90: Chapter 90 Feng Shui Master? Sorry, the evil energy you're seeing is actually excessive radon gas.

Outside the basement, the night wind blew.

Gu Changan had just walked out of the abandoned air-raid shelter when the System's notification sound came through his earpiece.

[Ding! Abnormal magnetic field fluctuations detected. Location: Donghai City, Yunding Villa District.]

[Target: Ye the Half-Immortal, claims to be a descendant of Longhu Mountain, suspected of using feudal superstition for fraudulent activities.]

Gu Changan stopped and pulled up his tablet.

The screen displayed a live surveillance feed of a luxury villa.

A middle-aged man wearing a Tang suit and sporting a goatee was standing at the villa entrance, holding a compass and pointing at the gate.

"Another one."

Gu Changan pressed his earpiece: "Chen Xiaobei, check the background of this Ye the Half-Immortal."

"Received, Bureau Chief."

Three seconds later, Chen Xiaobei's voice rang out again: "Found it. Real name Defendant Ye Tian; he was sentenced to two years for fraud three years ago and was released last year. Recently, he has been livestreaming fortune-telling online with three million followers."

Gu Changan narrowed his eyes.

On the screen, Ye the Half-Immortal was saying something to the villa owner, Qian Duoduo, with a serious expression, his fingers gesturing constantly.

Qian Duoduo's face grew paler and paler, and finally, he knelt down.

"Prepare to move out."

Gu Changan put away the tablet and turned to get into the car, "Bring the people from the Geological Bureau and the Environmental Protection Bureau, as well as the electromagnetic radiation detector."

"Yes!"

At this moment, Yunding Villa District.

Qian Duoduo knelt on the ground, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

He was the richest man in Donghai City, with a net worth of over ten billion, but at this moment, he looked like a helpless child.

"Great Master Ye, please save our family!"

Qian Duoduo's voice was trembling, "For this past month, my wife has been having nightmares every day, my son hears someone knocking on the door in the middle of the night, and the appliances in the house explode for no reason! Yesterday, even the fuse blew three times!"

Ye the Half-Immortal stroked his goatee, a flash of smugness in his eyes.

He slowly put away the compass and sighed.

"Boss Qian, the Feng Shui of this villa is the most malevolent I have ever seen."

Ye the Half-Immortal raised his hand and pointed at the villa gate: "Look at this door, it faces that straight road directly; this is called 'Road Rush Evil'. Then look at these two trees at the entrance, one on the left and one on the right; this is called 'White Tiger Carrying a Corpse'."

He paused, his voice lowering: "The most fatal thing is that beneath your villa, a Dragon vein is being suppressed. With the Dragon vein suppressed, the Evil Qi is soaring to the heavens; within three days, your whole family will undoubtedly die."

"Ah?!"

Qian Duoduo's face turned deathly pale instantly, his body swayed, and he almost fainted.

His wife and daughter behind him were also scared pale.

"Great Master Ye, please save us!"

Qian Duoduo kowtowed like he was pounding garlic, "Any amount of money is fine! As long as you can keep our whole family safe!"

Ye the Half-Immortal waved his hand, putting on the air of an expert.

"Boss Qian, this is not a matter of money."

He turned around, with his back to Qian Duoduo, his voice sounding distant: "To break this setup, I need the long-lost 'Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Evil-Suppressing Formation'. The Materials for the Formation alone require millennium-old lightning-struck wood, Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Grass, Seven-Star Dragon bones..."

"I will pay! I will pay for everything!"

Qian Duoduo was anxious, "Great Master Ye, name your price!"

Ye the Half-Immortal was silent for a few seconds, then slowly extended one hand.

"Fifty million."

"What?!"

Qian Duoduo gasped.

Fifty million was not a small sum; even though he was the richest man, this amount of money was enough to make his heart ache.

But Ye the Half-Immortal didn't give him any time to hesitate, turning around to stare into his eyes.

"Boss Qian, how much do you think your whole family's lives are worth?"

This sentence was like a knife, stabbing directly into Qian Duoduo's heart.

"I... I will pay!"

Qian Duoduo gritted his teeth, "Great Master Ye, I will have someone transfer the money now!"

"No rush."

Ye the Half-Immortal waved his hand, his gaze falling on the young girl in the white dress behind Qian Duoduo.

That was Qian Duoduo's daughter, Qian Yuqing, who had just turned twenty this year and was the school beauty of Donghai University.

"Boss Qian, money alone is not enough for this Formation."

Ye the Half-Immortal said slowly, "Setting up the Formation requires a woman with a Pure Yin Constitution to assist, using her Yin Qi to suppress the Evil Qi. I see your daughter is naturally beautiful, and she just happens to meet the requirements."

Qian Duoduo was stunned: "Great Master Ye, you mean..."

"Tonight at the Hour of the Rat, let your daughter come to my room."

Ye the Half-Immortal smiled, "I need her to cooperate with my ritual, and I will teach her some Mind-Cultivation Technique mantras. Rest assured, it will only be one night; it will be finished before dawn."

These words were extremely ambiguous.

Qian Yuqing's face flushed red instantly, and she took a step back.

Qian Duoduo also sensed that something was wrong, but looking at Ye the Half-Immortal's smiling face, he dared not say anything more.

After all, his entire family's lives were in this man's hands.

"Great Master Ye, this..."

Qian Duoduo still wanted to say something, but the villa's front door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.

"Bang!"

The heavy solid wood door hit the wall with a huge sound.

Everyone was startled and turned their heads in unison.

Standing at the door was a young man in a uniform, followed by a dozen staff members holding various instruments.

Gu Changan scanned the situation inside the room, his gaze finally landing on Ye the Half-Immortal.

"Defendant Ye Tian, right?"

His voice was very calm, but it inexplicably made people feel a sense of oppression, "You are suspected of using feudal superstition for fraud; please cooperate with the investigation."

Ye the Half-Immortal was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage.

"What kind of junior is this!"

He slammed the table and pointed at Gu Changan's nose, "How dare you interrupt my ritual? Do you know that the Evil Qi here is soaring to the heavens? Any Mortal who approaches will undoubtedly die!"

Gu Changan didn't even look at him.

He turned his head and asked the technicians behind him: "Are the test results out?"

A middle-aged man wearing glasses held up the instrument in his hand and looked at the data on the screen.

"Bureau Chief, the radon concentration exceeds the standard by three times, and the electromagnetic radiation intensity exceeds the safety value by five times."

Gu Changan nodded and turned to look at Qian Duoduo.

"Boss Qian, have you and your family often felt dizzy, nauseous, or suffered from insomnia recently?"

Qian Duoduo was stunned: "Yes... that's right! Great Master Ye said this was Evil Qi..."

"Evil Qi, my foot."

Gu Changan interrupted him and pointed to the ground under their feet, "Beneath your villa is a granite stratum, and the radon concentration seriously exceeds the standard. Long-term inhalation will lead to dizziness, nausea, and insomnia; in severe cases, it can even cause cancer."

He pointed again to the high-voltage line outside the villa: "In addition, the high-voltage line at your gate is leaking electricity, causing electromagnetic radiation leakage. This is the reason why the appliances in your home are frequently breaking down."

Qian Duoduo widened his eyes, completely dumbfounded.

"This... this is not a Feng Shui problem?"

"Feng Shui?"

Gu Changan sneered, "In the face of science, Feng Shui is just feudal superstition."

He turned around and stared at Ye the Half-Immortal.

"Defendant Ye Tian, what was it you said just now? White Tiger Carrying a Corpse? Dragon vein being suppressed?"

Ye the Half-Immortal's expression changed.

He hadn't expected that his meticulously designed scam would be exposed on the spot.

"What... what do you know!"

Ye the Half-Immortal roared, his tone fierce but weak, "Feng Shui metaphysics is profound and vast; how could a Mortal like you understand it!"

"Is that so?"

Gu Changan pulled a document out of his pocket and threw it on the table.

"Defendant Ye Tian, real name Defendant Ye Tian; you were sentenced to two years for fraud three years ago and were released last year. In these past three months, you have committed thirteen scams under the name of a Feng Shui Great Master, involving an amount of over twenty million."

He paused, his voice cold: "Now, add one more charge—suspected of sexual assault of a minor."

Ye the Half-Immortal's face turned deathly pale instantly.

"You... you are talking nonsense! When did I sexually assault anyone!"

"What was it you said just now?"

Gu Changan sneered, "Let Boss Qian's daughter go to your room tonight to cooperate with your ritual?"

He raised his hand and pointed to the surveillance camera in the corner of the wall.

"Every word you said has been recorded."