Chapter 133 The Old Hospital (ETL) Part 1
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Chapter 133 How Many Good Fathers Do You Actually Have?
Gu Ye snatched the willow branch back, arrogantly declaring, “This land is mine! There’s no way I’m letting any wild ghosts stay here!”
Xie Cheng asked disdainfully, “How did it become yours? Don’t you have any sense of reason?”
Gu Ye said willfully, “My brother said that as long as I resolve this matter, he’ll build this land into a residential complex and give it to me. Any profits will be mine.” Gu Ye patted Xie Cheng’s shoulder, “Brother, when the complex is built, I’ll save you an apartment.”
Xie Cheng’s lips twitched. “Gu San’er, does your brother know how arrogant you are?”
“It doesn’t matter,” Gu Ye waved his hand, his arrogance reaching its peak.
“See this whole area? From here to there, to the horizon you can’t see, this entire piece of land belongs to our family! My eldest brother’s, my second brother’s, my wife’s, my father’s—ultimately, it’s all mine. Brother, you have no idea what the happiness of the rich is like.”
Xie Cheng thought about his current life. He’d only saved enough for living expenses, not even enough to buy a toilet. He couldn’t even imagine how much money it would cost to buy so much land. Too exhausted to argue anymore, he said, “Fine, fine, I know. You have money, you’re really rich. Let’s deal with the immediate problem first, okay?”
Gu Ye said earnestly, “I’m dealing with the immediate problem right now. I’m just letting you know that this land is mine, by the way.”
The topic circled back to square one, and Xie Cheng wanted to break off a willow branch and whip him to see if Gu Ye was possessed by a ghost.
“Alright, alright, I know, it’s yours. But still, you can’t hit them. We’ll catch a few ghosts and ask them what happened, but you can’t lay a hand on them. You were terrifying just now, like you were possessed by a ghost king.”
With his hands on his hips, Gu Ye repeated, “This is my territory. You poor bastard, you have no idea what it means to claim territory.”
Xie Cheng nodded dismissively, “I don’t understand, and I don’t want to. Be serious. Shall we go eat first, or solve this first?”
“Of course, we’ll eat first and then come back. We can buy some snacks, just in case it gets late.”
The two saw a small alley across the street with a few shops inside. The surrounding area had all been demolished, or the owners had taken the money and moved away; these were the only businesses left. Upon closer inspection, they saw a noodle shop that looked to be doing quite well. Gu Ye said, “Let’s have some noodles.”
“Pfft!” Xie Cheng laughed. “You’re so rich, why don’t you just drink dew? Why eat noodles?”
“Nonsense, even the richest person needs to eat grains. That’s called being down-to-earth. You don’t know anything.”
Whatever, Xie Cheng didn’t have that many twisted arguments, so he couldn’t win an argument with Gu Ye. After the two finished eating, it was already 7.00 pm, and night had completely fallen. The thick ghostly aura could be seen from afar. The shop owner noticed that the two of them kept looking towards the old hospital and kindly reminded them, “Young men, don’t go that way after dark. It’s not safe there.”
Xie Cheng feigned ignorance, asking, “Why?”
The owner chuckled, “It’s been abandoned for a long time. There aren’t many people there. There’s been a robbery there before. So you guys shouldn’t go near. What if you run into bad guys?”
Gu Ye whispered, “Boss, I heard it’s haunted.”
The owner gave a knowing look. “I knew you two were here for that. I heard that after it got haunted, many young people went there at night, but they were all scared away. You two shouldn’t go. It’s really not safe.”
Gu Ye thanked the owner with a smile, “We understand.”
Hearing the reply, the owner was relieved and went to attend to other customers. After paying their bill, the two walked around the hospital. The Yin energy grew heavier, and the energy field became complex. For some reason, Gu Ye felt something was amiss. “Logically, without buildings blocking the sunlight, the Yin energy shouldn’t be unable to dissipate. Something must be gathering this Yin energy here.”
Xie Cheng said, “Actually, this place isn’t suitable for a hospital. It should be a school instead. Children have the cleanest aura. So with abundant Yang energy from them, and with the sun, it will dissipate quickly.”
“No, that’s not right,” Gu Ye shook his head, frowning. “I don’t think it’s just a hospital problem. Even combining two different attributes, it’s impossible to create such a strong Yin energy that makes the ghosts who come here unwilling to leave. I feel something’s wrong. These old buildings seem to have a problem.”
“Aren’t they arranged quite well?” Xie Cheng glanced around. “Are you overthinking it?”
“I can’t quite put my finger on it. I just have this feeling. There seems to be something wrong with the energy field.”
Xie Cheng said seriously, “These are all old buildings. Even if there’s a problem, it wasn’t formed recently.”
“And these ghosts didn’t just appear recently. It’s said there are ghosts dressed in clothes from all sorts of eras.” At this point, Gu Ye glanced at the time, ignoring whether anyone was around, and said, “Let’s go catch some ghosts.”
It was before midnight, and there were people still passing by, so the ghosts refused to come out. Even when they did, they stayed inside the hospital. Gu Ye and Xie Cheng climbed over a dilapidated wall, and the further they went, the heavier the Yin energy became. Several wandering spirits saw them and calmly watched them. Clearly, people often came to explore this place.
Gu Ye and Xie Cheng exchanged a glance. “Aiya, (they are) quite brave.”
Just then, a small ghost floated in front of them, spreading its arms to block their path. The other little ghosts that came with it laughed, “Playing such childish games again?”
The little ghost grinned mischievously and shouted, “If you’re my grandsons1, then walk through my body! Come on! Grandsons!”
Hearing that, the surrounding ghosts burst into laughter. The one who had shouted arrogantly held his head high, his chin almost at a 45-degree angle. In the past, when they played this game, anyone who came to the hospital would pass through his body. These humans couldn’t hear what he said; they were just toys who had wandered in.
However, Gu Ye and Xie Cheng remained unmoved, staring expressionlessly at the brat.
Then another brat joined the line. “If you’re idiots, then pass through my body.”
“If you’re bastards, then pass through my body!”
Looking at the 3 brats lined up in a straight line, Gu Ye took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to slap them until their souls were scattered. He grabbed the first brat by the neck, while at the same time, Xie Cheng bound the other two with a flick of his whip. The two young men moved in swift motion, so fast that the 3 brats didn’t even have a chance to run before being pinned to the ground.
Gu Ye stood on the back of the first brat, slowly asked, “Who’s the grandson? Who’s the idiot? Who’s the bastard?”
The 3 ghosts, caught off guard by this sudden turn of events, trembled with fear. Their eyes were practically popping out of their sockets. “You can see us?”
Gu Ye ground his shoe into the ghost. “Stop talking nonsense! Speak! Who’s the grandson, who’s the idiot, who’s the bastard?”
The little ghost quickly replied, “I’m the grandson, I’m the idiot, I’m the bastard, it was just a joke, just a joke.”
The little ghost bound by Xie Cheng screamed in terror. Instantly, a chilling wind stirred up and summoned a multitude of ghosts.
Gu Ye chuckled, “So many ghosts have gathered here. What do you want? A brawl?” As he spoke, Gu Ye’s aura of malevolence and resentment erupted, overwhelming the ghosts and forcing them to retreat in fear.
Xie Cheng gritted his teeth, suppressing a laugh. Damn it, Gu San’er has discovered the joys of being a ghost king since leaving the ghost market. He acts like a possessed ghost king at the drop of a hat, scaring not only people but also ghosts.
A tall, shirtless, bald ghost came forward. He looked quite fierce but was now trembling. “I don’t care who you are! This, this is our territory! Let them go!”
Gu Ye raised an eyebrow. “This land is mine, both the Yin and Yang are mine.”
Xie Cheng was exhausted. They were back to the territorial issue again. His brother had given him a piece of land, which made him incredibly powerful. He pulled Gu Ye aside, trying to calm him down, and explained seriously, “We came here with no ill intentions. We just noticed the heavy Yin energy and wanted to ask why you didn’t reincarnate.”
Xie Cheng first released the two ghosts before adding. “We are masters, but not masters who indiscriminately kill innocents. We just want to solve the problem. However, if you want to fight, that’s fine too. The outcome will be either a peaceful send-off or the complete annihilation of your souls.”
Startled by Xie Cheng’s words, and seeing Gu Ye’s smirking, ambiguous smile, radiating a murderous aura that suggested he’d killed countless people, combined with his handsome face and rampant evil, he was utterly terrifying. These ghosts, who already possessed little to no murderous aura, dared not move.
The bald man at the head was the leader of this group of ghosts. Left with no other choice, he had to step forward and say, “It’s not that we don’t want to leave, it’s that we don’t know how.”
“What do you mean?”
“We were either here from the beginning, or we died in this hospital. We don’t know why we can’t get out, and no one has taken us to be reincarnated.”
“Yes, I want to go home, but I can’t get out. No one has come to pick us up.”
“We can’t die, we can’t get out, we’ve always lived here.”
Hearing that, Xie Cheng said to Gu Ye with a solemn expression, “The Yin energy here is so heavy, it’s impossible that those below (Hell) can’t sense it. It can only mean that something is isolating this Yin energy, which is why these souls have remained here without anyone guiding them (to reincarnation).”
Gu Ye thought for a moment, “There’s only one thing: an array. I see, so this place didn’t form on its own; someone deliberately made it this way.” Gu Ye lifted his foot, released the soul beneath him, and asked them, “Where is the place with the heaviest Yin energy here?”
These ghosts were much more reserved when speaking to Gu Ye than to Xie Cheng; they were terrified and wanted to run away at the sight of him. Gu Ye glared, “Who dares to leave?”
The ghosts immediately froze. The bald, burly man quickly said, “The morgue. The former morgue is the place with the heaviest Yin energy, especially on the 1st and 15th day of the lunar month. If we feel our souls are unsettled, we go there and stay for a couple of days, and we feel better.”
“Take us to see it.”
The bald, burly man quickly led the way. Gu Ye’s malevolent aura remained undiminished, scaring away numerous ghosts along the way. Finally, they arrived at the former morgue. Located underground, it was devoid of sunlight during the day and light at night, making it even more eerily silent. Xie Cheng took out a flashlight and shone it around. Gu Ye simply closed his eyes, sensing the flow of the Yin energy. “There! All the Yin energy flows there, and then disperses again.”
Xie Cheng looked up and saw a grid-like structure on the wall. He handed the flashlight to Gu Ye. “You shine it here, I’ll go check it out.”
“Be careful.” Gu Ye had barely finished speaking when Xie Cheng lashed the chandelier with his whip, which got tangled in the wires. He jumped up, stepped on the wall, and swung across in a flash, as nimble as Spider-Man.
After watching that stunt, Gu Ye looked at his own arm and asked Xie Cheng, “Xiao Chengzi, what did you eat to grow up like this? You’re not even that strong, so where did you get your explosive power? Did you grow up eating raw beef?”
Xie Cheng almost choked from laughter, “Get the hell serious!”
“Tsk,” Gu Ye curled his lip, “So petty.”
Xie Cheng opened the box and exclaimed in shock, “Gu Ye, this place should be the core of the array!”
Gu Ye tilted his head back, unable to see anything, and asked curiously, “What was it?”
Xie Cheng took a deep breath. “Gu San’er, we’ve struck it rich! There’s a dagger here that can ward off evil spirits. It looks very old, and it also has gemstones, a bright green color.”
Gu Ye stood on tiptoe, “Quick, take it down!”
“I can’t. There are talismans on it, but I don’t recognize what kind of talismans they are.”
“So stupid!” Gu Ye rolled up his sleeves, “Then you come down, I’ll go up!”
Xie Cheng was worried, “Are you sure you can handle it?”
“Of course. So come down, I’ll step on you.”
Xie Cheng: “…Damn it, are you really my buddy?!”
Xie Cheng reluctantly squatted down so that Gu Ye could step on him to get a look. Even though Gu Ye was thin, he still weighed over 100 pounds. Xie Cheng said disdainfully, “Take off your shoes! They’re uncomfortable!”
Raw word count: 6592 (whole chapter)
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