Chapter 53: Pale Legs Longer Than Life
A hazy world, drifting with paper ash.
The world was bizarre, as if he were in a chaotic and disorderly fairy tale world.
Chaotic buildings, roads without pattern.
Streetlights standing on building nails, a coffee shop nearby.
And slanted house buildings.
The world presented a scene of desolation.
But this world was not dim.
The brightness was like that period just before nightfall.
“Is this the Ghost Painting?”
Lin Qian blew out the Ghost Candle in his hand.
Lighting a Ghost Candle inside the Ghost Painting was really asking for death.
He put away the Ghost Candle that had burned a small part.
Lin Qian moved his neck.
The supernatural on his body quickly calmed down, and the mask on his face slowly disappeared.
Being in the Ghost Painting, he had no worries.
He could still sense his medium now.
This meant he could leave here at any time.
Here, as long as he didn’t act recklessly, he basically wouldn’t die.
“Small profit, snatched an A-level Fierce Ghost, no Ghost Domain, but it can attack consciousness.”
Lin Qian recalled the previous confrontation.
Those two old things didn’t go all out.
They were probing, he knew exactly what they were thinking, mainly to hold him back, not let him escape, then let He Liansheng make the move.
This way, the price they paid would be much smaller.
The reason they didn’t go all out was simple, they were all guarding against him using Ghost Performer ability to escape.
This also gave him an opportunity to maneuver.
Of course, the main reason he could escape this time was that He Liansheng didn’t make a move.
He Liansheng definitely came, that was beyond doubt.
But the other party didn’t make a move, which was worth deep thought.
Given this enmity, the other party couldn’t possibly let him go, but he didn’t make a move.
Lin Qian’s eyes flickered slightly, “Did he encounter some trouble?”
“This time luck is on my side.”
No matter what reason He Liansheng had for not making a move against him, it didn’t matter.
What mattered was that he survived.
And, in the short term, the old man from Taiping Ancient Town couldn’t leave the Ghost Painting.
He sorted out the process and results of this confrontation.
Lin Qian discovered that the value of the Killer Ghost was still rising.
But, on top of the original shortcomings, another shortcoming appeared this time.
Lin Qian found that he surprisingly couldn’t dodge the Faceless Person’s consciousness attack.
He didn’t know if it was because the Faceless Person had no face, so its gender was judged as neutral, causing the Killer Ghost to be unable to dodge the attack.
Or was it simply unable to dodge consciousness attacks?
This was a problem that needed verification later.
After all, in theory, as long as it was a male’s attack, he could dodge it.
But this time the Faceless Person’s consciousness attack wasn’t successfully dodged.
If he hadn’t directly used the Ghost Messenger’s suppression power, his face skin might really have been peeled off.
He remembered the doubt, to verify it later.
Lin Qian looked around, the Ghost Painting had a very high status in the original work.
Ghost Domain ceiling.
But unfortunately, it was given to a waste.
Of course, it couldn’t be said to be completely waste, it depended on who the other party encountered.
A Yang Jian who couldn’t be gauged by common sense, a Zhang Xiangguang holding a dog leash.
Neither were pushovers.
Moreover, Yang Jian’s suppression power against He Yuetian was extremely terrifying.
He Yuetian’s consciousness, was it really her own consciousness?
Or was it fabricated by Yang Jian and stuffed into her body?
Just like Wang Shan who controlled Yang Jian’s ghost.
Speaking of Wang Shan, Lin Qian couldn’t help but find it amusing.
In terms of controlling Fierce Ghosts, Wang Shan was the most impressive, he controlled a Fierce Ghost named Yang Jian.
The ability was that upon his death, he could revive himself, the shortcoming was losing the memories at the time of death.
In the original work, after Wang Shan was revived, he went to explore a supernatural land, and as soon as he entered, good grief, it was full of glow sticks.
“Interesting, truly interesting.”
Lin Qian smiled as he thought, “In the future, I must witness this famous scene no matter what.”
Thinking this, he looked ahead, his gaze narrowing slightly.
The eerie world was full of dangers.
Although he could leave at any time, he couldn’t be too arrogant.
“First, let’s see what’s going on here.”
Lin Qian walked towards the front, the Ghost Domain was suppressed, somewhat uncomfortable, but fortunately it wouldn’t affect his use of supernatural.
Besides, he was carrying a ghost on him.
After controlling it, the Ghost Domain could be opened at will.
Of course, he had to be careful not to let this ghost revive on him.
……
……
In a wheat field.
The old woman expressionlessly threw a Fierce Ghost with flesh on its head and white bones for a body onto the ground.
She looked at the Faceless Person sitting beside her.
At this moment, supernatural on the other party was restless, thick yin cold spreading out.
The other party’s face was constantly changing.
But in the end, his face completely disappeared, turning into a faceless countenance.
The moment the face disappeared, the supernatural on the other party instantly calmed.
The yin cold also slowly dissipated.
“The core Fierce Ghost was snatched by that kid, I’ve temporarily stabilized the balance of the Fierce Ghost, after going back, I need to re-establish the balance.”
A hoarse voice indistinguishable as male or female sounded from the Faceless Person.
“Snatching the supernatural of a Fierce Ghost… this method is horrifying, if we let the other party live in the world, we’ll eventually be counter-killed by that kid.”
The old woman plopped down on the Fierce Ghost’s body, her eyes extremely gloomy.
“What’s the situation with He Liansheng, the usually most stable one, how did he drop the ball at this time?” the old woman said with a cold face.
The Faceless Person shook his head upon hearing this, “Unclear, but we all know what kind of person He Liansheng is, he didn’t make a move, meaning the other party encountered trouble.”
“This trouble is big, so big that he couldn’t make a move.”
“That kid said before disappearing, very likely it’s the other party’s backup plan.”
In the eerie wheat field, the old woman slowly closed her eyes, her chest heaving unevenly.
“Is this kid really that hard to kill?”
The Faceless Person slowly lay down in the wheat field, looking at the hazy sky.
Eerie paper ash drifted down from the sky, falling to the ground, draping a gray cloak over this world.
“If we don’t kill him this time, it’ll be harder later.” The Faceless Person stroked his face.
Hearing this, the old woman suddenly stood up, her gaze ruthless and gloomy, “Find, find that kid!”
“Kill him right here!”
The Faceless Person sat up upon hearing this, “Can you still track the other party?”
The old woman nodded, “Yes, but this is the last chance.”
The Faceless Person’s face twitched slightly, thought for a moment, and nodded, “Better to kill, I need to take back that ghost.”
“This time we meet, we also know how to deal with that kid.”
Lin Qian that kid really has many methods, no wonder he could take down old Liu.
“But.”
The Faceless Person pondered, “We need to find He Liansheng first, ask what he encountered, otherwise, we might not be able to take down that kid.”
The old woman frowned slightly but still nodded, “Right.”
The top priority now is to find He Liansheng, who undoubtedly followed in as well.
Need to understand what happened that prevented him from making a timely move.
The two briefly discussed, then took out a supernatural item that could locate He Liansheng’s position, and quickly left this eerie wheat field.
Headquarters.
“What’s the situation with Lin Qian?”
“Why does he need White Ghost Candle?”
Wang Xiao Ming looked at Wang Xiaoqiang in the video, his younger brother.
The other party was now in an office, with one golden coffin after another opened in front of him.
All filled with Fierce Ghosts.
“Don’t know, probably has his own plans, but according to his speculation, the Ghost Controllers from Taiping Ancient Town should come find him today.”
“He might have gone to deal with those Ghost Controllers.”
Wang Xiaoqiang stood in front of a golden coffin and said.
Wang Xiao Ming’s brows immediately furrowed, “Gone to deal with those Ghost Controllers who came knocking?”
“Why didn’t you tell me when you asked for the Ghost Candle earlier?”
Wang Xiaoqiang looked aggrieved upon hearing this, “He told me not to tell you, what could I do?”
“Originally I said to notify Headquarters and Circle of Friends, but he didn’t agree.”
“Later I suggested going to Headquarters to hide, he seemed to have concerns, directly refused, said not considering Headquarters.”
“I advised him, didn’t work, what could I do?”
Wang Xiao Ming’s brows furrowed deeper, “Lin Qian isn’t a fool, he should know that the Ghost Controllers from Taiping Ancient Town are the pivot balancing Headquarters and Circle of Friends.”
“As long as the Ghost Controllers from Taiping Ancient Town don’t die for a day, he’s safe.”
“If he takes out those Ghost Controllers, what will Headquarters and Circle of Friends use to obtain the method of controlling Fierce Ghosts?”
“Things will go back to the previous situation.”
“Headquarters is fine, has a bottom line, but Circle of Friends…”
Wang Xiao Ming’s expression was somewhat grave.
Circle of Friends contributed greatly to Headquarters, it was impossible to move Circle of Friends for one Lin Qian, but also impossible to move Lin Qian for Circle of Friends, Headquarters was in a dilemma between Lin Qian and Circle of Friends.
Sometimes, Headquarters could turn a blind eye, as long as the result was good, the process didn’t matter.
Wang Xiaoqiang’s face sank slightly, he hadn’t thought of this layer.
Seeing this, Wang Xiao Ming knew his brother hadn’t considered these.
He sighed inwardly, not knowing what to say.
“Lin Qian won’t be that foolish, the other party clearly knows this too, but he still chose to deal with those Ghost Controllers, meaning he can’t take them out yet, but has a way to make them quiet for a while.”
“With Lin Qian’s current strength, he probably can’t take out the other party, but he still went, which explains a lot.”
“You said earlier he had you prepare a painting and two Ghost Candles.”
“White Ghost Candle attracts Fierce Ghosts, he probably wants to use one ghost to deal with those Ghost Controllers.”
“That painting might be the key.”
Wang Xiaoqiang thought upon hearing this, yeah, that made sense.
Lin Qian had also said he had his own arrangements.
“Then can I relax and pick a Fierce Ghost?” Wang Xiaoqiang asked.
“Pick a Fierce Ghost? You want to control a second ghost?” Wang Xiao Ming was slightly stunned.
“Yeah, Lin Qian said to let me pick one, and upon return he’ll help me control it, said if I don’t pick well, find you.”
Wang Xiao Ming: …
Though somewhat speechless, he felt inexplicably gratified.
His foolish brother was finally not slacking off.
“Controlling a second ghost is good.”
“What ghosts have you prepared?”
Wang Xiao Ming asked.
Wang Xiaoqiang looked at the coffins in front of him, thought, and flipped the camera, “These, I can pick any, total thirteen ghosts, except Li Yong’s Fierce Ghost was taken away, all here.”
“These are the Fierce Ghosts of Dawn Organization members who died after Li Yong, of course two aren’t.”
“Those two are from a Taiping Ancient Town Ghost Controller that Lin Qian took down, he extracted the other’s ghost from the corpse, then properly buried the corpse.”
“These two ghosts have high terror level, of course, I’m not sure if they’re two, after all, Lin Qian only pulled out a Death Robe and a strangely shaped corpse.”
“The corpse might have more than one ghost inside.”
Wang Xiao Ming looked at the thirteen coffins in the office, falling silent.
Thirteen ghosts, just placed here fresh, how much did Lin Qian trust Da Jiang City’s security?
Or very confident in Lu Lin’s strength?
If these ghosts got out, a collective A-level supernatural event was inevitable.
“Lin Qian really trusts your strength.” Wang Xiao Ming quipped.
But he had to admit, Lin Qian’s strength was truly strong, since he dared place them like this, he absolutely wasn’t worried about them escaping.
Even if they escaped, he could easily detain them.
“Which ghost have you got your eye on?” Wang Xiao Ming retracted his thoughts, expression serious.
After all, this was helping his brother pick a Fierce Ghost, had to be careful.
Otherwise, this foolish brother might cause him trouble later.
“Originally I wanted that Death Robe, high terror level, quite suitable with the ghost on me, but Ye Feng wants that Death Robe, I thought about it, fine.”
“Now I want this one.”
Wang Xiaoqiang walked a few steps, stopped in front of a coffin, and pointed at the detained Fierce Ghost inside:
“Lin Qian told me this ghost’s killing pattern, walking triggers attack, but can only attack one person at a time, and after killing one, pauses for one minute, during which if no one triggers the killing pattern, it stands in place, harm level at most not exceeding C-level, but terror level is B-level.”
Low harm but high terror level, Wang Xiao Ming’s brows furrowed slightly, “What about the other ghosts?”
Wang Xiaoqiang shook his head, “The other ghosts aren’t as good, there are two with dangerous killing patterns, but low terror level, useless for me to control.”
“Tell me the killing patterns of all the Fierce Ghosts, I’ll take a look.”
Wang Xiaoqiang nodded, and told the killing patterns of the remaining ten ghosts from Dawn Organization members.
After finishing, Wang Xiao Ming’s gaze narrowed slightly, he thought for a long time, then said:
“I suggest you choose…”
Inside the Ghost Painting.
Lin Qian crouched at the top of a slanted European-style building, eyes fixed on the street below.
“There are really quite a few ghosts here, walk a few hundred meters and encounter one.”
Lin Qian narrowed his eyes slightly, on the street below where several streets overlapped, a woman holding a White Umbrella, wearing nothing, stood under a gallows.
Her skin was snow-white, pale without blood color.
Holding the White Umbrella, her face couldn’t be seen clearly.
But vaguely, Lin Qian saw something black moving at her neck.
Seemed like hair, but didn’t look like it.
From her figure, undoubtedly a beauty, tall and slender, no excess fat, a pair of long legs white and long.
That length almost longer than his life.
Good-looking, worth looking at.
Just those legs enough to look at for years, but she didn’t show her face.
This made one even more curious about her appearance, even if it was a ghost.
Lin Qian stroked his chin, “A bit eerie huh.”
But he didn’t move, instead crouched and continued watching.
Look more, anyway won’t get pink eye.
