"Profound Yinzi is in the Antique Street?!"
Hearing this news, Lu Fei stood up in shock and looked out the window.
The desolate street was cold and empty, with no one around, only the old locust tree casting a shadow at the entrance of the street.
"Vice President Xu, is this information reliable?"
"It's not certain yet, I'll send people to keep an eye on that area. Manager Lu, you need to be careful yourself."
"Thank you for the reminder, Vice President Xu!"
Putting down his phone, Lu Fei sternly instructed Hu Zi.
"Be careful when going out recently. If you see any suspicious people, tell me immediately. Don't try to handle it yourself; you've seen what Xuan Yinzi is capable of."
"Understood, Boss! This wicked old turtle just won't let up. We haven't even gone looking for him, and he dares to come to us!"
Hu Zi grumbled.
Sinisterium Pawnshop continued its business as usual on the surface.
In reality, both Lu Fei and Hu Zi were on high alert, constantly watching for any signs of trouble outside.
Lu Fei even specifically called Liu Fugui, telling him not to come over for a while. When Liu Fugui heard the serious tone in his voice, he knew something big was happening and wisely didn't ask too many questions.
However,
several days passed without any incident.
"Boss, maybe we're being too paranoid?" Hu Zi started to relax, "After all, this is our territory. That old turtle might not dare to show up, right?"
"At times like this, the calmer it is, the more likely something is to go wrong..."
Lu Fei shook his head gravely.
At this moment.
A flicker of light and shadow appeared at the door.
An unfamiliar face walked into Sinisterium Pawnshop.
"Hello, may I ask how we can assist you?"
Lu Fei and Hu Zi exchanged a glance, stood up, and showed a polite smile for their guest.
"Excuse me... Excuse me, is this the Sinisterium Pawnshop that specializes in dealing with evil objects?"
The visitor was a young woman around twenty years old, her appearance innocent but haggard and uneasy. She held a black paper box in her hands, looking around the pawnshop nervously.
"This is indeed the Sinisterium Pawnshop that specializes in dealing with evil objects. May I ask if the miss has something to pawn?" Lu Fei observed her calmly.
This girl does not have the slightest aura of a cultivator; she is indeed an ordinary person.
But having a visitor at this juncture, one must be cautious.
"Who are you?"
The young woman looked at Lu Fei.
"I am the proprietor of this pawnshop. My last name is Lu. If you have anything to pawn, you can tell me directly," Lu Fei said with a friendly smile.
"You are the proprietor?"
The young woman widened her eyes and quickly handed the paper box in her hand to Lu Fei.
"Manager Lu, my name is Lin Shishi. Please, take this evil object; it killed my father..."
"What is this?" Lu Fei was very cautious and did not immediately reach out to take it. Instead, he gestured for the woman to place it on the counter.
"It should be a calligraphy scroll that my father bought at a high price. He said it was written by a famous ancient calligrapher, but..." Lin Shishi's eyes turned red, and tears welled up.
"But ever since Dad brought the calligraphy sheet home, he became very strange, writing with his own blood every midnight... Three days ago, he hanged himself..."
"Oh, so serious?"
Lu Fei took another look at the woman's complexion.
Her glabella was dark, which was indeed a sign of being tainted by evil spirits.
"Then how do you know it was this calligraphy sheet that caused it?"
"The neighbor uncle told me. Now my mom is becoming like my dad, getting up in the middle of the night to write... I'm afraid in a few more days, my mom will also..." Lin Shishi's eyes were filled with fear, and her body was trembling.
"Boss, this really sounds like an evil object!" Hu Zi looked at her repeatedly and saw how frail and helpless she seemed, and did not at all look like a bad person, and couldn't help but feel sympathy.
"Just a moment."
Lu Fei's expression was calm as he glanced down at the lotus in his arms and found it still pristine white, which put his mind at ease. He put on gloves and opened the black paper box.
Inside was an old, yellowed envelope.
From its appearance, it is indeed an old object.
There was no signature on the envelope.
Lu Fei looked at it a few times, picked it up, and opened the seal, inside which was folded a similarly yellowed letter paper.
Dark or sinister aura rose from the letter.
"There's indeed something wrong."
Lu Fei extended two fingers, about to take out the letter, when suddenly he felt his eyelids twitching wildly, and an unusual sense of unease filled his heart.
He lowered his head and was immediately shocked.
The Pure Heart Lotus in his arms, with its once white petals, was turning black one by one, wilting at a visible speed.
What's going on?
This Pure Heart Lotus was fine just now, how did it turn black all of a sudden after opening the envelope?
Could it be that the hostility towards him was not from this woman, but from what was in the letter?
But it was Lin Shishi who brought the letter.
How strange!
Lu Fei was filled with doubts, taking a slight breath to keep his expression calm.
Regardless of the reason, it was a fact that the letter was detrimental to him. The current priority was to find out exactly what the letter contained, so as to deal with it properly.
Lu Fei carefully took the sheet of paper out of the envelope.
The black ink seeped through the paper, and it would need to be unfolded to see what was written on it.
The danger lies in this letter!
Pausing for a moment, Lu Fei did not immediately unfold the paper, but seemed to remember something, and said to Hu Zi, "Hu Zi, why are you just standing there? Hurry up and serve tea to the guest!"
"Oh."
Huzi scratched his head and hurriedly poured a cup of tea, inviting Lin Shishi to sit down.
Lu Fei quickly took out the Mirror of Reincarnation when Lin Shishi was accepting the tea, and swiftly shone it on the letter paper.
A faint light rose from the brass surface of the mirror.
It reflected two words.
Lu Fei!
"My name! This letter actually has my name written in it?"
Lu Fei's eyelids fluttered violently; he immediately knew what this letter was.
An invitation from the King of Hell!
The King of Hell sends an invitation, summoning you to your death.
If Lu Fei were to open this envelope, he would surely die without a doubt!
No wonder the Pure Heart Lotus withered.
Since the letter from King Yan was for me, it must have been meant for me. But why did the Pure Heart Lotus not react when facing Lin Shishi?
Lu Fei's mind raced.
The only explanation is that Lin Shishi was unaware of it.
Someone had used her to deliver the letter from King Yan to me.
From this perspective, that neighbor uncle seems quite suspicious.
"Miss Lin, I've examined this letter, and indeed, it's an evil object that can harm people! However, to completely neutralize it, just taking the letter away won't be enough; we need to go to your home and remove the evil energy there as well."
Lu Fei put the envelope back into the paper box and looked up at Lin Shishi, saying.
"Is that true, Manager Lu? Can you save my mother?"
Lin Shishi quickly put down her teacup and stood up.
"As long as it's an evil object, Sinisterium Pawnshop can take it. Your mother has already shown abnormalities; there's no time to lose. Let's go to your house to exorcise the evil, what do you say?" Lu Fei said with a serious expression.
"Great!"
Lin Shishi was overjoyed, wiping her eyes and eagerly leading Lu Fei out.
Lu Fei packed up quickly, then took Hu Zi and Xiao Hei with him to Lin Shishi's house.
"Manager Lu, my home is here."
It was an old residential complex, and Lin Shishi opened the door with her key.
"Manager Lu, my mom now sleeps during the day, and at midnight, she writes all over the house with her own blood...."