I hesitated.
I hesitated over whether to kill these skinny, young three-eyed red monkeys.
“Aaaaaaaaaa——”
Those young three-eyed red monkeys made sharp cries, with sadness and wailing in their voices.
In the end, I put away the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword.
Shaking my head and sighing, I muttered to myself, "Forget it, you can continue to live. It's not your fault. I didn't deprive you of your right to live. Even in the City of the Wrongly Dead, it's the same. Because I'm a ghost-catching Taoist priest, and everything I do is based on kindness."
When I turned around, I happened to meet the human-skin ghost Su Congxue flying over.
Su Congxue came up to me and whispered to me, "Little brother, did you see that evil ghost over there? He is the one we are looking for, he is Zhang Junzi."
"What? That old man is Mr. Zhang?!"
A look of surprise appeared on my face.
The human-skin ghost Su Congxue nodded and said seriously, "That's right, I've met that Mr. Zhang a few times, and he looks like that."
At this time, the evil old ghost moved his soul and appeared in front of me and the human-skin ghost Su Congxue.
"Old Ghost Zhang, we meet again."
The human-skin ghost smiled sweetly and greeted the evil old ghost.
The evil ghost Zhang Junzi smiled and replied: "It turns out to be Miss Su, nice to meet you."
The two evil ghosts bowed and saluted each other.
This is the first time I've seen a ghost bow.
After talking to the human-skin ghost Su Congxue for a few words, the evil ghost Zhang Junzi bowed to me with a smile and said to me: "On behalf of the remaining three-eyed red monkeys, I would like to thank the Taoist priest for showing leniency and not killing them."
I waved my hands and said in a deep voice, "It's okay. You are right. They are very weak and have no intention to harm others. I shouldn't deprive them of their right to live. Perhaps it is a sad thing that they were born in the City of the Dead."
The evil ghost Zhang Junzi nodded and said with a smile: "Master, you really understand things. I really admire you."
After chatting with the evil ghost Zhang Junzi for a few words, Zhang Junzi was about to leave.
I hurriedly called him: "Old Zhang, wait a minute, I have something to tell you."
The evil ghost Zhang Junzi stopped his soul and stared at me and the human-skin ghost Su Congxue with suspicious eyes.
After a while, he asked me politely, "Master, what do you want me to do for you?"
Although I think this evil ghost Zhang Junzi is not bad, but I don't want him to leave like this.
He already knows that Uncle Sun and I are from the mortal world. If he leaves and tells the fake ghost fairy in the City of the Dead about our affairs, we will have nowhere to escape.
Besides, Uncle Sun and I still have to find my master Jiang Jiuzhen, so this evil ghost Zhang Junzi cannot be let go under any circumstances.
Then, after thinking about it, I told the evil ghost Zhang Junzi everything about my search for Jiang Jiuzhen without any reservation.
Zhang Junzi was very surprised at first, but after he found out that I was Jiang Jiuzhen's apprentice, he understood.
"So, you came to the City of the Dead to look for Jiang Jiuzhen."
The evil ghost Zhang Junzi muttered something and rolled his eyes.
I waited for him to speak, to see if he was willing to help.
But he remained silent for a long time and still didn't speak. This made me feel a little depressed.
Before I could say anything, the human-skin ghost Su Congxue flew to the side of the evil ghost Zhang Junzi with a smile on her face. Her soul came close to Zhang Junzi, her ghost face lying on the evil ghost Zhang Junzi's shoulder, and whispered a few words.
I noticed that Zhang Junzi's ghost eyes were brighter.
After a while, the human-skin ghost Su Congxue flew back to my side.
The evil ghost Zhang Junzi is a ghost
He pinched his short beard with his hand and stared at me with burning eyes.
He looked kind of funny to me.
I was a little anxious, so I asked him, "Old Zhang, are you willing to help?"
The evil ghost Zhang Junzi put down his ghost hand and said with a smile: "Master Yang, I have figured it out and am willing to help. However, I have a small request, and I hope Master Yang will agree to it."
"What request?"
I frowned slightly. I was really afraid that this evil old man would ask for something I couldn't do.
Unexpectedly, the evil ghost Zhang Junzi seemed to have sensed my thoughts. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, Taoist Yang, I won't make things difficult for you. My request is very simple. I also want to leave the City of the Dead and be reborn. So, I hope Taoist Yang can take me away from here."
Oh my god, I was shocked. This is what happened.
I smiled and assured him, "No problem, Old Man Zhang, don't worry. As long as you help me find my master Jiang Jiuzhen, I will take you away from the City of the Dead."
When the evil ghost Zhang Junzi heard what I said, the smile on his face became even more intense, like a blooming breast, and seemed a little obscene.
"Okay, okay, thank you Taoist Yang, thank you Taoist Yang... How about this, Taoist, you two follow me to my bamboo forest hut first. Once there, I will use my skills to check and I will definitely find Jiang Jiuzhen. You know, my skills are unique and even few ghosts know about them."
The evil ghost Zhang Junzi put on a smile on his face and said sincerely.
I nodded and told the human-skin ghost to temporarily possess Uncle Sun's body. We then headed to where the evil ghost Zhang Junzi was, which was the bamboo hut.
Being possessed by a ghost is actually not scary. As long as the ghost does not deliberately leave negative energy or ghost energy on the person, or does not stay on the person for a long time, the harm caused to the person can be almost ignored.
Soon, the human-skin ghost Su Congxue controlled the unconscious body of Uncle Sun and followed me.
And in front of us, the evil ghost Zhang Junzi is leading the way.
After walking for more than half an hour, we finally returned to the bamboo forest trail. However, this was no longer the place where Uncle Sun and I had encountered the three-eyed red monkeys.
"Just keep going. We'll be there soon."
Perhaps because he was afraid that I would get impatient, the evil ghost Zhang Junzi spoke to me politely.
I smiled and said, "It's okay, Old Man Zhang, we just need to walk slowly. As long as you have the confidence to find my master Jiang Jiuzhen, it's okay even if we're a little late."
The evil ghost Zhang Junzi slowed down a little.
Even so, it took us more than 20 minutes to reach the end of the bamboo forest.
There is a bamboo hut at the end of the bamboo forest.
The hut was not big, but it was well-organized and orderly. There was even a small garden in front of the bamboo hut.
There are many flowers planted in the garden, but most of them are gray or black, which is different from the colorful flowers in the world of the living.
"Oh! I really want to go back to the world of the living. This city of the dead is full of ghosts, all of them are extremely vicious. The whole space is gray and lifeless. After staying here for a long time, it feels like a prison, making people feel miserable."
The evil ghost Zhang Junzi sighed, shook his head and muttered.
What I am more concerned about is how he found my master Jiang Jiuzhen.
Soon, we entered the bamboo house.
After settling Uncle Sun down, the evil ghost Zhang Junzi took us to the room on the west side of the bamboo house.
The room is not big, but there is an irregular stone placed in the middle.
The stone was about the size of a face, blue-red in color, and seemed to have some patterns carved on it.
When I walked over and took a closer look, I found that those lines were not runes, but a kind of mysterious ghost patterns.
"This stone is very special," I praised.
The evil ghost Zhang Junzi pulled his beard and said with a smile: "Master Yang, this stone is the key to finding your master Jiang Jiuzhen. The name of this stone is 'Tracing Stone', which I accidentally obtained when I was in the world of the living."
"The most amazing thing about this stone is that it can find traces of people or ghosts. All you need to do is drip something that person has touched, or the blood of their descendants, on it, or burn their hair. The top of the stone will sense it and form a line, evolving its location."
"Before I became a ghost in the mortal world, I made my fortune with this stone. Although this stone looks good, it is also very evil. I lost my life and became a ghost because I helped someone track down a person. You have to know that not everyone in this world is an ordinary person."
"It can be said that this tracking stone made me successful, but also ruined me."
After listening to what the evil ghost Zhang Junzi said, I pondered for a moment.
Afterwards, I asked him, "Old Zhang, if that's the case, there shouldn't be any problem if you use this tracking stone to help me find my master, right?"
The evil ghost Zhang Junzi smiled and said, "If you hadn't brought that person with you, I would have been really afraid that something might go wrong. But that person named Sun Yaowen is the son of your master Jiang Jiuzhen. If you use his 'body hair' to make a sacrifice to the tracking stone first, the tracking stone will first let Jiang Jiuzhen sense the existence of a relative."
"With the communication of kinship, the Tracking Stone will not reject it, and there will be no backlash."
So that’s how it is. It seems I made the right decision to bring Uncle Sun here!
I was anxious, so I urged him, "In this case, there is no loss. Old man Zhang, let's start looking for him now."
Calling the evil ghost Zhang Junzi "Old Man Zhang" is a kind of respectful title. After all, he is a ghost and I am a human.
The evil ghost Zhang Junzi shook his head and said, "Not yet. We have to wait until midnight for the green and red color on the tracking stone to emit light. Even if we use the man's hair now, it won't work."
As he spoke, the evil ghost Zhang Junzi took out a pocket watch from his soul.
There was a ghostly aura about that pocket watch, and it had clearly become a ghost weapon.
"This is my pocket watch. I brought it from the mortal world. Because it has been with me for so long, it has been contaminated with ghost power, so it has become a low-level ghost weapon. However, the time on it is still accurate."
The evil ghost Zhang Junzi briefly introduced the ghost pocket watch, and then opened the watch cover.
The time above is exactly the same as the time on my watch, which shows 3:08 p.m.
That is to say, there are still nine hours until midnight in the mortal world. Only then will the tracking stone be activated.
"Master Yang, Miss Su, it's still early, why don't you go and rest first. When midnight comes, I will help you find Jiang Jiuzhen. And that man, his injuries are very serious and he also needs your care."
I nodded: "Okay, then I'll trouble you."
The evil ghost Zhang Junzi said with a smile: "This is just a small matter, it's not a big deal. I just hope that Taoist Yang can take me back to the world of the living. Then, I can be reincarnated. It's not a pleasant feeling to be a ghost!"
Without saying a few words, the evil ghost Zhang Junzi stayed in the west room.
The human-skin ghost Su Congxue and I went to the east room.
I didn't rest and started checking on Uncle Sun's condition.
As for the human-skin ghost Su Congxue, she is a ghost and does not need to rest, so I arranged for her to keep an eye on the evil ghost Zhang Junzi. Although Zhang Junzi looks good, I am afraid that he is playing some tricks and plotting against me and Uncle Sun.
If that happens, it will attract ghosts and fairies, and we won’t be able to escape.
(to be continued)
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