"Mr. Exorcist, thank you for your call! I need your help urgently."
On the other end of the phone, a surprised Mark quickly sat up straight. After confirming that Marco was still alive and getting Mark's home address, Chu Feng hung up.
Let me think, how should I drive out this possessing Evil Spirit? Chu Feng mused, browsing through the information from the Demon Hunter's Compendium in his mind. Lure it to possess me? No, that won't do! Shatter the body it's possessing? I'm not that depraved! Subdue it, sprinkle it with Holy Water, and read the Bible to it? Pass, I'm not religious! Conduct Spirit Communication and, as a Spiritual Body, drive the Evil Spirit out of the possessed person's body? At this thought, Chu Feng's eyes lit up. I wonder if the Golden Light Spell can be used when I'm in a Spiritual Body?
Chu Feng sat cross-legged on the bed and closed his eyes. Following the method in the Demon Hunter's Compendium, he activated the Spiritual Power and spiritual power within his body, merging them in his consciousness. A faintly glowing, ethereal figure appeared in Chu Feng's consciousness. With a light leap, the ethereal figure manifested beside Chu Feng's physical body.
Is this what my Spiritual Body looks like? Aside from being ethereal and glowing, there seems to be no difference from my physical body! The ethereal Chu Feng examined his new form and nodded. Right, the Golden Light Spell!
As Chu Feng silently recited the incantation, a series of golden characters flashed before his eyes:
*Mysterious origins of heaven and earth, root of all qi.*
*Vast cultivation through eons, witness my Divine Power.*
*Inside and outside the Three Realms, only the Way is revered.*
*My body bears the Golden Light, reflecting upon myself.*
...
In an instant, a faint golden glow enveloped Chu Feng's Spiritual Body. Pleased, Chu Feng glanced at his physical body sitting cross-legged on the bed. With a thought, he tried to cover it with the power of the Golden Light Spell. Indeed, a faint golden glow also appeared around his physical form, but the cost was that the consumption rate of Spiritual Power within his body doubled.
After completing the experiment, Chu Feng retracted the Golden Light Spell, and his Spiritual Body returned to his physical form.
Early the next morning, after a quick breakfast, Chu Feng drove his Jeep toward Mark's house.
About an hour later, accompanied by the Jeep's distinctive roar, Chu Feng's car stopped outside a detached villa in eastern Queens. The villa, though possessing an antique look and not as grand as Chu Feng's new home, indicated that Mark's family was quite wealthy.
"Mr. Magician, you've finally arrived!" A disheveled, middle-aged Caucasian man appeared in front of Chu Feng's car.
"Mr. Mark, you don't look too good," Chu Feng observed. An untrimmed stubble covered the man's chin, and his haggard face featured two large, dark circles under his eyes. It was clear the ordeal at his home had exhausted him.
Chu Feng nimbly got out of the car. As he sized up Mark's villa, a Bizarre woman standing by a window caught his attention, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Mr. Mark, that's your wife, isn't she?" Chu Feng asked, turning to Mark with a certain tone.
"That's right, Mr. Exorcist. That's Mary, my wife!"
Looking at the detached villa, Chu Feng thought for a moment. "Mr. Mark, please do me a favor." A large jar filled with salt suddenly appeared in Chu Feng's hands. "Please take the salt from this jar and sprinkle a complete circle around your house. Be careful not to leave any gaps or miss any spots!"
Staring at the jar that had materialized in his hands, Mark was stunned. Though he didn't understand the reason, he obediently took the jar and walked around the villa, sprinkling the salt.
"Mr. Chu, I've finished." Mark handed the half-full salt jar back to Chu Feng and watched, astounded, as Chu Feng flipped his palm, causing the jar to vanish without a trace.
"Mr. Mark, how many doors does your villa have leading outside?" Chu Feng asked before the stunned Mark could fully recover.
"There are three: one at the front, one at the back, and another leading to the garage."
"Very well, Mr. Mark. You can rest now; I'll take care of the rest," Chu Feng said. Without waiting for Mark's response, he took out a small bag of Crystal Stones and walked to the villa's front door.
Instead of entering, Chu Feng squatted down and used fine salt to draw a mysterious Array, placing several Crystal Stones at its nodes. Finally, he drew upon the Spiritual Power within his body and infused it into the Array's center.
The Spirit Trapping Formation was something Chu Feng had learned from the Demon Hunter's Compendium. Its purpose was to seal a space, trapping an Evil Spirit within. After establishing identical Spirit Trapping Formations at the other two doors and connecting the Spiritual Power of all three, an invisible barrier of light, unseen by ordinary people, enveloped the entire villa.
Now you can't escape! Chu Feng thought. Ever since the incident at Valarte Manor, he had realized a problem: Evil Spirits, unlike Bound Spirits, could flee if outmatched. Thus, he had found this solution in the Demon Hunter's Compendium.
The villa's interior decor was very similar to its exterior; upon entering, Chu Feng felt a wave of antiquity wash over him.
"Who are you? Get out of my house!"
Having just closed the villa's main door, Chu Feng immediately saw Mark's wife, Mary. She was hanging upside down from the ceiling, letting out an inhuman, sinister howl at him.
"I'm a friend of Mr. Mark, and he invited me over," Chu Feng replied calmly, unangered by the Evil Spirit's hostile display. After all, I'm going to deal with it shortly anyway.
Ignoring the menacing Evil Spirit on the ceiling, Chu Feng walked into the villa's main hall and moved a chair to the center of the room.
The Evil Spirit, enraged at being ignored, lunged at Chu Feng.
Heh, brave little thing! Chu Feng sneered internally as he watched the charging Evil Spirit. With a thought, a faint golden light flared on his body. Before the attacking Evil Spirit could react, Chu Feng grabbed it by the throat.
Congratulations, you've walked right into my trap! Chu Feng said menacingly to the struggling Evil Spirit in his grasp, savoring the surge of Strength within him. A thumb-thick rope had appeared in his other hand. He firmly pressed the possessed woman onto the chair and tied her securely with the rope.
"You're an Exorcist? Don't waste your effort! If you want to kill me, you'll have to kill this woman first! HAHAHAHA!" The Evil Spirit's piercing laughter made Chu Feng rub his ears.
While I'm not particularly concerned about this woman's fate, its taunts are truly infuriating. Don't worry, I'll get you out of there soon enough!
With a mere thought, an ethereal figure, glowing with golden light, appeared between Chu Feng and the woman.
I'll teach you to be arrogant! Without another word, Chu Feng's Spiritual Body instantly plunged into the woman's forehead.