Chapter 82 School Starts 07
After a long silence, Jiang Yuelu finally spoke: "You mean, Ghost King Xia Yi issued a rare bounty order, and he wants to...hunt me down?"
Tong Mian sighed, "No, no, it's not rare, it's unique."
"He rarely shows up, never cares about the affairs of Ghost City, and doesn't care about the changes in the positions of the city masters. To him, it seems that anyone can work for him. If he has this attitude towards his subordinates, let alone outsiders."
It is said that the Ghost King has no fixed place to live, but just sleeps for many years in the deepest part of darkness and chaos.
Ghosts have a saying, "death in the sky." Their understanding of the sky is different from that of humans, because hell is a place hanging upside down, so the sky is actually the abyss in the eyes of humans. He is in that deep and stagnant abyss, he is underground.
Even when he was asleep, he could sense everything in the ghost city, just like God to everyone.
Knowing that there is always a pair of closed eyes watching above their heads, the screams and enjoyment in the ghost city will occasionally stop for a moment, and the ghosts' scarlet eyes will look up into the sky cautiously.
However, there is always silence there. Silence is approval, acquiescence, and safety, so the screams and noise will start again.
"For the ghosts, hearing the Ghost King's voice might be abnormal. They are used to indulging themselves in the dead silence at high altitude. Even those few Lords are the same."
Tong Mian couldn't help but look at Jiang Yuelu, his expression was a little hard to read, "But on that day, all the ghosts will have to raise their heads and accept the fact that their ghost king has awakened... At the same time, they will stare at the legendary black bounty order."
…
In the foggy city, pedestrians were walking on the streets with tired looks. The whole city seemed to have been drained of its vitality, and people's eyes were filled with emptiness.
A young boy was lying on a lounge chair in Central Park. The newspaper covering his face was blown away by the wind, and he received a black letter from afar in his hand.
"Ugh... this is so troublesome. I just want to lie down here and sleep..."
"By the way, since it's sent to everyone... my brother should receive it too."
…
In the field shrouded in darkness, a faint light appears.
The armored warrior wiped off the blood on half of his face, took down the letter in the air, and read out the contents in a rough voice, "...Jiang Yue...Lu?"
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On the shabby stage, the sound of singing stopped. The man playing the clown stroked the bounty that fell from the sky, and suddenly laughed out loud as if he had lost control.
“Great, great!”
"You saw my boredom, didn't you? That's why you brought me such supreme joy. When he comes... The spring in Tongque is deep and green, and the ill-fated person - ah..."
…
A young voice rang out from the huge ship floating in the windless and still ocean, "Hmm?"
Next to his hand hung an unopened black bounty order, with red and golden light flowing in the background, like a huge blood-red black pupil. Being watched by this "eye", even the laughter behind him retreated cautiously.
"Is that adult finally willing to wake up?"
"I am so happy that he is back, because happiness in this world should be shared, not to mention that we are a family."
As if dissatisfied with his frivolous tone, the black bounty caused a circle of green fire ripples to vibrate around it. He groaned and couldn't help but cover his aching heart, "Just talking, just talking... Lord Ghost King still can't take a joke as usual, cough cough..."
The pain intensified, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his tone was no longer frivolous.
"I understand. I'll get to work now..."
"Jiang Yuelu...?"
"What a nice name, it is a name that can only be chosen with love from parents. But once he comes on my boat, he will become a deer in a cage, no matter how many skills he has, he can't fly away..."
As he laughed, the boat became full of light and the laughter that had previously retreated sounded again, and this place became the happiest country again.
…
"The bounty can locate your location. Think carefully, did you have any close contact with him in the previous examination room?"
Tong Mian's expression was very serious, and Jiang Yuelu also thought seriously, "We weren't particularly intimate, we just slept in the same room."
Tong Mian: “…”
You do the second one.
He tried his best to swallow his curse, wiped the sweat off his face and said, "One room is not bad—"
Leng Wenhan, who hadn’t spoken for a long time, said, “Shugao Girls’ High School.”
Jiang Yuelu let out a cry, understanding what he meant, "We slept together in Iron Town. But when the tree was tall, he..." The scene of them taking the test together, shoulders pressed against shoulders, back pressed against back, flashed before her eyes, and Jiang Yuelu couldn't help but lower her voice, "...we did have some intimate contact."
Tong Mian: “…” Do you think I can’t see that you are feeling guilty?
He turned to Leng Wenhan angrily, "And you, why are you so diligent in disguise that even your voice is a man's!" Who knew that he was so shocked to hear a male voice coming out of Leng Wenhan's mouth just now. It was really scary that the cute girl who was usually taciturn suddenly became like this, okay?
He panted and calmed down, "Forget it, forget it, there's no point in saying more. From what I heard from my uncle and Vice Dean Leng yesterday, I'm afraid they also think that you've been targeted by the Ghost King."
“But they see this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
Jiang Yuelu: "Good opportunity?"
"This is also a good start for the first two exams." Tong Mian said helplessly: "In the first two exams, we only took the two lowest city masters with us, and we discovered many secrets of the ghost city. What if it is a bounty order? That is issued by the Ghost King himself, so other city masters will have to take action."
Jiang Yuelu noticed it, "What did they find out from Qin Xue and Ji Hongcha this time?"
"I don't know the details. My family never let me enter the examination room. But I heard from my uncle that this time they sent a teacher who is very experienced in traceology and can find out some of the past from the bodies of the dead."
"You probably don't know yet, but the examination room of Shugao Girls' High School has been sealed off. I heard that it was affected by the death of two evil spirits."
Completely corroded and unusable... these are the words he heard.
My uncle also mentioned words like "tree", but at that time his attention was only on the news about Ji Hongcha and Qin Xue.
"Although those two evil ghosts have been on the run for ten years, they are very powerful and have left behind many fresh memories of the Ghost City. We can also get a glimpse of the traces of several other city masters."
Jiang Yuelu perked up, "Did you see their faces?"
"no."
"Do you know where they are?"
"That's not the case."
Tong Mian thought to himself, these secrets are not as easy to obtain as you think. "Don't ask outsiders about this kind of thing, it's too unprofessional. These old ghosts have experienced hundreds of battles and have strange minds. It's possible that they change their appearances 10,000 times in 100 days. It's not easy for us to get any information this time."
"Also, because Ji Hongcha and the other two are not well-received, their social circle in the ghost world has not expanded. We can only piece together the current appearance of the Twelve Chaotic Ghost Witches from some marginal information."
It is said that among these twelve ghosts, the turnover of people in the two lowest positions is slightly faster, so it is difficult to define them.
The structure above this has remained unchanged for about a hundred years. It is divided into two echelons. If the two lowest positions are regarded as the base, then the second echelon above the base has a clear classification and characterization. The ghosts in the ghost city jokingly call these four big ghosts the "happy, angry, sad, and happy" ghosts.
The reason for this name is, firstly, because the obsessions of the four ghosts are different, secondly, because of their different styles of doing things and the atmosphere of the ghost city, and thirdly, it is just an uncertain guess. It is said to be related to the wishes or abilities of the four ghosts.
Jiang Yuelu listened for a long time and said, "After all this talk, I still don't know where they are."
Tong Mian smiled and said, "You hit the nail on the head. Don't worry, you can't find the ghost city, but the city masters are coming soon after smelling the scent. My uncle said that they have most likely received the bounty order, and they should be able to capture you in less than half a day."
"These four ghosts are not like the newcomers Ji Hongcha and Qin Xue. They are not vegetarians. They have their own territories. Each ghost has stood for a hundred years. You will have a chance to go and see them soon."
Leng Wenhan gave him a cold look. He really didn't like this kind of statement that would boost other people's morale but destroy his own prestige.
Tong Mian shrugged and said disapprovingly: "Don't look at me like that, I am in the same group with you. Can't you see that I am sitting here now? Besides, there is something I want to ask you for help with."
He was looking at Jiang Yuelu, who was alert: "What help?"
Tong Mian smiled playfully, "Next time you go to the examination room, remember to bring me with you, okay? Please. I will definitely not hold you back."
Jiang Yuelu: "Don't show your loyalty here. It's not up to Wen Han and I to decide what to do. Go ask your uncle."
Tong Mian cried, "Speaking of this, my uncle is going to question you, you must not say that I was the one who informed on you. Also, you must not mention taking me into the examination room, never, ever!"
“…”
When did he agree to take him into the examination room?
"But. Why do you continue to call the exam room?"
Tong Mian pouted, "It's still those ghosts. It's not enough to issue a bounty order. They said that for the sake of fairness, they should regard this bounty arrest as a test for the ghosts to the wizards. My uncle has a mild temper and didn't think it was a big deal. But Vice Dean Leng has a hard temper. He said..."
——Shame on us! Shame on us! If our ancestors were here, they would be ashamed of us!
"The ghosts suggested this because they have been fed up with the academy's examination room for a long time."
It's not difficult to understand.
The examination hall is a place where wizards train to catch ghosts, and ghosts definitely don't like it. Once they get a chance, they will fight back, creating a place where evil ghosts compete to catch wizards... It fits their vengeful nature.
But this is exactly what Jiang Yuelu wants.
After hearing from Dean Kong that Xiao Fei and the others were most likely behind the Ghost City, he simply wanted to fly to the Ghost City, waving a red flag and challenging the big ghosts, saying, "Come and catch me, come and catch me!"
Just in time with the academy's next plan, several deans decided to use this bounty order to counter-punish the ghost capital, changing the situation of wizards being weak and ghosts being strong for many years. However, could the wizard who defected from the academy mentioned by Dean Kong be one of the four ghosts of "joy, anger, sorrow and happiness"?
Jiang Yuelu asked Tong Mian, but he said he didn't know.
Not only that, he didn't even know what the first echelon was. He once again realized how little the academy knew about Ghost City, and also understood why they had such a tight grip on him.
He is the key that can open the gates of hell.
After seeing off Tong Mian and Leng Wenhan, Jiang Yuelu went to see Vice Dean Tong again the next day. What he told him was similar to what his nephew said. When he mentioned that the academy would use him as bait to enter the Ghost City, he had expected it, so he was not surprised or angry.
Vice President Tong spoke in an extremely compassionate and tolerant manner, and also mentioned that if he didn't want to, he could refuse.
This time he was really surprised.
"Is this what the academy meant?"
"That's what I mean." The man in the wheelchair smiled elegantly, "Perhaps you can regard it as a suggestion from a friend."
Jiang Yuelu thought, if only Dean Kong could speak half as well as Vice Dean Tong. Why isn't he the dean of the college?
"But I decided to go. It was my own decision."
Vice President Tong nodded and said, "I respect your decision."
If you agree to do it, you must be responsible. This time the examination room is different from other places. Without the experience of predecessors, he and his partners need to explore on their own, and they don't know what the rules of [Ghost] will be. For this reason, they made a lot of preparations.
Tong Mian and Leng Wenhan were fine, but Jiang Yuelu, in addition to catching up on her professional knowledge, also had to keep a close eye on the surroundings to see if there were any black objects.
Everything has to wait until the bounty comes to you.
The first day of calm passed.
…The second day passed.
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Just when Jiang Yuelu and others thought that it would not show up in the short term. One ordinary night, he was drying his hair after taking a shower in the dormitory when he suddenly saw that the light switch on the wall turned black.
Because it was a subtle change, he didn't notice it at first. He realized it only when he pressed it and it felt wrong.
Here we come!
The surroundings sank into darkness, and the square, airtight cage turned upside down.
His heartbeat suddenly jumped with ecstasy, and he observed his surroundings calmly. There was nothing but silence, and after an unknown amount of time, wisps of green and red fire finally flickered before his eyes.
The flames twisted together, forming disordered patterns, like huge waves rising in the middle of a vast ocean. Just as his eyes stopped on a floating monster behind the waves, the green flames faded and then disappeared.
The next moment, the green fire after the ebb tide rushed into view again.
Forming two lines of weeping blood red words.
【Welcome to】
[The happiest tail boat]
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