Chapter 81 School Starts 06
During the years that Tong Mian studied in the valley, he made up his mind early on to join the greatest god and follow him to eliminate all evildoers and resentful ghosts.
Back then, he was still a fragile wizard whose hands would easily get frostbite in autumn and winter.
And because of his family lineage, his frostbite not only occurs on his hands, but the purple-blue wounds also extend from his right hand to his arms.
The inspirational young man who dragged his frozen purple arm and insisted on copying his homework moved the teacher. The teacher, who had one arm in a sling and his right leg in a cast, wiped away tears and choked up, saying: "Everyone, take a look at Tong Mian. His character is worthy of the precepts passed down from generation to generation in our clan."
“My body is broken, fragile, and vulnerable.
“Since I was born, I have been tortured by illness and threatened by death. My body has not brought me any convenience. My blood has become a corrosive poison and my bones have become thorns of bondage.
"Death whispers in my ears all night long. The dead city surrounded by thorns and vines is my destination. I will be trapped in the cage where the gods have placed high hopes."
The sound of reciting precepts was heard in the classroom. This long confession was said to be the last words left by the earliest generation of witch doctors, who was also a wizard with a strong body but a weak mind.
"But - the spiked cage cannot hold the sleeping wind in the valley."
"One day, I will remove the spikes that bind my bones, cut open the cage, and break through the sky..."
The sound of chanting layer after layer rang out behind Tong Mian, but he did not stop. He just touched the tip of his nose embarrassedly at first, and then continued to write.
[Great witch doctor god, will you allow me to believe in other gods when I grow up? ]
[I made this request not because I despise my fragile body, but because I had a dream last night. In the dream, I received a divine instruction. It is said that in the academy, only the supreme and only ancient god can freely travel in the dreams of wizards. Even you have to obey His orders, right? ]
【So I think you will definitely grant my request. 】
[In my dream, I heard the gods whispering to me, saying that I will have infinite possibilities in the future... I will meet the gods from heaven one day and willingly become their followers... For this reason, I want to seriously reconsider my faith. ]
[To be bold, I yearn for the power of the gods that swallow the sea and stir up the clouds more than the wizards who save the dying. That kind of grace is still beautiful and moving after falling for nine days. Following Him, maybe I can save the world? Just imagining it makes me excited. I can't wait. I desperately want to hear His whispers in my dreams, even if I am drunk forever...]
After writing these outrageous sentences, he did not suffer any punishment from heaven.
The teachers were right, the god of our tribe was in charge of curing illnesses and saving lives, and he was indeed very gentle... Tong Mian was secretly delighted, and changed the tone of his writing, simply confessing his passionate feelings directly to the future god.
I can’t wait to grow up!
[I want to worship under your statue and become a loyal servant. No matter what ability you give me, I will regard it as the highest reward, because I know your great ability and great ideals. You will be the most powerful god since the establishment of the academy...]
Time switched to today. Tong Mian stared blankly at the "shrine" which looked like an ordinary one-bedroom apartment. In his hand was the divine talisman given by "Lord God of Examination".
His dream really came true.
One day in the future, he really became a servant of a certain god from heaven, but...
"Incredible skills." He stared blankly at Jiang Yuelu who was being scratched on the face by the cat.
"A great ideal." He walked around the living room like a sleepwalker.
Tong Mian murmured: "The most powerful god..."
Jiang Yuelu said, "I feel embarrassed when you say that to me."
“What are you sorry for—!” Tong Mian suddenly shouted, and tightly closed his eyes like a young man with shattered dreams, “You have no ability, no ideal, nothing. How can someone like you be the greatest god—!”
The cold blade was suddenly brought to his lips, sealing his next words.
The silent white-haired boy stood in front of Jiang Yuelu and looked at her coldly. His stern eyes made Tong Mian swallow his saliva, "Hey, Leng Wenhan, you participated in a dungeon, how come you like to dress up?"
Tong Mian curled her lips, "Your personality hasn't changed, has it? You weren't so caring before."
Wait, why did he feel that Leng Wenhan was a little strange today? Tong Mian reflected on himself deeply. As a typical straight man who usually liked to watch the female college entrance examination, his interaction with Leng Wenhan today was too natural - natural is abnormal! Even if Leng Wenhan likes to act cool and wear men's clothes, it can't change the fact that she is a girl. How can he walk with her all the way with a good brother attitude!
Tong Mian came to his senses at this moment, and carefully looked up and down at the cold Luo Yin Guan. The aura emanating from this man was too familiar. His three years of experience at Xia Sangu Boys' School would definitely not lie...
“Could it be…” Tong Mian suddenly woke up, shaking his head like a rattle, “No, it’s impossible, just kill me!”
Jiang Yuelu probably guessed what he was suffering from, but he had already promised to keep it a secret, so he took the initiative to change the subject, "You said you had something important to talk to me about?"
Tong Mian put down the thing that was scratching his head, "...Yes. A big deal."
When talking about business, his rationality returned, and the pain on his face mostly disappeared. He stopped worrying about whether Leng Wenhan was a man or a woman, and sat down on the carpet. "Yesterday, when you were still asleep, I heard my uncle talking to Vice Dean Leng and mentioned your name."
"But later on, I realized they were talking about the Twelve Ghost Capitals."
It's not difficult to understand.
The appearance of Ji Hongcha and Qin Xue has torn open a corner of the mysterious ghost city. Now that this beginning has been made, more information can be pulled out along the narrow gap, root and soil.
"We all know that there are twelve ghost cities. They are different from the underworld, which is a more complex concept. There are lonely ghosts in this world who are not accepted by the underworld. The ghost city is the product of the fighting between these ghosts. Because only evil ghosts whose strength is recognized can establish their own territory and become the master of the city."
"But we have no idea where the twelve ghosts are or what they look like. It was only by chance that we caught up with the internal fighting among the ghosts that we were able to learn some information."
"If we regard this huge system of twelve ghosts as a company, it is easy to understand. Ji Hongcha and Qin Xue, the two newcomers, are not as good as the founding elders. They don't have their own territory. Didn't you notice? Where did they go after escaping from the ghost capital?"
"Examination hall! Our wizard academy!"
"Although they have been in Iron Town for ten years, their final destination is actually their hometown when they were alive." Jiang Yuelu thought thoughtfully, "Do other city lords also have so-called hometowns?"
"It's possible. But no one knows."
Tong Mian paused and looked at the two people opposite him. Jiang Yuelu listened very carefully, took out a notebook and wrote something down from time to time, while Leng Wenhan sat beside him and looked at his toes quietly - this "one-bedroom apartment" was small but fully equipped, and Jiang Yuelu even prepared different slippers for the two visitors.
The rabbit ears on Leng Wenhan's feet kept swinging back and forth, reflected in his white eyes like two maple leaves swaying on an ice field.
Tong Mian hesitated for a moment, then asked carefully, "Have you heard of the bounty?"
The bounty order was not a strange word, Jiang Yuelu had heard it in the past world. But whether it was real life or fantasy, bounties were only issued to fugitives who had committed many crimes. Since Tong Mian mentioned it here, it should be related to the academy, and Jiang Yuelu could probably guess it.
"The academy sent a bounty on the ghost?"
A bounty is nothing more than a warrant issued by one party to another, from the rule maker to the rule violator. From this perspective, it makes perfect sense for a wizard to put ghosts on the wanted list and offer a bounty.
Tong Mian nodded, then shook his head, "This is just one kind. I used to think there was only this one. But that day when I overheard the conversation between my uncle and the others in the ward, I learned that there is another kind of bounty in the distant ghost city."
"Unlike humans, ghosts are evil spirits with brutal and evil natures. You also saw the lives of Qin Xue and Ji Hongcha before they died. How should I put it? They had their faults, but they never hurt anyone. It was only after they turned into ghosts that they started to wreak havoc and committed so many evil things..."
Tong Mian realized that he was talking to Jiang Yuelu, who had fought with Ji Hongcha, and in a sense, Jiang Yuelu's fragile body was also caused by Ji Hongcha. He looked at Jiang Yuelu's body with sympathy. No one understood better than him what it meant to lose a healthy body.
He hurriedly explained: "I am not saying this to excuse them, I just want to point out that ghosts cannot be treated as human beings."
Jiang Yuelu nodded, "Yeah. I understand."
"Although in our wizarding world, there is a saying that life does not end after death... after death, people become ghosts, and the ghosts disappear again, and a person's life journey ends. But I think that people and ghosts are like the positive and negative poles on the coordinate axis. Although they are on the same line, there is a fundamental difference between positive and negative."
"What is the source of the evil of evil spirits? Aren't humans evil? But when a person is alive, the soul and the spirit are one, and they are bound by rationality, good thoughts, bottom line, and the outside world. After death, the soul leaves the body, but the spirit remains. There is no order and rules in the world after death, so evil thoughts and hostility spread endlessly..."
"Ah, I've said too much!" Tong Mian hurriedly brought the topic back to the topic, "What were you talking about just now? Oh, ghosts can't be treated as humans, because ghosts sometimes think differently from humans."
"What kind of difference?"
"Take this bounty for example!"
"Normal people would think they are doomed and run away when they hear a bounty, right? But ghosts are different. They think a bounty is a recognition of their evil deeds. Some ghosts even start a competition to get the most bounties on wizards. They go around everywhere like a carnival, stealing money and killing people, doing all kinds of evil things, until the local wizard family is alarmed and they issue a warning ultimatum to them... Instead, they will stand up triumphantly, staring with their eyes as big as copper bells and laughing."
"And they will also initiate duels and competitions among themselves. When one evil ghost issues a bounty to another evil ghost, it means they have issued a declaration of war. The evil ghosts are proud to have the most bounties."
Jiang Yuelu seemed to see cold white bones piled up in pools of blood. They feed on hatred and anger, and hate the sun and rain as much as they hate weak tears. In their eyes, the wanted criminals that humans avoid are the supreme medals of honor, and they will fight desperately in the blood pool with red eyes for this.
A pair of red eyes faintly appeared in the gray fog.
Xia Yi...did he also fight his way to the throne of Ghost King in this way?
He was thinking so in his mind and asked without paying attention. Tong Mian heard him calling the Ghost King's name naturally and felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what exactly was wrong.
"You are talking about him... the Lord Ghost King."
Tong Mian sighed and said, "It is said that the adult does not have a human form. He was born as an evil ghost."
Jiang Yuelu listened quietly.
"But some news from the Ghost Capital mentioned that this Lord Ghost King had a close friend who became his enemy when he was wandering in the world."
Finally coming to the main point of today, Tong Mian couldn't help but lower his voice, "Also, that friend of a close friend is called Jiang Yuelu."
After he finished speaking, he stared closely at the face of the person opposite him, but Jiang Yuelu did not show any expression of shock or horror. He said lightly, "I thought so."
ah……?
Tong Mian was dumbfounded. He had been thinking about how shocked Jiang Yuelu would be when he heard the news, but he didn't expect this person to just say "I said so". Are you pretending?!
Jiang Yuelu seemed to have figured something out, and said in a sudden and enlightened tone: "No wonder he said my name is very similar to that of an old friend."
“So you know everything.” Tong Mian waved his hands in frustration, “Then it seems that I came here for nothing today. Uh… No, wait a minute.”
Tong Mian stopped as if he had stepped on the brakes, and the atmosphere became weird because of his expression. Even Leng Wenhan, who had lowered his head, raised his head.
"The bounty orders are divided into five colors: gray, white, yellow, red, and blue, according to the names of the ghosts. It is said that few people in Ghost City have seen red bounty orders, and as for the blue color that symbolizes the strength of the Lord of Ghost City, there is no trace of it at all."
"But no one knows that above the blue, there is a bounty order. Not only does it burn with blue splashing fire, but it is also the same Yama black color as the Ghost Seal, because it is held by the Ghost King."
Tong Mian's faint voice was heard in the eerie atmosphere.
"Gui Bu sent out a bounty a few days ago, and your name is written on it - Jiang Yuelu."
The final word was spoken in the air.
"That bounty is black."
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