I was greatly surprised by the human-skin ghost's request. I didn't expect that she wanted to leave the City of the Dead and go to the world of the living.
I narrowed my eyes slightly and looked at the female ghost.
Seeing that I didn't say anything, the human-skin ghost said in a delicate voice, "Little brother, it shouldn't be difficult for you to meet their request. You should know that there are two ghost kings in Canghe Village now, and there are countless evil ghosts and fierce ghosts. If they find you, you will really be doomed."
"It's best if we cooperate. We can both benefit. And you won't lose anything. Otherwise, as long as I remove the spatial ghost spell of this tavern and shout, you will be exposed."
"By then, it will be difficult for the two of you to escape."
I snorted coldly and said unhappily, "Human-skin ghost, can I regard these words of yours as a threat to me?"
My face turned cold, although the words said by the human-skin ghost were very attractive to me, but after all, I just met her, and she was an evil ghost, so it was impossible for me to believe her all of a sudden.
Seeing the anger on my face, the human-skin ghost smiled and said, "Little brother, don't be angry. How could I threaten you? I was just negotiating with you. If I really threatened you, I wouldn't have used the space ghost technique to hide you just now."
I thought about it and felt that the human-skin ghost was right.
But it's still hard for me to believe her.
I looked at the skin of the human-skin ghost and said slowly, "I will consider what you said. But before I think it through, you need me to trust you. Only when I trust you can we cooperate."
The human-skin ghost's smiling face disappeared, and his ghost eyes stared at me coldly.
She said in a neutral voice, "Little brother, you are putting me in a difficult position. I am just an evil ghost. You said you trust me, so you can cooperate with me. Are you going to plant the runes of your ghost-catching Taoist priests in my soul to control me?"
"If that's the case, I think our cooperation is unnecessary. I don't have freedom in this city of the dead, and I'm coveted by many ghosts. If you plant the rune on me, I will lose my freedom even more."
That's exactly what I thought at first. I didn't expect that this clever ghost would reveal it right away.
I laughed awkwardly and my mind became active.
I rolled my eyes and said to the human-skin ghost that was staring at me, "I don't need to place the runes in your soul, but you need to do one thing. Only if you do it, will I agree to you and trust you. Then we can cooperate."
"Otherwise, it's impossible for me to cooperate with you."
The human-skin ghost was intrigued by my words.
A smile spread across her pretty face, and she asked in a tender voice, "Little brother, tell me, what do you want me to do? If I can do it, I will definitely do my best."
I didn't shy away from the question and said directly, "It's very simple. You should cancel this ghost magic space now and bring a ghost king from outside Canghe Village. When the ghost king comes, you can trap him in this ghost magic space."
"If you can do this, I will cooperate with you."
When the human-skinned ghost heard what I said, his face froze and he asked in surprise, "What did you say? You asked me to bring a ghost king here. What do you mean by that? Do you think that with our strength, we can deal with a ghost king?"
I shrank my neck and said lightly, "It's not you and me, it's me. As long as you lead the ghost king here without alarming other ghosts, you will be qualified to cooperate with me."
"As for the ghost king
, just let me clean it up."
The human-skin ghost was surprised at first, then he started laughing, and his soul controlled the human skin and floated in front of me.
She put one of her ghost hands around my neck and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to be so powerful, little brother, that you could actually defeat the Ghost King. It seems that I really underestimated you just now."
"Okay, since you are so confident, I, Su Congxue, will cooperate with you first."
It turns out that this human-skin ghost’s real name is Su Congxue.
The human-skin ghost didn't ask me if I was willing or not, but put its red mouth close to my ear and said a few words to me softly.
She didn't have to do that, but she just came close to me to talk to me. What a witch.
However, when she spoke in my ear, I felt a chill, because she was a ghost after all, and all that came out of her mouth was negative energy.
"Okay, stop pretending, you can't kill me!"
I snorted coldly, gathered the good energy in my hands, and pushed the human-skin ghost out.
Then, I glanced at the human-skinned ghost and said in a deep voice, "Well, let's act according to your plan. However, I hope you don't play any tricks, otherwise, I will kill you with my own hands."
The human-skin ghost had a smile on his face and said softly, "Don't worry, little brother, I won't do that. I still have to leave this damn place, Wrongful Death City, so of course I have to serve you well. How could I offend you!"
Damn, this human-skin ghost is really not a good thing. I suspect she was a fickle person when she was alive.
I ignored the human-skin ghost and called Uncle Sun: "Uncle, let's go upstairs first. Leave this to her."
Uncle Sun looked at the revealed human-skin ghost, then looked at me, with a nervous look on his face.
I comforted him and said, "Don't worry, I'm here, nothing will happen."
Uncle Sun then followed me to the second floor of the tavern.
As we went upstairs, the smile on the ghost's face slowly faded. Her lips moved slightly as she murmured to herself, "You little bastard, it's so easy to take advantage of me. Just wait until I leave the City of the Dead and reach the world of the living, and then you'll see how I deal with you."
After muttering, the human-skin ghost released the ghost energy in her soul body with an indignant look on her face, and used her ghost hands to perform ghost magic formulas one after another. Then, the previous ghost magic used to confine space was broken by her.
The tavern returned to its original state without any change.
After looking around, the human-skin ghost turned into a ball of black gas and flew out of the tavern.
Uncle Sun and I went up to the second floor of the tavern.
There were several rooms on the second floor. Uncle Sun and I found a room close to the street corner.
I observed the situation outside through the window.
Uncle Sun swallowed his saliva and said nothing, for fear of revealing his yang energy.
He wrote on his palm and asked me why I wanted to let that human-skin ghost leave? Why did I cooperate with that human-skin ghost
I looked at Uncle Sun and also wrote words on the palm of my hand to answer his question.
I told him that the reason I wanted to cooperate with that human-skin ghost was actually for my half-master Jiang Jiuzhen. Now, although we are in Canghe Village, the human-skin ghost's space ghost technique is very special. If we hide in her ghost technique space, even the ghost king can't find us.
In that case, we can look for my master Jiang Jiuzhen, or we can secretly return to the small building in Canghe Village and leave the City of the Dead at any time.
After hearing my answer, Uncle Sun thought about it and agreed with my decision.
The two of us waited in the tavern for more than ten minutes.
Soon, several dark shadows appeared in the distance and flew towards the tavern.
I sensed that among those black shadows, one was a human-skin ghost, and the other three were a ghost king and two evil ghosts.
I didn’t expect that the human-skin ghost named Su Congxue was so capable that she actually tricked the Ghost King.
The Ghost King and two evil ghosts revealed their souls at the door of the tavern.
The two evil ghosts followed behind the Ghost King.
The ghost king's soul appeared as a middle-aged man in his forties, with a big beard on his ghost face. The beard was black and shiny, like the bristles of a wild boar. The ghost eyes were filled with obscene eyes, which would occasionally sweep across the face of the human-skin ghost, with a lewd look.
I should know what trick the human-skin ghost used to lure the ghost king here. I'm afraid it was the beauty trap from the Thirty-Six Stratagems. No, it was the "beautiful ghost trap!"
"Haha, Miss Su, you've kept me waiting for a long time. A few days ago, when I first arrived here, I heard from the ghost guards in Canghe Village that there was a beautiful female ghost in Canghe Village. She was a human skin ghost. Not only could she sing songs, she could also dance."
"Hehe, at that time, I was very interested and sent someone to ask about it. I didn't expect that you would take the initiative to invite me today. It's really an honor for me."
The ghost king invited by the human-skin ghost is called Hou Wenlie, and he has a great reputation in the City of the Dead.
However, he was most famous for his evil deeds, harming beautiful female ghosts. He played with and devoured thousands of female ghosts. The ghosts privately gave him a nickname, "Yi-chi-lang".
That is to say, Hou Wenlie would often toy with a female ghost for less than a day and then kill or devour her.
The human-skin ghost smiled, bowed, and said tenderly to the Ghost King Hou Wenlie, blinking his ghost eyes, "My Lord Ghost King, it is really an honor for me that you can come to my tavern."
"I have heard of the name of Lord Ghost King before. Seeing him today, I find that he is indeed extraordinary. I have discovered that I have fallen in love with you, Lord Ghost King!"
The human-skin ghost was really good at flattering others and made the ghost king laugh out loud.
The ghost king Hou Wenlie was not polite either. He stretched out his ghost hand and rubbed the human-skin ghost Su Congxue's chest.
You know, even if ordinary female ghosts have soul bodies, they are not so solid, and you won't feel anything substantial when you touch them. But human skin ghosts are different.
The human skin of the human skin ghost is real, so it feels very real.
"Not bad, not bad. Miss Su is indeed the most beautiful female ghost in your Canghe Village!"
The ghost king felt very satisfied and praised the girl repeatedly.
The two evil ghosts following the Ghost King Hou Wenlie also showed their greed for the human-skin ghost Su Congxue.
"What are you looking at? If you keep looking, I will dig out your two dogs' eyes."
"Hmph, you guys guard the door of the tavern and don't let other ghosts disturb me. Hehe, I want to go in and reminisce with Miss Su."
The two evil ghosts who were scolded by the Ghost King Hou Wenlie hurriedly lowered their heads, fearing that they would anger the Ghost King.
The human-skin ghost smiled delicately, stretched out his ghost hand to stop the arm of the ghost king Hou Wenlie, and rested his head on the ghost king's shoulder.
The ghost king Hou Wenlie had a look of enjoyment on his face, and his ghost hand naturally fell on the human-skin ghost's buttocks, pinching and kneading it hard a few times.
Seeing this scene, I found it funny. I didn't expect that even after becoming a ghost, the ghost king was still so lustful. He really couldn't change his bad habits.
Soon, the human-skin ghost brought the Ghost King into the tavern and closed the door.
Seeing this, after I made arrangements for Uncle Sun, I slowly walked towards the first floor of the tavern.
When I went down to the first floor, I saw that the human-skin ghost was sitting on the Ghost King's lap, drinking with him.
The ghost king's eyes never left the human skin ghost, and the eyeballs were almost falling into the wine glass.
I looked around and found that the human-skin ghost had used space ghost magic at some point. This tavern was isolated from the outside world.
(to be continued)
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