Yin Yang Lantern Man

Chapter 139 Found the Ghost
[This lantern-carrying mission is held in Santai Community, and the mission rewards three special medicines. ]

There wasn't much information and the reward wasn't much, but Chen Ning'an hadn't held a lantern for a long time.

Every time he holds a lantern he gains a lot, it is a kind of practice.

Other monks would sit cross-legged in meditation, clear-headed and abstinent, but he was different. He could only use another method to find a solution.

The next day, he arrived at Santai Community on time. The community looked no different, just ordinary buildings.

Chen Ning'an followed the red-robed corpse to the entrance of the community, where the residents had basically been cleared out.

The only ones who could still walk around in the community were either Night Hour workers or Lantern Carrying People. These people had ugly faces, some were skinny, some had unsteady steps, and some simply lay on the ground, gasping for breath.

It makes people worry whether he can even hold the lantern to start.

Before the fog came, Chen Ning'an might have sympathized with these people, but after the fog came, everyone's identities were replaced, and he felt that he now had a fairy heart.

Be indifferent to the world, let everything go with fate and follow your heart.

He took that sense of separation for granted.

"Do you know what the content of this lantern is?"

The lantern holder asked quietly, and the ears of the people around him naturally began to prick up.

"I heard that the lantern is pretty simple this time. All we have to do is follow the rules to survive."

"After all, there are only three special medicines. They can only help you live a few more days."

Someone answered like this. Chen Ning'an looked over and found that the person was a senior pioneer who had obviously carried the lantern many times.

"Hey, have you heard about the recent [gods] and [ghosts]?"

At this time, another person spoke, attracting Chen Ning'an's attention.

"God and ghost, you heard about it too? I thought I was the only one who knew about it."

"You all know? Well, I won't pretend anymore. I know, too. I've even seen the scene of the incident with my own eyes. To be honest, I think it was us who did it."

"Yes, that method of committing the crime is too cruel. God makes people kneel down and repent and die, while the ghost directly splits your head apart. It is simply not something that ordinary people can do."

This statement resonated with the public, and many lantern bearers joined the conversation.

"Although the news said that only a few died and a dozen were missing, but judging from the number of times Ri'an law enforcement officers have been on duty during this period, I estimate that there are at least dozens of them. Ri'an simply cannot handle it all."

"Not to mention the good nights, there's no momentum for an investigation."

He did not avoid Ye An when speaking, and many Ye An people had to endure it even though their faces were unhappy.

There's no point in fighting with these dying people.

The person is about to die, who dares to provoke him?
Normally, goodnight greetings between lantern bearers would only matter to the lantern bearers and ordinary people. But now that so many ordinary people have died, goodnight greetings are no longer important. That makes sense.

While everyone was talking, Chen Ning'an was observing everyone's expressions in the dark. If it was related to gods or ghosts, they would definitely show their expressions.

Unfortunately, it was too dark and I couldn’t see clearly from a distance, and people nearby didn’t show much reaction either.

But someone came into his sight. He saw that person sneaking around some lantern holders and slowly walked towards him.

"Brother, do you want a book?"

The man moved closer to him and asked in a low voice.

Of course it couldn't be those books.

"The complete version written by Su Mei is now nowhere to be found in the entire Xin Qin. I copied it word for word, and there are also additional materials."

He took out the sample and passed it in front of Chen Ning'an. Indeed, he had most of the notes written by Chen Ning'an.

“You work really hard.”

His notes were scattered throughout Zhongcheng, and it was truly remarkable that this man was able to obtain most of the information.

"Of course. I tell you this thing is a good treasure. It will be of great benefit to us lantern bearers."

"Look, the shape of this broken incense stick, one long and two short, means that in the Red Candle Cemetery, if we just avoid the graves with these incense sticks, the chances of getting into trouble will be much lower."

His words were very tempting, as if this was not a novel but a survival encyclopedia for lantern-carrying people.

"I don't want the book." He shook his head and refused, "I've already read it."

"Have you seen it?"

The salesman's expression on the lantern holder's face immediately disappeared: "You're wasting my saliva."

"and many more."

Chen Ningan grabbed his shoulders and said, "You have so much information, haven't you found anything else?"

His words made the lantern bearer's face change: "I don't know what you are going to say."

He wanted to get rid of Chen Ning'an, but Chen Ning'an's hands were so strong that the latter couldn't break free.

"Let go, the lights will be on soon, and Ye Anren is still here."

He looked fierce but was actually weak, but Chen Ning'an's hands were as hard as iron and didn't move at all.

"Do you think they dare to manage it?"

Looking at Ye An and the others, no one dared to look at him, and they all looked away.

I just hope that neither of them will see them or find them. No one wants to get involved in this mess.

Chen Ningan lowered his voice: "Are you a [ghost] or a [god]?"

These words made the lantern bearer's face change drastically. He took two steps back and said, "I know nothing!"

"The lanterns are about to start."

Someone shouted, and Chen Ning'an didn't want to pursue him any further.

"Brother, nothing happened to us tonight."

The man holding the lantern left in a hurry and passed by Chen Ning'an.

"and many more."

Chen Ning'an reached out and grabbed him again.

"Brother, the lantern has started, I want the lantern!"

He was struggling, but Chen Ning'an slowly grabbed his fist with his other hand and pried it open.

The lantern holder clenched his fist tightly, but how strong was Chen Ning'an? If he didn't let go, I would break it. In the end, the hair in his palm was taken away by him.

"I've seen this trick before. It seems you are the ghost's man."

He grinned softly: "I won't kill you for now, I hope you can come out alive."

It was not as difficult as he imagined to find the ghost, so he started holding the lantern.

A familiar feeling, when they opened their eyes again, they had arrived in a deep mountain.

There is a path here, and several people holding lanterns are walking on the path.

"A community is a world of lanterns. This world is too big."

Chen Ning'an sighed, saying that the real world seemed even smaller and seemed fake.

It was dark and windy in the mountains, not suitable for walking, so most people just had to wait until the lantern-lighting was over.

So there were some lanterns lingering in front, and they were thinking about whether to enter the temple or not.

It was an old temple beside a small path, only about a hundred square meters in size. The outside of the temple was overgrown with weeds and it was difficult to get in.

"Should we go in?"

These lantern bearers stood outside the temple thinking.

"Everyone has read that book, right?"

At this time, one person spoke up: "The book says that one person cannot enter the temple, but we think there should be no problem for so many of us to go in."

"Yes, the risk of staying outside is quite high. It is better to hide in the temple. There are also ways to deal with hiding."

A lantern bearer answered that he was in favor of entering the temple.

“What if the temple is more dangerous?”

At this time, someone else spoke up and expressed his concern: "A temple suddenly appeared in this remote place. I'm afraid there might be ghosts inside."

"Is it possible that we are going in to put food into someone's mouth?"

Everyone was worried when this was said.

"So we're just going to be exposed in the wild woods?"

Some people also sneered: "Those who were not careful with the lanterns have died. If you don't go in, you'd better move. If you stay, you will be discovered by other things."

At this moment, Chen Ningan discovered that the person who had been selling novel materials before had also come in and joined those who were discussing.

"I think it's better for everyone to go inside and take shelter."

He didn't dare to leave, fearing that he would run into Chen Ning'an, so he took the initiative to suggest going in.

"Everyone has entered the building with lanterns before. It's nothing to worry about as long as you are careful."

"Besides, there are so many of us, we can escape if we encounter danger."

How to escape? Of course, take the opportunity to escape when the ghost chooses to kill someone.

After he said that, everyone hesitated.

"Let's go in together."

At this time, a man came from a distance, and the light of the lantern he was holding looked extremely blood-red.

If you look closely, you can see that there is a tall shadow following behind him, which makes people feel scared at the first sight.

Red robe corpse!
Chen Ningan smiled faintly and looked at them: "I suggest you go in together, what do you think?"

He saw that the person selling the information was a person.

Mi Changchun was about to cry. This guy was really like a leech. He couldn't escape no matter how hard he tried.

"Behind you..."

These people spoke fearfully, and Chen Ningan knew what they were talking about.

"Monster? No, this is my servant."

"The things behind me usually like obedient people." He approached the crowd. Was this forcing them?

That's it, no matter how ugly their faces look or how unwilling they are, they have to listen to Chen Ning'an.

No one chose to fight the monster head-on, so they had to enter the temple together.

Chen Ningan also followed him in. He had used the Qi-gazing technique from outside to check and found that the temple was pitch black.

It's not too dangerous, but the stuff inside might be useful.

There is no black air in ordinary places. After entering, the first thing he saw was a huge statue.

This statue looked like a ghost with a green face and fangs. The temple was filled with gloom and dust.

There was no life, insects, etc. In the huge temple, there was no other debris except for the altar which looked like there was something on it.

The lonely stone statue was looking at everyone with its angry eyes, making many people afraid to move forward.

But Chen Ningan was approaching from behind, so they had to go in.

“There doesn’t seem to be anything wrong here.”

At this moment, someone spoke up. "There is only one statue. We will be fine if we stay away from it."

Yes, there is only one statue.

Mi Changchun felt a little relieved, but then he became more afraid. He was afraid that Chen Ningan would find him and punish him.

The offering table in front of the statue seemed too shabby, with just a table and an incense burner, nothing else, not even any offerings.

Chen Ning'an, who followed in, checked the altar. Everywhere else was covered in dust, but the statue looked like it was brand new.

There was nothing special about the incense burner, it was just an ordinary incense burner. He reached out and squeezed it, but nothing happened.

After taking a look at the statue, he walked towards Mi Changchun.

"what!"

At this moment, a scream suddenly came from outside, making everyone tremble in their hearts. Fortunately, they entered here in advance. There was indeed danger outside.

"Maybe we should talk."

Chen Ningan sat next to Mi Changchun, and the red-robed corpse sat on the other side of him.

Mi Changchun subconsciously glanced at the red-robed corpse. There were seven talismans pasted on its head. This was a ferocious creature that required seven talismans to suppress.

The skin on his face and neck melted together with his body. A huge stench of decay filled his face, and the red robe looked extremely terrifying.

"Yes... yes, we can talk."

He answered with a trembling voice, almost crying.

The other lantern bearers looked away when they saw him. I don’t know how cowardly he was to be so cowardly when he was about to die.

Of course, no one would speak up to stop it, as no one likes to get themselves into trouble.

"What is a ghost?"

Chen Ning'an pushed the crisis to a climax with just one sentence, and Mi Changchun's face changed again.

He wanted to cover it up and say he didn't know, but Chen Ning'an put the dagger on his neck.

"I think you'd better tell the truth. I just want to know the information, not to kill anyone. You know bloodstains are difficult to clean and can easily attract monsters."

The cold light of the knife was so fierce that Mi Changchun didn't even dare to move his Adam's apple. He trembled and said, "I'm telling you, don't get excited."

"[Ghost] is our organization. We will kill all innocent people and sacrifice their lives to get what we want."

He speaks directly, trying to express the information he knows in a concise manner.

"What can you exchange for? What is your status among the [Ghosts]? How do I exchange it?"

"You can exchange it by killing someone. You just need to put the target's personal belongings in the courtyard."

Chen Ning'an thought about the courtyard house he mentioned and described the characteristics of the courtyard house he had seen before.

"Yes, yes, you also know this brother?"

"Not only do I know that, I also know that Siheyuan killed the three sacrificial offerings to avoid being exposed."

Chen Ningan sneered: "Then the quadrangle is fixed?"

"No, we need to summon, put the target's hair on this thing and so on."

He took out a piece of paper from his pocket tremblingly.

It’s a palm-sized piece of yellow paper and very tough.

Chen Ningan looked at it for a moment and didn't answer it. He continued to ask, "What does God have to do with you?"

【god】?
Mi Changchun's pupils shrank: "I really don't know. We are also curious about what [God] is and why he is trying to kill people with us."

It seems that the two are not the same system.

Chen Ning'an put the knife back, and ideas began to brew in his mind.

God wants to kill the guilty, but the scope of this guilt is too broad, while the devil wants to kill the innocent.

What is innocence? The definition is still very broad, and he suddenly asked:

"what's your name?"

"Mi, Mi Changxia."

The name seems to be fake.

Chen Ningan nodded. This was not important. The next step was to test whether this [ghost] had its own consciousness.

He plucked a strand of hair from the latter's head and slowly placed it on the paper.

Mi Changchun's pupils contracted for a moment, and then he thought that he was an insider and should have no relationship with the matter.

But soon his expression changed because everyone's lanterns in the temple were burning rapidly.

Something was approaching. Chen Ning'an looked at the statue again, pasted a talisman behind Mi Changchun, and then moved a little further away from Mi Changchun.

At this moment, his lantern burned even more violently, and it was lit in an instant.

"lantern!"

Mi Changchun screamed, then immediately cut off his own skin to repair the wound with great pain.

The smell of meat immediately filled the air.

Chen Ning'an was further away from him, and a shadow appeared behind Mi Changchun without him noticing.

The shadow held a huge machete in his hand and swung it down towards his neck.

Then we will see how it works out.

He applied the Vajra Talisman, which had huge side effects but was also very effective. The knife was stuck halfway through his neck and did not continue to cut down.

Not even at the guide level.

Chen Ning'an then used the Qi-Looking Technique, and along with severe pain all over his body, he discovered that it was just a ball of dark air.

After this thing slashed it, it didn't care that it only cut half of the neck, and slowly disappeared.

It is a curse, just like [God], that thing does not belong to a real ghost.

The two look the same, but their auras are different, which means they belong to two different forces.

"Ah! It hurts so much."

The light of the lantern was restored, but Mi Changchun was rolling on the ground, blood gushing out of his neck like crazy and he was about to die. Chen Ningan promptly attached a wooden talisman to his body to seal it.

The latter turned pale and took the hair away as if he had seen a ghost.

He took a deep breath and just now he really thought he was going to die.

"You're going to die."

However, Chen Ning'an's words left him dumbfounded, and he suddenly felt his body gradually weakening.

"Well."

He felt weak all over and could clearly feel the systems in his body crashing one after another.

The liver, kidneys, and breathing also began to weaken.

The energy of the years is like the heart, which beats slower and slower. Even if the wooden talisman is emitting vitality, his body can no longer replenish it.

In the end, he was completely drained by the side effects of the Vajra Talisman.

Chen Ningan sighed. It seemed that the effect of the wooden talisman was not enough. The side effects of the Vajra Talisman were still very terrifying.

Most people simply can’t bear it.

Pick up the paper and put it in your arms.

At this time, the other people holding lanterns finally recovered and ran away from Mi Changchun and Chen Ningan one by one.

They were afraid of being influenced, but they didn't know that Chen Ning'an was not looking at them, but at the statue.

He held the seal in one hand and yellow paper in the other, and slowly approached the statue.

Not sure what the collision will be like?

He lifted up the statue weighing a thousand pounds, pressed it on the yellow paper, and then pressed the seal on the statue.

Then he took away the two items and waited quietly.

He extinguished the candle. If he burned it again, he might not have to go back with the lantern this time.

All one had to do was look at the others’ lantern lights, because their lantern lights were becoming intense again.

This time he wanted to see clearly the specific forms of the curses from both God and Ghost.

The seal and yellow paper are cursed objects. What will happen when these two cursed objects are used together?

The statue began to tremble. It seemed to sense the crisis, and its originally ordinary expression gradually changed.

He suddenly stood up from the throne, and suddenly the laughter of women and children came from somewhere.

It came from His mouth, but He did not attack everyone. Instead, He ran out of the temple.

(End of this chapter)