Ch29 - Meow, meow meow, meow meow meow?!

“Is the Mr. Fu you’re talking about, Fu Qing?”

Seeing the ‘tour guide’ nodding his head sharply, Wu Rong understood that he was talking nonsense. 

Fu Qing looked only twenty years old, how could he have such a big son?

He took back a red ticket from the ‘tour guide’, and in the middle of his heartbroken ‘ahhh’, Wu Rong said indifferently: “I don’t want tabloid news.”

“I want to know if there are stalls selling maintenance methods for disabled ghosts in the Ghost Market”

He put the red ticket back into the hands of the ‘tour guide’. The skinny man hid his money in a hurry, smiled awkwardly, and stopped embellishing and exaggerating. After thinking for a while, he said: “There are countless stalls selling such items in the ghost market, but whether it is true or not depends on your eyesight. If you are not short of money, you might as well consider the owner of stall No. 192.” 

“After all, celestial masters like him have some precepts, and there are few lies. At least the possibility of being able to say the truth is relatively high.”

It is really expensive.

Wu Rong didn’t ask the price right away, but quietly stood aside and watched. Most of the people went to buy and sell news, but some people were attracted by the bustle here, and saw the thick “Notes on Raising Ghosts for the Disabled” placed so conspicuously on the table.

After Wu Rong looked at it for a while, there were three or five people asking for a price. It seems that what the tour guide said, ‘The Heavenly Master can’t lie, even if he is away from the mountain gate, or else the power of the technique will be greatly reduced.’ This was indeed a popular saying. The ghost market only opens one day a month. In such a short time, it’s better to be ruthless and spend more money to buy reliable ones than to wander aimlessly through the booths without knowing the truth.

There were quite a few people who had this kind of thinking, but each of them returned angrily, and none of them could impress the stall owner with their bid.

“I talked about exchanging. Can’t you understand people’s language? I don’t care about your stinky money!”

With a snap, a black card was thrown in front of Wu Rong. There was a quarrel at the stall, and the voice of the stall owner was crisp and clear, he hadn’t even reached the stage of changing his voice, and he sounded young. He wasn’t short when he stood up, just looking at him, he was thin and small, which was consistent with his voice. But compared with the person who quarreled with him, he was very thin and weak.

The other party was tall and burly, with big arms and a round waist. Stunned, he stretched out his cloak. Although he couldn’t see his expression clearly, he couldn’t get off the stage in public. The man’s violent resentment could be felt from his movements. He grabbed the stall owner by the collar and lifted him up rudely like a chicken without any effort: 

“Damn, just how much is this junk of yours worth, not to mention it it’s truth, how much face do others give you, do you really think of yourself as a person? Today, I will teach you a lesson——”

Before the big man finished speaking, a pale and transparent hand with slender fingers appeared from behind the stall owner and slapped the big man on the face. The seemingly light slap contained infinite and powerful power. The man who was nearly two meters was slapped and thrown away. He spat blood at his mouth and fell onto the black card, in front of Wu Rong.

The wind from the crash of the human body raised the corners of Wu Rong’s black robe, making him the focus of the crowd twice in a row. Naturally, others saw that he did not take a step back when the strong man fell, and he was indifferent and calm, as if he had expected it long ago that the big man wouldn’t fall on him.

Wu Rong had no time to think about other things, he just stared at the brawny man who was lightly slapped and then at the hand of the skinny stall owner. The ghost hand was long and beautiful, but the inside of each nail was pierced by a gold needle, which was horrible. Starting from the side of the wrist, the suture-like gold thread continued to the elbow before disappearing. 

Gold needles, gold threads, this technique was very similar to the blockade on the five sense organs of the big ghost.

“True or false?”

The stall owner sneered disdainfully, picked up the booklet, threw it up and down, and said in a choked voice, “That’s how I raised my brother, do you think it’s true?”

The audience was in an uproar. His words sounded reasonable at first, and it was too creepy to ponder about them. Seeing that everyone’s eyes were focused on him, the stall owner was satisfied. He stood on the stool behind the folding table and said loudly: “Again, my manual is only for sale. It must be a rare poisonous substance in the world to replace it.” 

There are many kinds of poisons in the world, and many ghost have corpse poisons. But the stall owner deliberately emphasized the highly poisonous things in the world, which made people who were interested in the manual hesitate. They were also not sure if they had enough to make the stall owner look at their offers. The big man who was blown away was still lying on the ground, and no one wanted to be as embarrassing as him. There was an eerie silence at the scene.

Suddenly, a figure slowly emerged from the crowd and walked to the booth.

He was tall, with a pale Soul Lamp in his hand, and his whole body was covered by a pitch-black cloak, only his beautifully curved lips and jaw were exposed. Even though his appearance was covered by a black robe, his cold and indifferent temperament made him stand out from the crowd.

But anyone who often visits the ghost market can tell that the cloak he wears is for the most basic level, those useless freelancers who don’t have ghost eyes, and only have one more ghost than ordinary people. Looks like a newbie. One’s own strength and vision complement each other, and a person like him may even treasure an useless corpse poison. 

The corners of everyone’s lips sneered, waiting for him to be laughed at. Some stood on the sidelines, wanting to take this opportunity to find out the standard of poisonousness mentioned by the stall owner of No. 192.

But none of them could have imagined that the guy who looked like a newcomer walked over and whispered something in the stall owner’s ear, and the stall owner couldn’t wait to get up and follow him away! Even the stall owner, who was so stingy that there was only one folding table in his booth, took the initiative to rent the public to the tent next to him, nodded and bowed, and lifted the curtain to invite that person to come in.

It was almost like being bewitched!

How divine is that young man! 

More thoughtfully, they realized that the poison he carried could make the stall owner so moved, and it must be extraordinary. Suddenly, the crowd vacated a large area, avoiding the place where he stood just now like the plague. As soon as the crowd dispersed, the strong man who fell to the ground was exposed. Bathed in the eyes and whispers of the crowd, the strong man became more and more ashamed and hated. He clenched his fists tightly and creaked. When he touched his mouth with his hand, he lost two teeth besides the blood.

During the movement, his hideous and terrifying face covered with scars was also exposed, and someone recognized it.

“Isn’t he Ghostface Huangsi? It’s over. The owner of the 192 stall has gotten into trouble this time.”

“What did you say?” 

“Hush, keep your voice down. Ghost Face Huangsi has a stingy protective brother who is the security chief of this ghost city. He is an authorized guard ghost raiser, and he is also a terrible person in the city public security!”

“Hurry up and leave, stay here and don’t get implicated.”

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It’s just that the noise here and the crowd gathered had already attracted the attention of the guards. The crowd parted like Moses dividing the sea. A group of four guards in black and silver uniforms and badges on their arms came. They were all raising ghosts. People, with a ghostly aura so strong that freelancers dare not look directly at them, the leader was even more bloody, with a strong figure, a bad face, and a pair of fierce triangular eyes that were quite intimidating.

“Qtb lr wjxlcu atf cblrf tfgf?” 

“Dgbatfg!”

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“Qtja’r ublcu bc.”

“Say it, big brother will make a decision.” 

——The noise outside couldn’t affect Wu Rong who entered the tent. These black tents were made of special materials and were well soundproofed. The stall owner pulled the tent door and immediately walked up to him, impatiently, even stuttering a little nervously.

“You, you really, really have tarantula poison?”

Wu Rong nodded, without saying a word, directly took out the box from the handbag, which contained the shell that the little spider just shed yesterday.

Although the little spider grew up before molting, the shell was still pitifully small, only the size of a thumbnail. You couldn’t find it unless you looked carefully, but the moment the shell was exposed, the stall owner gasped and said in shock: “It turned out to be the shed shell of a black rock tarantula! So, so complete, my God!” 

He was very excited; He was so excited that he took off his hood and revealed his true face.

“I want it all, I, you, no, you make a price, I’ll take all!”

The stall owner was really young, at most fourteen or fifteen years old, with a baby face, pale face, dark circles under the eyes, looking a little gloomy. But when he couldn’t wait, rubbing his hands, he revealed a little bit of youthful liveliness.

“I want your manual.” 

“Oh, sure, it’s for you!”

The young stall owner directly threw the booklet that he had been holding in his hand back, took out another book from under his cloak, and patted the cover carefully.

“It’s too easy to lose good things outside, that’s the truth.”

He deliberately opened it to show Wu Rong: “Here, the whole book is my experience of raising my brother, and it’s been in it for more than three years. But I still want to tell you that disabled ghosts are different, and the way of recuperation cannot be copied. My brother is a very special kind of disabled, and the injuries he suffered are unusual, so we can’t generalize it. You can read it as a story, don’t be reckless and use it directly on your own ghost.” 

The young man took notes very meticulously, and even listed a table of contents. Wu Rong saw the five senses closed column at a glance.

“Although my brother has begun to recover, the things in the notes will not harm him, but after all, it involves a lot of privacy. If we want to trade, let’s sign a ghost contract.”

The young man stretched out his right hand generously. The ghost contract was an unique contract between ghost raisers, and it was made by taking an oath between the ghosts, promising not to break the agreement. Wu Rong shook his hand using his left arm with the ghost pattern. With the ghost contract formation, the young man became more lively and cheerful in an instant, and his attitude was much better:

“The black rock tarantula molt is too precious! In addition to this manual, I will give you three more questions for free. Just ask, and I will tell you everything I can say.” 

The young man smiled and handed the note to Wu Rong: “My name is Su Xiaomi.”

“Rongshan.”

Wu Rong asked neatly, “The gold thread and gold needle seal the five senses, how to release it?”

“Hiss… this involves my knowledge’s blind spot.” 

Su Xiaomi made a bitter face and scratched his head in embarrassment: “I want to know that otherwise I wouldn’t have to try so many methods to treat my brother. I only know that this thing is the best of the celestial masters of Longhu Mountain, but I haven’t seen anyone who can seal the five senses. At least it must be a powerful role at the level of a great master. To tell the truth, granted that a ghost king is sealed up, it can only wait to die.

“Can he still move after being sealed?”

“Hey, a normal ghost should die as soon as it is sealed. The highest I have ever seen is a ghost with two senses sealed, and that is a ghost that was almost at the level of a ghost king. If even with the five senses it can still move, I am afraid it must be the legendary Tiankeng level ghost king, more powerful than the highest S level ghost king. ”

Su Xiaomi waved his hand: “These two count as one question for you, do you have anything else to ask?” 

Wu Rong: “If ghosts can’t speak , how to communicate with him?”

The big ghost was sealed off with five senses, unable to hear or speak, Wu Rong could only barely sense its emotions, but couldn’t do much more. Like a layer of frosted glass.

“Hey, I’m good at this!”

Su Xiaomi whispered something into Wu Rong’s ear, like an underground worker connecting a code. 

“Remember, this is my unique secret. You can see him in your dreams as long as you do what I just said. But if the raised ghost has a violent personality, you’d better be careful, after all, if you die in a dream, you will be brain-dead in reality.”

“Okay, is there anything else you want to ask in the end?”

“How to get fast money?”

Wu Rong asked so bluntly, Su Xiaomi didn’t realize it for a moment, and blinked. Blinking: “Ah? Oh! I know, I know, but most of what I know can only be done by celestial masters, such as divination and drawing symbols, and you can get money at will. You can also become a ghost hunter to take on tasks, and the money is quite good but it’s too dangerous.” 

“Most of the missions with a lot of money are evil spirit level missions. The water inside is very deep. Some missions say that it is a spirit level. In fact, it is only after going there that you find out that it is a twin evil ghost with a son and a mother. Don't do porcelain work without diamonds. I wouldn’t even know how I died.”

“Actually, it’s good to start a live broadcast, and people will watch whatever you want to broadcast about raising ghosts and killing ghosts. It’s good to sign contracts on such reliable platforms as Ghost Teeth and Ghost Fights, and it’s also good to keep confidentiality. The federal government is now supporting and calling on the anchors to broadcast live broadcasts in ghost lands or various tiankeng!”

Su Xiaomi got excited, took his mobile phone and opened a live broadcast software for Wu Rong to watch. The hottest one on the top was the live broadcast room named ‘No. 444 Tiankeng’. There were already three million viewers waiting inside before the broadcast started.

“Everything can be broadcasted live. You see, even the district police have their own dedicated Tiankeng channel number.” 

Su Xiaomi looked like an old viewer and talked about the live broadcast: “Tiankeng is different from Huangquan. It’s like a period of frozen time. The supernatural events that happened at that time will keep repeating in the sinkhole, and the ghosts are also fierce. Many of the evil spirits in the old tiankeng have become ghost kings by now. We are not qualified for tiankengs. For those who are trying, watching the live broadcast they can also gain insight.”

The appearance of the supernatural recovery, the coming of the tiankengs, was a deep scar in human history, also known as the Cataclysm. Countless people love the Tiankeng live broadcast because the frozen time is full of precious scenes before the catastrophe. These scenes of peace, beauty and happiness in the past will encourage generations of young people to fight against ghosts, recapture the lost territory, and let the clouds over the ghost land disappear and the blue sky reappear.

“Look, the homepage recommends great anchors with real talents, and many of them are famous and powerful characters on the list… F*ck, why did Deputy Director Zheng start a broadcast?!”

Without much to say, Su Xiaomi hurriedly opened the newly opened studio and explained to Wu Rong: “Deputy Bureau Zheng is the current top leader of the District Public Security Bureau, and this time he came here to pick up Mr. Fu! Mr. Fu, you know, it’s the recently famous one—look! Sure enough, Mr. Fu is there too!” 

Wu Rong followed Su Xiaomi’s finger to look over, and in the center of the screen was a man in a uniform with grizzled temples and a dignified square face. There was no one other than him, and there was only a white corner of Su Xiaomi’s finger. But the swipe barrage had exploded, and he almost got stuck in the live broadcast room. Su Xiaomi quickly closed the barrage, zoomed in on the screen with two fingers, and focused on the corner of the clothes.

“White, silver thread, dark pattern…I’ll get one later.”

He murmured in a serious tone as if he was researching an academic issue, not forgetting to show off to Wu Rong: “You don’t know, since Mr. Fu became famous, how much more money I made just by that catchphrase! What’s wrong with being a son? You can’t make a profit if you don’t take small advantages!”

“Mr. Fu should be in the car by now. Let me see. Hey, isn’t he in the car? This scene is quite like the ghost market. I didn’t expect that Mr. Fu would also visit the ghost market. Wait, wait a minute. Why is the environment a little familiar? ” 

When excited, Su Xiaomi started stuttering again, doubting his eyes, and said with a smile: “But, maybe I misread it. Why is this black tent so similar to ours…”

— —

“What’s going on here.”

The man with the square face frowned, his sharp hawk-like eyes swept over everyone present, and finally locked on the guard who was standing frozen in front of the tent, holding a hook-shaped tool and trying to break open the tent forcibly. And standing next to him, the Huang family brothers who stood out because of their height and shape. Especially when he saw that the leader was wearing the uniform of the Chief of Guards, the man with the square face frowned even tighter. 

“Call Li Xiao.”

Li Xiao is the branch president of the Yangjiaping Freelancers’ Association, and he is in charge of this ghost market. If you said that you didn’t dare to recognize the square face at first, but hearing him say that, coupled with the male and female voices, the guards all felt bitter.

Without any warning, why did the immediate boss of the district bureau suddenly come down to look for him in incognito, just when he bumped into the head of the guard who wanted to show favoritism?

Embarrassment, just embarrassment, I can’t wait to get away from the storm circle immediately. Someone secretly looked at the face of the head of the guard, and someone noticed the young, handsome and indifferent celestial master next to Deputy Director Zheng, and guessed his identity in his mind. The head of the guard’s face full of scars was quite calm, he was stunned for a moment, and then went out to salute: 

“Reporting sir, guard captain Huang Hong, ghost number 3540.”

“I just received a report that the stall owner at No. 192 was spreading slanderous anecdotes about Mr. Fu Qing, claiming to be Mr. Fu’s lost child, and insulting Mr. Fu’s reputation, so I…”

Huang Hong shut his mouth firmly, he found that every time he said a word, Deputy Director Zheng’s expression was just an added layer of darkness, and in the end it was like billowing black clouds, and the eyes that fell on him were as sharp as knives. Ignoring him, Director Zheng turned his head and tried his best to speak kindly: “Mr. Fu, is the person you are looking for here?”

Mr. Fu? Which Mr. Fu? 

The whole audience was silent, everyone was dazed at first, and then fixed their eyes in disbelief on the too young Celestial Master beside Deputy Zheng.

Isn’t it said that Mr. Fu is superb in technique, knowledgeable and over fifty years old?

How could he be so young!

The rumor is self-defeating, it is a joke. At the same time that this absurdity rose in their hearts, many people secretly thought that it was over. 

The stall owner of No. 192 was finished, and it was this Fu Tianshi who was said to have a very bad temper and a lot of eccentricities. Him being called ‘Father’ won’t have good consequences. It is said that if someone touches him, their ribs will be broken. Even Deputy Bureau Zheng kept one meter distance from him. Now that there are rumors of affairs, how many men can bear this?

Now it seems that it is better to be troubled by the Huang family brothers.

What the onlookers could imagine, Deputy Director Zheng could too. He kept his composure and glanced at Fu Qing. Before he could speak, the ancestor walked into the tent without saying a word.

Too bad, Fu Qing is angry! 

Deputy Director Zheng frowned, glared at Huang Hong, and strode after him sullenly. Huang Hong bowed his head submissively on the surface, but in fact, there was a sinister smile on the corner of his mouth. He did it on purpose. The whole bureau knew that Deputy Bureau Zheng came to Yangjiaping to pick up Fu Qing. When he saw the Taoist priest next to Deputy Bureau Zheng, Huang Hong had a suspicion in his heart.

Sure enough, and what he said was the truth. If you want to blame, blame the stall owner and the black-robed man for being unlucky and bumping into the faces of Deputy Bureau Zheng and Mr. Fu—

Huang Hong was shocked and blank before he could completely drop his smile. So did the rest of the onlookers. One even snapped off his own eyeballs on the spot, wiped them off and put them back on.

They were not mistaken. 

The tent moved, and the stall owner of No. 192 walked out first. His cloak was crooked, and he walked with the same hands and feet, unsteadily, as if he was sleepwalking. This was quite normal, and the face of Deputy Director Zheng would not change because of it. He has experienced strong winds and waves, and it is difficult for Deputy Director Zheng to be moved by big or small things. Just looking carefully, you can see that his eyes are in a trance, as if he just saw some incredible scene, and he hasn’t recovered yet.

The last ones to walk out were Mr. Fu and the man in black.

They came out side by side, and even when they got out of the tent, some people saw Mr. Fu trying to hold the hand of the black-robed man, but the black-robed man avoided it.

Pupil earthquake. 

…

“The current situation is like this.”

In the police car, Deputy Bureau Zheng explained the cause and effect to Wu Rong.

“Tiankeng 444 needs to be entered with a companion. Mr. Fu is in a special situation. Currently, he is the only one who has no companion. He chose you on his own initiative.” 

Tiankeng 444, isn’t this the special training that Zhou Xun talked about back then? I thought that I would have no chance after becoming a freelancer, but I didn’t expect the opportunity to come back in this way.

Noticing his expression, Deputy Bureau Zheng said solemnly: “This is a rare opportunity. Not only do all the loot from the Tiankeng belong to you, but also there are many precious rewards in the Bureau. ”

The treasures were of the same level as purified rootless water, and this is not counting the high bonuses given to the top three in the special training. A saint would be moved when he saw it, let alone Wu Rong who was short of money and resources. But he still didn’t agree right away.

“I want to talk to Fu Qing.” 

The police car just stopped at the parking lot of Yangjiaping Public Security Bureau. Deputy Bureau Zheng and the driver got out of the car. Only Wu Rong and Fu Qing were left in the car. Fu Qing, who was originally sitting in the passenger seat opened the car door and sat next to Wu Rong. He put his hand on his wrist very naturally, and said in a deep voice, “I haven’t seen you for a long time, but your ghostly aura is quite stable.”

“This is a newly drawn talisman.”

Wu Rong didn’t pick up the familiar purple talisman paper crane. He took a deep look at Fu Qing. He had not felt it before, however, according to the description of others, Fu Qing is arrogant and does not like to be touched by others. He refuses almost everyone with no chance, which is totally different from his impression. It seems that from the beginning to the present, Fu Qing has totally different attitudes towards him and others, including this time when he was invited to the special training.

Is it because this person has two faces, or… 

Wu Rong paused for a moment, then suddenly said in a daze, “You too?”

Staring at him, Fu Qing’s eyes moved slightly, and his eyes became darker: “Yes. ”

The author has something to say:

[Wu Rong’s Perspective] 

Wu Rong: You are also reborn. You know me. Are you my friend?

Fu Qing: Yes.

[Fu Qing’s Perspective]

Wu Rong: Do you also feel that we have a deep bond and have an urge to get close to each other? 

Fu Qing: Yes

(CP Fans' Perspective)

Wu Rong: Are you gay

Fu Qing: Yes 

I missed Fu Qing 

Almost 17 chapters without interactions between them (except their little date at the hospital)