Chapter 240: Rift
“You want to see the Captain?” Yue Linhai’s eyes flickered slightly.
Although he didn’t say much, he glanced sideways with a somewhat numb gaze sweeping over Zhang Qian’s body.
There was clearly no sign of using supernatural power, but Zhang Qian still felt his scalp go numb, as if his whole person had been seen through.
Even his true qi was somewhat inexplicably restless, as if it feared this line of sight.
After just one glance, Yue Linhai’s expression showed some subtle changes, with a hint of surprise unexpectedly revealed in his turbid eyes.
Immediately after, that surprise dissipated into nothing, and strands of killing intent gathered in his dark eyes.
“You… hehe…”
Yue Linhai wanted to say something, but after just starting, it turned into a sinister cold laugh.
Although he was laughing, there was no emotion at all in his voice, as if in this instant he had transformed from a human into an evil ghost, losing all emotions.
Facing him directly, Zhang Qian was like facing a great enemy, with every hair standing on end yet not daring to make the slightest anomalous movement.
Just now, Yue Linhai was completely a senior without any airs, though his expression was a bit indifferent, he could communicate equally with him and was even willing to reveal secrets like father-son strife.
But now, the feeling Yue Linhai gave Zhang Qian was far more terrifying than a fierce ghost; the killing intent and sense of oppression emanating from him were no joke.
He wants to kill me, but why?
Zhang Qian’s thoughts raced rapidly, yet he couldn’t understand the reason.
The terrifying sense of crisis almost exploded his nerves, but he still didn’t want to give up, carefully recalling what had just happened.
All the changes happened after Yue Linhai scanned him.
That feeling of being seen through was not an illusion.
“He definitely has the ability to probe supernatural information and understands my difference from ghost controllers, yet he is unwilling to accept an anomaly like me.” Zhang Qian guessed in his heart.
In the past, he called the mannequin an anomaly, but unexpectedly he was also an anomaly in others’ eyes.
What provoked Yue Linhai to want to kill? Could it be that cultivating immortality is not accepted by the orthodox supernatural circle, or is swallowing a fierce ghost against common sense?
He had barely avoided dying in the ghost ship, only to die at the hands of Yue Linhai, who seemed like one of his own?
The originally sunny blue sky had disappeared, and the ghost ship underfoot had long vanished.
The entire world was a pure white, like a clean blank film, except that it was stained with a “stain”.
As if in enmity with the positive world, even without real harm yet, Zhang Qian’s spirit was already on the verge of collapse.
He didn’t want to die here…
Intense will to survive filled Zhang Qian’s mind, but facing pressure like the sky and earth overturning, he couldn’t muster the thought to fight back.
Just as Zhang Qian was struggling.
Yue Linhai raised his left hand again, and at the same time, a light photograph floated down from his hand.
The antique photograph moved without wind, swaying and drifting past Zhang Qian’s eyes.
The photograph was just an ordinary black-and-white photo, but its content was clearly the boundless fog that had previously enveloped the ghost ship.
“Besides time stop, he can also imprison supernatural entities into photographs…”
With just one glance, Zhang Qian had deduced Yue Linhai’s other supernatural power.
But even knowing it, what use was it?
Whether it was the ghost ship captain stopped by time stop or the fog imprisoned by the photograph, each was much stronger than Zhang Qian.
And for Yue Linhai to deal with them was just a matter of a thought.
His body was already numb, his limbs as cold as if immersed in ice water.
Zhang Qian’s gaze uncontrollably fixed on Yue Linhai’s slowly extending finger, feeling as if the grim reaper’s scythe had already slit his throat.
Clearly, the old man’s action had no attack whatsoever, yet it made Zhang Qian’s hairs stand on end, every cell in his body screaming to flee.
The true qi in his body was already unresponsive, as if his body had chosen to sneak attack ahead of Zhang Qian.
There is still hope…
Because of the conversation just now, Zhang Qian hadn’t been too wary of Yue Linhai, and Yue Linhai certainly wouldn’t fear Zhang Qian’s sudden attack.
So their distance was very close.
Close enough that Zhang Qian could touch the Yue Linhai in front of him by stretching out his arms.
Perhaps his bit of supernatural power was nothing in Yue Linhai’s eyes, but what about adding the post office’s letter?
There is hope!
At the moment of life and death, some boundary seemed to be broken.
Zhang Qian felt his emotions suddenly calm; fear, panic, unease… all emotions vanished in an instant.
The speed of the photo falling, Yue Linhai’s raised fingertip, everything was like a special effect slow-motion shot, clearly presented in Zhang Qian’s eyes.
There also seemed to be some gradually flickering light from Yue Linhai.
Still not enough…
His spirit had recovered, but his body was a bit unresponsive…
Without any hesitation, Zhang Qian used all his strength to slightly part his upper and lower teeth.
“Chii—”
His tongue tip was torn by his teeth, the wound so large that fresh blood spurted out.
The clear pain transmitted to his brain, and his long-silent body finally regained control…
“Pa!”
After a crisp sound, the world in Zhang Qian’s eyes returned to normal.
Gushing fresh blood dripped from the corner of his mouth, and his whole body ached as if exhausted.
But his line of sight didn’t shift at all, just staring deadly at the Yue Linhai in front of him, confronting him without fear.
“You gave a surprise.” Yue Linhai lowered his brows and sighed regretfully.
He was only on the way to find the other half of his power and sensed the medium’s activation, so he came over to take a look.
He originally thought it was just an ordinary ghost controller, but upon close observation, he discovered it was such a strange existence.
Why strange?
Because Yue Linhai was unsure if this junior who called himself Feng Quan could still be considered human.
This junior’s supernatural power was certainly not strong, but the information it revealed faintly startled him.
A captain had already been born among the conscious fierce ghosts, and he hadn’t stopped it in time then; he couldn’t make the same mistake again.
Moreover…
Looking at the gasping Zhang Qian, fierce like a dying hungry wolf, a trace of complexity flashed in Yue Linhai’s eyes.
This junior had grown stronger, even touching the concept of time, yet Yue Linhai, who had been watching him closely, didn’t understand the reason for the growth.
“What a pity…” Yue Linhai sighed again.
Such a person, if walking the righteous path, could absolutely carry the banner of the era, but he had already been corroded by a fierce ghost; if not eliminated now, he would be a disaster later.
He didn’t know what Zhang Qian had struggled desperately for just now, but none of it mattered anymore…
After one last glance at Zhang Qian, Yue Linhai’s turbid eyes locked onto him, slowly pressing down the index finger of his left hand.
“Dong, dong dong…”
