Chapter 43 The Royal Curse
Boom boom boom!
There was a knock on the door.

"Please come in."

Zhao Jianguo frowned slightly, looking a little dissatisfied. He had clearly instructed his men not to disturb his meeting with Professor Wang. So no matter who came in next, he decided to give them a good scolding.

"Hello, Professor Wang. I'm Wang Chaling, the head of Dadong City. I've heard a lot about you."

"Li Leping, the person in charge of Dachuan City."

Unexpectedly, the two people who came in were not staff from the headquarters, but two city leaders... Wang Chaling and Li Leping.

"Why haven't you two left yet?" Zhao Jianguo asked with a stern face.

"We were originally planning to leave, but we heard that Professor Wang Xiaoming was coming, so we decided to come over to meet him." Facing Zhao Jianguo's questioning, Wang Chaling obviously didn't take it to heart.

"Professor Wang, I've long heard of your name." Wang Chaling stretched out his arm and wanted to shake hands with Wang Xiaoming.

But he was stopped. Li Jun stood between the two of them and looked at Wang Chaling with a cold face.

"Uh," Wang Chaling awkwardly withdrew his arm, "You must be Li Jun, don't be nervous, I really just want to get to know Professor Wang."

"And I also want to thank Professor Wang for saving my life."

Faced with Wang Chaling's playful smile, Li Jun remained unmoved, and the situation was at a stalemate for a while.

In the end, it was Wang Xiaoming who broke the deadlock. He reached out and pulled Li Jun down, motioning everyone to sit down.

"Please sit down. We are all colleagues from the headquarters. I would like to get to know you."

With Wang Xiaoming's mediation, everyone sat down one after another. Zhao Jianguo also poured tea for the two newcomers, and the atmosphere was no longer as tense as before.

"What do you mean by life-saving grace? I don't remember seeing you before." Wang Xiaoming said to Wang Chaling, who was wearing fashionable glasses and had a gentle face.

Although Wang Xiaoming knew Wang Chaling, he had only read his profile and had never actually met him.

Wang Chaling put down the teacup in his hand and said with a smile: "When I was imprisoning the ghost in the suit, thanks to the ghost-exorcising bell invented by Professor Wang, I bought some time, otherwise I might have died there."

Wang Cha Ling's words were sincere and his expression was genuine, without the aggressive attitude of other ghost handlers.

"I see. But you're exaggerating when you say it's a life-saving favor."

Wang Xiaoming didn't believe what Wang Chaling said, or rather, he didn't believe it completely. Having read the original novel, he knew the other party's strength clearly and he would not be so helpless without the ghost-exorcising bell.

"Haha, it's no exaggeration. The professor's ghost-exorcising bell is very powerful. Another reason why I came here this time is that I want a copy of the bell." Wang Chaling continued with a smile.

"Wang Chaling," Zhao Jianguo's voice suddenly sounded, mixed with a little anger, "The ghost-exorcising bell is an important material. If you want it, exchange it for merit points."

"Captain Zhao, don't be angry. I'm just discussing this with you guys." Wang Chaling kept smiling, not affected at all by Zhao Jianguo's words.

"We can discuss it," Zhao Jianguo sat up straight, "but is this how you look like you're discussing it?"

Wang Chaling ignored Zhao Jianguo's words and stared at Wang Xiaoming.

Li Jun tensed his body and stood in front of Wang Xiaoming. If the situation was not right, he would take action immediately.

Li Leping sat in the corner silently, holding the teacup as if savoring it carefully.

Wang Xiaoming didn't say anything. He leaned back in his chair, gently pressed his left hand against his temple, and tapped his cheek a few times with his index finger. He activated his spiritual vision and scanned everyone present.

The most special one among them is Wang Cha Ling. The spirits of ghost riders will be more or less eroded by evil spirits, but Wang Cha Ling's spirit is the same as that of normal people, without any spiritual pollution.

There was a dazzling object in his chest pocket, which covered most of his spirit light. Wang Xiaoming guessed that it should be Wang Chaling's family photo, where the Wang family curse was stored. Li Leping's spirit was not surprised to be covered by a black shadow, which should be the erosion of the evil spirit in him.

Li Jun was still the same as before, but there was something strange about Zhao Jianguo's body. There was a shadow on his liver, which should be due to a liver disease.

"Captain Zhao, when you get off work, go to the hospital and check your liver." Wang Xiaoming broke the deadlock again.

"Ah?" Zhao Jianguo was stunned. He didn't know why Wang Xiaoming suddenly mentioned going to the hospital for treatment.

After reminding Zhao Jianguo, Wang Xiaoming looked at Wang Chaling and said:
"I have already handed over all the ghost-exorcising bells to headquarters. However, if you agree to cooperate with me in some experiments, I can decide to give you a copy of the ghost-exorcising bell."

Zhao Jianguo originally wanted to object, but he quickly thought of something and swallowed back what he was about to say.

"Experiment?" Wang Chaling lifted his glasses with one finger and said, "Professor, can you tell me what the experiment is?"

"Of course," Wang Xiaoming nodded and said, "This experiment is to study the curse of your family."

As soon as Wang Xiaoming finished speaking, Wang Chaling's face changed instantly, and a fierce ghost that looked like an old man walked out of the void behind him.

The moment the evil spirit appeared, the lights in the office began to flicker violently, and the originally steaming hot tea turned ice-cold in an instant.

"Wang Chaling, what are you going to do?"

Zhao Jianguo stood up angrily and yelled at Wang Chaling.

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The green will-o'-the-wisp fire has formed a ghost domain, protecting Wang Xiaoming. Li Jun stands at the front and confronts Wang Chaling.

Li Leping turned on the ghost-exorcising ringtone stored in his mobile phone, retreated to a corner, and fought in the underground passage. Only his ghost-exorcising ringtone was not completely damaged.

Li Leping had not anticipated the current situation. He came here just to meet the famous Wang Xiaoming and had no other purpose.

Wang Chaling didn't care about the reactions of other people in the office. He looked at Wang Xiaoming expressionlessly and said:

"Professor Wang, how did you know about our family's curse?"

Wang Chaling is now very shocked. He did not expect that Wang Xiaoming would directly tell him the biggest secret. This made him lose control of his emotions for a while and summoned the evil ghost.

But now that things have developed to this point, he must get to the bottom of it.

Facing Wang Chaling's questioning, Wang Xiaoming responded calmly: "Everything that exists must leave traces. The curse of your Wang family is not unknown to everyone. Do you find it surprising to know this?"

"Promise me! Don't you want to understand the curse on you?"

Wang Xiaoming's words were like a heavy hammer hitting Wang Chaling. He knew that Wang Xiaoming was right. His family's curse was indeed no secret among the older generation of ghost riders. It was just that there were so few surviving ghost riders that the information about his Wang family's curse had not spread.

And he really wanted to get to the bottom of the family curse.

His overreaction just now was nothing more than the panic caused by his inability to accept the fact that his true identity was exposed.

"Have you calmed down?" Wang Xiaoming then said to Wang Chaling, "If you are calm, take the evil spirit back. Let's go back to the office and talk slowly."

"Hmph!" Wang Chaling snorted coldly and retracted the shadow of the evil ghost. Now they were at the headquarters, and he would not be stupid enough to take action at the headquarters.

It was no big deal to just know his method of controlling evil spirits. After figuring it out, Wang Cha Ling returned to his usual calm state and began to analyze the deal proposed by Wang Xiaoming. He felt that it was not worth being used as a guinea pig just for a ghost-exorcising bell.

Just when he was about to reject Wang Xiaoming, he suddenly heard a dry cough behind him, and an old hand pressed on his shoulder.

(End of this chapter)