☆, Chapter 31 This evil ghost is too cowardly
I don’t know when, but a shadow that was obviously out of proportion appeared silently next to Rongqing’s shadow.
Its long neck drooped, its head resting on Rongqing's. Now it stood side by side with Rongqing's shadow, its hand reaching out as if to grasp Rongqing's shadow's.
Rongqing, sitting in a wheelchair with his head down, looked frightened. His thin shoulders trembled even more violently, but a hint of helplessness flashed in his lowered eyes.
This evil ghost is too timid.
Because from Rongqing's perspective, he could almost clearly see that the ghost's outstretched hand was shaking constantly, so he didn't dare to really hold his shadow.
"Hurry up, Rongqing," he silently commanded. However, the ghost trembled even more violently, as if it had pissed itself. Not only did it not want to hold Rongqing, but even its head on its long neck shook even more violently, and every trace of its ghostly aura was filled with rejection.
It's probably going to be exposed. Rongqing sighed, feeling that things were getting complicated. He had planned everything, but he hadn't expected this ghost to be so timid.
As for Yu Jiuyin, who was waiting at the entrance of the alley, he was almost laughing to death.
But think about it. Rongqing was a demon, and while he still used a human body, even immortals had to be respectful to him, let alone a wandering ghost. Having him kneel before Rongqing was fine, but actually asking him to hold Rongqing's shadow's hand would be practically the same as asking for his life.
But he couldn't delay this any longer. After all, the people in the Death Game were still keeping an eye on Rong Qing. If Rong Qing's identity was exposed here, it would be difficult to catch them later.
Yu Jiuyin feared that things might change, and was even more worried that these people would become desperate and do something else to Rongqing. After all, Rongqing's pretty and frail appearance made her look incapable of fighting.
However, time waits for no one. Yu Jiuyin knew that if the shadow continued to be afraid, Rongqing's identity would most likely be exposed. He thought about it and suddenly started yelling.
"What's that? Stay away from my brother." Yu Jiuyin held his breath, rushed into the alley with a pale face, and hugged Rongqing who was in the wheelchair in his arms.
Rong Qing was stunned at first, and then, as if suddenly realizing something, he hugged Yu Jiuyin with his backhand, and whispered, "Brother, I'm scared."
"Don't be afraid anymore. We're not going to play this game anymore. I'll take you home." Yu Jiuyin didn't care about the wheelchair anymore and just hugged Rongqing in his arms. As he turned around, he glanced with disdain at the shivering evil spirit hiding in the shadows on the ground.
Isn't it just asking you to hold my hand? You are a fierce ghost after all, so you are too cowardly.
Little did he know that the evil spirit also felt screwed. He had only come out to scare someone for fun, but ended up running into two great gods, Yu Jiuyin and Rongqing.
The evil ghost god is too cowardly. Forget it, as long as you two bosses like it.
Yu Jiuyin moved quickly and carried Rongqing back to the car in just a few steps.
Rongqing was really thin. Yu Jiuyin held her like a piece of paper. He felt even more miserable.
The devils are neither human nor ghost, and Heaven cannot tolerate them. It's easy to imagine that Rongqing must have had a hard time these past few years. The distress on Yu Jiuyin's face became even more genuine.
He opened the car door and placed Rongqing in the back seat. He then got in and held her in his arms as if to comfort her. Rongqing was still shaking and mumbling incoherently.
"Brother, did you see that? The shadow moved. He wanted to grab my hand. Is he going to take me away?" He was so scared that his eyes turned red and he even became dazed.
"Don't be afraid, it's okay." Yu Jiuyin kept comforting him.
It wasn't until half an hour later that Rong Qing calmed down a little. At the same time, the phone rang again.
"You ran away, you coward. The goddess will no longer protect you."
"I, I" was speechless and completely terrified.
Yu Jiuyin snatched the phone and cursed back.
"You are a coward. My brother doesn't need your goddess's blessing. I can protect him myself."
"Hahahaha, you can protect it." The other party didn't seem surprised that the phone was snatched away. "If you weren't scared, why did you run back to the car with the person in your arms just now?"
"You two brothers are cowards who will never be worthy of the goddess's favor."
"You..." Yu Jiuyin was enraged and speechless for a long time. But this time, after a brief silence, the opponent threw out a new hook.
"You have the courage, do you want to try? We have more advanced games."
"Your brother longs to see the goddess, shouldn't you, as his brother, satisfy him?"
The seductive voice tempted people to sink into it. Yu Jiuyin narrowed his eyes and instinctively felt something strange.
Soul-stealing.
Unlike hypnosis, soul-stealing is an evil method passed down from ancient times. At the mildest, it can confuse the mind, and at the worst, it can turn a person into a puppet.
So, Yu Jiuyin silently restrained the expression on his face, "Goddess, it's OK! I want to see how powerful your goddess is."
"Tell me your name, and you two brothers can enter the intermediate game together. If you can successfully complete it, you can enter the final game and meet the goddess."
"Okay." Yu Jiuyin picked a name without thinking, "Yi Duojin."
"What the hell?" The voice on the other end of the phone seemed to be shocked by Yu Jiuyin's simple and rough name, and it was stuck directly. And it was not just him, even the originally acting Rong Qing froze for a moment.
Eventually, the other party agreed. They gave Yu Jiuyin and Rongqing a phone number each. Rongqing's was 176, while Yu Jiuyin's was 398. They were told to go home and wait for the next mission, and then the call ended.
Yu Jiuyin handed the disconnected phone to Rongqing and got back into the car. After making sure no one was following them, Rongqing's driver retrieved the wheelchair Rongqing had left in the alley, put it in the trunk, and started the car to leave.
Rongqing in the car also took this opportunity to take off his disguise and his expression became extremely serious.
The number Yu Jiuyin received indicated one thing: there were at least four hundred people participating in this death game. And this four hundred only referred to those who were still alive. The number of those who died was likely even greater.
Yu Jiuyin also saw this.
"You said so many people were involved in this death game, and multiple murders had already occurred. Why didn't the police notice it at first?"
"The base number is too large." Rongqing shook his head. With the current high pressure in cities, depression and anxiety have become the most common phenomenon. It's no exaggeration to say that the number of people committing suicide every day may be greater than the number of people dying of natural causes. China has over a billion people, and these four hundred are just a drop in the ocean.
"What are you going to do now?"
"Wait." Rong Qing pointed to his phone. "I heard he will announce the next task. Let's wait and see what the next task is."
However, Yu Jiuyin remembered another detail. "Speaking of which, there's something I find very strange."
"What"
"How did those Heavenly Masters disappear at this stage? Even for normal people, it takes a long time to form a habit. Even if that person can capture souls, this level of brainwashing is absolutely impossible to succeed for a Heavenly Master with a strong will. So what do you think they encountered?"
Rong Qing frowned. "I don't know either, but I think the incident might not have happened during this mission, but rather during the next one. Or, before they left, they didn't know what the mission was, so they left no information. And once they arrived, they couldn't come back, so even if they had information, it wouldn't have been passed down."
"But no matter if it's a human or a ghost, what kind of game could make a master with extraordinary powers go there without a chance of returning?"
Yu Jiuyin and Rongqing looked at each other, both feeling doubtful.
"Will you live with me from today?" Rong Qing suddenly grabbed Yu Jiuyin's hand and said solemnly, as if he had thought of something dangerous.
Yu Jiuyin originally wanted to refute, but when he met Rongqing's serious eyes, he finally acquiesced.
Rongqing was right; he'd already got the number. If they really went back to the haunted house, it would easily expose some details. Xu Wang and the other three were just ordinary college students; this kind of situation was far too dangerous for them. Moreover, too many people at the haunted house knew him. Yu Jiuyin still couldn't fathom the power of the mastermind behind this "death game." If they went back rashly, they could easily implicate Xu Wang and the other three. It would be better to separate for now. With Rongqing's help, the cleanup would be easier.
"Then I'll leave Xu Wang and the others in your care."
"Don't worry." Rong Qing promised solemnly, and then said a few words to the driver in front, asking them to send someone to protect Xu Wang and the others from now on.
"Also, do you have anything to pack?" Rong Qing knew that a ghost master like Yu Jiuyin would most likely need magical weapons with him, and was afraid that he was not prepared.
Yu Jiuyin shook his head and said, "No, I carry them all with me."
Rongqing looked Yu Jiuyin up and down, seeming to be very surprised. Because Yu Jiuyin looked very thin, and his clothes were not the kind of baggy, so where did he put his magic tools?
Yu Jiuyin smiled and blinked, "How about you touch it?"
Rong Qing blushed immediately, "Don't, don't misunderstand."
Yu Jiuyin found it interesting and became more and more demanding, "Oh, why are you shy? Do you really want to touch me?"
Rongqing was completely unable to resist and was tortured by Yu Jiuyin to the point of being speechless.
The driver sitting in the front couldn't help but laugh at the scene in the rearview mirror. How wonderful! After meeting Mr. Yu, their young master has become much more cheerful.
Rongqing's residence was not far from Huaming Road, and it only took half an hour to drive there. The driver opened the car door and put the wheelchair down first. Then he held Rongqing and sat her down, and then took Yu Jiuyin into the villa.
"Besides my secretary, there's also the kitchen helper. The guest room has been cleaned up. If you don't mind, you can stay next door to me." Rong Qing thought for a moment and added, "It's late today. I'll go over the rest of the information in more detail tomorrow morning."
"Okay." Yu Jiuyin agreed. After entering the villa, he and Rongqing separated and went back to the guest room to rest.
Rongqing was a very considerate person. Although the guest room was simple, it was decorated very warmly and comfortably. The pajamas were all fresh, and the bathroom was freshly filled. Yu Jiuyin took off his clothes and soaked in the bathtub, thinking about the day's events.
Yu Jiuyin still had many questions about this "death game." He once again opened the Tianshi forum and found a post related to the "death game." He carefully examined it. This time, the main discussion was about Luo Qiu's death.
"This is the fourth Heavenly Master from the Metaphysics Association to have been in trouble this month due to gaming. As far as I know, Luo Qiu's elder failed to summon his soul at midnight, and before the seventh day had passed, his soul couldn't have been reborn in paradise. So where did his soul go?"
"No matter where his soul went, Luo Qiu definitely didn't die of natural causes. Even if he died, he would definitely leave clues. I saw him post a distress signal on A. Who was the person who saw him last? Can you share the information with everyone?"
"Is the person above crazy? You absolutely cannot bring this death game out! It's clearly aimed at the Heavenly Master. How can you be sure there aren't any spies in the association right now? Don't tell me. From now on, everyone who knows the truth, please keep silent."
Yu Jiuyin looked at it and thought of the hot spring eggs and the man who committed suicide in the hot spring villa. He got up from the bathtub and casually put on his bathrobe.
Walking to the table, Yu Jiuyin turned on the computer and found the relevant information about the hot spring villa. As expected, he found a clue: the construction of this hot spring villa was very strange.
There are four taboos in ancient house construction, one of which is "avoiding adding more west to the house".
"Adding more houses to the west" means adding more houses to the west of the house. In ancient times, there was a saying that "building more houses to the west would offend evil spirits" and that adding more houses to the west was considered unlucky and would lead to death. Fearing this, no one dared to add more houses to the west.
But this hot spring villa went the other way and added a new building to the west of the house. Isn't this just waiting for someone to die?
So was the man's suicide a coincidence or a deliberate plan? In addition, Yu Jiuyin searched the menu of this hot spring villa, but found that there was no food similar to hot spring eggs. So what did Luo Qiu's hint before his death represent?
Yu Jiuyin went over all the information he knew so far in his head, but in the end, he still had no clue. He could only give up for the time being.
Meanwhile, Rong Qing, next door, was far busier than Yu Jiuyin. He also had Rong family matters to attend to. Furthermore, he was waiting for a call. According to the rules of the "Death Game," missions were always released at dawn every day. This was his first mission since entering the mid-level game, and Rong Qing was confident that the other party would prepare a special gift for him.
Sure enough, at five o'clock, Rongqing's phone on his desk vibrated again. He opened it and saw a text message from an unavailable number with only six words. A week later, Juehu Village.
At the same time, Yu Jiuyin also received the message on his phone. Yu Jiuyin took a look and immediately became alert.
Juehu Village is the rumored No. 1 village in China.
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