How come I was born a deity?

Chapter 42: Not Hehe

"Shen Nianxu!" As soon as he got out of the taxi, Wang Shande spotted Shen Nianxu standing in front of the Wan Yao Club and called out to her.

Just as Shen Nianxu was about to rush in after being stopped at the door by the supervisor, she heard the voice and turned around. "You're finally here."

Wang Shande stumbled over, dragging his cane, and asked, "What's the situation now?"

Qin Bo replied, "We just arrived at the Ten Thousand Demons Club and were about to go in when the manager stopped us here. If you had come any later, the manager would have been taken down by Shen Nianxu."

foreman:"?"

"Get out of the way!" Wang Shande flipped his right hand, pulling out a police badge. "On duty!"

Upon seeing the witness certificate, the supervisor's expression changed drastically. He quickly made way and called out, "Sir, this way!"

Avoiding the supervisor, Wang Shande led Shen Nianxu and Qin Bo into the elevator and went directly to the basement.

The elevator doors opened, and the demon who had just stepped in front of the elevator to greet the guest was immediately terrified upon seeing Wang Shande's face. "Mr...Mr. Wang?"

"Get out of my way!" Wang Shande was also very irritable. In order not to cause trouble for Qingcheng, he showed a side of himself that he rarely showed.

As they passed through the basement level of the Ten Thousand Demons Guild, the surrounding demons were terrified by Wang Shande's performance and began to tremble in fear, hiding in corners.

Following her memory, Shen Nianxu led the way to the secret passage leading to the second underground floor and rushed in first.

Wang Shande and Qin Bo followed behind, and the three of them arrived at the gate of the secluded old house as quickly as possible.

boom!

Shen Nianxu kicked the door open and shouted, "Chen Qi! Are you alright?!"

Wang Shande followed closely behind, rushing directly into the room. He tapped his cane on the ground, and a burst of spiritual energy spread out.

Qin Bo was the last to arrive, peeking his head in. He knew very well that with Shen Nianxu and Wang Shande leading the way, there was basically nothing left for him to do.

Inside the room, the bloody scene that Shen Nianxu had initially envisioned did not occur.

In front of the stone table, the innkeeper, who had been lying on the bed barely breathing, was pouring hot tea for Chen Qi. There were still some bloodstains on her forehead, but they had already scabbed over, and she seemed to be fine.

Chen Qi sat at the stone table, peeled a peanut and put it in his mouth, while taking a sip from the porcelain cup.

Yao Ning, on the other hand, sat across Chen Qi's lap, making "whimpering" noises, and wrapped her arms around Chen Qi's neck like a baby.

Upon hearing the sound of the door being kicked, the three people inside the room simultaneously looked up.

Wang Shande: "..."

Shen Nianxu: "..."

The shopkeeper: "..."

Yao Ning: "..."

Qin Bo: "..."

A deathly silence descended upon this secluded old house.

Finally, Chen Qi spoke, breaking the silence.

Good morning! Have you eaten yet?

"You vixen! Get off him!"

Shen Nianxu flew up and kicked Yao Ning directly. Yao Ning cried out and ducked, but the kick landed squarely on Chen Qi's head, sending him flying along with his chair, and also throwing Yao Ning away.

Upon seeing this, Wang Shande's expression changed drastically. It turned out that the person who wanted to kill him was neither the Ten Thousand Demons Guild nor a ghost, but you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes!

"Cough cough..."

Chen Qi was kicked to the ground and almost couldn't catch his breath. He struggled to his feet, clutching his neck.

Shen Nianxu rushed forward and helped him up from the ground, asking with concern, "Are you alright? Is your head still intact? Did a ghost take it to paint the walls, or skin it to make blueprints?"

"No...no," Chen Qi caught his breath, "but you almost kicked me to death."

"It's good that you're alright..." Shen Nianxu breathed a sigh of relief, then suddenly looked at the shopkeeper and Yao Ning, "Where's the ghost?!"

Upon hearing those two words, Wang Shande also became alert. "Where are the ghosts?"

At this moment, there was no longer any ghostly aura in the secluded old house, which meant that the ghost must have escaped. Although it was unclear why Chen Qi was unharmed, if they chased after it now, they should be able to deal with it before it harmed more people.

Regarding these two questions, the shopkeeper and Yao Ning exchanged a glance, gave each other an awkward smile, and said, "The ghost... has already been dealt with."

Wang Shande: "?"

Shen Nianxu: "?"

Are you kidding me?

Such a powerful ghost, it was dealt with so easily?

Even you almost had your lifespan drained!

Seeing that the two didn't believe him, the shopkeeper explained, "You can use your spiritual sense to see for yourselves. There's no ghostly aura around at all. There wasn't any ghostly aura on the path you came in from either. That's enough to prove that the ghost has been dealt with, right?"

Wang Shande carefully examined the surroundings with his spiritual sense and indeed found no ghostly aura.

Even if it escaped, such a powerful ghost wouldn't dissipate its ghostly aura so quickly unless it was truly destroyed.

But... how did they do it?

"How is this possible?" Shen Nianxu questioned, "That powerful ghost was something even I didn't have a definite way to deal with. How could you have destroyed it so easily?"

Chen Qi took out a luminous pearl from his pocket and said, "This is what destroyed it."

This was the story that Chen Qi and the shopkeeper had prepared from the beginning. As long as they refused to admit that Chen Qi was responsible, Shen Nianxu and Wang Shande couldn't do anything about it.

"A luminous pearl?" Wang Shande's expression was somewhat strange. Although a luminous pearl is indeed a very magical thing, and many of its effects have not yet been fully understood, but... can such a powerful evil spirit really be eliminated with this luminous pearl?

Shen Nianxu also found it strange, after all, Chen Qi also possessed the luminous pearl last night, and the ghostly aura on the sachet disappeared the next day.

If that's the explanation, it's barely understandable, but why does it still feel a bit strange?

As the victim, Chen Qi had no reason to lie. Could it really be that this thing solved the problem?

A luminous pearl can actually ward off ghosts?

Seeing that the ghost had been dealt with and Chen Qi himself was unharmed, Wang Shande finally relaxed, tapped the ground with his cane again, and withdrew the spiritual energy.

It was only then that Chen Qi realized that when he used his spiritual sense to look at Wang Shande, he couldn't see anything at all.

"Is the level simply too high to be observed, or is the strength being concealed using some kind of hidden technique?"

Chen Qi was somewhat curious, after all, Wang Shande was the official representative in Qingcheng, so his strength must not be weak.

"You scared me to death," Shen Nianxu's tone sounded a little more relaxed. "Thank goodness you're alright."

Chen Qi felt a surge of emotion. It seemed that the "guardian" his father had chosen for him in the cultivation world was quite responsible.

Shen Nianxu changed the subject.

"If you die, where am I supposed to find someone to take over this garbage book? Waaaaah..."

Chen Qi: "..."

No, not at all.