Chapter 88. Truth Behind Fan Shi’s Tragedy
Arc 3 : Supernatural Horror Movie Nightmare
At that time, Tong Xuan was in the mountains and found Sun Jin, who was seriously injured and fainted. In fact, Tong Xuan did not save people out of kindness. The Exorcists Sect has always acted in both good and evil ways, so naturally, they did not have the extra sympathy to rescue someone of unknown origin in the mountains.
Tong Xuan saw that this person’s hands were covered in blood, and he was full of rage. His forehead was black, which indicated that he would die young. He was an excellent material for refining the Ghost King.
Tong Xuan then rescued Sun Jin and brought him back to his own place. Tong Xuan discovered that in addition to the almost fatal external injuries on Sun Jin’s body, he was also poisoned. It was a poison that superiors often used to control the assassins, and he needed to take the antidote regularly to stay alive.
Looking at Sun Jin’s current situation, he was obviously a fugitive. Without a source of antidote, he will naturally die young.
In order to allow Sun Jin to hold on until the formation was complete, Tong Xuan carefully healed his external injuries but did not tell Sun Jin that he was poisoned. After all, when a vicious and evil person is about to die, no one knows whether he will do something extreme.
However, Sun Jin accidentally discovered Tong Xuan’s identity and believed that the poison in his body was caused by Tong Xuan. When the two confronted each other, Sun Jin died of the poison.
Tong Xuan put Sun Jin’s body into the formation for refining, but at the critical moment, he hesitated because of their life together during that period.
At this moment, Sun Jin regained consciousness ahead of time and remembered everything. He was already extremely angry, and now he was even more resentful. He took advantage of Tong Xuan’s hesitation to break out of the formation.
Afterward, Sun Jin brutally killed Tong Xuan and even felt that his hatred was not satisfied, so he imprisoned his soul and tortured it to this day. Tong Xuan’s mood was calm at this time, and his expression did not change at all when he talked about this experience.
“I just don’t understand why he wants to trap me here and not let me die.” Tong Xuan looked down at his situation: “This punishment seems cruel, but it is nothing more than that after getting used to it. Why would he rather be trapped in Shunping Ghost City and not be able to leave than watch me, his enemy, being tortured every day?”
Du Yan knew what Tong Xuan meant. Sun Jin was refined into a ghost king by Tong Xuan. Although he broke out of the formation and killed him, he would still be restrained by Tong Xuan and could not leave Tong Xuan too far. Only by completely devouring Tong Xuan’s soul could he gain complete freedom.
On the contrary, Sun Jin was trying his best to keep Tong Xuan’s soul. Because of cultivation, Celestial Masters would not turn into a fierce ghost after their death. That was why Tong Xuan was kept in Shunping Ghost City, a place with strong yin energy, instead of losing consciousness and becoming a wandering soul and eventually turning into ashes.
What a contradictory ghost king.
Although Du Yan’s emotional intelligence was not high, he was at least an experienced person. He noticed something strange in Tong Xuan’s narration.
Why did Tong Xuan, as Celestial Master of the Exorcists Sect, hesitate when refining the ghost king? And Sun Jin would rather be trapped in Shunping Ghost City for hundreds of years than completely devour Tong Xuan.
There might be more than just hatred between these two people. Thinking of this, Du Yan completely understood why Sun Jin had to go to great lengths to devour Xiao Lang because Xiao Lang’s special physique allowed him to leave Shunping Ghost City without devouring Tong Xuan.
The love-hate relationship between these two people has now become a dead knot, with no possibility of being untied. Tong Xuan’s feelings for Sun Jin were only a moment of hesitation.
Du Yan asked directly: “Qianbei, since Sun Jin did not completely devour you, how come he can now become the ghost king in charge of Shunping Ghost City?”
A ghost king who has not devoured the refiner is incomplete and has no ability to command hundreds of ghosts. Now, it seems that Sun Jin can control the entire Shunping Ghost City freely, which is somewhat unreasonable.
Tong Xuan replied: “He once separated a part of his soul and went to the world of the living.”
“What do you mean?” Du Yan frowned slightly and thought of something: “Is Sun Jin a local of Shunping?”
Tong Xuan nodded: “That’s right. Two hundred years ago, Sun Jin separated a soul and borrowed the body of a dead fetus in the Sun Clan to go to the world of the living. In that life, his name was Sun Wenhao, and he eventually became an official in imperial capital and was favored by the emperor. He borrowed the dragon energy to increase his own strength, and then he was able to completely control Shunping Ghost City.”
Du Yan finally understood why Fan Shi’s son, Sun Wenhao, was so hard-hearted and cruel to his mother. Because he was not Fan Shi’s child at all, but just a soul who used the dead fetus in Fan Shi’s womb.
Hiss——
While Du Yan was thinking, he suddenly felt a burning sensation on the imprint left by Xiao Lang on his left shoulder. He raised his hand and touched it, realizing that Xiao Lang had come out of formation.
However, now was not the best time for Xiao Lang to come out. Coming out in such a hurry, his strength will definitely not reach the peak.
Now that time was of the essence, Du Yan kept it short and told Tong Xuan about the current situation.
Now, a battle is inevitable between Sun Jin and Xiao Lang. If Sun Jin wins, the Ghost King will be out of control and will cause the death of countless innocent people. If Xiao Lang wins, Du Yan can still restrain him and ensure that the Ghost King does not act too biasedly.
Du Yan said: “Qianbei, you know the current situation. Sun Jin is narrow-minded and vindictive. If he leaves Shunping City, the first place he will look for is definitely our sect.”
Tong Xuan nodded and agreed with Du Yan’s statement: “I know that Sun Jin is a cruel person. If he becomes the ghost emperor, he will definitely turn all living things into charcoal.”
Du Yan bowed deeply and said, “Now, I want to work with Xiao Lang to get rid of Sun Jin. What do you think, Qianbei?”
He paused and said: “Maybe this matter will be a bit cruel to Qianbei.”
Tong Xuan seemed to understand what Du Yan meant. He lowered his eyes, then raised them again: “How can you say it’s cruel? When you were imprisoned and tortured by someone for nearly eight hundred years, no matter how soft and guilty you were, your feelings would have already been worn out.”
“Now, all I want is to leave this place, whether it is to go to reincarnation or to be reduced to ashes, I will be happy with it. As for Sun Jin, let him join me on the journey.”
Du Yan said these words because he knew that Tong Xuan was Sun Jin’s enemy, but he was also the one who understood Sun Jin best. Now Xiao Lang had left formation ahead of time and was not strong enough to destroy Sun Jin completely. The only breakthrough point was Tong Xuan in front of him.
Du Yan asked: “Then please give me some advice on how to kill Sun Jin.”
Tong Xuan said: “Sun Jin is almost an immortal being in Shunping Ghost City. There are only two ways to kill him. One is to eliminate the entire Shunping Ghost City, but you can’t do it alone.”
Du Yan nodded: “To eliminate the entire Shunping Ghost City, it may require all the people of present mysterious sects to take action to achieve it.”
“Then you only have one way left, find Sun Jin’s corpse and destroy it with the power of extreme yang.” Tong Xuan said: “Sun Jin’s corpse has long been refined into bone beads by him to carry it with him every day, it is almost impossible. Then you can only find the corpse of Sun Jin’s blood relative, trap him with the power of blood, and then destroy him and the bone beads together.”
Tong Xuan’s face was filled with despair again. “However, Sun Jin’s parents died in the midst of war, and even he himself didn’t know where his parents’ bodies were.”
Du Yan suddenly remembered something: “No, his closest blood relatives, besides Sun Jin’s parents, are another person, and that is Sun Wenhao’s parents.”
Tong Xuan was slightly stunned: “This method is feasible, but Sun Jin was reincarnated into the world of the living two hundred years ago, so the bodies of Sun Wenhao’s parents may be difficult to find.”
Du Yan smiled softly: “This matter has to be said to be the law of reincarnation. Qianbei, I can only ask you to stay here for a while until Sun Jin is eliminated, and then I will send you into reincarnation.”
“Good.”
***
Du Yan said goodbye to his predecessor and went up the stairs to the first floor. As soon as he pushed open the fire exit door, he saw a man running in hurriedly.
As soon as the man saw Du Yan, he hugged him and said in a reproachful tone: “You didn’t keep your word. You promised me that not a single hair would be hurt on your head!”
“…” Du Yan was somewhat helpless. He did not want to be injured.
“I don’t care. From now on, you are not allowed to leave me.”
Du Yan had seen Xiao Lang’s unreasonable attitude countless times in the past few days, but Du Yan felt something was wrong.
He frowned slightly and said in a slightly cold tone: “Xiao Lang, don’t act crazy and stupid in front of me. You are not that silly ghost now.”
Xiao Lang showed an awkward smile on his face and was about to say something to explain, but suddenly his expression froze: “Oh no, the aura of the Shunping Ghost King suddenly became stronger. I can’t beat him now. Let’s go back to the ancient village first.”
Du Yan knew the situation was serious, and his formation had reached its limit. Sun Jin was probably about to break out of the formation. He didn’t want to bother with Xiao Lang about unimportant things and jumped onto his back.
“You are faster, let’s go.”
Xiao Lang raised his hand to hold Du Yan almost at the moment he made a move, and then he ran out of the door. Xiao Lang was very fast, but Shunping Ghost City was Sun Jin’s territory after all, so his ability was greatly limited.
He carried Du Yan on his back and left the community in an instant. Sun Jin was still trapped in Tian Luo’s body and could not completely escape. Logically, after leaving the community, Du Yan and Xiao Lang should have left the ghost city and returned to the world of the living.
However, as Xiao Lang ran out of the community, a negative energy slowly emerged from the community and began to spread to the entire Shunping City.
“Not good, your ability has caused Shunping Ghost City to completely overlap with Shunping City. Within the scope of Shunping Ghost City, it only takes a moment for the Ghost King to go anywhere he wants.”
After hearing this, Xiao Lang carried Du Yan on his back and ran towards the ancient village.
The rolling dark energy spread out behind the two people, and wherever they went, the colorful world seemed to fade away in an instant. The Shunping Ghost City, which had been sealed for a long time, finally revealed its true face.
The pedestrians on the road were staring at this bizarre scene in astonishment one second and fell down one after another the next.
Du Yan looked back and saw that the three fires on those people’s shoulders were still there. Although the fire had weakened, it could still protect their lives temporarily. However, if it lasted for a long time, the residents of Shunping City would die.
Now, the only way to save the lives of everyone in the city is to get rid of the Ghost King Sun Jin as soon as possible.
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