Mysterious Resurrection: What If

Chapter 36 The Buddhist Kingdom in a Dream (Part 5)

Yang Jian walked to the bedside and sat down, saying to Liu Jing, "Auntie, I am Li Yang's friend."

Liu Jing was still a little weak, but she had just seen Li Jie's attitude towards Yang Jian. This director, who had ignored her when she first came to the hospital, was as obedient as a child in front of Yang Jian.

She strained to sit up, but Yang Jian pressed her down, saying:

“Auntie, don’t be so formal. Li Yang and I are very good friends. I’m here just to ask you for some advice about him.”

"Son... just ask me whatever you have questions. My Li Yang hasn't been back for six months. He was just traveling abroad."

As she spoke, tears welled up in Liu Jing's eyes. She couldn't stop feeling sad whenever Li Yang was mentioned.

Yang Jian asked, "I'd like you to recall if Li Yang behaved anything unusual before he went abroad, such as in his speech or behavior."

Liu Jing thought for a while before speaking: "No, Li Yang has always been an excellent student with good character and academic performance. He has never had any conflicts with his classmates at school."

After talking with Liu Jing for a while, Yang Jian confirmed that Li Yang was just an ordinary college student before he got involved in the ghost painting.

In other words, Li Yang did indeed become a Ghost Master within the Ghost Painting, but if that's the case, then who took him out of the Ghost Painting?
It's impossible that he controlled a ghost in the ghost painting that was even more powerful than the ghost painting itself.

Yang Jian continued, "Auntie, if you don't mind, I'd like to visit where you live."

Liu Jing nodded: "Go ahead, child. The key is in my clothes. No one has lived here for a long time, so it might be a bit dirty and messy."

Yang Jian stood up and covered Liu Jing with the blanket.

“Auntie, the weather in DQ City is not suitable for recuperating here. I will arrange for someone to pick you up and take you to Dachang City tomorrow. Just focus on getting better, and I will do my best to find Li Yang.”

A glimmer of hope appeared in Liu Jing's eyes. She knew that the young man in front of her must be some important person, but she didn't know when her Li Yang had made such a friend. She immediately expressed her gratitude:

"Thank you, child. You are such a good person. Buddha will bless you."

When Yang Jian came downstairs, Li Jie was instructing some medical staff to move medical equipment. When he saw Yang Jian come down, Li Jie immediately came to greet him.

"Commander Yang, I have arranged for Liu Jing to be transferred to another hospital. These people will accompany Liu Jing to Dachang City. Don't worry, I will do my best to treat Liu Jing. She will be able to walk normally in less than a month."

Yang Jian nodded. It seemed that Li Jie was very tactful and knew how to act even without Yang Jian saying anything.

"I still have something to do, so I'll leave first."

"Okay, okay." Li Jie immediately bowed and respectfully saw Yang Jian out of the hospital.

Under the cover of night, there was a chill in the air. Although it was close to the New Year and the temperature was indeed very low, this was an extremely unusual phenomenon for Yang Jian.

The ghostly hand opened and caught a snowflake, a slight chill spreading through its palm.

A strange glint flashed in Yang Jian's eyes. He was almost certain that the falling snow was some kind of supernatural medium, but it was still in a relatively stable state and had not yet begun to attack ordinary people.

However, Yang Jian didn't have the energy to deal with this matter at the moment. Even the person in charge of DQ City was still in Dajing City assisting the headquarters in imprisoning the out-of-control ghost. He also had a lot of things to deal with. He could only send the information back to the headquarters and leave it to Wang Xiaoming to consider.

Upon arriving at Liu Jing's residence, a six-story old-style residential building, Yang Jian immediately activated his Ghost Domain and entered Liu Jing's house.

The furniture inside was covered with a thin layer of dust, indicating that no one had lived there for some time. Looking at the framed photo on the table, Li Yang, dressed in his school uniform, was laughing and striking a victory pose. Within the ghost realm, Yang Jian surveyed the room but found nothing unusual; it was just an ordinary dwelling.

Just as Yang Jian was about to leave.

A series of knocks came from the door.

Yang Jian's eyes turned cold instantly, and he picked up his wood-chopping knife and walked towards the door.

"Is Yang Jian here?"

A deep voice came from the doorway. Yang Jian recognized the voice; he seemed to have heard it somewhere before, but couldn't quite place it.

"That voice..."

Yang Jian opened the door, and outside stood a bald man, trying his best to give him a smile.

"Yang Jian, it really is you. I just went to the hospital to look for you, and Liu Jing said you were here."

"Lin Bei?"

Yang Jian recognized the bald man in front of him at a glance. He had met Yang Jian on the bus before and thought he was a decent guy. Before getting off the bus, Lin Bei had asked Yang Jian to send some money to his family.

Lin Bei patted his bald head and said, "It's me. It wasn't easy finding you. I've received the money. I came here to thank you in person."

"Just for this?" In Yang Jian's eyes, it was just a sum of money; it was a matter of a single sentence for him.

Lin Bei nodded and said, "Of course, I'm practically a monk, so I pay the most attention to these matters of cause and effect."

Yang Jian glanced at Lin Bei's bald head. This Lin Bei had dodged the attack of the mummified bride when the bus stalled, so his supernatural strength was not low. He was suspected of controlling a ghost of the consciousness type.

"Weren't you on that bus? How did you end up here?"

"That's a long story."

The two talked as they walked downstairs.

"After you left, several groups of people came onto the bus, and it stalled a few times, but we all escaped unscathed. But one day, an old man suddenly appeared and forced us all off the bus. Several people tried to resist, but he killed them all. That old man was terrifying."

A strange glint flashed in Lin Bei's eyes; it seemed he still harbored a psychological trauma from that old man. He continued, "
"However, the vengeful spirit inside me has been completely suppressed by the bus. I was planning to get off the bus at some point, and the old man's appearance gave me that opportunity. After I got off, I immediately received news that Dajing City was out of control, and then I have been dealing with some supernatural events in Dajing City."

Upon hearing this, Yang Jian realized that the old man Lin Bei was referring to must be Old Qin. Old Qin had once told him that he had driven a bus when he was young, and given Old Qin's supernatural abilities, driving that strange bus wouldn't have been difficult for him.

Yang Jian listened to Lin Bei's description and pondered silently.

Lin Bei's information is very important. That old Qin must have driven that bus before. If that's the case, then it makes sense.

Old Qin once drove that bus and killed my father. The person who needed that bus to kill must have been a ghost tamer, and the vengeful ghost he controlled must have been extremely dangerous, so much so that it would have taken all the supernatural power of that bus to suppress it.

(End of this chapter)