Exorcist's Self-Cultivation

In Victor's room.

Du Wei's pace came to a halt, and in his Spirit Vision state, he stared at the man wearing a tuxedo whose face he couldn't make out, his gaze not moving in the slightest.

Victor, on the other hand, looked on with a puzzled face, being an ordinary person, she couldn't see the Evil Spirit.

Or perhaps, the time had not yet come.

She watched Du Wei, expressionless, holding a black umbrella in one hand, silent, wanting to ask if something was amiss, yet not daring to speak, she could only remain silent.

At this very moment.

In Du Wei's eyes, the tuxedo-clad man was acting very strangely.

The feeling he gave was completely different from past encounters with Evil Spirits.

There was no sense of imminent death, nor that gloomy and terrifying feeling, just a peculiar eeriness.

"Is this an Evil Spirit?"

Du Wei asked himself in his mind, his left hand gripping the handle of the black umbrella ever so slightly without actually opening it.

Because he noticed that the Evil Spirit in front of him didn't seem to have any intention of killing anyone for the time being, as it hadn't made any move since it appeared.
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This was very strange...

Typically, Evil Spirits are terrifying, and anyone could become their target, especially if they've had direct contact.

Suddenly, Du Wei had a bold idea in his mind.

He took out a lighter from his pocket and walked toward the man whose face he couldn't see.

He gently pressed the lighter.

A red flame emerged, and the man seemed to sense something, lifting his head and looking towards Du Wei.

The man's face was still unclear.

Du Wei couldn't even be sure if it had facial features, but at that moment, he suddenly felt like he was being watched.

This feeling was very eerie, like after falling into a deep sleep, with eyes closed, you can still instinctively feel like you're being spied on, causing a sense of resistance.

Du Wei ignored this sensation and kept walking closer to the man.

And during this process, the faceless man didn't make any moves.

It just didn't seem like an Evil Spirit.

But as Du Wei walked right up to it, it turned around and walked towards the glass window of the balcony.

Then it became fainter and fainter, until it touched the glass window, at which point it completely vanished.

On the spot.

Du Wei stopped in his tracks and turned to look at the bewildered Victor.

The latter immediately asked, "What's going on? Mr. Du Wei, did you find something?"

Du Wei spoke in a somewhat strange tone, "Miss Victor, you need to be mentally prepared, your great-grandfather may have turned into an Evil Spirit."

Victor was stunned, her mouth opened, but she didn't know what to say, as if she had just heard something utterly ludicrous.

"My great-grandfather? Turned into an Evil Spirit?"

"Yes, it does look very probable at the moment because I saw a man dressed in a tailcoat, exactly like your great-grandfather in that painting."

Upon hearing this, Victor calmed himself and said, "Wait a moment, sir. My mind is a bit of a mess right now; please allow me to sort through my thoughts."

Du Wei spoke lightly, "Please don't worry too much—the only thing I can be certain of right now is that the Evil Spirit in the vineyard seems unable to act for the time being."

"Hmm... that might be related to something your great-grandfather once acquired."

"That is to say, after your great-grandfather acquired such a thing, he might have touched some form of medium that imprisons the Evil Spirit. But because of that thing, the Evil Spirit has never acted, and it only reappears every other generation."

With limited information at hand, Du Wei could only offer a vague answer.

And according to Victor, her father's generation had also encountered similar incidents—someone who didn't exist appeared in the vineyard.

Going back further and thinking optimistically, an unexistent person also appeared in her father's generation and likewise in her grandfather's.

These three unexistent people could be the same one.

Thinking of this, Du Wei asked Victor, "May I boldly ask, has your father ever told you about this? Or when you were a child, did you ever discover an extra person at the vineyard?"

Victor shook her head, "My father passed away when I was very young. He never told me anything, and as for your other question, I cannot give you an answer."

Then she asked, "Mr. Du Wei, is that extra person the Evil Spirit you just discovered?"

Du Wei denied, "No, that means ideally, there should now be two Evil Spirits in the vineyard—one I discovered and the other is that nonexistent person you mentioned."

Victor fell silent for a moment, then said, "What should we do now? They are still partying in the hall; do I need to stop the party first?"

Du Wei pondered for a moment and said, "Let me think. The Evil Spirit I encountered seems to be unable to act for now. This might be related to the thing your great-grandfather acquired because that thing is protecting the safety of the vineyard."

"However, as far as I know, its protective effect will diminish as the Evil Spirit makes its presence known. When that happens, the Evil Spirit suspected to be your great-grandfather will start to kill."

"Then, there is that nonexistent person, who should have always been there, appearing periodically."

"I'm curious, did your ancestors ever seek help from an Exorcist when they encountered such incidents?"

"They didn't... It seems they resolved it on their own."

"Well then... in that case, please cancel the party and have everyone leave, including you."

"Why? Wouldn't we be in more danger after we leave?"

"Please don't worry about that because the unseen person and the Evil Spirit suspected to be your great-grandfather should be unable to leave this vineyard."

"Once everyone has left, I will deal with the Evil Spirit in the vineyard."

The truth was there was another solution—finding the thing that Victor's great-grandfather acquired. But given the current tricky situation and lack of information, there was no way to confirm what that thing actually was.

With the vineyard covering such a vast area, finding one object would be extremely difficult.

Hence, Du Wei could only employ the most direct and brute method of elimination—if the living leave, what kind of person cannot?

The answer was an Evil Spirit...

After discussing with Victor, Du Wei prepared to leave the room and return to the hall to announce the situation.

But just as they reached the stairway, Alex, wearing a beige dress, walked up leisurely.

She looked at Du Wei, walking shoulder to shoulder with Victor, and displayed a charming yet dangerous smile, "Darling, you came to attend Sister Victor's party, and you didn't give me a heads-up?"