheng whatever he asked for and basically never refused him. Even when she did refuse, she would offer some kind of "compensation."

"Mei-jie~"

Gu Sheng whispered beside Liu Daimei’s ear. Just as he was about to continue, a clattering of footsteps came from outside the door. His hands stopped, and he temporarily let Liu Daimei off.

"Creak~"

Just as Liu Daimei was wondering what was happening, the door was pushed open. Gu Xuanwu burst in, opening his mouth as he prepared to speak to Gu Sheng—only to see Liu Daimei sitting on Gu Sheng, the two of them looking extremely intimate.

"Ahem~"

Gu Xuanwu awkwardly turned his head away and closed the door, clearing his throat with some discomfort.

"Hey! I say, Old Zhang, what do you think my Command Headquarters is?"

Gu Xuanwu kept his head turned away from the intimate Gu Sheng and Liu Daimei, occasionally tilting his head as he spoke. "Having your concubine bring meals to the Command Headquarters was already too much. What are you two doing now?

"Can’t you be a little more careful? If you want to do that, go home! This is the Command Headquarters, and people are constantly coming and going outside. If someone finds out, how am I supposed to deal with it?"

"Go home? You think I don’t want to? If you weren’t holding me here, I couldn’t be bothered to handle official business here!"

Gu Sheng helplessly spread his hands. He genuinely had no interest in this stuff. After crossing over, his time was precious enough already. He barely had time to cultivate, so how could he have any interest in handling documents?

"I say, you brat, you’ve become unruly after going to Shanghai! How come I never heard you complain like this before?"

Gu Xuanwu was offended. His deputy was starting to resemble his former self—trying to shirk all responsibility!

The Wen County Command Headquarters had previously been managed by Gu Xuanwu, who oversaw the overall situation. Minor documents and the like were handled by Zhang Xianzong (Gu Sheng’s vessel), whom Gu Xuanwu trusted most.

The original Zhang Xianzong had wanted power, so he naturally handled these matters extremely well. Gu Sheng, however, did not care about such things at all and was naturally unreliable. On top of that, his clerical abilities were truly mediocre, so he dumped everything on Liu Daimei. Fortunately, the young lady was capable enough, and nothing went wrong.

"It’s boring! In this weather, I’d rather fool around properly in bed with my Mei-jie!"

Gu Sheng merely glanced at Gu Xuanwu before turning back to Liu Daimei, completely ignoring Commander Gu.

"Hey! Fine! So you’re playing this game with me too."

Gu Xuanwu was full of pent-up anger with nowhere to vent it. "What kind of bad luck did I have today? First, someone extorted ten thousand silver dollars from me. Then I came to discuss it with you and got an earful instead. Damn it, I’m furious!"

Gu Xuanwu walked to the table, opened the food container, and downed the small bottle of liquor Liu Daimei had prepared.

"Hey, that was my liquor! How could you drink all of it?"

Seeing the man’s ridiculous appearance, Gu Sheng was speechless. What a unique way to vent his anger!

"Of course I’m drinking yours. Who told you to piss me off? Hic!"

Before Gu Xuanwu could finish, he let out a drunken hiccup. He staggered to the sofa beside them, loosened his collar, and began panting heavily. He clearly seemed rather upset.

"Old Gu, what’s wrong with you?"

Gu Sheng found Gu Xuanwu’s appearance strange. They had spent quite some time together, but he had never seen Gu Mengmeng like this.

"Ha! What else could it be? That damn mansion."

The moment Gu Xuanwu spoke, Gu Sheng’s heart stirred, and he focused his attention.

"I’ve had my bounty posted for so many days. Someone capable finally came to take it on, but who would’ve thought…" Gu Xuanwu said angrily. "That bastard called Wu Xin said I had strong yang energy and could suppress ghosts, so he asked me to go with him. I don’t know what possessed me, but I didn’t even bring my gun. I just took a saber and followed him inside. He dragged me through the whole night and scared me half to death.

"You’d think it would be fine if he got rid of that filthy thing, but that Thief Monk had to raise the price on the spot. After injuring it, he said it would take ten thousand silver dollars to eliminate it. Damn, what a ridiculous demand!"

Liu Daimei could not help exclaiming, "Wu Xin!"

"What’s wrong, Chunmei? You know him?"

Gu Xuanwu turned around and asked. He was rather surprised by Liu Daimei’s reaction.

"Nothing. I just thought the name was strange. Wu Xin—does he have no surname?"

Liu Daimei covered her mouth and smiled, brushing Gu Xuanwu off while using the excuse to conceal her astonishment.

"You think so too? I think so as well! Maybe it’s that monk’s religious name or something."

Gu Xuanwu grinned. "But I think whoever gave him that name was crazy too. They named him Wu Xin—’without a heart.’ If a person had no heart, wouldn’t he be dead?"

"Wait! You just said that the thing was only injured by that monk called Wu Xin, not destroyed?"

As Gu Sheng listened to Gu Xuanwu, he suddenly remembered something. After Wu Xin and Gu Xuanwu had haggled over the price, that Ghost had gone on to kill someone else before it was finally destroyed.

Although the Ghost had been weakened considerably by the trouble he caused last time, it had still escaped Wu Xin just as it had originally. It might continue harming people.

"That’s right!"

Gu Xuanwu gestured as he smiled. "Let me tell you, that monk does have some ability. You didn’t see how badly that Female Ghost was beaten."

"What happened after that? Did you seal the mansion again?"

Gu Sheng asked urgently, hurriedly standing up and preparing to put on his coat.

"No."

Gu Xuanwu replied, "The Evil Spirit was badly injured, wasn’t it? That monk called Wu Xin said there was no need to worry for the time being. The mansion had been sealed for so many days, and I saw that the men were tired, so I gave them half a day off. I left only an old man there to take his son’s shift."

Seeing how anxious Gu Sheng was, Gu Xuanwu grew nervous as well and hurriedly asked, "What’s wrong? Is there a problem?"

"A huge one. The Bound Spirit in your mansion is different from those formed by people dying unjustly. She was refined by someone. After being injured, her ferocity will only grow stronger."

Gu Sheng hurriedly picked up a few things and prepared to leave. "I told you to seal the mansion earlier because she’s a Bound Spirit and can’t leave it. But after being injured, her ferocity has multiplied. If the mansion were still sealed, it would be fine. With so many people and all that yang energy, she wouldn’t dare act recklessly.

"But now you’ve left only one old man there. Isn’t that just throwing a lamb into a tiger’s den?

"Hurry and prepare a horse. I’m going out."

Gu Sheng practically roared the last words toward the outside. He threw on a windbreaker to ward off the cold and left through the door.