He turned his attention to the tall man standing next to him.
"Master Zhao, take a closer look. Does the problem lie with this kid?"
The so-called Master Zhao started to look at me.
I also looked at him. He was wearing a gray cloth gown and had a thin face. The most distinctive feature was that he had an eyepatch on one of his eyes, which made him look like a one-eyed dragon.
But even with the eye patch on, the light from the other eye was enough to penetrate me.
Suddenly, he saw my purple right hand, stepped forward and grabbed my wrist, and exclaimed: "Ghost-printed hand? Boy, who are you?"
This startled me, and I tried to withdraw my hand, but failed.
He stared at me: "Ghost tattooed hand? Soul stabbing master? Are you a soul stabbing master?"
"No, it's impossible. The inheritance of the soul stabbing master has been cut off for hundreds of years. It's impossible."
This old man could tell at a glance that I was a soul stabbing master, and I did have some abilities.
"Yes, I am a soul assassin."
My words made Master Zhao even more shocked.
"You, are you really a soul assassin? Is your surname Fan or Xie?"
"My surname is Li." I said.
"Li? Your surname is Li? It's impossible."
"Master Zhao." Xu Guosheng next to him called out, obviously he wanted Master Zhao to give him an explanation.
Master Zhao's hand loosened, and I pulled my hand back.
Master Zhao quickly returned to normal. He put his hands behind his back and said in a dignified manner: "Mr. Xu, that's right. The misfortunes that have happened to the young lady in the past few days are indeed caused by this boy."
I was shocked. Sure enough, it had something to do with me. It was because I did not break up with Xiaojing and marry Xiaocui according to my grandfather's will, which led to Xiaojing's repeated accidents.
But why is this happening?
But this Master Zhao would not give me any explanation. He just stared at me coldly: "This boy must not have any involvement with the lady in the future, otherwise the lady will be killed by him."
Xu Guosheng's expression immediately changed.
"You and Xiao Jing are not a good match to begin with, and now you may still kill her, so you should be wise, leave Xiao Jing, and don't let me see you again."
This sentence is an order, an order that cannot be disobeyed.
If this is the case, I will take the initiative to leave Xiaojing without him having to say it. I don't want to kill her.
"Go away." Xu Guosheng coldly gave the order to expel the guests.
"Can I see Xu Jing one last time?" I said.
Xu Guosheng's face showed anger.
"You really want to kill my daughter?"
But Master Zhao next to him said: "Mr. Xu, let him see the lady one last time, so that the lady will give up."
He looked at me again.
"Go, the lady is upstairs, boy, you know what to say to her."
I nodded and walked up the stairs to the second floor.
After walking up the stairs, I heard Xu Guosheng ask Master Zhao: "Master Zhao, what is a soul assassin?"
I pushed open the door of a bedroom on the second floor and saw Xu Jing walking around restlessly in the room.
When Xu Jing saw me, she was surprised first and then surprised.
"Why are you here?" She rushed over and hugged me.
I have mixed feelings in my heart, but I know there is something I must say.
"Jingjing, I'm sorry, I may not be able to stay with you in the future."
Xu Jing was stunned.
"What do you mean? What happened? My father said that the reason why I have had accidents these days is because of you? So he put me under house arrest and didn't allow me to go out, but I don't understand..."
It's time to tell Xu Jing something.
I slowly tore the clothes off my chest.
As I expected, Xu Jing was so frightened that she turned pale when she saw the face on my heart.
"This...this is..."
"This is a curse. My father has died because of this, and now it's my turn."
"But I'm luckier than my dad. My grandpa has helped me find a way to unravel the curse. I must drop out of school as he said, become a soul assassin, and marry a woman named Xiao Cui."
"What?" Xu Jing's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Jingjing, I don't want to break up with you, but I can't help it. It's already obvious that the curse on me has affected you and may even kill you, so we must break up."
After saying these few words, I turned around and left without giving myself any time to stay.
"Li Yang..." Xu Jing called me, her voice already filled with tears.
"Is there no other way but to break up? My dad knows many experts, maybe..."
"It's useless." I stood at the door and didn't look back.
She was stunned.
"Forget me, I will forget you too, and we will never meet again."
I left resolutely, regardless of Xu Jing's heartbreaking cries behind me.
I can't be soft-hearted. In fact, I feel even sadder than she does.
When I ran down the stairs, Xu Guosheng and Master Zhao in the living room both looked at me.
Hearing Xu Jing's cry of pain and seeing my painful expression, they knew that I had broken up with Xu Jing in cold blood according to their wishes.
I didn't look at the two of them and walked directly towards the door of the living room. But as soon as I reached the door of the living room, the so-called Master Zhao suddenly let out a muffled groan.
I turned my head and saw Master Zhao covering the eye with the blindfold with his hand.
"Master Zhao, what's wrong with you?" Xu Guosheng was quite surprised.
Master Zhao took a breath and quickly took out a new eye patch from his body.
"It doesn't matter. If your eye disease breaks out, just put on a new eye mask and you'll be fine."
I didn't pay attention at first, but when Master Zhao took off the blindfold from his eyes and was about to put on a new one, I saw his eye.
His eye seemed to have been gouged out by something, leaving only a gray hole.
I was shocked and suddenly thought of my grandfather.
The same thing happened to one of Grandpa's eyes when he came back. It was almost exactly the same as Master Zhao's eye in front of him, only a gray hole remained.
I was immediately sure of one thing. The eyes of Grandpa and Master Zhao were made like this by the same person using the same method.
But I didn't ask any more questions, turned around and walked out.
My relationship with Xu Jing came to an end like this, and I felt a little sad.
Then I went to the school, and under the regretful eyes of the principal and department head, I resolutely went through the procedure of dropping out of school.
From today on, I am no longer a college student, and I have lost my beloved Xu Jing. Instead, I am going to be a soul assassin and embark on the difficult and confusing road of unraveling the curse.
The trajectory of my life was completely changed.
I took out my cell phone and called my grandma.
"Grandma, I have completed two of the three things grandpa told me. This last one... help me organize it. I will go back today to hold a wedding with Xiaocui."
I feel like I have no way out and can only do what grandpa said.