Tales of Folk Feng Shui Mysteries

There was no suspense, no resistance.The weapon in my hand may look like an ordinary rolling pin, but it's actually the "Three Treasures Jade Ruyi," a divine artifact used by Yuan Shi Tianzun before he ascended. It once clashed head-on with the Zhu Xian Sword Formation and gave the Tongtian Sect Master a massive headache.

Though now disguised as a humble tool, compared to two minor Theravāda Buddhist amulets, it was massive overkill.

"You… who are you?" he asked in broken Chinese.

I hesitated for a moment.Then chose to remain silent.After all, I was technically a "stowaway" in this country.

As I weighed the rolling pin in my hand, the image of Shi Yu, wearing a red wedding gown and hanging by her neck, came flashing back.

If I wasn't a Mao Shan Taoist…If I wasn't burdened with the mission to seek out the Nine Dragons…Then maybe I wouldn't have known how to extract a soul from a locust tree.Maybe my master wouldn't have come to me in a dream and reversed the flow of time using divine power.

But that's all what if.

Whether or not I can save Shi Yu, blood debts must still be repaid with blood.

So I said coldly,"I'm the one who's here to take your life."

With that, I stepped forward and swung the rolling pin straight into his shoulder.

He panicked, chanting something quickly. A skull-shaped shield floated out to block, but my weapon shattered the skull and smashed directly into his body.

"Impossible! Do you know what you just broke? That was my Golden Jade Skull, made from the bones of a high Thai monk, refined with the Ghost King Curse! How could it shatter?!"

"Drag him out," I ordered.

The two ghost guards bowed respectfully, then dragged Azan Baden out of the car.I searched his bag and found a jade vial carved with incantations.

Touching it, the chill of the jade released a familiar aura.

Yes—Shi Yu's fetal soul light was inside.

"Let me go! I don't know you! Why are you doing this?" Baden yelled. "I'm the Patriarch of Thailand's Ghost King Sect! Let me go and I'll give you gold! If you kill me, the children-ghosts will mark your soul, and the entire Ghost King Sect will hunt you down!"

I glanced at the large gemstone ring on his finger—red and green, the Ghost King Sect's signature.

"Take his ring off," I said.

The ghost guards moved in. Baden resisted at first, but after a few brutal chops from ghost-forged blades—not enough to bleed, but enough to cripple his hand—they handed the ring to me.

I raised it to the moonlight.Inside each of the five rings was a flickering fetal spirit.

These were unborn babies, sacrificed for dark rituals.

Child ghosts refined by the Ghost King Sect were more terrifying than adult ghosts.Vicious. Vengeful.And invisible to the untrained.

Looking around the mountainous area, I spotted a wind gap to the north—winds howled from south to north, a true feng shui killing zone.

In geomancy, wind is a sha (killing) force—especially northern winds.This wind gap sat right on a broken dragon vein—a location of corpse energy and absolute death.

I returned to my ghost sedan and had the spirits carry me toward the wind gap.

Two ghost guards dragged Baden along behind.

Six more stood around me, watching.

I looked down coldly at Baden."You tried to cheat Heaven and defy fate. No need to go that far—I won't let you die so easily."

"You… how do you know about my forbidden arts?! What's your connection to that Pure Yin girl?!"

I sneered, "Save that for your next life."

Gripping the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, I crouched and shattered every single bone in Baden's limbs.

Shi Yu's parents' deaths…Her soul ripped apart by the Soul Extraction Needle…The madness that consumed Yi Cheng…And my own lost love…

As he began to lose consciousness, I stabbed his "corpse dog point" with a sharpened tree branch, jolting him awake with agony.

"You used the Soul Extraction Needle to sever her Heavenly Soul. Today, you will suffer ten times that pain."

(FYI: When someone dies, their soul leaves the body. During that process, pain is intense—so don't touch a deceased loved one within the first hour.)

"Spare me… I'll give you treasures! Immortality! Anything!" Baden cried.

But he didn't understand: once you've truly loved, you'll know—no treasure can replace it.

As that thought passed through my mind, a blast of pain exploded in my head.My body spasmed, my back and chest felt like they were being flayed.

Even the ghost guards panicked."Immortal Lord, what's wrong?!"

I writhed in agony.

After a long time, the pain faded. I slowly stood up.In that moment, I knew…

My heart had changed.If I could no longer love—then I would live for hate.

"I'm fine." I said calmly.

Baden began sobbing.

I didn't care.Picking up a jagged branch, I began to peel the skin off his forehead.

No matter how he screamed—I did what I had to do.

On each of his limbs, I carved four Taoist soul-sealing spells:

"Startling Soul Curse"

"Nailing Soul Curse"

"Killing Soul Curse"

"Annihilation Curse"

I used his flesh as paper and his blood as ink.

Then I had the ghosts build a Soul Sacrifice Platform from tree branches.

In ancient times, these platforms were used to burn offerings to gods or demons.Here, I used it as an act of dark vengeance.

Baden couldn't die—his "corpse dog point" ensured his soul could not leave his body.Soon, he was just a pile of blood and twitching flesh.

I'm a kind man—unless you touch my reverse scale.I'll even give up life span to help others.But for enemies…I'll stop at nothing.

Everyone has a dark side.Mine had now fully awakened.

I placed the five child-ghosts at five points around the altar, each representing one of the Five Punishments.

Then carved a Fire Virtue Curse into his chest.I wrapped a red rope around his neck seven times—known as the Seven Killing Noose, a curse to sever descendants.

"Did you find the Soul-Pinning Stake?" I asked.

"It's coming. Ghost A-Da is bringing it from the pine forest ten li away," a ghost replied.

I nodded. "Good. Now gouge out his eyes and cut off his tongue. Press them beneath the wind gap."

"Yes, Lord."

The ghost approached—used to torturing people in imperial palaces—and carried out the task without hesitation.

Before long, Ghost A-Da returned, carrying a sharpened pine stake.

Pine wood is perfect: its thorns repel ghosts, but it can also pin them down permanently.

I walked up to Baden.

"You cheated Heaven for long enough. Time to pay, Tulita."

Based on everything I'd uncovered—the soul-transfer technique, the child sacrifices—the real identity of Baden was clear.

He was none other than the evil sorcerer Tulita, reborn through his niece after being executed by imperial decree.

I drove the pine stake straight through his gut.

Blood poured out—but the five gemstone rings absorbed it all.

I raised the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi and declared:

"You five child spirits were cursed by him and denied reincarnation.Today, I divide his soul among you.Torture him until your hatred fades.Only then may you reincarnate."

BANG!

The five rings shattered.Wisps of smoke curled upward, then spiraled into the pine stake.

Now—even if the corpse burns or rots—Baden's soul will suffer eternal torment.

I etched the Five Element Fire Curse into his body.The flame would fuel the child ghosts' hatred, ensuring he would never know peace.

But my master once said:

"A Feng Shui master doesn't need a knife to kill.They can destroy a nation… or a bloodline."

Now, Baden's eyes and tongue were pressed beneath the death wind.His blood relatives would die in disputes, and his curse-filled gaze would haunt them forever.

I stared at my blood-soaked hands.Then raised my head and let out a feral scream into the night sky.

I didn't know why.Maybe it was rage at a fate I couldn't control…Or maybe, the sheer satisfaction of vengeance.

Then I turned, climbed into my ghost sedan, and said coldly:

"Take me to the hospital."

I had recovered the Celestial Master Token.Baden was dead.But that didn't matter anymore.

The sky hadn't yet brightened.Shi Yu's soul was complete.It was time to bring her back to life.

The Taoist robe I wore… it was powerful.Too powerful.

Any flicker of love I felt toward her brought back the skin-flaying pain.

I didn't know where she was exactly, but it had to be near Tiexi District.So I had the ghost sedan search the nearby hospitals.

Eventually, we found the ICU.

Shi Yu lay unconscious in one room."I" lay unconscious in another.

I asked the ghost guards to fetch red candles, while I stood beside my hospital bed.

Looking at my own comatose body, I chuckled bitterly:

"Only by becoming stronger…Can you escape fate."