Chapter 340

"As far as I know, Zhao You is a docile ghost." Fen Wu said, gently exhaling a puff of smoke.

Ning Zhe nodded, acknowledging his statement.

Zhao You was indeed very gentle. The rule of avoiding misfortune and seeking good fortune was simple and clear. Even if one violated the rules, one would not die immediately, but would only be killed after violating the taboos at least three times in a row.

Compared to Te Rang, who kills on sight, Wu Tong, who forces sales, and the Chuideng Ghost, who bullies the weak and fears the strong... Zhao You was truly harmless to humans and animals.

Fen Wu took out his phone and checked the time. It was 22:13 on September 10, 2018.

"Zhao You disappeared from He Family Village on June 6th of this year. That is to say, it has only been three months and a few days since you first harnessed Him."

Fen Wu put down his phone and said: "In such a short time, even for the most violent and evil ghost, its defects would not necessarily begin to manifest so quickly, let alone the gentle-natured Zhao You."

Ning Zhe did not answer, just listened quietly.

"However, just two months after He Family Village, you hurriedly rushed from Yunzhou to Shenyu Valley Prison, trying to harness a new ghost to make up for your defects. That was Yu Zi Qian's relic."

"Zhao You has a gentle temperament. Obviously, it was not Him who urged you to take this action, but another ghost on your body." Fen Wu observed Ning Zhe's expressionless face and said tentatively: "Tai Yi?"

As far as Fen Wu knew, the second ghost on Yu Zi Qian had the ability to make people's emotions and thoughts extreme and radical. What kind of ghost's defect required such an ability to compensate? What exactly was Tai Yi's core rule?

The information revealed by 'Tai Yi' was too little, and he had no way to speculate.

Ning Zhe listened quietly to Fen Wu's words, not daring to express his own opinions rashly.

After all, who knew if this Fen Wu in front of him was Fen Wu? Was he a marionette controlled remotely, or another Yan Yukuan who had been brainwashed into thinking he was Fen Wu? There was no evidence to prove it.

Seeing that Ning Zhe did not speak, Fen Wu shook his head, seeming somewhat disappointed.

He continued: "According to various signs, I can be sure that your core rule is not Zhao You, but that wandering ghost who strayed into He Family Village. The ghost you later harnessed in Shenyu Valley Prison was also not used to make up for Zhao You's defects, but to make up for 'Tai Yi'."

If this were true, then this 'Tai Yi' was truly an incomparably terrifying evil ghost. In just over two months, it had forced Ning Zhe to the point of having to take risks...

"What exactly do you want to say?" Ning Zhe finally spoke, but his tone was somewhat impatient.

"What I want to say is—you actually don't need Zhao You." Fen Wu said straightforwardly: "A ten-thousand-foot building rises from the ground. Ascenders generally use the first ghost they harness as a foundation, constantly making up for defects step by step on this basis, gradually building a stable chain of rules linked one after another. And the foundation of this system, that initial starting point, is called the Ascender's 'core rule'."

"And your core rule is not Zhao You, but Tai Yi."

"You chose to use Tai Yi as the starting point of your rule chain, not Zhao You."

"Therefore, even if the Gambler forcibly stripped Zhao You from you, it did not affect the balance of the rule chain in your body at all—because Zhao You had never been integrated into the rule chain you built from the beginning. He was just a wandering ghost outside the system, without any support."

Speaking of this, Fen Wu finally indicated his attitude: "Since that's the case, why not give this wandering ghost to me?"

Anyway, it's something you don't need.

"Of course, I won't let you give it for nothing." Fen Wu immediately said: "In exchange, I can give you another ghost as compensation. Even if I owe you a favor, we don't need to continue to scheme against each other, fighting to the death. After today, I will walk my path of ascension, and you will be your Marquis of Europa. Having one more friend is one more path, why not do it?"

"What is the name of that ghost?" Ning Zhe asked: "What is it used for?"

Seeing that Ning Zhe's attitude seemed to have a chance, Fen Wu raised the corners of his mouth and smiled: "You have already seen her, and you should have already experienced her effect personally. Her functionality is definitely no worse than Zhao You's."

"That ghost is residing in my daughter Bai Zhi, and her name is—Tai Su."

"Tai Su..." Ning Zhe's eyes drifted slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

"What do you think?" Fen Wu smiled and persuaded: "As long as you nod, she will be yours."

"Sounds good." Ning Zhe also smiled. Seeing this, Fen Wu couldn't help but be overjoyed and hurriedly said: "That's great, then shall I send you away from the opera house now? After I get Zhao You, I will immediately arrange for someone to send Bai Zhi to you."

"I actually haven't thought about accepting your kindness..." Ning Zhe shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity that I didn't see even a bit of sincerity in doing business from you."

"Oh? What does this mean?" Fen Wu's eyes became playful: "Where did you see that I have no sincerity in doing business?"

Ning Zhe raised his hand and pointed to his temple: "From here."

Fen Wu frowned, puzzled: "I don't understand what you are talking about."

"Of course you don't understand, because you are not Fen Wu, you damn bastard." Ning Zhe took the cigarette from his hand, threw it on the ground, stepped on the cigarette butt, left the viewing stand, and returned to the room.

Ignoring the man's questioning behind him, Ning Zhe went straight to the back of the sofa. At the gambling table, the game was still continuing.

"Fen Wu, this guy, is a profiteer. He had already received Yu Zi Qian's deposit, but he still released Te Rang to the Bishushanzhuang to kill for himself. This person has no contract spirit at all. Doing business with him is like asking a tiger for its skin."

"Bai Zhi... Tai Su, the attitude of the transaction seems sincere, but if I take the bait, the outcome will be nothing more than becoming a fish in his basket."

Ning Zhe sneered at Fen Wu's credibility.

Because from beginning to end, Fen Wu never mentioned that most critical and most easily overlooked problem.

"—In my brain, there is probably also a Tai Sui worm."

Looking back at the experience after the Bishushanzhuang incident, after Te Rang was harnessed by Feng Yushu, Yu Zi Qian, who had little time left, fell into madness in despair. In order to find Te Rang to extend his life, he spent a lot of money to invite Tu Yu to help blockade the entire Taoyuan City and began to hunt down all the survivors of the Bishushanzhuang incident indiscriminately.

On the highway to Taoyuan City with Bai Zhi, Ning Zhe encountered a group of gas station employees who had been branded with a thought seal by Yu Zi Qian and were obsessed with killing Bai Zhi.

Later, according to Feng Yushu's recollection, she also encountered many medical staff and patients' families in the hospital who went crazy and wanted to kill her as soon as they saw her.

These people were all branded with a thought seal.

Jue Yuan's rules can make people's emotions and thoughts extreme and radical, eventually becoming a thought seal that absolutely cannot be disobeyed.

In other words, Jue Yuan can only make people's original thoughts extreme and radical, but cannot make people have thoughts they didn't have originally.

"Then, where did the gas station employees' idea of 'killing Bai Zhi' come from?"

"Where did the medical staff in the hospital's idea of 'killing Feng Yushu' come from in the first place?"

Although there is still a lack of decisive evidence, Ning Zhe already has the answer in his heart: "Fen Wu."

The situation at that time was the result of the cooperation between Fen Wu and Yu Zi Qian.

Fen Wu used the ability to modify memories to make thoughts that did not belong to them appear in people's hearts, and Yu Zi Qian used Jue Yuan to solidify these thoughts, turning them into thought seals that must be executed no matter what.

"And in the hospital in Taoyuan City, I was also branded with a thought seal once."

The content of that seal was: 【I must kill Ning Zhe】.

Recalling the situation at that time, Ning Zhe's train of thought became clearer and clearer. Although he switched to the identity of an ecological park security guard in time to take over this thought seal, since Yu Zi Qian did this, it means that he thought he must have a chance of success.

"That is to say, from that time on, my memory has already begun to be modified by Fen Wu..."

(End of chapter)