Chapter 64: Massive Improvement
“You fucking.”
With a bang, Wang Xiaoqiang and Ye Feng, who had barged right in, were momentarily stunned.
They were a bit dazed, wait, they got cursed at right after coming in?
Soon they came back to their senses, and looking at the scene before them, their pupils shrank.
A young man covered in filthy blood stood in the middle of the coffin.
He pulled his legs out from the chest of a corpse.
“Didn’t curse at you guys.”
Lin Qian looked at Ye Feng and Wang Xiaoqiang as well as Zhang Han who didn’t dare to come in behind them, and explained.
“You, what kind of pose is this?”
Wang Xiaoqiang asked somewhat hesitantly.
He wasn’t stupid; seeing the fierce ghost with its abdomen torn open inside the coffin, he knew Lin Qian had used this ghost to appear here.
“A bit miserable, almost died.”
Lin Qian walked out from the golden coffin, his eyes still showing horror.
The corridor scene was still fresh in his mind.
“I was actually affected…”
Recalling the thought he had at the very end.
He actually thought about gambling his life?
What a joke!
How could he possibly gamble his life!
He had no reason to gamble his life; for a ghost performer puzzle piece, to risk his life, impossible.
Just a ghost performer puzzle piece, not worth gambling his life for.
So at that time, he unhesitatingly chose to give up that ghost performer puzzle piece.
Quickly leave.
This influence was the same as when he entered the mansion and wanted to take the elevator.
It was the same ghost affecting him.
“Taiping Ancient Town’s?” Wang Xiaoqiang’s expression furrowed.
Lin Qian waved his hand, “No, I screwed them over.”
“I encountered a very terrifying ghost inside the ghost painting, almost got left there.”
Ghost Painting!
Wang Xiaoqiang’s face changed instantly, Ye Feng’s pupils shrank sharply, Zhang Han was bewildered, not understanding what ghost painting meant.
“The one you had me prepare…”
Lin Qian suddenly looked at Wang Xiaoqiang, his expression grave: “Don’t say it out loud.”
“Best to forget about this matter.”
Wang Xiaoqiang’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly stopped thinking about that painting and the woman on it.
That painting was already a ghost painting; now, just recalling it would definitely trigger the ghost painting’s killing pattern.
Lin Qian didn’t want to see the ghost painting in the club one day.
He didn’t want to enter the ghost painting again.
“This matter is over, don’t mention it again later.”
Lin Qian twitched his nose, his brows immediately furrowing, “You guys clean up here, I’m going to take a shower.”
Covered in corpse blood, stinking enough to make one nauseous.
Lin Qian didn’t linger and quickly left for the bathroom.
Wang Xiaoqiang, Ye Feng, and Zhang Han re-detained the fierce ghost, then closed the coffin.
After doing all this, he waited downstairs.
“Lin Qian’s strength…” Wang Xiaoqiang looked at Ye Feng.
Ye Feng nodded, “Very strong.”
“The club is safe now.”
They tacitly avoided discussing how Lin Qian had come out of the ghost painting alive.
Zhang Han didn’t know about the ghost painting, so he didn’t know its terror.
They knew, so they were very clear on what level of supernatural event the ghost painting was.
Ghost Painting, S-level supernatural event, large-scale natural disaster supernatural event.
Originated abroad, no one could handle it.
An unsolvable level S supernatural event.
For Lin Qian to come out alive, it explained a lot.
The news of Lin Qian’s return wasn’t concealed by Wang Xiaoqiang and the others.
Almost seven days had passed since Lin Qian left.
Today was exactly seven days.
Many things only made sense with Lin Qian present.
After showering seven or eight times, Lin Qian finally washed off the corpse stench from his body.
Lin Qian went downstairs and placed an extinguished oil lamp and a red candle in front of Wang Xiaoqiang and the others.
“The lamp is Li Yong’s ghost, put it in storage.”
“As for this candle…”
Lin Qian sat down, “Ask headquarters and circle of friends if they want it; if they do, give it to them, you set the price.”
Wang Xiaoqiang looked at the two items on the table, his gaze flickering slightly; he ignored the lamp, as storage items were definitely for the club.
This candle…
“What’s wrong with this candle?” Wang Xiaoqiang asked.
This candle definitely had issues, otherwise Lin Qian wouldn’t take it for transaction.
“The problem is quite big.”
Lin Qian explained the situation of this candle ghost.
Wang Xiaoqiang, Ye Feng, and Zhang Han instinctively wanted to stay away from this candle.
This thing… simply useless!
“A dormant ghost, circle of friends and headquarters probably won’t pass it up.”
Ye Feng stroked his chin, “Of course, we definitely can’t reveal the specific situation of this candle ghost, or it will definitely be stuck on our hands.”
Controlling this ghost was pure suicide.
A ghost that needed to kill once to have a positive effect was very useless.
But if used well, it was also a ghost with great potential.
But when handling supernatural events, were you supposed to let the fierce ghost wait for you to finish killing before confronting you?
This was basically impossible.
The drawbacks were too great; no wonder Lin Qian despised this thing.
“I’ll notify circle of friends and headquarters.” Wang Xiaoqiang nodded; this thing definitely couldn’t be stated directly, or it would really get stuck.
Lin Qian leaned back on the sofa, puffing smoke.
This ghost painting trip had gains; big if said big, not big if not.
After all, with so many ghosts inside the ghost painting, he only brought out two.
It was truly a bit regrettable.
Lin Qian sensed his current condition.
The killer ghost had taken the sneak attack ghost as its own puzzle piece; the killer ghost’s terror level surpassed the ghost performer and faceless ghost.
The killer ghost’s ghost domain could only cover half of Da Jiang City; though its terror level was much higher than normal A-level, it was still far from S-level.
Only when the killer ghost’s ghost domain could cover the entire Da Jiang City could the killer ghost barely reach the scope of an S-level supernatural event.
Every emergence of an S-level supernatural event meant a city might fall.
Natural disaster-level supernatural events weren’t something a few A-level fierce ghosts combined could fake.
Now, the most terrifying ghost in his body was the killer ghost, followed by the ghost performer that used two ghost crash fierce ghosts as puzzle pieces, and finally the faceless ghost.
Currently, he had four ghosts in his body.
Ghost messenger’s partial supernatural power, killer ghost, ghost performer, faceless ghost.
Fewer ghosts, but his own terror level was much higher than before.
If he encountered those old men from Taiping Ancient Town now, he was confident he could steadily win in a one-on-one.
Of course, just steadily win, not necessarily kill the opponent.
Lin Qian exhaled a puff of smoke; this trip hadn’t been a loss.
“After I left, did anything happen?”
Lin Qian looked at the three.
Wang Xiaoqiang shook his head, “Everything normal.”
“Headquarters and circle of friends sent over a few ghosts.”
“Headquarters sent six ghosts and three ghost candles.”
“They require us to make three A-level fierce ghosts dormant; the other three ghosts and three ghost candles are hard work fees for us.”
“Circle of friends sent three ghosts; they don’t have things like ghost candles, they offer ten billion per ghost to make one dormant fierce ghost.”
“Mm, I negotiated with them: ten billion per ghost, the other two ghosts also ours; they agreed.”
Lin Qian’s eyes narrowed slightly; this conversation and scene were no different from the illusion.
He glanced indistinctly at the red candle on the table.
“This ghost might be a puzzle piece of some terrifying fierce ghost…”
Lin Qian was certain he hadn’t fallen into an illusion.
All this was real.
An illusion that could simulate the future; one step further would be deducing the true future, even seeing the future.
If so, this ghost couldn’t stay with him.
This ghost had already ghost crashed; once its puzzle piece came looking for this ghost, he’d be in big trouble.
Moreover, this ghost was very useless now; he couldn’t put himself in danger over a guess.
Lin Qian didn’t change his mind; he still planned to deal with this candle.
“Looks like I’ll need to work overtime these next couple days to handle it.”
Hearing this, Wang Xiaoqiang breathed a sigh of relief; Lin Qian hadn’t refused.
“Right, what’s the situation with Taiping Ancient Town?”
Wang Xiaoqiang quickly replied upon hearing:
“Headquarters has sealed off Taiping Ancient Town; all projects there have stopped, and they’re preparing to demolish Taiping Ancient Town according to regulations.”
“Construction has started, no one blocking it for now.”
“Circle of friends also sent people to supervise on site; once any ghost controller is found, it’ll be reported immediately.”
“Currently, neither headquarters nor circle of friends has anyone who can handle those ghost controllers, only able to cause them trouble.”
“According to headquarters’ current plan, after encountering those ghost controllers, attract some supernatural events there to let them handle.”
“Temporarily treat that place as a fierce ghost exile ground.”
Headquarters and circle of friends didn’t have the strength to take down those ghost controllers from Taiping Ancient Town.
Headquarters and circle of friends were currently very weak; this was an irrefutable fact.
“Right, headquarters has investigated everyone from Taiping Ancient Town.”
“No useful information found.”
Lin Qian nodded; normal not to find anything; He Liansheng and them were probably figures from the founding period, that is, the reform and opening up era.
They weren’t top Republic of China ghost controllers.
Even could say, He Liansheng and them were the second batch closest to this era’s ghost controllers.
The first batch was Yang Jian’s father’s generation of ghost controllers.
From Republic of China to now, Lin Qian estimated there might be three generations total.
Zhang Xiangguang’s generation, He Liansheng and theirs, Yang Jian’s father Yang Xiao’s generation.
His current strength at most reached Yang Xiao’s generation level.
And that was only on paper strength.
Lin Qian came back to his senses, “They’re doing well; still that sentence, whoever does it first gets it.”
He waved his hand; no need to talk about the ancient town matter.
Those old men probably hadn’t left the ghost painting yet, or had but didn’t care about headquarters’ actions.
Without their permission, ordinary people couldn’t enter the real Taiping Ancient Town.
“The ghosts you selected, how’s the selection?”
Lin Qian asked.
Wang Xiaoqiang and Ye Feng exchanged a glance, “You first or me?”
Ye Feng asked.
Wang Xiaoqiang, “You first.”
Ye Feng nodded; “President, I want that red death robe.”
As expected choice.
Lin Qian nodded, “Fine.”
Then he looked at Wang Xiaoqiang, “You?”
Wang Xiaoqiang’s eyes flickered slightly, “I want ghost mist.”
Hm?
Lin Qian was stunned, an unexpected choice.
The other hadn’t chosen the ghost chosen in the illusion.
“Feng Quan’s ghost mist? Recommended by your brother?” Lin Qian looked at Wang Xiaoqiang in surprise.
Wang Xiaoqiang nodded, “I need a ghost with a ghost domain, so I’ll have self-preservation ability.”
“Moreover, my brother understands ghost domains deeply; after I control it, I can use the ghost domain well.”
“Besides, as vice president, how can I not have a ghost domain?”
Lin Qian immediately laughed; why did he feel Wang Xiaoqiang wanted ghost mist entirely because of the last reason?
“No problem.”
Feng Quan’s fierce ghost held no use for him.
More ghost domains weren’t useful unless they could fuse.
But ghost domain fusion?
Ghosts with such ability were without exception not easy to handle.
Terror level absolutely extremely high.
Feng Quan’s ghost, just useless.
Wang Xiaoqiang and Ye Feng had both chosen their ghosts.
Lin Qian looked at Zhang Han.
“I thought you wouldn’t control a second ghost and would just come find me.”
If Zhang Han came to him without controlling a second ghost, Zhang Han’s role would just be finding the tattoo parlor.
Zhang Han immediately tensed up.
At the same time, he felt more gratitude toward Yang Jian in his heart.
If not for Yang Jian’s reminder, he really planned to run straight to Lin Qian.
If that happened, he’d be done for.
If he didn’t control a second ghost then, he couldn’t have held out until Lin Qian returned.
Lin Qian didn’t value Zhang Han much.
But since the other had joined his club now, treat all equally.
“Since you came, definitely won’t mistreat you; do good work, benefits for all.”
Lin Qian stood up, and the three also stood immediately.
“Tomorrow come to the office yourself to get a ghost to control.”
With that, Lin Qian went upstairs.
The three’s gazes flickered, but also puzzled; looking at the young man going upstairs, they wondered in their hearts why Lin Qian walked without sound.
The following time was no different from the illusion.
He made all the club’s fierce ghosts ghost crash.
Ye Feng controlled the red death robe, reaching three controlled fierce ghosts.
Wang Xiaoqiang controlled ghost mist, gaining a ghost domain.
A ghost crashed fierce ghost with ghost domain; Wang Xiaoqiang could basically keep the ghost domain open indefinitely.
After controlling a second ghost, Wang Xiaoqiang’s body condition improved a lot; his skin was no longer pitted and covered in hideous wounds.
This change excited Wang Xiaoqiang for many days.
Zhang Han, Yu Lin, Manyue, Si Zeyuan all controlled a ghost crashed ghost.
Now, the club’s strength had reached a considerable level.
Excluding the president and vice president.
Members controlling three ghosts: two—Ye Feng, Zhang Han
Members controlling two ghosts: three—Manyue, Yu Lin, Si Zeyuan
Strength ranking: President Lin Qian strongest, Ye Feng second, Zhang Han third, Wang Xiaoqiang fourth, Manyue fifth, Yu Lin sixth, Si Zeyuan seventh.
Considerable strength, just short on people.
Lin Qian thought of Xu Zhou inside the ghost painting.
If he could walk out of the ghost painting, his strength probably wouldn’t be below his.
A good candidate for vice president.
Lin Qian looked forward to him walking out of the ghost painting.
Interests distributed, the club changed from Black Eight Club to Desolate Club.
Name chosen by Lin Qian; others had no objections.
Headquarters and circle of friends’ fierce ghosts were personally escorted to Da Jing City by Ye Feng and Zhang Han; they’d return after verification.
This was just a small matter.
After coming out of the ghost painting, Lin Qian temporarily had no drive.
But he wasn’t idle; he was researching how to make the killer ghost and ghost performer ghost crash.
This was destined to be very difficult.
Now, inside the ghost painting.
