Ghost Pot

Chapter 96

"Yes, sir." Lou Yi turned his car around at a fork in the road ahead, then drove back east along the same route. As he passed the Shanghai-plated sedan that had been following them, he saw that there were three people in the other car, including the driver. One of them, whose face was leaning against the car window, was extremely ugly, with blank, lifeless white eyes. He was blind. The person next to him was a fat old man with a bushy beard and long eyebrows.

The commander frowned, feeling quite surprised. They didn't seem to be from the director's side. If they were assassins from Myanmar, why would they bring a blind man with them?

"Sir, the tail has turned around and is following us. There's a blind man in the car," Lou Yi said warily.

"Okay, let's ignore them for now. We need to be careful at intersections along the way, especially not far outside the city," the commander instructed.

Sure enough, a few kilometers outside the city, at a fork in the road, there was a dark green minivan parked. It was the same Beijing-plated car that had been parked in front of the Yuxi Hotel. The car was empty; the three policemen were not inside.

The SUV pulled over to the side of the road. The leader glanced at it and saw "Tail" standing far away. Who were they? What did they want?

"Sir, those three policemen must have gone down this path," Lou Yi said, squatting down and carefully examining the trampled weeds.

"We'll follow them too," the commander ordered.

So, Lou Yi, the Chief, and Master Qiao followed them all the way into the Yuxi Grand Canyon. Although they did not find the three policemen, they unexpectedly saw Jia Shiming, an unidentified old woman, a little boy, and a disheveled middle-aged policeman.

"Commander..." At this moment, a short figure, dripping wet, crawled out of the "Virgin Pool" and shouted with joy.

"Chairman Song..." The leader was taken aback, and at the same time noticed Master Fei lying on the ground.

Lou Yi hurriedly stepped forward and helped Song Diweng to the leader's side.

"What's going on here?" the commander asked, frowning.

"Jia Shiming's qigong is truly unbelievable..." Song Diweng said in a flustered manner, while briefly recounting what had happened.

"So, the 'Ghost Pot' is indeed in the hands of Jia Shiming and Nizi?" the leader nodded and said.

“Yes,” Song Diweng replied affirmatively.

"Who is this old woman?" the leader asked, glancing at the Hakka woman.

"She came looking for Nizi, only wanting to take the child away after finding her. Her martial arts are extremely high, on par with Jia Shiming. She has now allied with Diweng to deal with Jia Shiming together. She wants the child, and we want the 'Ghost Pot'," Song Diweng said in a low voice. However, he had already fallen into the water at the time and did not know that it was the little boy Shen Cai who defeated Master Jia.

"Oh, very good. There really are hidden masters among the common people." The leader exclaimed in amazement.

At this moment, Master Qiao and Jia Shiming stood facing each other, swords drawn, a duel between two unparalleled masters was about to begin.

There was a small cave at the bottom of the cliff, and Youliang quietly pulled Nizi into the cave.

"Brother Youliang, Nizi is about to find her mother!" Nizi excitedly told Youliang.

“Master Jia is not a good person. Don’t believe him. Let’s sneak away. From now on, I’ll go with you to find your mother…” Youliang said urgently.

“But you don’t know where my mother is?” Nizi pouted.

Youliang scratched his head, then suddenly had a flash of inspiration and hurriedly said, "I once met an old blind man who was incredibly accurate at telling fortunes and finding people. He told me to come in the southeast direction, and I actually found you."

“But… Master Jia knows where Mother is,” Nizi said with difficulty.

“Nizi, have you forgotten? Master Jia once said that your mother had a face full of pimples. You are so beautiful, how could your mother be so ugly? Master Jia must be lying.” Youliang sincerely analyzed for Nizi.

“He said he would take Nizi to find her mother right now, and he even carried me on his back the whole time. He was very good to Nizi,” Nizi said, lowering her head.

"I'm willing to carry you on my back," Youliang said eagerly and confidently.

Nizi looked at Youliang, then glanced outside the cave, appearing to be in a dilemma.

“Nizi,” Youliang seemed to remember something and suddenly gestured with his hands as he asked, “Did you take this big ‘ghost pot’ with six holes in it from the secret chamber of the underground palace?”

Upon hearing this, Nizi opened her travel bag, took out the small skull-shaped charm from "Feng Hou," and said, "Is this it? Master Jia calls it the 'Ghost Pot.'"

Youliang took it and held it in his hand, suddenly feeling two different temperatures, one cool and one warm, in his palm. He couldn't help but say in surprise, "This thing looks like a little skull, both cool and warm. It's really strange..."

“It’s the head of a shriveled old man,” Nizi told him.

"Ah!" Yu Liang was startled, his hand trembled, and the skull rolled to the ground.

"MoMo..." A little boy suddenly appeared at the entrance of the cave, with a large blue-feathered parrot perched on his shoulder and a suction cup in his hand.

Nizi stared at the unfamiliar boy in surprise...

"Chen Caihua! Don't even think about taking Nizi away!" Youliang stood up and shouted loudly.

The boy silently watched Nizi, sniffing twice with a twitching nose. His eyes instantly filled with tears as he gazed at her intently, murmuring, "Mo Mo, I've finally found you..."

Nizi stared intently at Chen Caihua, something seemed to flash through her mind, but she couldn't quite grasp it. After a long while, she shook her head and asked softly, "Who are you?"

In an instant, Shen Caihua's body seemed to freeze, and icy tears slowly, drop by drop, rolled down his cheeks...

Youliang rushed in front of Shen Caihua and stood between them, saying angrily, "Shen Caihua, get out of the way! Nizi is my sister, don't talk nonsense here..."

Shen Caihua's gaze remained gentle as he looked at Nizi, softly saying, "Mo Mo, don't you remember me? When we were little, we even killed gorillas and wolfhounds together..."

Youliang stared at Nizi nervously, feeling a little breathless.

Nizi looked at Chen Caihua with a puzzled expression, her eyes unfocused, as if she was trying to think of something, but in the end, she shook her head helplessly.

Youliang, who was watching from the side, was overjoyed. He immediately rushed forward and shoved Shen Caihua away forcefully, while shouting gloatingly, "Shen Caihua, you saw it, didn't you? Nizi is not your Momo at all. Get out!"

“No! He is Mo Mo…” Shen Caihua insisted, tears welling in his eyes.

"No!" Youliang stood with his hands on his hips, a surge of resentment rising in his heart, and shouted through gritted teeth.

"Yes!" Shen Caihua roared at Youliang, his eyes turning red instantly, and the wildness lurking within him was gradually being forced out.

"Nizi, ignore this wild boy, let's go!" Youliang grabbed Nizi's arm and dragged her out of the cave.

“Mo Mo, you… are Mo… Mo.” Dudu stammered as she helped persuade Nizi.

"Shut up!" Youliang grabbed the parrot's tail in a fit of rage, forcefully tearing out two beautiful feathers, and cried out in distress.

Enraged, Shen Cai suddenly uttered a series of Sanskrit chants: "戹戺戻戼戽戾扂扃扄扅扆扈扊..." He then threw down the suction cup and began slapping his forehead repeatedly with both hands...

This is the sixth move of the Zhuyou Divine Skill, "A Strange Twist from Heaven".

Chapter 146

Nizi's body suddenly trembled, and then her movements became somewhat mechanical and stiff...

"Who are you? Why are you holding my hand?" Nizi broke free from Youliang's grasp and looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"Ah..." Youliang was taken aback, staring blankly at Nizi, "I, I am Youliang..."

“I don’t know you,” Nizi said expressionlessly.

"Nizi, what's wrong with you? Why are you talking nonsense?" Youliang asked anxiously, his voice already trembling with tears.

“Nizi? Who is Nizi…” Nizi asked, confused.

Yu Liang stared in disbelief and asked, "Then... then who are you?"

“MoMo,” Nizi replied.

At this moment, Youliang's gaze fell on Shen Caihua, who was slapping his forehead. Hearing the incantation he was chanting, he immediately understood that Shen Caihua was using witchcraft to harm his girl.

“It’s you…” Despite his anger, Youliang knew he couldn’t beat Shen Caihua, so he could only grab Nizi again and shake her arm desperately, hoping to wake her up.

"Mo Mo, we should go home." Shen Caihua said, then took Ni Zi's hand and walked out of the cave.

"Nizi, don't go..." Youliang cried out in grief and indignation.

"Let go!" Nizi said, swinging her left arm. With a "bang," a faint shadow of an arm flew out and struck Youliang's chest. The powerful impact of "Severed Arm Standing in the Snow" knocked him to the ground, almost breaking his ribs.

Youliang lay on the ground, tears of humiliation blurring his vision, hatred etched into his very bones. He bit his lower lip tightly, drawing drops of bright red blood...

No! I absolutely cannot give up, Chen Caihua. Unless you kill me, Youliang will follow Nizi forever... Youliang endured the excruciating pain in his chest, resolutely got up, and staggered towards the cave entrance.

Just then, he noticed the small skull that had rolled onto the ground and Nizi's canvas travel bag...

Youliang picked up the small skull, put it in his travel bag, and then chased after it out of the cave, but Nizi and Shen Caihua were already gone. He looked to both sides and suddenly noticed that the bushes not far to the east seemed to have moved slightly. "So, Shen Caihua, you think you can sneak away with Nizi and run away with me? Not so easy!" Youliang took big strides like a madman and rushed straight towards the bushes.

Upon closer inspection, they were taken aback to see three police officers in blue uniforms lurking behind the bushes, quietly observing the fight unfolding over the pool.

Upon hearing footsteps, a policeman turned around and saw Youliang, and was greatly surprised.

"Officer, bad guys have kidnapped my sister..." Youliang said with a mixture of joy and surprise, as if he had encountered a savior.

"Shh..." Boss Tang put his finger to his lips, signaling Youliang to keep quiet. The people by the pool were all experts; it would be terrible if they noticed. He sized up the boy who had suddenly appeared, his gaze slowly falling on the canvas travel bag. He recognized that the bag looked very much like the one carried by the little girl who was with Jia Shiming.

"Come here..." Boss Tang beckoned and said in a low voice.

Youliang quickly squatted down next to the policeman and said anxiously, "You guys hurry up and catch the bad guys!"

"Let me see this bag." Tang grabbed the travel bag, opened it, and peeked inside. A sudden warmth filled his chest. A dark brown skull, about the size of a goose egg, with six holes, lay there quietly...

"'Ghost Pot,' it really is a 'ghost...ghost pot'!" Boss Tang was so excited that he couldn't speak coherently.

"Brother, is this the 'Ghost Pot' we've been looking for?" Tang Lao Er asked in surprise, staring at the skull.

“That’s right, that’s what the director said, a shrunken ‘Feng Hou’ skull,” Tang Laoda replied.

"In that case, let's hurry up and take the 'Ghost Pot' and leave. The water here is too deep; we might fall in if we're not careful," Tang Lao Er urged excitedly.

"Alright, let's retreat." Boss Tang stuffed the skull into his shirt pocket and then gave the order.

"Police officers, you..." Youliang looked at them with great confusion.

"Kid, the police are busy. Why don't you take a nap here?" Before Tang Laoda could finish speaking, he had already slapped Youliang on the back of the head, knocking him unconscious. Youliang collapsed limply to the ground.

Using the bushes as cover, Tang Jia San Shao crouched low and quietly slipped away along the road they had come from to the east. Once they were far away, they finally breathed a sigh of relief. After leaving the Yuxi Grand Canyon, they returned to the national highway, hurriedly jumped into the van, and then headed straight for Beijing without stopping.

Chapter 146

Nizi's body suddenly trembled, and then her movements became somewhat mechanical and stiff...

"Who are you? Why are you holding my hand?" Nizi broke free from Youliang's grasp and looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"Ah..." Youliang was taken aback, staring blankly at Nizi, "I, I am Youliang..."

“I don’t know you,” Nizi said expressionlessly.

"Nizi, what's wrong with you? Why are you talking nonsense?" Youliang asked anxiously, his voice already trembling with tears.

“Nizi? Who is Nizi…” Nizi asked, confused.

Yu Liang stared in disbelief and asked, "Then... then who are you?"

“MoMo,” Nizi replied.

At this moment, Youliang's gaze fell on Shen Caihua, who was slapping his forehead. Hearing the incantation he was chanting, he immediately understood that Shen Caihua was using witchcraft to harm his girl.

“It’s you…” Despite his anger, Youliang knew he couldn’t beat Shen Caihua, so he could only grab Nizi again and shake her arm desperately, hoping to wake her up.

"Mo Mo, we should go home." Shen Caihua said, then took Ni Zi's hand and walked out of the cave.

"Nizi, don't go..." Youliang cried out in grief and indignation.