13: Two Ghosts Offering Treasures (Seeking Follow-up Reading and Monthly Tickets)

Chapter Thirteen: Little Ghost Offers Treasure

Time flies.

As the sun set in the west, the entire Qingshan County quickly transitioned from bustling to quiet.

The common people hurried to beat the last ray of the setting sun disappearing over the mountains, closing their doors and windows, and extinguishing their candles.

Night fell, and the entire city was immersed in darkness, like ink splashed on a scroll, tranquil and mysterious.

In the darkness, a small courtyard.

A clear mountain breeze rustled the bamboo leaves.

At this moment, a lamp lit up.

The flickering, bright yellow flame seemed so out of place in the tranquil dark night.

And not far away.

A short figure flashed out from the roof of a certain house, carrying a large, bulging cloth bag on its back.

It leaped lightly across the rooftops, covering two or three zhang with each jump.

As light as a wisp of smoke.

While leaping, the short figure turned its head and saw a flickering candle flame in the long night.

So dazzling!

However, as the figure turned its head, its true face was revealed under the faint moonlight.

Green face with fangs, red eyebrows, a head as big as a bucket, a short body, and long, slender limbs. Any ordinary person seeing it would be horrified.

It looked like a malevolent ghost, clearly not human.

When this thing saw that candle flame, it seemed to be attracted.

It leaped straight towards it.

Meanwhile, inside that courtyard.

As the candlelight flickered,

a dark shadow had already silently slipped in through the window.

As the lamp flickered, a grotesque head was reflected on the wall.

It was leaning close to the lamp on the table, and with a sniff of its nose, a wisp of smoke was inhaled.

In the darkness, a satisfied sigh was heard!

In the reflection of the lamp, the head was then seen coiling up its black hair, directly coiling around the green lamp and leaving.

Just then, a wisp of green smoke appeared, also grabbing the lamp.

The green smoke solidified, and the red-browed evil ghost with the bulky cloth bag appeared.

The two ghosts seemed to know each other.

"I saw this first."

"Me first."

"Don't think I'm afraid of you, let's fight."

"......"

And on the bed covered by a blue curtain in the next room.

Chen Yuan woke up from his meditative practice.

Through the curtain, he heard the two ghosts arguing.

That green lamp had lit up at some point.

It seemed this lamp would automatically extinguish during the day and light up at night.

The two ghosts seemed to be fighting now.

He found the noise irritating.

So he prepared to act.

Just then, the shrill voices of these two outside were heard.

"Forget it, let's go ask the City God for a decision."

"Let's go then."

City God?

Chen Yuan heard this term, his brows furrowed in an odd expression, and he lowered the hand he was about to raise.

At this moment, he heard one of the ghosts say:

"There's a person on this bed, he should be the owner of this item. Let's take him with us and interrogate him then."

As soon as it finished speaking, the blue curtain was lifted by a green hand.

Immediately following, a large, bucket-sized green face stretched in.

The ghost looked at the bed, where a young man was sleeping, covered by a quilt.

The green-faced ghost exhaled a breath towards Chen Yuan.

Then it covered Chen Yuan with the large cloth bag on its back.

Chen Yuan was scooped inside.

Inside the cloth bag, Chen Yuan opened his eyes.

At this moment, inside the cloth bag, besides him, there were two or three children.

His gaze was fiery; he wanted to see what these two little ghosts were up to.

......

South of Qingshan County, there is a small mountain, and on the mountain is the City God Temple, where incense burns continuously.

At this moment, under the tranquil night.

Two wisps of green smoke arrived unimpeded inside the temple.

One wisp flowed into the main hall, then spun in place.

Revealing their true forms.

It was the two ghosts.

Inside the main hall, there were more than a dozen clay sculptures with painted bodies.

On both sides were the Eight Great Generals, some with wrathful, majestic eyes, others holding divine swords.

And in the very center was a clay sculpture of a golden-robed official, about ten feet tall, holding a ceremonial tablet.

The two ghosts arrived here and directly called out to the central sculpture.

"City God!"

"What is causing this noise?" A few breaths later, a majestic voice echoed in the main hall.

The two ghosts immediately started speaking over each other.

Then, they took out that lamp.

Neither would give way.

And as this lamp appeared, the clay sculptures in the entire inner hall seemed to awaken.

"What is this thing?"

"So comfortable, hehehe."

"Give it to me, give it to me."

"I want it, I want it."

One after another, terrifying and frantic voices rang out.

Then, inside the main hall illuminated by the candlelight, various grotesque ghost shadows appeared on the walls.

Subsequently, one after another, the ghostly shadows of the underworld, like moths to a flame, flew towards that lamp.

Emitting laughter like demonic sounds.

Just then, a white light shot out from the City God's clay sculpture's brow.

A powerful aura pushed away the ghost shadows that were flutter over.

Subsequently, a figure solidified and appeared.

Black hair and a beautiful beard, dressed in an official's robe, with a faint white halo around him, revealing a strong scent of incense.

Only, he was out of place with the ghostly shadows of the underworld surrounding him.

Everything about him revealed an eerie quality.

The "City God" at this moment stared intently at the green lamp, revealing an intense greed.

With a grab of his hand, he pulled the lamp into his grasp.

He actually felt his Yin God solidify a bit.

"Where did you get this thing from?"

When the two ghosts saw the City God ask, the green-faced ghost immediately took out the cloth bag from its back.

"Reporting, my lord, we don't know what this thing is, only that it's a treasure. We intended to offer it to you, so we brought its owner here. This humble one will immediately interrogate the owner of this item."

Saying this, the green-faced ghost prepared to open the cloth bag.

But in a flash of lightning, a hand suddenly reached out from inside the bag and dragged the ghost in.

Then, there was a rolling motion inside, and the bag swelled.

Subsequently, a young man walked out from inside!

And when that "City God" saw the young man, his expression changed drastically.

"It's you!"

After speaking, he glared fiercely at the still bewildered flying head ghost.

He seized it, and with a direct slap, completely crushed the flying head ghost's head.

"Idiot!"

And Chen Yuan, seeing the "City God's" exasperated expression, revealed a mouthful of white teeth and smiled.

How familiar!

When he had just achieved a Breakthrough in Qi cultivation, in a small town outside Qingshan County, he had investigated a case of an evil shrine and cult.

At that time, it was this old ghost who was bewitching people.

But at that time, his own strength was not yet strong, and this old ghost escaped.

He never thought that it would be hiding right under his nose.

And even came to impersonate the City God, gathering a group of ghosts.

It was also because the City God Temple usually had flourishing incense, which could indeed conceal the ghosts' Qi very well.

"I never thought, you old ghost, you ran here and even impersonated the City God!"

"How audacious!"

However, the "City God" laughed heartily,

"So what?"

"The original Patrolling Mountain Commandant died, and the Sky Patrol Division has no one. They sent a guy like you to take office, and you can't even defeat me."

Saying this, ghostly Qi emerged from his face, and his voice became sinister and menacing.

"What's more, I have now refined a great deal of incense."

"You haven't seen the foolish way the common people of Qingshan County kneel and beg me. Haha."

"Next, I will make you, this so-called Patrolling Mountain Commandant, the same!"

Towards the end, his voice sharpened.

The entire City God Temple became filled with eerie ghostly Qi.

Those grotesque ghost shadows charged towards Chen Yuan, intending to kill him.

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