Chapter 184: Ghost Hunting (15)
Shan Yu's game room became a cloakroom. He was keen on dressing up Chu Yun and bought so many clothes that he had no place to put them.
After Chu Yun gained a physical body, he was still weak and would become somewhat transparent during the day, so Shan Yu replenished him every day.
"Can we not drink chicken soup..."
"So what would you like to drink? Fish soup?"
Chu Yun didn't want to drink anymore, he just wanted to eat takeout every day.
Shan Yu is very confident in his cooking skills and thinks that the food outside is not clean.
"The takeaway food is all made with gutter oil! Do you know what gutter oil is? It's disgusting and comes out of the sewer!"
Shan Yu didn't mention at all how much takeout he had eaten before, and maliciously slandered Chu Yun in order to scare him.
"I eat gutter oil too, so I just want to eat takeout."
Shan Yu enjoys cooking for Chu Yun every day and watching him eat with his own eyes, which gives him a sense of satisfaction.
Unexpectedly, Chu Yun would rather eat gutter oil than eat his own food.
"Is the food I cooked not delicious?"
Shan Yu lowered his head feeling lost, inadvertently revealing the scar on his hand left by cooking. It was a blister caused by the hassle of cooking at the beginning, and as it faded away it became a light red scar.
Chu Yun really couldn't say that he didn't like the food in front of these hands. The soup made by Shan Yu was very fishy and the stir-fried dishes were limp. In short, it was not to Chu Yun's taste.
"I love to eat..."
Shan Yu was happy. He sat over and hugged Chu Yun on the sofa.
"Since you care about me so much, I'll let you eat takeout once, but only this once!"
Chu Yun didn't know how she showed that she cared about him, but he was happy as long as there was takeout.
"good!"
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That night.
Xiao Qianji opened his eyes. There was an abandoned house on the edge of Cuihu City. It was the place with the heaviest yin energy and was suitable for Xiao Qianji to recuperate.
"Sir, what should we do next?"
Xiao Qianji didn't say anything.
Yanshu was a little confused about Xiao Qianji. He was obviously very happy after killing many members of the Li family. Even when they hid in this house to avoid the limelight temporarily, he still had a sinister smile on his face.
But when they counted the remaining people, Xiao Qianji stopped smiling and seemed to be emitting cold air all over his body.
Yanshu thought that maybe there were too many ghosts beaten to death, and the adults lost face and were angry.
Xiao Qianji remained in this state for the next few days. He never left the house and concentrated on practicing his skills. His whole body was surrounded by black and red mist.
None of the ghosts dared to approach him, and Xiao Qianji's temper became even more unpredictable. Sometimes, with a smile on his lips, he would raise his hand to kill a ghost.
Yan Shu was under tremendous pressure and asked what to do next.
The adults had told him before that everyone would be buried with him after he got out, but now there is no sign of any action.
Yanshu feels that the adults' current strange state is very similar to when they issued tasks...
No, that's not right. It's more like talking to an imp.
Yanshu thought of Chuyun in an instant. Ghosts carry memories of so many years and are sometimes a little forgetful. She even forgot about Chuyun.
Yanshu thought about it and felt that he must be dead. Such a weak ghost could not survive in that fight. Every talisman could take his life.
She didn't think about it anymore. No one cared about such an insignificant kid.
Yan Shu looked at the adult in front of him, suddenly.
The adult's face showed a smile, although it was only for a moment. It was not a sinister and vicious smile, but rather a somewhat cheerful face. When she looked over again, the corners of the adult's lips had smoothed out.
But Yanshu knew that the adults were in a good mood now.
She waited quietly for Xiao Qianji to speak.
"Go, get out."
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Xiao Qianji finally sensed the little ghost.
He had to deal with many members of the Li family and those invited martial arts masters by himself. Although he was very powerful, he was overwhelmed.
At that time, his heart and eyes were filled with hatred. Looking at the faces of the Li family, they were obviously unfamiliar faces, but in his eyes they were the same as the Li family members from a hundred years ago.
Xiao Qianji is the upright Shaoqing of the Dali Temple in the eyes of the common people, the handsome and elegant Young Master Xiao in the eyes of the ladies, and a promising young man in the eyes of the old gentlemen.
But his identity destined him to have a bumpy road. Xiao Qianji was a prince at the end of the dynasty.
A story like something out of a storybook.
The emperor was young and the empress dowager was in power. The Li family was used to flattery and gained the trust of the empress dowager by relying on their knowledge of some strange and unusual ways.
With the support of the palace and the empress dowager, the Li family became more and more rampant, amassing wealth from the people and bullying men and women.
The Queen Mother was worried that Xiao Qianji was too outstanding and would develop the desire to seize the throne with the support of the people.
The Queen Mother and the Li family hit it off immediately. They used ghosts to set up a mechanism in their own mansion and framed Xiao Qianji with the false charge of treason.
The personal guards of Prince Xiao's mansion tried to explain in vain, and were all killed by the imperial guards. Poor them, they thought they were misunderstood before they died and never resisted, not knowing that this was all a conspiracy of the Queen Mother.
When Xiao Qianji returned, the palace was a river of blood, and everyone in the palace was killed. He himself was fed a chronic poison and died in pain day after day.
Thanks to God's mercy, Xiao Qianji died but also came back to life.
He became a fierce ghost and gained power, but he was no longer the Shaoqing of Dali Temple who was tough on the outside but soft on the inside.
He brutally killed all the royal family members, and the dynasty went into decline. The Li family had some real skills and used a sleight of hand to deceive Xiao Qianji, but they only left a few descendants.
In the end, the entire Li Jiahe family worked together to seal him away, and he remained alone in this house for a hundred years.
So when it came to revenge, Xiao Qianji's heart was completely occupied. When he had killed enough people, he looked back and found that many people were missing.
Yanshu found this abandoned house and reported to him after counting the number of people.
Xiao Qianji only then realized that the little kid who always looked up from afar to listen to him speak during meetings was really gone.
He was not panicked at all, and was even able to pay attention to carefully feel the traces of the little ghost. The little ghost looked stupid, but was actually very smart. He must have been scared away by the fight.
The little ghost has his own mark on his body. He can find him no matter where he hides, but when he feels carefully, he can't feel it.
Xiao Qianji tried again, but still nothing.
So there is only one possibility.
The little devil is dead.
Yanshu said that he looked very ugly and asked him what was wrong. Xiao Qianji turned around and left.
Why did he look so unhappy? Whether the little ghost lived or died had nothing to do with him. This world was a world where the strong preyed on the weak, and he knew this all along.
But every time when it was late at night and everyone was asleep, Xiao Qianji always felt a pang of pain in his heart.
How could he die... How could he die?
As usual, there would be a meeting in the morning, usually with the teacher lecturing and he would listen at the top.
Yanshu always said that he was distracted, and Xiao Qianji couldn't deny it. He found that his eyes were indeed looking towards the distant corner from time to time.
That was where Chu Yun often stayed.
Xiao Qianji's face turned ugly for a moment. He left before Yanshu finished speaking, thinking that out of sight, out of mind.
He would always see big ghosts bullying small ghosts in the old house. Xiao Qianji didn't think it was a big deal before. The weak ghosts just had to endure being bullied. Many ghosts would squeeze to the front during meetings just to see him, and the back was where the bullied ghosts would stay.
Xiao Qianji realized that Chu Yun might have been bullied often before. Chu Yun listened to him very much and did whatever he was told to do. Even if it was a dangerous task, he would just whisper that he was too stupid to do it.
But he'll do it anyway.
Yanshu had said Chuyun was quite good and obedient, so what did he do then? He let Chuyun go to the Li family alone to test the waters.
The vague memory became clear, and Xiao Qianji could even imagine Chu Yun's frightened and tearful eyes at that time.
Xiao Qianji was fully capable of protecting Chu Yun in that melee, but he forgot. No...it wasn't that he forgot, it was that he didn't care.
He didn't care about Chu Yun, so he didn't think about paying attention to him and saving him.
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