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Chapter 269 The weighing is over, with help from Elder Qin, and the final prophecy! (4k)

Is Lu Ming going to take all the rice from their hands?

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the ghost tamers present changed, and it was unclear what they were thinking.

According to the rules of the haunted house on the fifth day, the white rice in their hands is the key to survival.

Giving up rice is tantamount to handing over one's life to someone else.

If someone else had made this request, everyone present would have refused without hesitation, and might even have suspected that the person was trying to kill everyone and that the device should be removed immediately.

However, given Lu Ming's standing in everyone's eyes, coupled with his miraculous "resurrection" and return from that hellish place, the group of ghost tamers couldn't help but waver.

Unlike the others who hesitated, Li Yang was the first to hand over the rice he was holding.

"Captain, how did you get back from that place? What happened to those eight old men? Did you take care of them all?"

After all, Li Yang was more concerned about Lu Ming himself than about the rice that could save his life.

However, Lu Ming simply shook his head and said, "These are all things to consider later. Let's get through the current predicament first."

"Row."

Faced with Lu Ming's decision, Li Yang had no doubts whatsoever, and didn't even ask Lu Ming about the specifics of the approach.

After Li Yang handed over the rice in his hand, Yang Jian immediately followed suit and handed over white rice as well.

Zhou Deng looked around and did the same thing.

Although he was greedy and liked to do petty theft, the fact that he could become the captain of the headquarters showed that Zhou Deng was definitely not a fool.

On the contrary, he is very smart and has a clear understanding of the current situation.

Whether in the rumors or in that "unreal" world, the supernatural power displayed by the ghost groom Lu Ming far surpasses that of other ghost tamers.

Moreover, if Lu Ming hadn't appeared, and they had continued with their original plan, the most likely outcome would have been total annihilation.

In that case, the best option right now is to cling to Lu Ming's coattails.

Under the influence of the herd mentality, seeing that the three strongest ghost tamers had handed over the rice that saved their lives to Lu Ming, the other ghost tamers had no choice but to follow suit.

"Captain Lu, I still have six grains of rice here."

"I have seven pills left."

Lu Ming nodded slightly and accepted the rice offered by the ghost tamers.

There were no conflicts, no unnecessary arguments, and everything went smoothly.

This is thanks to the deterrent measures Yang Jian demonstrated not long ago, and also to the terrifying strength that Lu Ming himself displayed.

With the two biggest troublemakers taken down, the remaining people, even if they had other ideas, dared not speak up at this point.

"Lu Ming, what do you plan to do?"

Zhou Deng watched as Lu Ming collected all the rice and couldn't help but feel curious.

Hold all the rice in his hands; that way, Lu Ming will be the only one protected from the vengeful ghost.

He's sure to survive, but what about the others?
Or is it that Lu Ming wants to abandon everyone and only ensure his own survival?
This conjecture is unlikely. If Lu Ming were that kind of person, he wouldn't have risked his life to cover for everyone in the other world.

“I will hold off these vengeful spirits; you all hide in my ghost realm.”

Lu Ming's tone was icy; he wasn't consulting with them, but rather making a decision directly.

Indeed, given the stature of these ghost-controlling individuals present, none of them were qualified to sit on equal footing with Lu Ming and discuss countermeasures.

As soon as he finished speaking, fluffy paper ash fell from the sky, and the hazy ghostly realm extended and spread outwards from Lu Ming as the center, fading away the original colors of everything it passed through.

The Ghostly Realm has already reached the fifth level of strength, easily breaking down the boundary between the supernatural and reality.

As the ghostly painting and ghostly realm enveloped everyone, their figures gradually faded away in the haunted house until they disappeared completely.

"We're supposed to hide in the ghost realm? He'll take on all the supernatural attacks all by himself?"

"Is it really possible for a demon tamer to do this?"

Upon realizing Lu Ming's true intentions, even Zhou Deng's eyelids twitched.

He had a wide range of knowledge and had seen all sorts of supernatural objects and vengeful ghosts, but based on Zhou Deng's understanding, he could not imagine that one person could withstand the supernatural attacks of so many vengeful ghosts.

It should be noted that after being sent into the fifth level of the Ghost Domain for protection, only they were temporarily safe; Lu Ming himself was still in danger.

Without anyone else to share the burden of the vengeful ghost's supernatural attacks, the little bit of white rice in Lu Ming's hand was definitely not enough.

The consumption of rice will increase, and even Lu Ming will not be able to hold on for long before he dies.

Sure enough, after Lu Ming stained the rice on his hands with his blood, the rice began to disappear at a visible speed.

"If you do it this way, in reality it's no different from before, it won't last long at all... it's just a different way of dying."

But to everyone's surprise, a moment later, Lu Ming stopped eating the white rice in his hands.

He allowed the vengeful ghosts to launch supernatural attacks on him, while he himself hid in the fifth layer of the ghost painting ghost realm. His outline became blurred and indistinct, leaving only a weak afterimage in the real world.

Lu Ming also entered the fifth level of the ghost realm to isolate himself from most of the supernatural attacks by the vengeful ghosts.

"This works?"

The remaining ghost tamers breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling much more at ease.

Lu Ming's appearance always brings hope to people in despair, and his decisions have not been wrong so far.

But before they could rejoice for long, an anomaly appeared in the fifth level of the Ghost Painting Ghost Realm.

A twisted, dark figure appeared out of thin air in the gray world and slowly walked toward the place where the crowd had gathered. Wherever it passed, even the ghostly world would be torn apart, creating a discordant sense of separation from the rest.

There are very few ghost tamers who possess ghost domains, and there are also very few vengeful ghosts who possess ghost domains.

Not to mention the terrifying vengeful ghosts that can even invade the fifth level of the ghost realm.

However, the vengeful spirits that can appear in the haunted house of Zhangdong have naturally undergone a selection process and are extremely rare.

Therefore, it is not unusual for vengeful spirits to be able to invade the fifth level of the ghost realm.

"Just as I expected, even the fifth level of the ghost realm is not omnipotent. In a haunted house of this level, you have to be fully prepared for everything. Now it's time for this rice to come in handy."

To prevent the ghost from continuing to invade the Ghost Painting Ghost Realm, Lu Ming opened his palm, revealing the white rice he had collected.

The ghost that invaded the fifth level of the ghost realm wasn't the only one that had just appeared. Therefore, in just a moment, several grains of rice had disappeared from Lu Ming's hand. Most of the ghost's supernatural attacks were kept outside the ghost realm, but a small number of ghosts with excessively high levels of terror needed to be dealt with using blood-stained white rice.

In this way, everyone's current predicament was resolved, and the rate at which rice was consumed was greatly reduced.

When Lu Ming occasionally discovered a vengeful ghost that took away rice too frequently, he would simply take out the Blood Umbrella and dismember it with the Ghost Cleaver.

For everyone else, releasing even a single ghost would be a catastrophe, with no way to resolve the situation.

But Lu Ming is different.

He was able to dismember supernatural beings just like the Seven Elders of the Republic of China, and the price he paid was within an acceptable range.

The only thing that bothered Lu Ming was that he was almost out of black film, which meant that he could only use a limited number of times to restart. He had to complete the final wedding with the ghost bride as soon as possible in order to enter the complete form of the Red and White Duo.

If the Red and White Duo were to reach their complete form, Lu Ming was very curious about how far he could go.
In that unreal world, he separated his consciousness from his body, allowing the vengeful spirit to revive. Therefore, he himself did not know exactly what happened in the end.

In short, the Red and White Duo at that time must have wiped out the seven fictional elders of the Republic of China and Elder Qin from that world.

And that was only when the puzzle wasn't fully completed and the wedding ceremony wasn't finished.

Lu Ming was curious and eager to know where his true potential lay.

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I don't know how much time has passed.

The attacks from the vengeful ghosts came wave after wave, but Lu Ming managed to withstand them all using this unique and ingenious method.

After a certain point in time, the terrifying paranormal attacks receded like a receding tide.

The fifth day of the haunted house has ended, and the sixth day has officially begun.

The funeral procession on this day is called the funeral procession.

After that day arrived, nothing unusual happened in the old house. The only thing that was worrying was that the evil spirits inside the old house were dissipating. These terrifying things seemed to have lost their target and began to wander around, leaving the place where they had gathered before.

This is a good thing for Lu Ming and his group.

Even if all the rice from everyone's rice were gathered into one person's hand, it would still be used up by then.

The departure of the vengeful ghost and the end of the ghost banquet signify that the crisis has been temporarily averted.

"Captain, I feel danger is moving away from us. Is this just my imagination?"

Li Yang was very cautious. Although he had sensed the dissipation of the vengeful ghost, he still asked Lu Ming for his opinion.

"Your feeling is right. The seventh day after death is just around the corner. Although the last two days will be extremely dangerous, as long as we can get through this, we will be able to leave this place."

Lu Ming relaxed a lot at this point.

His biggest concern was the weighing process at Zhangdong.

Lu Ming had already passed this part without any major incidents. As for the remaining part, the funeral procession, although it was dangerous, he had the information beforehand and was not entirely unable to cope with it.

The haunted house is very quiet today.

There wasn't a sound outside, let alone any strange knocking or a woman's crying.

The old house is no longer as cold and gloomy as before.

Some eerie atmosphere inexplicably dissipated, and even the entire haunted house became somewhat brighter, no longer as gloomy and terrifying as before.

"From now on, follow my instructions. I can make sure you leave here alive. If you don't follow my instructions or try to be clever, I will personally send you on your way without the ghosts having to do anything."

"The rules will only be stated once. The choice is up to you."

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at the same time.

The real world.

Greater J City.

The Asia branch of the Ghost Riders headquarters.

The top executives at headquarters held another meeting here.

Under the "training" of Captain Lu Ming, the headquarters underwent a series of clean-ups and standardizations, and the entire senior management became much more normal.

While they may not be able to do everything perfectly, at least they won't produce some dishearteningly abstract operations.

"Some time ago, the King's organization's Ghost Tamers invaded China again. They made a huge commotion and didn't take us seriously at all. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a blatant provocation."

"Moreover, if the intelligence is correct, they will also launch Project Ark and land the ghost ship."

"This is devastating for China, and even for the whole world. Some people still don't understand the principle of 'if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold'."

"In that case, there's no need for us to wait any longer."

"Lu Ming's secretary, Li Yao, has already issued a declaration of war to the King Organization on behalf of the Furen Building in Dachang City, demanding a full-scale war with the King Organization... Although our headquarters' name wasn't mentioned, Lu Ming is, after all, our headquarters' captain, and his attitude is our attitude."

"Moreover, this is also a hint. If Lu Ming dares to launch a full-scale war against the King Organization in his personal capacity, but the headquarters cowers in the back and refuses to step forward, what kind of image would that have!"

"Today, I've gathered everyone here to solicit your opinions: should we submit this challenge or not?!"

Although Cao Yanhua was soliciting opinions, his impassioned speech clearly showed his bias.

The subsequent voting phase proceeded as expected.

It passed unanimously without any suspense.

On this day, an official announcement came from the entire paranormal community: the headquarters was declaring a full-scale war against the King Organization, and all parties involved in the war were to immediately terminate all cooperation, with the conflict set to end in a fight to the death.

During the meeting, only a few people noticed that an elderly man named Qin was absent from a very important position on the conference table.

Many people were curious about the identity of this old man Qin, but after inquiring, they found nothing. All they knew was that he was a very influential figure at headquarters.

Meanwhile, in another room, an elderly man with age spots on his face was deep in thought, his expression shifting slightly.

"Lu Ming... The test that my old friends set for you, we never expected you to complete it in this way. It has exceeded all of our expectations."

“We were initially disappointed that you didn’t take the path that was right in front of you, but your next move completely overturned our perception of you.”

"Hahahaha... It's time for us old folks from the old era to retire. My time is running out. Soon, I will help you one last time and give you that crucial information, even though I don't know what it means."

"Consider this our final compensation for troubling you for so long."

"..."

(End of this chapter)