Chapter 41 Part 1

Chu Yi used nine copper coins to seal Old Master Kang’s four limbs and major acupoints, fixing him in place.

“What should we do now?” Chen Jin Sheng and the others cautiously gathered around, looking at Old Master Kang who was still struggling and roaring, subtly showing signs of deferring to Chu Yi.

“Otherwise, we should just burn him.” As Zhang Shaoyi spoke, he was about to take out his Luopan Compass to calculate the time.

“No—” The Kang Family members wanted to object upon hearing this, but after the lesson they had just learned, they feared Chu Yi would wash his hands of the matter and let Old Master Kang continue tormenting them. They could only glare angrily but say nothing.

Chu Yi glanced at the Kang Family members with a half-smile: “Burn… of course we can’t burn him. Old Master Kang isn’t an ordinary zombie; he wouldn’t burn away.”

“Then what should we do?”

“Simple. Have him spit it out.” Chu Yi extended one hand, condensing qi at his fingertips, and pushed it along Old Master Kang’s back upward. Old Master Kang’s roars immediately stopped, and he opened his mouth wide, as if something was stuck in his throat.

Chu Yi turned back to Wu He: “Director Wu, trouble you to find something to catch it.”

“Ah, catch what? Oh oh…” Wu He reacted and hurriedly looked around for a container. Spotting the antique vase on the curio shelf, he grabbed it without thinking.

“We can’t use that; that’s Old Master’s antique!” Elder Kang the Eldest anxiously stomped his foot and rushed forward to snatch it back.

Wu He was nearly amused to death by this family’s lack of priorities. He shoved Elder Kang the Eldest aside with his body, ignored him completely, and rushed straight to Chu Yi with the vase.

“Dad, forget it.” Kang Zeyu supported Elder Kang the Eldest and subconsciously glanced at Yu Qingxian, feeling deeply embarrassed.

“What do you know? That’s an antique from the Song Dynasty!” Elder Kang the Eldest angrily pushed him away, but Wu He had already brought the antique vase to Old Master Kang’s face. He didn’t dare approach and could only vent his anger on his son.

By this point, Chu Yi had already controlled Old Master Kang to spit out the thing. With a light “plop,” a red object flashed by and landed at the bottom of the antique vase.

Chen Jin Sheng, Zhang Shaoyi, and the masters from Dragon Tiger Mountain watched intently, all knowing it was something good, but none dared to touch it.

Chu Yi caught Old Master Kang, who had lost all life force after spitting it out. Due to the mutation, Old Master Kang was half a head taller than him and incredibly heavy; Chu Yi nearly failed to hold him up.

Yu Qingxian reacted first, grabbing Old Master Kang’s other arm. Together, they supported the corpse, one on each side.

Chu Yi turned to call the Kang Family members over to take the corpse away, but they all stood far off, none willing to come near.

“…” Chu Yi rolled his eyes toward the sky. Who had seemed so concerned about Old Master earlier? Why were they all cowering now?

In the end, Wu He couldn’t stand it and called over four Special Affairs Office staff to take over. After Chu Yi retrieved his copper coins, they carried the corpse back to the bedroom together.

Only then did Elder Kang the Eldest dare to approach. He first glanced at the antique vase in Wu He’s hand, his expression a mix of disdain and reluctance.

Wu He irritably said upon seeing this: “Don’t worry, Old Master Kang. Once I secure the item, I’ll return the vase to you.”

Elder Kang the Eldest tugged at the corner of his mouth: “That’s not what I meant. It’s just an antique vase; our Kang Family can afford such a trifle…”

As a high-level official in the Special Affairs Office, how could Wu He not see through his empty words? He forced a smile and didn’t respond.

Elder Kang the Eldest’s main goal wasn’t the vase anyway. He rubbed his hands and turned to Chu Yi: “Um, Little Master… you see, our family head has turned out like this. Is there any way to restore him to his original state? We still have to hold the funeral; it won’t look good if people see him like this…”

Considering his status, he felt he had hinted clearly enough and stopped there.

Chu Yi: “Sorry, the mutation has already occurred. I have no way to change him back. Why don’t you ask the other masters? Master Chu truly is powerless.”

With that, he lowered his gaze and silently looked at the sleeve of his elbow being tugged. So even President Yu didn’t want him involved in Kang Family matters and was reminding him in this way.

There was actually a way, but it was troublesome. If it were a family with a better attitude, he might have been willing. But with the Kang Family like this, it would only be thankless. Whoever wanted to help could go ahead.

Chu Yi was pretending he couldn’t do it, but the other masters truly couldn’t. They all declined upon hearing this.

Of course, Elder Kang the Eldest couldn’t give up just like that. Whether the Kang Family could continue to leverage connections depended on Old Master’s funeral. Just as he was about to persuade further, Kang Zeyu suddenly spoke: “I heard that Master even resolved Zheng Elder’s Family’s curse. We just want Grandpa’s corpse restored to normal; that should be simpler than curse removal, right? Why won’t Master help? Is it because I offended Master earlier, so you’re refusing to act?”