Chapter 146: Yin Ghosts, Yang Ghosts
Jiang Shan would not mistake He Qiong’s appearance. That clear, cold, noble face, masculine yet feminine, with features that gathered the advantages and strengths of countless people, was truly too stunning.
When he first saw this face in the file, he even thought He Qiong had used the Deceiver Ghost.
Nothing else,
It was just too exaggeratedly beautiful, like a supernatural creation.
As a dazzling silver light flashed by, Jiang Shan and Hong Ze’s figures gradually emerged from the flickering light.
The He Qiong in front of him was covered all over with palm petals, with countless human eyes on her head forming the flower stamens, her skin blackened and greenish with severe fibrosis.
She had her eyes tightly closed, her face ferocious, her expression of despair silently expressing that she was enduring immense pain.
Before Jiang Shan could speak, he heard a cold, mixed voice as if seven or eight people were speaking together:
“Is that you, Brother Jiang? Why can’t I see anything? Where am I?”
After searching in the Ghost Pool for a full two hours, Jiang Shan, who finally found He Qiong’s position through positioning, couldn’t help but think of a person’s name upon hearing this abrupt yet familiar voice:
“Qin Xi?”
This familiar tone and way of speaking.
After glancing at Hong Ze, who had a puzzled look on his face, Jiang Shan confirmed in his heart,
This voice was not like the Ghost Wood’s Wooden Fish resounding at the consciousness level, but just the sound from the throat when speaking normally.
This meant that Qin Xi was right beside him!
“The attack encountered after leaving that path was from Qin Xi, who controlled two ghosts, couldn’t be killed, and was still passively restarting. He found his way here too? Perfect, saves me the trouble of looking for him.”
After glancing at the unconscious “Lotus Flower He Qiong” and confirming it wasn’t her speaking, Jiang Shan’s gaze turned to look around.
But after scanning several times in succession, he still didn’t see Qin Xi’s figure.
“Brother Jiang, are you looking for me? I’m right in front of you.” Qin Xi’s voice rang in Jiang Shan’s ears again.
“?”
That incredibly clear sensation felt as if the speaker was right beside him, very close, even ridiculously close.
The moment a piece of silver light shone on “Lotus Flower He Qiong”,
Through the Ghost Domain, Jiang Shan discovered the source of the voice.
A mouth.
No!
To be precise, it should be eight different mouths grown inside He Qiong’s body.
At a certain moment,
He（ she） they spoke the same sentence in unison!
And those eight mouths were more accurately grown inside the Ghost Lotus’s rhizome rather than in He Qiong’s body.
He Qiong’s originally graceful and curvaceous figure was now greenish and stiff to a weird degree.
Although it still vaguely resembled a humanoid shape, from afar it was no different from the rhizome of an aquatic plant!
Not only the skin, but even her internal organs, blood vessels, and every single nerve had turned black and green.
From the looks of it, the ghost’s resurrection inside He Qiong had progressed to a high degree, even to the point where it was about to kill her.
Now, He Qiong’s body had been assimilated by that ghost’s supernatural erosion, affecting over ninety percent!
Upon discovering this scene, Jiang Shan’s expression tightened.
Although he had no idea what exactly happened from the time Qin Xi entered the Ghost Pool until now, regardless of who was in that body in front of him, he（ she） that weird state gave Jiang Shan a trace of vigilance.
If one mouth meant one person,
Then now, there were at least eight people existing inside He Qiong’s body!
Leaving aside whether these eight people were a single entity, just where did the two ghosts that Qin Xi had controlled in his body go?
Did they leave this body after resurrecting?
Or were they suppressed by the ghost in this body?
No longer thinking, Jiang Shan immediately retreated backward.
At the same time,
Blood-red Ghost Characters instantly covered every part of He Qiong’s body.
“Are you Qin Xi or He Qiong? Or rather, are you Sun Yan, the daughter of the Dajing City Headquarters Minister?”
After glancing at the Ghost Candle in his hand that showed no abnormality, Jiang Shan stared intently at the seemingly comatose He Qiong with closed eyes, his tone ice-cold.
“Brother Jiang, what are you saying? I am Qin Xi! My current state is entirely because of the second ghost. Bro! Don’t suppress me with this ghost anymore, the supernatural in my body is about to lose balance!”
That androgynous voice sounded very urgent this time; he seemed extremely fearful of the Ghost Characters suppressing the ghost inside him.
Jiang Shan didn’t answer or withdraw the Ghost Characters; he just stood motionless in place, quietly waiting for something.
Although the intelligence gathered along the way was scattered.
But aside from Wang Chaling’s mess, he knew there were four key people in this Ghost Rain.
Shen Bao, who was suspected of controlling seventy percent of the Ghost Rain with his consciousness existing on the Ghost Rain itself,
Da Chun City Branch’s first and second Persons in Charge Sun Yan, He Qiong, and this Qin Xi with bizarre behavior.
There were intricate connections between these four people.
Indiscernible and impenetrable.
And now,
Qin Xi and He Qiong, these two people, had actually appeared in the same body. How could this not arouse his suspicion?
“Brother Jiang, the supernatural in my body is losing balance. Please, quickly withdraw the ‘Ghost Script’! If I die, won’t that play right into that human skin’s plan, Brother Jiang!”
Hearing this while hesitating, Jiang Shan thought of something and suddenly felt a chill all over.
After taking a deep breath,
Jiang Shan pretended as if nothing had happened, looking calmly at the lotus flower-like He Qiong, remaining silent.
Time slowly passed minute by minute amid Qin Xi’s repeated pleas.
Perhaps because the Ghost Characters’ suppression really caused the supernatural in He Qiong’s body to lose balance, or perhaps for some other reason.
A chilling coldness began to emanate and spread from He Qiong’s body, and as time went on, this chill became increasingly bone-piercing, as if it would freeze one’s consciousness stiff and shatter the soul.
“The Ghost Candle’s burning speed has accelerated; some supernatural is trying to erode me.”
Looking at the “He Qiong Lotus Flower” with a pained expression and constant swaying, Jiang Shan remained unmoved.
At a certain moment,
What he was waiting for arrived!
“You’re Jiang Shan? Da Chun City Branch Minister?”
The constant pleas were replaced by a sudden calm voice.
“I am Jiang Shan. Are you He Qiong?” Jiang Shan immediately replied.
“Mm, I am. First stop the attack from this ghost in your body; I can’t die yet.” The voice suspected to be dominated by He Qiong continued:
“I see you’re still wary of me. Never mind, that’s not important. To make a long story short, the ghost I control is very special. It’s called the Ghost Lotus. This ghost allows me to ‘resurrect’ nine times at certain time nodes, and Qin Xi is my eighth life.”
“It seems I’ve failed again, but in Qin Xi’s memory, I saw you detained Shen Bao’s Yin Ghost. I know you’ve definitely seen that Yang Ghost identical to the Yin Ghost, wearing a white robe.”
“That Yang Ghost carries part of Shen Bao’s memory. This time, he has discovered my true body and will soon come to kill me. If you can protect me until my ninth life appears, perhaps Da Chun City can still be saved!”
