Chapter 42 Magic and Psychological Hints (1/2)

“Then, I took a look at the layout of Liang Kaifeng’s villa,” Zhu Xuan said. “The villa is large and symmetrically designed, it was built with the central hall on the first floor as its axis. All the rooms and furnishings are basically symmetrical on every floor. On top of that, there are no conspicuous large buildings nearby, that is to say, no matter where you are, the view when looking out of the window will always be similar.”

I looked out of the window as Zhu Xuan said and found that the view outside the window was basically similar, and it was hard to recognize which floor I was on.

“The building itself has a kind of invisible magic barrier. We can use it to play a sly trick on the monster. I don’t think even deities could notice the difference, not to mention demons and spirits.” Zhu Xuan slyly winked at me.

“Even so, you can’t experiment on me, okay?” I complained. “You almost scared the shit out of me!”

“I’m sorry about that,” Zhu Xuan smiled and apologized to me. “But it’s the only way to see if it works.”

“Damn you!”

After the experiment, I explained to Liang Kaifeng and Mr. Xu who were waiting outside about our plan and I also told them Zhu Xuan’s true identity.

“So, basically, this is the whole thing,” I explained. “The demon your father met may be the one Zhu Xuan and I have been looking for. We’re not sure about that, but with a little luck it might be the case.”

“But, but…” Liang Kaifeng stammered. He pointed to Zhu Xuan, who was inside the room carefully studying something. “You mean, he’s not human? And you… you’ve been working for that exorcist since the beginning of this semester, and that exorcist isn’t human either?”

I scratched my head. “Yeah, sort of.”

Liang Kaifeng looked like he had a mental breakdown. “What the…? But this is impossible! How can there be a mythical beast called Bai Ze in this world? And there shouldn’t be monsters able to kill humans!”

I couldn’t help but roll my eyes. “Then how can this world have someone who’s still breathing even after his heart stopped beating, and it should be impossible for such a person to still be alive even after his body was covered with mold?”

“No!” Liang Kaifeng raised his voice again; he pointed at Zhu Xuan and said, “That guy certainly looks younger than me. It looks like he’s still undergoing puberty. There is no way he’s older than me!”

…..His egoism went beyond my imagination and has reached a new high level.

“Damn! If I knew I was going to be dragged into so many troubles in advance, I would have never come to you from the beginning!” Liang Kaifeng showed a painful expression and kept rubbing his face in pain. “I should let that bastard die. I don’t fucking care about demons as long as they don’t want my life…”

Liang Kaifeng’s cowardness made me angry, but before I could say something, Xu Yingchen jumped out to be a peacemaker.

“Don’t say that. It’s okay, we just need to fix this problem.” Xu Yingchen always looked positive. “Have some faith in your classmates.”

Liang Kaifeng glowered at me with disgust, muttering, “Those weirdos are not my classmates.”

I became furious. “Liang Kaifeng, what did you say? When you were hanging on the electric fan in the school classroom, half-dead, don’t forget it was me and Shi Yitong who saved your ass!”

Liang Kaifeng snorted and turned his face away.

“Alright, alright. You’re so childish, getting angry so easily,” Mr. Xu said, trying to ease the tension. “Let’s focus on our current problem.”

Mr. Xu was such a person, who was always poised and calm no matter what troubles he faced as if he was never afraid of anything. What’s more, he could act as a go-between to calm us down. I was so curious that I asked if he wasn’t scared.

“Scared?” Xu Yingchen smiled and waved his hand to show that he was not that kind of people. “It’s just when you grow older and have seen a lot of things, nothing can surprise you anymore.”

…… Surprise? I became speechless. I was not sure what kind of experience he had been through to make him say something like that.

“I’ve experienced way more than what you youngsters can imagine.” Xu Yingchen blinked, which made me even more confused.

“Gu Yu.” At this moment, Zhu Xuan suddenly called me. I raised my head and saw him walking down the corridor towards us.

“I’ve set the magic barrier, but there is one last step. Can you come over for a moment?” Zhu Xuan said.

“Oh, sure.” I got up from my chair and followed him. He took me to the elevator and pointed at it.

“I’ve already set the magic barrier. It should fool that demon,” Zhu Xuan said. “I don’t know why, but this building has some kind of demon power. Because of this power, I can’t set up a magic barrier large enough to cover this whole area, otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to do it by myself.”