Chapter 97: The Ghost General Hiding in the Shadows

Chapter 97: Chapter 97: The Ghost General Hiding in the Shadows "Thank you, Third Brother, you’re so nice!" Yaoyao reached out and took the item. The moment it was in her hand, she instantly sensed the lingering Yin energy on it, like maggots clinging to bone, trying to crawl up her arm. But before it could touch her body, it was dispersed by the layer of protective spiritual energy. This Yin energy was merely residual, its power very limited. After the confrontation yielded no victory, it gradually dissipated and vanished. With the dissipation of the Yin energy, the sinister feeling of the Buddha statue instantly diminished by more than half. This abnormal scene naturally did not escape the notice of the two Gu brothers, who had been staring intently the whole time. "Yaoyao, did something just happen?" Gu Jinnian instantly perked up. He knew that just holding the Buddha statue hadn’t caused any reaction. But for it to react as soon as it was in his sister’s hand could only mean one thing: this item was definitely related to the Xuanmen. Fanatical believers, suicide, and the handiwork of the Xuanmen—this spelled big trouble! "Mm-hmm." Yaoyao, hearing her third brother’s inquiry, slowly nodded her small head. At this moment, her little face was exceptionally serious, her voice carrying a heavy tone: "I just clashed with that thing." As soon as these words were spoken, Gu Jinnian and Gu Yu both got goosebumps all over. They weren’t fools. Their younger sister was right before their eyes. Since she said she clashed, it could only be with that Buddha statue. Was that thing actually still attached to it? This was truly terrifying, especially for Gu Jinnian. He had touched the Buddha statue all over before; didn’t that mean he had touched that ghostly thing all over? Gu Jinnian: ╰(‵□′)╯ This feeling of belated realization was incredibly horrifying. Fortunately, the next sentence allowed him to temporarily put his worried heart at ease. "Third Brother, don’t be afraid, it’s long gone from here!" Yaoyao was quite observant. Knowing her third brother was scared, she quickly spoke to comfort him. "Mm..." Gu Jinnian responded lowly, his expression changing, his neck shamefully turning red. Yaoyao had no time to pay attention to these details. The clash she mentioned was with the power the other party had left in the Buddha statue. Some powerful ghosts, after reaching a profound level of cultivation, can, like cultivators, leave their power on various mediums to harm people from a distance. Because the power originated from the same source, even if its potency was much weaker after being attached, it didn’t prevent Yaoyao from sensing the other party’s strength. And that ghostly energy had already reached the level of a Ghost General! A Ghost General, going to such great lengths to masquerade as an evil god and then induce ordinary people to commit suicide—such scheming would absolutely not be just to disturb public order. The other party was very clever; the power it had left in the sculpture had long since severed its connection with the ghost body. This directly eliminated Yaoyao’s possibility of tracking it through this means. And this was quite normal, because those who could cultivate to the stage of a Ghost General were all extremely shrewd; otherwise, they wouldn’t have had the chance to live so long. Just as the clues seemed to end here, the police officer who had gone to retrieve the chip suddenly rushed back. "Captain Gu, f-found it, found it..." He even shouted while running, his emotions so agitated that he was somewhat out of breath when he arrived, but his eyes couldn’t suppress his excitement. "Chen Jun, don’t get excited, speak slowly. What did you find?" Seeing him like this, Gu Jinnian’s eyes instantly lit up. Just when the clues from the Buddha sculpture seemed to have dried up, an unexpected turn of events occurred. "They... they... are going to hold a live sacrifice!" Hearing his question, the young policeman named Chen Jun immediately stopped. He took a deep breath, then took out a mobile phone, which contained the deceased’s SIM card. After turning it on, Chen Jun used this phone to call his own, thereby finding the phone number. Then, using SMS verification codes, he logged into several major social media apps on the market. After all, at this time, logging into major social platforms required binding a mobile phone. Initially, he checked several without finding anything. Just when he was about to give up, there was suddenly a result—he found its chat group. Now, what he was showing Gu Jinnian was the situation in the social group. As the interface opened, Yaoyao, along with Gu Jinnian and Gu Yu, quickly leaned over to look. Then, they saw a chat group named "Greatly Merciful, Universally Saving, Mind-Illuminating Buddha Followers," where discussions were raging fiercely. Scrolling up through the chat history, they saw that the group owner had organized a sacrificial activity not long ago. Once this activity was initiated, quite a few group members participated, including the deceased. This was deduced from the replies in the group and the location of the incident. And from these chat records, it could be seen that they held this kind of sacrificial activity every week. The people sacrificed each time were divided into three batches, corresponding to the time periods of Hai Shi (9-11 PM), Zi Shi (11 PM-1 AM), and Chou Shi (1-3 AM). These three times are precisely the three nodes when the Yin and Yang of heaven and earth reverse, and also the key points when heaven and earth transition from Yang to Yin. Among them, Zi Shi has the heaviest Yin Sha energy. Choosing to commit suicide at this time, the resentment and baleful energy generated by the sacrifice would be immeasurable. Coupled with the fact that the deceased chose the most tragic method of death, the soul, fanatical to the extreme, would be an incredibly rare tonic even for a Ghost General. Yaoyao instantly understood why she couldn’t summon the soul; it turned out this person had even sacrificed their soul. This matter involved the soul; once done, it meant the deceased wouldn’t even have a chance at reincarnation. Therefore, besides being deluded, Yaoyao couldn’t think of a second possibility. The more these believers sacrificed, the stronger the orchestrating Ghost General would become. And cultivators all know that after ghosts devour souls, the speed at which their cultivation increases far exceeds normal cultivation. Even, if the offerings were sufficient, an ordinary Ghost General could completely step into the Ghost King realm, thereafter escaping the constraints of the mortal world’s laws, truly leaping beyond the six realms. This was perhaps the Ghost General’s goal, and to achieve this level, the number of people who had to die would be absolutely chilling. Even more terrifying, if not stopped, once it truly became a Ghost King, even the Yin gods of the underworld would be powerless against it. And a Ghost King living in the mortal world was destined to throw the mortal world into chaos. Yaoyao couldn’t sit still at this moment, because the threat posed by this Ghost General was no less than that of the Human Emperor. She might not be able to stop the Human Emperor now, but dealing with a Ghost General was no problem, and she still had helpers. Therefore, the immediate priority was to stop the sacrifices, and then to ferret out that hidden Ghost General, eliminating the threat for good. 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