[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-journey-to-the-end-of-the-night":3,"chapter-journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-297":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Journey to the End of the Night",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1715400,2193,"Chapter 297 - 297 295 Rescue","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-297",297,"\u003Cp>297: Chapter 295: Rescue 297: Chapter 295: Rescue Ji Ting felt a sourness at the tip of his nose and slowly let down the lapel of his garment, “I also don’t know if I am considered dead or alive right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ghost General casually discarded me while I was still not fully dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps my deep obsession and concern for my younger sister resonated with an inexplicable power inside the derelict house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That power was cold and eerie, flooding into my heart’s wound; unexpectedly, it allowed me to survive in this neither human nor ghostly state.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An glanced at him and nodded, “The injury that pierced through your chest has an odd power of a Ghost God attached to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You are not really dead; that power is sustaining your life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you can find the source of that power, you can still return to your normal human state.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ting shook his hands urgently, “My safety is not important right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t have the luxury of time to care about these things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I beg you, young master, to help me find my second sister.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An said, “There are two things I don’t understand and hope you can clarify.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Please speak, sir, and I shall conceal nothing and tell all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An said, “You mentioned the Ghost wants to kill you, but since you haven’t died, why does he keep you alive?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ting seemed to have anticipated this question, his expression unchanged as he smoothly replied,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard the Ghost say that after he threw me onto that dead land, my blood soaked into the ground, awakening the Ghost Tears Pearl within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then considered my life could be of some use and has since controlled and locked me inside the derelict house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only when that drum sound was disrupted by a blast of thunder that I regained my senses and came to find you, young master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the words ‘Ghost Tears Pearl,’ Fang Geyu’s expression visibly changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An said, “My last question, commoners cannot enter the Inner City, tell me, Ji Ting—exactly how did you get in?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moonlight sifted through the clouds, casting half his figure in moonlight and half in shadow, his gaze momentarily bright yet deeply penetrating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such a calm and gentle gaze, even the bravest of people would instinctively tighten their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ting’s palms began to sweat profusely, he swallowed his dry throat, and after staring at Baili An for a long time, tears overflowed again as he sobbed, “In recent days, young master, have you perhaps heard about my family’s master?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An: “I have heard a thing or two.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not mention that he had visited his home and found Ji San.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ting said with sorrow, “Presumably, the young master already knows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Meng, because the matter of borrowing untimely lifespan to extend his own was exposed, took his own life in front of the Holy Tomb within the Inner City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, even before this, as I worked in his bookshop, I also became a suspect by the city’s military and was abruptly taken in for questioning a few days ago.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An asked, “You’re just a common scholar, why would the city’s military think you are the culprit capable of dealing with ghosts?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ting gave a wry smile, “To tell the truth, a maid who died unexpectedly beside Officer Lan a few days ago was an old acquaintance from my hometown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night before she disappeared, she met with me…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>cough, she saw me once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, she vanished, and naturally, I was suspected by the city’s military.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, the emotion shining in his eyes grew heavier, “I just never expected the master to choose her as his next target.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ting couldn’t help but clench his fists, his face full of regret, “I knew that Xianling City was not peaceful recently, and yet I was so careless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I had been more thoughtful that day and walked her home, perhaps this wouldn’t have happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was with the young miss of Wandao Immortal Alliance, destined for a prosperous future, a flower-like girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now she has fallen in this desolate land, keeping company with ghosts…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I, I would rather that this fate had befallen me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An consoled, “Don’t overthink it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was her destiny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deceased are gone; we can’t change the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We can only try to prevent similar tragedies from occurring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s go save Miss Ji Ying first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, and there’s one more thing you need not worry about, Ji San is safe and has been arranged to stay in an inn within the city.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ji San?” Ji Ting’s tear-streaked face paused, unsure if he didn’t understand his affectionate reference or for some other reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took him a moment to smile and touch his head, “You’re referring to my little sister, young master?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So without my knowledge, you have bestowed upon my Ji family such a great kindness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your grace to my Ji family is like giving us a new life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An waved his hand, “You’re welcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since you’ve been lurking in the derelict house for several days, do you know where your sister is being held by the Ghost?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ting nodded quickly, “I am aware of that; please follow me, young master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This conversation gave Baili An a new understanding of the Ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an extremely arrogant ghost who looked down upon mortals with disdain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mortal without any cultivation, having lurked inside the derelict house for a few days, was left completely unguarded, allowing him to determine the exact location of the prey he had been captured and imprisoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following him, Baili An and Fang Geyu found the imprisoned women in a building that appeared to have been abandoned for many years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were about a dozen women locked up, most curled up in corners trembling and sobbing softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room emanated a foul odor, the scent of ancient rotting wood mixed with dust, coupled with these women being detained here without daylight, and bloodstains on the ground from beatings at unknown times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air was heavy with the smell of sweat, blood, and excrement, rendering it almost unbearable to the senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the door, sealed with iron plates, was pushed open, Ji Ting was the first to lean against the wall and start retching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Expecting Fang Geyu, born of a noble family, to react violently, Baili An glanced at her worriedly, thinking of asking her to wait downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Fang Geyu stepped forward, entering the room first, acting as if the stench didn’t exist at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She even glanced back at them with an impatient expression, “Aren’t we here to save someone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What are you dawdling for?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An quickly followed, tearing off a piece of his sleeve to offer her as a handkerchief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Geyu merely gave it a brief look, dismissing it with, “I don’t need this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An asked, “Are you sure you’re not just being stubborn?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Fang Geyu scanned the situation inside the room, her expression always carried that pride and disdain, looking down on everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet when a woman inside bore severe wounds festering with pus, she did not hesitate to use the contents of her Qiankun Bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took out various types of healing medicines—tranquilizers, hemostatics, painkillers—to treat these unrelated women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for their dirty bloodstains that soiled her clothes and fingers, she only huffed in disgust, but her hands never slowed as she bandaged them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These women, detained for who knows how long, were disheveled and in filthy clothes that, while dirty, were still decent and made from fine material, indicating they were well-born mortals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, they seemed to have been tortured, their spirits somewhat disturbed.\u003C\u002Fp>",1300,"2026-06-06T15:16:24.480Z",1,"novelbin.me","3a0fa9ff15bcb9239aaaf8bfa63c5cf0fd599dc0d387e609c647d7df2e61c915","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-298","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-296",1594,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjourney-to-the-end-of-the-night-cover.jpg"]