The air seemed to be frozen at this moment, and the chandelier hanging from the ceiling emitted a dim light, reflecting on the faces of the four people in the room.
The faces of Li Leping and the old man were still so cold and devoid of any emotion.
Instead, the expressions of Jiang Hao and Shen Tian suddenly changed.
They felt the atmosphere solidify, and they also knew how harsh Li Leping's blunt words were.
It is obviously unwise to argue about right and wrong with an old man who has half his foot in the coffin, especially since this old man is still an older generation of ghost masters, and his temper will naturally not be much better.
If he is offended, the dispute will inevitably develop into a quarrel.
But Li Leping disagreed with this.
If the old man is really so angry at his two or three words that he insists on taking action, then just beat him.
It is not yet known who will die and who will live.
Although Li Leping is afraid of these older generation of ghost masters, it does not mean that he must deliberately cater to these old people in everything he says and does.
In the final analysis, this era belongs to our own generation.
Regardless of whether the people of the previous generation are dead or alive, they have reached their limit. To put it harshly, they are a group of dead people who are about to wither away and have no right to speak.
Li Leping also didn't believe that the old man in front of him could be as terrifying as the old woman in 301.
Those people are truly ghost masters at the pinnacle of the era, and they are truly ghost masters who have survived from the period of supernatural outbreaks to today. They are the top beings who have emerged from the supernatural events of life and death.
"Everyone has his own ambition."
After the atmosphere was deadlocked for a while, the old man shook his head, looking a little helpless.
"You must have encountered a lot of things. After experiencing so many bad things, it is not easy to survive. There is no need to argue with me, a person who is about to die."
"Time is not forgiving. I was just one of the many ghost masters of that era. Then I happened to open a tattoo parlor in this ghost alley. I also lived for a long time, so I was lucky enough to meet many people who were at the top of the era.
, these characters are all older than me and much stronger than me, but they cannot escape the fate of being devoured by supernatural beings. In the end, they can only wither like fallen leaves. Even the ghost controllers of the same age as me are now also
There aren’t many left.”
As he spoke, the old man's eyelids drooped slightly, and his expression became a bit vicissitudes of life and loneliness.
But soon, he opened his eyes again and looked at Li Leping again with a pair of cloudy eyes that had almost no brilliance of a living person.
"To be honest, it's actually a good thing that you have this idea that what we're doing is wrong. It's actually equivalent to you starting to think about how to completely end the supernatural events of this era."
"The difference is that we each have our own ideas."
"Opinions cannot be unified. After experiencing a long period of time in the supernatural circle, everyone will give a reply to this desperate world, and the answer sheet handed in by everyone will inevitably be different. Everyone will choose to do what they think they should do.
That's why I opened a tattoo parlor to train younger generations in a way that seems cruel to you."
"There are endless paranormal incidents, and even the top ghost masters I have seen cannot completely prevent them all, so people of our generation naturally feel that the path we have taken before is wrong, and treating the symptoms but not the root cause."
"For this reason, we can only hope that some of the younger generations will take a different path. For those of us who have dealt with ghosts all our lives, some cruel methods are nothing at all, as long as we can cultivate hope in the end.
, then it is worth it no matter how many people die. Anyway, no matter how many people die in an era, it is better than none of them all."
The old man sighed, but there was a strong belief, or obsession, in his words.
Old friends are dying, but figures who once stood at the top cannot escape the fate of the ghosts resurrecting. The supernatural events will still break out again after a brief subsidence.
Everything gives people a feeling of disheartened despair.
Under the influence of various desperate factors, it is not difficult to imagine how many people will try various methods in order to completely end this horrific cycle.
But even so, until the day when these people were about to die, hope still did not appear.
I have worked hard all my life and been on the road to imprisoning evil ghosts all my life.
However, everything was in vain.
This is like a policeman who has been arresting criminals all his life. But if one day, when he is lying on the hospital bed and about to close his eyes and go to death, all the criminals he has arrested in the prison come to his bedside.
When he looked at him with a smug look, no one could withstand such a blow.
"If you are not a person who is about to die, your behavior of giving people random tattoos when you have nothing to do is definitely unacceptable in this era. It is not only unacceptable to ordinary people, but also to normal city leaders.
, although your ghost tattoo has created many ghost masters, the ghost masters themselves are unstable factors. The resurrection of any ghost will trigger a supernatural event, not to mention that most of the people who were forcibly tattooed by you are...
If you are not mentally prepared to enter the supernatural world, the possibility of dying from the resurrection of the evil ghost is not only high, but also very fast."
Li Leping stared at him, finally putting the dispute behind him.
When the old man heard this, his old and tattooed face showed a slight smile again, but it looked like he was mocking himself.
After all, he really didn't have the confidence to continue arguing.
Over the years, I have given ghost tattoos to countless people, but the special case I was hoping for never appeared.
If it doesn't appear, it means that his idea is wrong.
"But after you have had tattoos for so many years, there should be some lucky people who have persisted until now, right?" Li Leping asked.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Yes, there is. Among these people, there is a young man named Nie. His achievements should be the highest among all the ghost controllers who have been tattooed by me. It's just that
Compared to the goal I long for, it’s still far behind.”
As he said that, the old man glanced at Li Leping: "He may not even be as good as you at this moment."
"That's indeed a bit far off." Li Leping said.
"Okay, there's no need to talk about me. This tattoo parlor won't be open for a few more days. To finally answer some of the questions you want to know, it's time for me to prepare to close the parlor."
The old man waved his hands at this time and did not intend to continue talking about his past.
"Then let's talk about this place in detail." Li Leping said straight to the point.
"well……"
The old man sighed and then remained silent for a while, as if he was reminiscing about the past.
Then, with a look of regret on his face, he began to talk about the past here: "Ghost Alley used to be a very famous place. It was said to be an alley, but it was actually much larger than ordinary people imagined. The alleys connected various places.
There are all kinds of places, casinos, movie theaters, amusement parks, paper mills, and all kinds of weird places. A tattoo parlor like mine can only be regarded as a small corner in an alley."
At this point, Shen Tian, who was next to Li Leping, moved his eyes slightly, as if he heard some words that touched his heartstrings.
The slight touch in his eyes did not attract anyone's attention. Everyone was listening to the old man's continued story: "It's a pity that time has changed and the ghost alleys where people used to come and go have disappeared, and those who have great power in the ghost alleys have disappeared."
The ghost master in the territory died earlier than me, and now I am the only one left in this place."
Li Leping spoke at this time: "So this place is actually a large ghost domain, which is connected to various supernatural places?"
When he said this, his face couldn't help but darken.
It's like grabbing the tail of a small fish when catching fish. After pulling hard, you find that the tail of the small fish belongs to a whale.
It is undoubtedly extremely difficult to find people in a ghost alley that connects to various mysterious places.
"That's what I mean." The old man nodded.
"Then where does the No. 1 Hospital of Daha City correspond to this ghost alley?" Li Leping asked next.
His purpose of traveling thousands of miles to Daha City was to find the missing He Xueyan.
Before He Xueyan disappeared, the last signal left by the satellite positioning mobile phone indicated that she disappeared in the First Hospital.
Judging from the current situation, she should have been involved in this so-called ghost alley.
Not only He Xueyan, but also the missing citizens in this neighborhood were also involved in this ghost alley that suddenly went out of control.
"The first college?"
The old man seemed to be carefully recalling the location of the ghost alley corresponding to that place.
However, after a moment, he shook his head and said: "I know the location of the First College in reality, but if you ask me about the corresponding location of the First College and this place, I can only say that I don't know either."
Not sure?
As soon as he heard this sentence, Li Leping's already stiff and numb face suddenly became even more ugly: "Every supernatural place has a corresponding location in reality, but now you are telling me that you don't know the corresponding location in the First Specialty Hospital
s position?"
The old man saw that he looked a little unkind, but he still did not rush to answer. Instead, he picked up the kettle on the table unhurriedly.
Then, the old man tilted the spout slightly and poured water directly onto the table.
Water fell on the table and began to spill out in random directions.
The old man didn't pour too much water on the table. After seeing that the water stains on the table were flowing everywhere, he put down the kettle.
"Just think that this puddle of water is the original ghost alley."
The old man pointed to the water stains on the table.
Then, he stretched out his skinny fingers and messed around with the water stains, making the already shapeless water stains even more chaotic, as if a tree trunk had grown all kinds of complex and disordered things.
The branches are intertwined with each other, and it is impossible to distinguish what they originally looked like.
"And this is the ghost alley now." said the old man.
Li Leping's eyes widened when he saw this, and he understood what the old man meant: "You mean, as the ghost alley loses control, the place where the ghost alley leads is also disrupted, so you can't know the first hospital."
What location does it correspond to in the ghost alley?"
The old man grinned: "You can teach me. The operation of all mechanisms has limits, and the operation mechanism composed of supernatural beings is no exception, and the impact caused by loss of control will only be greater."
"Then where was the original corresponding place of the First College?"
It is impossible for Li Leping to give up easily just because of the old man's ignorance.
Even though the old man claimed that this ghost alley had become chaotic, Li Leping planned to try his luck at the original location of the First Specialty Hospital.
"Young people, it's not that I'm more pessimistic as I get older, it's just that this place has been in trouble for a long time. The reason why you all can get here alive is because I'm still alive, and because Jiang Hao is there to lead you.
, the tattoo on his face is equivalent to a guide tool, allowing you to come to me through that alley. That alley is also the passage I leave for those ghost masters who have tattoos on me. The purpose is to let you come to me through that alley.
When they are looking for a breakthrough, they can come to me to find an opportunity."
"If I happen to have a suitable ghost here for them, I will tattoo them with ghost tattoos to help them achieve a supernatural balance."
"But your friend may not be so lucky. No matter where she was pulled in by the ghost alley, in this haunted place, she is most likely dead, and her body cannot be recovered.
kind."
The old man said it very bluntly, as if he didn't want Li Leping to take this unnecessary risk.
"You don't need to worry about whether she is dead or alive. You just need to tell me the answer to the question just now." Li Leping still asked.
"well."
The old man sighed, and then said: "If you want to go to the location corresponding to the First Hospital, then I think you should give up, because that place originally corresponded to the wall of the ghost alley. In other words, if a living person is there,
If her position is dragged into a ghost alley, then she will only be embedded in the wall, which means that there will be no remains of her body as I said."
"It seems like she is not so unlucky. Just like you said, there is something wrong with the ghost alley. The internal layout has been disrupted. She is not embedded in the wall, but is still alive." However, at this time, her expression was as usual.
Li Leping said something shocking.
"Oh? Can you be sure whether she is alive?" Looking at Li Leping, whose expression had not changed at all, it was not difficult for the old man to deduce this hypothesis.
"Of course, otherwise why would I persist in finding her?" Li Leping asked rhetorically.
"It's really amazing. It seems that the means you have are also extraordinary." The old man praised.
"Both each other." Li Leping said expressionlessly.
Seeing this, the old man nodded slightly: "Well, I don't dare to talk nonsense about other places, but in this ghost alley, I can tell you a way to determine the location of your friend."
"Then don't be the Riddler and tell me quickly," Li Leping said.
"Is it worth it? This place is so dangerous. There are some places that I don't even want to set foot in. If you go there, you will definitely have to wander around. But looking for people in this ghost place is not the same as going shopping. If you are not careful, there is a high probability that you will...
Will die?" the old man asked, confused by Li Leping's persistence.
"Nothing is worth it. You should be able to see that I am a person who is not easily remembered. Not many people knew me originally, and not many of them have died in this damn year. Now,
For me, if you can keep one, don’t give up one.”
Li Leping's tone was calm, but he revealed an unusual determination.