Strange Flower! Doubts Arise!

"Didn't this flower wither last time?"

Master Ren asked, lowering his head slightly as he looked at the newly grown Prosperity Flower.

Uncle Jiu stepped forward, observed it for a moment, and said with hesitation, "Someone must be causing trouble. If I'm not mistaken, the instigator has re-cast a spell to awaken this demonic flower. The priority now is to destroy it completely!"

"Someone is trying to harm the Ren family again?"

Upon hearing this, Ren Fa's face instantly turned pale, and he thought to himself.

Thinking further, he was so frightened that he stumbled backward, almost falling to the ground.

"Uncle Jiu, you must help me this time. We need to get rid of this threat completely!"

Master Ren said aggrievedly.

Uncle Jiu looked at Master Ren with a determined gaze, "With my disciples and I here, Master Ren, you can rest assured."

Then, Uncle Jiu raised his sword-finger, chanted a spell, and a Fire Talisman flew towards the demonic flower, suddenly igniting a fierce blaze.

It burned the demonic flower to ashes.

"Heaven and Earth, Nature's essence, Bright Primordial, Spirits of the Eight Directions, heed my command!"

Uncle Jiu skillfully chanted the Purification of Heaven and Earth Spell.

He cleansed the malevolent energy within the room, section by section.

Suddenly, Lin Fan seemed to recall something and fell into deep thought.

If it were just this demonic flower that had returned from the dead, he could have dealt with it quickly, let alone needing Uncle Jiu.

But this demonic flower only exuded malevolent energy and showed no signs of revival.

Moreover, it was late at night, and everyone from the Mortuary had been drawn here.

This shouldn't be so simple; there must be something strange going on.

No, no. But what is wrong?

Lin Fan thought to himself.

"Senior Brother, what are you thinking about?"

Wen Cai asked.

"Master Ren, this flower was right by your bedside. How did you not notice it regrowing?"

Lin Fan ignored Master Ren and turned to ask Old Master Ren.

Master Ren replied, "I specifically cleaned my room tonight, but I didn't see it when I was tidying up. I thought I was seeing things. It only appeared after I finished cleaning and turned back around."

Lin Fan continued to ponder.

The suddenly appearing demonic flower, everyone from the Mortuary being drawn here.

Suddenly, Lin Fan's eyes flashed, as if he had understood something.

No, no, everyone?

Qiu Sheng is missing!

"Not good!"

Just as Master Ren finished speaking, Lin Fan exclaimed.

"What's wrong?"

Uncle Jiu, who was chanting the spell to cleanse the malevolent energy, was also interrupted by the exclamation.

Lin Fan walked towards Uncle Jiu, "Qiu Sheng might be in danger."

With that, he hurried outside.

Seeing this, Uncle Jiu had no time to understand and casually called out to Wen Cai.

He quickly chased after Lin Fan.

The forest at night was exceptionally quiet.

"Rustle."

The sound of running broke the silence of the forest.

A young man was seen sprinting forward without pause.

Lin Fan ran swiftly, catching sight of Uncle Jiu and Wen Cai following closely behind.

He paused briefly, and the three of them converged.

"Lin Fan, what's going on? Why the sudden rush?"

Uncle Jiu asked without stopping his pace.

Lin Fan looked ahead resolutely and replied, "Master, tonight we were all drawn to the Ren Manor by someone casting a spell."

"Drawn to the Ren Manor?"

Uncle Jiu suddenly felt suspicious.

"That's right. The caster guessed we would rush to the Ren Manor, so they revived the remnants of the Flower Demon's main body."

"Then what's their objective?"

Uncle Jiu continued to ask.

Lin Fan went on to say, "Old Master Ren probably didn't escape on his own; he was taken. Master, think carefully. We were awakened by a sound and immediately rushed to the Ren Manor. The reason they lured us to the Ren Manor is because they weren't confident in dealing with you, let alone me."

At this point, Master must have figured out what happened, Lin Fan thought to himself.

"Senior Disciple Brother, what does this have to do with Qiu Sheng?"

Wen Cai, a simpleton, asked with a bewildered expression.

Lin Fan glanced at Wen Cai with disdain and said impatiently, "We disrupted his plan with the Ren Manor incident. Do you think he'd hold a grudge? So, what is he after?"

"That's for you to tell me, Senior Disciple Brother."

"He's definitely not confident in dealing with us four master and disciples. He lured us to the Ren Manor using the Flower Demon's main body just to get revenge. However, we are with Master."

Lin Fan sighed and shook his head.

A normal person would have understood by now, but the one before him was the timid Wen Cai.

Suddenly, Wen Cai's eyes widened in terror. "Qiu Sheng is alone, then... he..."

After hearing Lin Fan's words, Wen Cai's innocent mind finally grasped the situation.

Since they couldn't deal with him, Master, and the other disciple, Qiu Sheng was naturally the lamb to the slaughter.

Just as Wen Cai was in a panic, a sharp reprimand suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Hurry up."

Uncle Jiu, who had already understood everything clearly, shouted.

The master and his two disciples spurred their horses towards the Rouge Shop.

Not long after.

A cold wind swept through the eerie, chilling streets.

The master and his disciples arrived at the Rouge Shop!

As they approached the entrance, they smelled a strong miasma of corpse energy.

Uncle Jiu raised his sword finger and chanted an incantation. He casually gestured.

Uncle Jiu's gaze swept towards the direction where the corpse energy was spreading.

Suddenly, Uncle Jiu's heart tightened.

It was residual corpse energy, and it was slowly dissipating with the wind.

It seemed the other party hadn't left long ago.

Since the person had already left, they had likely succeeded.

Facing a Black Zombie, Qiu Sheng might have had a way to deal with it.

But if he encountered Old Master Ren, who had already turned into a Purple Zombie...

Qiu Sheng would likely be in grave danger.

Although Qiu Sheng was naturally mischievous, he was also kind-hearted.

He was, after all, his beloved disciple, though not as outstanding as Lin Fan.

He didn't expect Qiu Sheng to bring him glory like Lin Fan.

He only wished for Qiu Sheng's lifelong happiness, and hoped his fears were unfounded.

Uncle Jiu muttered to himself.

"Knock! Knock!"

In the silent night, the sound of knocking was exceptionally loud.

Lin Fan urgently knocked on the door of the Rouge Shop.

A moment later, the door slowly opened.

A middle-aged woman appeared, holding an oil lamp.

She squinted her eyes and looked at them suspiciously.

The one who opened the door was Qiu Sheng's aunt.

"Where is Qiu Sheng?"

The master and his two disciples asked in unison, stunned.

Qiu Sheng's aunt replied grumpily, "That little brat hasn't come back all night. I don't know where he's gone gallivanting."

The sudden good news calmed the hearts of the master and his two disciples.

It had to be said that Qiu Sheng was incredibly lucky.

By sheer chance, he had missed the timing and avoided the other party.

If they had encountered each other, not to mention that the other person's strength was unknown.

But just based on the fact that he could control the approaching Purple Zombie, Master Ren.

He was at least incomparably stronger than Qiu Sheng.

As for what happened tonight.

The person with ill intentions would probably just have to grit their teeth and accept it.

"Is there anything else? If not, I'm going back to sleep."

Qiu Sheng's aunt said impatiently.

"Apologies for the disturbance, apologies."

Uncle Jiu said apologetically, clasping his hands.

After seeing the shop door close, Uncle Jiu said to the two of them, "It seems we can't return to the Mortuary tonight. We have to go to the Ren family's place and keep watch."

"That makes sense, Master."

Lin Fan replied readily.

As soon as he finished speaking, the master and his two disciples hurried back to the Ren mansion.

Upon returning to the Ren mansion, Master Ren was already waiting in the main hall.

Since the three of them had left, Master Ren had been trembling with fear.

It was said that he couldn't sleep without seeing the master and his two disciples.

"You're finally back!"

Master Ren greeted the master and his two disciples as if they were a spring breeze.

Uncle Jiu got straight to the point and said, "Master Ren, I'm afraid we'll have to trouble you tonight. To prevent any further incidents."

Seeing this, Lin Fan and his master exchanged nods of understanding.

Master Ren's face broke into a wide smile.

His expression was practically screaming his eagerness.

He then arranged rooms for the master and his two disciples to stay.

The next day.

The main hall of the Ren mansion.

Wisps of white smoke curled up, and Master Ren hadn't put down his pipe since this morning.

As if worried, he paced back and forth in the hall.

Suddenly, he saw the master and his two disciples, who had woken up and gotten dressed, walking towards the main hall.

He happily went forward to greet them.

"Uncle Jiu, regarding the matter of the Flower Demon last night, I'm still unsettled. I wonder..."

Master Ren said to Uncle Jiu with deep concern.

The matter of the Flower Demon was still vivid in his mind, and Master Ren was terrified whenever he thought about it.

If it weren't for Uncle Jiu, the Ren mansion's yang energy wouldn't have been enough for the Flower Demon to absorb.

Uncle Jiu patted Master Ren's shoulder and nodded, "Master Ren, rest assured. The demon flower from last night has been destroyed by this humble Taoist."

"Then, does Uncle Jiu have any other important matters that need to be handled?"

Master Ren asked as if he had something in mind.

"There's nothing major, but just in case, we disciples will stay at the Ren mansion for the time being. I wonder what Master Ren thinks?"

Uncle Jiu raised his eyebrows slightly and met Master Ren's gaze.

As soon as he finished speaking, Master Ren replied as if he were bathed in a spring breeze, "Yes, yes, that would be best. Then I'll trouble Uncle Jiu during this time."

Master Ren was overjoyed.

He wished he could hand over the entire Ren mansion to Uncle Jiu for a thorough cleansing.

Uncle Jiu nodded in acknowledgment and then began to arrange the affairs of the mansion.

The most important thing right now was to affix various sensing and protective talismans throughout the Ren mansion.

However, he had very few pre-drawn talismans left on hand.

It seemed he would have to go out and buy some.

"Wen Cai, you start by setting things up in the Ren mansion."

Uncle Jiu handed Wen Cai a thick stack of yellow talismans.

Then, he waved his hand and called out to Lin Fan, "Lin Fan, accompany me to buy some yellow talismans and glutinous rice."

"Okay, Master."

Lin Fan immediately followed beside Uncle Jiu.

They walked towards the market in Ren Family Town.

Just as the two were about to step out the door.

They suddenly saw a familiar figure appear on the street in front of the Ren Family's gate.