Chapter 77. Leaving Shunping
Arc 3 : Supernatural Horror Movie Nightmare
The morning sunshine finally penetrated all the fog and drove away the darkness in the room.
Du Yan sat up from the bed, still not coming to his senses. He covered his face and said with some frustration: “Have I fallen to the point where I have to rely on sexual temptation? Love really makes people degenerate.”
Xiao Ba was silent for a moment: “I think Xiao Lang should be frustrated. You were too cruel. You just used the blood from the tip of your tongue to drive him away.”
Du Yan didn’t feel guilty at all: “Based on his neurotic state yesterday, if he continues to develop, he will become completely irrational and controlled by obsession. I am considering the overall situation.”
Now that Xiao Lang was injured, he should have returned to his body to recuperate. If things go well, the other party will appear as the Ghost King next time.
Although Du Yan had confirmed that the ghost haunting him was indeed Xiao Lang, he still had too many questions in his mind that could not be answered.
For example, why did Xiao Lang suddenly become Cheng Yu, and then He Jin, and his memory seemed to be confused. In his confused memory, there were memories of him as Xiao Lang, as well as memories of him as Cheng Yu and He Jin.
Xiao Lang’s memory then switched to different people, and this was just one of the strange things.
Another thing Du Yan still couldn’t figure out was why Xiao Lang’s friends would think Du Yan was Xiao Lang himself and completely forget about Du Yan’s existence. Even Xiao Lang’s parents, who were not in Shunping City at the moment, were affected by this.
Although extremely powerful ghosts can indeed tamper with people’s memories by affecting their brain waves, the strange situation happening to Du Yan must be caused by the ghost of Xiao Lang who was haunting him, but what was his purpose in doing these things?
Du Yan stood up and walked to the window. He suddenly remembered what Xiao Lang had repeatedly emphasized last night: “You are mine. You can’t look at others, and you can’t leave me.”
He suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and at that moment, he connected with the thoughts of the crazy ghost last night, as if they were connected in spirit. The ghost acted completely on instinct and obsession without much rational thinking.
If this was the case, could it be that deep down in Xiao Lang’s heart, he wanted to lock him up in a small dark room, not wanting anyone to see him, and not wanting Du Yan to leave him? Therefore, Xiao Lang’s ghost unconsciously affected the memories of his friends, completely erasing the existence of Du Yan from the memories of those friends. Another key point was Xiao Lang’s words ‘You are mine’. Now that Xiao Lang is dead, he can not prove this in front of everyone, so the ghost’s strong obsession can only be expressed in another twisted way.
If you become me, then it’s as good as you are mine, because in the eyes of all, you are me. This way of thinking, which is incomprehensible to normal people, is somewhat natural to a powerful ghost, so Du Yan became Xiao Lang.
Xiao Ba finally couldn’t help but sigh: “I really think you and this dream lord are a perfect match.”
Du Yan asked: “Why do you say that?”
Xiao Ba replied: “Both of you have very unique trains of thought. Only you can understand such a weird logic.”
“…”
However, all of this was just Du Yan’s speculation. Du Yan’s character in this world was just a novice. His strength was good, but he had little practical experience. He didn’t know whether these analyses were reliable.
Du Yan got up and went to the bathroom to wash his face. The cool water made his mind clear.
To prove whether this guess was reliable, the method was very simple. Perhaps he was dumbed down by Xiao Lang’s inexplicable actions, so he didn’t think of it at first.
Du Yan mocked himself in his heart, then walked out of the room, picked up his phone, and made a call.
The person he called was his master in this world. Du Yan’s master had never met Xiao Lang, so Xiao Lang naturally had no idea of his master’s existence.
If the facts were similar to what Du Yan analyzed, then Xiao Lang can not affect the memory in his master’s brain.
After the call was connected, the voice coming from the receiver was very familiar, and the words spoken were not beyond Du Yan’s expectations.
“Little Yan, I really want to call you. Is there something wrong with your training? Just now, I saw that there was a faint black energy lingering on the jade token you left in the sect. Are you being haunted by a fierce ghost and unable to get rid of it?”
Du Yan confessed: “Shifu, I recently met a person with a very special soul. He had the potential to be a ghost king. I could see from his face that his time was up and he would die unexpectedly soon, so I followed him to look for opportunities.”
Du Yan told his master what had happened recently, cutting out the beginning and the end, using a way that made sense in this worldview.
Then, he expressed his previous speculations.
There was silence on the other end of the phone, probably because he was thinking. About a minute later, Master spoke again: “Your analysis is not unreasonable. His friends mistook you for Xiao Lang, probably because they were unconsciously influenced by the ghost, and their memory was tampered with.”
Du Yan asked again: “Logically speaking, I have already used the formation to trap him in his body. If he is not a ghost king, he has no ability to leave. He just died not long ago. How could he have the ability to attach himself to me and follow me back?”
Master replied: “In fact, there are records of such exceptions in the sect’s scriptures. At that time, there was a senior in our sect, and the ghost he refined was his enemy. As you know, the deeper the hatred between each other, the more intense the emotions, and the stronger the ghost refined, but he didn’t expect that person’s fate to be a bit special. Before the ghost was refined and formed, it broke out of the formation and killed the senior.”
Du Yan asked: “Is it similar to Xiao Lang’s situation?”
“No, but this kind of special soul has one thing in common, that is, compared to ordinary people, they have stronger control over their souls, so he was able to leave his body several times before.”
“Even if he could leave his body, it wouldn’t be that easy for him to leave the formation, right?” Du Yan said.
“Indeed. The ability to refine and control the ghosts is the sect’s most important treasure. Even the ghost king can’t easily escape.” Master paused: “But if only a part of it leaves, it will be much simpler.”
“Part?” Du Yan had a guess in his mind after hearing this.
“Well, you know that people have three immortal souls and seven mortal forms, three souls are You Jing, Tai Guang, and Shuang Ling. Among them, You Jing, this part of soul is the master of emotions and desire. Since this kind of people have an extremely strong ability to control their own souls, if they just separate one soul and leave, the formation will not be triggered.”
(*You Jing/Ghostly spirit/EQ, Tai Guang/Earthly spirit/Life force and Shuang Ling/Heavenly spirit/IQ)
Du Yan understood immediately: “Shifu, you mean that Xiao Lang actually only had one soul that left his body and became a ghost that entangled me. Judging from what he did, it was You Jing that broke out of the formation?”
Master said: “This is my guess. As for the changing appearance, it is normal for ghosts to transform into the appearance of their previous lives based on memory fragments. The specific situation may be best confirmed by you personally.”
Although Cheng Yu and He Jin were not Xiao Lang’s previous lives, this reason can still explain it. The three identities were actually the same person. Even if he forgot the experiences of the first two dreams, some fragments would still remain in his subconscious.
“Well, thank you, Shifu.” Du Yan was about to hang up the phone when he heard another instruction from the other end.
“Although you are the best disciple in the sect, you are a novice and lack experience. Don’t be reckless. If you encounter something you can’t solve, contact me immediately and don’t be stubborn.”
“Shifu, I know.”
Du Yan hung up the call with his master, wondering whether he should go back to the ancient village to check on Xiao Lang’s condition.
Ding Dong——
The doorbell rang, and Du Yan stood up to open the door. Standing at the door were Xiao Lang’s friends.
It was still quite early, around seven o’clock. Du Yan thought that after what happened yesterday, these people would have to rest until at least nine o’clock before they would have the strength to get up and go out.
“You guys got up so early?” Du Yan asked.
Everyone smiled awkwardly: “Let’s go downstairs and have breakfast.”
Seeing this, Du Yan knew that they probably had something important to say, so he turned around to get his things and went to the restaurant with everyone to have breakfast.
When breakfast was almost over, Xiao Lang’s friends looked at each other, then at Du Yan, with some hesitation on their faces, but no one spoke.
Du Yan spoke directly to break the deadlock and said: “Just say whatever you want to say.”
Then Liang Fei spoke up. He was a straightforward person and said straight to the point: “Xiao Lang, we discussed it last night and decided to buy train tickets today. You know what happened in the ancient village. It really scared us…”
Zhou Tian, who may have felt that Liang Fei was too direct, took over the conversation and said: “Xiao Lang, I’m really sorry about this. Don’t blame them, I’m really too timid. It was me who suggested leaving today, and under the current circumstances, no one is in the mood to continue playing, so we decided to buy tickets and leave today.”
Du Yan waved his hands and said with a smile: “I wouldn’t think much about it. It’s normal for you to want to leave. Don’t make it seem like you’ve done something wrong. I should be the one to apologize for not being a good host.”
In fact, everyone’s temporary decision to leave this matter actually suits Du Yan’s wishes.
The situation with Xiao Lang was a little bit abnormal now, Du Yan must find an opportunity to go back to the ancient village to confirm it. At this juncture, Du Yan did not have much time to protect his friends.
Even if they didn’t ask to leave, Du Yan would find a reason to persuade them to leave as soon as possible. Now that they asked to leave, it saved Du Yan the trouble.
Seeing that Du Yan was not angry at all, everyone relaxed their expressions, and the atmosphere at the table began to liven up.
As Liang Fei was talking, he became interested again: “Why don’t we travel together to other places? There is a well-developed scenic spot not far from Shunping. I heard it’s very good. Xiao Lang, how about going with us?”
Du Yan shook his head and said: “Forget it, my parents will be back in two days. I haven’t seen them for a long time, so I’d better stay at home and accompany them.”
Everyone felt a little regretful, but no one said much. After all, they were roommates, and there were plenty of opportunities for them to hang out together.
Since they had reached a consensus, after breakfast, they headed straight to the railway station, intending to buy today’s train tickets to leave Shunping City.
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