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Chapter 186 I Might Also Be a Groom! (8k)

Even after being dismembered, the eyeballs and tongue on the round table still exude such terror. It's hard to imagine just how terrifying a complete vengeful ghost must be.

"If the dishes are served at this frequency for the next three days, it won't be difficult for me to get through it..."

"However, it's unlikely to be that simple; the rules for the second and third days may change."

Nearby, most of the demon tamers sitting at the other round tables were dead.

These ghost tamers tried many methods, but still couldn't get rid of the vengeful spirit in the plate.

Contact with a vengeful ghost will trigger its killing pattern; even if you don't contact it, the ghost will still kill people once the round table is filled with plates.

It's an unsolvable dead end.

despair!despair!despair!
Suddenly, a clear knocking sound came from the direction of the mourning hall.

The sound was ethereal and had a strong penetrating power; even though the environment was not quiet, it could be clearly heard by Lu Ming.

"Is it time to serve the food again?"

Not long after the previous plate was placed down, this scene unfolded again.

Such a frequency is somewhat illogical.

Looking towards the mourning hall, Lu Ming realized that things were not so simple; the situation seemed more serious than he had imagined.

The ghost carrying the dishes was a child wearing a short-sleeved shirt, about the same age as Xiong Wenwen, but with a pair of stilts tied to his cloth shoes.

The wooden stilts were damp and rotten due to mold, and covered with mold spots.

The moment Lu Ming saw the ghost's appearance, his expression changed.

Other ghosts have no facial features and are considered faceless vengeful spirits, but this one that walked out of the mourning hall has a face.

More accurately, it wasn't a face, but rather something resembling a mask, with a stiff, eerie expression and a chilling smile.

Because the ghost's face is applied on top, it looks very disjointed.

The ghost, with its unchanging, stiff smile on its mask, looked at Lu Ming and the others and slowly walked over on stilts.

"Be careful, there's something strange about this ghost."

Lu Ming spoke up to remind him.

Although he hadn't figured it out yet, he had a vague feeling about it.

As the ghost approached, everyone felt a chill run down their spines when they looked at its stiff, smiling face.

The most terrifying thing is someone who looks like a living person, but upon closer inspection, is someone who is different from a living person.

Several pairs of eyes were fixed on the ghost's movements. It looked very different from the other vengeful ghosts. From the beginning until now, it was the only one wearing a mask and walking on stilts, making it a major variable.

No one knows whether this masked ghost will follow the previous rules.

It picked up the plate and slowly placed it on the round table...

No, judging from its movements, it doesn't seem to want to put the plate on the round table at all.

It wants to place the plate in its hand on another plate, and once the plates overlap, it will trigger the murderous pattern of the ghost feast, causing a reburial.

The sight of the ghost's rosy cheeks and the eerie, stiff smile sent a chill down the spines of the group who realized this.

As expected, a change occurred.

There were only two plates on the round table, but the ghost didn't follow the rules and place the plates on the empty space to the side. Instead, it wanted to stack the plates.

"Oh no, we absolutely cannot let him stack the plates together..."

Among the three ghost tamers at the same table as Lu Ming, the one named Xu Feng's expression changed drastically, as he sensed impending danger.

Apart from the ghost bride who was holding hands with Lu Ming, there was only one real vengeful ghost at their table.

The ghost sat right next to Xu Feng.

Moreover, the ghost wearing a human face mask in front of him was the closest to him.

No matter how you look at it, if things go wrong, Xu Feng will definitely be the first to die.

In this situation, only he can save himself.

"Damn it, I'll fight you to the death!"

Xu Feng gritted his teeth and used the supernatural power he controlled.

The flesh below his wrist twitched, as if something had forced it open, and a charred hand emerged from the crack.

Two hands have grown out of one hand.

It's simply unbelievable.

The charred hand clearly did not belong to Xu Feng. When he used the supernatural power of this vengeful ghost, the blood vessels in his arm were being eroded and damaged by the supernatural power at an extremely rapid pace.

This is the price to pay for using the supernatural.

The ghostly hand that appeared from the flesh of the wrist, under Xu Feng's control, suddenly gripped the edge of the plate, trying to snatch it away.

But after the charred ghost hand gripped the edge of the plate, Xu Feng discovered that the ghost's hand was like an iron clamp, firmly holding the plate in its hand.

Xu Feng was utterly shocked.

He never expected that even after using the supernatural powers of a vengeful ghost, he still couldn't snatch the plate containing the ghost.

In this brief supernatural confrontation, Xu Feng was at a disadvantage.

The human and the ghost remained locked in a stalemate, the plate imbued with supernatural energy suspended in mid-air, motionless.

Xu Feng tried to let go, but the ghostly hand that had emerged from his wrist was no longer under his control.

"What are you doing?"

"Why is the ghost staying in that position without moving?"

Xu Feng was terrified, and even his lips trembled.

He already regretted his actions.

He had originally intended to intervene and change the situation, but he never expected that the terrifying nature of this masked ghost would far exceed his imagination.

"Damn it, they won't even give me a quick death, just standing here motionless, it's pure torture..."

The despair of waiting for death is more agonizing than death itself.

suddenly.

creak!

A sharp sound rang out, and the ghost's neck stiffly twisted around. The process was completed in an instant, without any warning.

Upon seeing that face with the chilling smile, Xu Feng knew he was in trouble and wanted to run away.

But then he heard a strange laugh.

No one but Xu Feng could hear the laughter; it only echoed in his mind, sending chills down his spine and filling him with extreme fear.

puff!
The two stared at each other for only a moment before Xu Feng's head exploded, his brains splattering all over the round table.

Then, the charred ghost hand inside Xu Feng's body was pulled out by the ghost wearing a child's mask and placed on a plate.

Xu Feng is dead.

The ghost wearing the child mask awkwardly turned its neck and looked around.

After confirming that no one was going to take the plate from its hand, it placed the plate in an empty space on the side of the round table.

This scene left everyone present dumbfounded and unable to comprehend it.

It wasn't just because the vengeful ghost killed Xu Feng so easily, but also because of the ghost's strange behavior.

After killing Xu Feng, the demon wearing a child's mask and revealing a chilling smile stiffly sat down in Xu Feng's original seat.

At this moment, around the round table with ten seats, not counting the ghost bride, sat two fierce ghosts.

After the new ghost took its seat, it remained motionless, staring intently at the plate on the round table.

However, no one dared to be careless, because no one knew what the ghost would do next.

Li Jun said with a grave expression, "It's simply incomprehensible. This ghost initially wanted to stack the plates, but after killing a ghost tamer, and with no one stopping it, it stopped stacking the plates altogether, as if it wanted to go against us..."

Lu Ming glanced at the plate with the charred ghost hand on it and speculated, "Although ghosts must kill according to certain rules, with the emergence of supernatural events, ghosts, like ghost tamers, will also exhibit some incomprehensible anomalies."

"Although these special vengeful ghosts still kill according to certain rules, their behavior is no longer comprehensible. They can even control their own killing rules. Even if it is in accordance with the killing rules of ghosts, they will not kill you. Conversely, even if the killing rules of ghosts are not triggered, ghosts will actively create flaws to lure the ghost tamer to trigger the rules."

If, as Lu Ming said, there truly exist vengeful ghosts capable of setting traps, then that would be a truly terrifying phenomenon.

Upon hearing this, Li Yang realized what was happening and exclaimed in surprise, "Captain, you mean... that was actually a trap set by that ghost?"

Lu Ming nodded in agreement.

"If I'm not mistaken, the two plates can only be stacked on top of each other after the round table is full. This is the rule of the Ghost Feast, and even this ghost cannot change it."

"However, while the rules cannot be changed, they can be used flexibly."

"The ghost pretends to stack the plates to lure us into making a move. Once we do, the original balance will be broken, and the ghost can take this opportunity to bypass the restrictions of the ghost feast and kill the ghost controller who makes the move."

After hearing Lu Ming's analysis, Xiong Wenwen, Li Yang, Li Jun, and Liu San felt a chill run down their spines.

This explanation is beyond their previous understanding of the paranormal, yet it is extremely reasonable; only this explanation makes sense.

"Captain Lu, what should we do now?"

"Just stick to the original plan. I'll be in charge of using the Ghost Domain to send away the dismembered vengeful spirit in the plate. You guys are responsible for keeping an eye out for any other unexpected situations."

Based on the situation just now, it can be determined that the ordinary vengeful ghosts in the ghost-eating incident do not have facial features, but the vengeful ghost wearing a human-shaped mask is much more dangerous than other ghosts.

However, now that we've figured out their killing patterns, there's nothing to worry about.

As long as you ignore their feints, the first day of the Ghostly Feast will be the same as before, and the rules will not change.

By midnight, most of the ghost tamers in front of the mourning hall were dead. Apart from the seven people at Lu Ming's table, only one ghost tamer remained.

The ghost tamer survived not because of his strength, but because of good luck. Everyone else had died, and it was almost midnight when it was his turn.

Realizing he had miraculously survived, the ghost tamer sat in a chair, panting heavily.

The first day of the feast has ended.

At this moment, the light outside the hall was very dim, and nothing could be seen clearly. All the evil spirits disappeared in an instant, as if they had never existed, leaving no trace.

A chilling wind swept across the endless fields in the distance, giving the impression that something terrible was about to happen.

Correspondingly, there were two large lanterns hanging outside the mourning hall. The red lanterns were lit by something and emitted an eerie red light.

"After midnight, it's probably not safe in this courtyard. We'll have to go into the mourning hall to hide for the night."

The reason for this judgment was that Lu Ming suddenly remembered that when Yang Jian entered the haunted house, there were two such lanterns outside the house.

White lanterns signify that something terrible is about to happen, while red lanterns are a good omen, capable of protecting the ghost tamer and driving away evil spirits.

Two red lanterns were hanging outside the mourning hall, presumably indicating that the hall was safe at night.

Li Yang and the others didn't ask any more questions and followed behind Lu Ming.

Since Lu Ming was going to enter the mourning hall, they would naturally follow.

Unexpectedly, in addition to Li Yang and his group of four, the two remaining ghost tamers at the table also followed behind Lu Ming, intending to act together.

Sensing Lu Ming's scrutinizing gaze, one of the ghost tamers, Ji Yuan, quickly smiled obsequiously, "Captain Lu, thanks to you, we were able to survive until now..."

Lu Ming shook his head: "It's too early to say we've survived."

Having said that, he ignored the two men.

It doesn't matter if they follow, since Lu Ming won't offer any help to these unfamiliar ghost tamers anyway.

Dying here isn't necessarily a bad thing, lest the vengeful spirits revive after leaving this haunted place, causing another mess.

"Captain Lu, take me with you, take me with you. I won't cause any trouble, please take me with you."

Besides Lu Ming's table, the only surviving ghost tamer also hurriedly followed. His expression was stiff, and he looked terrified, on the verge of a mental breakdown.

This time, Lu Ming didn't even turn his head.

There were eight people in total, walking towards the mourning hall.

What they didn't notice was that although the surviving ghost tamer had his head down, his eyes were constantly darting around, scrutinizing Lu Ming as if he were plotting something.

After the group had walked about seven or eight steps, when their vigilance was at its lowest, the ghost tamer, who had been stiff-faced and smiling obsequiously, suddenly sprang up, revealing a ferocious expression.

Do it!

Clearly, this was not a spur-of-the-moment decision; he had made thorough preparations beforehand.

This ghost tamer had been plotting in his mind all along.

He could survive the first day by luck, but he could never survive the second day by luck.

Lu Ming and his group were not related to him, so the chances of them helping him were extremely low.

Since that's the case, I'll just have to do it myself.

"There are no wrong nicknames, only wrong names. In the paranormal community, they call him the Ghost Groom, so the source of his supernatural presence is most likely the female ghost in her wedding dress beside him..."

"If I could suddenly strike and kill him, and instead be the one holding hands with the ghost bride... Ha, there's no reason why he's the only one who can be the ghost groom and I can't."

Thinking of this, the ghost tamer sneered repeatedly.

He had considered the consequences of doing so.

However, it's impossible to seize someone else's opportunity without taking any risks.

The louder the waves, the more expensive the fish.

Anyway, if you do nothing, you're bound to die in this paranormal event.

If this attack succeeds, the infamous ghost groom, whose reputation resounds throughout the paranormal community, will have to be replaced.

Even a top-tier ghost tamer could be taken down by a nobody like him if caught off guard.

Supernatural attacks are just that unreasonable.

These considerations were all made instantly in my mind.

The veins on the ghost tamer's stiff face were clearly visible, making him look like a truly resurrected vengeful ghost.

"Lu Ming, look who I am!" Before he could finish speaking, Lu Ming had already turned around.

He was secretly delighted.

As long as Lu Ming turns around, the matter will be mostly settled. Anyone who sees his face, which is as ferocious and terrifying as a vengeful ghost, will be killed by the ghost inside him.

"To kill a ghost tamer of the Ghost Groom's caliber, I'm afraid I'll have to pay a considerable price... It's not impossible for the vengeful ghost to resurrect directly."

"But all these sacrifices are worth it. Once I hold hands with the ghost bride beside Lu Ming, I will be the new ghost groom. Why would I be afraid of the vengeful ghosts reviving?"

As it turned out, he had worried unnecessarily.

The next moment, Lu Ming's face was close to his, and their eyes met.

Lu Ming's expression was stiff and strange, revealing a chilling smile.

The ghost tamer realized something was wrong.

"He also has the face of a vengeful ghost?"

Before he could think any further, Ghost Laugh's death curse had already been activated.

The demon tamer's ghostly face was suppressed without any doubt, and he himself was also forced to smile.

In just a moment, the supernatural battle was decided, and a cold corpse with a smile still on its face appeared on the ground.

"A piece of trash dares to plot against me. So what if I let you make the first move? You're not even as good as a ghost slave."

With a casual wave of his hand, Lu Ming unleashed his Ghost Domain, taking advantage of the fact that the vengeful spirit within the Ghost Master had not yet awakened, and sent the ghost and the corpse away together using the Ghost Domain.

Li Yang and the others were already used to this scene.

Even the head of headquarters wouldn't dare attack Lu Ming, let alone this third-rate guy whose name I don't even know.

Ji Yuan, standing to the side, had his back soaked in cold sweat.

Lu Ming acts very casually; he can kill whoever he wants without any restraint.

Most importantly, he does have the ability.

Even disregarding the ghostly bride beside him, the sheer number of vengeful spirits he commands is among the top tier...

With this in mind, Ji Yuan and his companion dared not entertain any more restless thoughts.

call!
A cold wind blew in gusts, causing the red lanterns hanging in front of the mourning hall to sway incessantly.

The stiff smile on Lu Ming's face disappeared, and he returned to his original expressionless look.

As if he had done something trivial, he walked back to the mourning hall.

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boom!
After the last person entered the mourning hall, a gust of cold wind blew the wooden door shut.

"With those two red lanterns hanging outside the mourning hall, it should be safe tonight. As long as we stay inside and don't wander around, nothing will happen."

Lu Ming gave a reminder, just in case someone foolishly opened the door.

The funeral hall had a faint musty smell, but not the dangerous stench of a corpse.

The environment here is dark and oppressive, and it's filled with some very scary items, making it seem even more dangerous than outside.

But in reality, after the first day's feast in this haunted place, this mourning hall was the only safe place.

Lu Ming didn't sit idly by; instead, he took out a lamp made of corpse oil, lit it, and began to search inside the mourning hall.

According to normal patterns, the second and third days of a ghost feast will definitely be more dangerous than the first day. The rules will change, and it will be more difficult to survive.

Therefore, Lu Ming decided to take this opportunity to see if he could find out some key information in the mourning hall.

Carrying this specially made corpse oil lamp can also illuminate even the most deeply hidden vengeful ghosts, making it even more useful than ghost candles.

"A portrait of the deceased, rice, incense, a coffin... you name it, they have it here."

"However, it's probably because the Ghostly Feast is only a missing piece of the puzzle, so the portraits and coffins here are all fake."

After careful observation, Lu Ming discovered that the portrait on the altar had no actual photo, only a blank frame.

The glass of the picture frame was covered with a lot of dust, making it impossible to see what was sealed inside.

The same applies to coffins.

A bright red coffin, seemingly prepared for a ghost tamer, with its lid slightly tilted and not fully closed.

The supernatural senses revealed that while the coffin was special, it was only the coffin itself that was special; there was nothing inside the red coffin.

"Just a missing piece of the puzzle is already this terrifying... It's hard to imagine how horrifying the complete funeral would be after the puzzle is pieced together."

After briefly circling the mourning hall, Lu Ming put away the corpse oil lamp and replaced it with two red ghost candles.

"We can only wait and see what happens tomorrow."

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as time flows.

The two old wooden doors of the mourning hall began to sway gradually.

This shaking started as a slight tremor and gradually became more and more intense.

Eventually, it even escalated into banging on the door.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!
The already old wooden door became precarious under such violent banging, with dust constantly falling from it, as if it would fall apart completely at any moment.

"team leader······"

Li Yang's expression changed slightly as he looked at Lu Ming.

"Don't worry, it's just a little trick to trick us into opening the door. If you're still not at ease, you can go and block the door."

Li Yang followed the instructions and used the supernatural method of blocking the door.

After he blocked the wooden door, the shaking did indeed decrease significantly.

Moreover, Li Yang was pleasantly surprised to find that his use of the "Door-Blocking Ghost" was much more stable than before.

"Is this the benefit of controlling two ghosts? Thanks to Captain Lu... Maybe I won't have to live for more than a few months like other ghost controllers."

On the other side, after things calmed down, Lu Ming could feel the eerie restlessness of Sadako within his body.

Lu Ming's current Sadako ghost story is no longer the pure Sadako ghost story. After incorporating multiple puzzle pieces, it might be more appropriate to call it the White Demon.

The instinct of a vengeful ghost is to constantly search for and complete the puzzle.

The instincts of vengeful ghosts are just like the most basic human desires; they cannot be suppressed.

"It seems that the Ghostly Feast is indeed a very important piece of the puzzle for Bai Sha... Moreover, unlike the situation when dealing with the Ghostly Stage, the final result should not be to collect a related supernatural item, but to allow Bai Sha to truly integrate a piece of the supernatural puzzle."

"I got seven wreaths, a ghost suona, and a chance to get Sadako to merge a new ghost puzzle piece. This is probably the benefit the parchment mentioned."

"In order to maintain the balance of the supernatural, the increase in the terror level of the White Fiend and the increase in the terror level of the Red Fiend should be carried out simultaneously. Although this time it is to complete the puzzle for the White Fiend, it is also beneficial to the Ghost Bride."

Lu Ming was analyzing things in his mind when, before he knew it, it was already four in the morning.

Outside the mourning hall, a faint light finally appeared in the pitch-black sky, but this light did not bring a sense of security; instead, it revealed a chilling feeling.

Walking on a country road at this time of day will inevitably make you feel a chill, as if you have been invaded by a supernatural force.

Suddenly, the sound of dogs barking broke the silence of the village.

Although it was impossible to see which dog was barking, the sound inexplicably conjured up the image of a black dog in one's mind.

None of the seven people inside noticed that the two red lanterns outside the mourning hall had gone out and turned an eerie white.

Two additional characters, "奠" (diàn), written with a brush, were added above.

boom!
A sudden gust of cold wind blew open the wooden door of the mourning hall.

The familiar voice came again.

Tap tap tap! Tap tap tap!
The clear sound of wooden sticks being struck rang out, and it was even more frequent than on the first day of the feast.

Lu Ming looked towards the outside of the mourning hall and saw four ghosts walking towards it on stilts. Like the strange ghost from earlier that day, all four ghosts wore eerie masks.

Each mask has a different expression.

The moment the four ghosts entered the mourning hall, the incense sticks stuck in the rice began to burn without warning.

"Don't move around. These ghosts don't seem to be killing people right now. The reason they're behaving this strangely is probably because the time has come and the new rules are about to take effect."

Seeing that the others seemed quite agitated, Lu Ming quickly spoke up to remind them.

To survive the ghost feast incident, you must follow the rules here.

As for the specific rules, that's something to guess.

In fact, Lu Ming's guess was correct.

The four ghosts on stilts entered the mourning hall but did not kill anyone.

Each of them stood at one corner of the coffin and lifted the coffin that was placed in the center of the mourning hall.

The coffin, painted red, appears to be made of solid wood and has a substantial weight to it.

However, these ghosts on stilts looked like they were made of paper, and because of their unstable center of gravity, they walked unsteadily. It was hard to imagine that these ghosts could lift the coffin in the mourning hall so easily.

Lu Ming suddenly remembered a burial custom in his hometown.

In rural areas, when an elderly person passes away, eight people are hired to carry the coffin. These eight people are called the Eight Vajras.

The youngest direct blood relative of the deceased will sit on the coffin and be carried away by the Eight Vajra Guardians.

This is called "raising the coffin to make a fortune".

The current situation is somewhat similar to a custom that Lu Ming knew, but it is not exactly the same.

Because there were only four people carrying the coffin, not eight, and no one was sitting on the coffin.

"It's only four in the morning, there's still some time before the banquet starts, so this must be some kind of ritual before the banquet begins..."

Just as Lu Ming was pondering, he suddenly realized that the four ghosts on stilts and wearing masks had disappeared.

Xiong Wenwen also disappeared along with the ghost.

Where did Xiong Wenwen go?

"What happened to the ghosts? Where did they all go?"

Lu Ming's expression changed slightly. He subconsciously felt that Xiong Wenwen's disappearance was related to those four ghosts.

"Has it started yet?"

At this moment, Liu San, whose face was ashen, spoke up: "Let me go and look for it."

In this situation, all rules are unknown.

The second day of the ghost feast will definitely not be exactly the same as the first day.

Xiong Wenwen has disappeared, and sending anyone to search for her is a risky undertaking.

But Liu San doesn't need to consider this.

The paper figure he entered into this ghost-eating incident is not just the one he has now.

Even if something really happens, the only loss is a paper effigy.

Exchanging a paper doll for some important information, as well as Xiong Wenwen's whereabouts, is an acceptable outcome.

The group waited in the mourning hall for Liu San's actions.

After a while.

A stiff smile appeared on Liu San's sallow face in the mourning hall: "Xiong Wenwen is not dead. He was taken to the fields outside... One of my paper figures tried to get close and save him, but it was no use. Instead, my paper figure was killed."

After Liu San dispersed the paper figures, even if the paper figures were killed, they could still share memories and information with the original body.

Except in some extremely special cases, even the sharing of memories can be blocked by supernatural forces.

Fortunately, this is clearly not the case at this time.

Why was Xiong Wenwen the one taken away?

Lu Ming was puzzled.

But there was no time to think about that now.

If we hesitate any longer, Xiong Wenwen's body will probably be cold by then.

"Let's go out and take a look."

Lu Ming was the first to leave the mourning hall. Only then did he notice that the two red lanterns hanging outside had turned into white lanterns.

This means that the protection the funeral parlor received at night has been rendered ineffective.

Liu San, Li Jun, and Li Yang followed Lu Ming and left together.

After hesitating for a moment, the remaining two ghost tamers gritted their teeth and followed.

The muddy country road outside was still shrouded in the same thick fog as when we arrived.

Without using paranormal perception, you can't see anything clearly even from a few meters away.

At this moment, the four fierce ghosts carrying the coffin on stilts had not gone far. They were still faintly visible in the eerie mist, and they walked further and further away.

Xiong Wenwen's condition was even more peculiar; he sat on the coffin, his face as pale as paper, looking extremely terrified.

But he was frozen in place, unable to move.

Four ghosts on stilts lifted and lowered the coffin, one after the other.

If you look closely, you'll find that the coffin, which was originally painted red, gradually lost its red paint over time, turning into a black coffin specifically for containing vengeful ghosts.

This change may seem insignificant, but it is actually a very ominous sign.

At this moment, Xiong Wenwen could only make sounds but could not move.

He couldn't move at all, and his expression looked like he was about to cry.

Only when she saw Lu Ming and the others did Xiong Wenwen shout in their direction as if she had seen a savior.

"Lu Ming!"

"Father Lu! You must save me, Father Bear!"

(End of this chapter)