Chapter 72: The Flashing Ghostly Face

　　"What happened to her?"

　　Wan Chunhui's face changed drastically. Lu Fei on his side hadn't even made a move yet, so how could another female employee be in trouble?

　　"Lingling suddenly went mad and tried to jump from the building. Fortunately, the window of the ward couldn't be opened. Now she is trying to run out, biting whoever she can get, we can't hold her down."

　　The voice on the other end of the phone was particularly loud, and Lu Fei could hear it without putting it on speaker.

　　"So many people can't control one woman? What are you all there for?!" Wan Chunhui scolded harshly.

　　"President Wan, it's not that we didn't try our best, but Lingling's strength is too great, even the doctors can't do anything about it. We are now guarding the door, send more people over. If you delay any longer, I'm afraid we won't be able to stop her either."

　　"You must hold your ground! If anything happens, I will hold you accountable!"

　　Wan Chunhui hung up the phone, his face extremely grim.

　　"Mr. Wan, is Lingling the female employee who had an incident after coming into contact with the ancient painting?" Lu Fei asked immediately.

　　"That's right! After she was sent to the hospital, she only put on strange makeup, but I didn't expect her to suddenly go mad now." Wan Chunhui's temples throbbed as he waved at the security guards.

　　"You guys, go and help quickly!"

　　Lu Fei said sternly, "Mr. Wan, this is probably a sign of possession. They may not be of much use if they go over there."

　　"Then what should we do?" Wan Chunhui frowned.

　　Lu Fei glanced at the warehouse and said, "I'll go with you. We need to control her first. Otherwise, if something happens to her, and someone dies, that ancient painting will become even more powerful!"

　　"That's great!" Wan Chunhui was elated.

　　"Leave a few people here to guard. No matter what you hear or see, do not cross the incense ash line."

　　Lu Fei placed the ghost-headed saber in the warehouse to stand guard.

　　Wanchunhui then left two people to guard the auction house, and the group rushed to the hospital in a hurry.

　　Psychiatric Inpatient Department.

　　Just as they entered the corridor, Lu Fei heard a shrill woman's scream coming from a ward ahead.

　　Many people were gathered at the entrance of the ward.

　　"Make way, make way!" Wanchunhui pushed through the crowd of onlookers, leading Lu Fei and Hu Zi forward.

　　"Mr. Wan!"

　　A tall and sturdy man was anxiously shouting at the door, his face scratched and his arm with bite marks, looking very disheveled.

　　Not only him, but the three other men guarding the door were in similar condition, all sporting various injuries.

　　"Is everyone okay?" Wanchunhui asked anxiously.

　　"We held our ground here, didn't let her get out!"

　　Lu Fei looked into the ward.

　　Inside, there was a disheveled woman, panting heavily, her bloodshot eyes glaring fiercely at the people at the door.

　　She had on exaggerated makeup, and her teeth and fingers were smeared with blood, like a vengeful female ghost that no one dared to look at directly.

　　Lu Fei noticed that a thick black aura surrounded her.

　　"President Wan, have the others move away. I'll try to calm her down."

　　"Please do!"

　　Wan Chunhui signaled to the doctors and sent the onlookers away.

　　Just as Lu Fei was about to enter, he suddenly thought of something and quickly reminded Wan Chunhui: "President Wan, hurry and get a few people to guard the security guard's ward. Don't let him go crazy too."

　　Wan Chunhui immediately understood and immediately sent the accompanying security guards to stand guard over there.

　　Fortunately, all the wards were in the same building, so it was relatively quick to get there.

　　Lu Fei and Hu Zi cautiously entered the ward.

　　The female employee let out a scream and immediately pounced fiercely.

　　Hu Zi was greatly alarmed and hastily aimed the Bagua mirror in his hand at her.

　　Her figure paused slightly, and a grotesque ghostly face seemed to flash across her face. Then, her blood-stained hands, like ghostly claws, grabbed toward Hu Zi's face.

　　Hu Zi quickly used the Bagua mirror to shield his face.

　　When the female employee's fingers hit the bronze surface of the mirror, a puff of black smoke arose as if she had been burned, and her face contorted with an ear-splitting scream.

　　While Hu Zi was distracting her, Lu Fei struck, lashing the willow whip on the female employee's back.

　　The female employee trembled in pain, and the dark aura around her lessened. Her blood-red eyes turned to stare at Lu Fei with vengeful malice, and a grotesque ghostly face flashed across her pale face.

　　Lu Fei felt that it wasn't the female employee staring at him, but that ghostly face.

　　That eerie gaze made even him shiver involuntarily.

　　Lu Fei remained calm and continued to whip the female employee.

　　The female employee was thoroughly enraged and lunged at Lu Fei without regard for anything.

　　"Huzi, find an opportunity to pin her down."

　　Lu Fei swung the willow branch whip, guiding the female employee toward the wall.

　　Huzi stuffed the Bagua mirror into his bag, moved behind the female employee, and used a hold to grab her hands.

　　Then, he pressed her forcefully against the wall.

　　"Ahhh——"

　　The female employee screamed hoarsely, struggling wildly.

　　People possessed by evil spirits have frightening strength; it took all of Huzi's considerable might to barely hold her down.

　　Lu Fei quickly took out the pomelo leaf water and poured it over the female employee's head.

　　"Ah..."

　　The female employee's body trembled, and her scream immediately weakened, her struggle also significantly lessened.

　　"Expel!"

　　Following that, Lu Fei took a deep breath, channeled his magical power, and struck the female employee's forehead with a firm palm.

　　The ghostly face dissipated.

　　The scream abruptly stopped, the female employee's eyes rolled back, and her body went limp like overcooked noodles, falling to the ground.

　　The evil energy has dissipated," Lu Fei let out a slight sigh of relief.

　　Dealing with possessed people wasn't that difficult, but that ghostly face caught his attention.

　　Hu Zi picked up the female employee and placed her on the hospital bed, breathing heavily.

　　With previous experience, he was much calmer when facing possession, and his coordination with Lu Fei gradually became more默契.（Note: The last word "默契" in the Chinese sentence is untranslated as it means "rapport" or "in sync," which is implied in the context）

　　"Mr. Wan, she's fine for now." Lu Fei nodded to Wan Chunhui outside the ward.

　　Only then did Wan Chunhui push open the door and carefully enter the ward.

　　If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he really wouldn't have believed that a frail woman could become so terrifying when she went berserk.

　　"Young Master Lu, it's fortunate you came; otherwise, I don't know how it would have ended!" At this point, he no longer doubted Lu Fei's capabilities.

　　"It's my duty. This is also part of subduing evil spirits. The evil aura in her has been completely cleansed, but her spirit is not very stable, and she can't be stimulated again."

　　Lu Fei placed a ghost-repelling talisman on the female employee, thought for a moment, and looked out at the sky.

　　"It will be a while before it gets dark. Since I'm already here, I might as well go and see for myself what the security guard is drawing."

　　"No problem!"

　　Wan Chunhui had the doctors come in to continue treating the female employee, while he led Lu Fei to the security guard's ward.

　　The security guard wasn't going berserk or hurting anyone; he was quietly and tirelessly using his own blood to make random marks on the walls.

　　His eyes were covered with gauze, and he had nearly bitten his ten fingers to shreds.

　　All the walls of the ward were painted with bizarre pictures in his blood, densely packed together, a true nightmare for trypophobes.

　　What on earth was he drawing?

　　Lu Fei frowned.

　　As Hu Zi watched, he suddenly blurted out, "Boss, don't those pictures look like faces?"