Chapter 106: Chapter 106 The Man in the Portrait
Although Yang Jian wanted to know a lot, Feng Quan seed willing to patiently explain to him.
This kind of verbal communication was the best way to resolve misunderstandings.
After all, they had indeed been out to kill each other before, and to survive in this village, or even to leave it, they had to clear the air of any hard feelings.
Otherwise, it would be detrintal for the cooperation that lay ahead.
Zhang Han’s reminder made the two n imdiately look outside the house.
The sky outside was beginning to darken again. Although it wasn’t darkening as quickly as before, in less than ten minutes, the village was going to enter another pitch-black night.
“That ghost is going to co. It won’t pass up this chance. As long as I reveal myself, it will definitely appear. It’s always been like this; its obsession with the coffin runs deep,” Feng Quan said, his usually cold face showing so gravity.
“Previously when I made the entire spirit hall disappear, it was to keep it from taking the Ghost Coffin.”
Yang Jian said, “If that’s the case, then you might as well keep hiding. Why show up at all?”
“Hiding is useless. The coffin, the village, , and that ghost are all closely linked. We’ve achieved a delicate balance with this Ghost Coffin. As long as the balance exists, there won’t be a problem. But the balance was disturbed by the ghost you released; I was forced to show myself.”
“Now, I have no way out, either I detain this ghost, or I die here with the two of you,” Feng Quan said.
Yang Jian’s eyes narrowed slightly.
He was driven out by the Headless Ghost?
Indeed.
The Headless Ghost that possessed the old woman, even capable of entering the Ghost Domain, probably wouldn’t have much trouble finding this spirit hall.
But right now, the old woman had been swallowed by the human skin paper, and the Headless Ghost Shadow was under my control.
So the situation had changed again.
Wait.
No, that’s not right.
Yang Jian’s eyes suddenly twinkled, “If the ghosts in this village really do grow stronger with the increase of other ghosts, then why didn’t the release of the Headless Ghost Shadow beco that ghost’s aid but instead suppressed it?”
What’s the difference here?
Could it be that only the ghosts directly taken by that ghost could beco its strength?
If so, there’s no reason why the Vicious Ghost couldn’t handle even the Headless Ghost Shadow.
All the secrets, they’re all in this Ghost Coffin.
Yang Jian unconsciously glanced at the coffin again.
Now, this was the only mystery left unsolved. If the abilities and function of this Ghost Coffin were known, then all the unreasonable matters would be explainable.
It’s just…
The Ghost Hunter, Feng Quan, in front of him seed not inclined to reveal the information about this Ghost Coffin to him, preferring to conceal all the important information about the coffin.
“His concealnt undoubtedly proves that this Ghost Coffin must have a very significant function; otherwise, there wouldn’t be the shadow of the state behind this task, and that company wouldn’t conceal all the information, even going as far as to edit the international Ghost Hunters’ files…”
“Feng Quan was right; this mission wasn’t really about rescuing him, but to acquire this Ghost Coffin,” he thought.
At this thought, a shiver went through him.
Concealing all information, tampering with files—it was like reducing the survival rate of the Ghost Hunters involved in this event to the lowest, and the potential casualties were imaginable.
But still, they would keep the secret at any cost.
“So this coffin is really that important?” Yang Jian found it sowhat unbelievable.
Though he didn’t know the use of this coffin, the information available led him to infer that its value was absolutely, incredibly imnse.
At that mont,
Feng Quan was no longer sitting inside the coffin but walked out of it. He seed to have been in the coffin for a while, walking very stiffly and even sowhat like a person who had just learned to walk, tottering and liable to fall at any second.
Once out of the coffin, Feng Quan went ahead and closed the coffin lid.
It was almost as if he was preparing for a last stand, as he had cut off any retreat.
“No matter what happens outside, do not leave this spirit hall. That ghost will co to us on its own; we don’t need to seek it out. Be ready with the containers for containing—that could be a suitcase or a body bag, as long as it can detain that ghost,” Feng Quan instructed.
“Once it’s successfully detained, the paranormal events of Huanggang Village will co to an end, and we three will all be able to leave here alive.”
“Forget about any way out; we have none left,” he continued.
Feng Quan kept talking.
anwhile, the sky outside grew darker and darker, and those who were sensitive could already faintly sense so sort of activity going on out there.
“Don’t split up too much. There are so abilities of that ghost I haven’t fully grasped. I just know that if you’re alone, it will kill you in an instant without leaving any room for resistance. Even I would be the sa. Last ti, I didn’t die only because I was lucky and found a slim chance of survival. But now, that’s no longer possible,” Feng Quan said.
“Because we need to guard this Ghost Coffin right now and prevent it from falling into the hands of this vicious ghost, feel free to use whatever abilities you have later—don’t worry about the vicious ghost resurrecting,”
Zhang Han muttered, “Easier said than done.”
Yang Jian remained impassive, not affected by the comnt.
He had now taken control of a second ghost, which ant the vicious ghost’s resurrection was greatly delayed. As things stood, using the ghost’s powers a couple of tis wouldn’t have any impact on him at all.
It seed that this Feng Quan was unaware of this fact.
He could only know what happened within the village.
Things like Yang Jian controlling the Headless Ghost Shadow, releasing the human skin paper, and consuming that old lady… all took place within his own Ghost Domain.
In other words, so of his secrets were still safe.
“Tap, tap, tap~!”
As he pondered, the outside had finally darkened. While it wasn’t pitch-black to the extent of not seeing one’s own fingers, the nearby houses were now just vague outlines. At that mont, footsteps suddenly echoed from the alleyway behind the house.
In the dim night.
It was as if soone ca walking from the inhabited village.
It looked rather strange, but in reality, that was exactly the case.
The footsteps were neat and uniform, sounding exceptionally clear in the dead silence of the village. At this point, all three people in the hall pricked up their ears and heard it.
“It’s appeared, that ghost is outside,”
Feng Quan said in a hushed voice while his numb gaze fixed on the direction of the door.
“Although there are so doubts and unwillingness, it is indeed best to collaborate and imprison this ghost before anything else,”
Yang Jian took a slight breath, dispelling the clutter in his mind.
anwhile, the headless shadow behind him stretched very long… The Ghost Domain also opened.
Out of caution, he only enveloped the house with it, not extending it over to the ghost outside, to avoid the ghost targeting him first.
“Hmm?”
Feng Quan seed to sense the presence of the Ghost Domain, glancing over at Yang Jian with that numb look in his eyes.
But he said nothing and did not inquire further; instead, he turned his head back again.
As for Zhang Han.
He was now the only survivor among the Xiaoqiang Entertainnt Club’s ghost controllers, but he had not noticed the spread of Yang Jian’s Ghost Domain.
The footsteps grew closer.
Yang Jian watched a wall.
The footsteps were on the other side of the wall, now circling around from the side of the house toward the direction of the main gate.
“Quite the rule-follower, knowing to use the front door, never thought to co straight through the door,” he comnted to himself.
Monts later.
Finally.
A figure erged from the darkness.
It was a handso, young man with a pale complexion devoid of any color, looking strikingly handso… exactly like the person in the portrait from before.
If his ghostly nature wasn’t confird,
One would never suspect his existence walking down the street; he could probably even get picked up by won in nightclubs and bars.
For now.
This was the ghost that looked the most human.
So good-looking yet choosing to be a ghost, he deserved to be dealt with today.
At this mont,
The man from the portrait stopped abruptly as he reached the front gate, no longer moving forward.
Because moving any further would be entering Yang Jian’s Ghost Domain.
Was it wary of it?
Or was it concerned about Feng Quan’s presence?
Or perhaps, it was just as previously deduced: the three people together did not satisfy the Vicious Ghost’s condition for killing, and it was waiting for an opportunity to strike.
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