Volume 2: Entering the Ghost Feast Verse 51: Entering the Ghost Feast
"At eight o'clock in the evening I will go to collect the bounty, and I will do three trips first, and at half past eleven you will wait for me in front of the old town hall, and we will meet there."
After Zhang Su finished the reward at the bus station at noon, he went to Chengyang Primary School to collect the first soul daughter of the beautiful evil spirit, and then went to the Lanzhou noodle restaurant to eat a big bowl of ramen to satisfy his hunger, and then went to the soul hunting company to hand in the soul, and when he returned to the rental house, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Su fell on the bed and took a nap as soon as he got home, and he didn't get up from the bed until six o'clock in the evening, turned on his mobile phone, and saw a voice message sent by Lu Sen in the information record, so he clicked on it and listened.
"Half past eleven, okay, I don't like going out at night, I have to be a night owl." Zhang Su rubbed his sleepy eyes, threw the phone aside after locking the screen, lifted the quilt, and muttered while turning on the computer.
"I like it, I always feel more comfortable at night." The wraith suddenly ran out.
"That's because you're a soul, and it's comfortable for my soul to run out, but it's not comfortable for my body." Zhang Wei snorted coldly.
"You're not going to play with the computer again, are you?" Seeing that Zhang Su turned on the computer, the wrath asked helplessly.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Su asked.
"Big brother, you're not going to be content when you reach the junior soul king, right? Don't you step up your cultivation of soul power? Wraith admonished.
"Haven't you been doing basic soul forging and gathering dust all the time?" Zhang Su explained
"Only relying on the exercises to operate by yourself is only sixty percent of the soul forging rate, and the soul forging rate will reach ninety-five percent after taking the initiative to open the exercises, since the Heavenly Soul Castle came back, the eldest brother's soul forging rate has never increased, Nuwa Remnant Soul has said that the highest soul forging rate of this Source Heavenly Apocalypse Soul Skill is ninety-nine percent, don't you plan to cultivate it again?" Wraith shook his head.
"How do I have time now? I spend most of the day hunting souls, and in addition to my daily life, I have to leave some time for me to watch a few movies and play a few games. Zhang Su argued.
"In the Heavenly Soul Castle for three months, you have advanced from a junior soul master to a senior soul master, although the higher the level, the slower the progression, but since the Heavenly Soul Castle came back, it has been more than three months, and your soul power has only increased by one level, which is a bit unreasonable, big brother, don't forget, you still have two soul contracts and three special transactions on you, and the advancement of soul power will also have many benefits for the eldest brother's future soul hunting road." The wraith continued to persuade Zhang Su bitterly.
"That's because there is a soul building room in Heavenly Soul Castle, hmph, I treat you as a younger brother, but you want to be my mother? When I let you out, you supervised me like a mother to study, I really found guilt for myself. Zhang Su complained.
"Hey, big brother, do it yourself, I'll go back first." Seeing that Zhang Su was disobedient, the wraith dispersed the temporary soul dust on his body, and turned into a seed again and fell asleep into Zhang Su's soul.
Zhang Su ignored the persuasion of the wraith, looked at the clock on the computer, it was not half past six in the evening, and there were still five hours before the agreed time, so he opened the game he usually played and played it, and experienced the refreshing feeling of hitting in the game, and it was four hours to play.
At half past ten o'clock in the evening, Zhang Su calculated the time, and felt that it was almost the appointed time, so he turned off the computer, simply soaked a bowl of instant noodles and ate, and then wrapped himself in thick clothes and went out.
Zhang Su rode his own small tram, arrived at the empty square in front of the old city hall two or three minutes in advance, found a parking spot to stop the car, and the uncle and aunt who danced the square just left, Zhang Su shrank and stood in the center of the square, looking around in the returning crowd.
After about ten minutes, Lu Sen appeared, trotted all the way towards Zhang Su, scratched his surging messy hair, and said to Zhang Su with an apologetic face: "Sorry Zhang Su, it's too late." ”
Lu Sen only apologized without giving a reason, apparently believing that it was wrong to break the contract for whatever reason.
"It's okay, it's okay, did you get into any trouble with the bounty mission?" Zhang Su didn't have anything to do, and the more than ten minutes he waited just gave him the opportunity to enjoy the night view of the city center, but he didn't care too much, but he was quite surprised by the late arrival of Lu Sen, a person who never missed an appointment.
"It's not a task, the family suddenly felt unwell, I asked the night doctor to diagnose her, and after making sure it was okay, I rushed here, but I didn't expect it to be late." Since Zhang Su asked, Lu Sen also said.
"Sister-in-law, it doesn't matter, right? Otherwise, our plan for today will be canceled temporarily, and we will plan this after you take care of your sister-in-law, big brother. Zhang Zhen said worriedly.
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm sick, I took medicine from the doctor, I fell asleep after eating, and I'm fine." Lu Sen nodded, but his face still looked worried.
Since Lu Sen said that it was okay, Zhang Su couldn't refuse, so he could only nod his head in agreement, and then asked Lu Sen: "Brother Lu Sen, how do we act now?" ”
"The place behind this city hall across the street is Fengcheng Ringu, Fengcheng Ringu is now blocked in its entirety but has not been demolished, after my stepping point last night, there is a wall on the west side of the wall that is not high, and there are a lot of bricks and gravel piled up outside the wall, we can turn into it from that place, and use that place as the starting point for our exploration." Lu Sen arranged.
"Luxengo's preparations are really meticulous, well, just as Luxengo said, we'll start the search from there." Zhang Su saw that Lu Sen's arrangement was reasonable, so he agreed.
The two walked around the outer wall of the huge city hall for about seven or eight minutes, and turned a corner to the antique scenic spot of Fengcheng Forest Valley, which was about to be demolished, Lu Sen led the way in front, Zhang Su followed behind, and the two took three or four minutes to go around the west wall of Fengcheng Forest Valley, and when there was no one around, Lu Sen quietly turned over from a pile of sand and gravel, and then Zhang Su also followed in, and the two entered the Fengcheng Forest Valley Scenic Area.
Once when Fengcheng Lingu was very popular, Zhang Su also came here to travel, the narrow path is blue bricks and green tiles, whether it is a flat-floor ancient house or a pavilion on both sides, all kinds of snacks and delicacies are being sold, twist flowers, jujube cakes, claypot rice, pineapple rice, fragrant stewed boiled, cold noodles hot and sour noodles, grilled skewers and fried tofu, so much that a set of modern version of the name of the dish can be compiled, a hundred catties of people go in, one hundred and two people come out, most people are not for the scenery, just for the group to join in the fun.
Now, Zhang Su has entered the Fengcheng Forest Valley again, the ancient house and pavilion are already a dilapidated scene, and the small shop selling food is no longer there, relying on the door of the nearest house with an open door, except for some undemolished wooden platforms and wooden ladders in the house, the building has already been empty, only a piece of cobwebs hanging in the corners of the wall and in the cracks of the door, and the crystal silver white is flashing in the wind under the moon, as if to say that this cobweb has just been woven, and it is more like saying that I hope the prey will come in early.
"Brother Zhang, it's up to you to investigate, there are dozens of rooms of all sizes in this Fengcheng Forest Valley, it's really not easy to know which one the injured dumpster is hiding in, without your special search methods, it is estimated that it will be difficult to find its hiding place before dawn." Lu Sen sighed.
"It's just a small trick, I'll try it, but Brother Sen, don't report too much hope." Zhang Su responded modestly, and then touched the antique carved wooden door beside him with his hand, and used the stele soul to find clues about the deceased.
Lu Sen knew that he couldn't intervene, so he quietly followed behind Zhang Su, watching Zhang Su investigate with bated breath, his soul power perceiving the surroundings, and doing the work of protecting the Dharma for Zhang Su.
"Huh?" When Zhang Su didn't probe much, he finally frowned when he touched a humanoid bronze sculpture, and hummed suspiciously.
"Did you find anything?" Lu Sen asked in a low voice.
"I didn't find a ghost-level soul energy, but I found the soul energy of a high-level imp, and this imp should have just died not long ago." Zhang Su judged.
"Just died?" Lu Sen asked suspiciously.
"Well, from the point of view of residual soul power, this is the case, and most of the devouring between the revenants is carried out within a certain range, which means that a powerful revenant will devour the weak revenant that he defeated on the spot, but now judging from the traces left by the dead imp, it seems that it was not eaten directly, but was dragged somewhere, leaving a trail of soul energy on the bluestone slab of this path." Zhang Su explained.
"Is there such a possibility, this high-level imp was defeated by the injured dumper with all his might, and the dumper wanted to devour this imp, and was afraid that he would be targeted by other revenants when eating, so he dragged the imp far away to devour, in order to recover from his injuries." Lu Sen analyzed.
"I can't rule out this possibility, but I always feel that the soul energy in this place is too conspicuous, if he is afraid of being disturbed, he should try his best to hide his traces, instead of leaving the soul power imprints in the next place." Zhang Su analyzed.
"That is, the injured dumpster is coveted by the spirits, so it kills the monkeys, kills the strongest imp among them, and then drags the imp through the streets to warn the other ghosts who are ready to hit it." Lusen continued his analysis.
"I think it's a little more likely, if that's the case, his bravado just left us a key clue, it is equivalent to leaving a signpost for his position." Zhang Su agrees with this view.
"No matter which one it is, it means that there are other undead souls in this Fengcheng Forest Valley, be vigilant, don't release the soul first, it won't be good to be attacked by these revenants." Lucerne issued a warning.
"Well, I understand that since there is a natural barrier of the body, I will not release the soul until the location of the dumper is determined, but when I meet other undead souls, I must try to avoid or solve it quickly, so as not to startle the snake before I see the dumper." Zhang Su nodded.
Zhang Su continued to follow the traces of the soul energy of the dead ghost, Lu Sen followed Zhang Su, and soon, the two quietly came to a dilapidated three-story building that covered a large area, and there was an antique wooden plaque hanging upstairs, which read: Yiyuan.
Zhang Su raised his eyes to look at this building called Yiyuan, in fact, from the appearance to the shape of the ancient green building, the dusty red lanterns, stained with gray green Luo red silk, the door outside the golden lion cross-plated, the bead curtain inside the door round hook, the peach wood dark paint window pasted with the tattered red window paper, I don't know how long this Yiyuan has been abandoned.
Zhang Su approached Yiyuan, and could still smell the dim incense emanating from the building, and the slightly drunk aroma still had a residual effect of making people confused, which actually made Zhang Su imagine a scene of a woman's gentle township in his head, but Zhang Su settled down and quickly removed those cranky thoughts from his mind.
Seeing that Zhang Su stopped, Lu Sen raised his eyes to look at the dilapidated three-story ancient building, rubbed Zhang Su with his shoulder and asked, "Is this here?" ”
Zhang Su turned his head sideways and nodded at Lu Sen in affirmation.
"There is a curtain in front of the door, and when you touch it, it will make a noise, and it is easy to startle the snake, so leave your body outside." Lu Sen looked at the glass bead curtain at the entrance of Yiyuan and said to Zhang Su.
Zhang Su nodded again, released his soul, and let his body walk to the bench at the entrance of Yiyuan and sit down, like a sculpture motionless.
Lu Sen saw that Zhang Su released his soul, and he also released his soul, so that his body and Zhang Su sat side by side, and he also made a motionless appearance.
Lu Sen's soul opened the way in front, Zhang Su's soul followed behind, and the two entered the garden one after the other, and the soul power perception was released together, and at the same time they searched all corners of the surroundings, not letting go of the slightest place, after all, they had to deal with a revenant soul who could reach the intermediate ghost level in its heyday, no matter what special abilities this level of revenant soul had, it was not an exaggeration, even if its soul power weakened after being injured, the ghost level soul skill it possessed would not disappear, so be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years.
After searching all the rooms on the first floor, Zhang Su and Lu Sen did not find any trace of the dumper, but Zhang Su had already used the stele soul extension to find more clues, and the ghost energy of the dumper appeared in the clues, showing that the ghost had gone upstairs along the wooden stairs in Yiyuan.
Zhang Su and Lu Sen climbed to the second floor of Yiyuan, Zhang Su traced the path shown by the remnants of the ghost ghost according to the path shown by the remnants of the ghost of the car, and found that the ghost did not stay on the second floor of the garden at all, and went directly up the stairs to the third floor.
"Zhang Su, have you found any trace of the overturned ghost?" Zhang Su and Lu Sen searched all the rooms on the third floor, but they found no trace of the overturned ghost, and asked puzzledly.
"No, no, according to my investigation, this dump ghost should be hiding here, and in all the rooms on the third floor, the strong soul energy left by the dump ghost was found, obviously the dump ghost was still there not long ago." Zhang Su explained with a puzzled expression.
"Did we accidentally make a move just now and scare it away? Zhang Su, you use the soul search technique to carefully probe all kinds of traces to see if it is hiding or escaping. Lu Sen thought for a moment and then instructed Zhang Su.
"Hmm."
Zhang Su agreed, put his soul hand on the floor table around him again, injected more soul power into the Soul Extension Technique, and carefully perceived the subtle changes in the traces of the ghost power of the overturned car, so as to judge the location of the ghost who overturned the car, until Zhang Su's soul hand touched a door panel in the central hall on the third floor, Zhang Su finally noticed the abnormality of the matter, and seemed to think of something for a moment.
"What's wrong?" Seeing that Zhang Su's face suddenly became solemn, the keen Lu Sen seemed to sense something, and hurriedly asked.
"Brother Sen, run!" Suddenly, Zhang Su shouted, grabbed Lu Sen beside him, and rushed towards the staircase of Yiyuan, preparing to escape from Yiyuan along the stairs.
"Where's the run?" Just as Zhang Su's soul grabbed the soul of Lu Sen with a puzzled face and ran to the staircase, a human-faced and eight-legged spider ghost climbed up from the staircase, blocked Zhang Su's body, stopped Zhang Su at the staircase, and asked with a ghost.
"Intermediate imp! Zhang Su, what the hell is going on? Seeing that the spider revenant was in the way, Lu Sen looked at the spider revenant with a vigilant face, and asked at Zhang Su.
"We have been tricked, I don't know if the traces outside the Yiyuan are deliberately made by the ghost of the dump, but the traces of the remaining soul power in the entire Yiyuan are all designed, and they are traps used to lure us into the bait, I just investigated more carefully and found that the traces left by the ghost cover the traces of forty or fifty ghosts, including one middle-level imp, seven low-level ghosts, and thirty or forty ghosts, if I guess correctly, from the moment we entered the garden, we were surrounded by them." Zhang Su quickly explained.
"Little ghost feast?" Hearing that there were so many imp-level existences, Lu Sen asked in horror.
"No, because they should be the leader of the dumper, the dumper was only slightly injured, if I am not mistaken, he now has at least a primary ghost-level soul power, according to the level of the revenant gathering, there is a ghost-level existence can already be called a ghost feast." Zhang Su's eyelids jumped and looked at the spider imp in front of him, and replied categorically.
"That means ......" After listening to Zhang Su's explanation, Lu Sen's expression became more solemn, and he asked.
"That's right, the mark of the heavy injury left by that dumpster is an illusion, he is looking at us now, I don't know where he is, we have broken into a ghost feast." Zhang Su knew what Lu Sen was going to ask, and gave a positive answer in advance.
"Ghost Feast!" After listening to Zhang Su's answer, Lu Sen had already changed from shock to despair.
"What should I do, Lusengo?" Zhang Su forced himself to stare calmly at the spider imp blocking their way, and asked Lu Sen.
"Zhang Su, while the overturned ghost hasn't appeared yet, break through the blockade of this human-faced spider first!" Luson suggested.
"Good!" Zhang Su agreed.
Zhang Su thought, instead of sitting still, it is better to give it a go, although I don't know why the overturned ghost didn't show up, but this also happens to be an opportunity for him and Lu Sen to escape, the intermediate ghost is equivalent to the soul power of the intermediate soul king, and Lu Sen is a senior soul king, although he is only a junior soul king, but it is also possible to challenge an intermediate ghost with all his strength, if they can work together to kill an intermediate ghost, their road after them will be much smoother, at least there is a chance to live.
Zhang Su and Lu Sen reached an agreement, and they stopped talking nonsense, Lu Sen used the thousand-armed Guanyin form of the soul locking hand with all his might, and Zhang Su used the self-increasing charm on himself, and condensed the three green phosphorus arrow arrays with all his strength, and both of them used the strongest move to attack the spider imp.
The spider imp didn't seem to expect that the two humanoid souls in front of him would be so decisive, and after a few attacks, he spit out a slender soul power spider silk towards the ceiling with his mouth, grabbed the spider silk and shook it suddenly, and then dodged the follow-up attacks of the two of them, fled to the windowsill opposite the staircase, stretched out his dog-like tongue to lick the wounds on his body, and looked at the two people who attacked it angrily.
Zhang Su and Lu Sen saw that the middle-level imp blocking the staircase had fled, and each turned on the soul technique to strengthen the speed and rushed down the stairs, at this time the two had the same idea in their hearts, as long as the soul could rush out of Yiyuan and return to the body, even the real ghost level would no longer be able to stop them from escaping, which was the only hope for the two of them to survive.