For a moment, I really didn't know how to open my mouth.
The reaction of the willow firefly was completely unforeseen by me.
In recent years, following Old Qin head day and night, the most frequent contact is with corpses and ghosts.
The number of people I've come into contact with can be counted on one hand.
The few people who have been kind to me are extremely rare.
The attitude of Xinling towards me is obviously becoming closer.
Although I haven't had contact with women for the past ten years, apart from when I was young, I can also understand what some emotional reactions represent.
Xinling has fallen in love with me?
What about me?
The sound of knocking at the door interrupted my thoughts.
I took a deep breath before answering, "I'm not lying to you. Go over there and make sure it's safe. I'll come find you as soon as possible. Remember, don't stay there for too long. Everything is alright here."
After speaking, I hung up the phone.
"Come in."
My gaze immediately shifted to the door.
The door opened, and Zhang Gai entered with slightly stiff movements.
Under the yellow light of the tungsten filament lamp, his face seemed very stiff, but the wound on his forehead had healed significantly with the application of embalming oil.
"Possession of a body," it means that the skin and bones belong to a person who has already died, but their soul has not dispersed yet, so they have not become ghosts.
Before, when Zhang Gai fled in front of me, he abandoned that body. This one is just the one he hasn't given up yet.
He stopped in front of me, and a faint smile appeared in Zhang Gai's eyes. He looked at my waist and nodded slightly, still showing curiosity.
"Only the yellow page ghost left with a head is indeed rare, and Brother Luo's ghost cultivation does have a method." Zhang Gai sighed and said, "If I had known that the reborn ghosts I caught earlier had Brother Luo's 'person', I would not have allowed the fierce ghost to devour it. It is also no surprise that ordinary white-hearted ghosts cannot withstand it for so long."
Is Zhang Gai misunderstanding that I'm raising ghosts?
Actually, Xinling also misunderstood that I was raising ghosts, and she even said that raising ghosts isn't a good person.
In fact, not just Xinling.
Old Qin head once taught me that among the nine streams of art, there are many methods to deal with ghosts and even to use ghosts, but one should never truly raise ghosts.
In general, raising ghosts requires using one's own blood, or even skin and flesh, to feed them.
Ghosts are mysterious and extremely prone to backfiring.
Once a ghost that has been fed with blood and flesh takes control of the master's body, it will be even easier.
Apart from this, Old Qin head has not taught me anything else.
Thoughts settled, I answered in a calm tone, "That day, I just wanted to save Qianqian. You threw away your body first. No one could control that fierce ghost in your head. I had no choice but to create such a result."
Zhang Gai smiled and said, "Brother Luo came suddenly and with fierce means. I thought you were a high-level expert from the Huang Si department. The ghost-eating process hasn't ended yet, and my fierce ghost can't help. Since I don't have other means, I can only first cast a false body."
"I am deeply grateful that Brother Luo trusts me this time and has followed me. This is a great honor."
Zhang Gai's words were filled with more kindness and had none of the calculation like that of Mr. Yang.
Only then did I realize it.
Zhang Gai actually knows that the people in charge of guarding the netherworld will intervene?
But how could he know he wouldn't die, and still risk injury to come up and talk to me?
At this moment, a few words of conversation would make people think that I and Zhang Gai are old acquaintances and friends.
"What do you want to cooperate with?" I entered the topic directly and bluntly.
Zhang Gai's eyes narrowed slightly before sitting down on the chair next to the coffee table.
After deep thought for a few seconds, he said, "I must not deceive you, Brother Luo. At first, when I followed you, there was some resentment. That fierce ghost has been in my care for many years, and yet it was dispersed by you! The Huang Si department is not just an officer at night; during the day, they also summon the Sun Patrol to make it impossible for us to act. I had no choice but to seek compensation from Brother Luo."
"But after following you for a while, I realized the problem. You were also secretly followed by a ghost, but that ghost followed you too covertly. I can only vaguely sense that it might be an epidemic ghost!"
As Zhang Gai's voice trailed off, my expression changed drastically.
Before, the "ghost without skin" with Zhao Kang's appearance even followed me?
No, I'm afraid he's not just used Zhao Kang's face, but also others……
I'm completely unaware of this.
Without interrupting Zhang Gai, he continued, "Ten years ago, the Qiangyang appearance of geomagnetic energy and the spread of epidemic ghost news. The supervisors of the Huang Si, the regulators, and even the various positions in the city temple did not find it. Our organization searched all over but there was no trace to be found."
"The official announcement from the supervisors said that the geomagnetic energy had appeared but not epidemic ghosts. However, we noticed that there were a large amount of geomagnetic energy appeared and disappeared. There must be something wrong with this! I didn't expect that the appearance of epidemic ghosts now is closely related to Brother Luo!"
"I changed my plan and don't intend to be an enemy of Brother Luo. To be honest, I want the epidemic ghost! He must be in a weak stage now! And since Brother Luo is targeted by the supervisors and has been repeatedly calculating by the Huang Si, joining our organization would no longer leave you in such a passive position!"
I furrowed my brow and didn't respond for a moment.
Both of Zhang Gai's ideas are filled with benefits for him.
However, for me, there are only drawbacks.
Therefore, I directly shook my head and said that the epidemic ghost following me was fake. He tricked my friend into Qinjiang Village and led me to the Night Patrol, absorbing all of his geomagnetic energy. Now he is just a normal malevolent spirit. Besides, I won't randomly join them without reason, as it brings me no benefit whatsoever.
Zhang Gai's eyes narrowed slightly, showing a trace of surprise.
"Fake? The geomagnetic energy was absorbed?!" His voice became much louder!
This incident is clearly kept a secret from Huangshu and the supervisors, as well as the Huang Si.
It's also possible that it's been too short a time, so Zhang Gai hasn't been able to get wind of it yet.
The next second, Zhang Gai took a deep breath and seemed to calm down before saying again, "Whether it's true or false, we can discuss it later. Even if it's fake, as long as we find that ghost, there will be clues!"
"Why do you think, Brother Luo, that joining us won't benefit you?"
Zhang Gai's expression was extremely serious as he said, "The Ghost Pavilion is no less than the Huang Si, and even the supervisors have no way to deal with us. They cannot track us!"
My eyelids twitched slightly.
The Ghost Pavilion? That's the name of Zhang Gai's organization? It's quite eerie.
"Why can't they track us?" I asked Zhang Gai in return.
Zhang Gai shook his head and remained silent.
After a pause, he said, "It's something that can only be learned after joining. Besides that, we have almost no restrictions. Just this place of hiding cannot be told to anyone, and above all, there will be manpower and even ghosts assigned to us."
"Brother Luo, as someone who also raises ghosts, even if you've learned some from the nine schools of art, you couldn't be accepted by the Huang Si! You might even be given to the supervisors! You've seen some of the supervisors' methods. If it weren't for Mao You San saving you, you might already be dead."
"And Mao San You San is not someone to deal with easily!"
A lot of what Zhang Gai said was actually his own supposition and inference.
No wonder he misunderstood me as someone who raises ghosts.
The headless woman directly tore apart his fierce ghost and even sealed the door of the Huang Si.
I still carry the night jar of the old man Gong with me.
Fortunately, he doesn't know about the ghost without skin.
If they had followed me earlier, my secrets might have been exposed to him!
My thoughts were racing in my head, and I quickly asked another question: "With no restrictions and no need to do anything, the conditions are this generous?"
