Fang Cang disappeared.
This is the news that Xu Zhi got after waking up a week later.
A few days ago was the 70th birthday of the old man of the Fang family. Xu Zhi was still in a coma because his soul power was exhausted, so naturally he couldn't attend, and Fang Cang, a direct descendant of the Fang family who had entered the genealogy, unexpectedly didn't attend either. Fang Zeshan sent someone He went to look for him, but there was no news. If Fang Cang's soul lamp was not still on, Fang's father would have thought that this cheap son had died outside without a sound.
Since his life is still alive, and he heard that he disappeared after accepting the task of hunting ghosts, Fang's father sent a team of people to look for it and ignored it. After all, he has to be busy comforting his wife and taking care of his seriously injured son in bed.
But Xu Zhi was very worried. You must know that Fang Cang disappeared together with Tang Feifei, and in the plot he knew, there was no such part at this time. It ceased to exist, and he, a butterfly, might bear the greatest responsibility.
So, after confirming that his body was fine, Xu Zhi immediately went to the Ghostbusters Association to check the news.
"Ah, Young Master Fang is here." The old man at the front desk pushed his glasses and greeted with a smile: "It seems that you are almost in good health, and you are here to pick up the task again?"
Xu Zhi motioned Tang Shangren to be silent, and took out the black card and put it on the table: "I want to check the status of the second-level ghost catcher Fang Cang's mission."
In the past few days when Xu Zhi was in a coma, Mr. Tang had already handed over the task for him, and since the task was evaluated by the association and should be classified as three-star, and they were overfulfilled, Mr. Tang had already raised this black card to In other words, Xu Zhi is now a third-level ghost hunter, and he is qualified to view the information of any ghost hunters lower than him.
Ghost catchers generally rely on combat consumption to increase their soul power, and when facing desperate situations, their mood and soul power reserve will be greatly improved. It can be said that Xu Zhi has actually benefited a lot from this mission.
The old man took over the black card and swiped it, and the look in his eyes instantly changed, as if he did not expect that his strength would increase so much after completing a task. While searching for Fang Cang's task information, he sighed: "It's really the back wave of the Yangtze River." Go ahead..."
According to the information provided by the association, Xu Zhi discovered a big problem. The mission Fang Cang accepted was not the two-star mission in the original book at all. He accepted a three-star mission, and this three-star mission happened to make the original owner Fang Chao The one who met the female ghost Xiu's life and died in Huangquan.
More importantly, in the plot, Fang Cang was able to successfully kill the female ghost cultivator because of a treasure that he accidentally discovered in the two-star mission he accepted - the mechanism box.
Now, without Golden Finger, even if Fang and Tang had the aura of protagonists, they might have died at the hands of Ghost Xiu.
Regardless of the reason why the hero suddenly didn't follow the plot, Xu Zhi couldn't just sit back and watch the world collapse because of this, and then the mission failed, rewinding it all over again. After thinking about it, he made a decision and took over the two-star mission.
The location of this mission is in a deserted villa, which was converted into a vacation house by the owner to entertain young men and women, but the young people who went in either had mental breakdowns, or had hallucinations again and again, and even committed suicide directly, as confirmed by the association. , there is indeed an evil ghost in the villa. Although his cultivation level is not deep, but because he has stayed there for hundreds of years, his foundation is deep, and he can't move easily. Ordinary ghost hunters can't do anything to him.
However, for Xu Zhi whose soul power had already reached the third level, it was a little troublesome to kill a soil ghost who occupied the land and ruled the country, but it didn't take much effort.
That night, Xu Zhi went to the haunted villa alone. After killing the evil spirits, he groped to find the trick box according to the location in the plot.
The trick box is actually an ordinary wooden box, the size of a palm, with some messy lines engraved on both sides, and the inside is also empty, but since this thing can be a golden finger arranged by the author, it has its own magical function—it can hook Arouse the most real desires in the hearts of people and ghosts, and make them sink into the illusion woven by it, so that the consciousness is weak, just like a mollusc breaking through the hard shell, it is easily crushed by the controller.
The more resentful and advanced the ghost is, the more untouchable scales there are in his heart, and the greater the role of the box is, and the female ghost who likes to grab all kinds of beautiful men and suck the essence is obviously a ghost. this kind.
Time was running out, so Xu Zhi and Tang Shangren pretended to be foreign tourists and wandered around the area where Fang Cang disappeared every day. In order to attract enough attention, he also specially wore a damp attire, a white T-green vest, and a hat on his head. A light brown top hat, young and handsome, the corners of his lips raised slightly to one side with a trace of ruffianism, walking on the street without turning heads, and besides Tang, who can be called "colorful", took office, within a few days, They finally succeeded in luring the snake out of the cave, but were stunned by the target female ghost and brought back.
As for Yuqian, for fear of being discovered by the female ghost, Xu Zhi put him in a bottle for the time being.
Pretending to be unconscious, he faintly felt the rustling sounds around him, until the cold breath of the female ghost gradually faded away, he opened his eyes in the dark, tried to move his legs, and found that he was tied up by a few thick vines Get up, and the sound of breathing comes from the side - besides him, there are two other people here.
It was like an abandoned backyard, not far away was a hut in the forest, he and Tang Shangren were randomly thrown in the bushes by the female ghost, enjoying the bites of mosquitoes.
Xu Zhi frowned slightly, and he kicked Tang Shangren next to him, but the other party didn't respond, it seemed that he was really dazed, at this time, a few steps away, someone suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Hey, Opposite two."
Although the voice was deliberately lowered, it was still recognizable as a young female voice.
Moreover, it's a bit familiar... Oh, he remembered, it seemed to be the heroine he had met once, Tang Feifei's sister, Tang Feifei.
It seemed he was looking in the right place.
"Tang Feifei?"
"Ah, that's right, is it Fang Chao?" Tang Feifei asked cautiously, "Why were you arrested too? Well, did you come to rescue us? Where's my brother?"
Xu Zhi kicked Mr. Tang, "Your brother is beside me. Where's Fang Cang?"
"Cang... woo, he was locked in that room by that ghost, what to do, it's been so long, he'll be fine, woo..." Tang Feifei was still crying sadly, when suddenly a tall figure stood in the way In front of her, under the moonlight, a long knife gleamed coldly, which startled her, and she was relieved when she saw the somewhat familiar face of the visitor.
Xu Zhi swiftly cut off the vines that bound Tang Feifei and Tang Shangren, pulled Tang Feifei up, turned around to look at Tang Shangren who was still closed, bent down and patted his cheek, and said, "I'm not awake yet. Let's go."
After saying this, he clenched the nameless knife in his hand and walked towards the wooden house.
"God! Don't go!" Tang Shangren woke up with a jerk, and the uncontrolled volume spread far and wide in the silent night.
Xu Zhi was a little helpless, and if he knew it, he would have let him sleep all night. He shook his head, looked straight ahead, and said, "Stay away."
The female ghost heard the movement behind, floated out of the house in the blink of an eye, stopped at Xu Zhi a few steps away, and slowly showed her figure.
"Looks like he's another ghost hunter." Guixiu licked his pale lips, and said with a sneer, "However, ghost hunters always have excess energy, so it's a great tonic, I like it."
As soon as the words fell, her hands stretched and duplicated in an instant, and countless tentacles-like hands waved towards Xu Zhi.
Xu Zhi exerted force under his feet, jumped up and held the knife in his right hand and slashed obliquely. The light of the knife flashed, and several ghost hands of the female ghost instantly dissipated into smoke in the air. Cohesive, flicked his long hair, tied Xu Zhi's ankles, and dragged him to the female ghost.
What Xu Zhi had been waiting for was this moment. He smiled slightly at the female ghost, and raised the mechanism box in front of her with his left hand. The moment the wooden box was opened, a cloud of milky white smoke quickly enveloped the area centered on the female ghost. The body of the box gave out bursts of joyful chirping sounds.
The female ghost's shrewd and sharp eyes gradually became blurred, and the hair and tentacles that controlled her drooped feebly. Xu Zhi also fell down, while the mechanism box was still quietly floating in the air.
"Brother..." The female ghost's pale face was crying and laughing for a while, like a young girl: "Xiao Mo is so obedient, so she won't kill people... Brother, Xiao Mo really didn't kill her, it was her... both She, brother, have you forgotten that you said that you will always protect Xiaomo... who is that man... such a beautiful face of brother, please destroy it... destroy everything..."
The female ghost smiled ferociously, her black hair fluttering in the air, Xu Zhi looked up at her, found the right moment, jumped up, and the unknown knife pierced her body in an instant.
The female ghost was obliterated, and the mechanism box fell to the ground. He let out a breath, turned around, and suddenly found that the two people behind him looked like they had just woken up from a dream.
Mr. Tang saw the back of himself and a man. They interlocked their fingers and walked on the boulevard. He kept talking. The man listened carefully, and from time to time he let out a low laugh. The voice was like a small Hook, tickled his heart, he stopped, looked up at the man slightly, the man also looked at him, eyes met, one hand gently supported his head, and pulled him into his arms inside.
A kiss was not deep, but it made him feel that the years are so quiet and beautiful.
However, this was just a unilateral illusion on his part.
Xu Zhi walked in front of the two of them, and was about to say something, but Mr. Tang suddenly rushed up, put his hands around his neck, leaned his chin towards his face, he turned his head to avoid it, and stretched out his hand to pull him off his body. Frowning: "Are you still awake?"
"I would rather not wake up for the rest of my life." Tang Shangren stared at him, raised the corners of his lips: "I like it, no, I'm in love with you, Fang Chao. Let's be together."
Xu Zhi looked at him fixedly, but didn't speak.
Tang Feifei on the other side had just recovered from the illusion of her honeymoon trip with Fang Cang, when she heard her brother's explosive confession, she froze in place for a moment: What's going on? !
After a long time, maybe a few seconds, maybe a few minutes, anyway, it seemed so long to Tang Shangren, the man opposite still didn't speak, his smile was tinged with bitterness, "Okay, I knew it, you just Just pretend I was farting."
Xu Zhi actually thought a lot in a short period of time. He thought that maybe the kiss between the two at the beginning gave Tang the illusion of taking office. Later, he never paid attention to his partner's heart, and only regarded him as an ordinary friend. He also faintly knew Tang Shangren's attitude towards him was special, but he just ignored it all the time... In the final analysis, he was also at fault in this relationship.
He has long lost the ability to love, and he can't give him what he wants. Maybe the answer is a bit cruel for Tang to take office, but he has the responsibility to say it.
"Sorry, we can't."
Tang Shangren's face was as pale as paper in an instant.
If Xu Zhi didn't answer, he could continue to deceive himself, but now, with such a clear refusal, even the last extravagant hope has been lost, isn't it, he will also lose the qualification to stay by his side
He regretted it. If he had known this would be the result, why should he be delusional? Being by his side, even in the name of an assistant, was a kind of happiness.
The author has something to say:
Xu Zhi: Sorry...
Tang Shangren: My heart hurts...
Tang Feifei: Confused...
Fang Cang: Hey, a few people outside, I know you are very entangled and heartbroken now, can you come in first and untie me