extra chapter thanks to Christi!
“Fu! You’re back!” Just as Wu Rong thought so, Leo happily stood up and waved towards the wasteland, asking: “How is the situation?”
Wu Rong subconsciously sat up straight and looked over. Many thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant. Wu Rong thought that maybe, because he hadn’t touched Fu Qingnan’s relic, Fu Qingnan would appear as a black mist in his eyes. He also thought that, since he had had a pact with Fu Qing and the Big Ghost, maybe he could see Fu Qingnan’s true appearance.
But when he looked over, Wu Rong, who had prepared himself for various possibilities, was still stunned. Because he didn’t see anything at all.
“With you here, there’s definitely no problem. Oh, as you say in the Chinese language, the master brings great success?”
As if he heard what the other party said, Leo gave a thumbs up to the air, smiling brightly and looking a little silly. Fu Qingnan seemed to have a very high level of prestige in the group. Wu Rong saw several clusters of black mist moving in his direction, Vivian stood up, and Sima Gyatso opened his eyes. Some people naturally become the core of a team as soon as they appear, attracting those around them like the sun draws people together.
Suddenly, several black mist figures turned their heads to face Wu Rong and then walked towards him. It was as if they were following an invisible person.
“Wu Rao isn’t injured, but she has been suffering from insomnia since the Green Marsh.”
Vivian spoke with concern, clutching the cross hanging in front of her chest and murmuring softly, as if praying, “Only by listening to my singing can she rest briefly… I’m worried…”
At this moment, Wu Rong couldn’t hear Vivian’s words whatsoever because all his attention was focused on what was in front of him. It was a subtle feeling, as he could clearly sense that there seemed to be someone in front of him. But no matter whether it was his vision, hearing, or any other sense, he couldn’t detect this person’s presence. It was like he could deceive everyone’s five senses just like that.
The five senses…
Suddenly, Wu Rong raised his hand to block something in front of him. This wasn’t his own action; it should be an action Wu Rao took in the memory fragment. It seemed like he was trying to block someone, although Wu Rong couldn’t perceive them at all. But judging from the changes in Vivian and the others’ expressions, it was indeed the case. Leo looked away, Vivian’s eyes turned red, but she held back her tears, trying hard to smile, and pleaded, “Let Fu take a look at you, Wu Rao. You’ll be fine, everyone will be fine.”
Wu Rong felt like he had said something, but he couldn’t hear it, although the others obviously could. Leo scratched his messy brown hair, the smile disappearing from his face, replaced by bloodshot eyes, “Don’t do this, okay? Yes, of course, I believe you can hold on. But seeing you like this is uncomfortable. Why don’t you accept a little help?”
“I promised your sister to bring you back.”
Leo’s expression became firm as he knelt down on one knee and solemnly took off the brown leather glove on his left hand. But under the glove was not a human hand, but blackened bones:
“We came together, and we’ll all go back together. Not one person less. That’s what we have agreed.”
“Alright, stop looking at me like that. I’m definitely going to help you. If you keep looking at me like that, I might be moved.”
Hearing the deliberately teasing words, Wu Rong, or rather Wu Rao, didn’t refuse Leo’s approach anymore. He closed his eyes, but ‘saw’ a pure white light falling on him. At this moment, Wu Rong seemed to be observing from the perspective of a god, watching the terrifying ulcers and scars on Wu Rao’s body disappear, while Leo’s face became paler and paler. The dead bones that originally just reached his wrists spread to half of his forearm.
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…Meeting face to face with Master Ling Yun’s large forehead.
“Awake, finally awake!”
Master Ling Yun was first startled, and then dashed to Wu Rong’s bedside in disbelief, confirming it by quickly patting Wu Rong’s face several times, forgetting else everything in his joy:
“You’re really awake, your eyes moved!”
Wu Rong: …
Even though he had just woken up and his mind hadn’t fully recovered, being greeted like this by Master Ling Yun woke him up completely. By the time Bai Gu, Huang Mao and Su Xiaomi rushed over upon hearing the news, crowding around his bed in chaos, Wu Rong realized he had been unconscious for five days.
“The Ghost Dog King suddenly came up carrying A-Bao and I found you unconscious in the training room.”
Master Ling Yun’s words were filled with lingering fear as he cautiously leaned in by Wu Rong’s bedside, pointing to himself, “Do you remember who I am?”
Ling Yun regretted his actions so much now. He felt like Wu Rong’s sudden problem must have been related to him knowing the contents of the divination. After all, the message involved Fu Qing and Fu Qingnan, and the informed person was Wu Rong. His mind was in turmoil; Wu Rong’s sudden coma was too bizarre, and despite trying various methods over the past five days, they couldn’t wake him up.
In the end, Master Ling Yun was almost desperate. Even if Wu Rong suddenly woke up seemingly back to normal, it couldn’t put his mind at ease. As per their usual practice, they couldn’t tell Wu Rong any information about reincarnation, otherwise, they might face divine retribution. If Wu Rong suddenly knew so much, wouldn’t Heaven just wash his brain clean once and for all? He can’t become an idiot!
Master Ling Yun’s heart trembled, thinking of those children with Celestial Wisdom who knew everything from birth; they had mostly ended up being crazy or foolish, so he was especially worried about Wu Rong.
“Master Ling Yun.”
With so many people watching, Wu Rong still gave Ling Yun face, but it was limited to just this sentence. Although Wu Rong’s mind was in turmoil, when he thought of the time that Master Ling Yun had just mentioned, he immediately sat up, furrowing his brows and asking Bai Gu who was beside him, “Has General Lu dropped by?”
“He came yesterday. I told him you were training.”
Bai Gu immediately understood what Wu Rong was thinking about and said softly, “The assessment is in two days.”
Before the new Federal Special Police go into real battle against the Ghost King, there will be a formal assessment. After all, Five-Star Ghost Kings can easily cause ghosts to rebel against their ghost keepers. If the ghost keepers are turned into vengeful spirits due to the backlash, then the human forces will have one more enemy on the battlefield.
Therefore, before a big battle, it is especially important to assess the participants. They need to eliminate those with weak wills and those who have been taming ghosts for many years, whose personalities have been influenced by their ghosts too deeply and are difficult to control.
From their return to Yangjiaping till the assessment, there was originally two weeks’ time. Wu Rong had done so much in less than a week, and now he had slept for a week straight and woke up just in time for the assessment.
Although the time was approaching and there were still many things to do, It didn’t take Wu Rong long after waking up to go back down to the training room with Master Ling Yun.
“There’s no rush, anyway, the future has changed, so this matter isn’t urgent— you’d better take care of your body first.”
Master Ling Yun practically had a psychological shadow due to this training room. As he went downstairs, he resisted every step, abandoning his celestial demeanor, the words ‘I think the stars are misaligned’ showing on his face. He regretted it, he really regretted it. He should have known that Wu Rong’s curiosity was worse than that of a cat. Even being in a coma for seven days could not stop him from continuing to pursue the truth.
“If you want to confirm the identity of the remnant soul, you can wait until Fu Qing comes back for comparison.”
Master Ling Yun was so sincere that he even brought up the little ghost king that he usually didn’t pay attention to: “The Lantern Ghost King will be crossing the border soon. It would be better if you prepare.”
Actually, what’s there to prepare for?
Ling Yun’s thoughts drifted slightly.
There’s myself, Hongxiu, and the Knight around, ah, although I don’t really want to include him, I’m sure the Coffin Old Man will come anyway.
The concentration of Ghost Kings in the safe zone had long exceeded the limit. If they had to prepare something, they need to prepare how to hide their presence well, so as not to scare away the Lantern Ghost King before he even arrives.
Seeing Wu Rong preparing so much to fight the Lantern Ghost King, they, as his subordinates, naturally have to ensure the Lantern Ghost King safely reaches the outskirts of Yangjiaping.
The beautiful temptation of nurturing their King’s growth is something any Wu Fanatic can’t resist, although they have different ways of showing it. Hongxiu is vigorously spending money, trying to give him all the buffs of a Ghost King, and will go pluck the stars if necessary. The Ghost Dog King is a shadow by his side, always protecting him. The Coffin Old Man is a pet, if you give him a pillow, he can happily sleep by Wu Rong’s feet.
Of course, I am a strict teacher.
Thinking of his own position, Master Ling Yun sighed with sorrow.
Regardless of what happened before, after Wu Rong fainted, his position plummeted sharply, now almost on par with the Coffin Old Man’s.
So he absolutely had to suppress Wu Rong’s vigorous curiosity. These matters should at least wait until he, Hongxiu and the others gathered together in a circle to prepare a good explanation. This kind of cryptic conversation using storytelling as an analogy didn’t suit his character as Master Ling Yun.
“Fu Qing still hasn’t returned?”
Wu Rong frowned. Originally, when Fu Qing left, he said he would be back in ten days, and he could definitely make it for the assessment. But now that timeframe has already passed.
Fu Qing is not someone who breaks his word, could it be that he encountered some sort of accident?
Hearing Wu Rong’s question, Master Ling Yun reflexively divined, “There’s been a bit of an accident, but it’s nothing serious, he should be back soon.”
Ah, I shouldn’t have, I really shouldn’t have, he shouldn’t have just followed along with whatever Wu Rong asked.
Master Ling Yun subconsciously touched his hair, which had been struck by lightning multiple times, becoming somewhat dry and split, with a faint melancholic expression on his face.
I really shouldn’t have.
“How much do you know about the Nine Great Heroes?”
Wu Rong asked suddenly, and Master Ling Yun was about to answer reflexively, but just as the words were about to come out, a roar of thunder seemed to echo in his ears.
So he immediately swallowed them back.
“I can say, it’s about the same as what’s in the database.”
Master Ling Yun deliberated, furrowing his brows in thought for a moment, before finally saying in a low voice, “Be cautious.”
He still didn’t know that Wu Rong wanted the artifacts of the Nine Great Heroes to unseal the Big Ghost, but he could deduce something from Wu Rong’s current experiences and actions. Previously, Master Ling Yun didn’t say anything because it wouldn’t have made a difference. Unless they could go back to the beginning of the supernatural revival and change everything completely, some things, even if repeated countless times, were already determined because they happened even before they were born.
Moreover, even if he said it, it might cause undesirable effects. Master Ling Yun could see that Wu Rong was already different from the Ghost King in his previous life, everything was changing, and he didn’t want to use the future of his previous life to influence Wu Rong’s development.
Everything should be different.
But since Wu Rong has already begun to touch on the artifacts of the Nine Great Heroes, Master Ling Yun felt it necessary to give him a little reminder to prevent him from being careless.
He will never forget that three years after the collapse of the Great Tiankeng’s Seal, what caused the chaos and turmoil in human society, and even its fragmentation, was not the newly born Ghost King Wu Rong, nor the recently unified Ghost Country.
It was the collapse of human faith.
“Be cautious.”
Master Ling Yun’s voice was very low, so low that it was even a bit hoarse. His eyelashes cast shadows on his face, his eyes were deep and pure black, making it hard for one to understand the complex emotions surging within them.
“The dragon slayer eventually becomes the evil dragon.”
Quack? How come there’s no comment on this chapter?!
I’m actually so excited for the Lantern Ghost King’s arrival, ofc his arrival is only the opening for the grand occasion of Ghost Kings across the Nation unifying to greet their Emperor xD