Chapter 1297: Chapter 1264: The New Yue Lian

“You bastard, using everyone’s lives as leverage for the sake of your plan’s success. Fortunately, we stopped you and made you fail; otherwise, everyone would have been killed by you.”

He Yiner gritted her teeth and glared at Zhang Xiangguang, wishing she could kill him on the spot.

But Zhang Xiangguang said, “Supernatural events are emerging endlessly. More people will die in the future, not fewer. The probability of my Peach Blossom Plan succeeding is not small. There may be some risks, but I think it’s worth it. Also, to ensure the plan’s success, I’m even willing to sacrifice myself. How could you possibly understand my feelings?”

“I am saving everyone, not harming them. It’s just that, to ensure the plan’s success, necessary means should be used when necessary. You can’t achieve great things by being soft-hearted.”

“Have you ever thought about what would happen if He Yuelian failed to control the ghost painting? Would everyone in Shuangqiao Town, the nearby villages, and Dahan City have to pay for your mistake?” Yang Jian asked coldly.

Zhang Xiangguang replied, “If it really came to that, I would join forces with Nie Yingping, Zhang Xian, Chen Qiaoyang, Song Xin Hai, and others to deal with the ghost painting incident. With the strength of my team, it wouldn’t be hard to contain the ghost painting. It’s just a pity my like-minded teammates died after fighting with you.”

“So, strictly speaking, it wasn’t me causing destruction; it was you interfering and stopping me. According to the original plan, the influence of the ghost painting would have been confined to Shuangqiao Town, not like this…”

“From the beginning, I was avoiding a confrontation with you because I didn’t want to have any unexpected complications. I just didn’t expect you to find Shuangqiao Town so quickly, so I had to engage with you there.”

Now that he was cornered and had lost his means of resistance, he no longer concealed the ins and outs of the plan, revealing everything.

He then sighed and said, “In the end, it’s just bad luck on my part. I had grasped every opportunity, but the only mistake was encountering such a group of headquarters captains like you. If I could have acted a year earlier, the resistance would have been much smaller. But if I had acted a year earlier, Old Qin would have still been around…”

Zhang Xiangguang didn’t want to act earlier because he couldn’t do anything while Old Qin was still alive. He had finally waited until Old Qin stepped down, only for the twelve captains from headquarters to emerge, even though there was a brief vacuum period.

However, Old Qin’s disappearance was a secret. No one knew when he was gone, so by the time Zhang Xiangguang found out, that vacuum period at headquarters was already over.

The formation of the Twelve Captains’ plan and the establishment of the Enforcement Captain.

All this meant that the headquarters would only get better, not worse. If he waited any longer, once the twelve captains continued to grow, Zhang Xiangguang’s advantage would vanish.

So he had no choice.

He could only choose to act at this time.

“Old Qin, huh? I knew him when I was delivering letters. At that time, he was driving a supernatural bus, a very mysterious guy,” Yang Xiao said.

“You mean that old man? I met him too; we overlapped when delivering letters, also on that bus. However, he seemed like a very ordinary old man. I didn’t expect he was so powerful that you didn’t dare act when he was alive.”

Other wandering souls also remembered this mysterious figure.

Zhang Xiangguang smiled self-deprecatingly, “Ordinary old man? He’s anything but ordinary. I investigated him. This guy was a top ghost controller from birth, and his birth wasn’t accidental; it was a human-manufactured product created by those old relics from the Republic of China Period. The purpose was to guide a new batch of ghost controllers after their generation faded before the next supernatural resurgence.”

“Of course, Old Qin drove that supernatural bus for so long, partly to maintain the balance of supernatural places.”

“So his life was prearranged, just like He Yuelian today. She’s also arranged, waiting for this day.”

He Yiner was too lazy to listen to his nonsense any further. She wasn’t interested in past events or Old Qin’s existence. She just wanted to resolve this incident and return to Dayuan City to continue rebuilding her Taiping Ancient Town.

“Yang Jian, if we don’t kill He Yuelian now, once she controls the ghost painting, she might become a huge hidden danger. An ordinary person like her possessing such a level of supernatural power is equivalent to a time bomb. I suggest using your coffin nail to nail her directly.”

“Now, when she has no power to resist, is the best opportunity to act.”

“He Yiner’s suggestion doesn’t seem wrong, Captain Yang. I also think nailing both the person and the ghost now is a good option. This way, the ghost painting incident would be effectively ended.” Zhou Deng also nodded in agreement.

Lu Zhiwen spoke up from the side, “Things are not as you imagine. This is the world of ghost drawing, and in the ghost painting, you can’t trap fierce ghosts. The only way to do so is to attack the fierce ghost and let it restart. After restarting, the ghost will return to the ghost painting, and then finding the real position of the ghost painting, at the moment it restarts and returns, is the best time to contain it.”

“But the real ghost painting has been hidden by Zhang Xiangguang; only he knows its location. Looking at him now, he doesn’t seem to be planning to tell, and it’s even difficult to invade his memory using supernatural powers. After all, he is still a manager of the post office. Finding that painting in such a vast world of the ghost drawing is extremely difficult and requires a lot of time.”

“Given this search time, the supernatural conflict between He Yuelian and the fierce ghost would likely have concluded.”

“So Zhang Xiangguang has considered even this. Unless we truly go for broke, eliminate He Yuelian, let the ghost painting completely get out of control, and then resolve it, otherwise we can only wait for this matter to end.”

“Between eliminating He Yuelian and waiting for her to complete the supernatural conflict, obviously, the latter carries less risk. After all, once He Yuelian controls the ghost painting, there would be no loss of control. We might even be able to persuade He Yuelian to abandon Zhang Xiangguang’s plan. Conversely, if we act, the ghost painting will definitely go out of control.”

Lu Zhiwen not only explained some rules of the ghost painting but also analyzed the pros and cons. Any sensible person would understand that rather than directly letting the ghost painting get out of control, it’s better to take the gamble with Zhang Xiangguang that He Yuelian can succeed.

If she fails, the outcome won’t be any worse.

“Damn, hearing you say that, this Zhang Xiangguang is really damn insidious. Since he can’t beat us, he came up with this trick,” Zhou Deng couldn’t help but curse.

He Yiner remained silent.

Now she understood why Yang Jian had stopped her from killing He Yuelian earlier.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to kill, but that he couldn’t.

“You’re a smart person, more insightful than the other captains,” Zhang Xiangguang glanced at Lu Zhiwen, smiling slightly.

“Yang, what now?” Sun Rui hobbled over with a cane and asked.

Everyone else also looked at Yang Jian.

Right now, he was the decision-maker.

“Wait.”

Yang Jian slowly closed his ghost eye at that moment: “If He Yuelian succeeds, she definitely won’t follow in Zhang Xiangguang’s footsteps.”

“Yang Jian, are you that confident? I was the one who created the existence of He Yuelian,” Zhang Xiangguang said.

“If you fail once, you can fail a second time. After this is over, I’ll personally see you off. Although you’re the manager of the post office, managers can be eliminated. You demonstrated to me how to kill a manager,”

Yang Jian said coldly.

“Then I’ll be waiting,” Zhang Xiangguang smiled.

After some discussion, the matter was decided.

They would wait for the end of the supernatural conflict, then decide the next course of action based on the different outcomes.

To be prepared for any eventuality, Yang Jian retrieved a rope circle made of hemp from the puddle at his feet, something resembling Wei Jing’s Ghost Rope.

“What’s this? I’ve never seen it before,” Zhou Deng immediately approached, scrutinizing it.

“A supernatural tool from headquarters, it can trap a ghost. Although it won’t trap a powerful ghost, it should have no problem restraining Zhang Xiangguang now.”

Yang Jian tossed the rope circle at Zhang Xiangguang’s feet.

“Will you walk in yourself, or should I invite you in?”

Zhang Xiangguang shook his head, not resisting, and cooperatively stepped into the grass rope circle.

The situation was beyond his control, and at that moment, he understood the helplessness He Yuelian felt earlier.

“Everyone should get ready. If He Yuelian fails, we’ll have to confront the Ghost Drawing. It’s not an easy task,” Yang Jian added.

Others nodded.

They began preparing, clearing the area, discussing strategies, and formulating plans to tackle the upcoming situation.

During this time,

He Yuelian, who looked like a bride in red, stood still for about half an hour before any slight changes occurred. She emitted some painful sounds, as if enduring some torment, and at the same time, the originally vague figure of the ghost holding hands with He Yuelian started becoming transparent.

As if it was about to dissipate.

“Hmm?”

Such changes caught everyone’s attention.

Anyone present, whether a ghost handler or a spirit from the Ghost Post Office, had fought hard to survive, and they were highly sensitive to the supernatural. This situation undoubtedly meant that the supernatural of the Ghost Drawing was dissipating.

And the dissipating supernatural wasn’t disappearing into thin air; rather, it was transferring onto He Yuelian.

This indicated that the first stage of the supernatural conflict had ended and the second stage had begun, with the supernatural starting to fuse.

This fusion could either make He Yuelian a new ghost handler or result in an unimaginably terrifying ghost.

At the moment,

He Yuelian didn’t make any moves, but her consciousness was suffering from a terrible supernatural erosion.

In her consciousness appeared a woman dressed in a red wedding dress, looking exactly like her, flawless, unbelievably beautiful, yet this appearance was not something a living person could possess. It seemed like a dead person or a supernatural entity, making it feel unreal.

This eerie woman was walking towards her step by step from a distance, continuously getting closer.

She couldn’t move and could only stay in place, watching the woman approach.

As the woman got closer, some memories that didn’t belong to her started appearing in her mind, scattered like fragments.

“My name is He Yuelian, no, I have another name… Who is she, who am I? Is there a problem with my memory? No, I just recalled some things from the past.”

“Those aren’t my memories; it’s a ghost, a ghost is invading me. I have to fight it back, or I’ll die.”

He Yuelian’s consciousness was polluted and influenced under the supernatural clash.

If she couldn’t stay clear and maintain herself under such supernatural influence, she would no longer be a living person but a corpse once the supernatural integration ended.

The most evident feature between a ghost rider and a ghost is that a ghost rider has their own consciousness, while a ghost only kills according to rules, dangerous and terrifying.

As time passed, He Yuelian felt her own consciousness being increasingly eroded, sometimes even feeling she had already disappeared.

However, whenever her consciousness fell into a slumber, there was another forceful supernatural power pulling her back.

This happened many times, and He Yuelian continuously hovered on the edge of life and death; much of the fear in her heart had dissipated, leaving only an obsession.

She didn’t want to die.

This was the most fundamental will to survive, without any other attachments.

He Yuelian began trying to grasp something, not wanting to let go of even the slightest thing.

In the supernatural collision, He Yuelian, the weakest third party, could steal some power. Once she obtained a faint supernatural power, she could use it as a starting point to continuously balance the supernatural conflict, thus surviving under such difficult circumstances.

So, this not only required luck but also will and means.

Not everyone can become a qualified ghost rider.

Many people, although by luck, unexpectedly controlled a fierce ghost, but with insufficient capability, quickly got eliminated, becoming a vessel for the fierce ghost.

The era of supernatural revival is destined to select a group of top-tier ghost riders.

He Yuelian, an ordinary person, now had such an opportunity. Whether she could seize it depended on herself, even though Zhang Xiangguang calculated everything, he wasn’t certain He Yuelian would definitely succeed, so he also prepared for failure.

At this moment.

The flawless woman in her consciousness had already reached in front of He Yuelian, her figure no longer blurry but clearly visible.

Two people facing each other, exactly the same, as if looking in a mirror.

He Yuelian stared hard at the person in front of her, no, it should be said, the ghost.

She felt she could now move, no longer a puppet on strings, but faced with this situation, she didn’t know what to do.

Because He Yuelian had no experience dealing with this matter.

“Shouldn’t avoid.”

He Yuelian gritted her teeth, trying to touch the ghost in her consciousness. If possible, she wouldn’t mind having a fight with it here, anyway, she absolutely couldn’t surrender.

Yet at the moment she touched the fierce ghost before her.

Perhaps the pieces of the puzzle were gathered in her lifetime, the supernatural reached a balance at some instant, or a fragment of memory awakened under the supernatural touch.

At this moment, the woman in the ghost drawing unexpectedly smiled.

This smile wasn’t eerie, but rather carried a kindness.

“I am your past life, and you are my present life, live well…”

As soon as the words were spoken, the eerie woman in her consciousness immediately began to shatter and wither like fragile porcelain, while a more complete memory began to appear in He Yuelian’s mind.

In that instant, she seemed to recall numerous aspects of her previous life.

She was precisely the woman in the ghost drawing, having undergone numerous incredible experiences.

But He Yuelian understood there was no such thing as past and present lives; what the woman in the ghost drawing spoke represented that she was about to inherit everything, including memory.

Perhaps at that time, even He Yuelian would think she and the woman in the ghost drawing were the same person.

Like past and present lives.

“So her real name was also Yuelian.”

At this moment, she knew some of the life details of the woman in the ghost drawing, although these details were fragmented and not comprehensive, it still allowed her to understand many things.

Simultaneously.

Those observing the situation here also witnessed an incredible scene.

The fierce ghost from the ghost drawing that held He Yuelian’s hand completely disappeared without leaving a trace.

He Yuelian’s hands became exceptionally pale, her aura also turning cold and eerie, and the sounds of her painful struggle disappeared as well.

Everything plunged into deathlike silence.

No one knew whether the woman in the red veil and wedding dress, exposing only a pair of pale hands, was a person or a ghost.

But everyone was certain.

This thing, whether a person or a ghost, would be extremely terrifying,

“It’s almost over.” Yang Jian’s gaze shifted slightly, feeling the supernatural change.

Zhang Xiangguang was also staring intently at He Yuelian; he was desperate to know the result. It was his life’s work, and even if he wouldn’t inherit it all, just seeing He Yuelian survive would allow him to die without regrets.

“Hope she can survive; otherwise, it will be another huge problem. Such a level of fierce ghost is indeed very challenging to confront.” He Yiner said.

Zhou Deng said, “Yang, just say the word, and I can take action anytime.”

He was ready to go, seemingly preparing for a big showdown.

A while passed.

The supernatural conflict and fusion completely ended.

At this moment, under the red veil, He Yuelian slowly opened her eyes.

She had survived and also regained consciousness.

However, she was somehow different from before; the fusion of two sets of memories had led to many changes, both in terms of consciousness and body.

But the awakened her took no action; she was thinking and also adapting to the new supernatural power.

At this moment, through the Ghost Domain, He Yuelian already knew the surrounding situation.

More than ten souls, several ghost riders, all including that Zhang Xiangguang, were watching her.

They were both curious and somewhat nervous, even ready to take action.

“Are they guarding against me? No, they are worried I would become a fierce ghost, so they prepared themselves to take action if needed. So now what should I do? Use supernatural power to vanish from here, leaving them completely behind, or meet them to clarify the situation?”

He Yuelian pondered in her heart while also considering her future path.

“Running away is not a wise decision; I must face it, moreover, Yang Jian and the others are not bad people.”

At this thought, her pale hands moved slightly.

This slight movement instantly made everyone ready to take action.

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