Chapter 105: The Old Man Who Wants To Help
“Kid, why aren’t you digging anymore?”
The old man pressed one hand on Yan Li’s shoulder and held a lantern emitting a eerie green light in the other.
Lin Qian remained silent.
The old man looked at Lin Qian, his eyes narrowing slightly.
Anomaly.
A new road appeared again.
Unfortunately, the other party seemed to plan to approach the road from the Republic of China era.
Walking the puzzle piece path.
This road was destined to be wrong.
“Senior, if I put the thing back, can you let us go?”
Lin Qian was silent for a long time, then spoke to negotiate.
“Oh?”
“Not going to fight me?”
“Young people of your era seem very arrogant, usually charging in if they’re not convinced, right?”
“What’s this, are you different from them?”
The old man’s tone was very flat, as if stating a fact rather than joking.
Lin Qian became even more silent.
The old man exhaled, “It’s rare to see someone who knows the times.”
In the past, the ghost controllers he met would either shout upon seeing him, “Who is this old thing?” or stay silent and attack directly.
Either way.
How to put it?
They were all buried by him.
“Senior, we’ll leave right now.” Lin Qian spoke again.
The old man released his grip on Yan Li’s shoulder.
Yan Li instantly ran to Lin Qian’s side, supernatural power surging on his body, staring fixedly at the old man with eyes full of wariness.
“President, this person is very strong.” Yan Li said softly, “Wait for me, I’ll hold him off, you go first.”
Lin Qian’s expression stiffened upon hearing this.
The old man was quite surprised, not expecting someone so loyal in this era.
“In the future, remember to consider the occasion and the person when speaking.” Lin Qian said helplessly.
The old man nodded in agreement upon hearing this.
Yan Li fell silent, saying nothing, but his expression was firm.
As long as a fight was about to start next, he would fully unleash the supernatural and attack this terrifying old man.
If necessary, he would directly choose not to suppress the ghost blood, letting it revive, just to delay the other party and let Lin Qian escape.
Incorrigible.
That described Yan Li.
“Tell me, why are you digging up graves for grave soil.”
“If the reason is sufficient, I can let you leave.”
The old man said patiently, giving Lin Qian and Yan Li an opportunity to live.
As everyone knew, his temper was never the best, and he could even be said to rank among the worst-tempered ones.
But now, he was very patient, showing no sign of anger.
Know the use of grave soil?
Lin Qian’s gaze shifted slightly.
Lie or tell the truth?
In an instant, Lin Qian’s gaze cleared a bit.
He chose to tell the truth.
“I need grave soil to suppress a ghost inside me.”
The old man, master of the Endless Graveyard, supernatural land, wherever a ghost grave existed was his territory.
His name was Luo Qian.
One of the Seven Elders of the Republic of China.
Nicknamed Graveyard Lord.
“The suppression power of the ghost in your body is not inferior to grave soil at all.”
“Grave soil suppresses fierce ghosts with emphasis on quantity, but the ghost on you doesn’t require much of that.”
“So, you’re not using grave soil to suppress the reviving ghost in your body.”
“Then, you’re not going to tell me that you want my grave soil to suppress the ghost on you, are you?”
The old man narrowed his eyes slightly, “If that’s the case, do I have reason to suspect you’re toying with me?”
Just one glance, and the other party saw through his internal situation.
He was immediately convinced.
It could only be said that facing ghost controllers from the Republic of China era, he had almost no secrets.
“That’s right, but my purpose in doing so is to resolve the three reviving ghosts in my own body.”
Lin Qian said, steeling himself.
He knew that admitting this would definitely displease the other party.
But lying would mean death.
Sure enough, the old man’s face darkened instantly.
But hearing the last sentence, the other party was somewhat puzzled.
“Resolve three reviving ghosts in the body?”
“How to resolve them?”
Luo Qian became interested.
If he wasn’t mistaken, the three reviving ghosts in the other party’s body included one ghost performer, which had completed a puzzle piece with another ghost performer, along with the Ghost Opera Stage.
Then there was the yin-yang ghost.
Finally, the Ice Ghost.
None of the three ghosts were easy to handle; for a ghost controller of this era to control three such ghosts was already miraculous enough.
Not to mention, the other party also carried a partial supernatural from an extremely eerie and terrifying fierce ghost characteristic.
Resolve?
How to resolve?
To be honest, he was very curious.
Curious what method this kid, who pried open a full load bus in a supernatural land to hurry along, had to handle his own problems.
Lin Qian licked his lips, “A red cabinet, a eerie human skin paper.”
Hearing these two things, the old man’s gaze shifted, the previous surprise completely gone, replaced by understanding.
“You’ve already come into contact with these things?”
“Although I expected they’d be discovered, I didn’t think it would be this soon.”
He already understood what method the other party meant to resolve his own issues.
He also guessed how the other party planned to use these two things.
The simplest and smartest method was to use the Ghost Cabinet as insurance, ensuring the human skin paper wouldn’t provide a method with a trap.
That was the simplest and smartest way to use them.
But the method the other party provided was definitely the most dangerous.
Extremely dangerous, and full of uncertainty.
Normally, using human skin paper this way, the method given would seem extremely simple.
No doubt, extremely simple, anyone could operate it.
But the danger hidden within was the greatest, of course, so was the reward.
He didn’t know if the other party was using this method.
If so…
The old man’s gaze shifted slightly, “Did you make a transaction with that cabinet, trading for the human skin paper’s method to have no traps?”
He asked tentatively.
Lin Qian’s gaze sharpened.
Instantly, the old man understood.
He chuckled, “Your trouble has arrived.”
“30% success rate, kid, you dare to gamble big.”
“Do you think the method seems simple, so you feel it’s easy to succeed?”
Lin Qian’s face changed abruptly.
Just as he was about to say something.
The old man waved his hand, and the surrounding environment changed instantly.
When the change stopped, they were standing in front of a small wooden house, the bag containing grave soil still at his feet.
The old wooden house was extremely dilapidated, looking like it could collapse at any moment, giving a sense that a gust of wind would topple it.
They were on a small hill, with no grave mounds around, but below was still a dense sea of grave mounds.
The old man stood beside Lin Qian, Yan Li looking bewildered.
“Your chance of failure is too high; letting you do this kind of thing in reality definitely won’t work.”
“Since I’ve seen it, I have to help a little at least.”
“Back then, the supernatural of the Ghost Play Troupe was detained by me and a few teammates at the cost of our lives.”
“If because of you, the Ghost Play Troupe’s supernatural puzzle pieces are all completed, then what we did before would be for nothing.”
The old man looked at Lin Qian as he spoke, “If it were my temper from before, I’d smash you to death instantly.”
“No doubt, I have the strength for it.”
“Moreover, I’m someone who hates trouble; your current situation, the simplest method for me is to just kill you.”
“That way, the Ghost Play Troupe won’t complete due to the Ghost Opera Stage.”
“But how to put it?”
“My temper is very good now, and your performance is decent.”
“I’ll lend you a hand; in exchange, later, you have to help me with something, but remember, whenever I call you, whatever I ask you to do, even if it means death, you must complete it for me!”
The old man said flatly.
Lin Qian’s expression fluctuated.
“If you act, can I succeed?”
Hearing this, the old man chuckled, “I’m just helping you limit accidents, not guaranteeing your success.”
Lin Qian’s gaze flickered upon hearing this, pondering the old man’s words.
With the old man’s help, his success probability would definitely increase.
But from the old man’s mouth, he learned that the method from the human skin paper was extremely dangerous, with a 30% success rate.
With the old man acting, what would the success rate be?
Unclear, but it should solve the emerging problems.
From the other’s scattered words, one problem had already been raised.
That was, the Ghost Opera Stage might complete the Ghost Play Troupe’s supernatural puzzle pieces, reappearing in the human world.
The damn human skin paper gave a method without traps, but didn’t say what accidents might occur during the process.
The human skin paper provided the method; if he failed due to bad luck with this method, he couldn’t blame the human skin paper.
The other party told the truth and gave the method without traps.
No issue, no flaws to pick.
But the problem was, key details of the method weren’t specified.
“Can you let me think about it?”
Lin Qian asked.
The old man said nothing and turned to enter the wooden house.
From the looks of it, the other party had agreed.
Lin Qian exhaled, sitting on the ground, gazing at the endless grave mounds below.
Yan Li’s pressure eased instantly, and he hurried over.
“President, maybe we should forget it; it’s not worth the risk.”
“30% success rate, what’s the difference from sending ourselves to death?”
“Headquarters’ success rate for controlling a second ghost is about the same.”
“But Headquarters is just controlling a second ghost; though the success rate is low, most can succeed.”
“But President, yours…”
Yan Li said gravely, trying to persuade him.
There was really no need to risk it like this.
Lin Qian’s situation was very stable now; time wasn’t that urgent.
They could plan slowly.
He didn’t understand.
Why gamble with his life?
He had controlled two ghosts now: one reviving ghost blood and one dormant ghost grave soil.
As long as he didn’t mess up, he basically wouldn’t die.
He was long past the point of fierce ghost revival; grave soil suppressed the ghost blood firmly.
There wouldn’t be any fierce ghost revival situation.
Ghost blood and grave soil had the same terror level; revival was very difficult.
The fierce ghosts Lin Qian entrusted to them were either more terrifying than their own or equal.
So they could effectively suppress fierce ghost revival, allowing them to use fierce ghost abilities without restraint.
And Lin Qian himself was even more so.
His three reviving ghosts were firmly suppressed; he could perfectly use the fierce ghosts’ supernatural powers.
No need to worry about dying from fierce ghost revival.
His strength was also extremely powerful.
But why did the other party still want to find a way to resolve his own reviving fierce ghosts?
Yan Li didn’t understand, nor comprehend.
Of course, he was unaware of what Lin Qian was thinking or the situation of the fierce ghosts in Lin Qian’s body.
He had plundered a portion of the Ghost Messenger’s supernatural.
Once the Ghost Messenger revived later, it would inevitably be drawn to him, and once the Ghost Messenger approached, the Ghost Messenger supernatural in his body would instantly lose effect.
At that time, the three fully revived ghosts would revive, and he’d die in the blink of an eye.
He was extremely dangerous now; it could be said that approaching the Ghost Messenger would kill him first.
If the Ghost Messenger was never released, this state might be tolerable.
But the problem was, the Ghost Messenger would come out eventually, released or not.
It just hadn’t fully incubated yet; once it did, it would emerge on its own.
This was a dead end.
Another path: continuously plunder fierce ghost crashes, then splice together a terrifying crash fierce ghost to suppress the three reviving ghosts.
This was also feasible.
But Lin Qian was very clear; as a traverser, first he had to clarify one thing.
What his golden finger was.
In mysterious revival, any unscientific power was essentially supernatural, a ghost!
So, was his golden finger something he brought from traversing, or was the golden finger itself a ghost of this world?
If he hadn’t traversed to mysterious revival, he wouldn’t have such thoughts.
But unfortunately, this was mysterious revival; all supernatural was damn ghosts, unkillable ghosts.
Even the final god was essentially a ghost!
Living beings have a sixth sense, like animals sensing danger in advance.
Humans are the same, sensing danger too.
The anomaly’s road must be taken.
But now, the Ghost Cabinet’s guarantee was gone; asking the human skin paper again would be pointless.
He couldn’t threaten the human skin paper.
That was certain.
“Damn it, I’m gambling.”
Lin Qian’s gaze flashed.
Anyway, if he failed, he’d just lose all ghosts in his body and be left with the initial fierce ghost.
Worst case, start over.
With Graveyard Lord Luo Qian’s help, his ghosts wouldn’t escape.
They would be detained.
So even if he failed, he could rethink ways to reclaim those ghosts later.
Danger, what isn’t dangerous?
“Senior.”
Lin Qian patted Yan Li’s shoulder, signaling him to relax, that he had it under control.
Then he looked toward the wooden house.
Creak, the wooden house door opened.
The old man pushed open the door and stood in front of the wooden house.
“Thought it over?”
Lin Qian nodded.
“Do it.”
“I have a certain death situation in front of me; if I don’t do it, no opportunity.”
Time was urgent; Da Chang City’s supernatural event would end soon, followed by Da Jing City’s event.
He had to hurry, or else when Ghost Messenger and Ghost Painting collided, things would get troublesome.
“Everyone has reasons, but yours is very sufficient.”
“Tell me the method the human skin paper gave you.”
Since he decided to help, he would do it properly.
At least within his ability, ensure the other’s life.
Lin Qian didn’t hesitate and explained the method from the human skin paper.
Luo Qian sneered upon hearing it, “This method is indeed simple, but the terror level is extremely high.”
