“……”

At this point, Mary stopped talking, her eyes lowered, and she looked down at the lake at her feet, and stopped talking.

Qi Lin didn't bother the ghost queen, just stood quietly by the side, waiting for the next step.

Long

Mary spoke slowly, continuing to tell the dust of the past more than five hundred years ago: "At that time, the ghost king told the little princess that only psychic can take over its power and authority and become the next generation of ghost kings on earth.

At that time, the little princess didn't know what this meant.

All she knew was that the Ghost King told her that as long as she accepted this power, then when she died, she could turn into a ghost and continue to exist in this world, immortal.

That's eternal life.

The little princess liked it so much that without much hesitation, she accepted the power of the ghost king.

The Ghost King happily dissipated.

The princess also returned home happily.

Decades later, the little princess became an old woman and died.

She's dead.

But he didn't die.

The power of the Ghost King is in her, so she turns into a ghost and becomes the Ghost Queen.

The previous generation of ghost kings didn't lie to her, she was truly immortal, unlike other ghosts, even if she was exposed to the sun for a long time, her spirit body would not be damaged by half a cent.

But the Ghost King didn't tell her that ghosts and living people were separated from each other by life and death.

After the princess died, she cherished her children, accompanied them as ghosts, and even visited them in her dreams every night.

And then...... Her children are getting weaker and weaker, unable to withstand the wind and rain, and even one of her grandchildren died of a serious illness.

So the princess finally understood.

Eternal life as a ghost is a curse, not a gift.

Later, the princess left her home and traveled around the world.

During this time, she encountered many, many ghosts.

As soon as the ghost asks, the princess will erase the ghost's consciousness and free the other party, and then continue the journey with the pure spirit that has lost consciousness.

Eventually, more than 10,000 unconscious ghosts gathered around the princess.

Under the protection of the princess, these ghosts will not be damaged and can exist forever.

When the princess got tired of the journey, she took the ghosts to the forest under the pseudonym of ...... Mary.

She controlled the ghosts to kill people, and killed whoever dared to enter, and soon spread the reputation of the haunted murder of this forest.

As a result, the forest was cleared, and no human dared to enter.

Once in a while or two, the princess didn't bother to care, and only when people gradually forgot that she would order the killing again, to remind the outside world of the horrors of this forest.

And so many years passed.

The princess is also tired of being alive.

She began to be like the previous generation of ghost kings, longing to leave, longing for real ...... Death. ”

At this point, Mary stopped and narrated, standing by the lake, her back lonely.

"So, you also want to pass on the power of the Ghost King to me, and then dissipate yourself? Like your ex did? ”

Qi Lin looked at Mary's back and asked softly.

"It's dissipation, it's liberation."

Mary looked back at Qi Lin and said softly: "I am more powerful than the ghost king back then, I want to transfer power, I don't need the consent and cooperation of the psychic, I just need to find a psychic, because of this, I don't need to hide anything, what I just said is the truth." ”

"So I don't really have a choice?"

Qi Lin shrugged.

"I'm sorry."

Mary bowed to him.

"No, no apologies."

Qi Lin looked at the tens of thousands of ghosts around him and smiled, "According to what you just said, as long as you become the king of ghosts, you can control them?" Well, that sounds pretty good, but I don't have a choice anyway, so let's accept it with peace of mind. ”

"I'm sorry."

Mary straightened up and looked at Qi Lin with a sympathetic expression: "Maybe you don't feel anything now, and you even think it's a gift, just like me back then, but when you die, one day you will understand, you will understand that eternal life is not a blessing, but the most evil curse, and then you will hate me to the bone, just as I hated the ghost king of the previous generation...... I'm sorry, really, I'm sorry. ”

"After death, let's wait until after death." Qi Lin smiled freely, "Alright, come on, Miss Mary, or should I call you, Princess August?" ”

"Thank you."

Mary whispered softly.

Then, the ghost queen stretched out her right hand and spread five fingers towards Qi Lin, and a large amount of blue light poured out from her palm, turning into a pillar of blue light, and slamming into Qi Lin!

"Boom!"

In an instant, Qi Lin only felt an indescribable soul power, frantically pouring into the depths of his mind!

[Spirit: 5th Order 1 Star→5th Order 9 Stars]

Under the infusion of this soul power, Qi Lin's own soul strength skyrocketed at an astonishing speed, and in the blink of an eye, he climbed from the early stage of the fifth order to the realm of the peak of the fifth order in one go!

"This is my little reward, not a tribute, please accept it."

Suddenly, Mary's gentle voice sounded in Qi Lin's ears.

"From now on, you will have the strongest psionic vision, even if you don't use the power of that blood-red flame, you will be able to directly see the existence of spirits, and their invisibility methods will be invisible in your eyes."

"Moreover, all spirits will naturally have a good opinion of you and will not attack you...... But be careful, it's just a good feeling, and if some of your actions completely anger them, that good feeling will evaporate, and you will still be seen as an enemy.

"And most importantly, you can now forcibly enslave all spirits below the strength of your soul and make them available to you."

"From now on, you are the king of the new generation of ghosts!"

"There are 6 stronger ghosts nearby, but don't worry, I've already used a little means to make them forcibly loyal to you, even if your soul strength is weaker than theirs, they will still surrender to you, this is another reward I left for you, please accept it, my friend."

"Thank you."

"Goodbye......"

Dots of blue light spread across the entire lake, and Mary's voice seemed to be absent.

"Huh?"

Qi Lin was in a trance, and seemed to feel that someone had kissed him, and his lips were soft......

"Huh?!"

Qi Lin, who realized it later, covered his mouth and looked around in amazement, only to find that the ghost queen had long since dissipated.

Near the lake, only an army of tens of thousands of unconscious ghosts floated slowly.

“……”

After Mary dissipated, the more than 10,000 ghosts looked at each other, and then looked at Qi Lin in unison.

Three generations of inheritance.

The nameless ghost king.

Mary from a princess.

and, from the otherworld, the presence of the Together.

"Goodbye, Mary."

Qi Lin looked at the blue dots of light floating above the lake and said goodbye softly.

Then, he turned his head and looked around at the tens of thousands of ghosts nearby.

All the ghosts that came into contact with his gaze, including the fifth-order ghosts and sixth-order ghosts, all bowed their heads and knelt down on one knee in submission—just as they had done to Mary before.

"Huh?"

Qi Lin raised his eyebrows slightly, and his mood was delicate.

"So, I'm really a new generation of ghost kings......"

According to Mary, from now on, all spirits will naturally align themselves with Lin and will not actively attack, and he can also forcibly enslave all spirits below his soul strength to his own use.

And Qi Lin's current soul strength is the peak of the fifth order.

In other words, he can now enslave all ghosts whose soul strength is below the peak of the fifth order.

And in addition to that, Mary also deliberately left the 6 sixth-order ghosts to him, so that he could enslave these powerful ghosts by leapfrogging.

"Try it."

Qi Lin looked around, scanning the tens of thousands of ghosts nearby, and as far as his eyes could see, one ghost after another established a "connection" with him, and with this connection, Qi Lin instantly sensed their thoughts and obtained a lot of information.

The experience was amazing and indescribable.

Through this spiritual connection, he discovered that these ghosts had a lower level of spiritual intelligence, but were not self-aware.

The state of these ghosts is a bit like the computer games he used to play, and there is a race called the "Zerg" in it.

Every soldier in the Zerg has a simple intelligence, understands orders, can do things according to the orders of their superiors, and can also give simple Q&A feedback, but they themselves have no self-awareness, no independent thoughts, just like a puppet.

The more than 10,000 ghosts in the vicinity are in this state.

According to Mary's previous statement, these apparitions that inhabit Mary's Forest were erased by Mary at a very early age.

According to Mary's previous statement, this behavior seems to be a "relief" for the ghost who does not want to "live".

But perhaps it was some kind of principle that healers can't heal themselves, so Mary can't do this kind of behavior to herself, and she can only wait for the appearance of such a "psychic" to get real liberation......

As for why Mary didn't just kill these ghosts?

Perhaps, Mary was keeping these unconscious spirits as her subordinates?

Qi Lin didn't know.

But he knew very well that from now on, more than 10,000 ghosts were his subordinates!

(End of chapter)