Chapter 1238 - 1235: Alliance
The situation is serious, Song Wu hurriedly called Zhou Kai, and Zhou Kai told him to stabilize the situation first, and he would come over soon.
Zhou Kai received Song Wu's call while watching TV with Ma Yilin. Ma Yilin heard Zhou Kai say such a major incident happened at Haiqing Pool and told him to report it to the police first.
Zhou Kai thought that was sensible too, quickly dialed 110, and then went out, heading directly to Haiqing Pool.
Zhang Wenhui had been busy these days, staying in the bureau without going home.
He had been busy all day, just finished looking at a file, lifted his head to check the time, the clock pointed to 9:40 PM, rubbed his eyes, and prepared to get up for some water.
Ring ring...
The phone rang, Zhang Wenhui picked it up, and a voice said: "Is this Captain Zhang of the detective squad? There has been an incident with over a dozen deaths at Haiqing Pool, you need to get over there immediately."
Zhang Wenhui put down the phone, pulled out his cell to immediately notify Song Xiaojia and several other task force members, then headed towards Haiqing Pool.
Lai Xiaole was visiting Jiangbei City for the first time, and Feng'er even more so; he had never been anywhere. But Ye Ling had been there a few times and volunteered to act as a guide, wandering around the city with them.
The changes in Jiangbei City over the years have indeed been significant; the city is incredibly bustling, Feng'er looked around curiously everywhere. It was just past nine o'clock now, and after walking around for a while, they wanted to find a restaurant to eat.
At this moment, Feng'er suddenly felt an extremely heavy Yin energy enveloping an area less than five hundred meters ahead.
The pure Taoist mental method Feng'er practiced gave him an unusual sensitivity to Yin energy. Seeing the concentrated Yin energy, he said to Lai Xiaole, "Xiaole, something happened ahead, many people might be in trouble, let's take a look."
These days spent together made Lai Xiaole and Feng'er familiar with each other, so the way they addressed each other became more casual.
Lai Xiaole's gaze was also fixed on the front, he turned to Feng'er and said: "There is a large amount of Yin energy gathered up ahead, it seems something unclean is there, let's go check it out."
The three of them lost interest in food and quickly rushed forward.
Song Xiaojia and Zhang Wenhui were at the Emperor Nightclub when Xie Tianyi tried to please them by purposely losing a large sum of money to them.
Zhang Wenhui had spent the money he won right away, but Song Xiaojia hadn't moved the money she won, planning to hand it over, but forgot amid the busyness.
Coincidentally, with Feng Lingfeng, Fan Changhe, and the others coming, that money came in handy.
These people arrived in Jiangbei City, and Zhang Wenhui couldn't just ignore them, but also couldn't ask the bureau for money, so he had Song Xiaojia use that money to entertain them.
There were quite a few disciples of the Tai Chi Sect, but most were outer disciples without exposure to the path of cultivation, all ordinary people. As the sect leader, Feng Lingfeng should have sought out these outer disciples upon arriving at Jiangbei City, but she didn't disturb them.
Feng Lingfeng and her group were arranged at a hotel in Jiangbei City's district, with Lai Xiaole, Feng'er, and Ye Ling going out to play. Feng Lingfeng took a bath and was about to rest when she suddenly received a message from Zhang Wenhui via secret communication.
Feng Lingfeng received the message from Zhang Wenhui, quickly got dressed, and as she opened her room door, she saw Fan Changhe coming out of his own room too.
Fan Changhe had also received the message from Zhang Wenhui. The two exchanged glances and headed towards Haiqing Pool.
The reason Zhang Wenhui notified Fan Changhe, Feng Lingfeng, and Feng'er was because he sensed that the incident at Haiqing Pool was anything but simple, probably the doings of those Maoshan Tao people.
Since everyone agreed to form an alliance to deal with Maoshan Tao, they should be notified to come help.
Feng'er, Lai Xiaole, and Ye Ling were the first to arrive at Haiqing Pool. When they were a hundred meters away, Feng'er felt the concentrated Yin energy was really heavy.
"Ye Ling, you go back to the hotel first, Xiaole and I will go," Feng'er sensed the unusual Yin energy and was worried for Ye Ling's safety, and said.
Ye Ling was immediately unhappy, pouting, "No, I want to go too."
Lai Xiaole understood Feng'er's concern and said to Ye Ling, "Ye Ling, listen to Feng'er, there's real danger in there, if anything happened to you, Feng'er would be very worried."
Being exposed by Lai Xiaole, Feng'er blushed right away.
Ye Ling glanced at Feng'er and saw him blushing, then smiled with pursed lips and said, "Alright, I agree with you, but you both must be careful."
After sending Ye Ling off, Feng'er and Lai Xiaole exchanged a look and headed towards Haiqing Pool.
Haiqing Pool was located in a bustling area of the city, with lots of people around.
At the entrance of Haiqing Pool, Feng'er's heart suddenly raced, he felt an indescribable danger inside.
Although Lai Xiaole is a descendant of the Lai family, he has not engaged in cultivation. However, the Lai family is very proficient in feng shui.
As they approached Haiqing Pool, Lai Xiaole could sense that there was a feng shui problem with the building in front of him.
In traditional Chinese feng shui, there is a systematic method of divination for residences, involving things like north-south positioning and beam painting dragons, but these are outside the scope of this book, so they won't be discussed further.
Here, we'll primarily talk about Yin houses and Yang houses. Yin house refers to the residence built for the dead, which is what we usually call a tomb, while a Yang house refers to the house where the living reside.
The divination of Yin houses has many considerations, but in general, it follows the mountain's situation for divination.
In feng shui, mountains and rivers represent the dragon vein of the earth. Each mountain range is a branch of the dragon vein, and these branch dragon veins all extend from Kunlun Mountain. Hence, in the eyes of the Taoists, Kunlun Mountain is the leader of all mountains, the ancestor of all mountains.
After a person dies, their soul is supposed to go to the Underworld, which is the world of hell. The residence built for them should be located at a relatively flat place in the mountains, and it should face a south-facing sunny slope.
If the location of the Yin house is chosen incorrectly, the soul going to the Underworld will not find peace, and the place of burial will generate heavy Yin energy.
Presumably, everyone has seen certain chaotic burial mounds in barren hills and wilderness. Those souls have accumulated heavy Yin energy because their burial places were incorrect, and if people pass by at night, they will undoubtedly feel this Yin energy.
The building in front of us is similar to those chaotic burial mounds, but the accumulated Yin energy here is much heavier.
Lai Xiaole carries two things with him: six ancestral Copper Coins and a Compass.
Taking out the Compass he carried with him, Lai Xiaole fixed his eyes on the constantly swinging needle, his face solemn as he looked at Feng'er and said, "Feng'er, this building is filled with lingering Resentful Spirits. We must first evacuate everyone within a five-hundred-meter radius."
Feng'er was stunned for a moment and looked around. With so many people here, evacuating them would not be easy.
Just then, two police cars roared in and quickly arrived at the entrance of Haiqing Pool. Five or six police officers got out of the cars and walked towards the entrance.
Inside Haiqing Pool, a large number of Resentful Spirits had already gathered. The people inside were probably doomed long ago. Lai Xiaole didn't want these police officers to become vengeful spirits, so he blocked the entrance and shouted, "No one is allowed to go in."
Leading the group was a male police officer in his thirties. He glared at Lai Xiaole who was blocking his way and said authoritatively, "Why can't we go in?"
Lai Xiaole was momentarily at a loss for how to explain and could only say, "It is very dangerous inside; you will die if you go in."
The male police officer hesitated for a moment, then immediately drew his gun and said, "Step aside."
Lai Xiaole couldn't bear to watch them walk to their deaths and said, "You really can't go in."
When he saw that Lai Xiaole wouldn't move, the male police officer shouted to the two officers behind him, "Xiao Li, Xiao Wang, get this person out of the way."
At this point, Lai Xiaole could only shout to Feng'er, "Feng'er, don't let these police officers in."
Feng'er responded, moved his body, and pushed his palms towards the officers about to enter the door.
Feng'er's palms were filled with Inner Qi, and the police officers were ordinary people who couldn't withstand it. They were immediately swept off their feet by the force between the palms, stumbled back several meters, and fell to the ground.
"What are you doing, trying to rebel?" The lead officer said somewhat embarrassedly as he got up from the ground, pointing his gun at Feng'er.
At that moment, a cold voice came, "Stop right there."
Everyone's gaze turned towards the speaker, and it was Zhang Wenhui.
The lead officer must have recognized Zhang Wenhui and immediately shouted, "Captain Zhang, you came just in time, these two attacked the police, I..."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Wenhui stared coldly at the male officer and said, "I told you to stop. You immediately take your men and seal off an area within one kilometer. No one is allowed to enter."
The lead officer was stunned and said, "Captain Zhang, this is the city center, it won't be easy."
Zhang Wenhui said, "I have already informed several police stations to support you. Remember, I require no one to be inside a kilometer radius, and no residents are allowed to come out. No matter how difficult, you must accomplish it."
Indeed, under Zhang Wenhui's command, in just a few minutes, there were no vehicles or pedestrians visible near Haiqing Pool.
During this time, several members of the task force arrived, including Feng Lingfeng and Fan Changhe.
Zhou Kai, who arrived almost simultaneously with Zhang Wenhui, was stopped from going in. Zhang Wenhui knew Zhou Kai was the person in charge of Haiqing Pool, but couldn't explain the situation to him and had Feng Long take him away.