Chapter 91: Tail Ship 09
The ghost skeleton roared: "They are going to run!"
Needless to say, the ghost eyes saw it, and their eyes shone with bright light. They all rushed out of the platform, filling the entire pavilion in an instant. Guiliu Residence was filled with smoke and heat, as if a large fire had occurred.
"Where is it, let me see, let me see!"
"Don't push me!"
“Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, is this the distinguished guest of honor?!”
It's not clear how much these ghosts want to uphold the rules of the ghost market. The justice in their nature had already burned out when their bodies turned to ashes, and the bad roots suppressed by human skin and morality were all revealed after death.
They didn't want to win back the tears for the ship owner, but wanted to see both sides kill each other. The more miserable and cruel the death, the happier they would be.
However, these ghosts who like to watch the fun and make trouble would launch small attacks to harass Jiang Yuelu and others from time to time, which was already making them miserable, not to mention that a group of distorted skulls were chasing after them.
Tong Mian yelled: "Do you still remember how to walk?!"
The surroundings were filled with black fog, and it was no longer as brightly lit as when they first came in. Moreover, it was even more difficult to find a clear path out of the disadvantageous environment of being besieged from both sides.
Even after asking this, Tong Mian didn't hold out much hope.
"Hold……"
He wiped his nose, leaving a wet blood mark on his palm, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"It's really hopeless. He failed at this critical moment..."
First the nosebleed, then the fracture, this fragile body always behaves like this. Leng Wenhan and Jiang Yuelu are good seedlings that can thrive in the wild, but he is a fragile seed of disaster, unable to survive without the greenhouse provided by the family.
"But I don't miss that greenhouse at all..." Tong Mian gritted his teeth and covered his nose tightly.
No matter how comfortable or beautiful it was, it was a place that trapped him and made it impossible for him to move... It was a prison!
"Hold on a little longer."
Jiang Yuelu brought good news from the front. His voice sounded breathless in the strong wind. "There is light ahead. We should be able to get out."
Tong Mian was refreshed, but he was too far away from the light. Ten steps taken by a normal person were as difficult for him as a hundred steps.
After panting for a long time, he finally made up his mind, "You guys go first!"
Jiang Yuelu turned around in astonishment, "What?"
"I said you go first!" Tong Mian dragged his feet and continued to run, pointing behind him, "Don't you see what's going on behind you?"
"I can see it."
The skulls, which had grown several times larger, were as tall as a ten-story building. They rode on the black smoke and took one step to equal ten steps. Before long, this group of underworld pursuers would completely catch up with them.
"Ku ...
Sharp laughter and a foul, rotten smell rushed over, "Bring them back, bring them all back!"
"Brother, what are we having for dinner today?"
"Have a big meal! Three meals and a soup, cluck, cluck!"
"What's in the dish, what's in the soup?"
"There are six eyeballs, six pieces of scalp, and six ears in the dish. There are six bones stewed in the soup!"
Sticky saliva flowed from the skeleton's mouth, and it was salivating as it imagined the next delicious meal. It kept making loud slurping sounds, like the sound of terrifying thunder.
Tong Mian’s ears were hurt by the buzzing. “Let’s go. I’ll meet up with you guys later!”
A cold snort came into his ears, and Jiang Yuelu said, "How old are you and you're still playing the role of sacrifice? Shut up, it's not time for you to be a hero yet."
Tong Mian: “…”
Jiang Yuelu: "Wenhan, take him away."
Leng Wenhan hummed, and Tong Mian witnessed for the first time the strength of the new generation of Luoyin officials. The scene in front of him changed completely, and the next second he was carried on his shoulders.
He felt like his hot tears were about to burst out, "You...you...wu..."
Jiang Yuelu said mercilessly: "Don't be too touched. I'm not keeping you here because I don't want to, but because you are simply useless."
Tong Mian’s tears suddenly stopped: “…Huh?”
"Don't you see how many skeletons are chasing us? I can just pick one to bite you. The others will still come after me and Wenhan, right? I think I'm showing you respect by picking one up..."
Tong Mian said angrily: "Jiang Yuelu, can't you just shut up——"
There was silence for a while.
Leng Wenhan: "I knocked him out. Was that wrong?"
"That's right." Jiang Yuelu turned around, looking serious, "We have to think of a solution..."
Just as my brain was working rapidly, a young man's voice suddenly came from the front, "You three, come over here. There is a way out here."
The man's voice was very indifferent, but his words were as beautiful as the sound of nature.
Jiang Yuelu looked up and said, "...is it you?"
The young man, half of his figure hidden in the darkness, was the last person to follow the ship owner's family when the banquet began. As he got closer, the sadness and weariness on his body became even thicker.
If other ghosts are made of resentment and obsession, then he is made of self-blame and shame.
He didn't even look at Jiang Yuelu and the others. He just stood there and pointed in a random direction. "Just keep walking along this road and you'll get out. Don't look back at anything you see or hear on the way."
Leng Wenhan looked at him, as if asking whether he should listen to this stranger who suddenly appeared.
"Guest, guest, where are you?"
"I'll count to three, will you please come out?"
The thick fog sometimes gathered and sometimes dispersed, and the smell of blood was getting closer and closer. They couldn't see themselves now, but they might not be able to see them later.
Jiang Yuelu quickly calculated in his mind: which way to get out? None of the three of them had any idea, so in that case, they might as well trust him first.
He made a prompt decision: "Let's go!"
Leng Wenhan followed behind, and he was speeding ahead. For fear of revealing their identities, they could not use witchcraft, so they could only rely on their physical strength to move forward at full speed, without even having time to take out a fire to light the way ahead.
I don’t know how long I ran, but the black fog gradually dissipated and a deep alley appeared before my eyes.
"Drip, tap..." The sound of dripping water came from behind.
Leng Wenhan was about to turn around, but Jiang Yuelu held his shoulder and whispered, "He said you can't turn back." This strange instruction, coupled with the strange environment at the moment, felt like being in the underworld, deeply eerie.
Leng Wenhan: "You can't turn back on the road to the underworld. Otherwise, you will be haunted by evil spirits, and gradually replaced by them, and then you will die and he will live."
Jiang Yuelu thought for a moment and said, "Since the skull didn't catch up, it means that this path is correct for now... Let's continue."
He looked up at this long and deep cave embedded in the ground of Guiliu Residence. The outer surface was made of wooden boards, most of which had rotted and turned black.
They didn't run very far and should still be within the range of happiness.
If Xingfuli was considered the deck of the stern ship, then they were currently in the cabin of the ship... Could this be a corridor connecting the various cabins?
He raised his head to Leng Wenhan and said, "You go first."
This rotten wood corridor was built very narrow, as if the builders were particularly careful with the wood, so only one person could pass through. Leng Wenhan was so thin that it was very difficult for him to pass through with Tong Mian on his back.
Seeing the two people finally enter successfully, Jiang Yuelu was about to follow closely behind when he suddenly felt something was wrong.
…It’s too quiet.
Even though it was underground, there was still some sound. Besides, there was the faint sound of the floor shaking from the pursuit. But now there was nothing. The sound of dripping water was gone. He seemed to be in an absolute vacuum.
During the brief time that he and Leng Wenhan were talking, what changes had taken place in the rear?
Jiang Yuelu tried her best to resist the urge to turn back. She placed one hand on the entrance, her whole body tensed, ready to jump forward and run at any time.
However, as soon as his hand touched the wooden board at the entrance, it was like stepping into a dark pool of water. Circles of black dust spread out like ripples. He let out a low cry and was about to quickly withdraw his hand when he suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck.
Someone was touching his neck.
It was not like the hands of a doctor treating a patient, nor like the caress between lovers. It was more like a predator using his bones to judge and measure whether he was worth being eaten.
Touching his bones bit by bit, bit by bit...
Then I touched the hair along the bones...
Jiang Yuelu took a deep breath and was about to jump forward with all his strength, but his skin behind his invisible neck suddenly glowed, as if a part of his body had turned into a branding iron. His cold hand shrank back due to the burning, and he trembled and screamed, "Uh ah ah ah ah..."
The distorted cry stirred up the wind underground, and Jiang Yuelu took the opportunity to jump onto the corridor and ran quickly to Leng Wenhan.
He urged, “Go!”
There was no response from the other party.
Jiang Yuelu then realized that something was wrong with him, "...Wen Han?"
Leng Wenhan said nothing, opened his dim white eyes, and looked in the direction he came from. Luo Yinguan saw that Youming's ability was passively activated, and even if he didn't want to see, those things would run into his sight.
Jiang Yuelu didn't know what he saw. He only knew that Leng Wenhan was in a very bad situation. He had a blank expression on his face, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat. No matter where his eyes were looking, it must be a very unpleasant place.
We have to get him out as soon as possible.
Jiang Yuelu tried to shake him, "Wen Han?"
"Don't touch him."
The sound came from the other end, along with the smell of wood that was about to rot. A figure stood at the end where they were about to go, with the upper body hidden in the darkness, but a pair of boots could be clearly seen.
Jiang Yuelu noticed that they were a pair of very old men's boots. No one in Xingfu wore such cheap and worn-out shoes.
"In Happiness. The surface looks bright and beautiful, and everyone is pursuing happiness. What a beautiful place. Who would have thought that such ugly desires would appear underground."
As he spoke, he walked out.
He glanced at Jiang Yuelu and said, "Newcomers from outside the area, you have caused quite a bit of trouble in Guiliuju. I heard everything in Hopeless."
Hopelessly? Another new name.
Only after getting closer did Jiang Yuelu see his entire body clearly.
He was a man with a good figure and strong muscles, but he was wearing a vest covered with pink hearts. His hair was like the scorching sun in the clear sky, shining with golden luster, but it seemed as if it had been struck by lightning, and it was piercing towards the sky. He also had a fluorescent pink headband hanging down on his forehead.
He squatted down, as if to check on Leng Wenhan, but was blocked by Jiang Yuelu. He took a step back, raised his hands, and said in disbelief: "Wow wow wow, are you doubting me?"
Jiang Yuelu was puzzled, "You don't know us."
"yes."
“And it appeared suddenly.”
"I know."
Jiang Yuelu: "So it's not normal to doubt you?"
The man thought for a moment and said, "Indeed. Well, let me introduce myself first. My name is Drake, and I died a long time ago. Now I live in the hopeless place of the tailboat. What about you?"
Jiang Yuelu replied: "Yan Jiang."
"Okay Yanjiang."
Drake said with a smile, and reached out to touch Leng Wenhan's eyes again, but was stopped again. This time he was a little angry, "What are you doing! Aren't we already friends?"
Jiang Yuelu: "...When?"
Derek: "Just now! In case you forgot, I should remind you that we just exchanged our names."
Jiang Yuelu was speechless, "Really? Drake. If you hadn't reminded me, I would have thought we had just exchanged rings."
Not noticing his sarcasm, Drake actually started thinking on his own, "Ring? If you want to, it's not impossible..."
"That's not what I meant." Jiang Yuelu didn't want him to change the subject anymore. "Who are you and why are you here?"
Derek: "I told you! I told you everything. Did you listen to me carefully? I came from Hopeless Land. You guys got into trouble in Guiliuju. Dad heard about it—"
At this point, Drake suddenly became speechless.
Jiang Yuelu watched his face turn from white to red and then to green. After a long pause, she finally spoke: "...It's over. Didn't I tell you that I'm Dad's subordinate and we are the resistance army that wants to overthrow the Ghost King?"
Why didn't you tell me such an important thing right from the beginning? He was about to roar.
...Uh, wait a minute.
Jiang Yuelu: "What did you say... overthrow the rebels?"
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