Chapter 26: The Darkness



The moment the door opened, Jin Banwei first saw red and white petals. The pale and bright red mixed together, looking strange and sad. She held her breath and stared quietly at the strange scene in front of her. Before she could see clearly the person hiding behind the petals, a huge backpack smashed the strange scene and flew towards her.

Jin Banwei forgot to dodge for a moment. Looking at the heavy backpack coming towards her, she subconsciously closed her eyes.

But there was no pain as expected, only a voice: "Little devil, why are you so timid?"

The voice sounded familiar. Before Jin Banwei opened her eyes, Ren Qiao's voice came from behind her: "It's Sergeant Shen."

Leng Xiangying!

Jin Banwei suddenly opened her eyes and saw Leng Xiangying's overly small and delicate face. However, she was a little different from last night. She was not wearing that tall hat, nor that pale robe. Instead, she changed into long pants and a short shirt.

She should have thought of it earlier. After all, Leng Xiangying was the only one who would jokingly call her a little devil. She had also existed for thousands of years, so it wasn't a disadvantage for her to be called a little devil by her.

But why would she appear here in broad daylight?

Before Jin Banwei could even ask, Leng Xiangying had already squeezed past Jin Banwei and walked into the house. She smiled and said to Ren Qiao, "Ren Qiao, your husband is not good enough. He can't stand being scared at all. I'm here to give you a gift."

As for Jiang Nian, she completely ignored him.

Ren Qiao smiled helplessly: “Officer Shen, you must have seen that she is timid, so why bother to scare her.”

"Help her build up her courage." Leng Xiangying's smile was different from Ren Qiao's. Ren Qiao's smile was like a gentle spring breeze, while when Leng Xiangying smiled, her whole face was filled with joy, her eyebrows raised high, and she looked flamboyant but not arrogant.

She pointed at the backpack and said to Ren Qiao: "In the bag are my compensation for her and my gift for you."

Leng Xiangying always kept her attention on Ren Qiao. As a Yinchai, one must have sufficient strength to be remembered and befriended by someone. Ren Qiao was the only one in the room who had such strength. Jiang Nian was just an ordinary person and had no ability to make her look at him. Although Jin Banwei was better than Jiang Nian, she had no strength either. Leng Xiangying was willing to say a few words to Jin Banwei because of the Dreamweaver Fruit and Ren Qiao's face.

After Leng Xiangying's repeated reminders, Jin Banwei finally noticed the backpack hanging around her neck. The bag looked very heavy, but it didn't weigh much on her neck. Jin Banwei didn't feel the extra bag on her body at all.

The backpack is white with red thread wrapped around some places, and red spider lilies are embroidered on the top of the two shoulder straps.

Flowers bloom like blood, often accompanying the underworld.

This is a symbol of Hades.

Jin Banwei became curious about the things in the backpack. She pointed at the backpack and asked Leng Xiangying: "Officer Shen, what's in it?"

"Ren Qiao, your husband's brain doesn't look very good either." Leng Xiangying patted Ren Qiao's shoulder sympathetically: "She can just open it and see, why ask me?"

"Xiao Jin is very smart."

Leng Xiangying glanced at Jin Banwei, ignoring her resentful look, and continued, "I didn't realize that. She looks so small, weak, and stupid. Is it because you think beauty is in the eyes of a lover? Do you feel a halo when you look at her? Do you feel like the sun is shining on her face? Do you feel dizzy after looking at her for too long?"

Ren Qiao was stunned, her eyes were slightly dull, and Leng Xiangying was right about every word she said.

Leng Xiangying knew her guess was correct when she saw Ren Qiao's reaction.

Sure enough, no one understands love better than her.

Leng Xiangying's eyes showed even more sympathy: "Ren Qiao, I'll take you to Master Min to get your eyes treated."

When Leng Xiangying mentioned Master Min, Jin Banwei quickly realized that she was talking about Min Ziyu.

Min Ziyu is very famous in the book, not because of how powerful she is, but because in the setting of the original book, there are very few people who can deal with ghosts and understand ghosts. There are countless ghost catchers who regard ghosts as evil and kill them without even leaving their souls. But even in such a world, Min Ziyu's job is to heal ghosts.

That’s right, Min Ziyu is a ghost doctor.

However, because she did things differently from most of her peers, Min Ziyu was treated very badly in the industry and was even plotted against by her peers. Fortunately, she was strong enough to survive. Although she was disliked by her peers, Min Ziyu was deeply respected by the ghost messengers and ghosts, so the King of Hell specially approved Min Ziyu to stay in the ghost market and even gave her some extra life.

Min Ziyu is the only living person living in Yin Street. No one knows how long she has lived, but it is said that she was once a Taoist nun and was banished from the mountain for harboring evil spirits.

In the original book, Min Ziyu did accept disciples, but none of her disciples were as good as her and would often disappear after going out. Min Ziyu never accepted any more disciples. After the heroine changed her mind about ghosts, she would often go to Yin Street to learn the art of healing ghosts from Min Ziyu. Because the heroine had enough self-protection ability, Min Ziyu also taught her everything he knew.

The heroine became Min Ziyu's disciple. In the end, Min Ziyu lost his life to protect the heroine. He was also hit by a relic, and his soul was scattered, leaving only a few books on medical skills.

Later, the heroine tried many methods but failed to gather Min Ziyu's soul again.

Jin Banwei felt that gathering souls was difficult because of this plot, so she was so surprised when she knew that the nightmare could actually gather souls for Cheng Langui. However, if you think about it carefully, there is still a difference. After all, the damage of Buddhist relics to the soul is far greater than that of Ren Qiao.

If she could learn Min Ziyu's medical skills and use them to treat ghosts, wouldn't it be easy to earn good karma points?

But according to the current time, Min Ziyu should not accept disciples, and Jin Banwei does not have enough ability to protect herself. Even if Min Ziyu is willing to accept her, he will refuse verbally.

strength.

Jin Banwei became more and more aware of the importance of strength, but she did not regret using her good karma points to draw clothes for Ren Qiao yesterday. Ren Qiao protected her so well, she should at least give Ren Qiao something.

Jin Banwei opened her backpack while thinking.

The dazzling colors in the bag made Jin Banwei's eyes dazed for a moment. She pinched a piece of red cloth and pulled it out with force. It turned out to be a bright red long skirt. The waist design was much more beautiful than the one she pulled out. Then came the second piece, the third piece... Leng Xiangying actually brought more than 20 ghost clothes. When they were stuffed into the backpack, they looked like small pieces of cloth, but after being pulled out, they became large pieces. There was even a slim coat. She had prepared all the clothes for the season, and the styles were all very beautiful.

Anyway, it's better than Jin Banwei's. It looked pretty good last night, but compared with what Leng Xiangying brought, it's not good enough.

It was said that the system's products must be high-quality! Why did it fail on the ghost clothes?

She complained about the system in her heart, and the system that had been silent for a long time was awakened again.

[The Good Karma System is a system that only creates good karma. For the Ghost King, clothes that are too eye-catching will inevitably cause trouble. The ghost clothes made by the system are naturally simple. If the host is not satisfied, he can stop drawing ghost clothes in the future. ]

Jin Banwei had reason to suspect that this system, which could not be activated without being called out, was using this method to prevent her from continuing to waste her good karma points. However, with what Leng Xiangying brought, she should not need to draw a lottery.

She even brought shoes for Ren Qiao, and underneath his clothes were rows of shoes that were several times smaller.

This backpack is so capacious.

Seeing Jin Banwei's eyes becoming more and more surprised, Leng Xiangying raised her chin proudly: "Don't be too moved, I also know that I am very considerate."

She smiled happily and praised herself: "It's me!"

Jin Banwei's words of thanks suddenly stopped coming out of her mouth. As expected of Leng Xiangying, she was exactly as Jin Banwei had analyzed her: a dramatic actress, with a bad temper, a thick skin, and she didn't even give others the chance to praise herself.

However, it is not boring.

Ren Qiao looked at Leng Xiangying with a smile: "Did Shen send someone here just for this?"

"Of course, I never owe anyone a favor." Leng Xiangying took out the Dreamweaver Fruit as if performing a magic trick and rubbed it in his palm: "It did a great job last night!"

I don’t know if it was because of the torture caused by Leng Xiangying, but the Dream-Weaving Fruit stopped making any sound.

Last night... Didn’t Leng Xiangying go to the original owner’s home last night?

Leng Xiangying could see their confusion, and she pointed her finger at Jiang Nian on the sofa calmly, signaling Ren Qiao not to ask any more questions. Ren Qiao understood and did not say anything.

"The clothes are for Ren Qiao, and the backpack is for you. It's made from cloth woven from cicada demon silk. It's a treasure and can hold many, many things. You paper-making masters have to carry too many things, and it will be much more convenient with this bag."

Indeed, this bag feels like it could hold half a wardrobe.

Leng Xiangying tacitly acknowledged that Jin Banwei was a paper-making artist, and Jin Banwei did not deny it. She closed her backpack, and Leng Xiangying handed her a black card with the word "ghost" printed in red on it: "Little ghost, I've also opened your account at Tiandi Bank for you."

This was something Jin Banwei had wanted for a long time, but she didn't expect Leng Xiangying to even consider this.

Her throat choked slightly, and before she could say anything, Leng Xiangying interrupted her: "I know I'm very considerate, so you don't have to praise me. When you are free, just burn more paper for yourself and take Ren Qiao to the ghost market. I wanted to take her there before, but she refused."

It sounds a bit resentful.

Ren Qiao smiled and said, "That would be too much trouble for Officer Shen. Officer Shen has a lot of things to do."

Leng Xiangying was easy to coax. When Ren Qiao finished speaking, she became very excited again: "If you don't want to trouble me, then trouble your husband. This is her duty. How can she just take advantage and not do anything? Ren Qiao is so beautiful, how can she abuse you and only let you wear such pale clothes? Even Hades has never stipulated that ghosts must wear white."

Bright!

Is Leng Xiangying sure that this word can be used to describe Ren Qiao? Although Jin Banwei felt that the ghost clothes she drew were not as good-looking as the ones Leng Xiangying brought, she still felt that Ren Qiao was suitable for wearing white or light colors. The gentle colors set off his gentle appearance, which was a perfect match.

Only then did Jin Banwei realize that the clothes Leng Xiangying brought were mostly brightly colored, and some of them had hollow designs at the waist, which looked very hot.

Jin Banwei looked at Ren Qiao seriously, his gentle and affectionate eyes, and his delicate and soft facial features. She didn't think Ming Yan had anything to do with Ren Qiao.

"Officer Shen, the word sister and the word bright and beautiful seem to have nothing to do with each other."

Leng Xiangying glanced at Jin Banwei with disdain: "You are blind."

She walked to the sofa and patted it. Jiang Nian, who had not recovered yet and was frightened by the unexpected changes in the room, said: "Tell me, is Ren Qiao very bright and beautiful?"

Jiang Nian nodded, but her eyes were still a little dazed, and she didn't know how much truth there was in this nod.

Leng Xiangying nodded with satisfaction: "Bright and beautiful women should wear bright and sexy clothes. Of course, the above is just my personal opinion. If the kid doesn't agree, take her to buy more."

Jin Banwei thought about it and realized that this was the truth, so she stopped arguing with Leng Xiangying. Leng Xiangying had been here for a while. She stretched lazily and put away the Dream Weaving Fruit: "Were you guys getting ready to go out? Do you need a driver? I just picked up a new car."

I didn't expect that someone was scrambling to be the driver.

Jin Banwei pointed at Jiang Nian and said, "Do you want to discuss this?"

Leng Xiangying looked at Jiang Nian in surprise: "You want to be a driver too?"

Jiang Nian did not respond to her. Her eyes were dull and she was in a trance. She only responded when Leng Xiangying patted her. Leng Xiangying frowned and asked Ren Qiao, "Was she scared by the ghost in the umbrella?"

Jin Banwei was shocked: "How did Officer Shen know?"

She knew very well that in the underworld, raising ghosts was a serious sin.

"I knew it last night." Leng Xiangying rolled her eyes. "Ren Qiao just put the ghost inside without sealing it. I sensed it last night. Only a fool like Cheng Lanyi would fail to sense it."

I don’t know where Cheng Lanyi is at this moment. I wonder how she would react if she heard Leng Xiangying’s disgust.

But this obviously doesn't make sense. Leng Xiangying said last night that she is no match for Cheng Lanyi now. Then why can she sense it but Cheng Lanyi can't? Based on Cheng Lanyi's temper, if she finds these ghosts, she will probably take them away immediately and then settle accounts with Jin Banwei.

Ren Qiao looked at Leng Xiangying and explained to Jin Banwei: "Xiao Jin, sensing ability and strength are two different things. Although Officer Shen's strength is not as good as before, her perception has always been very good. She can even be ranked in the top three among the Yin Messengers. I actually added a seal last night, but the seal was not strong enough. Although it deceived the other person, it still could not deceive Officer Shen."

"Then why..."

Before Jin Banwei could ask, Leng Xiangying spoke first: "Want to ask me why I turned a blind eye?"

"Of course, because I trust Ren Qiao. I know very well what kind of ghost Ren Qiao is, so even if she left these ghosts behind, she had her reasons." Leng Xiangying laughed, "Of course, I only trust Ren Qiao, not the little ghosts."

Jiang Nian finally made some movement. She was frightened by the ghost first, and then heard too many conversations beyond her understanding. She was greatly shocked. She managed to come back to her senses. She loosened her arms around the pillow and looked at Jin Banwei pleadingly: "Master Jin, my legs are a little weak. Can you, can you take me back?"

Jin Banwei sighed: "If you hadn't touched the umbrella, you wouldn't have been so scared."

"I, I heard a sound inside the umbrella, so I thought of taking it over to have a look." Jiang Nian glanced at the black umbrella with lingering fear, and said with a sad face: "If I had known there was a ghost inside, I would not have touched it."

Ren Qiao and Jin Banwei both subconsciously glanced at the black umbrella. So it seems that there is something in the umbrella that is tempting Jiang Nian to touch it. Thinking about what happened just now, it should be Chengying who did it.

Thinking of Chengying, Jin Banwei felt a headache again.

She walked forward and helped Jiang Nian up. Leng Xiangying waved at them and said, "Then you can see this poor little creature off. Ren Qiao and I will go to the parking lot first. You can come and find us later."

That's good. She can also take a look at the situation of Jiang Chuchu and Jiang Liyu. After all, it was them who left Jiang Chuchu there. If anything happens, they will also be responsible.

If your condition is too bad, take Jiang Chuchu away as soon as possible.

"Sister, I'll take Jiang Nian home." She greeted Ren Qiao and helped Jiang Nian walk out.

"Xiao Jin, let's go together. We don't know when that nightmare will come."

Once Ren Qiao follows, Leng Xiangying will definitely follow. Although Leng Xiangying doesn't mind that they keep ghosts around, if she knew that they not only kept ghosts but also kept ghosts around living people, she would be angry.

Jin Banwei didn't dare to let Ren Qiao follow her, so she dragged Jiang Nian out of the door: "No, no, that nightmare won't come out during the day."

The door was closed and Jin Banwei disappeared from sight.

The inky pupils dimmed little by little, the slender white fingers slightly clenched together, the nails slowly sank into the palms, and the beautiful eyebrows and eyes looked very depressed.

Leng Xiangying raised the corners of her eyes and raised her eyebrows slightly: "It's rare to see you angry, Ren Qiao."

"How did Officer Shen know?" Ren Qiao's ink-black long hair covered most of the jade-white skin on his shoulders. His chest rose and fell slightly, and the ghost's heart would also feel a dull pain because of love.

"I've said before that you're not very good at hiding your emotions, which is why I can easily tell that you're a good ghost. You show your displeasure on your face, so how could I not know? This is the first time I've seen you look like this. You were harassed and disturbed by those ghost hunters day after day before, but you didn't get angry at all." Leng Xiangying seemed to have discovered something strange. She tilted her head and stared at Ren Qiao, as if she wanted to take in all her emotions: "Emotions are really strange things."

"If I'm not mistaken, you used the power of the Brahma Chain to torture the ghost in the umbrella? Let me guess why. Did they scare the little ghost when they ran out to scare the little living person?"

"You don't have to lie to me. You are not good at lying. Especially since I have a very good perception, your lies will only affect my trust in you in the future. I am very familiar with the aura of the Brahma Sound Chain. You know, I have always been very sensitive to your ability. After all, it is too strange for a ghost to use the skills of a monk, and I have seen it before."

Of course, she had not been beaten by Ren Qiao, but she had fought with a monk before. The Sanskrit chain was not very lethal, but it was a torture for ghosts. Once tied up, Sanskrit sounds would constantly ring in their ears. The Sanskrit sounds would reduce the hostility in the ghost and the power of the soul. The ghost would not be injured, but her cultivation would plummet.

Because she had suffered before, she recognized Ren Qiao the first time he used this ability.

Although the one she used was different from the one used by the monks, the monks' Sanskrit chain was golden, holy and dazzling, but the Renqiao one was red, solemn and murderous.

Ren Qiao has too many secrets and her abilities are also very strange. She is a ghost, but she can use the power of demons and ghosts. She has explored Ren Qiao's secrets more than once, which is one of the reasons why she is extremely tolerant of Ren Qiao. Unfortunately, she found nothing.

Ren Qiao was like a ghost that appeared out of nowhere, with no origin and no destination.

I don’t know if it was because she had been wandering for too long and felt lonely for too long, but she actually found someone to call her home.

"Officer Shen, I didn't mean to lie." Ren Qiao frowned slightly. She hadn't even said a word yet. It was Leng Xiangying who was talking from beginning to end. She didn't take any breaks and didn't have any chance to talk to Ren Qiao at all.

Leng Xiangying smiled awkwardly: "Well, I know you have a good character. Oh, you don't have to explain to me. Whether it's keeping the ghost or using the Brahma Chain to fight the ghost, you must have done it because of that little ghost. I'd better ask her if I have anything. Ren Qiao, you are a ghost who knows the limits. I still trust you very much! The only shortcoming is that you need to go to Master Min to treat your eyes. After all, I think that little ghost is not good at all."

"Xiao Jin is fine."

She is not good at arguing with others, but she is very firm in what she believes in.

These four words clearly told Leng Xiangying her attitude.

Leng Xiangying changed her expression and covered her chest in grief: "Wuwuwu, Ren Qiao, please don't be so serious. My heart can't bear it and will stop beating."

"Shen Charioteer, the heart of a ghost doesn't beat at all."

Although I have seen Leng Xiangying's face changing speed many times, I still can't keep up.

"Oh, really? I forgot." Leng Xiangying put down her hand covering her heart, and asked Ren Qiao in a serious tone, "Can you touch the sun now?"

"The faint sunlight can be touched."

Although they are all ghosts, Yinchai has the power of Pluto and can walk freely even in broad daylight. He is not afraid of any scorching light. But even if Ren Qiao has a physical body, sunlight is still her nemesis.

Leng Xiangying nodded, took out a baseball cap from her bag and put it on Ren Qiao's head: "That's it, let's go after changing our shoes."

Ren Qiao nodded. While she was changing her shoes, Leng Xiangying's thoughts jumped to other places. She suddenly said, "Ren Qiao, I think even if you are too lonely, you shouldn't look for a living person. The life span of a living person is at most a hundred years, and you...if you don't find the missing soul, I'm afraid you will have to stay in the world of the living forever."

"The life span of a little ghost is too short."

Leng Xiangying completely disliked Jin Banwei, but she was thinking seriously and caring about Ren Qiao, so Ren Qiao couldn't be angry with her. He could only say it again: "Officer Shen, Xiao Jin is really good."

Leng Xiangying didn't listen at all. She was still immersed in her own world. She muttered, "If I'm going to fall in love, I must find a demon with a long life. In fact, the ghost king and the ghost messenger also have long lives, but the ghost messenger is too familiar, and I can't eat any of them. As for the ghost king, Cheng Lanyi and the others will definitely report me, saying that I abuse my power for personal gain, and they may even vilify me, saying that I have hidden control over the ghost king in my jurisdiction. Demons are better. They have a long lifespan and good strength. The key is that they look good. In Yang Street, even the little fox guarding the door is very delicious."

Ren Qiao did not interrupt Leng Xiangying immediately. He even put all the clothes that Jin Banwei had casually piled on the sofa into the bedroom closet. Then he said to Leng Xiangying, "Officer Shen, we can leave now."

Leng Xiangying was originally immersed in the memory of the beauty of the little fox, but was suddenly awakened and looked at Ren Qiao with shining eyes: "Ren Qiao, does your little ghost tell fortunes? I'll take her to patronize the little fox business."

“……” Ren Qiao turned around and pressed down the brim of his hat.

Ren Qiao really didn't know how to respond to Leng Xiangying's words.

She walked out first, and Leng Xiangying followed her: "Ren Qiao, do you think it's possible that you were a fox spirit in disguise? After all, foxes are all very charming and beautiful. If you think about it carefully, you look a lot like that little fox."

"Shen knows it, right? I don't know my exact appearance, I just heard about it from you guys, and I barely know that I look pretty good."

Leng Xiangying chased after her for two steps: "But I have shown you the painting before, more than once."

Ren Qiao frowned in distress, only vague shadows could be pieced together in her mind, and the fragments gathered and quickly collapsed. She smiled bitterly: "It seems that I can't remember it very well."

Leng Xiangying felt lonely for a moment. When she came to her senses, she had a scroll in her hand. She trotted forward and pulled Ren Qiao up: "Ren Qiao, come with me!"

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