Chapter 121: The Origin Of The Withered Ghost Hand
“Heh heh~!”
The middle-aged man who had lost his tongue suddenly opened his mouth and made a strange sound.
He looked at Lu Lin and Ye Feng, revealing a strange smile.
Immediately after, the blood flowing from his mouth abruptly turned dark red.
Lu Lin’s gaze changed slightly, “Interesting.”
“This guy definitely had some important things he didn’t say.”
The middle-aged man died, and the cause of death was probably poison.
“I could tell.”
“No matter who it was, they wouldn’t spill everything. If it were me, since I couldn’t survive anyway, I’d say some and hide some, pitting as many as possible.”
Ye Feng was very calm.
None of them were fools.
Lin Qian had seen through it too, so he simply let Lu Lin deal with the other party directly.
Information obtained from others’ mouths was far less reliable than what he investigated himself.
“I’ll arrange for someone to investigate this guy right away.”
“I suspect that the other party bringing this ghost here is clearly not as he said.”
Ye Feng nodded, “Da Jiang City, a time of turmoil.”
No one would have thought that Da Jiang City, with only one in ten surviving, would also be targeted by someone.
What thing in this place was attracting those ghost things?
Inside the club.
Lin Qian wrapped this withered strange hand palm with gold foil.
Although he wasn’t sure if it would work.
It was truly frightening.
Lin Qian felt he had been careless.
Knowing it couldn’t be questioned, he shouldn’t have tried to control it directly.
Of course, it was indeed because he was too confident, confidently thinking that a ghost that could be carried by an ordinary person, and without any protective measures, wouldn’t be too strange or terrifying.
After all, carrying a ghost on him, yet the other party hadn’t been invaded by the supernatural.
It seemed this ghost wouldn’t pose much harm to people.
But unexpectedly, this thing was so terrifying.
Lin Qian was a bit unsure whether this ghost’s terror level was extremely high and the ghost in his body couldn’t suppress it.
Or if this ghost’s killing pattern was somewhat special?
Lin Qian was very curious about the origin of this ghost.
It could grant wishes, and it was so strange.
Especially the ghost eye in the palm.
Could this thing be a body of the Wish Ghost?
He knew the Wish Ghost had always been without a body.
Later, it was made into a supernatural item, all because that fool controlled the Ghost Cabinet.
Otherwise, it had no physical form at all.
From beginning to end, the Wish Ghost wanted a body, and the Starving Ghost was nurtured by it.
Later, it still hadn’t given up.
It lured Zhao Xiaoya to Da Jing City.
Later, it was discovered by Yang Jian and began to make contact.
If that’s really the case…
Lin Qian’s gaze flickered; his trouble might have come again.
He was very clear that he was now being treated as a backup by the Wish Ghost.
He might even be the top choice currently.
During the Endless Graveyard, he had seen it clearly; even the Ghost Bride had been dealt with by him.
The Wish Ghost still hadn’t left.
It insisted on clashing with Luo Qian.
Lin Qian knew the Wish Ghost wouldn’t be buried in the Endless Graveyard.
Because Luo Qian wouldn’t do that.
Thinking of this, Lin Qian took out his phone and called someone.
“Zhao Kaiming’s family?”
“Zhao Kaiming’s family wasn’t already buried?”
“Hm? Possibly revived?”
“Okay, I’ll go check right away.”
Lin Qian hung up the phone.
Buried?
Lin Qian’s expression was strange; did Zhao Kaiming know his family had been buried?
Perhaps not.
At that time in the Endless Graveyard, he had seen Zhao Kaiming, who seemed to be seeking death.
The Wish Ghost probably wouldn’t take Zhao Kaiming away.
Lin Qian stood up, placed the withered hand palm in his hand into the golden box, then took out a small welding torch and welded it shut.
This thing could be used as a powerful backup.
Less than ten minutes later, the phone rang.
“President, the grave is empty.”
“I checked the graveyard’s surveillance, and it was all damaged, supernatural damage, can’t be repaired.”
“Zhao Kaiming’s family might all have revived.”
“However, I found an unlucky one who didn’t crawl out.”
“I just checked; it was because there was no help, couldn’t crawl out, and suffocated inside.”
“This person seems to be Zhao Kaiming’s cousin’s son’s wife’s cousin’s daughter’s cousin’s brother’s wife’s sister’s cousin.”
“…”
“This counts as a relative?”
Lin Qian was somewhat stunned; just hearing it once, he felt he couldn’t repeat it a second time.
“Who knows?”
“Should I investigate their whereabouts?”
“Investigate them. They’re all ordinary people; even if revived, it doesn’t change that they’re ordinary people.”
“They won’t be too hard to find, but be careful.”
“Don’t worry, I won’t investigate personally.”
Lin Qian hung up the phone.
Sure enough, the Wish Ghost had come out.
Moreover, it had completed the transaction with Zhao Kaiming.
Revived Zhao Kaiming’s family.
According to the original work’s direction, the most likely new host for the Wish Ghost was Zhao Xiaoya.
Because Zhao Xiaoya was the easiest to lure.
A child was the easiest to deceive.
Lin Qian stroked his chin, looking at the box on the table.
If the Wish Ghost came to Da Jiang City, it was definitely coming for this thing.
Then he could confirm that the withered hand palm in this box was the Wish Ghost’s body.
After all, he now had restart, and also the suppression power of the Ghost Messenger.
The Wish Ghost knew that confronting him would be risky.
Restart against restart, and he could plunder the supernatural at any time.
This risk wouldn’t make the Wish Ghost take chances.
But if it was for that withered hand palm, it would be worth the risk.
After all, no need to clash head-on with him, just find an opportunity to snatch the withered hand palm.
Unsure if it was, all of this was just a guess.
Perhaps someone knew what this thing was.
Lin Qian looked out the window; he was now a person plagued by trouble.
Staying in Da Jiang City wasn’t a good thing.
Thinking of this, Lin Qian picked up that box and disappeared from the spot.
No one knew Lin Qian had left.
Near Da Han City, there was a very small city.
The economy here wasn’t great, but something interesting: there weren’t many supernatural events occurring here.
This city put Headquarters at ease, so no person in charge was assigned to station here.
Within the city, there were still buildings not belonging to this era.
Old streets with a long sense of age.
On the red brick walls, there were still motivational slogans written from the previous era.
But they had long faded under the erosion of time.
This was an old street with sparse shops, rarely seeing sunlight year-round.
Or rather, even sunlight rarely visited this old street that shouldn’t have been abandoned by the era.
The old street was too dark; even on hot days, few people would walk this road.
Occasionally, young couples would come in for the shade here, but as they walked, they would quicken their pace.
There were also children playing on this old street.
Children weren’t afraid of these things because they didn’t yet understand that instinct.
On this street, there was an old shop still open.
But this old shop was strange; children would occasionally pass by, but as they walked, they would unconsciously stay away from this old shop.
When they came to their senses, they would stand there in a daze, then quickly run away.
Lin Qian looked up; the old medicine shop was truly old, the plaque had faded, and if not looked at closely, one couldn’t see what was written on it.
Perhaps the shop owner was too lazy to replace the plaque.
Lin Qian looked for a while, then passed through the supernatural enveloping the old medicine shop.
He seemed not to be detected by that supernatural at all and directly entered the old medicine shop.
The moment he entered the shop, he was faced with a woman.
The woman saw Lin Qian and was stunned.
“Who are you? How did you get in?”
The woman glanced at the wooden token hanging at the shop doorway outside, suspended by a black rope.
It shouldn’t be; the wooden token was still there, how could someone come in?
“I don’t care who you are or how you got in. We’re not receiving guests now; go back wherever you came from.”
The woman’s tone wasn’t great, even somewhat nasty.
It made one want to get angry just hearing it.
Lin Qian was very calm.
“Get lost, I don’t have time to bullshit with you.”
The woman was stunned, and her face quickly turned ugly.
But before the woman could speak, Lin Qian reached out and pushed her aside.
“Old Master, I’m here to see you.”
He walked straight to the back on his own.
“Startling like that, can’t you be a bit more steady?”
“Also, be gentler to my disciple; she’s still a woman after all.”
“Pity the fair sex, understand?”
An old man wearing sunglasses lifted the black door curtain and walked out.
He said grumpily.
“Hey, Old Master, you know me; pitying the fair sex has nothing to do with me.”
Lin Qian hurriedly ran over and supported the old man, “Come, Old Master, sit, don’t stand on ceremony.”
The old man had been a bit happy at first, but hearing this, the corner of his mouth twitched.
If he wasn’t mistaken, this medicine shop seemed to be his.
In his own home, don’t stand on ceremony?
But he didn’t say anything and let Lin Qian support him to sit on the chair.
“Master, this is…”
The woman frowned, looking at Lin Qian unkindly and somewhat puzzled.
The old man didn’t answer the woman’s question immediately but knocked on the table, “What do you want from me?”
Lin Qian sat down, no small talk, took out the golden box, and directly opened it.
The old man narrowed his eyes slightly; although he had no eyes, it didn’t affect his vision.
So he saw clearly that inside the box was a thing wrapped in gold foil.
It was a hand palm.
Lin Qian directly tore off the gold foil on the hand palm, revealing its true appearance.
The moment the old man saw the hand palm, his brows furrowed, and he instantly looked up.
“Where did you get this from?”
Hearing this, Lin Qian immediately smiled, “Old Master, you really know what this thing is.”
He quickly explained the whole story of how he obtained this thing.
After hearing it, the old man’s brows didn’t relax at all.
He picked up the withered hand palm.
The hand palm was withered, with three fingers upright, and in the palm center was a closed eye.
Just like a palm eye.
“Master… this… this is a ghost, right…”
The woman said somewhat uncertainly.
The old man nodded.
The woman’s pupils shrank slightly, looking at Lin Qian with some wariness; this person actually carried a ghost on him?
How confident must he be?
“How could this thing appear?”
The old man’s brows were deeply furrowed.
“Have you used this ghost’s ability?”
Lin Qian thought for a moment, “When I tried to control this ghost, I almost killed two of my members; does that count?”
The old man was stunned and tilted his head slightly; what was this kid saying?
“You just said you tried to control this ghost?”
Lin Qian nodded, then described the situation when he tried to control this ghost.
The old man’s mouth twitched.
He was silent for a long time, then slowly put down the withered ghost hand.
Then he gave a thumbs up, “You’re better than me.”
Lin Qian was stunned, then felt a bit embarrassed and hurriedly covered the old man’s thumb, “Look at what you’re saying; wasn’t I too confident at the time?”
“Think about it; this ghost could be carried by an ordinary person who wasn’t invaded by the supernatural; no matter how you look at it, this ghost wouldn’t be too terrifying.”
Hearing this, the old man immediately shook off Lin Qian’s hand in disgust and wiped it on his clothes.
“Hearing you say that, I deeply realize you have no brain.”
“Use that walnut brain of yours to think; does a ghost that doesn’t erode ordinary people exist?”
“Even a ghost that’s sunk into dormancy will passively erode with supernatural if carried long enough.”
“If not, what does that mean?”
“Kid, the more abnormal the thing, the more terrifying what it represents afterward.”
The old man took off his sunglasses and looked at this withered ghost hand.
“You’re lucky you didn’t use this ghost’s ability.”
“Otherwise, even with restart, you couldn’t save your regret.”
Lin Qian’s expression immediately turned serious, “This ghost’s wish-granting ability has a problem?”
“Nonsense.”
The old man rubbed his neck, “Don’t let this ghost’s mere hand palm fool you; it’s extremely terrifying.”
“Of course, only to you all.”
“Ordinary people make a wish, the price paid is their relatives and friends.”
“If no relatives or friends, then people who’ve met or know the name bear the price.”
“Doesn’t that sound familiar?”
Lin Qian’s pupils shrank slightly; how could it not be familiar? Wasn’t this exactly the Wish Ghost’s ability?
This thing was indeed a puzzle piece of the Wish Ghost!
But this thing was even more outrageous than the Wish Ghost.
The Wish Ghost didn’t seem to say that without relatives or friends, those who knew the name would bear the price.
Perhaps it did, he just didn’t know.
“You came to ask me; you asked the right person, but not entirely right. This ghost wasn’t split by me; it was Zhang Dong.”
“He personally erased everything about this ghost, but obviously, after Zhang Dong erased it, the ghost escaped but lost its body.”
The old man looked at this withered hand palm, “Now, the body has appeared.”
Saying this, he sighed, “Sure enough, no matter how strange the exile realm a fierce ghost is sent to, it will slowly approach the world where people exist, invade reality, and reach reality.”
This withered hand palm was the best proof.
“Kid, do you know why the ghost in your body can’t suppress this ghost, and only that special ghost can suppress it?”
The old man suddenly asked.
Lin Qian shook his head upon hearing this; how could he know?
“Simple, because this ghost wished to be immune to suppression by any ghost, but obviously, some ghosts’ restraints on ghosts can’t be avoided even by wishing.”
“This hand palm is terrifying, but with your current strength, suppressing it shouldn’t be a problem, yet you can’t; the root is here.”
After speaking, the old man’s expression changed as he looked at Lin Qian, “What do you plan to do with this thing?”
What to do with it?
Lin Qian’s gaze flickered; this thing was a big killer weapon, but keeping it would be trouble.
“I have two methods here; want to hear them?” the old man asked.
