Chapter 237: Father And Son
Seeing Zhang Qian’s hesitant expression, the old house owner knew that Yue Linhai, that unfilial son, must have badmouthed him behind his back.
After a brief moment of thought, he snorted coldly and voiced what was on Zhang Qian’s mind: “Did that kid say that I was already dead?”
“Senior sees through it.” Zhang Qian breathed a sigh of relief.
Luckily, he hadn’t gone mad, or else he really wouldn’t know how to handle it.
But…
Zhang Qian hesitated for a moment, but still voiced the doubt in his heart: “Does Senior know that the supernatural power of the ghost ship is leaking and is about to fully break free?”
He felt it was very strange. Since the old house owner wasn’t dead and even had the rationality to talk to him, why hadn’t he taken the initiative to handle the ghost ship’s leakage event?
Was it that he didn’t want to, or was there some other hidden reason?
“I only found out not long ago myself.” The old man’s expression returned to that calm and composed look, showing no surprise at all about the ghost ship matter.
Facing Zhang Qian’s eyes full of curiosity, the old house owner didn’t hide anything and slowly said: “That kid saying I died isn’t entirely wrong. If no one had accidentally entered the mourning hall, I would probably have fallen into dormancy by now.”
“So the ghost ship leakage is something I only learned about after I awoke.”
The implication was that it wasn’t that he didn’t want to deal with it, but that he simply didn’t know before.
Hearing this, Zhang Qian’s eyes lit up a bit. He ignored the other information revealed in the old man’s words and probed: “So what does Senior think about the ghost ship?”
Although Zhang Qian’s original intention was to have Luo Wensong take action, having the old house owner do it instead wouldn’t make much difference.
Besides, the ghost ship was originally imprisoned by the old house owner. Now that the seal hasn’t been completely broken, having him handle it would probably be more effective and faster.
“The ghost ship breaking free is my mistake…” The old man slightly turned his head, as if gazing at that figure in the thick fog.
“I thought the method was foolproof, but unexpectedly, something went wrong.”
The power of the seal wouldn’t weaken due to the old house owner’s death. Now that the ghost ship could break free from imprisonment, it could only mean that it had long had this ability and had just been waiting for the right opportunity.
Even…
The old house owner’s thoughts returned to that afternoon. Did the captain proactively seek imprisonment because he had long calculated the timing of breaking free?
In that era, if it had resurfaced, it would definitely have died at the hands of those few people. But in today’s time, probably no one could suppress it.
A hundred years is too long. Even top figures might have gradually perished over time.
Thinking about it now, his layer of seal, which he called imprisonment, might have been more like a form of protection for the ghost ship.
No one would pay attention to a fierce ghost that had already been imprisoned, allowing it to escape that turbulent era…
Was the captain who proactively sought imprisonment back then a man, or a ghost?
Zhang Qian didn’t know what the old house owner was thinking, but he could hear a hint of helplessness in his words.
This tone seemed to carry a feeling of powerlessness.
After a brief moment of thought, he directly laid it out: “Does Senior plan to handle the ghost ship event? If there’s any way I, Feng Quan, can help, Senior just needs to say the word, and I will do my utmost.”
Although he wasn’t clear on the external situation, it must be extremely dangerous.
Even with Wang Cha Ling holding down Dadong City, plus what seemed to be the possibly good Yue Linhai, this bit of strength was still too weak to face the ghost ship.
The other ghost controllers were not even cannon fodder in the face of this supernatural terror. Only this terrifying old man before him had the power to fight it.
“I won’t let the ghost ship run wild, but right now, I can’t do it.” The old man helplessly shook his head.
Zhang Qian was puzzled: “Ah?”
Seeing the old house owner’s expression, it didn’t seem like self-deprecation. He probably had no need to be modest in front of a junior like him.
But how could that be possible?
Could the ghost ship really not be on the same level as the other Republic of China Era big shots? Did the old house owner imprison it back then by relying on someone else’s power?
The old man glanced at Zhang Qian, his eyes detached for an instant: “Cough cough, my name is Yue Linhai.”
Same name as Yue Linhai?
No, just having the same name shouldn’t elicit this kind of reaction…
The old house owner who called himself Yue Linhai didn’t let Zhang Qian remain puzzled for long and calmly said: “The Yue Linhai you mentioned is my child, but he is also me.”
Clever.
In that instant, Zhang Qian thought of many things. Various sci-fi movies he had seen flooded his mind: cloning? Splitting? Time travel?
These things were very unscientific for normal people, but for the supernatural circle, Zhang Qian could only say they made perfect sense.
Now Zhang Qian was very worldly. Even if someone told him that a person was dating a fierce ghost, he would just give a thumbs up and say impressive.
So something like being his own son wasn’t that shocking.
“Because Little Linhai took away part of Senior’s power, Senior can’t deal with the ghost ship?” Zhang Qian deduced.
Ignoring the strange form of address Zhang Qian used, Yue Linhai nodded. “I originally planned to seal myself away with this supernatural power, but I forgot about his existence.”
This matter was truly a bit embarrassing, especially having to tell it to a junior like Feng Quan, which made Yue Linhai feel like he was losing face.
But then he thought that his face had already been lost when the ghost ship impacted the seal, so he didn’t dwell on it and continued: “Rather, I couldn’t guard against it. After all, it was originally part of me. The fierce ghosts I controlled were actually the fierce ghosts it controlled.”
“I see…” Zhang Qian nodded, already imagining a heartwarming father-son story in his head.
A child with a bizarre origin who was always discriminated against by his father, endured for nearly a century sharpening his knife but never striking, until the moment his father let his guard down, then suddenly rebelled, seizing the pervert father’s ability and living freely.
Hmm, a very inspirational story for Little Linhai.
But for Zhang Qian, he just wanted to slap that unfilial son to death on behalf of Yue Linhai.
He couldn’t interfere in family ethics matters, but Yue Linhai’s actions had undoubtedly exposed Dadong City to the ghost ship’s fangs. If not for him courting death by trying to handle the ghost ship, it wouldn’t be this difficult.
“Does he carry a lot of supernatural power?” Zhang Qian asked.
Yue Linhai shook his head: “Our supernatural power was roughly split evenly in half, but the price of scattering the puzzle piece far exceeds the weakening of the supernatural power. Right now, I might not even count as an ant.”
Hearing this, Zhang Qian narrowed his eyes and once again sized up Yue Linhai.
Hmm… probably at a level where a single finger could crush him.
Not dwelling on that, Zhang Qian continued: “Is there still any hope for a remedy? Is there any way I can help?”
