Chapter 6: The Origin of the Female Ghost

  S City Public Security Bureau, top floor conference room.

  The room was filled with smoke, and everyone's face looked very serious - Ouyang Xuan was explaining the case.

  "That's basically what happened!" Ouyang Xuan roughly explained the situation and then fell silent.

  After a long while, Director Su's face turned pale as he extinguished the cigarette in his hand and sighed: "Alas... how can such a terrifying thing exist!"

  "It's simply unheard of. If Comrade Ouyang hadn't said it himself, I would have thought I was listening to a ghost story!" Deputy Director Li also said with a bitter smile.

  "I think that since this evil thing exists and has done harm, we must find a way to eliminate it as soon as possible! Otherwise..." Deputy Director Zhao's face was full of worry!

  Everyone's gaze suddenly fell on a pile of photos on the table, which was a tragic scene of dozens of Tianlong Gang members who died in Zhang Fang's villa: terrified faces, blurred bodies, stinky walls and floors...

  Everyone couldn't help but shudder at the terrifying destructive power of this thing!

  "Comrade Ou Yang, Comrade Zhang!" Liu Jun puffed desperately on his cigarette, and this iron-like man's face was also somewhat pale: "This ghost thing is something ordinary people can't deal with, it's up to you! But if there are any orders, we won't decline either!"

  "Cough, cough, cough..." Zhang Lin's pale face leaned back in his chair, nodding: "On this point, our Dragon Group cannot shirk responsibility! However, the female ghost has already been injured and escaped, and it will be difficult to find her again after stirring up trouble!"

  "Zhang Ge is right!" Ouyang Xuan furrowed his brow: "But I'm a bit puzzled, this female ghost has been cultivating for thousands of years, how did she suddenly get involved with the deceased Yang Lihua?!"

  Several leaders of the Public Security Bureau looked at each other in dismay and shook their heads together - how would they know!

  Zhang Lin also had some doubts: "Is it a coincidence or is it inevitable?"

  Suddenly, Zhang Lin's eyes lit up and he exclaimed with great joy: "Right! I remember now! Since this female ghost has had several thousand years of cultivation, it's possible that she appeared in history. Our Dragon Group has collected a large number of classics from various sects, perhaps we can find some clues about this female ghost from them!"

  "Right!" Ouyang Xuan also came to his senses, laughing: "Look, we're also confused! I'll notify the Dragon Team right away and have them investigate. Maybe they can be of some help!"

  Ouyang Xuan took out a laptop from his bag, opened it, and sent an email to Long Zu. Then he dialed a phone number: "Hello, is this An Zhi? I'm Ouyang! I just sent you an email about the case, can you help me check on it? Make it quick! Uh-huh, got it, we'll solve the problem as soon as possible!"

  After hanging up the phone, Ouyang Xuan looked at everyone: "There will be news soon, let's wait!"

  The room fell silent again, with some people smoking and others resting, but all looked very solemn.

  Soon, Ou Yang Xuan's laptop suddenly rang 'ding ding ding'.

  "Here it is!" Ouyang Xuan's expression changed, and he quickly opened the return mail to take a look: "Great, I've finally found out where this female ghost came from! Let me read it out loud for everyone:"

  Legend has it that Li Zhu was originally the name of a goddess in ancient Chinese mythology, with a high status.

  Later, around the late Eastern Han dynasty, a powerful thousand-year-old ghost appeared in Sichuan, also known as 'Lizhu'. This demon had hair like needles and was extremely cruel, relying on killing people to absorb their spirits for cultivation.

  Due to this ghost's evil deeds being too severe, it finally caught the attention of Zhang Daoling, the founder of the Tian Shi Dao, who decided to eliminate this demon!

  It was roughly in the suburbs of Chengdu that Zhang Daoling captured the trail of Gui Yao Lianzhu, and thus unfolded a great war between humans and ghosts!

  After a fierce battle, Gui Yao Lianzhu was no match for Zhang Daoling's profound magical powers and was shattered by his Five Thunder Heaven Seal. His three souls and seven spirits were absorbed into a thousand-year-old soul-suppressing jade, sealed away to prevent future troubles!

  This ancient jade is called 'Yu P'o', and it is said to be a divine instrument left by Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism. After sealing away the ghostly pearl, the ancient jade 'Yu P'o' was worshipped by Zhang Daoling in the Heavenly Master Sect.

  Soon after, the Eastern Han Dynasty was plagued by war and chaos, and the Way of the Heavenly Master also suffered from military disasters. The "Yu P'o" ancient jade disappeared from human sight, without any news or trace.

  "This message comes from the 'Tian Shi Zhen Yuan Lu' of Tian Shi Dao, a rare and precious book of Tian Shi Dao, so it should be credible!"

  As soon as Ouyang Xuan finished reading the email, everyone suddenly broke out in a cold sweat: it turned out to be a thousand-year-old female demon after all!

  "Cough, cough, it's her! No wonder this ghost is so formidable, it turns out she has such a deep and profound origin!" Zhang Lin suddenly realized.

  "Good grief, it's a dragon!" Ouyang Xuan inhaled a cold breath and said: "It's been over 1,800 years since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, plus its own thousand-year-old cultivation, this female ghost has nearly three thousand years of cultivation! No wonder I hit her twice and she could still escape."

  "Ouyang, you're wrong!" Zhang Lin shook his head: "'Yu Po' ancient jade as a divine instrument should have the effect of refining and cleansing the ghostly energy on the female ghost's bead. Therefore, in the more than 1,800 years within 'Yu Po', the female ghost's bead's power not only won't increase, but will instead be weakened to some extent! If she really had 3,000 years of cultivation, we two would have probably died long ago!"

  "Oh, that's good!" Ouyang Xuan let out a sigh of relief: "However, even with the current cultivation level of the female ghost Li Zhu, it's still not easy to deal with her! My spiritual fire is the natural nemesis of these demons and ghosts, although I can defeat her, if she wants to escape, we really can't do anything about it!"

  "Uh, yeah!" Zhang Lin nodded and suddenly looked puzzled: "But I'm very curious, this 'Yu Xiao' ancient jade has been missing for one thousand eight hundred years, and during that time there was no news of the female ghost Li Zhu causing chaos in the world. It should still be sealed within 'Yu Xiao'. But why did the female ghost Li Zhu suddenly appear in modern times? Could it be..."

  "Could it be that 'Yu Xiao' ancient jade was also born at this time!?" Ouyang Xuan immediately came to his senses.

  "Not bad!" Zhang Lin seemed to have realized something: "The female ghost Li Zhu appears in modern times and is attached to Yang Lihua's yin body, it is very likely that the 'Yu Pao' ancient jade is on this woman named Yang Lihua!"

  Liu Jun suddenly stood up and said urgently: "What are we waiting for? Yang Lihua's body has already been exhumed and is being autopsied by the forensic doctor. Let's go take a look right away!"

  "Let's hurry up!" Director Su quickly stood up: "This matter should not be delayed, the sooner it is solved the better!"

  "Go!" Everyone made a prompt decision and immediately rushed out of the conference room, heading straight for the forensic doctor's place!

  Forensic Department

  On the examination table in the room, a woman's naked corpse was lying quietly, and two forensic doctors wearing full protective gear were carefully examining the body.

  Ouyang Xuan took a glance and found that she was a young woman with a beautiful appearance and good figure, her face immediately turned red. He secretly glanced at the other people beside him, finding their expressions were all calm and solemn, he couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed, silently scolding himself for being inexperienced!

  "Old Zhang, Old Li," Director Su asked the two monks, "What have you discovered?"

  An older forensic doctor turned around and said: "Director Su, after our examination, we found that the deceased was Yang Lihua, a 27-year-old female from Sichuan. The cause of death was asphyxia due to strangulation, with signs of neck compression, indicating that she was strangled to death! The estimated time of death is about twenty days ago. However, what's strange is that although the weather has cooled down recently, the body should have decomposed somewhat after more than twenty days, but Yang Lihua's body is still well-preserved, with even some elasticity in her skin. This is a situation we've never encountered in our many years of work, leaving both me and Old Li baffled!

  Ouyang Xuan and others looked at each other, slightly smiled bitterly, thinking: This is still a strange thing! ! Unseen!

  Su Ju pretended not to know: "Maybe it's because of the environment, isn't there a corpse that doesn't rot for thousands of years? Don't be surprised. By the way, where is the deceased's belongings now, we want to take a look and see if there are any clues!"

  "Ah, wait a minute, I'll get it!" Zhang the forensic doctor turned around and opened a cabinet, took out a small box, inside were several packaged plastic evidence bags containing the deceased's clothes and other items.

  Liu Jun took out several evidence bags one by one, and when he took out the fourth one, everyone's eyes lit up: in the transparent evidence bag, a white ancient jade with a very simple and strange flower pattern quietly lay inside!

  "Indeed it is!" Ou Yang Xuan laughed.

  "Old Zhang, we'll take this evidence away first!" Liu Jun said calmly: "By the way, the fingerprints on the corpse's neck match Zhang Fang's fingerprints!?"

  "It's the same person's fingerprint, it's been confirmed!" Dr. Zhang said affirmatively.

  "Great, finally this scum can be sent to the guillotine!" Liu Jun's expression became excited, and he looked around at everyone.

  "That's great news!" Director Su was also delighted, looking at the crowd and saying: "I think that once the current matter is settled, we will immediately crack down on Zhang Fang, thoroughly dismantle the Tianlong Gang's evil forces in SZ, and give citizens a clear and bright world!

  "That's right!" Deputy Director Zhao nodded: "Since we've found what we were looking for, let's head back!"

  "Good!" The crowd then bid farewell to the two forensic doctors and returned to the conference room.