"Kid, are your eyes on your ass?"
As a curse was uttered, I felt my shoulder tighten, as if gripped by a vice.
Turning my head, I saw a bald, burly man roaring at me furiously. Beside him, a woman was quietly scolding him while tidying her clothes, which were stained with a patch of liquid.
"Sorry, I was looking for someone and didn't see you."
It was undoubtedly my fault for bumping into someone without paying attention. I quickly apologized to resolve the matter. My priority was to catch up with Sui Wan'er; otherwise, if she got too far, it would be a huge problem later.
I ducked and broke free from the bald man's grip. I thought I could leave after apologizing, but before I could even take a step, I felt a gust of wind from behind my head, and the bald man's voice followed, "Kid, you spilled wine on my girl and think you can just walk away? What do you take me for?"
I really wanted to chase after Sui Wan'er's figure, but the bald man behind me wouldn't give me the chance. Surrounded by people on all sides, I had no room to dodge his attack. Otherwise, I wouldn't have bumped into anyone.
Sui Wan'er had vanished from my sight, which stirred a bit of anger within me. Although I knew this anger shouldn't be directed at the bald man behind me, his attitude was truly irritating.
The blaring music was already making me uncomfortable, and now he was jumping out to obstruct my pursuit of Sui Wan'er. The anger in my heart erupted like a volcano.
I took a step forward, then spun around abruptly, gathering qi from my lower abdomen, forming my right hand into a fist, and powerfully struck the bald man.
The moment our fists collided, I regretted it, because the bald man was just an ordinary person, while my strike was infused with Xuan Yang True Qi, and also contained the scarce innate Qi within me. This punch was enough to turn him into a pulp of flesh.
Fortunately, at the instant our fists met, I retracted most of the Xuan Yang True Qi. Even so, the bald man was sent staggering backward as if hit by a bull, crashing into several tables before being steadied by someone.
Upon closer inspection, it was Huang San.
He held a wine bottle in one hand, with the other resting on a woman's waist, his foot just managing to prop up the bald man who was about to fall down the stairs.
"Little brother, be more careful when you're drunk! If you fall, you won't be able to drink anymore." With that, he downed the wine in the bottle and then brazenly started being intimate with the woman beside him, completely ignoring the onlookers.
"It's none of your business, why are you interfering? How dare you show affection in front of me, I'll kill you." The bald man, for some unknown reason, dropped his anger towards me and turned to attack Huang San.
Facing the bald man's attack, Huang San was completely oblivious, or rather, he hadn't seen it because he was too engrossed in being intimate with the woman. It wasn't until the fist was about to hit him that Huang San, perhaps feeling his kissing posture was wrong, inadvertently twisted his body, narrowly dodging the bald man's attack.
*Thump—*
"Ouch!"
The bald man fell to the ground like a dog burying its head, groaning. His subordinates quickly helped him up, asking if he was alright, but the bald man responded by giving each of them a rap on the head.
"Damn it, our boss is being bullied, and you're just standing there? Take these two to the back door. I'll show them why flowers are so red."
With a roar that somehow drowned out the noisy music, the bald man, who seemed to have grown up on something fierce, was answered by a group of young men with brightly dyed hair, who had been dancing with beauties on the dance floor. They rushed over and surrounded me and Huang San, their shiny daggers glinting ominously under the flashing lights.
Huang San stopped his intimacy with the woman and shrugged at me indifferently, indicating his helplessness.
I could understand this. After all, whether one was a wild immortal or involved in the underworld, there was a rule that could not be broken, a taboo, which was to never easily lay hands on ordinary people, lest they incur the disdain of their ancestors.
Being pushed towards the back door by a group of young men, as we passed the bald man's so-called girlfriend, I noticed she was also looking at me, a strange smile on her face, her eyes seeming to convey something to me.
Just as I was about to get a closer look, she turned to the bald man with a wronged expression, complaining about how expensive her clothes were and how they were ruined...
"Darling, don't worry, I'll definitely make them pay for even better ones. You wait here and have some drinks, I'll be right back."
"What are you guys standing around for? Take them to the back door!"
Being shoved around felt unpleasant, especially when treated like a hooligan. Yet, my gaze never left the bald man's girlfriend.
Because I sensed a familiar aura from her. As I looked away, I saw her smiling at me. Though her face wasn't the same, her eyes didn't deceive me; they were Sui Wan'er's eyes, looking at me with a sinister smile.
Huang San and I were pushed forward, with the hoodlums behind us rubbing their hands together and shouting curses, demanding compensation or threatening us with various outcomes.
"Huang San, what do we do now? That woman has been possessed by Sui Wan'er. After tonight, she's going to harm people and possess their bodies to return to life."
"You're asking me? How should I know? You're the expert at dealing with yin spirits and malevolent ghosts, aren't you?" Huang San replied nonchalantly, his eyes never leaving the woman beside him.
That woman was also strange. Anyone else in such a situation would have been terrified out of their wits. Yet, she showed no fear, her face still flushed with affection as she flirted with Huang San, causing the hoodlums behind them to curse them as adulterous lovers.
I looked at Huang San in confusion, unable to comprehend how he could say such a thing. Was a woman's charm that great, to have him so utterly infatuated in such a short time?
Instinctively, I activated my ghost eyes. Good heavens, the sight was so shocking it overturned my worldview. I wouldn't have known if I hadn't looked; it was a terrifying revelation. The "beauty" Huang San was embracing was nothing more than a weasel, slightly smaller than him in size.
Seeing me looking at her with a displeased expression, as if I were the one doing something immoral, Huang San gave me a nonchalant grin.
Entering the alley behind the building, the bald man's face contorted into a ferocious expression. He roared, "Kid, you have two choices: either pay me a hundred thousand or so, and then kowtow and apologize on your knees. Or, tomorrow morning, the riverbank will have two more naked bastards. Which do you choose?"
Huang San pushed the woman aside and said with a fawning expression, "Big brother, can we choose the other option? Let my woman accompany you for a night, and we'll call it even. What do you say?"
Following Huang San's words, the woman not only licked her lips but also provocatively swayed her body, her expression one of insatiable desire, causing the bald man's subordinates to swallow their saliva.
Perhaps due to the bald man's usual authority, there was a chorus of swallowing, but no sign of restlessness.
"Heh heh... You're a sensible kid, I can let you go, but your girl..."