The following case was the biggest one I had ever accepted since I entered this business.

The otherworldly item involved was also the toughest I had ever encountered. That was why I considered it important to mention here.

I got up early that morning. I had yet to open my shop when my abdomen started aching a lot. I had to call Yin Xinyue and asked her to come.

I moved toward the medicine box to grab some safflower oil and rub it on my belly, but I was careless and tripped. I couldn’t get up and could only whimper in pain.

When Yin Xinyue arrived and saw me, she was scared out of her wits. She immediately called an ambulance.

I was sent to the hospital, where I learned that I had appendicitis.

I had a minimally invasive surgery to cut my appendix, and the doctor told me that I should stay at the hospital for a few days, as they were afraid of infection.

I suffered quite a bit, but I was all right by 7:00 PM. Yin Xinyue pulled my ear and nagged, “You never pay attention to what you eat and always order takeaways! Do you know how much I was worried?”

“Honey, it’s just the appendix. Everybody will need it cut off sooner or later. I’m lucky that I had you with me today.”

“No need to curry favors.”

To let me rest well, Yin Xinyue booked me a single patient room. I turned on the TV and watched it for a while, but I was still bored. I asked Yin Xinyue to go downstairs and buy me a few online novels to read.

“Why do you always turn into a child when you get sick? Rest well. I’ll stay with you tonight,” said Yin Xinyue.

“It’s okay. I can get out of bed now…” I said weakly.

Yin Xinyue pouted her lips. “Didn’t you listen to the doctor? You have to stay in bed for three days.”

I sighed deeply. Three days... That’s a very long time. I haven’t gotten sick in two years, and I never had to stay in the hospital!

Yin Xinyue kept her head low and played on her phone.

“What are you doing?” I asked.

“I’m buying you some health insurance online. It will ease my mind a little bit.”

I was touched and thought that I had to treat her better in the future.

Seeing that it was almost 10:00 PM, I urged her to go home as it wasn’t good to stay in the hospital. However, Yin Xinyue didn’t want to leave.

I asked, “Do you have a mirror?”

Yin Xinyue gave me the hand mirror in her bag.

“I’m going to do a small experiment to show you how dangerous a hospital can be. Do you have a compass app on your phone?” I said mysteriously.

“Yeah, I think so.”

“Open it.”

I wiped the mirror clean and carefully inched it according to the compass’s needle. When it pointed towards the Death Gate of the Qimen Dunjia, [1] I asked Yin Xinyue to look at the mirror. She shrieked and hurried to cover her mouth. “Oh my God, there’s someone else in this room!”

“What does he look like?” I smiled.

“He’s wearing patient clothes like you, and his pale face is covered in blood. Actually, he doesn’t have any color on his face.” Yin Xinyue was afraid it would bring us bad luck.

“Do you understand now? Go home. These are ghosts of people who have died in the hospital. They still have something that they yearn for. That’s why they haven’t left yet. I have strong Yang energy, so I’m not afraid of them,” I explained.

“Can you protect me with your strong Yang energy, too?” Yin Xinyue hugged me.

As we talked, we heard some commotion downstairs. Since I felt better now, I suggested to Yin Xinyue to go downstairs and check it out.

As it was a minimally invasive surgery, the wound wasn’t big. We then descended the staircases.

The inpatient ward was opposite to the emergency unit. It was separated by a huge yard where several locust trees grew. At first glance, I blamed this hospital for not having the proper knowledge. Why did they plant Yin-attracting trees here? But, when I checked the hospital’s geomancy, I understood.

The entire yard was surrounded by buildings, leaving only a small path. From a distance, it looked like an open bag.

According to geomancy, this kind of setting was called, ‘Indestructible Ring.’ It was exquisitely set up to usher the bad things out and to protect the people inside.

I’d heard that all of the big hospitals planned things meticulously before setting up their geomancy. When they built the hospital, they invited professional geomancers to check and consult on the matter. It seemed it wasn’t just a rumor.

At this moment, there were seven or eight cars crowding the entrance. I guessed there was some dispute with the hospital and that the family of the patient had come to cause trouble.

A woman dressed luxuriously was sobbing and screaming at the doctors. Standing next to her were a few burly men who wore black suits and black sunglasses. I guessed they were her bodyguards. The woman was begging the doctors whole-heartedly. However, the doctors wore a reluctant face.

I wasn’t a talkative person, so I just planned to take a look without interfering.

As we prepared to leave, we heard the leaves above our heads rattling and falling. Many yellow leaves fell from above. At the same time, an unimaginably strong wave of air rippled through the hospital.

I was astonished and lifted my head to look. The locust trees in the yard were withering at a speed the naked eye could observe. At the same time, the burly bodyguards were unloading a massive item from the back of a pick-up truck. The ripple of air exuded from that item.

I knew it was an otherworldly item, a very intimidating one at that!

Most of the otherworldly items were full of Yin energy, but there was an exception to everything. The item in front of us was an extreme Yang item. Due to its fierce Yang energy, it had instantly killed the locust trees in the yard.

I couldn’t help but get closer. I wanted to learn its background.

The thing looked hefty. It was covered under a water-proof camouflage canvas and secured by several ropes. It was as if they didn’t want people to know what was underneath. I observed and spotted two wheels beneath the item. Moreover, it had the shape of a long, big cylindrical object. I guessed it was a big cannon.

If this otherworldly item was a real cannon, I had only one thing to say… It was surely going to be explosively amazing!

During the Song dynasty, people used big cannons in battle. Until the Ming dynasty, cannons were improved and became crucial for defending cities.

The Ming dynasty depended on big cannons to resist foreign forces for hundreds of years. In the era of cold weapons, cannons were no different from powerful missiles in the modern world.

After all, even if a sword was extremely sharp, how many people could it kill? Cannons could shoot nonstop and take innumerable lives very quickly. According to rumors, if it was kept in a house, it could protect the entire house from evils.

Since this sort of item was formidable, ordinary people couldn’t control it. If the item was kept in a house for half a year, women might die. Men with insufficient Yang energy would be gone, too.

In all the regions in China, I knew that only Li Ka-shing, the richest businessman in Hong Kong, had buried a blasting cannon from the Song dynasty underneath his villa.

I had never seen such an item before. Not even my grandfather had ever encountered this type of otherworldly item in his life.

Eight bodyguards clenched their jaws to shoulder the huge item. It was strenuous, but they had managed to bring it to the rich woman.

The rich woman wiped her face with a handkerchief, begging the doctor with tears in her eyes. “President, have mercy and accept my request. If something bad happens to my husband, my son and I will be ruined, too…”

The president said reluctantly, “Ms. Lu, I understand your feelings. That’s why I’ve arranged the best neurologist in our hospital to carry out your husband’s surgery. We will try our best to save his life. The operation will begin shortly. Do not trouble us, please!”

“Why do you say that? Even that expert said that my husband’s Yang is at the top and that this thing can help him turn danger into safety. I just want to put it near my husband to ensure the success rate of his surgery. Why isn’t that okay? Isn’t curing people your holy duty, doctor?”

The president forced a smile as he looked at the item. “The operation room has to be clean all the time. We don’t know how old this thing is or where it comes from. What if it carries some bacteria? What to do in that case?”

Yin Xinyue was curious and asked a nurse standing next to her, “What’s going on?”

“Our doctors have found a large brain tumor in her husband’s head. It’s very close to an important vein, so the surgery is pretty risky. They're going to operate today, but she suddenly brought a cannon to the hospital and asked us to place it in the operation room. She wants to use it to help her husband get through this difficult time…”

After that, the young nurse put on a disdainful face. “She thinks she’s better than anyone else because she got some dirty money. Moreover, it’s not like this hospital belongs to her family...”

But then, her words came true. When the president didn’t give way, the rich woman clapped her hands to call a chubby secretary standing behind her. The chubby secretary bowed to her and asked what she needed.

“Buy this hospital for me! Right now!”

Then, she pointed at the president and bellowed, “Hmph. You can’t even satisfy this wish of mine. Wait until you see yourself fired!”

Everybody was so stunned that their mouths were wide open. The president was also dumbstruck.

She absolutely wasn’t a parvenu. She was a God-level tycoon!

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qimen_Dunjia