"Chen Mengyao... this name has not been mentioned for many years. In the era when we people were active, this name represented a famous ghost controller, but the temporary fame cannot be regarded as prominent after all. The strong one is dead.
Those who are strong will never be considered the strongest, and will only be buried in the dust of history."
The old man seemed to be reminiscing about the past.
"I don't care how famous she was in the past, I just want to know why a ghost master who controlled the Forgotten Ghost, and a top ghost master as you said, died so quickly?"
Li Leping didn't care about these meaningless names. He only cared about what the woman named Chen Mengyao had experienced, so that the supernatural power of the Forgotten Ghost would be dispersed, and she would also fall into a mystery whose whereabouts are unknown.
"Do you think Chen Mengyao controlled the Forgotten Ghost before you?"
After the old man heard Li Leping talking about the Forgotten Ghost, he actually shook his head, and then said shockingly: "You are wrong about this."
"Oh? What do you mean by this?" Li Leping asked with a look on his face.
"Perhaps from your perspective, Chen Mengyao was the original controller of the Forgotten Ghost, but in fact, Chen Mengyao did not control the Forgotten Ghost. Contrary to your guess, she had a problem in the process of controlling the Forgotten Ghost, so
That led to a series of things happening later.”
The old man spoke very slowly, but every word he said shocked Li Leping greatly.
"What? You mean, Chen Mengyao did not control the Forgotten Ghost, but died in the process of controlling it?" Li Leping said incredulously.
The old man nodded slightly: "You can understand it that way."
Hearing this, Li Leping couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
His guess was wrong, and wrong from the beginning.
Chen Mengyao did not control the Forgotten Ghost as he had guessed, but died in the process of controlling the Forgotten Ghost.
But after this speculation, everything seems to be reasonable and the question has an answer.
"So it turns out that the reason why the Forgotten Ghost's supernatural power was dispersed was because of the measures she took after she failed to control it."
Now, Li Leping finally understood why the puzzle piece of the Forgotten Ghost was dismantled.
If the ghost master does not die suddenly, he will basically use the last bit of free time before death to dismember his own ghost and break up the puzzle pieces to reduce the horror level of his ghost after resurrecting.
And if the woman named Chen Mengyao does have problems controlling the Forgotten Ghost, then as long as she does not die immediately, she will find ways to dismember the Forgotten Ghost's supernatural beings, in order to reduce the horror of the ghost's resurrection after her death.
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Otherwise, with the ghost she originally controlled and the complete supernatural power of the Forgotten Ghost, the supernatural events caused would be simply unimaginable.
But even though he got the answer from the old man, even though the question that had puzzled him for a long time was finally answered, Li Leping was still very surprised.
It turns out that Chen Mengyao is not the controller of the Forgotten Ghost. To be precise, she is a ghost controller who tried to control the Forgotten Ghost but failed.
Moreover, something went wrong while she was driving, and due to some special changes, the Forgotten Ghost transformed into her appearance due to supernatural entanglement.
Many years later, some of the supernatural beings that were dismantled from the Forgotten Ghost were controlled by Li Leping.
It was just because the Forgotten Ghost looked like a female corpse that Li Leping misjudged Chen Mengyao's identity and mistakenly thought that she was the ghost controller who had controlled the Forgotten Ghost before him.
"But, if she died in the process of controlling the Forgotten Ghost, what happened to the ghost photo studio and the photos of Chen Mengyao?" Li Leping asked again, hoping to get more from the old man in front of him.
Answer.
At the same time, he took out the color photo that he always carried with him.
In the photo, a long-dead female corpse is standing stiffly in the wilderness. Her cold body is wearing a coat and skirt from the Republic of China period, and her exposed skin is covered with corpse spots. It looks weird and scary.
The old man looked at the photo and was silent for a while. He didn't answer immediately, as if he was recalling something.
Li Leping did not urge him, and still stood quietly waiting for the old man to recall.
Although he desperately wanted to get answers to some questions, he also knew that for the old man in front of him, the answers to these questions were just an episode in his past experience, and it would take time to recall.
This old man has lived for too long. Some things that seemed extremely important to Li Leping were just such small things in the eyes of this old man.
After all, these ghost masters during the Republic of China have reached the pinnacle of the supernatural road. For a group of ghost masters who have grown to the point where they can no longer grow, they themselves are the top beings, so there is no need to remember some of the bad things in the past.
What about the important things?
At this time, the old man who had been thinking about it for a while finally spoke again: "The founder of the ghost photo studio was called a ghost man in our time. Unfortunately, like Chen Mengyao, he was trying to break through his own limits and find a unique path.
I failed on my own path, and caused big problems after my death, and many people died."
As he spoke, the old man's slightly dim eyes turned slightly, and his gaze once again bypassed Li Leping and Gu Li, and turned to look at a tombstone behind them.
The word "Luo Qian" is written on the tombstone.
"He has a good relationship with the ghost man. What happened after the ghost man's death was finally handled by him, an old friend. He locked the ghost man in a coffin and buried him with soil.
Although the ghost photo studio created by the Gugui people lost its creator, the photo studio itself was still able to operate according to the rules, so it was later taken over by a young man named Wang. It was just that the young man named Wang was making a certain attempt.
Something went wrong while trying to find an alternative path, and as a result, the ghost photo studio suddenly lost its manager. As for the current situation, I don’t know.”
The old man looked at the color photo in Li Leping's hand again: "As for the photo in your hand, I can't give an answer. I am not an omniscient and omnipotent person, and it is impossible for me to have dealt with every ghost controller.
I just accidentally heard about such people when I was involved in the supernatural circle, so I know a little bit about these people. As for more things, I haven’t been to the outside world for a long time, and I don’t know much. If
If Luo Qian and Luo Wensong are still alive, maybe they can give you an answer, but now..."
The old man paused here and did not continue.
Li Leping understood what the old man meant and fell silent at the moment.
Everyone who knew the truth was dead, and there was only so much information the old man could provide.
"Young people, you can't expect to get the answers to many things from others. Just like when we first entered the supernatural circle, we can only learn a lot of information by fighting for our lives. Only by truly getting into the center of the matter can we understand.
Come to the truth of the matter." Looking at Li Leping who said nothing, the old man said as if to comfort him.
Li Leping said in a deep voice: "To be honest, I didn't expect to know much from you. After all, I have encountered many obstacles along the way. Whether it is the old woman or the old man named Qin at the headquarters, they have always been...
I don't want to publish all the information I know, so I didn't expect you to tell me anything at first. Now that I know this, it is enough. But there is one more thing I want to know, and that is Chen Mengyao and Gu Gui
What is the relationship between people? Maybe this can help me analyze the reason why the photos were sent to me."
"relation……"
The old man's eyelids drooped slightly, half-covering his slightly hazy eyes. There was no expression on his face and he looked a little dull, as if he was beginning to recall the past again.
After a while, he slowly said: "They seem to be brothers and sisters? But you also know that people like us have had too many dealings with ghosts, so in the eyes of people like us, relatives and friends can only be regarded as some."
It’s just people who have a good relationship, but it’s hard to show any emotion to these people, not to mention that the brother and sister are both ghost masters, and they treat each other coldly, so the relationship may not be as good as you think.”
"But their relationship may be much better than we imagined." Li Leping shook the photo in his hand.
"That's true."
The old man nodded, and a smile appeared on his face again.
"But no matter what, from the current point of view, Chen Mengyao should have failed. She was unable to control the complete Forgotten Ghost, and the supernatural power of the Forgotten Ghost was also broken up. Maybe the Ghost Keeper took such a picture because of the brother-sister relationship.
Photo, or maybe he has other plans in mind, or even thinking about the bigger picture, whether Chen Mengyao dies or not is a question." The old man added.
Although this old man is getting older and his temperament has become much gentler, he is still very bold when guessing some questions. After all, it involves supernatural beings. Apart from the real experiencers, who can guarantee 100% that the truth of the matter will be as expected?
Li Leping's eyes moved slightly: "So as you said, if you want to get the answer, you often have to dig for it yourself."
The old man didn't reply, just smiled and nodded.
Li Leping saw this and didn't ask any more questions.
The old man revealed enough information, which answered many questions that had always puzzled Li Leping.
If I have to say it is a pity, it is that according to what the old man said, everyone who knows the answer to Li Leping's question has now been buried in this old forest.
After going around in a circle, the answer to the final question may still have to come back to the Ghost Photo Gallery.
"I think we should leave. If you don't mind answering one more question, can you tell us how to leave here?" Li Leping asked.
At this moment, the old man stretched out his hands that had been behind his back, and both of his dry palms actually held a small red cloth bag.
These are two red cloth bags that look similar in size and shape. They are shaped like sachets and are only the size of the palm of your hand. Apart from the bright red color, there are no extra color embellishments on the outside. They look a bit monotonous and weird.
"Take these two cloth bags away before you leave. Consider them as my thank you gifts."
Before leaving, the old man actually planned to give them another gift.
As soon as these words came out, both Li Leping and Gu Li, who had been working beside him, moved their eyes and glanced at each other subconsciously. Neither of them chose to take the red bag handed by the old man.
"What is this?" Li Leping asked.
The old man did not say anything clearly, but only used a vague rhetoric: "It will work when you need it."
"Thank you very much."
Hearing this, Li Leping didn't hesitate anymore and directly reached out and took away a cloth bag.
He was very aware of the gap between himself and the old man in front of him, so he knew very well that if the old man wanted to harm them, there was no need to use such cumbersome means, he could just do it directly.
Seeing this, Gu Li was no longer polite and quickly took away another cloth bag.
When you hold it in your hand, you will find that there seems to be nothing inside this cloth bag. It is in a shriveled state and feels a bit rough, just like touching a piece of coarse cloth. There is nothing strange about it.
"A small bag, not a valuable thing."
"You should have noticed that I don't have a few days left to live. It won't be long before the white lanterns will be hung in front of the house. But I am lucky to see someone like you before I die.
Maybe you think there was a big gap between you and me, but in my opinion, your appearance is enough to show that the achievements of ghost controllers of your generation are not low. You are responsible for this era, even if you can't completely solve it like us.
It’s a supernatural era, but at least this world will not be broken in your generation.”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The old man's tone was calm, but his brows revealed a helplessness after being tortured by hardships, and he seemed to empathize with the situation of Li Leping and others.
Many years ago, many of them tried to completely end this supernatural cycle, but the passage of time and the problems that broke out in this era are enough to show that their previous attempts basically failed.
But no matter what, even if they fail, as long as some aliens can be born among the new ghost masters of this era, the worst result of this era is nothing more than the same as the previous era, barely maintaining stability for half a hundred years, and then waiting.
The next supernatural outbreak.
Although it seems that we have entered a cycle of death again, it is better than the complete destruction of mankind.
Only by living, even if it is just to survive, can we see the day when hope is born.
"Perhaps, you can tell me your name. After all, like them, you are a legend of the past era and should not just disappear into the long river of history." Li Leping said.
He is extremely persistent in the word "existence". After all, he is a person with no sense of existence, so he naturally feels deeply about the feeling of being forgotten.
"name?"
The old man didn't seem to expect that Li Leping would suddenly ask such a question. He turned around at this moment, his back to Li Leping and Gu Li, looking at the dim yellow mud road with no end in sight, raising his old palm
Then, an indescribable and terrifying phenomenon occurred.
The darkness that shrouded the road suddenly disappeared, as if it had been wiped out by something. The yellow mud road in front of me instantly became clear, and even looked a bit bright.
"My name is Zhang Dong."
While speaking, the old man raised his thin palm and began to wave it gently, as if greeting someone, and as if he was wiping away the dirt in front of his eyes.
With a wave of his hand, the yellow mud road in front of him disappeared.
Instead, a vacant space appeared on the ground floor of a building in reality.
The barrier between the supernatural and reality was broken at this moment.