Chapter 1436 - 1403: Belated Arrival

The disappearance of Cao Yang is known only to Cao Yanhua; to others, it’s eternally a mystery whether he’s alive or dead.

And that’s exactly what Cao Yang hoped for.

“Let’s go, the matter here is already settled. The people from the King Organization are quite clever, taking away all the corpses of the ghost tamers they eliminated. The ghosts within those bodies haven’t resurrected yet, so they are important resources for them. Perhaps they can artificially create a batch of ghost tamers in a short time.”

“But given the situation at that time, there wasn’t much that could be done, after all, the King-level ghost tamers are what’s important.”

Yang Jian, seeing that everything was over and confirming there were no abnormalities around, tidied up a bit and planned to leave Xiangjiang.

“By the way, Yang Jian, the King you released earlier is quite special. They’d rather send Cao Yang back in exchange for him, probably because he’s very valuable. Did you leave anything behind as leverage on that person? You saw how badly Cao Yang was tortured before; I think letting him off so easily is too cheap.”

Lin Bei at this moment recalled the past and felt unfair about Cao Yang’s predicament.

Yang Jian said, “You could ask this question because you must have seen something. Indeed, I did leave some supernatural hazards on that person before; just unsure whether they will be effective. But since the person is already gone, there’s no point in dwelling on it. I don’t believe some minor tricks can take him down in the future.”

Actually, he left a curse of the Eight-Tone Music Box on the old man with the skeletal arm.

Since he planned to release the person, he figured he wouldn’t encounter him in the coming days, so why not try using the Eight-Tone Music Box’s curse to see if it can kill him.

“True enough.” Lin Bei nodded in agreement.

Soon.

The group left the dock without wasting more time; because the night’s events were not over yet, help might be needed elsewhere. Only after safely passing tonight could everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

Shortly after they left.

The person in charge of Xiangjiang, Su Fan, arrived at the dock in his car, and upon getting out, he inspected the surroundings.

“Yang Jian is efficient and leaves no loose ends. Otherwise, as the person in charge here, I’d be in trouble. This time it seems the other side suffered significant losses; otherwise, they wouldn’t retreat so hastily. Looks like the confrontation with the King Organization has started well.”

Su Fan took a lap, lit a cigarette, and smoked while frowning.

He had been watching the situation here closely, and after predicting things might go terribly, he immediately warned Cao Yang to retreat.

If Yang Jian hadn’t shown up on time, today’s battle at the dock would have surely ended in a disastrous defeat for headquarters.

Because at that moment, even though he’s somewhat capable, as a person in charge, he wouldn’t have been able to change anything, only standing by watching it unfold.

Fortunately, things are heading in a good direction.

After finishing the cigarette, Su Fan’s tense feelings eased considerably, and he drove away from the dock to continue fulfilling his duties as a person in charge.

Meanwhile, when Yang Jian and Lin Bei returned to Dadong City with Li Leping, they found Wang Chaling, Lu Zhiwen, and He Yuelian had already returned.

Yet this situation was also within Yang Jian’s expectations.

Their focus on the trade suggests other attacks probably were a feint, thereby allowing other captains to proceed smoothly without significant issues.

“Earlier Wang Guoqiang informed us that you encountered danger and clashed with members of the King Organization there, but fortunately, the outcome was favorable, taking down two kings. If it hadn’t been necessary to exchange for Cao Yang, the other side would have lost three kings. This battle seems to be a win for us,” Lu Zhiwen said hoarsely.

“It’s barely turning the tide back. The other side has fifteen kings; we hunted one before, plus two today, which only reduces them by three, leaving twelve kings remaining. While we lost Zhang Jun, with Cao Yang needing to pull out temporarily, plus Wei Jing unable to appear, the gap in numbers hasn’t widened markedly.”

Yang Jian, with a calm gaze, said, “So future confrontations will remain arduous. Today, they were countered by us; next time, we might not be so lucky.”

Lu Zhiwen said, “The war has just started; we’ve already won a battle, which is better than before.”

“Tell me about your situation,” Yang Jian asked again.

Adjusting his glasses, Wang Chaling said, “Took down several disrupting ghost tamers and rescued two persons in charge. The result wasn’t great, but at least it inflicted considerable losses on them.”

“My situation is similar,” He Yuelian said. “Just cleared out some ordinary ghost tamers without encountering particularly dangerous individuals. I made a quick trip to Da’ao City to see some familiar faces, which delayed me a bit.”

“Looks like your actions went smoothly. Although you didn’t catch a king, it cost the other side considerable amounts of ghost tamers. If today’s news spreads, the Supernatural Circle will be shaken,” Yang Jian nodded and said.

Lu Zhiwen said, “The number of ghost tamers is inherently limited. Today, they aimed big, deploying many members of the King Organization. Getting hit by us this time surely hurt them greatly, but no news yet from He Yiner and Zhou Deng, nor from Li Jun, Leuk San, and Ah Hong. Not sure how things are on their side.”

“Can we reach them?” Yang Jian glanced at Wang Guoqiang who was not far away.

Wang Guoqiang was somewhat drowsy but endured sleeplessly. Upon seeing Yang Jian’s look, he alertly stood up and said, “He Yiner and Zhou Deng are en route back, but Li Jun’s news has cut off. We unsuccessfully tried to contact, and the phone’s location hasn’t changed for quite some time.”

After speaking, he showed Yang Jian and other captains the last location point.

“Signal stationary in one place unusually long is abnormal. General Li and Leuk San should have stayed in Dafu City, but this place isn’t in Dafu City…” Yang Jian pondered.

“I think something is off; we should go check,” He Yuelian said. “It’s not that far, a round trip won’t take long.”

Yang Jian said, “I’ll go take a look; you stay here and rest. If there’s any trouble, be ready to support.”

He felt he should investigate personally, without involving others, because tonight’s events weren’t over, and Dadong City also needed a captain to watch over.

Right away.

He utilized the Ghost Domain to vanish from the top floor of Ning’an Building.

The signal location isn’t far, within a small coastal county several hundred kilometers away.

The travel time was short.

Very soon.

Yang Jian was walking on the streets of this small county town.

The streets at night were desolate and unnaturally quiet. Although there weren’t many residents in the county, it shouldn’t be this deserted.

The ghost eye scanned the area, and he quickly discovered some traces.

Large patches of already congealed and dried bloodstains remained on the streets. These weren’t ordinary bloodstains; they emanated a supernatural aura. Additionally, there were extensive signs of destruction nearby, all of which didn’t seem man-made but looked like the work of ghost tamers.

“A ghost tamer has fought here, but there are no traces of Li Jun, Leuk San, or Ah Hong in the entire county.”

Yang Jian’s Ghost Domain easily covered the county, yet he still found nothing.

“It looks like everything that happened here has already concluded. Most of the supernatural traces have been deliberately cleaned. The whole county seems deserted, but in reality, there’s no danger. The enemy wouldn’t clean up intentionally; it should be Li Jun who did it.”

He speculated that Li Jun encountered an enemy here, took them down, then cleaned up and left.

But this implies that Li Jun should still be alive, so why can’t he be contacted?

With this thought, Yang Jian could only continue to investigate nearby.

Finally, he found a familiar person on a coastal road.

It was Leuk San.

But it was just a paper representation of Leuk San, and this paper representation was severely damaged, as if it had taken heavy hits, with most of its body gone, leaving only a head and half a chest.

The paper representation of Leuk San was blown to the side of the road by the wind, motionless, having completely lost its ability to move.

Yang Jian immediately appeared and picked up this tattered paper representation of Leuk San.

As soon as he picked it up, Leuk San’s eyes on the paper representation moved slightly and immediately looked over.

“Still not dead? This paper representation of yours is quite resilient.” The revival of the paper representation was such a bizarre scene, yet by now, it didn’t surprise Yang Jian.

Leuk San looked at Yang Jian, and his first words were: “Yang Jian, you’re late.”

“What happened?” Yang Jian sensed something wrong and immediately asked.

The damaged paper representation of Leuk San spoke: “Li Jun, Ah Hong, and I encountered a squad led by the King in a small county town and fought them. Since I was just a paper representation, I couldn’t be of much help…”

He briefly recounted what had happened before.

The more Yang Jian listened, the more serious he became: “Did Li Jun win in the end?”

“He won, but also lost. Ah Hong couldn’t hold on; her face melted, turning into the Faceless Person, but before that, she nearly wiped out a squad of theirs, with only one escaping. Li Jun fought against that ghost tamer named Simon to the end, and though in the end, Li Jun survived, he was in terrible condition and had to deal with the nearby uncontrolled ghosts.”

“If those ghosts couldn’t be dealt with, the whole county would be doomed. But in his state, with Ah Hong gone, there was nothing more Li Jun could do.”

Leuk San paused here for a moment.

By this point, Yang Jian could already imagine the situation at that time. Li Jun fought off a King, but afterward, the opposing spirits revived, and Ah Hong had killed so many ghost tamers that the corpses alone were a massive problem. In such circumstances, there was likely no strength left for a clean-up.

Yet the county he just checked was clearly handled very cleanly.

“Could it be…” He suddenly realized something and looked into the distance.

That was the direction of the sea.

The paper representation of Leuk San spoke heavily: “That’s right, you guessed it. When Li Jun saw that the spirits were about to lose control, he unhesitatingly used his supernatural power again. After that time, the remaining half of his face completely melted, but the supernatural of the Ghost Shepherd also took effect. Faceless, Li Jun guided a group of uncontrolled spirits into the depths of the sea.”

“Whether the supernatural wasn’t controlled well, or if Ah Hong still had some remaining consciousness and didn’t want Li Jun to journey alone, she mingled among the spirits and left with him.”

As he spoke, Leuk San opened his mouth and spat out a red makeup box.

“Ah Hong only left this behind, and I kept it.”

Yang Jian fell silent again upon seeing this.

Then he checked the time.

By now, the moment to restart had passed, and there was nothing he could do.

Leuk San said: “If we use this makeup box to recreate the faces of Li Jun and Ah Hong, we might be able to save them. After all, there was a successful instance last time.”

“Save them?”

Yang Jian shook his head: “The real Li Jun is already dead, and only Ah Hong can paint Li Jun’s face; no one else can recreate the original Li Jun. And Ah Hong is dead too… unless we recreate Ah Hong’s face, but one face can’t encompass all of Ah Hong as her body is already gone.”

“But I can try; I just don’t know if it will succeed.”

Saying this, he took the red makeup box.

He could use the Deceiving Ghost to create a body and then paint Ah Hong’s face.

But the Ah Hong created this way wouldn’t be the real Ah Hong, just a fake representation created by supernatural means… yet not trying would leave him unsatisfied.

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