Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 598: Yin Treasure

It seemedSenior Shuhad read my mind. He snorted. “If you don’t believe me, I’llshow you.”

Then, he called Feng Yuanzhengand shouted overthe phone. “Your wife almost killed Li Mazi last night.The guywants to take the surveillance video to the police station to report the case! We can’t stop him. You should tell your wife to run away!”

He then curtly hung up the call. Afterward, he asked Li Mazi to proceed to the nearest police station. We took a cab and quietly followed him.

Since Zhang Yan’s housewas far fromthe station, Li Mazi deliberately walked slowly. Ifthe situation was asSenior Shuhad guessed, Zhang Yan would try to stop Li Mazi once she heard the news.

Gradually, the taxi driver saw the connection between Li Mazi and us.

“Brother, which drama are you playing?” asked the puzzled driver.

“Oh, we’rehiding behindthe tree and waiting for the rabbit tocome.” I smiled and handed him five hundredrenminbi to indicatethat he should just drive us. We would pay him well.

We slowly inched along like that for around twenty minutes. Li Mazi had tried his best to walk at his slowest speed.Eventually, he reached the police station.He carefullyturned around to check our car.

“Maybe weguessed wrong?” I lowered my voice.

“Impossible. Call Li Mazi and tell him to enter the station,” answeredSenior Shu.

I had to send Li Mazi a textand askedhim to enter the police station. Li Mazi was worried, but he had to go in.

Right before he had stepped into the entrance of the police station,Senior Shufurrowed his brows. Suddenly, a car crazily crossed the street anddrove towardLi Mazi. It lookedas though the driverwanted to crush Li Mazi to death!

“Hurry, follow that car!” I urged the taxi driver as I pulled myself together.

Li Mazihad always beencautious, so he rushed into the police station as soon as thecar sped toward him.

The car turned and got on the street to flee astheambush didn’t work. The policeman in thewatchtowerat the police station entrance frowned and cursed, butdidn’t do anythingelse.

I didn’t bother to check on Li Maziand askedthe driver to chase after that car.

The car wasquick. The driver’s skills were amazingas it weaved between cars. Fortunately, we had gotten ourselves an experienced driver,too.Although the distance between us was lengthening, we weren’t ditched behind.

Alongthe way,Senior Shutried to call Feng Yuanzheng. He told us that Zhang Yan had driven the familycar away.

Senior Shumade a quick decisionand askedFeng Yuanzheng to rummage through Zhang Yan’s room to see if he could find the iron swallow.Senior Shutold him that if hefoundit, he should go to Li Qiushu’s house and wait for us there.

Soon, the driver of the other car noticed us. The car accelerated but couldn’t ditch us.

When we came to a rice paddy field outside the city, the car suddenly stopped. I thought that Zhang Yan wanted to run away. However, she didn’t get out of the car. It seemed she was waiting for us.

When wegotthere, we found thatthere was no onein the car!

“Dang, what theheckis going on here?”

The driver curiously followed us. When he sawthe scene, he paled immediatelyand stuttered,“B-Brother,what arewedoing here?”

“Capturing ghosts!”

The driver was stunned for at least three solid seconds. Then, he crawled into his car and drove away.

I didn’t mind him. “Senior Shu, what should we do now?”

Senior Shu’s eyesdartedas though he was thinking about something. After a long time, he seemed to get it. “Did Li Mazi call you?”

“No.Is something the matter?” I asked skeptically. However, I recognizedthe problembefore I finished my sentence. With Li Mazi’s nature, even if he didn’t follow us, he would call me continuously. But now,even thoughwe had been chasing after this car for quite a long time, he hadn’tcalled meevenonce!

Since there was no one in the car, thespiritmust havecontrolled the car.WherewasZhang Yan?

Senior Shuand I exchanged looks. We screamedin unison. “We’ve beentricked!”

Zhang Yan hadseen throughour intentions. As such,she hadperformed aplay to usher us here so that she would have time to deal with Li Mazi.

We took another taxi back to town. On the wayback, we kept calling Li Mazi. The linewentthrough, but no one picked up the call.Senior Shushook his head. “There’s no need to call anymore. Now, wewait.”

Then, he asked the driver to drive us to Li Qiushu’s house. When we were almost there, Feng Yuanzheng called me. “Ikicked the bedroom door open and found the iron swallow. I’m in Li Qiushu’s house now.”

I was cheered up. With the iron swallow in our hands, Zhang Yan wouldn’t dare to do anything to Li Mazi.

After we arrived at Li Qiushu’s house,Senior Shureceived the iron swallow and squinted his eyes to study it. Sᴇaʀᴄh the Nʘvᴇl(F)ire.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality.

Iwas sure thatZhang Yandidn'tknow that Feng Yuanzheng had stolen her iron swallow. To ensure that wecould predicthermovements, I asked Feng Yuanzheng to go home fornow. Tomake it look like a robbery, Igothisconsent and punched hima fewtimes.

After Feng Yuanzheng left,Senior Shugave me the iron swallow to study it. The bird looked real, andits feathers were strangely magnificent. The bird was carved in a flying posture with both of its wings spread wide. It looked so real that if one didn’t touch it, he wouldn’t know it wasn’t a living bird.

The iron swallow was cold and heavy in my palm. However, except for that common feeling, I sensed nothing else. I even used the ox tears, butI stillfound no Yin energy.

I was puzzledas I admiredthe iron swallow. “So,thisisn’t an otherworldly item?”

“It is an otherworldly item.”Senior Shuconfirmed. However, his voice turned worried. “Sincewecan’tsee any traces, it’s possible that the otherworldly item has merged with thespirit. Together, they have become arareYin treasure.”

I was shocked. Most of the otherworldly items had a wisp of thedeceased'ssoul attachedtoit, like a parasite. As long asthatwisp of the soul was erased, the otherworldly item would become an ordinary antique.

However, once the soul and the item merged, the otherworldly item would be able to evolve intoalegendary Yin treasure! It was like the harmony between the human soul and body.That was whywe couldn’t see any traces of Yin energy. Moreover, if this otherworldly item was controlled, no one could estimate the result!

However, this sort of otherworldly item had a fatal weakness. If we could destroy the otherworldly item, no matter how strong thespiritwas, it would perish altogether.

From what we had observed from Zhang Yan last night until now,it looked like sheand the otherworldly item were fused. It explained why she was hurt when I hit thespirit.It was alsowhy we couldn’t destroy the iron swallow now. We didn’t want to harm Zhang Yan.

I understood very well that her strange behaviors were caused by thespirit’s influence. Moreover, this iron swallow must have a profound historybehind it.

Soon, Feng Yuanzheng called me. “I’m home, but Zhang Yan isn’t home yet.”

I was afraid that if we lingered, Li Mazi would bekilled. “Mr. Feng, please call Zhang Yan and tell her that we’veraided her room and that we’vegot the iron swallow.”

After I made the call,I waited.Senior Shupatted me. His voicegrewangry. “You didn’t thinkaboutFeng Yuanzhang’s well-being! If Zhang Yan doesn’t believe him, she will kill him too!”

“Impossible!” Iwas baffled. With Zhang Yan’s current character, if she wanted to kill Feng Yuanzheng, she would have done that already. There was no reason for her to wait. Anyway,sinceSenior Shuhad mentionedit,I immediately texted Feng Yuanzhengand askedhim to watch out. If the situation turnedfor the worse, he would have to run for his life.

We then waited. Soon, Li Mazi called me. I took a deep breath and received the call. However, I didn’t speak first.

Zhang Yan’s low voice came from the other end of the line. “You’re calm, aren’t you! Well,thispockmark-facedbastardseems useless, anyway. I’llget rid of him first!”

As soon as she finished her sentence, I heard Li Maziscreampainfully. Then, hiswretchedvoice echoed through the phone.“LittleBrother Zhang, help me! Help me!”

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