Old Liu looked perplexed.

Xia Liang gave a light laugh.

"Meng Kexi can't bear to give up on me. Do you really think he'd abandon the most popular attraction in his scenic area, the cliff swing?"

Hearing Xia Liang's words, Old Liu had a sudden realization. This Meng Kexi is in for some bad luck...

Xia Liang smiled faintly. "If nothing unexpected happens, he'll be coming to me for help soon."

Just as they were speaking, two customers arrived at the door. One was a middle-aged man with large, dark circles under his eyes. His complexion was puffy and his face deathly pale. Slumped in a wheelchair, he looked as if he were at death's door. A woman in her twenties was behind him, pushing the chair.

"Master Xia Tian, can you see what's wrong with my father?" the woman asked, her voice soft and gentle, her face etched with deep worry.

Xia Liang frowned slightly. This was the most pitiful-looking customer he had seen since he opened his business.

Xia Liang carefully scrutinized the two of them. A long moment passed before he looked away.

"It's a good thing you brought your father here when you did. Any later, and it could have become truly serious."

Li Er lay in the wheelchair, his face contorted in pain and his body drenched in a cold sweat.

Xia Liang asked Li Lizhi directly, "If I'm not mistaken, your father is an antique dealer, right?"

Li Lizhi's beautiful eyes lit up, and she nodded hurriedly. "Yes, that's right! Heavenly Master, what else have you figured out?"

Xia Liang gestured toward the payment code. Not daring to hesitate, Li Lizhi quickly paid.

Xia Liang frowned. "Tell me about his condition in detail."

Li Lizhi shook her head, her delicate brows furrowing. "At first, there was nothing wrong. But for the past two days, my dad has been having constant nightmares and breaking out in cold sweats. It only took two days for his complexion to get this bad."

Xia Liang frowned. "Two days?"

Li Lizhi nodded emphatically.

Xia Liang's brows tightened. What a strange case! Could it be a problem with the feng shui? Although he could see their past, something like feng shui had to be inspected in person; it couldn't be perceived through memories.

Just then, Xia Liang suddenly remembered what Li Lizhi had said: it started two days ago.

"Did your father do anything in particular two days ago?"

Li Lizhi shook her head. "Not really. He just acquired some old wares from the Great Tang Antique Market."

"The antique market? Old wares?" Xia Liang's brow furrowed. "Where are these old wares now?"

Li Lizhi was slightly taken aback. "I don't know. My father always puts those things away himself."

Xia Liang nodded and took out a peace charm. "Try putting this on him."

Li Er looked lethargic and was struggling to breathe, lacking even the energy to speak. If the peace charm had an effect, it would prove he was being afflicted by something.

Li Lizhi looked at the small jade charm, a flicker of doubt in her heart.

Xia Liang seemed to have read her thoughts and said with a smile, "Don't worry. If it doesn't work, I won't charge you."

Only then did Li Lizhi take the peace charm and place it on her father. The moment it touched Li Er, she felt the charm become scorching hot.

CRACK!

In the next instant, the entire jade charm shattered!

"Ah!" The sudden shattering startled Li Lizhi. She looked at Xia Liang, her almond-shaped eyes wide with terror. "What... What happened?"

Xia Liang waved his hand. "It's nothing. The peace charm absorbed a malevolent energy it couldn't handle, which is why it shattered."

However, Xia Liang now felt a sense of gravity. How strange! To think that just two days were enough to afflict Li Er to this extent!

He then pointed at Li Er. "Look. Doesn't your father's complexion seem much better?"

Li Lizhi looked down and saw that her father's face had indeed regained some color.

Her face lit up with joy. In her desperation, she grabbed Xia Liang's hand. "Heavenly Master, you must save my father!"

"Ahem!"

Just then, Xu Wanying coughed lightly, shooting Xia Liang a harsh glare.

Li Lizhi finally realized what she'd done. Her face flushed a faint red as she quickly withdrew her hands. "I'm sorry, Heavenly Master, I was just too emotional."

Xia Liang waved his hand gently. "We need to at least get your father to a point where he can speak. Only then can I find out what's really going on."

Saying this, Xia Liang took out three more peace charms and placed them all around Li Er's neck.

Instantly, the peace charms let out a low BUZZ.

Less than twenty minutes later, two of the charms shattered, and the last one was covered in faint cracks. Only then did some of the healthy color return to Li Er's face.

"I... I feel much better," Li Er murmured.

Li Lizhi's face lit up. "Is my father going to be all right?"

Li Er, though still weak, managed to reply, "Much better. It's worlds better than before!"

Xia Liang shook his head. "No, this is just a temporary reprieve. We still need to find the root cause."

With that in mind, Xia Liang asked Li Er, "Have you acquired any old wares recently?"

Li Er looked somewhat bewildered. "Old wares? I've collected quite a few recently."

"No!" Xia Liang shook his head. "To affect you this severely, the object must be at least a thousand years old. Think carefully."

Li Er furrowed his brow in thought before his eyes suddenly lit up. Could it be that Golden Bowl?

"A Golden Bowl? What Golden Bowl?" Xia Liang asked, his brows knitting together.

Li Er thought for a moment before explaining, "It happened a little while ago. An antique dealer suddenly found me and offered a Golden Bowl that was supposedly a thousand years old. I didn't think much of it at the time and bought it on the spot."

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