The King of Curses

Chapter 45: Equality King Yi Qingyan
Time goes back half an hour.

Cen Dongsheng in the classroom felt that the flow of Yin Qi around him had changed, so he went to the corridor and saw the "culprit" laughing.

He looked up at the sky, staring at the scorching sun on the dome.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but in the bright sunlight, he vaguely saw some shadows, which gradually expanded from blurry to clear.

Is the “haunted house” about to begin?

Faster than expected, which means that the local Yin Qi has gathered to a critical point.

The difficulty of clearing the haunted house should not be underestimated.

Is it too late to leave now?
Cen Dongsheng thought about it and decided not to leave in a hurry.

"Let me send you away."

He returned to the classroom and said to the girl.

"elder brother……?"

"Don't talk nonsense, just go if I tell you to."

……

On the way out of the teaching building, Cen Dongsheng saw the classroom door not far away distorted like a mirage, so he took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket.

If we don't contact each other now, we will soon have no chance.

"Sister Zhizhen? I'm currently at Caixin Middle School, and the 'haunted house transformation' is about to begin, so I plan to stay here."

He quickly synchronized the current situation.

"Dongsheng, you have to cheer up and be careful."

"it is good."

After the brief conversation, Cen Dongsheng was about to hang up when he heard the woman on the other end of the line suddenly ask a question that sounded a little strange to him.

"Who are you going to save and protect this time?"

"...?"

Cen Dongsheng felt confused.

"I have told my sister about my code of conduct before, right? If it is within my power, I will save other people's lives. If it affects my personal safety, I can only say that it is a pity..."

Rather than calling it a "principle of action", it is more like the influence of his past professional working principles. However, this style of work is indeed the most in line with his heart.

"Haha, if that's all, I certainly wouldn't worry."

Sister Zhizhen's words sounded as if she had foreseen something.

"You mean, I would take risks for others? I'm not that kind."

"I know. According to the moral standards of ordinary people, you may not be considered a good person... but you are a person who values ​​feelings. In other words, you may do something impulsively because of the heat of the moment."

"Love feelings"... Is that so.

He sighed.

In front of Sister Zhizhen, there was really no way to refute this. Because when he was fighting with the ghost Yu Wentao, he was obviously too excited, and he didn't feel confused until he was burned into a skeleton.

"So, Sister Zhizhen is reminding me?"

"No. For you, a momentary impulse may not necessarily bring good results."

Indeed, if there had been no gamble with his life, the timing of his awakening his supernatural powers would have been delayed... Of course, the most important thing is that he might not have been able to establish the current relationship with her.

"I like this very much. It means the fire in your heart has not yet been extinguished."

There was a smile in the woman's voice.

"That's it. I'll be right back. I'm looking forward to what surprises you'll bring me this time. Also, just to be on the safe side, if you don't come out within two days, I'll..."

With the sound of "rustling" electricity, the phone was hung up.

Cen Dongsheng put down his phone.

At this time, he had already arrived near the entrance.

"The school gate...is gone..."

The girl's surprised voice came from behind him.

"Yes."

Cen Dongsheng was used to this kind of situation. He shrugged his shoulders and was still in the mood to scare the little girl:

"I'm sorry, but you can't get out. This place is very dangerous. You might die."

*
After it became completely dark, Cen Dongsheng began to check the surrounding environment.

The Yin Qi is as vast as the ocean, filling the buildings.

In a place where sneaky people are rampant, there are occasional lightning and thunder.

He glanced at the sky which was covered with dark clouds like iron and not a single ray of light could be seen.

"Is this the weather before a thunderstorm? This weather is really fresh..."

Along the way, he encountered several twisted human-shaped shadows. Cen Dongsheng did not dodge or evade. He went up to test his skills. After realizing that they were floating spirits, he cleared them all out one by one.

On the way, he also paid special attention to the reaction of the girl who was following him. She was now closer, almost following him closely.

"Okay, lots of ghosts..."

She said tremblingly.

"Didn't you say you saw a ghost?"

"I did say that... but, but I've only seen it a few times... and I thought I was seeing things..."

Although the little girl was a weirdo, her reaction showed that her astonishment and fear were not fake; it was indeed her first time entering a haunted house.

So, he is an ordinary person with relatively sharp inspiration, right?
"Brother...why aren't you afraid at all?"

"You guessed it before, didn't you? I'm here to investigate the missing people." Cen Dongsheng twisted the neck of another black shadow casually, "Of course you have some skills to come to a place like this."

While wandering around the corridor, Cen Dongsheng quickly noticed that there were several flickering dim lights in the teaching building, which seemed to have been submerged in the ocean of darkness.

"Someone?"

He quickly made up his mind and headed in that direction.

At this moment, the girl behind him suddenly tugged at his sleeve and asked in a trembling voice.

"Brother...I always feel that this weather is a bit strange?"

"Huh? What did you say?"

"I've noticed that sometimes... I hear thunder first, then I see lightning..."

Cen Dongsheng laughed.

"Not bad, you are quite sensitive."

"Eh?"

"I'm praising you."

Cen Dongsheng said.

"You can understand it as, we are no longer in the real world, so this sky is a fake one, and no matter what happens, don't feel weird."

"Oh……"

The little girl nodded, looking as if she understood something.

*
Ten minutes later, they arrived at the third floor of the experimental building opposite the teaching building. The sign read "Classroom Three".

When he entered the door, Cen Dongsheng was a little surprised.

Is this place too crowded?

The two middle-aged men he met at the breakfast shop, Liu Xiaochuan and Zhang Xiu; the three high school students he taught a lesson, Du Changlong, Xiao Liting, Wang Wei, and...

"Is this the first time you all meet?"

The gentle man with glasses nodded at him.

"Let me introduce myself first. I'm Tian Jingwen, a teacher at this school."

"My name is Yang Chao."

"...Wei Yanyan."

"Sun Wen."

"There are quite a lot of people..." Cen Dongsheng's eyes swept across the faces of these strangers one by one, "Are you the missing persons?"

One teacher, three students, two boys and two girls, one survived.

Including the two of them, there were a total of eleven people gathered in the classroom, four adults and seven high school students.

"Yes." Tian Jingwen replied, "If you hadn't come in this time, we wouldn't have understood what was going on outside. Alas..."

He smiled bitterly.

"My family is worried. We have tried many ways, but we just can't find a way out."

"How long have you been here?"

"We are not sure if the time on our phones or clocks is correct, so we can only judge from other sources that we have probably consumed more than two days' worth of food."

"I see. Then..."

"Wait a minute, Mr. Cen, don't be so anxious for now, right?" Zhang Xiu said with a smile, "We can ask about these things later. We don't know each other yet. Just like these survivors, how about introducing yourself first?"

He keenly noticed that when the three high school students saw Cen Dongsheng appear, they all showed expressions of fear and stiffness, and subconsciously stepped back.

Zhang Xiu is a private detective. He is good at observing people's expressions and paying attention to details.

In his opinion, among this group of people, they were the ones who best fit the impression of being "confused and fearful", while the expressions of the teachers and students who had disappeared before were somewhat numb, and they might have been about to give up. The calmest, or most confident person, was undoubtedly Cen Dongsheng.

Even Master Liu, although he appeared calm in front of others, could still see the tension in the other person's words and actions after actually entering the haunted house.

Only this young man, like everyone else, was in this school full of thunder and lightning and ghostly shadows, but his demeanor was so relaxed that it made people feel like he was out for a picnic.

...Oh, yes, there was another girl following behind Cen Dongsheng. Because her hair was too long, he couldn't see her expression at all, and he almost didn't notice her at first.

……

"Introduce yourself? Sure. I'm Cen Dongsheng. I know a little bit about exorcism. I'm here to see if I can solve the problem. You guys continue."

Cen Dongsheng casually pulled a chair and sat down, crossing his legs.

Just as the private detective had guessed, he was indeed very calm.

On the one hand, the haunted house is the working environment he is most accustomed to; on the other hand, he is now stronger than his past self.

Although it has been mentioned before that according to the assessment of the amount of true Qi, he is still a second-class spell-binding master; but among those of the same level, as long as there is a chance for close combat, Cen Dongsheng has the confidence to suppress the opponent.

The core ghost of Xiaokang Building was born after the death of the forbidden master whose power went out of control. In terms of strength, it is already a top-level evil ghost second only to Class A, but he still defeated it by fighting alone.

Even without using his supernatural powers, Cen Dongsheng only began to slowly fall into despair after "killing" the opponent more than twenty times in a row.

Before this, he was able to withstand the cursed fire released by evil spirits solely by relying on his body strengthened by true Qi. His physical strength was quite outrageous.

If it wasn't for Sister Zhizhen, who had to do everything he could to fight the evil spirit head-on, he wouldn't have been in such a desperate situation.

Unless he encounters a Grade A ghost of the same level as the owner of the house, he will most likely have to rely on the power of the "Undead Bones" to fight against a higher level...

"It's not impossible."

Cen Dongsheng thought.

But even if we really meet, it will be nothing more than a battle.

He was well aware of the dangers in the haunted house, so he was never confused.

Cen Dongsheng once made a promise to Sister Zhizhen and rejected her offer to help.

The upper limit of people or ghosts in this era is there. If he is lucky enough to meet various strong opponents, it will be a test for him without endangering his life.

Cen Dongsheng longs for a challenge that will make him stronger...

At this moment, he is full of confidence.

……

After him, the second person to speak was Master Liu.

"I'm Liu Xiaochuan." The man with a goatee straightened his collar and said slowly, "I'm a Feng Shui master."

"I'm Zhang Xiu, a private detective." The man in the jacket turned his gaze to Sun Wen. "I'm here to see you, Sun Wen. This is a request from your parents."

"Really?" The short-haired girl had been holding Xiao Liting's hand, her eyes lit up and she asked excitedly, "Then can you take us out?"

"Haha, that depends on Master Liu... and this Mr. Cen. I'm just an ordinary person, in the same situation as you."

After the three high school students who came in from outside introduced themselves one by one, the detective was about to continue but was interrupted by Liu Xiaochuan.

"Wait, there's someone here who hasn't spoken yet."

He pointed at the long-haired girl who was sitting behind Cen Dongsheng and remained silent.

"Who is this? Judging from her clothes, she is also a student here?"

"..."

She did not answer.

"You're silent, are you mute? With this outfit..." Liu Xiaochuan frowned, he felt like he was being ignored, "At first I thought a ghost had followed me in."

"Master, do you think so too? I feel like this person is spooky..."

Xiao Liting was halfway through her words when Cen Dongsheng's eyes swept over her intentionally or unintentionally. She was immediately frightened and stopped talking.
Liu Xiaochuan therefore set his sights on Cen Dongsheng.

"Mr. Cen, you brought this girl here, didn't you? Don't you know?"

"I do not know."

Cen Dongsheng answered very straightforwardly.

"As for how she got here, it's very simple. She wanted to follow me, so I let her follow."

The classroom suddenly became quiet.

Liu Xiaochuan's brows did not relax, and he was obviously not satisfied with the answer, while the young man obviously had no intention of taking the initiative to explain.

Just when the atmosphere was becoming a little tense—

"I know who she is."

Tian Jingwen coughed.

"She is a student of our school. She must have been dragged in accidentally."

"…Really? What's her name?"

"I remember...his last name was 'Yi', right? His name was..."

"——Yi Qingyan."

The long-haired girl who had been silent all this time finally spoke in her clear and pleasant voice.

"My name is Yi Qingyan."

……

When she said the name, thunder happened to sound, and the light that followed illuminated Cen Dongsheng's face, making it look pale.

"Hey, I didn't expect the name to be so nice..."

"Yeah, it doesn't seem to be who I am."

"Don't say that."

"Haha, sorry, that's not what I meant."

"..."

The voices of other people now sounded like noise to Cen Dongsheng, being filtered out.

The only remaining thought in his mind was -

Yi...Qingyan?
...That...Yi Qingyan?

All the confidence and calmness he had just had disappeared. Cen Dongsheng tried hard to control his expression, and finally avoided anyone noticing his loss of composure.

No, that's not right——

It should be said that it is not entirely certain!
Although it seems that the gender and age do match...

But the activity areas are different. The person’s first active record was in Cangdong District, which is not the same place as Jinjiang City at all!
Therefore, when Cen Dongsheng made the plan for his rebirth, he only carefully considered it as a huge threat that might exist in the future, and did not take it into account at all in the early stage -

Wait, wait a minute.

Calm down, calm down. Where has the heroic courage that you had just now to fight against heaven and earth gone?
Cen Dongsheng thought, at this point, even if it was that person, he didn't need to be afraid...

That's right, there is no need at all.

I have already clung to the Philosopher King's thigh. If all else fails, I will abandon my dignity and ask Sister Zhizhen for help. What else do I have to be afraid of?

...Oh, right.

He couldn't help but hold his forehead and wanted to sigh.

He almost forgot that they were both in the same haunted house, and Sister Zhizhen was still outside.

It was because he rejected Sister Zhizhen's proposal that night and felt that he could definitely do it on his own.

...No, generally speaking it does work, right? The threat in the haunted house is at most a top-level ghost... Other curse masters these days are even more...

Is what I am experiencing really reasonable?!

"...Well, your name sounds good. It's unexpectedly nice."

Cen Dongsheng tensed his face again, and the corners of his mouth almost twitched, but he still tried his best to ask the girl in a nonchalant tone.

“So, how do you write it?”

Then, he saw her silently writing those three words with her fingers——

"Qing is this Qing...Yan is this Yan."

Yi Qing Yan.

The age and name are all the same.

There is no way to deceive myself now.

Although he didn't know why she was currently in Jinjiang, and still looked like this, he didn't realize it at all...

But there is no doubt that it is me.

It’s me…!
Yi Qingyan, this is a name that he will never forget.

It clearly sounds like a lovely girl's name, and when I debuted, I was indeed a young girl in her prime.

But the real Yi Qingyan is a curse master who is listed as one of the "ancestors", a murderous devil who set the "largest single-person massacre record", the most dangerous criminal in history, and is considered the craziest and most terrifying person in a lawless society full of lunatics and maniacs.

Her mere existence has caused countless people to live in fear and anxiety, and she has personally left irreparable trauma to the world.

The most vicious and evil ancestor, "King of Equality", Yi Qingyan.

And for Cen Dongsheng, her existence has a special meaning...

In his memory, this person was the only top-notch expert he had ever seen with his own eyes.

(End of this chapter)