Chapter 60: Converge with Li Leping

Unconsciously, the footsteps in the fog disappeared; I don't know if it left the third floor or stopped at the door of some room.

What should we do now……

Huang Fei asked in a lowered voice.

Don't rush, first see how the big shot at headquarters will handle it……

Luo Suyi also felt some tension, but seeing Chen Shoushan thinking ahead, he inexplicably felt much more at ease.

What Chen Shoushan was thinking at this moment was that the Ghost Firewood Knife was the ghost of Li Qingzhi, one of the Republic of China's Seven Elders, resurrected after death, and that the Seven Elders would surely dismantle their own supernatural abilities before death, just as the Door‑Knocking Ghost was the remnant supernatural ability of Luo Wensong, another of the Seven Elders, after he had dismantled most of his powers.

Therefore the Ghost Firewood Knife is certainly only a small part of Li Qingzhi's supernatural ability, its main attack still relying on the Ghost Firewood Knife it holds.

In that light, the Ghost Firewood Knife's terror may not be as great as everyone imagines; it could have been deliberately left by Li Qingzhi simply to make use of that Ghost Firewood Knife.

After figuring it out, Chen Shoushan took out his red Ghost Candle, preparing to force his way into the ghost mist with it; although the barbarian's resistance and chaos ability could also extend his survival time in the ghost mist.

Because if he still had a choice, before ascending to demi‑god, Chen Shoushan did not want his body to be tainted by any form of the supernatural; to him, a human body contaminated with the supernatural was no different from being polluted by an evil god.

Without hesitation, Chen Shoushan decisively lit his first red Ghost Candle; instantly, a lurid green light spread out, enveloping him and Luo Suyi and the other two.

When that eerie green light shone on the white expanse of ghost mist, the mist reacted like water hitting a red‑hot iron plate, surging wildly backward and leaving a blank floor where the green light fell.

Furthermore, Chen Shoushan used Chaos within the Ghost Candle's range, causing the footprints left by them to become disordered, losing their mediating function, while also providing a certain defensive measure.

"Let's go."

Chen Shoushan said, hurrying, "Although supernatural items should be used when needed, we should still save as much as we can……"

"Could this be the Ghost Candle? It's actually real!"

Luo Suyi looked somewhat shocked at the red Ghost Candle in Chen Shoushan's hand, and Chen Shoushan also looked somewhat surprised at him; the Ghost Candle could be considered a secret in the early stages of the mysterious recovery, with only a few people in headquarters knowing, yet Luo Suyi of the Supernatural Forum actually knows?

Chen Shoushan glanced at the bewildered Huang Fei behind him, then at Luo Suyi, and asked with a smile, "How did you find out?"

Luo Suyi followed closely behind Chen Shoushan, fearing to fall out of the Ghost Candle's protection, while explaining.

"I also happened to see a post on our Supernatural Forum saying that earlier, boss Ye Zhen had heard somewhere that headquarters had a candle that could resist fierce ghost attacks; Ye Zhen was very interested and planned to go to headquarters to seize it— cough, cough, meaning to borrow it—but later he came back with a swollen face, saying he had accidentally fallen……"

Luo Suyi spilled all the gossip he knew; the Supernatural Forum was originally just a place to brag, and he had just happened to see this post, but then it was deleted after ten or more minutes, and soon the poster came forward personally to clarify it was a rumor……

Chen Shoushan couldn't help but laugh bitterly; if Ye Zhen really had stormed headquarters, he'd deserve to be hung up and beaten! Back then the Seven Elders weren't dead yet! Although the Seven Elders weren't on headquarters' side, Old Qin was there—just a shout could summon a big shot.

"Something feels off—this corridor is way too wide, huh?"

Huang Fei suddenly said somewhat anxiously.

A normal corridor is considered spacious at just two meters wide, yet they had walked for ten or so seconds without touching any wall.

"Don't be nervous; the world inside the ghost mist is expanded, this is completely normal."

Chen Shoushan smiled to reassure everyone; the candlelight in his hand dispersed the surrounding ghost mist into a circle, and he led the group toward the nearest Li Leping using his connection.

Sure enough, the expansion of the ghost mist is limited; soon Chen Shoushan and the others arrived in front of a room, and according to Chen Shoushan's connection they could clearly sense that Li Leping was inside.

"Thump thump thump……"

"It's me, Chen Shoushan."

Chen Shoushan knocked on the door; in this eerie situation he didn't expect Li Leping and the others to come running to open the door—he just spoke to sow doubt in their minds, so they wouldn't be attacked by Li Jun and the others the moment they entered, which would waste the Ghost Candle.

The hotel doors were ordinary wood, unable to withstand Chen Shoushan's great strength; the lock was easily ripped off and he walked right in.

Upon stepping into the room, Chen Shoushan stopped, turned his head toward the white mist outside the candlelight's range, and smiled, saying, "You see the Ghost Candle and still aren't reassured?"

"How did you find me?"

Li Leping's figure gradually emerged from the ghost mist, but his expression and tone were clearly not calm; this was the first time he had been actively discovered since he began commanding the Forgetting Ghost, and it was in a ghost mist with extremely strong interference!

While speaking, Li Leping also walked voluntarily into the Ghost Candle's light, which was also his way of proving to Chen Shoushan that he was human.

"We'll talk later; what about Li Jun?"

Chen Shoushan smiled, didn't answer, and turned the question back.

"We're here; how did you come up? Weren't you the one who ordered a retreat?"

At that moment Li Jun emerged from the other side of the ghost mist carrying the limp Guo Fan, his tone tinged with warm anger; as a soldier he naturally despised those who disobey orders.

Chen Shoushan said calmly, "Just shut up and follow my orders."

The authority and persuasion of the Chaos Instructor naturally showed; Chen Shoushan's words seemed fine to everyone present, even the forceful Li Jun felt no insult, only that he himself had been abrupt……

"Sorry!"

Li Jun apologized instinctively, even though he still didn't know what he had done wrong.

"What's Guo Fan's condition now?"

Chen Shoushan looked at Guo Fan lying limp on Li Jun's back, frowned, and asked Li Leping.

"He should be trapped inside the spirit tablet; he won't be able to get out for a while."

Li Leping voiced his guess; after rescuing Guo Fan, he had thought Guo Fan would soon return to his body, otherwise they wouldn't have dragged Guo Fan's corpse to the third floor, but upon arrival they discovered Guo Fan was trapped inside the spirit tablet.

Guo Fan's current state is that the two ghosts he commands inside the spirit tablet are mutually counterbalancing; if luck is good, neither ghost will suppress the other to reach a new balance, allowing Guo Fan to escape the spirit tablet; but if luck is bad, his consciousness will be erased by the victorious ghost, which will then resurrect inside his body.

"Isn't this just a time bomb? And you're actually carrying it around?"

Luo Suyi couldn't help but snap, "Who knows with Guo Fan like this—whether the next second he'll wake up as a person or a ghost? And Li Jun actually dares to carry him on his back—what an eye‑opener."

Li Leping's face also looked grim; how could he not know the same thing Luo Suyi knows? But this Li Jun is truly a stubborn mule, insisting on never abandoning a comrade—Li Leping felt like cracking open his skull to see if his brains had been scorched by ghost fire.

Today was too sudden; there definitely won't be an extra update—tomorrow, then. Today I'll finish the two chapters first; hope everyone supports! Thanks!

(End of chapter)