Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Let’s rewind to a short time ago.
The ghosts they captured earlier were terrified within Gu Wuji’s picture book prop. In that eerie space, they were like ordinary people, hunted by various monsters.
The events that unfolded during that time were enough to write several screenplays.
Unable to endure the torment any longer, the ghosts quickly reformed, revealing a great deal of information to Gu Wuji, begging him to stop treating them this way.
Gu Wuji was astonished by the prop’s effectiveness; he hadn’t expected the picture book to be so useful, truly worthy of being obtained from that terrifying evil god.
After that, Gu Wuji didn’t just waste his time in the village. Every day after filming, he explored the village, searching for clues from the ghosts and purifying them, doing good deeds— his life was incredibly fulfilling.
The ghosts who followed Gu Wuji were stunned. Initially, they only revealed their true nature because they were frightened by him; deep down, they were resentful. But they hadn’t expected Gu Wuji to actually be a good person… he really meant purifying ghosts! Instead of scattering them to their deaths.
These ghosts were completely convinced and worked for Gu Wuji even more diligently than the Shadow Ghost, causing the Shadow Ghost great unease and making it even more proactive.
This pleased Austin; this was exactly the scene he wanted to see. In a way, compared to Gu Wuji, who didn’t care what the ghosts did and left them to their own devices, Austin was more like their superior.
Finally, on the last day, Gu Wuji had enough points to upgrade his Ghost Control Technique. So that night, he upgraded it, immediately feeling a deeper sensitivity to the surrounding Yin energy.
After that, Gu Wuji entered this eerie space. Based on the information he had gathered, Gu Wuji guessed that he had entered an item controlled by a high-level player. This item had probably been upgraded several times, creating this eerie space.
Thinking back to the strange surroundings of the ghosts he encountered before, Gu Wuji felt that this item was like a forcibly constructed instance of a game world, forcing him to achieve a certain goal to leave.
“The item actually has this kind of use,” Gu Wuji mused. “What if I upgraded the picture book to this level and then brought it into other instance worlds, trapping the ghosts inside?”
With this in mind, Gu Wuji realized that for advanced players, the previous instance worlds would be virtually effortless.
What would a truly advanced instance be like?
Before that, he had to get through this one.
This space was extremely dangerous, with several vengeful ghosts eyeing Gu Wuji menacingly. If he were an ordinary near-advanced player, he’d probably be struggling to solve the puzzles by now.
But for Gu Wuji, he had already learned most of the information about the vengeful ghosts from his subordinates and those he had befriended. In fact, Gu Wuji knew far more about the village than anyone else.
Furthermore, his ghost-controlling skills allowed him to temporarily control the vengeful ghosts…
A few minutes later…
Gu Wuji had already subdued all the vengeful spirits in this space.
His actions were simple: he merely controlled them temporarily and made them perform certain tasks for him.
Because each spirit had its own weakness, Gu Wuji didn’t even need to find it; he simply had the spirits reveal their weaknesses to subdue them.
This was why no powerful ghosts were targeting Cheng Liangmiao, allowing a complete novice like him to arrive safely at Gu Wuji’s place. Thus, the situation became what Cheng Liangmiao found when he opened the door.
Gu Wuji was sitting in a chair, questioning the vengeful spirits about the details, wanting to know how to break free of this space, and also intending to purify them.
The spirits felt deeply humiliated, their faces extremely grim.
How could they have imagined things would turn out this way?! They had thought that with so many ghosts attacking a human, even a swarm could easily take their head.
Although the world’s restrictions forced them to slumber until the very end, things shouldn’t have turned out this way!
The other ghosts, like lackeys, served tea and water, being ordered around by Austin, yet they did so willingly, much to the dismay of the other vengeful spirits. They cursed inwardly, blaming such ghosts for their current wretched state.
The moment Cheng Liangmiao pushed open the door, all the ghosts were startled.
Several vengeful spirits, hoping to find an opportunity, tried to incite Cheng Liangmiao’s emotions. If Cheng Liangmiao showed any intention of dealing with Gu Wuji, they could find a chance to possess him, making it less easy for Gu Wuji to continue humiliating them.
In the ghosts’ minds, this was certainly easy; the scene was easily misinterpreted. If they portrayed Gu Wuji as a ruthless villain who didn’t even spare ghosts, they were sure to incite negative emotions in Cheng Liangmiao.
“Run! Watch out for Gu Wuji!”
“He’s no ordinary person! He’ll kill you—”
Amidst the fierce accusations of several vengeful ghosts, Cheng Liangmiao’s expression finally changed. He slowly stepped forward, looking at Gu Wuji with a very complex gaze, a mixture of guilt and some inexplicable goodwill.
“I’m very sorry about what happened before.”
Indeed, although Cheng Liangmiao had witnessed such a terrifying scene with Gu Wuji, his bias against Gu Wuji was so strong that he quickly got used to it, simply thinking that a master like Gu Wuji must be something special.
As for whether Gu Wuji would pose a danger to him, how could that be! If Gu Wuji really wanted to kill him, he would have been dead by the time of the awards ceremony!
Originally, Cheng Liangmiao wanted to run away, but now that he had directly witnessed Gu Wuji dealing with ghosts, he mustered up the courage to apologize.
The vengeful ghosts: “…” Damn it, what is this guy even doing here?! This isn’t some romance drama.
“Apologize?” Gu Wuji was bewildered. “What have you done? Haven’t we been getting along quite well lately?”
Cheng Liangmiao had initially thought Gu Wuji was saying this to put him at ease, but upon closer inspection, Gu Wuji clearly had no idea what he was talking about.
For a moment, Cheng Liangmiao didn’t know whether to be happy that Gu Wuji hadn’t noticed his attitude, or sad that Gu Wuji hadn’t noticed his attitude at all…
Austin sneered inwardly. Just an ordinary human daring to be interested in Gu Wuji? He was really overthinking things. “It seems you’ve stumbled into this place by mistake. Luckily, you’ve run into us. Just wait here. Once this is resolved, you’ll naturally be able to return to reality.”
Gu Wuji also suddenly realized this and looked at Cheng Liangmiao apologetically. “Thank you for your trouble.”
Cheng Liangmiao naturally said that he had no problem at all and then sat down to the side with a complicated expression. Today, he finally understood the relationship between himself and Gu Wuji. It wasn’t as complicated as he had thought… To Gu Wuji, he was just a stranger whose name he knew!
But thinking about it, it makes sense. Gu Wuji has such power; they’re from completely different worlds. If only he could have that kind of power too.
Cheng Liangmiao also started to wonder why Gu Wuji wanted to be in the entertainment industry… Thinking about it this way, Gu Wuji and Cheng Jia’s relationship wasn’t about someone clinging to someone else’s coattails; it was more like Cheng Jia clinging to Gu Wuji. Could it be that Gu Wuji was really just pursuing his dream?!
Gu Wuji continued questioning the vengeful ghosts. They had initially been defiant, but as Gu Wuji revealed more and more about their past, their expressions changed. What Gu Wuji revealed were undoubtedly the greatest obsessions in these ghosts’ hearts. He promised to do his best to resolve their obsessions and even purify the ghosts for free.
At this moment, the ghosts who had become Gu Wuji’s lackeys also came forward to testify, saying how many good deeds Gu Wuji had done in the past few days.
Cheng Liangmiao: “…” Why is this completely different from the demon-slaying and righteous scene he imagined? Damn it, he felt the scene before him was going to affect his acting performance!
In short, under these circumstances, the vengeful ghosts finally relented. Most importantly, they realized that their strength was absolutely insufficient to harm Gu Wuji; this human was simply not normal.
They revealed not only information about the instance but also some data about the high-level player.
Because of the connection between this item and the high-level player behind it, these vengeful ghosts also gained some understanding of the high-level player’s location.
Gu Wuji himself hadn’t expected such a good thing and immediately began to inquire in detail.
….
In a villa in the distant mountains, the young man stared at the notebook before him, his expression shifting inscrutable.
He could sense that the vengeful ghosts weren’t in any major trouble, but neither was Gu Wuji… in fact, it seemed as if the two sides were coexisting harmoniously.
“How is this possible!” The young man himself found this idea ridiculous. After all, it was common knowledge that these attracted ghosts could gain immense benefits simply by killing Gu Wuji; what reason would they have to coexist harmoniously with him?
“It must be that Gu Wuji is hiding somewhere using props, preventing the other vengeful ghosts from finding him for the time being.” The young man felt his idea was very close to reality and immediately sneered. “But this isn’t a long-term solution. You can just wait in despair to be killed by ghosts.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the young man suddenly felt a chill run through his body, and the masked man behind him suddenly moved.
“What? This yin energy, is it ghosts?” The young man frowned. “I’ve already used props to block out the yin energy, how come ghosts are still coming to my door?”
He looked around, and his body suddenly stiffened.
Because the large number of ghosts around him were very familiar. These ghosts were all the ones he had sent to deal with Gu Wuji a few days ago.
“What on earth is going on?!”
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