Chapter 5 The Source of Foul Energy


    Just after Samir pulled the silver needle from Ruben''s philtrum, his eyes suddenly turned red and he bit


    Samir on the arm.


    "Ouch! Let go. Quickly, let go. It hurts me... ah!"


    The youth bit really hard and Samir could not break free. If he forced to pull his arm away, he was


    afraid that a piece of flesh would be torn off.


    "Ruben, Ruben, let go!" Laura cried out in horror.


    "How could this happen?" Even Ronald, who had been in the business world for decades and had


    killed people without batting an eyelid, was stupefied.


    "Dr. Yameen!" Viviana eximed with a worried look on her face.


    Dean Coleman was calmer and turned his head to look at As, "Mister, please help them."


    Ronald was the second to react. It was As who had just healed his son.


    "It was my fault just now. Please help save my son!"


    Laura knelt down directly to As, "Doctor, please save my son!"


    "Mister!" Augustin stressed his tone and bowed to As.


    As supported Augustin up and said in a gentle voice, "Dean Coleman, please get up."


    As then walked over, expressionless, snatched away the silver needle from Samir, and re-pinned it


    on Ruben''s philtrum acupoint.


    Ruben instantly let go, while a piece of flesh fell right off Samir''s arm.


    "Well, this..." Looking at the wound on his arm, Samir was shocked.


    The flesh and blood around that wound had unexpectedly turned ck.


    Augustin was shocked and asked, "Mister, what happened to Dr. Yemeen''s wound?"


    As said impassively, "Foul Energy infested the flesh and blood. If it''s not treated in time, his whole


    arm will be ruined."


    "You''re just being rmist!" Samir was stubborn and reluctant to admit his defeats but left straight


    away. Presumably, he went to treat the wound.


    The young man came to his senses again, "Dad, what happened?"


    "Ruben, how are you feeling?" Ronald asked worriedly.


    "I feel very weak and want to rest." Ruben looked disheveled and seemed exhausted.


    Ronald had no more doubts about As'' words and looked respectful as he inquired, "Doctor, my son


    was in good spirits just now. Why does he look so tired?"


    As snorted, "If we let him be attacked by Foul Energy again, he will die for sure!"


    Ronald knelt down to As with a thump, "Doctor, please save my son. Just name me a number!"


    Ronald seemed to have noticed that As was respectful towards Augustin, so he hastily pleaded him,


    "Dean Coleman, please help me speak to this mister!"


    Ronald was one of the top three bigwigs in Lanceham, so Augustin naturally had to give him face.


    "Mister, doctors shall have a benevolent heart. I really wish you can lend a hand to this family."


    As nodded and suddenly turned to Ronald, "Now all we have to do is find the source of the Foul


    Energy, exorcise it, and he can heal after a period of recuperation."


    Ronald looked puzzled, "But where exactly is the source of Foul Energy? I don''t even know!"


    As looked at him, sending shivers down Ronald''s spine, "The source of Foul Energy is in your home.


    Because you are also infested with Foul Energy."


    "What!" Ronald''s face paled in shock.


    "No wonder I''ve been feeling uneasy and restlesstely, and the hospital check-ups didn''t show


    anything wrong with me."


    "Doctor, I implore you to help me find the source of Foul Energy. I am willing to pay one million!"


    Augustin also rushed to bow and said, "Yes, just help Mr. Kimmerly."


    Although As didn''t care about money, he couldn''t really do without it if he wanted to live in the mortal


    world.


    "Lead the way!" As said.


    "This way, please!" Ronald was excited.


    The Kimmerly family went away, and Augustin followed to see what all the fuss was about. Viviana was


    the only one left in the ward.


    Looking at As'' back as he left, a sh of anger appeared on Viviana''s beautiful face.


    "As Lincoln, you’re lucky that you even got this right. Even Ronald and Dean Coleman believed your


    bullshit, but you can''t fool me!"


    The Kimmerly''s vi was a European-style building and looked very luxurious.


    "Doctor, please!" Ronald said as he used his fingerprints to unlock the door.


    When As first approached the Kimmerly''s vi, he had already felt a very strong Foul Energy in the


    ce. Originally, he was only guessing, but now he was sure.


    The source of the Foul Energy was in the Kimmerly family.


    As walked slowly, and the others followed suit cautiously as they slowed their pace.


    Ruben was a wealthy, foppish young man. He couldn''t help butugh at the sight of Ronald, who had


    always been a wise and powerful man, wearing this guilty look on his face.


    "Dad, you really believe we have Foul Energy in our house, don''t you?"


    "Shut up!" Ronald gave him a fierce re, which immediately silenced Ruben.


    "Doctor, have you found the source?" Ronald asked respectfully.


    "Not yet," As replied tersely.


    The Kimmerly family had been bedeviled by Foul Energy for so long that the whole building was filled


    with it, like a basin of water ckened by ink. It wasn''t easy to find the first drop of ink in the ck


    water.


    "There isn''t any. How can we find it?" Ruben muttered in a low voice. He felt that As was a chatan


    who hade to his house to rip them off.


    Suddenly, As''s gaze settled on the jade K?itigarbha statue in the Buddhist niche.


    "Found it!"


    As walked over quickly and looked closely at the K?itigarbha statue.


    "This is the source of Foul Energy."


    This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?.


    Ronald wondered, "This is K?itigarbha. How can it be the source of Foul Energy?"


    "That''s right. I think he''s just here to swindle us out of money." Ruben rushed to say.


    As was calm as he asked in reply, "Where does K?itigarbha live?"


    Ronald was stunned and he eximed, "I see!"


    As said, "And this K?itigarbha has a deep resentment. If I am correct, the previous owner of this


    statue should have died of depression."


    Ronald looked in awe, "Doctor, your guess is right. I bought this statue from an auction at a great price.


    Its previous owner was a down-and-out schr."


    "Although that schr was talented, at that time, when traitorous officials were in power, the future of


    schrs were rendered dismal. That schr never made it in his life, so he left behind an extremely


    deep resentment."


    As nodded, "That''s right. The resentment builds up and eventually bes Foul Energy, and


    anyone who is near it for a long time will be consumed by Foul Energy!"


    "At first, you''ll feel agitated, but when it gets bad, you''ll go crazy and bite anyone you see!"


    Ronald said, "I''ll get someone to bury it far away."


    As raised his hand and stopped, "Give it to me, as payment."


    "Well... you''re not afraid of being infested with Foul Energy?"


    As smiled lightly, revealing utmost confidence, "Foul Energy can''t hurt me!"


    "Since you want it, then I will give it to you. But I won''t reduce any of the rewards I''ve promised you!"


    Ronald was smart. He thought that As was not an ordinary person, but perhaps a disciple of a great


    man. He could not be wrong to befriend him in advance.


    Ruben, with a puzzled look on his face, turned to Laura at his side and asked in a low voice, "Mum,


    what do they mean by ‘where does k?itigarbha live?’"