Section 206: Tracing Leads
The day after he successfully advanced to the Soul Ancestor, Zhang Su got up from the bed early in the morning, searched for the clues he had collected before in his spiritual sense, and dressed up and planned to set off towards the stronghold set up by the Nine Palaces Yama in Qi City.
"Big brother, you've just advanced to the junior soul ancestor not long ago, are you sure to leave now?" Sensing Zhang Su's actions, the Wraith asked in Zhang Su's soul.
"Or else?" Zhang Su rushed downstairs, breathed in the early morning air, lifted his spirits, and asked rhetorically.
"Although the eldest brother has advanced to the primary soul ancestor of the Dao, but the soul power is still a little vain, I know that the eldest brother is in a hurry to find the traces of the overturned ghost, but with the current state of soul power, even if he encounters the overturned ghost, he is not his opponent, not to mention that there may still be a ghost guard left in that stronghold, and it is really a little inappropriate to make a rash move." The wraith analyzed the pros and cons and opened his mouth to dissuade.
"Don't I still have you, you have been absorbing the soul power in that high-grade soul crystal bead with me during this time, and you are about to reach the half-step soul ancestor level, right? With you, I'll feel a lot more at ease, even if I really meet the dumper and the ghost guard, we can join forces, if the enemy can't be defeated, it's not a problem to get out, not to mention that I just plan to quietly investigate whether the dumper is still in Qicheng, and I don't plan to do it directly. Zhang Su replied with a smile.
"It turns out that the eldest brother is not desperate, I see that the eldest brother looks high-spirited, and I thought it was ......" The wraith heard Zhang Su's answer, knowing that he would be wrong, and said embarrassedly.
"Haha, I want to take revenge, and I don't want to die, and I'm not stupid enough to directly challenge the monster that devoured the Lei Lin ghost, it absorbed the soul of the Lei Lin ghost, and now it is very likely that it has advanced from the intermediate ghost level to the advanced ghost level or even a half-step ghost king, I will challenge it with the strength of the primary soul ancestor, even if the means are exhausted, the end is not too good, so I won't be stupid." Zhang Su said clearly.
"Since the eldest brother said so, then I am relieved, but I still want to remind the eldest brother, don't underestimate the overturned ghost, the overturned ghost was a banquet before, and he was in a desperate place at the Lei Lin ghost banquet, I always feel that it is not simple, unlike ordinary ghosts, there must be something special, so as long as it involves the things of the overturned ghost, no matter how careful it is, it is not too careful." Wraith reminded again.
"I see." Zhang Su looked in the direction of the west of Qi City, nodded and responded.
After clarifying the location of the stronghold, Zhang Su once again rode his dilapidated little electric donkey, through the deserted street market in the early morning, drove past rows of towering high-rise buildings, and quickly headed for the western part of Qicheng.
Shengming Street, formerly known as Shengming Village, was originally a small village on the edge of Qicheng, Qicheng expanded to the west in the early years, and incorporated the development of Shengming Village, which expanded westward, into the entire urban construction system of Qicheng, and changed its name to Shengming Street, and later the construction of high-speed rail because of the need for more and cheaper land, and planned the location of the site in the direction of a few kilometers west of Shengming Street, with the two-way prosperity of the central city and the transportation hub, Shengming Street has become a veritable city
When people take the train from the center of Qicheng to the high-speed rail station, they will always think that they have crossed two cities, and the clues that Zhang Su found from the ghost guards are related to an empty house in Shengming Street.
"I knew that it was so far away that I came by car, and it is estimated that the car will run out of power this time around." After riding an electric car for more than 40 minutes, Zhang Su finally arrived at the famous street, known as the urban village, looking at the completely different scene from the central city of Qicheng, Zhang Su was not so surprised, after all, he went south and north in Qicheng to hunt souls, this kind of urban village-like places have already been to several, like Song Yibing's Xinghua Street, like Jingwei Street, where the soul hunting was before, it seems that there are already shops and buildings, but the large residential areas are still not much different from the urban villages.
After Zhang Su arrived at the place, he first found a street parking space and locked it, and then according to the memories in his spiritual sense, he shuttled back and forth in the residential area where the red brick houses and old cement buildings intersected, and finally walked to the door of a detached house with a closed door, touched the surrounding walls with his hands, and cast a stele soul extension to investigate.
"Big brother, is this it? The moss climbed up the edge of the wall and felt like no one had lived in it for a long time, and it really looked like a place to hide ghosts. After Zhang Su searched around the house, the wraith asked. ζζΊη«― δΈη§θ¨δ½γβm.\B\iq\u\g\\o\mγ provides you with wonderful \ novel reading.
"Well, this is it, there are traces left by those ghost guards, not only that, but I also found out the information of the three security guards who had kept vigil at the convention and exhibition center, they came here about three months ago, I think it was the soul contract signed with the ghost guards at that time, and it was also at that time that the body was controlled, it seems that the ghost guards have been preparing for the Lei Lin ghost banquet for a long time." Zhang Su nodded and replied.
"In other words, the Lei Lin Ghost Banquet was planned by Lei Lin Ghost and the Ghost Guards for a long time, which proves why Lei Lin Ghost was not very surprised to see the soul masters entering the banquet to encircle and suppress, and specially prepared the big killing move of the Great Sacrifice Soul Array, and it was the eldest brother who changed the situation of the Ghost Banquet at that time, if it wasn't for the eldest brother who discovered and secretly destroyed the Great Sacrifice Soul Array, once the Great Array was opened and the Thousand Souls were sacrificed, it is estimated that the soul masters present at that time would all be killed, so the first merit of the ghost banquet encirclement and suppression should really be the eldest brother." The Wraith pondered for a moment and spoke.
"Having said that, but I'm not happy at all, I still feel a little scared when I think about it now, if I hadn't buried the dust nail in advance to collect intelligence and learned the frequency of Lei Lin's ghost entering and leaving the hall, if I hadn't subconsciously used the stele soul to explore the underground of the hall, it is estimated that I would have died together with all the other soul masters who surrounded and suppressed the ghost banquet, fortunately, I was clever at the time, vaguely guessed the possible danger, and solved the crisis in advance, so that I was able to survive from the ghost banquet, do you remember the Xing family that Xing Qi? It's the one who rushed to the booth angrily to save the clan, after the ghost banquet ended, he was taken to the company for soul repair, although his life was saved, but his soul was damaged, and he may remain at the advanced soul king level for the rest of his life and can't advance again. Zhang Su replied with a serious face.
"Well, I remember, at that time, the eldest brother was next to him repairing the soul damage, and I was also older
Brother Soul looked at him, saw his young face and painful expression, heard his hoarse cry, to be honest, my spiritual consciousness was inexplicably filled with a trace of sympathy, the path of the soul master is so dangerous, one wrong step may be over for a lifetime. Wraith nodded and sighed.
"So the next action should be more cautious, fortunately I have you, as long as I am careful enough, I should not encounter that kind of crisis, Brother Hades is my little luck." Zhang Su said to the wraith with a wicked smile while looking at the door of the residence in front of him.
"Uh......, big brother, just be honest, what are you going to let me do?" After being praised, the wraith emerged from Zhang Su's body, stood in front of Zhang Su, and asked with a wry smile.
"It's nothing, just go inside and open the door for me, I'm going to go in and collect a ghost." Zhang Su replied with a smile.
"Open the door? Seeing the big brother with a wicked smile on his face, I thought it was a big deal, okay, I'll float in and open the door, but I don't have a physical body, it may take some time to open the door of the present world, so you can wait outside for a while. After Zhang Su answered, the wraith looked at the house in front of him, breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head, and said.
Zhang Su nodded in response, and then faced the door of the house, waiting quietly.
Seeing that Zhang Su nodded, the wraith stopped talking nonsense, and quickly crossed the door of the house, preparing to open the internal pin lock from the inside, and let Zhang Su enter through the gate.
"What's going on, what is this? Ban traps? Big brother save me! As soon as the wraith passed through the door of the house, it felt as if its soul was entangled by something, the soul could not move, the soul power could not run, no matter how difficult it was, it was difficult to break free, so he could only call for help to Zhang Su outside the door.
"Sure enough, there is a hidden soul power forbidden in this nursing home, although the soul power contained in it is strong, but it seems to be a one-off, it seems that the ghost guard has not given up this stronghold, which means that the ghost guard may come back in the future, well, this is a good clue." Zhang Su heard the wraith calling for help inside, and did not rush in, but looked at the sky above the mansion with his soul eyes, and saw a cloud of silk threads suddenly appearing and falling downward, knowing that it was the thing that bound the wraith.
"Big brother, big brother, are you still there? I feel that my soul is now being wound more and more tightly, as if some kind of silk spider silk soul power thread is constantly wrapping around me, and I am about to suffocate. Just as Zhang Su was observing the soul power ban and analyzing the situation of the stronghold according to the ban, the wraith shouted for help again.
"You don't have a body, how can you be suffocated, don't shout, I'll go in and save you." Hearing the wraith's call for help again, Zhang Su shook his head, turned on the body soul technique, jumped and climbed the old wall of the house, and then turned over and entered the house, looking at the wraith that had been wrapped in a mummy like a soul power silk thread, he smiled and pulled out the negative pole sword, and with a wave of sword energy, he cut the silk thread that wrapped the wraith from the outside, so that the soul of the wraith lost its restraints and broke free from the broken soul silk.
"Big brother, you are the old man
Mean, you already knew there was a trap here, that's why you deliberately let me in and step on it, right? As soon as the wraith broke free, he complained to Zhang Su.
"Yes, I did it on purpose, because the trap of this house is a bit peculiar, according to the information I have detected, if I destroy it directly from outside the house, then it will directly explode itself, and detonate all the soul objects and soul marks in this stronghold, and all the clues about the dump ghost and the Nine Palaces Yama will disappear directly, if I break in alone, it is estimated that I will be wrapped in a corpse cocoon like you by these soul-binding silk threads, and the body and soul cannot move, and the soul power cannot function, But if someone goes in first to trigger this ban, and then I go in again, I will be safe and sound, and then break the ban from the inside, and it can also ensure the integrity of the clues in this house, so I ask you to go in first and open the door for me, not this door that is dispensable to me, but this door of prohibition. Zhang Su explained with a smile.
"Then the eldest brother also has to tell me in advance, so that I am a little mentally prepared, so that I was scared for a long time, thinking that I would die here." The Wraith continued to complain with a sad face.
"Haha, I think you're too strong, if you tell you in advance, I'm afraid you'll subconsciously resist the attack of this prohibition, if you resist it, it will also explode directly, burning up all the souls in this courtyard, but it will fall short, so I let you deliberately trigger the ban, okay, don't complain, I'll count the remaining soul crystal bead for you as compensation, okay?" Zhang Su smiled and comforted.
"Yes, it's okay, but there is still one top-grade soul crystal bead left, if the eldest brother gives it to me, how can my soul power continue to improve? Now the eldest brother has just entered the first order of the soul ancestor, and he needs a lot of soul power to stabilize the soul level, so the younger brother doesn't want this, the eldest brother should change to a different way of compensation. The Wraith pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said.
"Haha, I have a body, I can use the exercises to forge the soul and gather dust at any time, a high-grade soul crystal bead is not enough, and I have advanced to the soul ancestor, even if the high-grade soul crystal bead is absorbed, it will not have much effect on my soul power improvement, you only have a soul body, you can't forge the soul to gather dust to supplement the soul power, so you need the essence soul power in the soul crystal bead to supplement yourself, if you can further improve, it will also be a great help to me, so there is no need to shirk, but this matter will be talked about later, Now that we've entered this mansion, let's investigate the clues about the dumpster and the ghost guard, and I don't know if there are any important clues left for us to follow. Zhang Su smiled and analyzed, and after analyzing, he turned his gaze to the depths of the house, and while walking inside, he sensed the soul marks everywhere. TV debut
"Yes." After Zhang Su's analysis, the Wraith nodded and responded, and then released his soul power to perceive the surroundings like Zhang Su, helping Zhang Su to find clues.
Zhang Su started from the door, crossed the messy courtyard, and walked all the way to the inner room of the house, touching every place with residual soul power with his hands, looking for clues left by the overturned ghost and the ghost guard, wanting to explore
Whether the ghost and the ghost guard met here, when did the two ghosts leave, and where did they go afterward, according to the clues that slowly accumulated, Zhang Su gradually deduced some of the things that happened in this courtyard, and when the context of the matter gradually became clear, Zhang Su was shocked at first, and then gasped.
According to the clues found by the stele soul tuo, the three ghost guards were stationed in this courtyard four months ago, and then kept going in and out of this courtyard, as if they were busy with something, until the third month before the Lei Lin ghost banquet, that is, the period after the change of Lei Lin's ghost location, the three ghost guards successively entered this courtyard with ordinary humans, and signed a soul contract with those people in this courtyard, and it was the night guard who appeared at the convention and exhibition center later who signed the soul contract with the three ghost soldiers. And the fundamental reason why those security guards signed a contract with the Onibei was simply because the Onibei played the role of a fairy god and promised them a bright future.
After the three security guards sold their souls, the ghost guards did not rush to eat their souls, but just placed them in their bodies, continuing to maintain the identity of the security guards, completing the work of the security guards every day without abnormality, waiting for the arrival of the Lei Lin Ghost Banquet.
After the defeat of the ghost banquet, the Nandiao ghost disappeared, the Feilu ghost died in battle, the overturned ghost devoured the soul of the Lei Lin ghost, temporarily advanced to the primary ghost king, forcibly broke the blockade of a group of soul masters, and escaped from the convention and exhibition center where the ghost banquet was held, and among the three ghost guards, two were folded in Zhang Su's hand, and the only ghost guard named Belly White completely controlled the body of a security guard, and fled here in the dark, and met with the dumper ghost who seemed to know that this place was the stronghold of the Nine Palaces Yama, abandoned his body, and set up a ban in this mansion. And they went in a certain direction.
"Big brother, come and see, there is a dead man here, and his soul has completely died, but judging from his clothes, he should be the night guard guarding the convention and exhibition center." As soon as Zhang Su finished sorting out all the clues in his spiritual sense, the wraith found a shriveled and smelly body on the concrete floor of the side room in the house, and shouted at Zhang Su.
"Well, the white-bellied body of the Nine Palaces Yama Swallow Department, one of the three security guards who kept vigil at the time, is exactly the same as the conjecture I made after seeing the ghost guards at that time, these ghost guards entered the convention center with the body of the host, so my dust nails did not detect their existence, and finally caused Qiao Yi and others to be plotted, and Qiao Yi was also seriously injured." Zhang Su nodded in confirmation.
"Eating people's souls, taking people's bodies, infiltrating hidden souls, and assassinating with souls, these well-trained ghost guards are really terrifying." After Zhang Su confirmed, the wraith recalled the scene at the Lei Lin ghost banquet at that time, and sighed with a little shock.
"Being able to casually cultivate three such terrifying ghost-level ghosts, it seems that the ghost organization of the Nine Palaces Yama is really not simple, it is comparable to the soul hunting company and the major family forces in the soul master world, hey, if you see it alone in the future, let's go around as much as possible." Zhang Su was also frightened by the terrifying execution ability of the Ghost Guard, and sighed.
"That dumper is very good
Neng has already joined the Nine Palaces Yama, big brother, do you want to consider giving up the pursuit of him, otherwise if you really run into a bunch of ghost guards, the real danger is us. Wraith admonished with a deliberate smile.
"Hmph, don't think that I won't dare to touch it if I find a ghost organization as a shelter, if the Nine Palaces Yama dares to shelter it, I don't care what kind of organization the Nine Palaces Yama is, all of them will be overturned, is it easy for Lao Tzu to sleep peacefully after taking revenge? One by one, they come out to block the way, whoever stands in the way of Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will demolish someone's home, and the Nine Palaces Yama is no exception! Hearing the wraith's admonition, Zhang snorted angrily.
"Okay, big brother, now is not the time to show determination, has the eldest brother found any further clues?" After Zhang Su finished yelling, the Wraith comforted Zhang Su like a joke, and then asked.
"Yes, judging from the remnants of the soul marks, they have gone all the way west after leaving here, and I probably already know where their next stronghold is, but the question now is what to do with this dead man." Zhang Wei nodded, rubbed his chin and replied.
(End of chapter)