Chapter 159: Suicidal Ye Zhen
“According to what you said, we just need to find the mirror that hasn’t been opened and seal it, and that ghost won’t be able to come out, right?”
The old man nodded.
“Then, where is that mirror?”
Inside the mirror, the source ghost wanted to escape the mirror.
As long as the mirror is found and sealed, that ghost won’t be able to come out.
Of course, it’s still unclear if this is reliable.
“According to the information my grandfather left behind, when that ghost appears, the other mirror will be hidden.”
“So, I don’t know where that mirror is.”
Lin Qian: “…”
Too lazy to retort, he just treated it as respecting the old and caring for the young.
“You are not an ordinary person, and I assume the two people accompanying you are also not ordinary people.”
“My judgment of people is quite good. I can see that even though you know these things, you are not afraid.”
“This shows that you have confidence.”
“Although I don’t know what your confidence is, nor do I know if you can handle the fierce ghosts here.”
“However, I still want to implore you to help us solve the ghosts here.”
“The village no longer has a reason to exist, and I am also close to death. Living a little longer is just prolonging my agony.”
As he spoke, the old man handed over the lantern in his hand.
“Young man, with ghosts rampant and the world in turmoil, I, an old and frail body, can’t do anything useful.”
“Of course, I also know that you are just a child with limited abilities, but do as much as you can.”
“It’s okay if you can’t.”
“When a ghost has not appeared, hold this lantern, and you will see ghosts you normally wouldn’t, but the ghosts will also see you. When a ghost sees you, it will drag you into that space.”
“However, this is when there are no ghosts around. If there are fierce ghosts around, then this lantern, as long as it is lit, the ghosts will not notice you, and even if you walk past a ghost, you will not be detected.”
“The lamp oil required for this lantern is ghosts; you heard correctly, it is ghosts.”
“One ghost can likely make this lantern burn for about seven days.”
“As long as there is enough lamp oil, you will be absolutely safe.”
Lin Qian’s eyes narrowed slightly.
They had seen this lantern before.
When they touched it then, they saw a fierce ghost.
Ye Zhen was directly pulled into the ghost by this lantern.
This was no different from what the old man said.
But the ability that came after…
This was something Lin Qian hadn’t expected: if there were ghosts around and the lantern had enough oil, the ghosts couldn’t detect the person holding it.
Moreover, the lamp oil for this lantern was even more absurd; it was ghosts.
Lin Qian looked at the old man, “This thing probably isn’t yours, is it.”
“Why do you think it’s mine?”
The old man looked at Lin Qian suspiciously, “As an ordinary person, an old man on his last legs, how could I possibly have such a thing?”
“This was left behind by that mysterious person after he left, so that we would have a chance to survive.”
Lin Qian heard this and thought for a moment before reaching out and taking the lantern.
The lantern was ice-cold to the touch.
It was completely different from when he touched it before.
Before, when he touched the lantern, it wasn’t this cold; it was even a little warm.
It was truly an extraordinary supernatural item.
It could be confirmed that this thing was definitely created by an old antique with great effort.
As the old man handed over the lantern, he let out a long sigh of relief.
“Young man, I’m counting on you.”
Lin Qian’s expression didn’t change.
But soon Lin Qian noticed that the spirit in the old man’s eyes was rapidly disappearing.
The old man visibly aged, becoming senile.
In just a moment, the old man looked like a dying person.
Describing the old man at this moment as barely breathing was no exaggeration.
“You’re dying soon.”
Lin Qian stated the truth.
The old man managed a weak smile and slowly walked to the Grand Tutor’s Chair in the hall.
It took the old man two minutes to walk the few steps.
“I was already meant to die. After learning that my grandson and granddaughter-in-law had died, my will to live was already gone.”
“If I hadn’t been unwilling to see fierce ghosts harm the human world, I might have died before them.”
“But… I can’t do anything. I’m just an ordinary person. Even if I hold on with a thread of life, it’s just holding on.”
“Now it’s good. I’ve done what I should have done, said what I should have said, and I’m content.”
“Although there are some regrets, regretting not seeing the ghost calamity quelled again.”
“But people can’t be too greedy.”
The old man smiled, looking at Lin Qian.
In his eyes, there was no fear of death, only a sense of relief at finally being able to rest.
Lin Qian didn’t feel anything, but he thought he should feel something.
He made no promises, and carrying the lantern, he turned and walked out of the house.
The dark red candlelight faded into the distance.
The old man’s eyes slowly closed.
Cough, cough~!
A coughing sound suddenly rang out.
The old man was very calm, his eyes slowly closing.
He was dead.
But at the moment he died, his body instantly began to melt.
Skin, bones, internal organs…
Even his clothes and hair.
In just a moment, the old man turned into a pool of blood.
Lin Qian, who had walked into the street, paused slightly and looked behind him.
Perhaps, this was the best way to die.
After death, the corpse would not become a container for ghosts.
Lin Qian turned back; he remembered everything the old man had said.
But he had his own way of handling things.
The supernatural events in this place had already exceeded normal circumstances since they arrived.
After all, they were not normal.
Their procedures for handling supernatural events were also vastly different from other ordinary ghost controllers.
Because they had confidence, backup plans, and were very sure of their strength.
Lin Qian, holding the lantern, went to find Ye Zhen and Fang Shiming.
And at this moment.
Fang Shiming stood with his arms crossed, watching Ye Zhen in front of him.
The fierce ghost that had occupied Lin Qian’s corpse had already been dealt with by him.
It was still a bit difficult.
As long as the corpse existed, even a single finger, that ghost would continue to exist.
There was no choice; Fang Shiming had to grind Lin Qian’s corpse to ashes.
Physically grinding it to ashes.
As for Ye Zhen, it wasn’t as swift.
That ghost was something else.
Ye Zhen’s fist violently struck the fierce ghost’s head.
But a bizarre scene occurred.
Ye Zhen’s hand actually smashed directly into it.
It smashed into the head made of black mist.
Ye Zhen frowned slightly; the feeling of his full-power attack missing made him extremely uncomfortable.
It was more uncomfortable than hitting cotton.
Ye Zhen wanted to retract his hand, and it came back without any accident.
But Ye Zhen’s expression sank slightly.
Fang Shiming’s gaze sharpened as he stared at the severed arm falling from the fierce ghost’s black mist head. Before it hit the ground, it was entangled by the black mist and then instantly rotted and disappeared.
wisps of black mist rose and directly entered the opponent’s body.
Fang Shiming felt that the terror level of this ghost seemed to have increased slightly.
This method of growth…
Ye Zhen looked at his severed arm. The wound was extremely gruesome, and it was visibly beginning to rot.
Black mist in thread-like patterns was constantly drilling into his intact flesh and blood.
His flesh and bones were also rapidly rotting and disappearing due to this black mist.
Suddenly, a chilling scene appeared: Ye Zhen’s severed arm began to emit black smoke.
It was as if his severed arm was burning.
And it was extremely fast. In just two breaths, the area eroded by the black mist reached Ye Zhen’s shoulder.
Ye Zhen frowned slightly, not knowing what ability the other party had used.
The fierce ghost, wearing a death robe, suddenly had its arm break off and fall to the ground.
In its place, Ye Zhen’s arm instantly recovered, and the black mist inexplicably disappeared.
Ye Zhen stroked his chin, staring at this ghost.
The fierce ghost’s broken arm fell to the ground, but after a moment, the severed arm turned into mist and directly drilled into the fierce ghost’s body.
At the same time, the mist around the ghost’s arm began to churn rapidly.
Then a new arm reappeared.
“It’s entirely composed of mist; my attack was ineffective.”
“However, this mist has a strong corrosive effect on me, and the other party can even grow by using its body.”
Ye Zhen felt it was troublesome.
Fang Shiming also saw the problem.
Ye Zhen’s supernatural abilities had no effect on this ghost.
“Does the other party ignore your supernatural abilities?”
Fang Shiming walked to Ye Zhen’s side and asked.
Although Ye Zhen was somewhat reluctant to admit it, he nodded, “Yes, the other party’s state is very strange. The substitute death just now, the other party must have endured it, but in a very short time, the other party made my supernatural ability lose its effect.”
“It wasn’t canceling it out, more like directly dodging it.”
Fang Shiming heard this, “Similar to Lin Qian?”
“About that.”
A ghost with abilities similar to Lin Qian’s would be troublesome.
Being able to dodge supernatural abilities allowed Lin Qian to almost ignore the attacks of most S-class fierce ghosts, and even mental attacks could be dodged.
Although there was a limit, that limit was determined by Lin Qian’s own supernatural abilities.
And this ghost might be in a similar situation.
Furthermore, the ghost could generate that black mist by transforming living people’s bodies, and then strengthen itself.
This meant that as long as it was attacked, the opponent’s strength would inevitably increase.
Both of them found it quite troublesome.
As the two were contemplating how to deal with this ghost, the ghost suddenly moved.
Its body bizarrely emitted a large amount of black mist, spreading outwards.
Ye Zhen and Fang Shiming quickly retreated.
“I’ll give it a try.”
Fang Shiming reached out and grabbed, and a chilling wind immediately surged from behind him, blowing towards the encroaching black mist.
Fang Shiming’s attack seemed to have an effect.
The black mist stopped spreading.
But it was not blown away.
“The intensity is very high; this thing has no physical form.”
It had been confirmed that this ghost was just a mass of mist, black mist.
It had no physical form, so physical attacks had no effect on this ghost.
Fang Shiming even hesitated to use his Ghost Pressing Human ability.
He was afraid his ghost would be suppressed.
“Under absolute strength, any fierce ghost can be instantly suppressed.”
Ye Zhen did not submit to this ghost at all.
Fang Shiming sank, “What do you want to do?”
But before Ye Zhen could answer, Fang Shiming felt his skin crawl.
He suddenly turned to look at Ye Zhen.
He saw Ye Zhen’s palm emit dense supernatural power, and he was directly punching his own chest repeatedly.
With each punch, the supernatural power on Ye Zhen doubled.
In just four or five punches, the supernatural power on Ye Zhen had already reached S-class.
Then, in the next moment, it doubled, doubled, and doubled again.
And Ye Zhen’s state also became extremely bizarre.
His skin rotted, revealing the skin underneath. Beneath his skin was another layer of skin, dark green and purple, emitting a strong stench of decay.
At this moment, he was like a fully revived ghost.
“Get away!”
Just as Fang Shiming felt Ye Zhen was about to undergo a fierce ghost revival.
Ye Zhen shouted.
Without a word, Fang Shiming instantly disappeared from his spot.
The next moment.
Without Fang Shiming’s obstruction, the black mist instantly lunged towards Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen showed no fear, standing his ground, not even dodging.
In an instant, he was engulfed by the black mist.
In the distance, Fang Shiming floated in the air, seeing this scene, he cursed under his breath, “Idiot.”
Despite the curse, he was still somewhat worried about Ye Zhen.
After all, being completely enveloped by black mist was no joke.
Sizzling sounds~!
At this moment, something being corroded suddenly sounded from within the black mist.
“Did he fail?”
Fang Shiming’s brow furrowed.
He was just about to consider going all out to stop the black mist and try to rescue Ye Zhen.
But in the next second, the rolling black mist suddenly stopped.
Immediately after, the black mist began to disappear visibly.
A figure carrying something gradually appeared within the black mist.
The black mist completely disappeared.
Revealing that figure.
It was Ye Zhen, an intact Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen looked up, “See, didn’t I say it, no supernatural power can’t be suppressed. If there is, it’s just that my strength isn’t enough.”
Fang Shiming was stunned, then let out a laugh. He looked at the death robe Ye Zhen was holding in his hand.
The death robe had changed from its previous light green to pure black.
This ghost had been dealt with by Ye Zhen.
“You’re too reckless.”
Fang Shiming landed.
“You know nothing. You call this reckless?”
“I call this crushing this little ghost with the strongest stance. A mere little ghost, daring to jump around in front of me, it’s really giving it too much face.”
Ye Zhen shook the death robe, then rolled it up and stuffed it into the small bag at his waist.
Fang Shiming didn’t want to comment, too lazy to speak.
The fierce ghost had been dealt with, but it was not the source yet.
“Lin Qian should have returned, but because his corpse was occupied by the fierce ghost, he couldn’t reappear through this corpse.”
“But I imagine he must have left a medium.”
“Let’s continue forward. If we can find that source ghost before Lin Qian, then we might be able to try to detain and resolve it.”
Fang Shiming said.
Ye Zhen clapped his hands, “Then let’s go.”
The two were not in a hurry, as if strolling, they walked towards the road they had come from.
The fierce ghost was wandering.
The village, with the passage of time, was becoming even more bizarre.
In a certain part of the village, a graveyard suddenly appeared.
Tombs stood one after another.
“What kind of hellish place is this.”
A young man stood in front of the graveyard, visibly shaken.
This graveyard had appeared suddenly.
The reason he said it appeared suddenly was simple: it had abruptly materialized in front of him.
Before him, there had only been a bumpy asphalt road.
But now, it was covered in graves.
The young man looked at his severed arm, his expression uncertain. He finally understood why the bosses of three organizations had rushed into this place.
Ordinary ghost controllers simply couldn’t make it here!
