Chapter 65: Striking Up a Conversation

Seeing how curious Uncle Blind Li was about the situation inside, I couldn't help but say to him,

"Uncle, the things inside are rather terrifying. You'd better not ask, as I'm afraid they might harm you."

Hearing this, Uncle Blind Li immediately said with an overbearing tone,

"Let me tell you, Chen Qiyue. The only person I, your old man, was ever defeated by in this lifetime is your grandfather. As for anything else, I fear nothing."

"Then since you're so powerful, why don't you go inside and deal with them?"

"You child, that club is full of women. As you know, your uncle doesn't hit women. I didn't hit them in the past, and I rarely hit them now."

I stuck out my tongue, silently acknowledging his point of view.

"Uncle Blind, I'm not teasing you anymore. That club is keeping many Yin children in captivity, and on its top floor, there is a headless male corpse."

I said to Uncle Blind with a completely serious expression, hoping he could come up with a good idea.

"That thing is rather difficult to deal with. It's too vicious."

After saying this, Uncle Blind Li gestured for me to take out the paper-cut artifacts from my pocket.

These were the things he had made for me for self-protection before I went in.

I nodded, then reached into my pocket, intending to retrieve the items.

However, when I reached in and felt around, what I pulled out was merely a handful of ash.

It turned out that at some unknown point, the paper-cut self-protection items Uncle Blind Li had made for me had all turned into countless flying ashes under the influence of that headless male corpse.

Such a situation was enough to prove just how terrifyingly malicious that entity was.

Following that, I held nothing back.

I told Uncle Blind Li everything I had seen inside this women's club: the eighty-one everlasting lamps, the corpses of the children, and the headless male corpse on the top floor.

Upon hearing Qiyue's words, his brows slowly knitted together.

He quickly began to calculate on his fingers, and as time slowly passed, his expression grew increasingly grim.

Soon, he said to me,

"Qiyue, I still cannot figure out what manner of creature that thing truly is. But since even a high-level master could only bind it rather than kill it, that alone proves it is not someone to be trifled with."

"During this period, try your best not to provoke it."

Uncle Blind Li instructed me with rare solemnity, his entire expression turning exceptionally serious at that moment.

"Uncle Blind, I understand. I will be careful."

I slowly said to Uncle Blind Li.

"Good, that's fine. I, Blind Li, don't have any great skills, and I never meddle in things I'm not sure of. The thing on the top floor is different from what I imagined; I have no way to help you, so you must fend for yourself!"

"If you truly cannot resolve this, come find me at the dilapidated Earth God Temple in the south of the city. I'll be staying there recently."

"However, if you come to find me, bring me some food and drink, and most importantly, bring me a few packs of cigarettes. I am truly sick of smoking this loose tobacco."

After saying this, Uncle Blind Li turned around and left the place.

I could tell that he genuinely did not want to get mixed up in this matter; the cultivation level of that headless male corpse instilled a trace of fear in him.

However, I had never expected him to help me deal with this entity anyway.

I sat at the entrance of the women's club for a while longer, waiting for Uncle Hu to come pick me up.

We had agreed to meet at this place, and he arrived very soon.

True enough, after waiting for more than ten minutes, Uncle Hu rode up on a motorcycle, rushing over amidst the dust.

"Qiyue, are you alright? Uncle arrived a bit late and let you be frightened."

Uncle Hu dismounted the motorcycle quite dashingly, then slung the heavy broadsword wrapped in black cloth across his back.

"Qiyue, is this the shady establishment that scammed you? Uncle will go smash it up right now!"

With those words, Uncle Hu prepared to step forward and pound on the door.

"Uncle Hu, let's go. This place is not something the two of us can handle."

I grabbed the sleeve of Uncle Hu's shirt, signaling him not to step forward.

This Htianlan Women's Club exuded too many eerie and bizarre auras both inside and out.

If we rushed in recklessly, I feared we would meet with misfortune.

"Qiyue, then where shall we go? My motorcycle's tank is full of gas, we can go anywhere."

Uncle Hu seemed to notice my displeasure and couldn't help wanting to cheer me up.

"Uncle Hu, let's go home. I'm a bit tired today and don't feel like wandering around outside."

I rubbed my forehead with my palm; going up to the top floor of the women's club today was somewhat more unexpected than I had anticipated.

I needed to go home and sort out my thoughts to figure out who was the one that left the mark between Liu Qing's eyebrows.

If it really was that headless male corpse, how on earth was I supposed to deal with it?

"Alright then, since you don't feel like going for a ride, Uncle Hu will send you back. Your complexion is terrible, so going back to get a good rest is always for the best."

After saying this, Uncle Hu started his motorcycle.

"Let's go, let's head home."

With those words, Uncle Hu handed me a helmet, signaling me to put it on my head.

Before long, Uncle Hu rode the motorcycle at lightning speed, safely delivering me back to the Hu family courtyard.

Not long after I returned to the Hu family courtyard, Liu Qingqing drove over in her small red sports car.

She seemed deeply concerned about my safety, asking if I was injured the moment we met.

Although my heart felt heavy, I deliberately put on a very relaxed expression.

I told her that the issue wasn't too serious and that I would handle it.

However, looking at the increasingly distinct mark between Liu Qingqing's eyebrows, a lingering sense of urgency remained in my heart.

If I could not resolve this matter for her soon, there was a very real possibility she might die.

After chatting idly in the living room for a little while, I deliberately called her into my own room, and then probed indirectly:

"Liu Qing, I looked at the footage of you and the others getting treatments at the Haitianlan Women's Club today. I saw you chatting with a man just as you were leaving. Who was that guy? What did you two talk about?"

I intentionally claimed that I had seen this scene on the surveillance cameras rather than mentioning that she had been talking to empty air, just so I wouldn't frighten her.

Hearing my inquiry, a trace of delighted expression appeared on Liu Qingqing's face.

"Brother Qiyue, I told you so. You wouldn't abandon me, look at you getting jealous! That man said he was the owner of the club and could get me a membership card with a twenty percent discount! I don't come often, so I didn't take it."

Liu Qingqing recalled the situation carefully, her expression still relatively normal.

Yet not long after recalling that, Liu Qingqing's face suddenly turned terrified.

"It was him! It must be him! The infant-demon mark between my eyebrows is definitely related to him!"

Liu Qingqing wore a nervous expression, her whole body trembling slightly with fear as she spoke.

"Liu Qingqing, don't be afraid. With me here, he won't dare to do anything to you."

I said with a helpless sigh.