These three enchanting and chilling women were bizarre and terrifying.
However, faced with Yang Jianâs attack, these three eerie women were either suppressed or dismembered, leaving only one intact ghost that posed little threat to him.
Watching the ghost twisting and trying to approach, Yang Jian surrounded himself with Ghost Flame, hidden within the depths of the flame, maintaining a safe distance.
Yet the ghost did not cease its advance due to the burning Ghost Flame.
This ghost, with only a vivid red lip on its face, stepped onto the Ghost Flame and continued to close in.
But the closer it got, the more Ghost Flame burned around it, eventually engulfing the ghost itself, once again ignited.
The flames enveloped the ghost, burning furiously.
Yet the ghost continued its advance, defying the burning Ghost Flame.
Yang Jian, expressionless, knew that once the ghost had set its sights on him, it wouldnât stop attacking as long as it could move, even the burning Ghost Flame only slightly slowed its actions.
But his Ghost Flame was not the same as the Ghost Flame Li Jun used previously.
It contained Supernatural Power mixed with furnace fire to restrain such corporeal ghosts.
As the Ghost Flame continued to burn, the ghostâs body seemed to be completely ignited, its movements becoming increasingly sluggish.
Finally.
The last ghost stopped about seven or eight meters from Yang Jian, its seductive body frozen in a strange twisted posture, and as the Ghost Flame burned more intensely, the ghost could no longer maintain its graceful shape and finally became a charred corpse.
Seeing that all three ghosts had been temporarily dealt with, Yang Jian relaxed and walked towards Liu Qi, who was lying on the ground.
Yang Jian first examined Seow Yangâs body.
After repeatedly confirming several times, the result was as he judged, Seow Yang had no chance of Resurrection, having died in the supernatural attack.
On the other hand, Liu Qi.
Because the supernatural power he harnessed was stronger than Seow Yangâs, he survived such an attack, and with the retreat of the three ghosts, Liu Qiâs condition temporarily improved, but this improvement was short-lived because Yang Jian could feel that Liu Qiâs supernatural power would soon lose control.
âCan he be saved?â
Yang Jian furrowed his brow, pondering.
Since Liu Qi isnât dead, he should find a way to save him. After all, Liu Qi came to Baishui Town to help him, and moreover, heâs from headquarters, so both emotionally and rationally he canât just watch him die.
But.
Itâs very hard to save a ghost handler.
Itâs not something that can be done with simple means, it involves the balance of supernatural forces.
Even for Yang Jian, facing a ghost handler about to lose control, itâs tough to find balance in a short amount of time.
âYang Jian, is that you?â Liu Qi could move now, but he had no mouth to speak, no eyes to see what was around.
He merely moved his fingers, writing forcefully on the ground.
The rough ground scraped his fingers, blood flowing, leaving these words on the ground.
âItâs me.â Yang Jian responded.
But Liu Qi couldnât hear, his external perception reduced to only smell.
Yang Jian looked beside him and stuffed an unlit red Ghost Candle into Liu Qiâs hand.
Liu Qi immediately understood, it was indeed Yang Jian who had come.
Because a ghost wouldnât make such a move, only a living person knows about Ghost Candle and uses it to convey messages.
âI am dying.â Liu Qi continued writing with his fingers, the broken skin staining the ground red, writing more words.
He did not stop, wanting to leave a last message, continued writing: âSorry for the trouble I brought you, but after my death, Yang Jian, I hope you can take care of my mother, sheâs gone mad due to the supernatural shockâŠâ
Yang Jian stood beside him without speaking, staring at the words Liu Qi wrote, while continuing to think of solutions in his mind.
Itâs too early to leave a last message now.
As a ghost handler, one should not give up until the last breath, no one knows if a miracle might happen at the end.
âThe curse of the Eight-Tone Music Box could save Liu Qi, but afterward, he would likely not withstand the explosion of the music boxâs curse.â Yang Jian thought of this solution.
Finding balance for Liu Qi in such a short time is impossible, the only way is using the curse of the Eight-Tone Music Box to temporarily let him live through this, then think of how to lift the curse after leaving Baishui Town.
Though lifting the curse is not easy, it can at least buy several days of survival.
âWait, thereâs another way besides the music box curse.â
Yang Jian suddenly remembered something, a memory of an herbal shop surfaced in his mind.
The owner of the herbal shop, a ghost handler who had lived since the Republic of China Period.
After visiting that herbal shop owner, Yang Jian received three packs of herbal medicine.
Those three packs seemed very precious, they could delay the revival of ghosts once consumed.
âLetâs test whether the medicine works now to find out.â Yang Jian decided to use Liu Qi to test the medicine, if it doesnât work, then it wonât be too late to release the music boxâs curse.
Immediately.
A pool of water appeared at his feet.
The pool was deep and dark, connecting unknown places.
Soon.
A pale water-soaked arm suddenly reached out from the depths of the pool, and a floating corpse handed a yellow paper-wrapped medicine packet to him.
Yang Jian took it at once, then tore it open without hesitation.
The yellow paper was just ordinary oiled paper, nothing special, but when Yang Jian opened it, inside was ash-gray powder.
He took a bit with his finger to examine, couldnât distinguish what it was.
But it looked undeniably like a pack of ashes, not traditional medicine.
âDoes this thing really work?â Yang Jian had his doubts.
But now it was not the time to worry, he used Ghost Hand to clutch the medicine pack, then forcibly stuffed it into Liu Qiâs stomach.
Liu Qi had no mouth now, couldnât eat, Yang Jian could only use this extreme method to feed him the medicine.
âAre you trying to save me? Itâs useless, Iâm already supernatural imbalanced, youâre soon to die.â Liu Qi sensed Yang Jianâs strange actions, not suspecting Yang Jian intended to harm him, surely the thing Yang Jian was inserting into his stomach was meant to save him.
But supernatural imbalance and ghost revival are not easily managed.
With these thoughts, Liu Qi felt.
Yet something unimaginable happened, Liu Qi felt his stomach rapidly swell as though something terrifying was parasitic inside, a chill and pain spreading.
He had no time to be shocked.
Soon Liu Qi discovered the chilling aura from his belly began to spread throughout his body, rapidly flooding everywhere.
Thinking things would worsen, that he would be engulfed by the bellyâs eerie presence.
Unexpectedly, the cold aura eroded while supernatural imbalance within began to calm, as if the ghosts inside his body fell into slumber.
This wasnât supernatural balance.
Instead, some stronger supernatural force had suppressed all the ghosts within his body.
Moreover, the force stuffed into his stomach was stable, not out of control, no risk of eroding him instead, as time passed, the dreadful supernatural force inside his belly slowly dissipated.
This feeling indicated that before that supernatural force dissipated, he would not risk ghost revival.
âIncredible.â Liu Qi felt astonished.
He had lost hope, prepared for death, never expecting the thing Yang Jian packed into his stomach would forcibly pull him back from the brink of ghost revival and supernatural imbalance.
Although the problem hasnât been completely solved.
At least short-term, there wonât be any deaths.
After the supernatural power was brought under control, the ashen gray on Liu Qiâs body quickly disappeared, and the eyes, ears, and mouth that had been erased by the supernatural just moments ago began to reappear slowly.
Before him was pitch black, but Liu Qi could now see light again.
Though the light was particularly eerie, a pale green, it at least meant his eyesight was restored, and he could see everything around him.
As time passed, Liu Qiâs vision became clearer, and he even saw Yang Jian standing beside him.
And his mouth also recovered, able to feel again, he opened his mouth and made a sound.
âYang, Yang Jian.â Liu Qi was somewhat emotional, but his mouth was still somewhat uncooperative, stammeringly hard to articulate clearly.
Yang Jian glanced at him and said, âYour condition is rapidly improving, which means the emergency measures I took worked. You should be fine now, but unfortunately, that method can only save the living, not the dead. I couldnât help Seow Yang.â
âSeow Yang?â Liu Qiâs increasingly clear eyes looked at Seow Yang nearby.
âI was the one who killed him. If it werenât for my impulsiveness, trying to gamble and take my fatherâs spirit away from here, he wouldnât have died. He clearly advised me that taking spirits away would lead to a terrible supernatural attack, but I didnât listen. I thought the supernatural power I wielded now gave me a chance to win.â
âI was too naive. The supernatural here is even more terrifying than I imagined. I could barely manage fifty meters from the roadside, itâs hard to imagine what horrors would occur if I got three to four meters, twenty meters, or even a few meters closer.â
Liu Qi sat up from the ground, his head slightly lowered, feeling no joy from this narrow escape from death.
All he felt was self-blame, guilt, and even regret.
âNot everyone can move past the test of a loved oneâs spirit, I now regret killing those familiar spirits, perhaps there really might be some way to resurrect them.â Yang Jian slowly said.
Liu Qi looked slightly surprised, âYou killed all the spirits of your loved ones?â
âYes, the dead are already gone, the resurrected person isnât necessarily the you knew. Donât forget, this is a supernatural world, the supernatural is always cold, cruel, it wonât give you such hope for free. I believe this is a trap, so I bit the bullet and severed my past, killing all familiar spirits with my own hands.â
âAfter killing those spirits, no familiar faces appeared around me again.â Yang Jian said.
âPerhaps you are right, spirits will only pull the living into hell, itâs impossible for the living to take spirits out of hell. Instead of grappling with regret, it might be better to learn from you and sever all ties in one go.â Liu Qi seemed to come to a realization.
Yang Jian said, âMy approach may not be right, and yours might not be wrong, there is no conclusion to this, who can be sure? Unless⊠we really take a spirit away from here, only then will we know what the true result is.â
His eyes flickered, looking at a spirit wandering not far away.
âDonât.â
Liu Qi, at this moment terrified, hastily stopped Yang Jianâs thought.
He, now just like the late Seow Yang, dared not face it, having lost the courage to take spirits away, nor dared to let Yang Jian attempt it, fearing Yang Jian would meet the same end as him.
âYang Jian, you mustnât follow in my footsteps, Iâve already set a precedent. Taking spirits away from here isnât necessarily easier with stronger supernatural power, because the more supernatural power you wield, the more terrifying the supernatural assault when you attempt to take a spirit away.â
âI can only imagine the terrible situations that would occur locally if you tried to take a spirit away.â
Liu Qi recounted the earlier situation to Yang Jian, letting him understand that taking spirits away from here faces resistance tailored to individuals.
âSo thatâs how it is.â Yang Jian, being reasonable, nodded, understanding why Liu Qi stumbled here.
âSeow Yang previously speculated that to take spirits away from here; perhaps the correct way is to let ordinary living people enter here.â Liu Qi added, âAlthough ordinary living people donât have supernatural power, they face the least obstruction, so ordinary people might instead have the chance to succeed.â
âBut Iâm not interested in resurrecting spirits for now. Feel your own condition, and if thereâs nothing wrong, come with me.â Yang Jian said.
Liu Qi stood up at this moment, feeling his own condition.
No issues.
Instead, a blessing in disguise, gaining new supernatural power.
His eyes moved slightly, the black pupils gradually disappeared, turning deathly white.
This scene was identical to one of those three eerie women from before.
However, the supernatural power he transferred was not all, just a part.
Even so, concentrating the supernatural power of three fierce ghosts into one person is terrifying enough.
All of this comes with a cost.
Once the herbal packet loses its efficacy, Liu Qi would die painfully.
âIâm fine now, in great condition. Are we just going to leave like this? What about Seow Yang?â Liu Qi looked at Seow Yangâs corpse, hesitating a bit.
Yang Jian said, âHeâs already dead, now heâs only a corpse, and it could resurrect into a fierce ghost anytime. The best method is to leave it here, ignoring it, there are no shortage of ghosts in Baishui Town, adding Seow Yang would not matter.â
âIâd like to take his body, if possible Iâd host a funeral for him.â Liu Qi thought for a moment and spoke.
âThe fierce ghost has infiltrated his body, thereâs no separating the ghost from this corpse, taking it out would be a threat, but since you mentioned it, as Enforcement Captain, I canât ignore it.â Based on Yang Jianâs rational thinking, he wouldnât be dealing with Seow Yangâs corpse.
But Liu Qiâs point is also valid, considering human interactions.
Yang Jian decided to respect human relationships and deal with Seow Yangâs corpse.
The accumulated water under his feet gathered, soaking Seow Yangâs corpse, then the body instantly sank into the water, vanishing before their eyes.
âIâve recovered the body, once weâre out of Baishui Town, we can think about arrangements. We canât waste more time; with Seow Yangâs death, the balance of Baishui Town is disrupted, we must find Wang Shanshan before most residents wake up and leave here together.â
âOtherwise, Seow Yang wonât be the only one dead, many more will perish.â
Yang Jian acted decisively, immediately dismissing the fierce ghost impaled by his lance off into the distance, and without hesitation, turned and left.
Liu Qi dared not fall behind, quickly following.
They didnât rush towards the roadside, as that was the opposite direction.
After all, to find Wang Shanshan, they must follow the Evil Houndâs trail across the road.
âFatherâŠâ
Liu Qi chased after Yang Jian, running quickly, with Ghost Flames surrounding, as if in a Ghost Domain, yet his eyes moved and still saw the familiar face wandering among the spirits.
That was his father.
The family member he hadnât managed to take away from here.
But at this moment, Liu Qi accepted his failure, without impulse; he turned his head away, no longer looking at his father among the spirits, just following Yang Jian relentlessly.
Perhaps.
Perhaps when he grows enough, he might come back here again to have another go.
But at that time, Liu Qi would act alone, never involving anyone else again.
Yang Jian at this moment didnât use Ghost Domain, the supernatural interference here was frighteningly strong, he only used Ghost Flames to clear a path, preventing unnecessary supernatural entities from getting close.
Without supernatural interference, their progress was fast.
Swiftly passing through layers of wandering spirits.
Yang Jian and Liu Qi ran for countless kilometers within a short time, yet still couldnât see across.
They didnât get tired, maintaining their fast running pace.
While the trace left by the Evil Hound ahead was becoming increasingly faint.
âDoes this route really lead to the other side?â At this moment, Yang Jian felt uneasy.
He worried that venturing too far could lead to getting lost, unable to return, forever trapped in this world filled with nothing but spirits.
Backing down and turning back now would mean Wang Shanshan would be permanently lost.
He couldnât help but weigh his options internally.
In Yang Jianâs mind, besides bringing Wang Shanshan back, there was another crucial point: bringing back the Ghost Child and the skin parchment.
Each was vitally important.
Otherwise, with his nature, he wouldnât take such risks.
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