A lean and agile figure suddenly appeared from behind, knocking the Qi-Eating Ghost into a tumbling heap, and at the same time pulled David Bennett back.

David Bennett shouted, “The exit is in front!”

William Clark yelled, “There’s one on the back wall too!”

He hadn’t done all that homework during the day for nothing!

The toppled Qi-Eating Ghost thought they had nowhere to run, so it didn’t rush to get up. Instead, like a marionette, it slowly rose to its feet.

When it finally stood up, it realized: Damn, the people were gone!

Taking advantage of this gap and the moonlight streaming in, William Clark found the door to the inner room, pushed David Bennett toward it, and slammed open the unlocked door.

There was a bolt behind the door. William Clark was quick—while David Bennett closed the door, he slid the bolt into place.

Then the Qi-Eating Ghost crashed into the door from outside: “Bang!”

The Zhang family had practiced medicine for years and made a lot of money, so their furniture was exquisite—even the low beds for the dead were made of solid wood, and naturally, so was this door.

How could a human body be as sturdy as solid wood?

The Qi-Eating Ghost was strong, but the corpse it possessed was fragile. After several crashes, it still couldn’t break the door down.

Seeing this, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief. William Clark took out a fire striker and flicked it:

A red glow lit up, revealing the whole room filled with eerie ancestral tablets!

These tablets were pitch black, with white-painted characters, arranged in uneven rows on the offering table—at a glance, they were densely packed!

David Bennett cursed, “Don’t be scared, this is the Zhang family’s ancestral hall. Damn it, the ancestral hall is next to the mortuary—does the old man want to live forever?”

William Clark said calmly, “Something’s not right. The ancestral hall is outside the mortuary, and the mortuary is full of corpses, so why does the ancestral hall door have a bolt? Who are the Zhangs trying to keep out?”

Just as they were pondering this, it suddenly went quiet outside.

For no reason, William Clark remembered a saying: The scariest thing is when the air suddenly goes quiet.

He signaled to David Bennett to light a candle, while he himself secretly peered out through the crack in the door.

A grayish-white eyeball!

A dead person’s eyeball with no pupil!

The Qi-Eating Ghost had finally opened its eyes, and it was peering in through the crack from the other side!

A true “peeping through the door crack”!

William Clark sucked in a cold breath and took two steps back.

Working for the Ting Tian Bureau is no easy job!

But the Qi-Eating Ghost just stared in through the crack and didn’t try to break down the door again.

Being stared at by a ghost was unnerving, and both of them felt a heavy weight in their hearts.

After a long while, William Clark asked, “Do you have any magic treasures to send a message for help?”

David Bennett stood up decisively and said, “No need to call for help. This Qi-Eating Ghost is just strong, but it’s just an ordinary little ghost. See, we blocked it with a door, didn’t we? Nothing to be afraid of!”

William Clark said nothing. You got knocked down before you even finished your first move—this is an ordinary little ghost? What would an extraordinary one be like?

David Bennett regained his confidence and said, “Everyone knows ghosts fear villains. As long as we’re fiercer, meaner, and more ruthless than it, we’ll scare it off!”

With that, he suddenly shouted at the door at the top of his lungs, “You little bastard, your grandpa is right here! Come on, if you’ve got guts, eat your grandpa! Damn you, damn you, if you’ve got the nerve, come in! Get in here if you dare…”

Not only did he roar, he also kicked the door panel hard, looking truly ferocious.

But his kick was so strong that with two kicks, half the door panel collapsed!

William Clark was dumbfounded!

Are you inviting the ghost to an all-you-can-eat buffet?

The Qi-Eating Ghost’s head poked through the gaping door frame. Half its face was smashed, the other half lifeless, and its whole head slowly squeezed through…

David Bennett hurriedly blocked the door and shouted, “Quick, use the offering table to block the door!”

William Clark dragged the offering table over as fast as he could and roared, “Why aren’t you being fierce now?”

Luckily, only half the door panel had collapsed, so the Qi-Eating Ghost could only squeeze its head in. With the offering table blocking it, the ghost was stuck and couldn’t get through.

Seeing this, David Bennett gave William Clark an awkward grin, “It’s… it’s fine, see, it still can’t get in…”

William Clark muttered, “Jinx!”

Suddenly, the boy’s corpse slumped weakly against the door panel, and a hazy gray shadow emerged from it.

The Qi-Eating Ghost—it really was a ghost!

Chapter 006: Heaven Official’s Blessing Pill

The Qi-Eating Ghost floated in, drifting like a column of smoke shaped into a human form.

On his second day at the Ting Tian Bureau, William Clark saw a ghost in real life!

David Bennett shouted, “Old Seven, run!”

He tried to drag the offering table away to open the door and escape, but it was as if the table was welded to the door. No matter how strong he was, he could only make the wooden door shake, but couldn’t move the table.

William Clark wanted to run too, but the moves of the “Taiyin Soul-Severing Blade” he’d just learned flashed through his mind at lightning speed—

Then the urge to draw his blade burst forth!

The heart follows the will!

Draw the blade!

A flash of the blade—he gripped it with both hands like a tiger leaping from its cage, bringing a cold gleam down in a fierce strike.

Unstoppable!

Fight to the death, never retreat!

Run?

Where to run!

The “Taiyin Soul-Severing Blade” was a godly blade for night battles—one slash, ten enemies fall; a swift cut, and a thousand troops scatter!

The Qi-Eating Ghost couldn’t dodge and was struck by his blade. Strangely, a red mist spurted out, just like blood spraying from a person cut by a knife.