Chapter 228

In the old house behind Lao Lin, there was a tall old man with wrinkles all over his face. He was wearing a loose robe, which was not of recent styles, but more like the popular and fashionable ones during the Republic of China period. However, there were many patches on the robe, and there were obvious traces of mending, which showed that it was quite old.

The old man was skinny, like a tree that had been dead for many years, and he exuded a gloomy aura. His exposed skin was a strange dark brown color and was covered with thick wrinkles.

At this time, he was leaning on a black armchair, barefoot and without shoes. The old man closed his eyes, as if taking a nap. He only raised his hand slightly, as if to drive away mosquitoes that disturbed his nap, without even lifting his eyelids.

In Dazhou City, after Cao Yang regained consciousness, he stood motionless on the side of the road, not knowing what he was thinking.

"A non-lethal attack is enough to prove that Zhang Dong is now alive or dead."

Cao Yang looked at the gloomy old forest in front of him, with a complicated look in his eyes.

"Zhang Dong is not dead yet, but he will probably be dead soon. Yang Jian went to Dachuan City, and it won't be long before he comes to the ancient house to complete the ghost post office's letter delivery mission. By then, Zhang Dong will be dead."

"If I want to get rid of the ghost peddler completely, this may be my last chance."

In Cao Yang's mind, the ghost peddler was considered to be at the same level as the Seventh Elder, except that the Seventh Elder could still be considered a human being, while the peddler had undoubtedly become a real ghost.

Perhaps they still retain a certain amount of wisdom, but the numbness and deathly silence that are unique to evil spirits are something that a living person could never fake.

"call--!"

Cao Yang took a deep breath. He was experiencing a fierce ideological struggle. If he went to the ancient house, he would most likely be able to completely get rid of the ghost peddler, but the price was that he might not be able to evacuate safely.

Zhang Dong was too old, and the number of times he could help was quite limited, so he might not necessarily help him. But if he was already dead, or died in the process of helping, that would be another situation.

The situation was complicated and tangled, and Cao Yang was conflicted and anxious at the moment.

The ancient house and any haunted place have one thing in common: it is easy to get in but difficult to get out. At least Cao Yang knows that the patio seems to be the only exit of the ancient house.

"Go or not?"

This is a tough choice.

Entering the ancient house, Cao Yang felt that he was not well prepared, but this was an ancient house, and the owner was Zhang Dong, the ceiling ghost rider so far. All his preparations were in vain in the face of the opponent's strength.

"Ghost Lake, ancient house, no matter how much I try to escape, it's useless. I still have to make a choice in the end."

It is now nine o'clock in the evening. Cao Yang has been standing in front of the woods for two or three hours.

And at this moment, he made a decision.

This is a choice, but also a gamble.

It is no exaggeration to say that Cao Yang believes that he has reached his limit. He can control many ghosts, but he still has not overcome the problem of the resurrection of evil spirits. The dead evil spirits will wake up again at some point.

If you want to go further, completing the puzzle is the best option, but there is no doubt that this behavior will aggravate the degree of the resurrection of the evil spirit and deepen the erosion of yourself. But how can a puzzle be so easy to find?
The human-suppressing ghost is basically complete, but the memory ghost has been dead for a long time. This ghost has the potential to grow, but Cao Yang has been suppressing its growth and expansion of the memory world, which has also led to the memory ghost not playing a big role.

As for the ghost blood and water ghost, these two ghosts are inherently in conflict with each other, so it would be difficult to find suitable puzzle pieces.

Not to mention the tracking ghost, a subjective ghost. Until now, Cao Yang has not really figured out the nature of this ghost. Moreover, it has been included in the entire memory world and has become a puzzle of the memory ghost.

Cao Yang could even use the tracking ghost's supernatural sense to sense the slice that was originally controlled by Lin Ye, and he vaguely felt that he could do more, such as... directly tracking and anchoring the tiny part of the puzzle that was controlled by Lin Ye.

"Most ghost riders during the Republic of China took the path of balancing crashes and completing puzzles. At that time in the horror tattoo parlor, Ah Hong said that being different was the right path, and balance and crashes were just a way to survive."

"From the perspective of ghost handlers, being an alien is indeed the right path. They can fully utilize the power of evil spirits and have no lifespan issues. The only thing to worry about is the evil spirits' erosion of human nature."

"With the level of the Seven Elders, they certainly couldn't be unaware of the existence of the alien path, but they didn't choose it. Perhaps it's because of their philosophy that humans are humans and ghosts are ghosts, and they have been running around all their lives to expel evil spirits."

"Luo Wensong suppressed the ghost post office, Luo Qian buried the endless cemetery, Meng Xiaodong took care of the river, Zhang Bohua treated people and ghosts, and Zhang Dong suppressed the countless evil spirits in the ghost forest and the ancient house. It seems that except for Sister Hong, the other six elders have devoted their lives to it."

While thinking, Cao Yang opened the Blood River Ghost Den again. As the woods in his sight twisted, the winding path reappeared.

This time, he didn't hesitate at all and walked straight onto the forest path.

The eerie ghost forest is filled with old trees that are black in color and have sparse branches and leaves. The trunks of these trees are not thick, but rather slender, yet they are relatively dense, standing there one by one, as if they had been deliberately arranged.

There was a thin layer of mist in the woods, like a layer of haze, which gave the forest a gloomy feeling.

A cold wind blew in from somewhere, and the leaves above my head were rustling, but the strange thing was that although the leaves were clearly shaking and bumping, no sound was heard, which gave people a very unreal feeling.

However, Cao Yang ignored these supernatural phenomena. This ghost forest was a place of ghosts and it was easy to get lost. Not only that, Cao Yang remembered that every tree here seemed to be a ghost, and there were also evil spirits buried under the trees. He didn't want to be trapped here.

Cao Yang walked quickly. There was no sound of footsteps along the way, and he didn't step on any leaves or dead branches, as if someone cleaned the place regularly.

Fortunately, the path was not long, and Cao Yang successfully walked out of the depressing and dark old forest and came to a huge open space. The old house was right in front of him, and the door was still ajar, with a chill pouring out of it.

Cao Yang did not enter the ancient house. If he rushed in rashly, he would probably die miserably. Although his plan was to enter after the ghost peddler turned against him, which was no different from breaking in, he might be able to take a gamble that Zhang Dong was willing to take action for the world again and suppress such a terrifying ghost as the ghost peddler.

Cao Yang took out a brown human skin scroll. It was a purchase gift from the ghost peddler, but it also represented a curse, a terrifying curse that even the ghost scissors could not handle.

The human skin list still showed the crooked image of the ghost in the suit, but the date on it had changed. There were still 170 days left until the transaction ended, which was almost half a year.

Having arrived at the ancient house, Cao Yang no longer cared about anything and directly changed the transaction date.

"0."

"The deal is in progress..."

(End of this chapter)