Chapter 315 Wang Chaling's Change
A cold ghost wind was raging in the office. The lights above had been completely extinguished. The gusts of wind were like a bone-scraping knife, making Wang Chaling feel uncomfortable all over. He even felt a constant tingling sensation, as if a blade was cutting his flesh.

"Captain Cao, what makes you insist that it was me, Wang Chaling, who did it? We should rely on evidence. As you said just now, we are both captains. Isn't it a bit too much for you to kill me just because we disagree with each other?"

Wang Cha Ling's expression suddenly became gloomy. An invisible spiritual force enveloped his whole body and blocked the influence of the ghost wind, preventing it from causing any substantial harm to him.

"Evidence? You mean this thing?"

Cao Yang shook his head in disbelief, and then took out a rusty coffin nail. This coffin nail was actually the one Bai Zhilin gave him, and the rust was an illusion created by the ghost. However, as an ordinary person like Wang Chaling, he might not be able to discover the mystery.

Sure enough, the moment he saw the coffin nails, Wang Chaling's expression froze instantly. So far, only two coffin nails have appeared in the supernatural circle, one was nailed on the forehead of the starving ghost, and the other was in the hand of Ghost Eye Yang Jian.

Strategic resources like coffin nails are not something that even someone as strong as Yang Jian could lend out casually, even if the other party is a captain.

"Coffin nails?"

"Asking knowingly."

At this time, Cao Yang retracted the Ghost Wind and did not continue to attack Wang Chaling.

A faint chilly aura was always hovering around Wang Cha Ling. The colors of reality were fading away, and a gray, dark, lifeless color like a portrait was rapidly spreading and spreading, as if he was placed in a huge portrait.

He slowly and methodically took off his glasses which were slightly tilted by the cold wind, then took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped them gently, as if he was caressing his beloved wife.

The panic and surprise expression on his face was no longer visible, replaced by the calmness and composure at the beginning.

"So, I stole the starving ghost. Captain Cao, who came from the headquarters, is going to remove me from my position as captain, or is he going to punish me in some way?"

"Are you going to kill me, Cao Yang?"

Calm and indifferent, even though it was Wang Chaling who was asking the question back, Cao Yang felt more like the one being questioned.

"If I am stripped of my position as captain, does that mean I, Wang Chaling, cannot take charge of Dadong City? Does any other random civilian ghost rider dare to point fingers at me?"

"Even if I am no longer the captain, will you, Cao Yang, treat me like an ordinary person who is powerless?"

"I'm afraid not. The headquarters is promoting the Captain Plan. It sounds good, but in reality, the captain is giving face to the headquarters. Which captain doesn't have the ability to establish his own faction? To put it bluntly, isn't the notorious Yang Jian the local emperor of Dachang City?"

"Cao Yang, you and I are colleagues, so I don't mind calling you Captain Cao, but that's not a reason for you to kill me without any explanation."

"No matter what, I, Wang Chaling, am also a genuine captain. I won't fall to the point where someone else takes advantage of me."

The next moment, four terrifying figures instantly appeared behind Wang Chaling. They were two old people and a middle-aged couple. They were Wang Chaling’s grandparents and parents.

The two old men standing at the end were wearing old clothes from the Republic of China era. Their faces were full of wrinkles and they were dressed in black and white, with a lingering aura of death in them.

The same was true for the middle-aged couple. Both the clothes they wore and the exposed skin were an eerie deathly gray color.

The four people standing there were like the people in the portrait invading reality. "The Wang family cursed that the dead relatives would turn into evil spirits, possessing basically all the supernatural powers they had in life, and would actively protect their descendants."

Facing the first and second generations of the Wang family, Cao Yang remained calm. He did not come to Dadong City to fight with Wang Chaling. The reason he brought up the incident of stealing the starving ghost was just to take the initiative.

And now, the goal has been achieved.

"It's just stealing a ghost. So what if it's a starving ghost? Up to now, there has been no starving ghost incidents. This shows that you, Wang Chaling, have sufficient means to suppress it."

As he spoke, Cao Yang took a chair and sat down. The atmosphere, which was tense just now, suddenly became a little subtle. Even Wang Chaling, who had just gathered his strength and was ready to take action at any time, was a little confused.

"The test just now was the decision I made on behalf of the headquarters. Even if the starving ghost escapes, Wang Chaling, the person in charge of Dadong City, has the ability to detain him again. The headquarters will no longer pursue the matter of stealing the starving ghost."

Hearing this, Wang Chaling's expression eased a little. Everyone knew that Cao Yang had a very good relationship with the headquarters. In ancient times, he could even be regarded as an imperial envoy sent by the court to inspect the local area. No one would go against someone of such an identity.

"but--"

As Cao Yang changed the subject, Wang Chaling's expression suddenly became serious again.

"That coffin nail needs to be retrieved. I'm going to handle a rather complicated supernatural incident, and I'll need the coffin nail. I hope I can get a chance to win with one strike."

"You can't take no for an answer on this one."

As he spoke, Cao Yang removed the magic on the surface of the unfinished coffin nail. Only then was this well-preserved and relatively new coffin nail truly exposed to Wang Chaling's sight.

"You lied to me?!"

Wang Cha Ling was both angry and anxious. At this moment he had to admit that he was not as good as Cao Yang in many aspects. There was an essential difference between ordinary people and ghost riders, not to mention that Cao Yang was probably one of the top captains among the twelve. This gap could not be made up by the four terrifying family ghosts following him.

"The Starving Ghost is a genuine S-class evil ghost, and the file also mentions that it has the unparalleled ability to devour other evil ghosts to enhance its own spiritual power, not to mention the super-large ghost den that can cover the entire Dachang City."

"Without the coffin nails, who can guarantee that the hungry ghosts can be restrained again?"

"If you and I can't even deal with a starving ghost together, then we should just quit our jobs and go home to farm."

Cao Yang stood up and said somewhat dissatisfiedly. He knew that Wang Chaling had already had contact and confrontation with Yang Jian at this time, and Chen Qiaoyang in the Wang family's ancient house had also been released. However, Wang Chaling still seemed to not understand the supernatural powers he mastered well enough, and was always hesitant and guilty.

"Okay, since Captain Cao is willing to help, I will risk my life today to remove the nails from the coffin and kill the starving ghost before it fully recovers."

After a long silence, Wang Chaling finally gritted his teeth and agreed. Not long ago, he was threatened by Yang Jian and then fooled by Chen Qiaoyang. This feeling of cowardice was not pleasant.

During this period of time, he deliberately investigated the supernatural circle of his grandparents' time. He also realized the horror of these two elders, and at the same time he also hoped that he could make some changes.

Confronting an S-class evil spirit directly is undoubtedly the most professional and intuitive way to develop supernatural powers and deepen understanding.

(End of this chapter)