Mysterious Revival: Controlling Ghosts Starts with a Bug

Chapter 80: Longevity Ghost
"Yang Jian, long time no see."

In Xu's villa, Xu Kong brewed a cup of hot tea, placed it in front of Yang Jian, and said with a smile.

"After the Hungry Ghost incident, I have been staying in ZS City, but I don't want to see you here again."

"Why are you on this bus? Are you here to trade with me?"

Yang Jian picked up the tea in front of him and took a sip. The warm feeling rolled from his throat to his chest, fighting against the coldness coming from all around.

He exhaled deeply, glanced at the stalled ghost bus outside the yard, looked at Xu Kong with a complicated expression, and said.

"I didn't expect to see you here."

"As for riding the haunted bus? It's a long story, hard to explain in one sentence."

Xu Kong didn't care much and casually added some more tea for Yang Jian.

"Then speak slowly."

"The ghost bus won't leave until you get out."

…………

Ever since the starving ghost incident in Dachang City ended, Yang Jian thought he could live a slightly more peaceful life.

He has already controlled the second evil spirit through the deal with Xu Kong. As long as he doesn't overuse it, he won't have to worry about the evil spirit's revival for at least a few years.

Even if the overall situation is an outbreak of supernatural phenomena, the appearance of evil spirits should increase in stages.

Because of the rampage of starving ghosts, almost all the folk ghost riders and scattered evil spirits in the entire Dachang City were wiped out.

So as the Interpol in charge of Dachang City, naturally there shouldn't be so many things to do.

But Yang Jian did not expect that after only half a month of peace, the newspaper ghost disguised as his father caused unrest in Dachang City again.

It first bewitched Zhao Lei, who was also a student at Dachang No. 7 Middle School, and then tampered with the memories of some official personnel in Dachang City, leading Yang Jian into a terrifying ghost den.

That haunted place, or rather mysterious place, is actually a tattoo parlor.

But the tattoos are not made with ink, but with evil spirits.

Yang Jian discovered that every tattoo hanging on the wall seemed to be a living evil ghost, but all of them had been forcibly changed in shape.

Yang Jian tried his best and used the Ghost Eye and Ghost Den before he barely escaped.

According to what he later learned from the headquarters, this mysterious place should be the legendary horror tattoo parlor.

It seems to be able to travel around the world and overlap with any tattoo parlor in the world.

Yang Jian was pulled in when he was exploring a tattoo parlor in Dachang City.

Of course, Yang Jian is also a ghost rider who controls two evil ghosts, and both the ghost eye and the headless ghost shadow are extremely powerful.

So before he escaped, he stole a frozen ghost face tattoo from the tattoo parlor, so it wasn't a complete loss.

But this cannot offset Yang Jian’s anger at being tricked by the newspaper.

Today's newspaper ghost can change the memory of Dachang City officials and lead Yang Jian into the horror tattoo parlor.

Tomorrow, the newspaper ghost will be able to modify the memory of Dachang City officials again and lead Yang Jian to other supernatural places such as the Ghost Road and the Horror Museum.

Yang Jian didn't want to gamble on whether his life was strong enough. He just wanted to imprison the newspaper ghost as soon as possible and eliminate the "source" of the disaster.

But after launching this attack, the newspaper ghost seemed to have disappeared without a trace.

Yang Jian naturally would not be satisfied with this.

After he had exhausted all his connections and failed to find the newspaper ghost, he once again used the human skin sealed in gold.

After some intrigue, Yang Jian paid the price of a fierce ghost and had Pizhi point out the location of the newspaper ghost - a mysterious place in Dazheng City.

There are obviously many evil spirits in the haunted place.

But after repeated consideration, Yang Jian decided to go to Dazheng City.

You can only commit a thief in a thousand days, but there is no way to guard against a thief in a thousand days.

From the beginning when the newspaper ghost disguised himself as his father in his house, to later when he passed through a trap set by the Dachang city officials.

Yang Jian could be sure that there was a 90% chance that the newspaper ghost had "remembered" him.

Therefore, if he doesn't want to be ambushed again, he has to strike first.

Isn't it a haunted place?

After experiencing the starving ghost incident in Dachang City and the horror tattoo parlor, Yang Jian still had some confidence.

He then went straight to headquarters to make his request.

Considering the threat posed by the newspaper ghost, the headquarters also agreed to send Li Dong, the head of Dazheng City, and another ghost rider from the headquarters to help deal with the matter.
Then, after arriving in Dazheng City, Yang Jian got on this mysterious bus directly at the bus stop at the train station.

…………

“…That’s roughly the situation.”

Concealing the existence of the human skin paper, Yang Jian only said that he got the news from a certain channel, and then prepared to form a team to imprison the newspaper ghost.

"It's just that after getting on this bus that can suppress evil spirits and ghosts, it has been traveling among various ghost places."

"I've been waiting for it to re-enter reality, but I never got the chance. Instead, it drove to you."

After giving a brief account of the situation, Yang Jian paused slightly and then asked.

"I just saw two bloody characters 'Xu's Residence' outside this villa."

"Could it be that this villa was left by your previous generation?"

He made a bold guess.

Yang Jian knew that evil ghosts had been resurrected in the past, and he also knew that there had been ghost controllers in the past. For example, the old house from the Republic of China era behind the Guanjiang community was the trace left by the former ghost controllers.

After seeing Xu Kong directly help him control the second evil ghost, Yang Jian had another logical guess.

Since a powerful ghost rider can help control a second evil ghost, then he should also be able to help an ordinary person control the first evil ghost.

In this case, the second, third, and fourth generations of Ghost Riders will inevitably exist.

Even if we analyze it purely from the perspective of human nature, most people who possess power will not let their descendants give up that power.

Yang Jian also obtained Xu Kong's information from Wang Xiaoming during the days when the starving ghost incident occurred in Dachang City.

At such a young age, it is already too much for him to control such a powerful spiritual power as the ghost cabinet.

Could it be said that this villa located deep in the spiritual world was built by Xu Kong himself?

Yang Jian absolutely didn't believe it.

"Where did you get this guess from?"

Xu Kong raised his eyebrows and said.

"I have been to more than ten mysterious places on the ghost bus these past two days. All of them are simple ancient buildings, and the latest one is no later than the Republic of China."

Since there were no outsiders around, Yang Jian was not reluctant to express his guess.

"But this villa is obviously of modern style, so it is impossible that it was built by people during the Republic of China period."

"Judging from the architectural style, the earliest one was probably built around the 1970s or 1980s."

"As for you, you can only control the evil spirit for a few months. You probably don't have time to do this kind of thing."

"But the words 'Xu's Residence' are written on the door of this villa, and your last name is Xu."

"In the world of ghost riders, there aren't that many coincidences."

"So after ruling out all possibilities, the only truth is naturally that this is a mysterious place left by your previous generation, and you inherited it."

Yang Jian was quite confident in his guess, and looked at Xu Kong with more caution.

A ghost rider and a ghost rider from a ghost rider family, even if they ride the same evil ghosts, the backgrounds they possess are completely different.

The latter is obviously stronger than the former.

"Your guess... is very bold, and reasonable enough."

Xu Kong gave Yang Jian a thumbs up and smiled.

“Although I’m still a little stuck in my thinking.”

"Can't think straight? Am I wrong in my guess?"

Yang Jian was stunned at first, then he reacted and looked at Xu Kong in surprise.

"Did you build this mysterious villa? You have actually reached this level!"

"correct!"

Xu Kong snapped his fingers and said to Yang Jian.

"Compared to when we first met, you are no longer as green as you were, but you still don't know enough about the psychic world."

"Although we ghost riders cannot cultivate ourselves like those people in novels, what we are best at is reaching the sky in one step."

"If you control a ghost, you can use the power of a ghost."

"If you control ten evil spirits, you can use the power of ten evil spirits."

"The evil ghosts that you control can manipulate time and space, so you can directly transform from an ordinary person into a powerful ghost controller who can manipulate time and space."

Looking at Yang Jian's thoughtful gaze, Xu Kong concluded.

"Ghosts are the greatest danger in our world, but also the greatest miracle!"

"If you have this kind of mindset, you will never simply rule me out because I haven't been controlling evil spirits for a long time."

"For a powerful ghost rider, neither time nor space can be a constraint."

"Just like you, Xu Kong."

Yang Jia continued Xu Kong's words.

"Not bad!"

Xu Kong nodded and pointed around.

"This mysterious place connected to ZS City, I actually just entered it recently."

"But it doesn't affect me from directly transforming it into what I want."

These words directly opened up a new world for Yang Jian.

He looked at Xu Kong with the same burning gaze as Wang Xiaoming saw those technological equipment.

"So, it is possible for me to achieve this?"

"Of course!"

Xu Kong immediately smiled, looked at Yang Jian approvingly and encouraged him.

"As long as you work hard to imprison evil spirits and continue to come to me to trade, you will be able to control more and more evil spirits."

"When the time comes, you can control eight or ten evil spirits at the same time, and you can also rule the mountain in the depths of the spirit world."

"But I can't guarantee that it will be harvested by a passing scary ghost."

Looking at Yang Jian who was full of energy, Xu Kong did not say the last sentence.

Wasn't it that he told Yang Jian all these things so patiently just to arouse his ambition?
"A real man should be like this" is the romance in every man's heart.

Anyway, it's just a matter of going with the flow and it won't take any extra effort.

If successful, Yang Jian could at least bring Xu Kong a deal involving at least a hundred evil spirits.

Yang Jian took two deep breaths, buried the ambitions that had just risen in his heart, then looked at Xu Kong and asked a question he had been thinking about for a long time.

"Xu Kong, can you trade the ghost mirror you got last time at the old house from the Republic of China behind Guanjiang Community?"

Xu Kong glanced at Yang Jian with a deep gaze, as if he could see through his heart, and then said.

"You want to be an outlier too?"

Yang Jian's heart was shocked, and then he said bitterly.

"……How did you know?"

"Don't forget, I'm driving the 'Ghost Cupboard'."

Xu Kong replied calmly.

"When you ask about the transaction, the Ghost Cabinet will naturally inform me of the relevant matters."

"Ghost mirrors can be used to fake "resurrection" or to create aliens."

"The fake 'resurrection' function is mostly a backup plan that ghost riders who are on the verge of a ghost reviving want."

"But becoming an outlier is what every ghost rider desires."

"From the look of you, it's obviously the latter."

"Where did you get the specific information about the ghost mirror?"

Xu Kong asked with pretended curiosity.

Yang Jian was silent for a moment and nodded.

"Correct."

He did not lie, he just skipped the question of where the ghost mirror information came from.

In other words, after hearing the previous words, Yang Jian's first feeling was anger at having his secret discovered by someone, and his second feeling was relief and fear.

Fortunately, but also afraid of the mystery of the human skin paper, it actually escaped the detection of the ghost cabinet controlled by Xu Kong.

Yang Jian didn't think Xu Kong would lie to him.

After all, he has revealed such important information as the ghost cabinet, the aliens, etc. He wouldn't lie on a human skin, right?

He, Yang Jian, is not an important person, worthy of being plotted against by Xu Kong, a powerful ghost rider.

So after calming down, Yang Jian looked at Xu Kong and told the truth.

"After entering the spiritual land, I felt that my strength was not enough. I did have the idea of ​​transforming into an alien, but I just hadn't made up my mind yet."

"But whether I take this route or not, I want to collect the relevant items in advance so that I won't be caught off guard in an emergency."

"So, can the ghost mirror be traded?"

Yang Jian asked this question again.

"can."

Xu Kong didn't talk nonsense and responded directly.

“But because of its special effects, the price may be a bit high.”

“…How high?”

Yang Jian was delighted, but then he felt something was wrong.

"One price, three hundred evil spirits."

Xu Kong raised three fingers.

Yang Jian's heart sank to the bottom and he murmured subconsciously.

"so tall?"

After Xu Kong pointed out the function of the ghost mirror, he thought that the biggest obstacle to "purchasing the ghost mirror" was that Xu Kong would not sell it, but he did not expect it would be the price.

"Is it high? Not at all."

Xu Kong flatly refuted Yang Jian's words.

"First, as long as the fake 'resurrection' function has not been exposed, if you are strong enough, you can just take this ghost mirror and look for ghost riders around the world who are on the verge of resurrection. They will do anything for the chance to live another life."

"Secondly, even if we don't sell the chance of 'resurrection', the ghost mirror alone can be used as a family heirloom to create aliens from generation to generation, ensuring the longevity of the family."

"If I hadn't thought about developing my family's descendants, I wouldn't have traded with you."

"Do you think it's worth three hundred evil spirits?"

Xu Kong looked at Yang Jian and asked seriously.

"……worth."

Faced with the facts, Yang Jian could not tell a lie even if his heart was bleeding.

There was no way he could afford such a high price.

What's more, Yang Jian also remembered the "balance payment" clearly.

Therefore, he had to give up the ghost mirror and the way of achieving alien status through it.

Xu Kong nodded with satisfaction, and then changed the subject.

"But..."

Yang Jian subconsciously raised his head, but heard Xu Kong say.

"If you can't afford it, you can rent it."

"For example, renting two evil spirits for one week, five evil spirits for two weeks, nine evil spirits for three weeks... and so on."

"And the method of using the ghost mirror to achieve alienation won't take long, right?"

Yang Jian's eyes lit up.

This is indeed a good idea.

And thanks to the "transaction" rules of the ghost cabinet, its credibility can also be guaranteed. Yang Jian once verified it with human skin paper.

"Just like this, all plans are disrupted."

Yang Jian pondered for a moment, looked at Xu Kong and said.

"I originally wanted to trade you the ghost mirror first, and then trade you a period of spiritual protection to ensure that I could survive even if I didn't successfully transform into an alien."

"But if we rent a ghost mirror, the latter transaction cannot be carried out."

He remembered the rule of the ghost cabinet very clearly: "one person can only conduct one transaction at the same time."

But when he said it at this moment, he meant to ask Xu Kong for help in finding a solution.

After all, after so many contacts, Yang Jian could see that Xu Kong really wanted to collect more evil spirits.

He didn't care whether this was Guichu's request, Xu Kong's own idea, or simply a character created by Xu Kong.

But what Yang Jian can be sure of is that Xu Kong will not sit idly by and watch the deal in front of him go wrong, at least for now.

Of course, no matter what he thought, Yang Jian still had some social skills on the surface.

He looked at Xu Kong and asked.

"Xu Kong, do you have any solution? I can pay the same amount of evil spirits as the transaction."

"Is this..."

Xu Kong hesitated for a moment, thinking about what force he should use to avoid being "exposed".

Finally, his target fell on a vicious ghost that Xin Jin had captured.

"…Have you ever heard of a musical ghost?"

Xu Kong looked at Yang Jian and asked.

Yang Jian shook his head, obviously he had never heard of it.

"what is that?"

"Music ghost is my general term for the evil ghosts in the music department. Specific details include piano ghosts, suona ghosts, opera ghosts, flute ghosts, etc."

Xu Kong introduced.

"They are classified into one category because they are all able to initiate psychic attacks on the consciousness level through the sound of music."

“But there are two sides to every coin.”

"Music ghosts can attack consciousness, so they can naturally protect consciousness."

"When you became an alien, what you wanted to trade was probably the protection of consciousness, right?"

Yang Jian nodded.

Xu Kong laughed immediately.

"It just so happens that I recently got a piano ghost in this haunted place, which can play piano ghosts, or curses."

"It should meet your requirements."

"Then I will curse you with the piano sound to keep your consciousness alive for a certain period of time. During this time, you will become an alien."

"Then come to me again before the deadline and remove the curse of the piano ghost through the transaction of the ghost cabinet."

"Isn't it perfect?"

Even with Yang Jian's picky nature, he had to nod in agreement.

“It’s really hard to fault it.”

"But in this case, isn't it equivalent to my transaction with you increasing from two to three?"

“Although this method is perfect, it is still too expensive.”

He asked Xu Kong with a conflicted look.

"Is there any other solution?"

"Otherwise, with this deal, even if I become an alien, it will take me half a year to catch evil spirits."

"And this is when there are enough evil spirits."

Yang Jian had something else he was embarrassed to say.

That is, he wants to be an outlier because he is afraid of death.

But according to Xu Kong's method, Yang Jian had to take the initiative to find the ghost.

The more you walk on the road at night, the more ghosts you encounter.

By then, it's only a matter of time before you're on the verge of life and death.

"Then I have no choice."

Xu Kong leaned back and answered with his hands spread out.

"After all, no matter what you do, you always have to pay a price, right?"

Yang Jian was silent.

If he didn't know about the existence of the "Piano Ghost", he would have directly gambled on whether he could survive the process of becoming an alien when his life was on the line.

But now that he already knew there was a "life-saving option", it was impossible for Yang Jian to ignore it again.

If you think about it carefully, the solution provided by Xu Kong seems to have no other disadvantages except being expensive.

Before, he was still hesitant about whether to become an outlier, but now he is really tempted.

Then Yang Jian suddenly thought of a joke on the Internet, which was particularly appropriate to apply to this moment.

Is expensiveness a disadvantage of the method proposed by Xu Kong?
Expensiveness is not the downside of this method.

Being poor is Yang Jian's own shortcoming
and so……

"Done!"

Yang Jian made up his mind and looked at Xu Kong.

"Renting a ghost mirror for two weeks, plus the piano ghost curse and the ghost cabinet curse, how much does it cost in total to remove all the evil spirits?"

Xu Kong, who was well prepared, answered directly.

"Renting the ghost mirror for two weeks is worth five ghosts; the piano ghost curse is worth twelve ghosts; the ghost cabinet resolves the curse, also worth twelve ghosts."

"The total price is twenty-nine evil spirits."

He didn't make a random offer.

After all, the ghost mirror is only rented, and Xu Kong will also set up measures to ensure that it is not lost, so the rental price is not high.

The twelve evil spirits cursed by the piano ghost were based on the old story of Xu Kong's first transaction with the ghost cabinet. In exchange for the twelve evil spirits, he obtained from the ghost cabinet the requirement to control any evil spirit he encountered after leaving the ghost cabinet.

The curse of the piano ghost is enough to keep Yang Jian's consciousness alive for a certain period of time, which is comparable to controlling a fierce ghost.

In other words, if an ordinary person is cursed by the piano ghost, he can even madly control the evil ghost during this period of time, thereby continuously improving his strength.

The Music Box Plan was also one of the ghost-controlling plans that Xu Kong formulated after he traveled through time.

But later, after he controlled the ghost and transformed himself into ghost consciousness, he gave up.

"Twenty-nine evil spirits, plus the 'final payment' that's a total of 87. To be on the safe side, we need to prepare a hundred evil spirits."

Yang Jian calculated rapidly in his mind.

When he came up with this data, he paused slightly and even couldn't help wanting to give up.

One person prepares a hundred evil spirits?

Even if he could control a second evil ghost and live for a few more years, Yang Jian did not have the confidence to do so.

He is not like Xu Kong, who controls a terrifying ghost cabinet.

Just now, the ghostly red light was enough to force the haunted bus to stop.

The four evil ghost passengers inside had no time to react and were directly suppressed and imprisoned.

Outside the haunted bus, Xiaochun City Detective Xu Feng and another ghost handler Lin Bei were still standing there trembling with fear.

Without Xu Kong's invitation, they didn't even dare to get close to Xu's villa.

But Yang Jian reacted quickly.

"My calculation just now was wrong. In the early stage, I only need to prepare seventeen evil spirits."

"Then I can just become an outlier."

"After that, I will go and imprison other evil spirits. It will not only be safer, but also much faster."

“So, we can trade.”

Yang Jian raised his head and looked at Xu Kongdao without any embarrassment.

"I don't have that many evil spirits at the moment."

"Once I have gathered enough evil spirits, how can I contact you to trade?"

"Just call me."

Xu Kong took out his cell phone and gestured to Yang Jian.

"You probably didn't notice? I have already connected the signal of this mysterious place to ZS City."

“So I can get calls and messages here too.”

"Just contact me directly when the time comes."

Yang Jian's expression changed slightly, and he took out the satellite positioning mobile phone which had been without signal since entering the mysterious place. Sure enough, the signal was full, and a series of messages popped up.

"Can you even achieve this by mastering a spiritual place?"

"Then can I just go out from here?"

He looked at Xu Kong and asked.

“It shouldn’t have been allowed.”

Xu Kong spoke.

Yang Jian's expression remained unchanged.

Since it is originally, there is now.

Sure enough, Xu Kong continued.

"But since you have made a deal before, I can give you a chance to travel through it, but only once."

"If it happens next time, we will charge a toll."

"no problem."

Yang Jian responded readily.

If he really comes here again next time, he might be able to use this place as a safe zone or a point to return to the city, even if it means sacrificing evil spirits.

After all, the deep spiritual world is not a place for humans to stay. There are dangers everywhere and you need to be careful at all times.

The most important thing is to be able to take a safe rest at a critical moment and have a way to return to reality.

Yang Jian, who was short of evil spirits, left Xu's house directly from the back door, and left very cleanly.

He planned to set out from ZS City again to Da Zheng City, and at the same time try to imprison as many evil spirits as possible until the number reached seventeen.

As Yang Jian left, Xu Kong glanced outside the courtyard.

The ghost bus roared, and the front and rear headlights lit up one by one. Then it sped into the darkness with the two ghost riders back on board and disappeared completely.

Xu Kong also went up to the second floor again and lay down in the ghost coffin again.

Inside the villa, a dark ghostly den burst out, and the lights dimmed and went out one by one.

The entire mysterious land fell into darkness again.

…………

ZS City.

Tong Qian is still busy.

In addition to handling local affairs in ZS City, she also kept calling Cao Yanhua at the headquarters, trying to dissuade the plan for the supernatural isolation zone.

Apparently, local affairs in ZS City are never-ending.

The plan that the headquarters had studied and discussed from many aspects could not be interrupted because of the opposition from Tong Qian, the person in charge of a mere city.

Tong Qian even heard from her operator that some people at headquarters were vaguely saying that she didn't have back pain when she was talking while standing.

It is said that there is a supernatural isolation zone in ZS City and the situation is good, but the person in charge of the city has no idea how dire the situation is in other places.

Tong Qian was so angry that she jumped up and down, and she wanted to rush to the headquarters immediately to pull out those gossips and confront them.

But without a transfer order, she could only protest into the phone.

Then one day, Tong Qian suddenly received the news.

A stranger suddenly walked out of the Caesar Hotel that belonged to Xu Kong, and no one around had ever seen this person enter.

She checked the surveillance footage and found it was an acquaintance - Yang Jian, an international criminal police officer from Dachang City.

After the meeting, the enthusiastic Tong Qian took the initiative to apply to the headquarters to accompany Yang Jian to solve the problem of the newspaper ghost that posed a great threat to social stability.

The ghost riders going to Dazheng City will receive +1 again.

…………

"Ding-ling-ling! Ding-ling-ling! Ding-ling-ling! Ding-ling-ling!"

A few days later, deep in the ghost world, in the bedroom on the second floor of Xu's house, the cell phone next to the ghost coffin kept vibrating, and the initial ringtone sounded in a loop.

A pale right hand penetrated the lid of the ghost coffin, picked up the phone and answered it.

"Xu Kong, are you free now? I have an urgent supernatural incident that I would like you to handle. I will take care of all the evil spirits."

Cao Yanhua's voice came hurriedly from the phone.

"Oh? What paranormal event?"

Xu Kong asked curiously.

Cao Yanhua even said that he had enough evil spirits.

"It was the Shoucun incident that suddenly broke out in the suburbs of Dazheng City."

Cao Yanhua spoke directly.

"Come to think of it, this has something to do with you."

"After Yang Jian came out of Caesar Hotel, he invited Tong Qian to go to Dazheng City to deal with the newspaper ghost."

"They, along with Li Dong, the head of Dazheng City, and another ghost rider from the headquarters, entered a mysterious place called Shou Village."

"But inside, Yang Jian and his team failed to imprison the newspaper ghost. Instead, they disturbed the dormant longevity ghost."

Cao Yanhua's voice lowered and he spoke solemnly.

"The spirit of the longevity ghost is extremely terrifying. It can take away a person's life span. Even a ghost rider cannot resist it."

"Li Dong, the head of Dazheng City, and the ghost riders sent by the headquarters were not paying attention for a moment, and were affected by the spirit of the longevity ghost and died of aging.

"Fortunately, their bodies were taken in directly by Yang Jian after they died, so there is no need to worry about causing a chain reaction in Shou Village, a mysterious place."

"At present, the level of the Shoucun incident is C, and it does not pose much harm to the people of Dazheng City."

"But the evil spirits among them are extremely terrifying, and they also have ghost dens, and they may become A-level at any time."

"By then, tens of millions of people in the entire city of Zhengzhou will be in danger."

"But you are the only one who is suitable to take action now."

"So if you are free and willing to go, you'd better leave right away."

"I do have time now."

Since the headquarters offered a high price and it was within his ability to handle, Xu Kong was not reluctant to make a fortune.

"But the headquarters must first complete the transaction of the ZS City's ownerless evil spirit isolation zone. The balance is currently 10 evil spirits."

"no problem!"

Cao Yanhua was overjoyed and quickly added.

"The price of all transactions can be discussed on the way. When the time comes, we will also airfreight the 'previous payment' directly to Dazheng City. I hope you can let Guichu go all out."

"If you go all out, the price will be high."

The ghost den flashed, and Xu Kong walked out of the mysterious place, came to the door of Caesar Hotel, and spoke to Cao Yanhua with his mobile phone.

"Price is not an issue."

Cao Yanhua reiterated.

Xu Kong suddenly became curious.

"Minister Cao, I remember that you didn't act so decisively after the starving ghost incident in Dachang City broke out, right?"

"The current Dazheng City has not been affected by the supernatural, so why would the headquarters be willing to pay such a high price?"

"It's not possible that Dazheng City is so much more important than Dachang City, right?"

"Could it be because of... Shougui?"

Xu Kong guessed.

After thinking about it, this is the only possibility.

Life span has always been one of the things that humans value most.

"Yes."

Cao Yanhua obviously had no intention of hiding it.

"This time, the headquarters fully supports you in handling the Shoucun incident. You can name your price."

"But you must detain Shougui and hand him over to headquarters."

"It's too dangerous to let this kind of evil spirit, which involves the laws of life span, out in the open."

"Headquarters needs it, too, right?"

Xu Kong added with a smile.

Cao Yanhua seemed like a snake whose tail was stepped on. His voice suddenly rose and he spoke righteously.

"Even if we get Shougui, we will never use it for personal use."

"And for official business?"

Xu Kong spoke again.

Cao Yanhua avoided the question.

“The specific use will be discussed at the headquarters meeting.”

Then he asked, urged.

"How long will it take you to get to Dazheng City?"

"The first batch of 500 evil spirits has already departed from Dajing City and was transported to Dazheng City by a special plane from the headquarters."

"ten……"

Xu Kong spoke.

"Ten hours? Did you take the train?"

Cao Yanhua frowned, checked the computer and saw that Xu Kong's cell phone signal satellite positioning was still in ZS City, so he immediately spoke.

"Wait for me in ZS City, I'll arrange it for you..."

"Nine……"

Xu Kong spoke again and said the second number.

On the computer, Xu Kong’s mobile phone was moving rapidly towards Dazheng City.

The technician turned on the satellite projection at the right time, and saw a scarlet light spanning north and south, starting from ZS City and flying rapidly towards the north.

Cao Yanhua was silent.

"Eight……"

"seven……"

"six……"

"..."

"two……"

"one……"

"arrive."

On the computer, Xu Kong's phone location had fallen into Dazheng City, and Xu Kong's voice came from Cao Yanhua's mobile phone.

"By the way, Minister Cao, what did you say you were going to arrange for me?"

"nothing."

Cao Yanhua chose to skip this topic and get straight to business.

"How much 'pre-payment' is needed to deal with the Shou Village incident? Are two hundred evil spirits enough?"

"It only took a hundred evil spirits to solve the incident in Dachang City."

"Of course... not enough."

There was a sharp turn in Xu Kong's words, but his answer was very direct.

"There are still some resources in the headquarters, right? Those ghost riders who are about to die of old age."

"According to the Ghost Cabinet's judgment, with the Longevity Ghost, they can all extend their lifespan to a certain extent."

"By then, the situation in the entire world will change drastically."

"The transactions in the ghost cabinet must be 'equivalent'."

"So let alone 200 evil spirits, even 500 are not enough."

Cao Yanhua was speechless for a moment and only spoke after a long time.

"...Then how much do you want?"

Xu Kong's eyes lit up.

"Don't you need to ask for permission?"

"It seems that what you just said about the evil spirits is true, Minister Cao."

"Humph! When have I ever broken my word?"

Although Cao Yanhua felt a pang of pain in his heart, he still forced himself to speak.

"Tell me, what's the price?"

"A thousand evil spirits."

On the streets of Dazheng City, people were coming and going, and Xu Kong smiled and made an offer.

"What! This price is too..."

Cao Yanhua yelled.

"The Shougui returns to headquarters."

Xu Kong added.

“…That makes perfect sense.”

Cao Yanhua's tone calmed down and became steady again.

"I will immediately dispatch another special plane to send the remaining 500 evil spirits to Dazheng City."

"I'll contact you as soon as I get there."

“I hope you will not disappoint the country’s expectations.”

"You get what you pay for, so don't worry."

On the phone, Xu Kong made a promise.

"By the way, is there really no one at the headquarters who can deal with Shougui?"

Then, before hanging up the phone, he asked casually.

Originally Xu Kong was just asking casually, but he didn't expect Cao Yanhua to pause for a moment before answering.

“…Someone recommended you and said you were the best choice.”

The phone hangs up.

Xu Kong stroked his phone and made a judgment.

"The person who recommended me is most likely Mr. Qin from the headquarters, right?"

"He can communicate with his future self, so he can say who is the 'best choice' as a matter of course, and other insiders at headquarters will not object."

"So, I've entered his sight?"

Xu Kong suddenly smiled, turned around and walked towards the Da Zheng City Government Office.

"It looks like we'll meet soon..."

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Suburbs of Dazheng City.

Xu Kong was sitting in the front seat of a car, with no one in the back seat.

The driver next to him was an acquaintance of the Dachang City starving ghost incident, Fang Feisheng, the Interpol officer who had asked Tong Qian to come out of confinement at the old house in the Republic of China.

Perhaps the headquarters saw that they got along well at the beginning, so they specially transferred Fang Feisheng to be the temporary guide.

"To be honest, this is my first time in Dazheng City. I didn't expect that my job would be to show people around."

Fang Feisheng complained while steering with one hand.

Next to him, Xu Kong was not worried that he would drive into a ditch or take the wrong road.

Unless the ghost riders are caused by evil spirits, they are in good health and have navigation skills.

"Have you read Shoumura's file?"

Xu Kong looked at the road ahead which was gradually becoming damaged, with more and more bumps and potholes, and asked with a smile.

Before the operation, he had already captured thousands of evil spirits, which was a huge harvest, so the smile on his face never stopped.

"Of course I did."

Fang Feisheng turned the steering wheel and just avoided a big pit.

"I didn't expect that there was such a terrifying ghost hiding not far from Dazheng City, and no one has discovered it yet."

"According to Yang Jian's oral account and the analysis of relevant experts at the headquarters, the buildings there actually existed in the Ming Dynasty and have been well preserved over the years."

He glanced at Xu Kong, clicked his tongue twice, and said.

"Are you really saying that, as Yang Jian guessed, there were already ghost riders in the Ming Dynasty?"

"It's probably close to ten."

Xu Kong replied with a smile.

"Otherwise, where do our legends of immortals who look like ghost riders, and descriptions of evil spirits, come from?"

"It can't be just a figment of your imagination, right?"

"That's right."

Fang Feisheng nodded and said indifferently.

Anyway, it has nothing to do with him, at most it's just another topic for small talk.

"Who knows, there may be more mysterious places from the Qin, Han, Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties to be discovered in the future."

"It will be lively then."

…………

The entrance to this mysterious place, Shou Village, is under a cliff.

Xu Kong and Fang Feisheng parked the car on an open space on a nearby cliff, and then walked directly down.

Along the way, we bypassed many ancient trees, thorns, and ravines in the mountains and forests, and finally arrived at the entrance of a cave.

"This is a shabby place. If Yang Jian hadn't left the location, we probably wouldn't have been able to find it."

Fang Feisheng shook his head and then looked towards the dark cave.

There were several messy traces of footprints at the entrance of the cave, but only signs of people entering but not exiting were seen.

"Are we really going in?"

He backed off a little.

"It's me who's going in, not you."

Xu Kong pushed the drum one more time to help Fang Feisheng back out, and it hit the mark.

"Didn't the headquarters ask you to lead the way? They didn't ask you to help deal with the Shoucun incident."

"Yes!"

Fang Feisheng suddenly realized and simply turned around and left.

"I'll be waiting for you in the car on the cliff. Come find me when you're done."

Xu Kong shook his head and stepped directly into the dark cave.

Then, in just a few steps, he walked from reality into the depths of the supernatural.

Directly in front of him, an elderly Confucian scholar from the Ming Dynasty, wearing a round-necked, wide-sleeved shirt and a square scarf on his head, was walking towards him stiffly.

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