Chapter 588 Possessed
Old Master Huo took the jade pendant from Chen Xuan’s neck and examined it carefully.
“You really are the son of Master Chen!”
After a moment, his expression became extremely excited, and his hand holding the jade pendant began to tremble.
Having confirmed Chen Xuan’s identity, he returned the jade pendant to Chen Xuan and slowly explained the reasons.
It turned out that seven years ago, the Huo family encountered a major crisis. They were swindled in business, their capital chain broke, and the Huo family members were in a car accident.
A series of changes plunged the Huo family into despair. Just then, a middle-aged man in a Feng Shui master’s robe arrived uninvited, claiming that the Huo family’s ancestral graves had a problem and that if it wasn't resolved, all the Huo family members would die.
The Huo family was a prominent clan and felt that this middle-aged man was trying to scam them, so they tried to drive him away.
However, Old Master Huo had always believed in Feng Shui and metaphysics, so he quickly detained the middle-aged man, treated him well, and had the man examine the family’s Feng Shui, designating this place for the relocation of the ancestral graves.
Many Huo family members objected, as moving ancestral graves was disrespectful to their ancestors. But only Old Master Huo knew how severe the crisis was at the time. He gritted his teeth, agreed, and immediately ordered the Huo family’s ancestral graves to be moved to the location the middle-aged man had indicated.
Unexpectedly, the ancestral graves were moved in the morning, and in the afternoon, the bank notified the Huo family that their loan had been approved, resolving their urgent financial difficulties.
The next day, the swindler who had cheated the Huo family was apprehended.
Even more miraculously, the ten billion funds that the Huo family had been cheated out of were all recovered, not a penny missing.
The Huo family immediately treated the middle-aged man as an immortal.
Old Master Huo offered the middle-aged man millions in reward, but the man refused any payment, only telling the Huo family that this land was only temporarily lent to the Huo family, and they were to guard it well. In seven years, the middle-aged man’s descendant would come with a jade pendant to claim the land.
Before leaving, the middle-aged man told Old Master Huo that before that, the Huo family would face another major calamity, which they would need to endure through hardship. When the middle-aged man’s descendant appeared, they would help the Huo family resolve the crisis.
This middle-aged man was Chen Xuan’s father, Chen Jianhua!
In fact, ever since Chen Xuan invested in the Huo family, established Huo’s Cosmetics, and then helped the Huo family acquire this land at the auction, Old Master Huo had harbored doubts about Chen Xuan’s identity and had always wanted Huo Yuhao to invite Chen Xuan to their home as a guest.
But Chen Xuan had always been busy.
It was only when he saw Chen Xuan today, and noticed a slight resemblance between Chen Xuan and Chen Jianhua, that Old Master Huo had tried every means to inquire about Chen Xuan’s background, but was interrupted by the trouble caused by Tang Chen.
It was only when Chen Xuan inadvertently revealed the jade pendant from his neck that Old Master Huo finally confirmed Chen Xuan’s identity.
Chen Xuan listened, secretly shocked, and took out the two land deeds left to him by his father, Chen Jianhua.
He looked at these two land deeds, and a thought struck him.
Did his father, Chen Jianhua, foresee all this?
“Mr. Chen, the crisis from a few years ago has not been resolved. I still hope you can save my Huo family!” Old Master Huo said urgently.
Although the immediate crisis had been resolved, the Huo family’s overall crisis had not.
“Old Master Huo, don’t worry, leave the rest to me.”
Chen Xuan nodded, his gaze sweeping over the ruined Huo family ancestral graves, his eyes narrowing slightly after a moment.
Perhaps there was a problem with the Huo family’s ancestral hall a few years ago, otherwise, with such a favorable location for their ancestral hall, the Huo family would never have ended up in their current state.
As Chen Xuan was thinking, a terrified scream suddenly rang out.
“This is bad! Da Niu has gone mad, come quickly!”
“Let’s go and see!”
Chen Xuan and the Huo family members hurried over.
In the ruins of the ancestral hall, a Huo family member’s pupils were crazed. He was desperately choking his own neck, making his eyes roll back, yet he refused to stop.
The surrounding people wanted to intervene, but the frenzied Huo family member fiercely bit at anyone who tried to stop him, preventing them from getting close.
Chen Xuan looked at the maddened Huo family member. The man’s eyes were bloodshot, and he was enveloped in a malevolent aura. This was not madness; it was clearly possession!
“What’s going on?” Huo Zhengfeng panicked and hurriedly asked the Huo family members.
It turned out that earlier, under Huo Zhengfeng’s command, the Huo family members were trying to retrieve the ancestral tablets of their ancestors. However, as soon as Huo Da Niu picked up an ancestral tablet, something happened, and he suddenly went mad.
“Quickly knock him out and send him to the hospital!” Huo Zhengfeng said urgently.
He also thought to himself, how could something like this happen?
“Yes, Patriarch!”
The Huo family members gritted their teeth, picked up wooden clubs and ropes, and were about to charge forward.
But then Chen Xuan said, “Uncle Huo, tell them to stop.”
“Hmm?”
Huo Zhengfeng looked at Chen Xuan and asked, “Mr. Chen, do you know what’s happening?”
“He’s possessed. Sending him to the hospital won’t help. Let me try,” Chen Xuan said.
“Possessed by what? What era is this?” The young man who had been holding the wooden club sneered, completely disbelieving.
Unexpectedly, Old Master Huo sternly rebuked him, “Shut up and listen to Mr. Chen!”
The young man’s expression froze, and his face grew even more unpleasant.
Others might not know, but Old Master Huo knew that seven years ago, during the Huo family’s first calamity, a Huo family member had also died by strangling himself.
“Mr. Chen, please, is there anything I can help you with?” Old Master Huo asked solicitously.
Chen Xuan shook his head, “Have everyone stay far away. It’s best if everyone goes home now, or back to their cars.”
“Alright!”
Old Master Huo trusted Chen Xuan implicitly and asked no further questions. He immediately instructed Huo Zhengfeng to disperse the crowd and send them home.
Except for Huo Da Niu’s family, who struggled for a moment, everyone else left for home immediately.
Possession sounded terrifying, and they naturally felt afraid, scattering faster than rabbits.
“Mr. Chen, perhaps I should go with you.”
Huo Yuhao said, gritting his teeth.
“No need, you should go,” Chen Xuan said.
Huo Yuhao’s choice to stay at this moment showed immense courage. However, Huo Yuhao didn’t understand Feng Shui or metaphysical arts, and going with him would only be a hindrance.
“Alright…”
Huo Yuhao reluctantly turned to leave with Huo Zhengfeng and Old Master Huo. However, they didn’t go far, instead heading towards their cars.
After everyone had left, the surroundings instantly became quiet.
Huo Da Niu, still clutching his throat and screaming, became even more piercing.
At the same time, wisps of black malevolent energy began to surge from the ground.
This was normal. People possessed Yang energy, which could suppress malevolent energy. Now that everyone had left, the Yang energy had weakened, and the suppressed Yin energy would surge.
Gradually, the surroundings seemed to become misty, obscuring visibility.
However, Chen Xuan remained unmoved and did not help Huo Da Niu. Instead, he lowered his head as if searching for something.
This was because Chen Xuan had heard them say that Huo Da Niu had gone mad after finding an ancestral tablet.
That ancestral tablet must have been problematic!
Chen Xuan searched around. Seeing that Huo Da Niu was about to choke himself to death, and Chen Xuan still hadn’t found the ancestral tablet, he couldn’t help but sweat with anxiety.
Just as he was extremely worried, he suddenly saw that beneath Huo Da Niu’s buttocks, there was indeed an ancestral tablet with a talisman affixed to it!
Brother, you’re hiding it under your butt. Are you trying to kill yourself?!
Chen Xuan didn’t think further and reached out to take the ancestral tablet. But at this moment, Huo Da Niu suddenly let go of his hands and lunged at Chen Xuan!