Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Gu Wuji and Cheng Jia were already on their way back.
After witnessing how easily the man beside Master Gu could scare away ghosts, Cheng Jia finally realized that Master Gu was indeed Master Gu! With such strength in his newly recruited henchmen, what was there to fear? Cheng Jia was filled with confidence.
Gu Wuji sat in his seat, sensing the power within his body.
It was completely different from before. After sealing yet another Ghost King-level boss into his body, his power hadn’t just doubled, but increased almost exponentially.
“I wonder if I can seal another boss in,” Gu Wuji murmured to himself. Anyone else who heard his astonishing statement would probably be stunned.
The two were lost in their own thoughts, completely unaware of the driver’s expression.
In fact, the driver had been bribed to drive the car to a secluded spot to meet up with someone.
When he received the task, the driver didn’t think it would be difficult at all. After all, this young master Cheng Jia hadn’t even brought bodyguards to avoid suspicion, only a celebrity who seemed to be quite popular recently. What danger could these two seemingly frail men pose?
Even though he had vaguely heard rumors about the two being involved with ghosts, the driver didn’t believe it; such things were definitely false— then a figure suddenly appeared in the back seat.
The driver stared in the rearview mirror, already shocked, “???”
He wondered if he was seeing things. How could this be?
But after blinking several times, he was certain that a grown man had suddenly appeared! His hands trembled slightly, and he was internally cursing.
“Could this Gu Wuji really be involved with ghosts?!”
The driver didn’t dare to make any move on the surface and could only grit his teeth and continue driving.
This man was, of course, Zhai Guangyu, who had volunteered to deal with the enemy earlier.
In the past, he would have seized the opportunity to run away, but now, after witnessing Gu Wuji’s strength, Zhai Guangyu had a sudden realization after the initial shock. Perhaps this was just a test from heaven, and he had to cling to a powerful figure like Gu Wuji! He immediately sought to prove his loyalty to Gu Wuji.
“How is it?” Gu Wuji asked calmly, displaying the demeanor of a powerful figure to outsiders.
“Master Gu,” Zhai Guangyu replied respectfully, having naturally changed his form of address, “I’ve gotten the answer from those people, and I didn’t harm them.” Of course, he still used some methods to leave those people with psychological trauma, especially the so-called master, whose abilities had been crippled, rendering him incapable of any further malicious acts.
As Zhai Guangyu thought this, he felt a strong sense of justice, even completely forgetting how shamelessly he had persecuted Gu Wuji in the past.
The driver in front trembled, as the conversation between the two sounded like that of terrifying villains, leading to unpleasant associations.
“What’s the situation?” Gu Wuji was very satisfied with Zhai Guangyu’s actions, deeply moved. It seemed that Zhai Guangyu, after following him for so long, had finally been reformed!
“According to him, he was hired to kidnap Master Gu and Cheng Jia alive. Whether they were crippled, alive, or driven mad didn’t matter,” Zhai Guangyu said. “It seems the mastermind is a powerful family with spiritual abilities, aiming to extract information from you. The master isn’t entirely sure, but I deduce they wanted to know about a certain instance, something related to the final instance.”
“I see.” Gu Wuji didn’t doubt how the families knew which instances he’d cleared; after all, high-level players always had various methods to find out.
“Do you know which instance it is?”
Zhai Guangyu shook his head. “That person didn’t know that much. But I think that among so many people clearing various instances, they specifically targeted Master Gu. It must be because there’s something only you’ve encountered.”
Gu Wuji: “…” Something only he’d encountered? There were so many!
Seeing Gu Wuji’s expression, Zhai Guangyu knew what he was thinking and couldn’t help but feel sympathy for those who wanted to harm him. Did they even know what kind of people Gu Wuji was?!
Gu Wuji was a ruthless person who had two Ghost King-level bosses residing within his body!
Gu Wuji was puzzled, “But what about Cheng Jia? Why are these people capturing him?”
Cheng Jia immediately perked up his ears. He didn’t dare to interrupt their conversation, but he hadn’t missed a single detail.
“It seems that the Cheng family is hiding some secret, and some people are preparing to blackmail them,” Zhai Guangyu said.
“I see.” Gu Wuji nodded. After all, the Cheng family seemed to know quite a lot and were involved in many things. “Wait, we need to hurry back! The Cheng family must be in trouble too.”
Cheng Jia was also anxious. He had only wanted to run away with Gu Wuji, and hadn’t expected his own family to be in trouble. He quickly took out his phone to make a call, but found that he couldn’t get through at all. “Master Gu!”
“It seems the situation is not good.” Gu Wuji frowned. He also suddenly felt the talismans he had given to the Cheng family members heating up. “We need the driver to drive back quickly.”
“Speaking of which, this driver seems to have been eavesdropping on our conversation since just now.” Zhai Guangyu looked ahead with a cold smile. He wasn’t human anymore, so of course he couldn’t not notice the strangeness in the car.
Cheng Jia looked at the driver angrily upon hearing this. “You actually—” He thought this driver was someone he could trust, but he had been betrayed.
The driver was terrified, nearly driving the car into the nearby woods. He frantically begged for mercy, “I was wrong! I didn’t mean to harm you! Please let me go, I’ll tell you everything!”
“Don’t worry,” Gu Wuji’s words were as warm as a spring breeze. “We won’t do anything to you, just tell us everything.”
Of course, this sounded terrifying to the driver, who had a guilty conscience, and he quickly confessed everything. It was indeed a bribe from the Cheng family’s rival, and it was said that the rival had connections with some powerful family, hence their audacity, and they were even preparing to act soon.
Meanwhile, at the Cheng family residence,
Cheng Jia’s cousin, the current head of the Cheng family, Cheng Qing, sat in his study with a grim expression, the butler pacing nervously beside him. Several other family members sat nearby, equally distraught.
From the very beginning, the Cheng family was shrouded in a strange situation. All the servants were doing bizarre things. These loyal servants of many years wouldn’t suddenly betray the Cheng family, but if some kind of magic had been used, such consequences could have been caused.
After these servants secretly tampered with items given by outsiders, ghosts filled the Cheng family’s house, forcing them to hide in the study.
Several members of the Cheng family felt that this scene was very familiar, as if they had encountered it before. If their memories hadn’t been erased after leaving the real-world instance, they probably would have immediately remembered the terrifying events that had occurred before.
After all, the Cheng family had previously produced a vengeful ghost in the mirror, a former young master who almost possessed Cheng Jia’s body. He was then deceived by Gu Wuji (?) and left.
Thankfully, Gu Wuji had given them many talismans, which, when pasted on the walls, could prevent ghosts from entering. However, it was clear these talismans wouldn’t last long, as there were already too many ghosts in the house.
A pessimistic mood settled over the entire study.
“Master, what should we do!” the butler said anxiously. “At this rate, we’ll be killed by these ghosts sooner or later! And there’s absolutely no signal here; we can’t contact Master Gu…”
“It’s nothing. I already contacted them; they’re told to leave as far away as possible,” the young master said calmly.
“What?!” The others immediately protested. “Are we just going to throw our lives away like this?!”
“The current situation isn’t something Master Gu can handle alone. Several families are pulling the strings behind the scenes.” Patriarch Cheng Qing sneered. “They won’t kill us; they just want to know something. But even if I die, they’ll never know that secret!”
“It seems you were prepared all along.” The butler, shocked, spoke in a low voice. He had long sensed that the patriarch seemed to know many unknown secrets.
“As for Master Gu, it’s good that Cheng Jia is with him. The two of them staying away should keep them at bay from this trouble.” Cheng Qing shook his head.
The others immediately became agitated upon hearing this, but even if they were dissatisfied, there was nothing they could do.
Although Cheng Qing was young, his decisiveness and action were unmatched. Once he made a decision, no one could change it.
At this moment, the talisman on the door began to slowly burn. Clearly, there were too many ghosts outside, and the talisman was no longer able to resist them. It would soon lose all its effect.
At that time, the fate of the ordinary people in this house under the attack of ghosts was already obvious.
The group huddled together, trembling with fear, almost crushed by it.
Cheng Qing calmly awaited the moment, his only regret being that he hadn’t told Gu Wuji about the family’s secret… but with Cheng Jia there, perhaps they could still discover what it was.
He knew from their first meeting with Gu Wuji that the man was the one their family had been waiting for. But then, it was far from the right time to reveal the secret.
“The Cheng family is definitely in danger now. I need to think of something,” Gu Wuji said anxiously in the car. Even with his abilities, he couldn’t return physically right now, and sending Zhai Guangyu was impossible, since these ghosts couldn’t teleport.
“Master Gu, you can use items purchased from the shop to remotely summon ghosts to act,” Zhai Guangyu advised. “The prerequisite is that the ghost is one you can summon, and it has a deep connection to that place.”
Others might not be able to, but Zhai Guangyu was confident Gu Wuji could handle it; Gu Wuji was no ordinary person!
“Ah, if that’s the case…”
A fierce ghost suddenly appeared in Gu Wuji’s mind.
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