Chapter 34: Entering Huang Gang Village
After Sun Lihong hurriedly put down a piece of information and left,
Yang Jian issued an invitation in the club. For the Ghost Wielders of Little Qiang Club who were about to experience Fierce Ghost Revival, this was undoubtedly an important choice.
The atmosphere in the hall fell into a state of weirdness.
After Yang Jian and Yan Li left, Wang Xiaoqiang picked up the information on the table and walked up to Jiang Shan, saying:
“This is the mission that Headquarters gave to our club. I was planning to tell them in a few days, humph, this kid who popped out of nowhere and doesn’t know the height of the heavens actually spilled the beans first, but that’s fine too, saves me the trouble of explaining.”
With that, he handed the information to Jiang Shan.
After taking the information, Jiang Shan pretended to flip through it, then said:
“Fine, I can go on this mission, but it’s agreed, once I solve this for you, we’re even.”
After Jiang Shan said this, Wang Xiaoqiang fell silent. Finally, after thinking for a long time, he replied:
“Fine, but if the club needs manpower later, I hope you can help out. Of course, the club will give you a price that satisfies you.”
“Mm-hmm, we’ll see.”
After Jiang Shan finished speaking, he waved his hand at Wang Xiaoqiang and then left the club.
At the same time,
Yang Jian, who had returned to Jiang Yan’s single apartment, took out that piece of Human Skin Paper with a serious expression,
Only to see a line of crooked, disorderly Ghost Characters appear on the Human Skin Paper:
“My name is Yang Jian. When you see this letter, I am already dead. You must stay away from that person named Jiang Shan. He is very terrifying! He is very terrifying!”
The handwriting on the Human Skin Paper became more intense toward the end, and Yang Jian could increasingly feel its fear.
Apart from the first time he tried to discard the Human Skin Paper when it acted like this, this was the first time Yang Jian had seen the Human Skin Paper so afraid of a Ghost Wielder.
Yang Jian’s gaze shifted slightly. He hadn’t sensed any malice from Jiang Shan at the club; instead, he felt that Jiang Shan didn’t quite fit in with Little Qiang Club.
Although he didn’t know why the Human Skin Paper was so afraid of Jiang Shan.
But out of vigilance, Yang Jian paid a bit more attention to Jiang Shan.
The next day at noon,
Jiang Shan and the club’s five members drove to a somewhat remote village according to the navigation.
At the village entrance roadblock, Jiang Shan signaled the five to stop, because he saw Yang Jian’s figure.
Jiang Shan silently watched Ye Jun get shut down by Yang Jian; he didn’t say anything.
His relationship with Little Qiang Club was just cooperation. He wasn’t Ye Jun’s dad or mom. The fact that he didn’t kill Ye Jun last time meant Ye Jun had picked up a life.
Asking Jiang Shan to speak up for Ye Jun would be him being a dog meddling with a mouse—pure nosiness.
Seeing that Yang Jian and the others had gone far away, Jiang Shan got out of the car, looked at the peaceful Huang Gang Village in the distance, and silently lit a cigarette, lost in thought.
This Huang Gang Village incident was actually very easy to solve,
Simply have Feng Quan give up the Ghost Coffin, and the Ghost Messenger would return to the Ghost Coffin on its own.
The only dangerous part was that when the number of ghosts the Ghost Messenger could suppress exceeded three, Jiang Shan himself would also risk being instantly killed by the Ghost Messenger.
Seeing that Yang Jian and the club members had entered the village, Jiang Shan stubbed out his cigarette. Just as he was about to enter the village, a pitch-black Dead Person Ghost Face with a smiling corner of the mouth appeared on his face.
Black Haze began to spread from around Jiang Shan toward Huang Gang Village.
Because the Ghost Messenger hadn’t fully grown, Jiang Shan’s Black Haze Ghost Domain was like black ink in clear water, easily tearing open the hidden Ghost Domain over Huang Gang Village.
This meant that as long as Jiang Shan wanted to leave, he could leave here at any time through the Ghost Domain.
With confidence in his heart, Jiang Shan walked into Huang Gang Village without reservation.
Upon first entering Huang Gang Village, Jiang Shan felt a very familiar sensation in his heart,
Looking at the vegetable fields by the roadside, the farmland, the houses in the village, the poultry by the road—a harmonious rural pastoral scene.
This involuntarily reminded him of that Ghost Tree Forest which also appeared to have no abnormalities,
“Could the Ghost Tree Forest and the Ghost Messenger have the same nature? Is the entire forest, the entire village, a ghost?” Jiang Shan thought to himself.
As he walked, Jiang Shan’s footsteps stopped,
He saw Yang Jian, Zhang Han, Ye Jun, and others standing in place with serious expressions. Seeing Jiang Shan approach, Zhang Han hurriedly came to his side and whispered:
“Brother Jiang, look at this…”
Actually, without Zhang Han saying it, Jiang Shan had already noticed that weird building.
Only to see in front of a building, the main door wide open, surrounded by wreaths at the entrance. A group of villagers dressed in white mourning clothes, wearing hemp and filial piety, with women and children kneeling in front of a vermilion-lacquered coffin burning paper money, crying and wailing.
And the portrait in front of that vermilion-lacquered coffin was of a man in a suit, quite handsome in appearance.
Just as Jiang Shan was staring at the portrait, Ye Jun beside him cursed softly:
“What the hell is this? I just entered the village and they set up a coffin for me, trying to curse me to death?”
“Just in case, tonight we’ll burn this coffin to ashes. Who knows what’s lying inside. If it’s not a ghost, fine, but if it is, we’ll detain it together.” Someone suggested.
Jiang Shan beside them didn’t speak, just quietly listening to the club members’ discussion.
Seeing that Jiang Shan had no intention of joining in, Zhang Han didn’t push it and went back to Ye Jun and the others to discuss.
While the club members were discussing, Jiang Shan’s gaze was fixed firmly on that vermilion-lacquered coffin, but with his peripheral vision, he noticed the club members occasionally glancing at him—they clearly had something to say.
Sure enough, soon after, Zhang Han came over again, looked at Jiang Shan and asked:
“Brother Jiang, we suggest pairing up in twos. What do you think?”
“No problem, but lately I’ve been having a bit of trouble controlling the ghost in my body. I can’t guarantee that the ghost won’t kill you while you’re sleeping, so I won’t team up with you.”
“Alright, I’ll go tell them in a bit.” Zhang Han looked a bit worried and immediately whispered, “You okay, Brother Jiang? If not, just head back first. The five of us plus that kid should be fine.”
“I’m fine. You be careful yourself. Best not to act alone. Two people together have a higher survival rate.” Jiang Shan reminded Zhang Han.
Zhang Han nodded: “Got it, Brother Jiang. I’ll go tell them now. Where are you headed?” Seeing Jiang Shan about to leave, he hurriedly asked.
“I’ll wander around. Tell them to call me if something comes up.”
“Okay.”
Then Jiang Shan began wandering aimlessly in the village,
Though called wandering, it was actually Jiang Shan preparing to find a secluded spot to make his escape.
His purpose in coming here was simple: to lie in that Ghost Coffin and experience what it feels like to become a ghost.
To see if he could find a new way to balance the two ghosts in his body.
From the moment he first controlled Ghost Characters and Dead Person Ghost Face, Jiang Shan had discovered this serious problem,
The fierce ghosts in his body had no balance point and couldn’t achieve balance like Tong Qian’s two Ghost Faces.
Now, the Dead Face Ghost wasn’t fully reviving only because the already dead-machined Ghost Characters were suppressing it. This situation was like Yang Jian’s Ghost Eye suppressing the Headless Ghost Shadow. But when the Dead Person Ghost Face gained a second Ghost Face,
Jiang Shan discovered that the Ghost Characters’ suppression of the Dead Person Ghost Face was already having issues. Based on his current condition,
In less than five months, the Dead Face Ghost would fully revive inside his body.
At that time, he would die!
