Chapter 29 Conversation with the Spirit
"Help... help me!" Chen Yingyang screamed in agony, his voice piercing the night like a dying pig. "Someone's killing me! Help!"
But it was late at night, and in the deserted campus, his cries for help went unanswered. Even if any students heard him, they would have thought it was just a ghostly apparition and dared not venture out to rescue him.
Except for one person: Qin Chao.
"Damn it!" Qin Chao heard Chen Yingyang's cry for help and pedaled his bike as fast as he could. But there was a seven-story building blocking his path, and he couldn't guarantee that Chen Yingyang would still be alive by the time he made it to the top.
"You could try using your yuan force to temper your bike," Rosy floated up to Qin Chao, gently hooking her chilly fingers under his chin.
"Temper my bike?" Qin Chao looked at his beat-up bike, which he had been riding for three or four years. Though it was touted as a divine artifact, could it really be tempered like that?
"Temper it once, and it becomes a ninth-grade trash artifact. But after it becomes an artifact, it will have some kind of ability," Rosy said, as if she foresaw something. Her plump buttocks landed on the handlebars of the bike.
"Let's do it!" This was a critical moment, and Qin Chao couldn't hesitate. He used the remaining yuan force in his body to envelop the divine artifact bike beneath him. The bike immediately glowed green, shining brilliantly in the night sky.
In that instant, Qin Chao felt the extraordinary nature of this bike. He rode it towards the building and suddenly lifted the front wheel, causing the bike to land vertically on the wall like walking on level ground. With Qin Chao pedaling at breakneck speed, the bike raced towards the top of the building.
"Oh my god, it's really become a divine tool this time!" Qin Chao exclaimed with laughter, caressing his beloved bike. He utilized his climbing skills to navigate his way, riding his bike along the walls of tall buildings, dodging various obstacles that popped up along the way.
However, fate seemed to have other plans for Qin Chao. When he reached the fifth floor, a sudden gust of wind blew towards him, knocking him and the divine tool, his bike, outwards.
"Damn it!" Qin Chao stumbled, holding onto his bike, watching as they both plummeted towards the ground.
"You idiot, use your trash soul-lock!" Rosy followed Qin Chao, falling with him. Seeing that he was a bit stunned, she couldn't help but curse at him. "Don't you want to save Su Ji anymore?"
"Right!" Qin Chao's eyes suddenly lit up. He raised the hand with his Buddhic ring and stowed away the divine tool. At the same time, he summoned the soul-lock, which whistled through the wind as it was thrown towards the rooftop.
The originally two-meter long chain suddenly expanded to more than ten meters in length, with an iron spike at the end. In the blink of an eye, it flew to the top of the building and the spike pierced into the wall.
"Click!" The iron spike pierced deeply, causing Qin Chao to grab onto the chain, trembling as he forcibly stopped at the fourth floor, swaying back and forth with the blowing wind.
"Hmph!" Qin Chao's arm turned into a black beast's claw, gripping onto the straight hanging iron chain as he stepped on the wall, charging towards the rooftop.
"Let go of me! Let go of me!" On the platform, Su Ji was in a frenzy, her high heels already stained with blood. Looking at Chen Yingyang, who was holding onto her leg, he was already at death's door. His back was a bloody mess, his face was scratched by her high heels, his right eye lid was flipping, blood gushing out continuously.
"Kill... someone's trying to kill me..." Chen Yingyang seemed to have lost consciousness, but he was still clinging to Su Ji, not letting her jump from the rooftop. However, he was just an ordinary human, and his strength was limited. Meanwhile, Su Ji, possessed by Yu Qian, was incredibly strong, like a Spartan warrior.
Her foot kicked out, like the Twelve Technique of Tan Legs, finally kicking Chen Yingyang away.
"Hahaha!" Su Ji laughed wildly, dragging her high-heeled shoes stained with blood, looking up at the sky, "No one can stop me!"
After laughing, she took two steps back and fell towards the bottom of the building.
"Leave someone downstairs!" Unexpectedly, a thunderous shout came from beneath her, and a man wearing a blue security uniform and with red hair and claw-like hands suddenly rushed up from below, hugged Su Ji's slender waist, and lightly landed on the rooftop.
"Ah!" The soul of Yu Qian, a victim of Su Ji's, let out a piercing scream, then twisted her body and squeezed out of Su Ji's body, carrying that scream into the night sky.
"Where do you think you're going?" Qin Chao frowned, put Su Ji down, swung his arm to remove the soul-locking chain on his right arm, and flung it towards Yu Qian's escaping soul in the air.
This soul-locking chain was a lethal magic weapon specifically designed for souls. It was like a black spiritual snake, wrapped around Yu Qian's body, and coiled around her waist, leaving her nowhere to escape.
"Come back to me!" Qin Chao roared, shaking his arm, and pulled Yu Qian back.
As a newly-deceased soul, Yu Qian's power was not as strong as the female ghost in the male dormitory. At this time, she was restrained by Qin Chao's soul-locking chain, and her soul trembled and dared not move. Her hollow eyes were fixed on Qin Chao's body, seemingly wondering how this man was able to capture her.
"Yu Qian, you're already dead. Do you still want to continue harming others?" Qin Chao restrained the female ghost with the chain, speaking softly, perhaps because Liu Chuan valued this woman.
"Really..." Rosy pouted beside him, dissatisfied. "You're never this gentle when talking to me."
Qin Chao ignored the self-pitying female demon and pointed at Chen Yingyang, who had already passed out, saying, "This man and you have no grievances or enmities. You hurt him like this."
Then, he pointed at Su Ji and said, "This woman, as well as Fang Wen, have nothing to do with you, but you insist on taking their lives. Yu Qian, wake up, do you want to become a fierce ghost, causing Liu Chuan to shudder at the sound of your name?"
Originally, the expression in Yu Qian's eyes was always vacant, but upon hearing the name Liu Chuan, a glimmer of spirit suddenly appeared in her eyes.
"Liu...Chuan..." Yu Qian seemed to regain her senses, slowly floating up from the ground. The night wind parted her disheveled hair, revealing a delicate face.
"Gou Sheng..." Tears of clarity unexpectedly flowed from Yu Qian's murky eyes. "Gou Sheng, is he okay?"
"He's not okay!" Qin Chao hugged his arms, speaking coldly. "He's very sad now, very unhappy because you took your own life. You died painlessly, but left behind countless people who cared for you to grieve. Liu Chuan has lost weight, your father often cries, and your mother is now bedridden, calling out your name in her sleep every day."
As Qin Chao spoke of these people, Yu Qian's face drooped, seemingly convulsing with pain. Can a ghost still feel heartache? Perhaps, Qin Chao didn't know.
"I'm no longer a pure person, I can only use death to redeem my dirty soul." Yu Qian cried for a while, then suddenly looked up and said.
"Perhaps I've harmed many innocent people, but please forgive me, it wasn't my intention. After death, my soul was influenced by the idea of revenge, which led me to do so many bad things."
"Did Fang Hua do something to you?" Qin Chao frowned and mentioned this name.
"Fang Hua..." Yu Qian, who was still calm, suddenly turned red-eyed, struggling and pulling on the chain with a rattling sound.
"Calm down!" Qin Chao quickly used his ghost power to activate the Soul Shackles, and the green light on the chain emitted a faint glow, intimidating the frantic Yu Qian.
After running amok for a while, Yu Qian finally calmed down.
"It's true...it's Fang Hua..." Yu Qian strongly calmed herself down, then revealed a secret that was not known to outsiders.
Two months ago, it was the birthday of Fang Hua, that beast. He threw a grand birthday party and my dormitory friend brought me along. I remember Fang Hua gave me a glass of champagne, which I had never had before and was naturally curious, so I took a sip. Little did I know... Fang Hua had put an aphrodisiac in the drink and that night, he... he took advantage of me...
Since then, he has been constantly pestering me, buying me everything I wanted. And when I started wearing those designer clothes and entered high society, I became addicted... I hate Fang Hua. He played with my body and still plays with my mind. Later, I found out that he had made a bet with his friends on his birthday that within two months, he would not only get my body, but also my heart...
A few days ago, he found a new girlfriend and dumped me, even arranging for a group of people to gang rape me... Ha ha, does such a dirty woman deserve to live in this world?
Yu Qian's eyes were red as she lifted her head and stared at Qin Chao, who was shuddering with fear.
"That beast..." Qin Chao clenched his fists tightly, making a crisp sound. He wanted nothing more than to pin Fang Hua to the ground and smash him to pieces with his fists.
"But why don't you tell Liu Chuan?" Qin Chao asked. "He will surely forgive you and accept you. I can tell that he really loves you."
"He didn't..." Yu Qian suddenly became very sad, trembling uncontrollably. "I tried to test him, but he refused me. I understand, who wants a second-hand item? No, I'm not just a second-hand item, I don't even know how many hands I've been through... Ha ha ha..."
Yu Qian grabbed her own hair and laughed hopelessly. Qin Chao looked at her and suddenly sighed. He took out a box of Honghe cigarettes from his pocket and lit one slowly.
He didn't dislike smoking, he just quit for his girlfriend back then.
"Yu Qian, do you know?" Qin Chao held the cheap cigarette between his index and middle fingers and said, "Liu Chuan came to me once, holding a pack of soft Zhonghua, and asked me to apologize to you on his behalf. Although you were with Liu Chuan for so long, you never really understood him. Liu Chuan has a lot of face, he just felt a bit awkward in front of you. After all, you once dumped him. So he asked me to say a few soft words to you. But these few words, you will never hear..."
Chapter 30 Bringing the Beauty Home to Sleep
"Gou Sheng..." Upon hearing these words, Yu Qian suddenly knelt down on the ground, bursting into tears. But her tears could no longer save her life or salvage her love.
"My dear, it's time for the eight o'clock drama to end!" At this moment, Rosy gently leaned on Qin Chao's shoulder, breathing softly in his ear. "Take this poor ghost in, although her soul is not very strong, even a small fly is still meat."
"That's impossible," Qin Chao turned his head to stare at Rosy's beautiful emerald eyes and said in a low voice, "If I take her in, she won't be able to reincarnate. If Liu Chuan finds out, he will definitely be in agony."
"One dead person and one loser, what do you care about them!" Rosy rolled her eyes and waved her hand. Yu Qian's soul seemed to be pulled by several ropes, floating to Qin Chao's front.
"Take her in, quickly. Only by absorbing the souls of these small characters first, can you slowly become stronger."
"Rosy." Suddenly, Qin Chao grabbed Rosy's arm as she was casting her spell. Yu Qian fell back to the ground. "Thank you for helping me tonight...but now it's none of your business."
"You...you're driving me away again?" Rosy widened her beautiful eyes and stared at Qin Chao with hatred. She suddenly imitated Qin Chao's tone and cursed loudly, "You son of a bitch, you heartless brat, you only criticize the cook when you're full. I really blinded myself..."
"LORD JESUS CHRIST!" Suddenly, Qin Chao shouted an English word, and Rosy's beautiful face turned white. She looked at Qin Chao in disbelief. Suddenly, a circular black door appeared in the air, with a strong suction force pulling Rosy towards it. She turned into black smoke and was sucked into the door.
Qin Chao had shouted the English word for Jesus Christ, which is said to mean that God is with us, and it can drive away demons and send them back to purgatory.
"Not bad, the pronunciation is very standard." After Rosy disappeared, Li's figure suddenly appeared.
"I didn't expect the spell you taught me to really work." Qin Chao frowned and looked at the police comrade from the ghost world.
Li shrugged and said, "Sometimes, you have to admit that the foreigners' stuff is more useful for dealing with the demons of the Western Hell (purgatory)."
"I just hope you didn't deceive me, and that this curse won't harm Rose," Qin Chao said.
"Don't worry, there is no curse that can harm the powerful creatures living in Purgatory," Li said. "This curse will only temporarily drive them away. If they target you, they'll be back soon. Well, you called me here, and I have to do what I need to do."
After speaking, the ghost walked up to Yu Qian and lifted up the poor soul.
"Come on, forget your confusion. We should go to the Naihe Bridge."
"Wait!" Qin Chao suddenly stopped them, and Li was startled and turned around to look at him.
"The longer it takes, the less likely it is that Yu Qian will be reincarnated," Qin Chao reminded them.
"I'll just ask one question," Qin Chao stared at Yu Qian and asked, word by word. "Yu Qian, do you have anything to tell Liu Chuan?"
"Then tell Gousheng..." Yu Qian's face was filled with bitterness as she said to Qin Chao, "I never loved him. Being with him was just for the money. Thank you..."
After speaking, she was taken away by Li and walked into a green ghost gate in the air.
Qin Chao was a little silly, but soon he understood Yu Qian's intention. She hoped that Liu Chuan could completely forget her, so that she could quickly get out of the shadow and find her own happiness.
"Why do humans always like to torture themselves?" Qin Chao looked at Yu Qian slowly disappearing into the ghost gate and sighed. "Damn it, I forgot that I'm also human."
He lowered his head and looked at his beastified arms, couldn't help but laugh bitterly.
"Ouch... It hurts so much..." At this moment, Chen Yingyang, who had been lying on the ground like a dead dog, finally woke up, groaning and managed to stand up, gritting his teeth.
"I'll be damned, you're not dead yet?" Qin Chao couldn't help but admire the little cockroach's vitality, it was really strong.
"Ms. Su... Are you okay?" Chen Yingyang dared not touch his own wounds, feeling a searing pain. He looked at the beautiful woman in red, who was now being cradled by Qin Chao, and asked.
"She’s fine, I saved her."
"Huff, that's good. My rice bowl is still intact... Can I apply for worker's compensation for this?"
"Yes, you can," Qin Chao looked at Chen Yingyang's pitiful expression and couldn't help but laugh. "You have also been honorably injured. You deserve credit for saving Ms. Su. By the way, I thought you were only fighting to save your job. I didn't know you were so brave because you were afraid of me exposing you."
"No way, I welcome that," Chen Yingyang replied.
"Alright... You are my big brother in the martial arts world, I have lost to you. Quickly call 120 and report your injury, or you will bleed to death in a little while."
"Yes, yes! Ouch, it hurts so much... Come on, carry me," Chen Yingyang pleaded.
"Believe it or not, I will kick you off the seventh floor and award you a posthumous medal of honor?" Qin Chao threatened.
"People are sorry..."
"For the love of God, can you please stop saying 'people' and say 'I'? It's so disgusting!"
"I understand..."
Qin Chao struggled to keep up, while the beautiful woman in his arms slept soundly, snoring softly. Qin Chao was speechless. He wondered where he could take her in the middle of the night. The security department? They could handle it since it was a man's job. But this girl would freeze to death if left there all night.
Should he call Su Fei? He tragically discovered that his phone was dead, and Chen Yingyang's phone had just run out of credit. And Su Ji's phone? Great, it was broken.
Qin Chao had no choice but to take the girl back to his home, using his divine artifact, Twelve, to do so. He planned to let Su Fei stay with him for one night until she woke up. Sorry, that was a bit evil.
Riding on his newly tempered bicycle, Qin Chao pedaled into the city center and gazed at the towering, uneven skyscrapers. His heart was filled with excitement.
"Hehe, I feel like a great thief running on rooftops!" he exclaimed, not caring about the beautiful woman he was holding in his arms. Under the cover of night, he snuck up a building, his bike zooming up along its side. This time, Qin Chao had learned from his previous experience and maneuvered his bike to use the wind to his advantage.
Whizzing past the howling winds, Qin Chao rode his bike to the rooftop of a commercial building. Though the building had twelve stories, he easily scaled it and felt a sense of accomplishment.
Feeling the cool night breeze and watching the bustling crowd below, Qin Chao suddenly felt a sense of satisfaction and an urge to let loose. He rode his bike off the rooftop and into the wind, charging towards another building several dozen meters away.
Feeling the chill and the piercing winds, Su Ji was awoken by the commotion. "Why is it so loud... sis, I'm so cold, can you hold me?" she said groggily, looking around in confusion. "Am I on a plane?"
Rubbing her eyes and looking again, she realized that she was on a bicycle with a man staring at her in a daze. "Ah!" Su Ji, although not an ordinary person, had a fatal flaw - a fear of heights. Seeing this scene, she screamed and passed out.
Qin Chao was startled, wondering how this girl could wake up for a moment and then faint again. He couldn't take care of her now, however, as he controlled his bike, riding along the wind and soaring towards the edge of the building. Although he didn't land on the roof, he scraped the edge of the building and continued to ride up the wall.
Riding from one building to another, the now invincible bicycle carrying Qin Chao raced through the city like a night dragon. Soon, he arrived at his home on the rooftop of another building. "Haha, we're finally home," Qin Chao patted Su Ji in his arms and looked down at the dark ground. "Ms. Su, we've arrived at our destination."
After speaking, Qin Chao hopped off his bicycle and it immediately careened down the eight-meter-high wall of the building with a whooshing sound, reaching the ground in an instant. With a quick flick of the tail, the bike came to a stop beneath the building.
"Alright, beauty, I'm off home," Qin Chao said, not bothering to lock up his bike before storing it away in his ring. Then, with Su Ji's soft body in his arms, he headed towards his room.
It was just a hug, Qin Chao dared not do anything more. Although she was an extremely seductive beauty, she was also his boss's sister, and he didn't dare have any improper thoughts.
Although the corridor was dark and the lights were not working well, fortunately Qin Chao's eyes were adapted to the night and he was able to climb up the three floors smoothly, then pulled out his key to open the door.
It was already after midnight and the hallway was quiet. Qin Chao tiptoed into his room with Su Ji in his arms.
The heating in the room was not very good, so it was slightly chilly. But at least there was an electric blanket, which would prevent the beautiful Su Ji from catching a cold. Qin Chao put Su Ji on his bed, and was considering whether to help her take off her clothes, but later, for his own safety, he abandoned the tempting impulse.
After tucking Su Ji in, Qin Chao left his bedroom and lay down on the sofa. As a cultivator, Qin Chao's body temperature had already reached a balance, so he was not afraid of the cold.
As soon as he lay down, there was a knocking sound at the door.
Qin Chao was startled and jumped up from the sofa. He thought, "What the hell, is there a ghost in this building too?"
"Who is it, in the middle of the night?" Qin Chao walked to the door and asked.
"It's me, Qin Chao gege!" Surprisingly, it was Li Na's voice outside the door. Qin Chao was taken aback and quickly opened the door.
"Are you crazy? It's so late and you're knocking on my door."
"My mom went out again and no one cooked for me. I knocked on your door earlier but you weren't there. When I heard the sound of the door opening just now, I came to see. Qin Chao gege, I'm scared, can I sleep in your room?"