Chapter 147: The Seventy-year Ghost Control Plan
In a muddy ground like a rural pond dried up into stagnant water, a weird lotus flower with a blood-red, lacquer-like appearance was continuously emitting sounds outward.
Every piece of information He Qiong mentioned matched many of Jiang Shan’s guesses, but the more it matched, the weirder it seemed.
It was as if everything he did and thought was within someone’s plan.
Jiang Shan frowned slightly and fell into contemplation.
“At that dark path, judging from the voice that called itself Sun Yan, she was the one controlling the Ghost Lotus, and the people afterward, whether He Qiong or Qin Xi, were all supernatural beings created by her through the Ghost Lotus’s supernatural power.”
“But if Sun Yan is the one controlling the Ghost Lotus, why is it He Qiong whose body is being eroded by that ghost now? Where did she go? And moreover”
Looking at the weird ‘He Qiong’ in front of him, Jiang Shan had already made up his mind, and he said unhurriedly:
“Can you let your Ninth Life be reborn? This has nothing to do with me. I’m just a Minister, a selfish person. I’m not some world-saving hero of Dachun City.
Jiang Shan’s voice was very cold.
From the meaning of these words, it seemed that he, as the Minister of three provinces, was just a selfish, cowardly villain.
Without any pause, Jiang Shan’s emotionless voice continued:
“Right now, I just want to know what this place really is. What the hell is that endless heavy rain? And how can I leave here?”
“If I can leave here alive, perhaps I will report this information to Headquarters and let Headquarters handle and take over this matter. I’m just one person, weak and alone. Ask me to confront that ghost? That’s just sending me to die in vain. I can’t agree.”
After saying that,
Jiang Shan put on an uncompromising expression and stood silently in place.
His cold and “selfish” gaze remained fixed on He Qiong.
An invisible oppression made the atmosphere heavy.
“As far as I know, Shen Bao controlled six ghosts in total. To control the Ghost Rain, he used his consciousness and the Ghost Dismemberment in his body to confront the supernatural power of the Ghost Rain. Even that Yin Ghost that could rebound supernatural power was detained by him, and that Yang Ghost even…”
“I refuse.”
Jiang Shan continued to uphold his fine character, directly interrupting He Qiong’s words and rejecting her.
“Are you really the Minister selected by Headquarters?! I’ve never seen any Minister say such things!” He Qiong’s weird and angry voice immediately rang out.
“You’ve seen it now. Stop talking nonsense. I’m giving you one minute. If you don’t speak after one minute, I’ll leave immediately. Even if I die here, I’ll accept it. Then we’ll die together, and millions of people in Dachun City will accompany me in death. That’s not a loss.”
After Jiang Shan said this, the atmosphere at the scene instantly dropped to freezing point.
The He Qiong in the shape of a lotus flower no longer made a sound, as if she had fallen into hesitation and conflict.
Hong Ze looked at him in disbelief. He hadn’t expected that Jiang Shan, as a Minister, would be so cowardly and even utterly inhuman.
The supernatural circle was now abuzz discussing how many ghosts Jiang Shan had controlled.
Some said three, others said four.
From He Qiong’s words, Hong Ze felt that Jiang Shan might really be capable of saving her from a ghost’s hands and letting her complete the so-called “rebirth.”
This concerned the life and death of millions of people!
Before entering the Ghost Pool, he had heard in the supernatural circle about the extent of the impact of the Ghost Town in the Rain in Dachun City.
According to some ghost wielders’ judgments, the Ghost Rain was in its initial resurrection phase, and now was the best time to solve the source.
He had thought Jiang Shan could properly handle it, but unexpectedly,
Jiang Shan wanted to run!
“Why didn’t he leave when the spirit money was burning, after that muddy road appeared? Could it be that he doesn’t trust me?”
Thinking of this, a feeling of frustration and anger made Hong Ze’s face somewhat gloomy.
His cracked lips moved slightly twice, wanting to say something but ultimately lacking the courage to speak. After hesitating for a moment, he finally chose silence.
After about thirty seconds,
He Qiong seemed to have convinced herself, and helplessly, she chose to compromise with Jiang Shan:
“If what you’re asking about is the Ghost Pool, then I can tell you, you’re now inside the Ghost Lotus’s body. That rain falling in the real world, I call it Ghost Rain.”
“The Ghost Rain is very terrifying, with many abilities. Although I don’t know much more information, I know we’re now in the reflection of the Ghost Rain, inside a special Ghost Domain.”
“Reflection?” Jiang Shan was drawn to this term.
“Yes, reflection.” As if to gain Jiang Shan’s trust, He Qiong revealed a shocking piece of information:
“The reason I need you to protect me until the Ninth Life of the Ghost Lotus is resurrected is because I discovered the secret between the Ghost Lotus, Shen Bao, and the Ghost Rain.”
“Back then, by a twist of fate, I controlled the incomplete Ghost Lotus in the Ghost Park. After escaping the Ghost Rain and returning to Dachun City, I discovered that the Ghost Rain had gone out of control. The Ghost Lotus seemed to be the key to balancing the supernatural power of the Ghost Rain.”
“And a few days after returning to Dachun City, just as I took over as the person in charge, I was once again forced into the Ghost Park by a group of local ghost wielders. But because of a ghost’s attack, after being assaulted by it, I found not only did I not die, but I could actually steal the Ghost Lotus’s supernatural power!”
Jiang Shan, listening attentively, silently compared this information with what he knew in his mind and analyzed it. The doubts in his heart were not dispelled by these words.
At this moment,
He Qiong’s helpless tone continued:
“Through constant rebirth and constant exploration here, I guessed that whether it’s the Ghost Park or the Ghost Hotel, they are all ghosts originating from the Ghost Rain itself, but Shen Bao used some special method, using the ghosts in his body to confront them for a long time, turning them into that form.”
“He wanted to make all these ghosts fall into a state of ‘complete dormancy’ through supernatural confrontation between ghost and ghost!”
“Before, I said Shen Bao used four ghosts in his body to confront the Ghost Rain, and the Ghost Lotus was the most important one among those four. If my plan succeeds, I can even let you control part of the Ghost Lotus!”
“Oh? So what’s your plan?” Jiang Shan seemed somewhat moved by this statement and immediately followed up.
“As long as you can ensure my Ninth Life is born smoothly, the Ghost Lotus will be completely controlled by me. At that time, I can restrict his control of the Ghost Rain and control the resurrection level of the Ghost Rain within a certain range.”
Perhaps because of that short old man, He Qiong’s tone and attitude were very anxious:
“Because the Ghost Lotus’s killing method is very unique, the person attacked will be fixed in that time segment. With each death of that person, although he will ‘rebirth,’ everything about him will be stolen bit by bit.”
“So this is how Shen Bao controlled the Ghost Rain. He fused the Ghost Rain and the Ghost Lotus into one, using the Ghost Lotus’s killing method to restrict the Ghost Rain.”
“This leads to the fact that once someone dies in the Ghost Rain Ghost Domain, the Ghost Rain will be affected by the Ghost Lotus’s supernatural power, and its own Ghost Domain’s supernatural power will continuously have parts stolen by the Ghost Lotus due to ‘rebirth.'”
“Because of the characteristics of ghosts, a confrontation formed between the Ghost Rain and the Ghost Lotus. I call this ‘Ghost Controls Ghost.’ Shen Bao utilized the conflict between ghost and ghost to make these two ghosts fall into perfect dormancy through constant supernatural confrontation.”
“This plan, he has been executing for nearly seventy years!”
