Chapter 214: Can’t Think Of A Foolproof Winning Method
The three years of the Ghost Painting were fraught with danger at every step; one wrong move meant eternal damnation.
But he still survived.
Luck certainly played a large part.
But his own abilities also had to be solid.
“You became an Anomaly using that thing?” Wang Xiao Ming directly stated the truth.
“Right, that thing let me control a ghost, that ghost’s Terror Level was very low, but it was detained extremely stably.”
“I put in a lot of effort to find it.”
“At that time, that ghost’s Terror Level was only C-class.”
“That thing let me control that ghost, then gave me a method.”
“It was because of this method that I became an Anomaly.”
Wang Xiao Ming: “What method?”
“Die once.” Xu Zhou said.
Looking at the serious Xu Zhou, Wang Xiao Ming was stunned.
“Die once?” Wang Xiao Ming asked uncertainly.
Xu Zhou nodded, “Just die once.”
“Inside the Mansion where the President disappeared, there is a Supernatural Item, a Paper Figure, a damaged Paper Figure.”
“As long as you make eye contact with the Paper Figure, after you die, the Paper Figure will find your corpse, then merge into it, reviving you.”
“I tested it and found that the ghost thing was telling the truth; the Paper Figure can really revive, but only once.”
Wang Xiao Ming couldn’t help but think of the scene where Yang Jian was hanged.
The other party seemed to have died and come back to life too.
It seemed he used that Mirror.
Yang Jian’s classmate, Zhang Wei, seemed to have been revived too.
“When I discovered that the Paper Figure could really revive, I chose to die.”
“So, I died under the siege of the Mansion’s Fierce Ghost.”
“Of course, I knew that ghost thing had bad intentions.”
“To ensure my revival had no issues.”
“Before dying, I specially delivered that ghost thing to an extremely terrifying Fierce Ghost.”
“At the same time, to ensure that thing wouldn’t escape, I used Gold.”
“Gold?” Li Jun was somewhat surprised:
“There’s Gold in the Ghost Painting?”
“There is.” Xu Zhou nodded:
“There are many buildings in the Ghost Painting; in some rich people’s rooms, the walls, scrolls, and various other things all contain Gold.”
“I scraped together for a long time to find six jin of Gold.”
“All used to detain that ghost.”
Li Jun understood, “Continue.”
Wang Xiao Ming was very patient; he already knew what ghost Xu Zhou meant by scheming against.
“As expected, I revived; that Paper Figure was very reliable.”
“When I died, all the Fierce Ghosts in my body were in Revival state, but I had many Fierce Ghosts inside me.”
“None submitted to the others, all vying for my corpse, then attacking each other.”
“Plus, I had directly destroyed my own Balance before.”
“The Fierce Ghosts lost Balance, making their mutual attacks even more terrifying.”
Xu Zhou looked at Wang Xiao Ming:
“Professor Wang’s research on ghosts is profound; he should know what happens when Fierce Ghosts inside vie for a corpse.”
Wang Xiao Ming nodded:
“I know; the result is either one ghost wins, treating all the others as Puzzle Pieces.”
“Or they all go dormant, no winner.”
Xu Zhou licked his lips, “Right, I did similar deductions and experiments at the time.”
“So I was very confident then; to prevent a winner among the Fierce Ghosts in my body, I specially adjusted their Terror Levels to the same standard.”
“Of course, this couldn’t have been done without the help of that ghost that the ghost thing let me control.”
“Without that ghost, I couldn’t have done it.”
Xu Zhou spoke lightly, but the danger and terror involved were beyond what others could imagine?
Just like Yang Jian’s death and revival; only Yang Jian himself knew how dangerous it was.
To others, it seemed simple.
“I revived, all the ghosts in my body went dormant, but there was a small accident.”
“The ghost that the ghost thing let me control did not fully go dormant.”
“It remained in Revival state, similar to the state right after a Fierce Ghost is controlled.”
“I clearly felt that something was missing.”
“At the time, I didn’t know what was missing, but later I found out.”
At this point, Xu Zhou’s expression became Gloomy.
Wang Xiao Ming and Li Jun stared at Xu Zhou, quietly waiting for the rest.
“My revival wasn’t perfect because something was missing—accurately, a ghost was missing.”
“That ghost thing?” Li Jun suddenly interjected.
“Right, later I realized only that ghost entering my body would complete what was missing.”
“The Revived Ghost inside would also go dormant.”
“But that would mean certain death for me, and that thing would gain a terrifying body.”
“At the time, I didn’t realize this; after retrieving the ghost thing, I trusted it more.”
“That’s why I nearly died at that ghost thing’s hands.”
“Later, I discovered its purpose, but by then I was already deeply entangled with it.”
“It almost succeeded.”
“But luckily, I found a way to peel that ghost away from my body.”
“At the same time, I fully became an Anomaly, with no risk of Revival from the Fierce Ghosts inside.”
“But it has limits.”
“After all, the ghost is still in Revival state.”
After Xu Zhou finished, he looked at the two.
Li Jun was dumbfounded; this experience was enough to write a novel.
“You’re scheming against that ghost?”
Wang Xiao Ming asked.
Xu Zhou shook his head, “Yes and no.”
“?”
Wang Xiao Ming was full of question marks; why say so much if not?
No, what did yes and no mean.
“Although that ghost was peeled from my body, given any opportunity, it can come back anytime.”
“The Human Skin Paper gave me a method: to proactively provoke a bodiless Fierce Ghost.”
“Something similar to that thing.”
“Then let that ghost confront the ghost thing.”
“Using Guo Fan’s ghost, I plan to watch from the sidelines as they fight to mutual destruction.”
Hearing this, Wang Xiao Ming finally understood; the Human Skin Paper gave Xu Zhou such a Plan.
He frowned; almost instantly, he saw the big pit in it.
“There’s a big pit in your plan.”
Wang Xiao Ming said gravely.
Xu Zhou nodded, “I know, so I don’t plan to start now.”
“I plan to ask the President; after he recovers, he might have a way to help resolve the big pit.”
Wang Xiao Ming had no solution either; honestly, that one ghost the other party mentioned was already tricky enough.
He couldn’t win against that ghost without spending time.
After all, in scheming, compared to ordinary people or even smart ones, Wang Xiao Ming could stably win.
Of course, not absolutely stably win, at least he wouldn’t be schemed against.
But this was a ghost, a ghost that understood the Supernatural.
Though his research on Fierce Ghosts was deep, he was still just an apprentice.
Pitting brains against a ghost that understands Fierce Ghosts—put it this way, wrong profession.
Just like with Yang Jian’s situation, he couldn’t figure it out.
Due to lack of knowledge in that area.
And this was just one.
Xu Zhou still had to provoke another.
Two such ghosts…
“Very troublesome; you can’t be sure if the two ghosts will reach some Cooperation.”
“And you don’t know what abilities the two ghosts have.”
“One wrong step in your plan means death, while releasing a detained ghost with terrifying Supernatural means.”
Li Jun had gone silent; honestly, he was having trouble following.
“Put your Plan on hold for now; you can prepare the things.”
“I need to discuss this with Lin Qian; he has some research on ghosts like this.”
“He might know how to make you win stably.”
Even Wang Xiao Ming couldn’t think of a way to make Xu Zhou win stably.
Xu Zhou nodded, “I’m not in a hurry; I still have a long time before my limit.”
Wang Xiao Ming nodded, “My Plan here is like this.”
Xu Zhou had finished explaining his method; now it was his turn.
