Chapter 03 Chapter 3

The situation can be said to be extremely tense, but there is also a sense of weirdness and subtlety.

Xibai didn't know why the ghost king suddenly came. He was just an ordinary mortal. Even if he had some strange ability to read minds, he wouldn't let the ghost king come.

Could it be that the news of his willingness to help ghosts spread in the underworld and inadvertently attracted the attention of the underworld?

I heard from Zhuang Suan that there are also many unjust, false and wrong cases in the underworld. Is it because of this that he needs to go down to distinguish between loyalty and treachery?

It's good to have a system, but Xibai doesn't want to die now!

Just as Xibai's brain was spinning rapidly, thinking about the reason for the ghost king's arrival and how to deal with it.

An old book emerged from the black mist out of thin air, looking a bit like an account book in a movie or TV series.

The pages of the book turned, Xi Bai looked carefully and found that it looked like the rice paper used for practicing calligraphy, and the content written on it was also written in very ancient traditional Chinese characters.

There were three complex ancient characters written on the cover of the book, and Xi Bai carefully identified them.

It seems to be... the Book of Life and Death?

"According to the Book of Life and Death..."

The voice of the Ghost King rang again, like a spell coming from everywhere.

"Your life span is over, follow me to the underworld."

Xi Bai's first reaction was to be stunned.

Zhuang Suan had already given him a vaccination. His horoscope was extremely yin, and his life span was not long, so he needed to accumulate virtue and do good deeds in exchange for more life span.

But he never thought that he had done so many good things over the years, but he could not live past the age of 20?

"Does the Book of Life and Death say that I can only live for twenty years?"

The shock and injustice in his heart made Xi Bai unable to help but ask this question.

What if he hadn't helped so many ghosts, would he have died long ago?

A strange silence filled the dark shadows.

Xi Bai was just a special mortal. He didn't know what was written in the Book of Life and Death. But in fact, the saying "life and death are determined by fate" is indeed true, but a person's actual lifespan is not determined by heaven and cannot be violated.

The Book of Life and Death records a person's lifespan, which is divided into two parts: "lifespan determined by heaven" and "lifespan determined by merit". The former is indeed the so-called "life and death are determined by fate", while the latter depends on the merits accumulated by the person when he was alive.

So he doesn't have to die now.

But it is true that his life span has come to an end.

Perhaps it was because of coincidence that Xibai's doubts became very sharp, and he saw that the voices of the ghost kings around him paused.

In this unexpected silence, Xibai heard some other sounds.

At first, there was a series of intermittent noises, but they gradually became clearer and clearer.

He subconsciously tilted his ear to listen, and after distinguishing the content of the sound, he suddenly raised his head and looked at the ghost king, his eyes full of questions.

"You just said that you were worried that I would see through something?"

Ghost King: ...

The black fog around him became restless, accompanied by the sound of wind and clouds.

Xibai heard the ghost king's voice again, "Wow, can he hear my heart? He won't know that he is not going to die yet, I lied to him, right?"

Surprised and deceived, Xibai forgot his fear and said directly, "You actually lied to me!"

Ghost King: ! !

With the three emotions of surprise, anger and fear, Xibai's ears moved and he keenly caught something. This time, his voice was obviously surprised.

"You, you still like me?!"

The dark wind swept up the black clouds from the ground, and the seemingly boundless dark space gradually crawled with broken mesh patterns.

The dream was completely shattered, and in front of Xibai's eyes, there was still the remnant of the black cloud and the half ear of the ghost king that was exposed when the dark wind swept away.

Although it was only an unintentional glance, the red blush on the ear remained in Xibai's mind.

In the dormitory, Xibai sat up suddenly.

He breathed heavily, looked down at his hand, and subconsciously touched his forehead.

The body temperature was still there. He

touched the pulse again.

It was very clear.

Xibai finally pinched himself, grimacing in pain, and then he was completely relieved and lay back on the pillow.

Fortunately, he was still alive.

His fingers touched something, Xibai fumbled for a while, and took the phone.

He thought of something and sat up again.

Clicking on the chat window of Zhuangsuan, Xibai's fingers slid a few times quickly.

Finding the blue WeChat account in the records, Xibai clicked, searched for friends, and sent invitations in one go.

Xibai did not hesitate at all. For the sake of his life safety and to prevent any strange ghost kings and ghost walls from appearing in his life,

he had to find a roommate as soon as possible.

As a result, just after the verification message was sent, Xibai saw a small red dot pop up on his WeChat.

[Gu: I have passed your friend verification, let's start chatting]

Xibai glanced at the time displayed on the top of the mobile phone screen.

4:44 in the evening.

?

Doesn't Gu Chi sleep?

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Because of the guess that the other party might have some special reason to get up at night like him, and in order not to look very rude to disturb the other party in the middle of the night, Xibai did not send the first message to Gu Chi until about 10 o'clock the next morning.

But he didn't know that the person on the other end of the screen had been sleeping until dawn.

From the emoticons, a fluffy smiling dog appeared. It moved its ears and grinned with its eyes curved. It looked very friendly.

Xi Bai decided to use this as the opening remark.

[White: [Smiling big dog] Good morning]

The corners of his lips, which had been tense for nearly six hours, relaxed for a moment at this moment.

Gu Chi looked at the emoticons on the screen, thinking: Xibai likes small animals?

[Gu: Good morning]

[White: Is it convenient today? I want to treat you to a meal]

Ghosts feed on Yin energy and do not need to maintain vital signs through food like humans do, especially the king of ghosts.

[Gu: I have two classes in the afternoon, in the evening? ]

[White: OK]

As the class was about to start, more and more people walked into the lecture hall, and Xu Xiao passed by with a basketball.

"Brother Chi, you are so happy, what are you laughing about?"

Gu Chi replied to Xibai's message and set a reminder before putting down his phone. Hearing Xu Xiao's words, he subconsciously pressed his cheeks with his fingers.

Am I laughing?

"Will you have lunch together at noon?" Xu Xiao asked casually, "With the brothers in the team."

Gu Chi is a transfer student, and he must be a little unfamiliar with the new class.

As a member of the college basketball team, although Gu Chi looks very aloof and often keeps to himself, Xu Xiao admires Gu Chi's basketball skills, so he took the initiative to invite him.

"Next time." Gu Chi added the [Big Dog Rolling] sent by Xi Bai to his emoticon list, replied with a [Big Dog Smiling], and put away his phone, "I won't eat at noon, I need to save my stomach."

Xu Xiao said "oh", retracted his gaze, looked at Gu Chi again, and retracted his gaze again.

"Am I laughing again?" Gu Chi noticed something else in his eyes.

Xu Xiao nodded.

Gu Chi pressed his cheeks again. Why did he become so fond of laughing?

The human body is really a bit strange.

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At 3:30 in the afternoon, Xi Bai went out with his bag on his back. According to his usual walking speed, he would be almost at the school gate when Gu Chi got out of class.

When going downstairs, I took a look at the sky. The weather was not very good. There were dark clouds covering the sky. It was only this time, but it was already half dark.

[White: Did you bring an umbrella? I think it's going to rain]

After all, he was inviting the other party to share the house, so Xi Bai naturally had to let Gu Chi feel the warmth of spring breeze between roommates in advance.

[White: My umbrella is big enough. If you don't bring one, I'll pick you up in the teaching building]

The ink color above the sky seemed to be darker, and Xi Bai hurried all the way to the teaching building.

He waited downstairs for a while, and walked in without waiting for a reply. He

opened WeChat again to ask where Gu Chi's classroom was, and then he realized that the two messages he had just sent were not sent at all.

The teaching building was shrouded in a dark cloud, and Xibai realized that the campus seemed to be particularly quiet today.

Not only that, Xibai glanced at the time on his mobile phone.

It was clearly time for the class to end.

But he didn't see a single person in the corridors on both sides.

The wind swept the clouds in the sky and bent the trees on the ground.

Without the sun, the light was particularly dim, and a sudden burst of resentful crying made Xibai feel cold behind him.

But soon, Xibai discovered that this battle did not seem to be directed at him.

There has long been a saying among the people that children have clear eyes and can easily see things that ordinary people cannot see.

Xibai has a special physique, so he often encounters ghosts and spirits.

It was estimated that he had just accidentally bumped into something, which caused him to be unable to get out again.

Following the faint sound, Xibai approached a classroom. A sharp scream rushed out from the unclosed back door, which made Xibai stop.

"Asshole, you ungrateful man! I will kill you!"

In the classroom, a female ghost with a broken neck and only a piece of flesh hanging behind her waist was chasing a male ghost and beating him crazily. Xibai saw that the black mist under the feet of the female ghost was mixed with scarlet, and the blood red flashing in her empty eyes showed that she was extremely angry and was about to turn into a fierce ghost.

The male ghost just dodged the whole time, shaking his head and waving his hands, as if he was denying something. When he opened his mouth, Xibai noticed that there was no tongue in the male ghost's mouth.

His ears moved again, and after Xibai heard the content of the tiny and weak voice, he ignored his fear of the ferocious female ghost and reached out to knock on the door.

Xibai had to help these two solve the problem quickly.

Gu Chi was still waiting for him to eat.

"That..."

Xibai gritted his teeth and looked at the female ghost who suddenly turned around and looked at him, with her head shaking.

"Let me explain for him, he is really not a treacherous man."

After Xibai's "mind reading", he finally learned the reason why the two ghosts quarreled.

These two ghosts were students of Beicheng University a hundred years ago. They were classmates and friends and often visited each other, but the female ghost was killed in an accident.

"He accidentally found out who harmed you, but the family behind him was involved in government and business, and was very powerful."

"In the process of collecting evidence during an investigation, he was discovered by the other party. Because he had evidence in his hand, the other party did not dare to take his life easily, but cut his tongue so that he could no longer speak, to warn him: If you want to save your life, talk less." After

the male ghost died, he wandered in this teaching building for many years, but he didn't expect that he would meet the female ghost who was also left behind after being killed and had a deep resentment.

The previous fate that was broken in the world of the living was actually resumed after death. It can only be said that the word fate is really unpredictable.

The quarrel today was because the female ghost had obtained the qualification to be reborn in the next life through her own means. She wanted the male ghost to hurry up and reincarnate, but unexpectedly the latter refused.

"I really don't understand, what are you stubborn about? Why don't you want to reincarnate? Do you know how many ghosts beg for it but can't?"

The male ghost just shook his head, and the meaning was very obvious: he didn't want to reincarnate.

The female ghost was so angry that she kept scratching him with her nails, and the male ghost hid all over the house.

Xi Bai suddenly said: "He didn't reincarnate because he wanted to spend more time with you."

The female ghost was stunned.

The male ghost seemed a little nervous and wanted to stop Xi Bai from talking.

But the female ghost asked first: "What do you mean?"

"He likes you." Xi Bai said concisely.

At this moment, the scarlet resentment in the female ghost was completely silenced.

"He, he..."

The two were classmates in the past, and they called each other brother and sister. The girl was impetuous and always regarded the boy as her brother.

For so many years, she never thought about their relationship in other ways. Even though Xi Bai just said that the male ghost wanted to "spend more time with her", she just thought that her brother was a little too indecisive.

But now that it was exposed, the female ghost's slightly rotten and twisted face actually revealed a bit of shyness that only little girls have.

The male ghost looked at Xi Bai. Although he didn't know why this young man could read what he was thinking, he had an intuition: Xi Bai could help both of them!

The female ghost has been unable to reincarnate because of the deep resentment she felt for being harmed by people. It's like a person's mentality is stuck in a dead end. She only wants to wander the world and find the evil person who harmed her to take revenge.

But at this time, her mind is obviously much clearer. Looking at Xi Bai, she asked about her current age.

Xi Bai answered.

"It's been so long... So, is the person who harmed me dead?"

Xi Bai nodded.

The time when this girl asked was a hundred years ago. There was war in that era, and the average life expectancy of the population was not as high as it is now.

"Dead, dead..."

The female ghost murmured, a little absent-minded, and glanced at her reflection in the window glass. The horrible death awakened the memory of the time when she was killed, and the resentment in her body visibly surged again.

The building of the teaching building was shaking with the surging anger, accompanied by the sharp screams of the female ghost.

"Dead, all dead... Then what am I... Who can I seek revenge on..."

Seeing that the female ghost's mentality was on the verge of distortion again, Xi Bai quickly spoke with sweat on his forehead.

"Don't worry, the judge of the underworld will give you justice."

The shaking of the building stopped at this moment.

"The underworld will give me justice?" The bright red ghost eyes trembled slightly, looking at Xi Bai, with hesitation in her tone, "Really..."

"Yes, a while ago, a ghost was killed by her ex-boyfriend. When the dead came, he said that the murderer had not yet passed away, so he immediately asked the ghost to interrogate her."

Xi Bai said, taking out the rice paper and cinnabar ink he brought with him.

"I'll write the complaint for you."

There has always been a legend in the teaching building of North City University. It is said that if a student loses something, he only needs to go to the rooftop of the teaching building and tell the time and place where his things were lost, and then pray to the "building god" to get his lost items back.

But Xibai now thinks that it must be these two ghosts who are helping.

So he added this matter to the complaint.

"Are you ready? The Black and White Impermanence will come to take you away soon. After they see the things on the complaint, they will not embarrass you." Xibai's familiar look made the two ghosts feel more at ease.

They were very grateful and wanted to step forward to hold Xibai's hand to thank him.

However, after taking two steps forward, Xibai, whose fear of ghosts had already reached the threshold, could no longer hold on and turned around and ran away like a fly.

Before running, he left a sentence in the wind.

"Don't expose me!"

The two ghosts looked at each other.

The petition paper burned into ashes, emitting a faint smell of paper ink mixed with spices, which filled the classroom.

The two ghosts held hands, waiting for the arrival of the Yinchai with expectation and some nervousness.

However, as the black mist swept, they looked at the figure walking out of the mist and felt that something was wrong.

Before they could figure it out, a terrifying pressure from the soul came over them, and they fell to the ground.

Could this be the pressure of the Yinchai?

Just as the two ghosts were frightened, two smaller groups of black mist rolled up from the corner, and two figures, one black and one white, who were more familiar to humans, slowly walked out.

But the two ghosts did not feel any extra pressure.

They looked at each other.

If these two are the Black and White Impermanence...

then, who is the other one?

At this moment, a voice came from the mist in the corner.

"Who summoned..."

Black Impermanence paused before he finished speaking. After feeling the familiar fear of the soul, his slow tone became tense and rapid at this moment. White Impermanence,

who reacted faster than him, directly dragged his colleague and knelt on the ground.

When he spoke again, even his voice trembled.

"Your subordinate, I pay my respects to the Lord Ghost King!"

Among the Impermanence, Black Impermanence is more casual, and White Impermanence is more cold and taciturn, but at this moment, their reactions are exactly the same: kneeling on the ground with their heads down, not daring to breathe.

Gu Chi ignored the two subordinates who were prostrating themselves and the two ghosts beside him. He lowered his eyes and looked around again.

His nose moved slightly, and he took a deep breath of the air in the room, confirming his inner thoughts again.

It smelled good.

He smelled Xi Bai's scent.