Chapter 117: Tail Ship 35

The bead shone even brighter, just like a little red apple.

Maybe because he called her name, Xiao Guozi was very happy and ran around in circles along Jiang Yuelu's palm in a daze, with ribbons, stars and blushes all over her face.

"snort."

A sound was heard in the air, and Xiao Hongguo immediately lay down and pretended to be dead.

"I asked all the dead ghosts, but couldn't find you. It turns out you ran to the ghost market." The voice appeared out of nowhere in the living room. I couldn't find where it came from. I held back my anger and asked for the blame for a disobedient tear. "How does it feel to run away from home? Why don't you continue pretending to be dead? You disgusting stinky-"

Jiang Yuelu: "Xia Yi."

The scolding stopped abruptly.

After a long time, he finally stabilized his voice, "Jiang Yuelu. What are you doing with my tears?"

Jiang Yuelu hummed, "I bought it...it's a little magical."

The Ghost King's tears were actually alive? Was there some kind of fundamental connection between him and them? So after the tears awakened, Xia Yi could quickly locate them.

"That's my personal belongings!" Xia Yi was furious. "Putting it on you without permission is no different than hugging someone without asking first!"

Jiang Yuelu cried out.

Is the meaning of tears so important?

Why did he remember that when they were in Shugao Girls' School, Xia Yi showed him another person's tears... He was a little confused, but still let go of the beads, "Sorry, then I'll let someone else take it. Is Wenhan okay? You met him in Shugao."

Xia Yi became even angrier, "No."

Jiang Yuelu groaned, "We have a newcomer here..."

"no."

"Then there's only the other side."

Although he was reluctant to transfer such an important item to the enemy, but when he thought about it carefully, the Ghost King and the Ghost Genius were on the same side. In addition, he did not know the extent of the connection between Tears and Xia Yi. What if he could be remotely controlled to kill himself?

"No to all of them." Xia Yi rejected them one by one. "Take it first, don't let it run away again. I have something to ask."

Jiang Yuelu could only say: "Okay."

The small round bead lay on Jiang Yuelu's palm, breathing weakly, occasionally lighting up slightly, as if responding to someone from afar. The surroundings were very quiet. Everyone, including the enemy, held their breath and dared not move when they heard the name of the Ghost King. The only person who could calmly talk to the Ghost King was Jiang Yuelu.

I don't know how long it was, and everything was silent.

Xia Yi suddenly said: "You are injured."

Jiang Yuelu: "Uh, yes."

Xia Yi: "I remember telling Jin Muxi that when we find you, just hand you over to me." His tone was extremely suppressed, as if he was about to explode.

Jiang Yuelu shook her head, "I haven't seen Jin Muxi."

Xia Yi was stunned, "Then how did you get injured?"

Jiang Yuelu: "It's a long story." He blurted out his catchphrase, which was his universal line for dealing with various situations. It meant that he didn't want to say it at the moment. If someone asked him further, he might say it more bluntly.

But Xia Yi understood immediately, "You handle it."

It was Jiang Yuelu's turn to be stunned, "Huh?"

"Such a distant connection is easy to break, and I don't have much time." Xia Yi said bluntly, "This time... I have something to do, so I can't come in person."

He paused and lowered his voice.

Just like the moist wind on a rainy day, it blew into Jiang Yuelu's ears, causing a tingling sensation: "Maybe I got the wrong method... I was angry at you, gave you orders, and made everyone know... But that made you a target for the ghosts, and that's why you got hurt. I haven't seen you for too long, and I was so anxious that I lost my mind. I should admit these mistakes."

The last words were so sincere, as if he were standing right in front of them.

Jiang Yuelu seemed to see those burning and sincere eyes.

He disappeared recently, maybe he went to burn himself alone? After burning fiercely, he realized the truth that no one had ever taught him.

In the long time that he had never become a human being and had lived as a ghost until today, Xia Yi vaguely remembered that someone had taught him something similar. Later, that person became the first friend of this evil creature.

"My intention was never to hurt you, Jiang Yuelu."

"…You are my best and only friend."

These were his last words.

Noticing that the oppressive airflow disappeared and never returned, the little baby finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Finally gone, this evil star... After not seeing him for so many years, he is still so arrogant and self-centered."

But why couldn't the Ghost King come? The bounty order had been sent to all the ghost cities. He seemed determined to get Jiang Yuelu, and it was sent so quickly... He was almost unprepared.

The Ghost King was obviously very anxious, but why didn't he come in person?

unless……

He encountered an even more difficult situation.

But he is the Ghost King, whose strength far exceeds that of all the major city masters. What could hold him back? While the baby was thinking, an inspiration came to his mind, which hit him hard. "——Could it be?!"

Drake and Gurian turned around, "Dad, what's wrong?"

The baby laughed softly, "Actually, actually...even ghosts...hahahaha...things are more interesting than I thought."

He looked up suddenly, "Do you know why he can't come over? Jiang Yuelu."

Jiang Yuelu put the round bead away and gave him a cold look, "I don't know. Maybe he can't come over."

"For the Ghost King, there is no such thing as impossible. As long as he wants, he can capture you even if you are under the protection of the academy. But he didn't do that. Instead, he chose a very roundabout way and issued a reward to the capital lord, asking them to capture you in their own way."

The baby said, "Just like now, he knows where you are, he is so impatient, but still hasn't come over."

Jiang Yuelu felt that these words were taken out of context, making him seem narcissistic, so she said flatly: "He's not in a hurry, is he?"

The baby rolled his eyes. "Oh, come on! Even my least EQed child, Derek, saw it. He was so anxious that he almost tore the air apart to get out!"

Drake who was suddenly shot: “???”

Jiang Yuelu felt a nameless anger in his heart. Normally, he was not easily angered, but he didn't know what happened today. He vaguely felt that he didn't want to communicate with them about Xia Yi.

He said bluntly: "What exactly do you want to say? He can't come over, and then what."

The baby said meaningfully: "Of course I know the inside story. I dare say that other city masters may not know the history of Ghost City as well as I do. They are all too young, and I have been dead for many years. I know what Ghost City is like without a city master, and I have seen the Ghost King when he was a child. I even know how people lived in the era when gods and ghosts coexisted."

Jiang Yuelu frowned, "Gods and ghosts coexisting?"

"Yes. Just as you have an ancient god, we have an ancient ghost. The two are like yin and yang, rising and falling in times of war and peace."

"Too many people died in the chaotic times, and the wandering ghosts had nowhere to go, so there were many evil ghosts causing trouble. When people were having a hard time, they would think of asking the gods for help. They would sweep the dust in the temples, pull out the weeds on the tops of the statues, kowtow and make wishes, and offer incense sticks to worship, hoping for a little divine power and rain..."

The baby said: "For a long time, this is how the world has been run."

He sighed, "Originally, our underworld was as wonderful as the human world, with unique ghosts and monsters everywhere, but later only this old ghost was left. He and the god experienced the same era, and he sank into the void long ago, returning the world to you and us."

"I admit that Ghost Kings are rare in the world."

"It is said that he was sacrificed in the deification ceremony, that he was degenerated into an evil spirit at birth, that he has no one to associate with him in heaven or hell, and that he is a demon with no past or future and a gathering of evil thoughts. But even so, there are still people who can hold him back—"

Jiang Yuelu said nonchalantly, "Is that the old ghost you mentioned?"

The baby said, "Be careful, young man. He may not have been able to hear before, but that may not be the case now. I am sure that his awakening must have affected the Ghost King, so he——"

His words were interrupted by Jiang Yuelu.

"What does this have to do with our present?"

The baby's blue eyes froze.

Jiang Yuelu said calmly: "That ancient ghost, that distant ghost king, has anything to do with the competition between you and me now? Did you miss the point? We are still in the examination room, and our competition is not over yet. Qiong is dead, and it will be your turn soon. Isn't it time to withdraw your attention from others?"

Tong Mian pushed Leng Wenhan and said, "Hey, why is he so tough all of a sudden? I'm not used to it..."

Leng Wenhan held the unconscious Naidong in his arms and said nothing.

Tong Mian didn't expect to get her answer. He shrugged and was about to turn back when she grabbed his sleeve. He was stunned and asked, "What are you doing?"

Leng Wenhan: "Excuse me for a moment."

The other side.

After Jiang Yuelu finished speaking, the surroundings fell into an eerie silence.

After a long while, the baby finally spoke, "Do you still believe you can win, little brat? You dare to speak loudly to me after stepping on June's head. You have to know that it is just the head of a weak person. It is not even as high as the sole of my child's shoe. Where do you get your confidence from?"

"You and I have never stood on the same starting line."

"Your end is this boring exam, the house-playing game created by Jin Muxi. But my end is far from this. I can see further than any of you..." The baby giggled dangerously, "While you and Joan were busy chatting, we were not idle either."

"I know your little jelly came here to get information. She may have told you about our situation. Let me guess what she said. She said that we want to summon Mr. and Mrs. Will? Hahaha! They died a long time ago. Not even the fragments of their souls are left. This is an impossible task!"

"Did she also say that we set up a safe house in the restaurant with Jin's giant umbrella as the center?"

The exact same words came out of the baby's mouth, tinged with sinister juice.

“These are all fake.”

"That's not a safe house, it's a formation!"

The baby became more and more excited, but his children were all confused. "Dad, what are you talking about... There is no such thing as a formation, and haven't we been summoning Will's soul all the time? Why do you say there is no..."

Jin scolded in a low voice: "Don't question Dad's actions! He must have his reasons for doing so. Are you trying to give them ready-made intelligence?!"

Gurian and Drake lowered their heads as they were scolded. The blue-eyed baby chuckled and said, "My good children, Jin is right. I have my reasons. You just need to be steadfast and execute them. Do you see this glowing formation in front of you? Now, go in."

Another magic circle emerged above the incomplete chicken blood circle that Leng Wenhan had drawn on the ground before.

The movement of the spell was completely different from that of the Eastern wizard. In the middle of the hexagram symbol hung a half-open pupil, staring at the three people seductively and strangely. Drake swallowed his saliva, "... Dad, are we all going in?"

"Yeah. All of them."

Akin strode in. Gurian thought for a moment and walked in as well.

Finally, only Drake was left, and he had no choice but to walk over to them.

"Wait." Jiang Yuelu said.

The baby said lazily, "My great wizard, what do you think?"

Jiang Yuelu ignored him and looked at Drake, "Do you really want to listen to him? This doesn't look like a simple formation."

Drake smoothed his fluttering hairband, just like the day they first met, "He is the daddy, the daddy of all of us, we believe in him!"

The baby giggled: "My good child, it's worth it that I took you in."

"Do you remember that day? I brought you back to the castle after you got lost. Gurian and Akin set new plates and knives and forks for you. I told you not to eat too fast, because feasts like today will be available every year and every day... I freed my dear children from hunger and loneliness, and gave them families and homes. Every one of my children respects and loves their father."

The baby looked at them tenderly and lovingly, "You will fight for me forever. Each of you swore a vow when you stayed at my knees."

Ah Jin whispered: "After having a dad, I will no longer be displaced."

Gurian: "Without you, we are nothing."

Drake also said: "I have always...longed for my family. You know, I longed for my father and brothers." At this point, he glanced at Gurian and Ajin, and then at Jiang Yuelu in the distance, "You gave me a complete family, and my sword will always guard you."

The baby nodded, "It just so happens that I also have something that I need you to do."

Drake bowed his head. "Just give me your orders. I will do my best to obey you."

He had thought it through long ago. No matter how well he and Jiang Yuelu got along, they could not be friends. He and Gurian were the real family.

So he made up his mind and promised in a deep voice: "If you ask me to turn around and kill Jiang Yuelu and use his blood to awaken the formation, I will not hesitate--"

"Oh, no." The baby interrupted him with a smile, "How could I let you do such a cruel thing, Derek, you are my most beloved child."

Drake breathed a sigh of relief. "Then..."

"You just need to kill Gurian and Akin."

Drake: “…”

His mind was blown, "What? Dad, what did you say? You want me to kill..."

"Kill Gurian and Ajin." He repeated grimly, "Use their blood to awaken the formation. It will be of great use to me."

The two ghosts whose names he called were equally shocked. They couldn't believe how their father made such a judgment.

At this moment, Jiang Yuelu's voice sounded, a little helpless, "Dad. How long are you going to call him by this fake name? He is not a dad at all."

"Who else could it be but Dad..." Drake muttered as if he had lost his memory.

"A guy who dares to call Jin Muxi, the current capital lord, by his name, must have the confidence to be so arrogant because of his position." Jiang Yuelu looked directly at the little baby. "Do you remember what Qiong said? You have changed many bodies. Your soul migrated from one body to another, like a bird that never gets tired."

"So do you remember the body you first had?"

He spoke each word with emphasis, "Your Excellency, former Lord."