106 Special Products of the Ghost City
Is Qin Fu'an's time to die coming?
Suddenly a hand reached out and covered that pale, beautiful face.
The light and shadow before her eyes flickered, and as she leaned back following the force of her hand, Xie Zeyuan heard Qin Fu'an's indifferent voice: "Sorry, my child never listens to ghost stories."
Xie Zeyuan turned her face away and shook off the hand. Seeing that Qin Fu'an had already used his spiritual power to wipe the graffiti off his face, she clicked her tongue in boredom: "Who would have thought that Mr. Qin is actually a parent who spoils his child in private?"
You can't even say a harsh word to the kids.
He even pretended to be asleep and let the two kids create art on his face.
Tsk, so this person isn't just being hypocritical towards that cloud, he's just biased towards his own.
"father!"
"Brother Fu'an!!"
With their powerful backer, the two little ones, who had just been frightened, perked up again. One of the fluffy little balls even arrogantly poked Xie Zeyuan's waist with its wing and provoked him, "You bad boy, you're not allowed to talk bad about my dad!"
Xie Zeyuan laughed in anger. This big guy and this little guy should be father and son. They both have such a rude and annoying look when they get arrogant!
"What are you doing here?" Qin Fu'an pressed the arrogant fluffy ball back down and raised an eyebrow at the ghost with a gloomy expression.
Xie Zeyuan rolled her eyes in a completely inelegant manner and said listlessly, "My master accepted my gift, then turned around and kicked me out."
Qin Fu'an's lips curled up, and in Xie Zeyuan's eyes, that smile looked utterly malicious!
"So he was homeless..."
Qin Fu'an deliberately dragged out those four words, enduring Xie Zeyuan's murderous glare, and shrugged as if helplessly: "What, our Third Master Xie has such a prestigious reputation in Ghost City, yet now you don't have a single friend who can take you in? This is truly a sign of the world going to the dogs..."
Every word of sarcasm is as effective as a direct slap in the face.
There's an old saying that goes: "When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head."
This statement is also extremely applicable to ghosts at certain times.
"Mr. Qin is joking."
Xie Zeyuan glanced at the two furry balls who were staring wide-eyed at the spectacle, lowered his head and coughed a few times. His pale face lost all color. After a moment, he said slowly, "After all, we are teammates who have worked together. Although you are ruthless, I can't be indifferent, can I?"
So this time when he visited, he actually brought some local specialties from Guidu for Qin Fu'an's family.
Note: This refers to Qin Fu'an's family.
"Here are some local specialties for Mr. Qin, Little Phoenix, and a blade of grass. They're all here."
Xie Zeyuan sat to the side, taking out the gifts one by one and placing them on the table.
What Qin Fu'an was given was a small bottle of Meng Po soup.
"I begged Meng Po for a long time before she agreed to give me this. It's a slow-cooked soup, and I never know when I might need it."
The little phoenix was given a piece of yellow paper with cinnabar markings.
“You are considered a little phoenix from our Ghost Capital. Although you have a new home now, Ghost Capital has arranged a house for you long ago. This is the deed. If your father kicks you out of the house in the future, or if you want to run away from home, you can come and stay in Ghost Capital for a while.”
What it brought to that blade of grass was a sense of vitality.
"This is the flawless soul power I extracted from the souls of those players. It has no memory and does not carry any merit or sin. It can only be used to nourish the soul. Your grass should be able to use it."
After laying out the three "specialties" one by one, Xie Zeyuan glanced at the little peacock that didn't belong to this family, and then took out something else and put it on the table.
It is an egg that has lost its vitality.
"This egg was placed in our Ghost Capital by the patriarch of the Peacock Clan a thousand years ago. Unfortunately, it didn't have the same good luck as the little phoenix. It lost all its vitality shortly after arriving in the Ghost Capital. But my master never threw it away. He has been nourishing it with the Yin energy of the Ghost Capital ever since. A thousand years have passed, and this egg is still in its original state, neither rotten nor decayed... Take it back and let your parents see it. Perhaps they will find some unexpected joy."
When he took out the first bottle of Meng Po soup, the little ones were already stunned.
The items that followed were all even more impressive!
When Xiao Kongli also received an unexpected surprise, the two little ones had completely forgotten the fear of being scared by the ghost. They both stepped on Qin Fu'an's knees and bounced around to look at the four novel and exceptionally valuable "specialties" on the table.
That's a huge investment! Absolutely enormous!
The little phoenix remembered that when its father came back last time, he also brought a whole phoenix feather. This time, after disappearing and reappearing, he casually took out a lot of spiritual plants and foods that were overflowing with spiritual energy. Now, this ghost has also brought out so many good things...
Do you adults always give such extravagant gifts?
Little Phoenix suddenly felt a sense of crisis, a reluctance to grow up.
If I'm going to grow up soon and have to start giving gifts, should I start saving up for future gifts from a young age?
The fluffy ball thought for a moment, its eyes darting around, and it already had an idea in mind.
With these local specialties, especially the small bottle of sealed soul power that was deliberately placed in front of Qin Fu'an, Xie Zeyuan successfully went from being homeless to being under someone else's roof.
When Kong Yu came to pick up his daughter from school, she was caught off guard when she saw him; his flamboyant hair stood on end.
His opening line was: "That bastard Qin Fu'an's death day is coming???"
Otherwise, why would the ghost messengers have chased him all the way to his home to lock his soul?
Qin Fu'an lost his smile and stared at him coldly.
Xie Zeyuan laughed and coughed at the same time, deeply imprinting the image of a sickly man in people's minds. Under the sunlight, the thin shadow belonging to humans also moved with his movements. It seemed that he had not been so happy in a long time.
Under Qin Fu'an's murderous glare, Kong Yu, realizing what had happened, touched the tip of his nose and said awkwardly, "This was just... an unconscious reaction, don't take it seriously..."
He turned his head and gave his daughter a look, signaling her to save her life.
But then she inadvertently saw the egg her daughter was holding in her little hand. After a casual glance, she suddenly froze, instinctively rushed over, and picked it up with trembling hands.
"Where did this come from?" he asked his daughter, but his shocked and incredulous gaze fell on Xie Zeyuan, who was still coughing.
Xie Zeyuan clutched his aching chest, took a breath, frowned and nodded: "That's right, Master asked me to bring it, and told me to return it to your Peacock Clan when I have the chance."
Back then, the chieftain of the Peacock Clan, along with many other bird clan chieftains, followed the Phoenix Clan and sent their unhatched eggs to the Ghost Capital, hoping to give those little creatures that had not yet hatched a chance to survive.
However, even the Ghost Capital is under the jurisdiction of this world. Even with the Ghost Emperor Yama stationed there and the protection of the Earth Goddess Houtu, who controls reincarnation, it is difficult to defy the will of Heaven.
"I thought... it had been discarded." Kong Yu held the egg, which showed no signs of life, and spoke so softly that he seemed afraid of disturbing it.
Seeing this, Xie Zeyuan recalled his master's words and said slowly, "When it lost its life force, it happened to be the time when your peacock clan was in chaos. My master did not send it back, after all, at that time, there were only a few of you left in the peacock clan."
"Later, you became the clan leader, but the human world was in chaos. We ghosts couldn't spare any manpower to deal with the demons, so we waited until now."
"Over the past thousand years, none of the eggs that the demon race sent to Ghost Capital have been discarded. When you have time, inform the other demon races and have them arrange a time to go to Ghost Capital together to bring back their unborn ancestors. Whether it's a proper burial or just a keepsake, you might even get some unexpected surprises by using your clan's secret techniques."
However, since even his master said that these eggs had long lost their life force, then they were indeed lifeless. No matter how much the demons tried to revive them, they could not bring an egg back to life.
This is an undeniable fact.
Kong Yu was aware of this, so he simply expressed his gratitude to Xie Zeyuan, promised to inform the other demons, and then carefully carried the egg away with his daughter.
In his haste and distracted state, he even forgot about Qin Fu'an standing beside him.
Watching his dazed figure, Qin Fu'an frowned, condensing his spiritual energy into a thread, and sent a message to Kong Yu's ear: "Your daughter is sitting in your car, so distracted. Do you want her to get into a car accident with you at such a young age?"
Kong Yu's figure stiffened, and when he took another step, he was already more composed and steady.
"What's the story behind that egg?" Qin Fu'an asked Xie Zeyuan only after everyone had walked away.
The half-human, half-ghost underworld messenger shook his head and said self-deprecatingly, "My master knew I was coming to the human world, so he threw the egg at me and chased me away. How would I know so much?"
After saying that, he changed the subject again: "But over the years, I've vaguely guessed it. I guess he's his parents' child or the youngest elder in that generation. After all, those who are specially sent to Ghost Capital by the Peacock Clan are usually like Little Phoenix, beings who embody the hopes or love of the entire clan."
Given the circumstances back then, the only one who could be deliberately protected was the one with the best talent and highest status in that generation, and the one for whom the entire clan was willing to die.
Unfortunately... in the end, no chance of survival could be found for it.
"It might not have worked back then, but who knows now?" Qin Fu'an smiled enigmatically, then lowered his head and flicked the fluffy little dumpling on his lap who was pretending to be asleep and eavesdropping.
Xie Zeyuan was slightly taken aback, and tentatively asked, "Mr. Qin, do you mean... there?"
Qin Fu'an raised his eyes with a cold expression, "Even Heaven hasn't discovered it, or perhaps Heaven discovered it but there's no place to imprison or reject it, what do you think?"
Xie Zeyuan nodded in realization.
“You’re right. Perhaps… in these difficult times, we might actually be able to give it a try.”
“But it will be very difficult.” Xie Zeyuan took a breath and said helplessly, “We have already sacrificed once. As for the rest… we probably don’t have the courage to do such a heaven-defying deception again, as we did a thousand years ago.”
Qin Fu'an neither agreed nor disagreed with these words.
He simply left behind a sentence: "When cornered, even ants will huddle together and roll into a sea of fire."
What's more, a demon whose bestial nature is deeper than its human nature?
"If that's the case..."
Xie Zeyuan lowered his gaze to his own ethereal shadow on the ground. His eyelashes cast a faint shadow beneath his eyelids, and his words, though soft and weak, seemed to conceal a clear murderous intent:
"Then we must establish our own position and voice there as soon as possible."
Instead of being forced into a sorry state by the kill order and having to find companions.
The idea of finding a place for non-human races to settle down sounds arrogant, but in practice, one must tread on flesh and bones every step of the way.
"We need to make enough room for real demons and monsters instead of those monsters and ghosts."
"What they can do, we are better at."
[Author's Note]
The next chapter is the new dungeon!
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