Chapter 228: Ghost Wielders Worth Tens Of Billions
The first thing Jiang Shan did upon returning from Dachang City was to handle Ye Zhen’s ransom issue.
For Ye Zhen, the other one of the only two Branch Ministers domestically, the backbone of the Supernatural Forum, Jiang Shan still hoped to use his ransom to supplement his own Branch’s Foundation.
Because the Supernatural Forum had known about the Existence of the Supernatural early on, they had stored an unknown amount of Gold and Supernatural Items over these years.
Whereas the newly established Da Chun City Branch, aside from the three Red Ghost Candles “donated” by Headquarters, had absolutely no other Supernatural Props that could be used to fight Fierce Ghosts.
After all, a month ago, the three northern provinces were still under Headquarters’ management.
Even if any Supernatural Items were discovered locally, most were handed over to Headquarters immediately by the Person in Charge.
So the Branch he was now managing could truly be described as dirt poor.
“The people from the Supernatural Forum have agreed to the condition of giving 70% of Dahai City’s Gold Reserve to the Da Chun City Branch. I’ve calculated it, and it’s about 150 to 160 tons. This amount of Gold is estimated to have a market value of over 100 billion.”
“Moreover, on top of that, the Supernatural Forum is also willing to offer two Supernatural Items as gifts. They want to give them to you free of charge in Ye Zhen’s name, and they’ve agreed to all the other minor details. I think these conditions are already acceptable.”
In the eighteen days Jiang Shan was away from Da Chun City, A Wu and others from the Supernatural Forum had successively approached Cao Yanhua dozens of times.
Even though Da Chun City and its surroundings had continuous heavy rain for eighteen days, Jiang Shan had not appeared in public.
Even in such a situation, A Wu, due to his Dread of Jiang Shan, didn’t dare let his group cause trouble.
Even though he had already guessed that Jiang Shan might be tied up with some Supernatural Event.
But he still chose to keep upping the offer, only because he hoped to exchange for the Boss from Cao Yanhua’s hands before Jiang Shan reappeared.
After all, Cao Yanhua, as an old Leader from Headquarters, knew the score and wouldn’t let both sides lose too much face.
What A Wu worried about was Jiang Shan demanding an exorbitant price, so that not only could they not get the Boss back, but they would also die here.
To the point that he had already informed Cao Yanhua of the “maximum ransom” the Supernatural Forum could offer.
Over a hundred tons of Gold;
Two Supernatural Items;
This was already 70% of the Supernatural Forum’s family assets, and also his final bottom line.
And this was why Cao Yanhua said “already acceptable” to Jiang Shan over the Phone.
Because even without those two Supernatural Items, over a hundred tons of Gold was enough to solve the Branch’s current pressing urgencies.
The inauguration of more than thirty new Persons in Charge;
Most of which had already been handled, the Detention Containers for a total of forty-one Fierce Ghosts in Da Chun City.
All of these required massive amounts of Gold as Support. Even though Headquarters had allocated 20% of the share to the Branch, this gap still gave Cao Yanhua a headache.
It could be said that,
Ye Zhen’s arrival was perfectly timed, and he was truly valuable.
You know, Pretty Country’s global Gold Reserve is 8,100 tons.
Yet the Supernatural Forum had nearly 200 tons of Gold Reserve in just three or four years occupying Dahai City.
When the people from the Supernatural Forum upped the offer to this condition, even Cao Yanhua, who had seen great storms, couldn’t help but be somewhat moved.
“Fine, notify those people from the Supernatural Forum right now. Have them come to my Study Room in a bit to pick up their Boss. You don’t need to worry about the rest. I’m already back in Da Chun City now.”
Jiang Shan sat on the sofa smoking, speaking slowly into the Phone.
Back then, after he beat Ye Zhen until he lost Consciousness, he had Cao Yang and Zhou Deng tie him up and throw him into a custom Coffin with a Gold and steel plate interlayer.
And at this moment,
Ye Zhen should be quietly Feeling Loneliness and solitude in the Safe House in his Study Room.
After getting Jiang Shan’s reply, Cao Yanhua immediately responded: “I’ll go notify them right now.”
“Mm.”
After hanging up the Phone, Jiang Shan didn’t rush to do anything else.
Because whether it was remaking Supernatural Weapons or improving the Team Members’ overall Strength, neither could be done in a short time.
Rather than “multitasking,” he preferred to handle one thing at a time.
So before waiting for the people from the Supernatural Forum to arrive, he planned to first figure out the meaning of those few words left by his “past self.”
“‘Ghost Wood as whip’ is easy to Understand. I happen to have this plan too. The situation was urgent at the time, so I casually used the Extendable Baton as a Weapon. Though it worked, its stability wasn’t enough.”
“As for Ghost Domain becoming Mirror.”
At this thought, Jiang Shan’s brows couldn’t help but furrow.
A Ghost Domain in the form of Silver Light gathered and overlapped, indeed looking no different from a Mirror.
But he was very clear about what this would trigger and what consequences it would bring:
Killing his past self in exchange for Restarting the past.
No matter how he looked at this deal, Jiang Shan was the one losing.
But the reason his brows were tightly furrowed wasn’t this.
Because he remembered that the Dead Face Ghost’s Ghost Domain had successfully stolen the characteristics of the Ghost Rain Ghost Domain during the “Ghost Town in the Rain” Event back then.
And the Ghost Rain Ghost Domain had only one characteristic:
“Reflection reversal, mirror world.”
Anything in the Ghost Rain that touched something satisfying the “reversal” Pattern.
Whether it was rainwater pooled on the ground or a reflective Mirror, the contactor would enter the Supernatural Space formed by the Ghost Rain Ghost Domain.
And this space did not Exist in Reality,
Yet it was closely linked to Reality.
Originally, after Jiang Shan learned the Pattern of this characteristic, he had given up on trying it.
After all, Ghost Rain could unleash this characteristic of the Ghost Domain through raining.
But for the Dead Face Ghost’s Ghost Domain in light form, how could it possibly activate this ability anytime and anywhere?
Unless he carried a Mirror on him and used the Mirror to attack people or Fierce Ghosts within the Ghost Domain.
“Wait… If Ghost Domain becoming Mirror satisfies the characteristic of the Ghost Rain Ghost Domain, then that Fierce Ghost that returned to the past might not have been Restarted, but rather entered the Supernatural Space formed by the Ghost Domain?”
After connecting these Supernatural characteristics, Jiang Shan suddenly discovered another possibility.
The Ghost might not have been Restarted, resulting in the state of “returning to the past.”
It was entirely possible that because they entered the Supernatural Space of the Dead Face Ghost’s Ghost Domain, this Supernatural Space with unique characteristics achieved an effect similar to Restart.
“This possibility is very high, because an ability like Restart definitely has certain Restrictions. It can’t send a Ghost or a person back too far into the past. If the current Ghost Wood, which is about the size of a small Sapling, is its past state.”
“Then this Restart time is at least several months, which is completely impossible. With the Dead Face Ghost’s current Supernatural Power, it can’t achieve that.”
The more he thought about it, the more firm Jiang Shan’s inner conviction became.
After all, the Restart time was as long as several months.
What a joke?
Back then, he hadn’t believed it and had always remained skeptical.
Because this god-like ability, let alone him.
Only Yang Jian from the Original Work, who had already achieved Becoming a God and Devoured countless Fierce Ghosts, could possibly do such a thing.
Even Zhang Dong, who was still Alive, absolutely couldn’t do it.
“After handling these current matters, it’s time to deal with the anomaly in the Ghost Domain. But this time, the target can’t be a Ghost. This Supernatural thing can only be personally tested by me.”
Jiang Shan sat on the sofa, lost in thought for a moment.
To the point that the cigarette in his hand had burned out and scalded his Finger before he snapped back.
Although Jiang Shan didn’t know what changes had occurred to the Dead Face Ghost’s Ghost Domain after stealing the Supernatural Power of so many Fierce Ghosts’ Ghost Domains.
Even to the point of having a Supernatural Space from nothing.
The more Strange aspects of himself he discovered, the more he wanted to Understand the truth of all this.
