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Banana: A’ight, this chapter has 9k word count so it will be split into 3 parts ya.

In the end, Lin Zisheng accepted Zhang Daoling’s feelings. The two spent their whole life together seriously.

After accepting Zhang Daoling, Lin Zisheng found that having another person in his life is not as unacceptable as he thought. At least when he is happy or sad, there is always someone by his side. Lin Zisheng has never been a sentimental person, but he is still human so he knows what tiredness is. For so many years, as a ghost, he can’t appear in front of anyone, so all the pressure is left for Zhang Daoling to bear alone, and he never said that he is tired. Even when the people from Mount Longhu found Zhang Daoling and asked him to return to the mountain so he could marry a wife and have children to continue his bloodline, Zhang Daoling still refuse because he already had a unique person in his heart. Zhang Daoling wanted to be responsible for himself and the person he loves. Lin Zisheng knew all of these, but he can’t help Zhang Daoling. He could only accompany Zhang Daoling to persevere and even watched him turn against Mount Longhu because of him.

“Ah Xuan, in this life, the only thing I have never regretted is knowing you.” These are the last words Zhang Daoling said before he passed away.

[Host-daren, the task is completed, shall we go back?]

Looking at Lin Zisheng who is still floating next to Zhang Daoling, 001 is a little worried. Its host is a cold person, but not ruthless. 001 also saw what Zhang Daoling has done for its host for so many years, so, understandably, its host is reluctant to leave.

“Return ba.” Lin Zisheng sighed slightly. Looking at the man on the bed, Lin Zisheng didn’t know what is his feeling now.

Although Zhang Daoling had a head full of gray hair, perhaps because he practices Taoism, his appearance is not much different from when he first saw him.

[Host…] 001 wanted to say something, but looking at Lin Zisheng’s calm face, it didn’t know what to say for a while.

“Return!” Looking at another person lying silent on the bed, Lin Zisheng slowly closed his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, he has returned to the white space.

[Host-daren, are you okay? Do you want to rest for a while before starting the new task?]

Although the sooner the task is performed, the better for them, 001 also understands that host’s mood is not so stable now. If they rushed the tasks, it will only make its host lose control.

“It’s fine, this matter is not enough to shake me.” After saying this, Lin Zisheng squinted his eyes and leaned on the recliner, refusing to talk anymore. So, 001 quietly shut its mouth.

[System scanning, the last world mission is being summarized…]

[Scanning results, the total number of missions in the world  is 5, including 1 main mission, 3 side missions, and 1 adventure mission, with a completion rate of 120%.]

“120%? 001, is there an error in the system?” This result surprised Lin Zisheng. Isn’t 120% completion rate sound a bit abnormal?

[To answer host’s question, the summary is given by the main system so there won’t be any possibility of error.]

[The following Missions are completed:
Main mission – receive 300 EXP, 800 points;
Side mission 1 – receive EXP 100, points 300,
Side mission 2 – receive EXP 100, points 300,
Side mission 3 – receive EXP 300, points 800,
Adventure mission EXP ? , Points 5000,
Special rewards: attribute points 10, you can draw twice in the points lottery.

Among them, side mission 2 and 3 reached completion at 120%, adventure mission reached completion at 150% so your EXP and points rewards are doubled. At the same time, the enhancement system is activated. Does the host accept all mission rewards?]

“Yes.” Hearing the task reward, Lin Zisheng knew that the gain this time os definitely much greater than last time.

[For points lottery, does host want to use your 2 lucky draw opportunities now?] 001 blinked its small eyes, almost blurted ‘draw, draw, draw’. There will definitely be something good from the lottery.

“No.” Lin Zisheng refused without hesitation because he saw another button next to the draw button that says – 10 consecutive draws. Also, there is a note beside it saying, [10 consecutive draws will guarantee an orange-type item. Dear, aren’t you going to try it?].

[Ah, all right then.] After hearing Lin Zisheng’s refusal, 001 feels a bit regretful, because there are really many, many, many good things in the points lottery!

“By the way, 001, why is the EXP reward for the adventure task showed a question mark?” It is the first time Lin Zisheng saw a question mark in the reward list.

[That, ah, that is completely up to your luck. If you have good luck, you might get up to thousands. But if you are unlucky, you might even get only a point, it’s entirely a matter of your character (luck) yo~]

Lin Zisheng: Haha, what a pit!

[Calculation completed. The total of all missions is EXP 800 + 1500 (adventure task), points 8200. Attribute points 10, you can draw twice in the points lottery. (Banana – The attribute point and draws are just repeated announcements, LZS didn’t get it twice, just FYI)]

After announcing the total calculation, 001 is stunned. Its host’s luck is really too OP. Although there are people getting thousands of EXP in the adventure task, most of them are at intermediate or even advanced adventure tasks. Right now, its host-daren got it in the elementary level adventure task.

[You now have 10 attribute points, do you choose to allocate it now?]

“Yes.” Just 10 attribute points can make his overall attributes have a considerable improvement.

“Physique +2, Physical fitness +2, Intelligence +3, Luck +3.” Looking at his attribute column, Lin Zisheng made a decision.

[The distribution of attribute points is completed, the current attribute is changed]
[Physique: 10 + 3 (Mission reward) + 2 (novice gift pack)]
[Physical Fitness: 10 + 7 (Mission reward)]
[Intelligence: 10 + 2 (novice gift pack) + 3 (Mission reward)]
[Luck: 10 + 1 (novice gift pack) + 3 (Mission reward)]

[The system detects that the host’s current EXP is 2730 points and has reached the threshold for an upgrade. Does the host choose to upgrade?]

“Yes.” Although Lin Zisheng didn’t know the specific benefits of leveling up, it would definitely bring him a lot of benefits.

[Host, please wait a moment. This system will make a final summary.]

[Host Information]　　
[Name: Lin Zisheng]
[Gender: Male]
[Age: 23]
[Attribute point: 0]
[Current level: Level E]
[Current experience: 1230/5000]
[Current Points: 9120]
[Currently acquired skills: Kickboxing, shooting, close combat, interrogation, bloodline suppression]

[Physique: 10 + 3 (Mission reward) + 2 (novice gift pack)]
[Physical Fitness: 10 + 7 (Mission reward)]
[Intelligence: 10 + 2 (novice gift pack) + 3 (Mission reward)]
[Spiritual power: 10]
[Mind: 10 + 5 (Mission reward)]
[Power: 10]
[Agility: 10]
[Charm: 10]
[Luck: 10 + 1 (novice gift pack) + 3 (Mission reward)]

[Summary is completed, does the host want to accept the data of the next world?] Speaking of this, 001 paused for a while, and then with a cautious tone, it asked [Host-daren, you… do you want to rest for a while? We are not in a hurry.]

Lin Zisheng smiled and gently shook his head. He knew what 001 is worried about, but instead of staying in the white space, he might as well do something to keep himself busy.

Seeing that Lin Zisheng had decided, 001 helplessly transferred the information of the next world to Lin Zisheng.

The next world is an easy world too. This world tells a love story between a patient with split personality disorder and a gentle and kind girl. The story is not a glamorous one, but emitted warmth everywhere. The male lead is a successful person. Perhaps caused by the divorce of his parents and the abuse of his stepmother when he was young, the young male lead suffered serious mental trauma. In order to protect himself, another personality is born. As he grows up, both the main personality and alter personality knew about each other’s existence and were able to co-exist in peace. However, when the male lead’s father knew about the disorder, he forcibly made the male lead see a psychiatrist he found for him.

The female lead is working as the receptionist in this private psychology clinic. The two met and gradually became acquainted with each other. The main personality is gentle while the alter personality is irritable. Although the two are completely opposite, they didn’t make any difference in the female lead’s heart. She doesn’t think that the male lead has mental problems. In this way, under the comfort of the female lead, the male lead’s split personality disorder is no longer serious, and he is no different from normal people. Because he spent a long time with the female lead, the male lead fell in love with this gentle girl.

“If this progress continues, this should be a story similar to the Prince and Cinderella falling in love and go happily ever after. What’s there to be changed?” Lin Zisheng looked at the plot and suddenly felt a little boring, this world is not challenging at all.

[No, host-daren. You only say this because you didn’t see the end.] 001’s cat face looked very distorted when it said this. [The ending of this world is when the female lead finally discovered that she loved the main personality more than the alter. After the alter personality found out, he appeared in front of the female lead and killed her. He cut her body apart and proceed to commit suicide, plunging into hell with the main personality.]

Lin Zisheng: Hehe, such a dog blood story!

Lin Zisheng imagined countless possibilities, but he had never thought about a plot like this. This female lead deserves to be a white lotus, and she is also very good at seeking death. An obvious happy world with Happy Ending (HE) can be played until it turned Bad Ending (BE) by her. This is also some ability.

“What’s the mission in this world?” Lin Zisheng rubbed his eyebrows, he had a bad feeling about this. Sure enough, when 001 announced the missions, Lin Zisheng’s expression changed.

[Main mission: Rescue the female lead and help her escape the fate of being dismembered. Reward : EXP 500 & 1,000 Points. Failure will deduct 1,000 Points.]

[Main mission 1: Let the female lead fall in love with you, and then abandon the female lead. Mission reward: EXP 300 & 600 points. No penalty for failure.]

“Wait, what kind of task is this?” Looking at this task, Lin Zisheng felt that the black line on his head [=_=||] was falling down, “Make the female lead fall in love with me and then abandon her? What task is this, 001? Your white lotus rescue system has finally changed genre to nurturing scums system?”

[This… I also don’t know, this task was issued by the main system. I don’t know the specifics.] Seriously, when 001 saw this task, its face also has black lines on it. What is this?

“Is the system trying to force the female lead to blacken and kill me afterward?” Lin Zisheng raised his eyebrows. He glanced up and down at 001 as if he wanted to see what the main system meant through it.

[Host, please rest assured, there will never be that kind of thing happening!] 001’s tone is very confirmed. Although it is not clear why the main system released this task, 001 can affirm that this is definitely for the sake of host-daren.

“Forget it, let’s continue to announce the other missions.” Since Lin Zisheng doesn’t understand it, he’ll just ignore it for now. So far, neither 001 nor the main system has done anything to harm him. This time he’ll reluctantly believe the main system for the time being and think of it as doing this for his own good.

[Main mission 2: Help the male lead to cure his split personality, and get recognition from both personalities. Mission reward: EXP 300 & 600 points. No penalty for failure.]

[Random mission: Obtain feelings from the alter personality. Mission reward: For each kind of feeling you obtained, you can get some character enhancement points, skill points, or equipment enhancement stone.]

Upon hearing the final mission, Lin Zisheng had a question, “What is this character enhancement point, skill point, or equipment enhancement stone?”

[Character enhancement points are used to strengthen the overall attributes of your character. Skill points are used to improve the level of your skills. As for equipment enhancement stones, they are used to improve the quality of your equipment.]

Sensing that Lin Zisheng may not understand its explanation, 001 further explained. [I won’t talk about the character enhancement points. I think you should understand that as well as skill points and level. They are very easy to understand. I will explain the equipment enhancement instead. It is mainly to improve the level of special weapons you obtained in some worlds, such as treasure equipment in the fantasy/xuanhuan world, or wands/staffs/swords in the magic world.]

Hearing that, Lin Zisheng has some understanding in his heart. He nodded, “Let’s go then, to the next world.”

[Alright, going to the 3rd world . Host-daren, please prepare for transmission, 3, 2, 1——]

After 001 finished the countdown, Lin Zisheng disappeared from this white space and went to another world…

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10 years is not long, but it’s not short either. If you ask Zhang Daoling what is the deepest impression he had in these 10 years, he will definitely answer that as a Heavenly Master (exorcist), he has fallen in love with a ghost. Moreover, he is an antique-level (super old) ghost. To add to it, the thing that broke him is the ghost is a male.

10 years is enough time for a person to recognize his feelings. Zhang Daoling has changed from the indifferent youth with a poisonous tongue to a mature man, and his whole demeanor has become calm and restrained. This kind of Zhang Daoling attracted more attention from other people. Regrettably, the person he wanted to attract the most is always half-ignoring him.

_ (:3」∠) Heart felt depressed.

After returning home, Zhang Daoling suddenly felt even more depressed when he saw a room of ghosts having a party. By now, he is regretting his decision to let Lin Zisheng come into contact with so much modern knowledge. Recalling the day they first met, Lin Zisheng at that time looked so ignorant and easy to fool. It’s a pity that Zhang Daoling didn’t realize his feeling during that time. When he finally did, Lin Zisheng had become way smarter. No point trying to lie to him as it would be seen through the next minute!

_ (:3」∠) Heart so tired, I can’t feel the love any more.

001: Easy to fool? Male lead daren, you think too much, the so-called silly and naive person has never been his host-daren.

“Ah Ling, you are back?” Feeling that his ‘playmates’ suddenly become agitated, Lin Zisheng turned his head at the door, and he saw Zhang Daoling walking in slowly. It is obvious that his whole body is shrouded in a black aura which makes his ‘playmates; shivering in fear, “Is the job not going well?”

No, it’s my relationship not going well.

Zhang Daoling shook his head and sat weakly on the sofa. He didn’t look like he is okay at all. His depressed appearance is like a big dog that got abandoned by its owner.

“No, I’m just a little tired.” After saying this, although Zhang Daoling’s face is still expressionless, his eyes looked faintly pitiful. However, at the next moment when his gaze fell on the other ‘person’, it became intense.

Although Zhang Daoling’s gaze is quite hidden, Lin Zisheng still managed to find out, which made him feel amused. It is obvious that Zhang Daoling had become a lot more mature over the years, but on the inside, he became more naive instead.

[Ain’t it because of you, host-daren? Don’t tell me that you don’t know about the male lead’s intention at all.] At the beginning of these years, Zhang Daoling’s pursuit was very vague, but recently it has become more obvious, but its host-daren just pretended not to know anything.

“What does this have anything to do with me? He is the one who didn’t say it clearly.” Actually, Lin Zisheng didn’t want to bully Zhang Daoling much. He simply didn’t respond to those too vague hints and acted like he didn’t know. Watching Zhang Daoling getting agitated by himself, Lin Zisheng doesn’t think it’s his fault.

[…Hehe, indeed.] Now 001 is a little sympathetic to the male lead. Its host-daren is getting more black-bellied. Male lead, can you still hold on?

“What’s the matter?” Looking at Zhang Daoling’s pitiful look, Lin Zisheng floated to his side and reached out to press lightly on his temple.

As a ghost, Lin Zisheng’s body temperature has always been cold. At this moment, Zhang Daoling feels comfortable and wants to sigh when Lin Zisheng presses on his head. Lin Zisheng’s thoughtfulness always gave Zhang Daoling the impression that Lin Zisheng knew about his intention. But every time he looks at Lin Zisheng’s clear and ignorant eyes, Zhang Daoling will think that his mind must have been flooded with water to have that thought.

001: Male lead, please don’t doubt your feelings. In fact, host-daren knows everything.

“No, it’s nothing.” Pulling down the hand that had been massaging his temple, Zhang Daoling dropped a gentle kiss on it. Then he raised his head and looked at Lin Zisheng hopefully, only to see a pair of clear eyes. In an instant, Zhang Daoling didn’t want to say anything, his heart felt so tired. _ (:3」∠)

The ghosts who have been watching this scene can’t help but want to sigh in exasperation. Can someone with such a low IQ be a Heavenly Master? The other party clearly knows his intention and is teasing him every day to see when he will confess. As a result, Zhang Daoling silly-ly continued with the one-sided love script until now.

The Lin Zisheng right now has successfully leveled up to become the ghost king due to his bloodline. It stands to reason that he should go to the ghost realm to rule as king. Hence, isn’t it obvious that he is staying behind for Zhang Daoling?

Looking at these two people, a group of single ghosts feels that they have been strongly attacked. It’s better to leave quickly. This shiny light coming from them is no different from sunlight. The lovey-doveyness might start burning them into ashes if it continues.

“Ah Xuan, you won’t go to work with me anymore.” In the past, Lin Zisheng would be by his side no matter where he went, but recently he always gets together with those lonely souls. Is Ah Xuan tired of being with him?

“Your job is to catch ghosts. If I follow, I should help you with the capture, or let you catch me?” Although Lin Zisheng is teasing Zhang Daoling and did not respond to his initial question, in his heart, he always knew his answer.

What Zhang Daoling has done for him in the past 10 years, Lin Zisheng can see it. The saying that humans and ghosts have different paths is no joke. There are only 3 opportunities for humans and ghosts to touch each other in a year, on Qingming Festival, Zhongyuan Festival, and the day that person died. At first, the two didn’t care if they could touch each other, but gradually Zhang Daoling couldn’t be satisfied by this kind of rare contact. Hence, to get close to Lin Zisheng, Zhang Daoling ground the ghost jade into powder and ate it.

Ghost jade is a sacred object from the ghost realm. For ghosts, ghost jade is a good thing to nourish their spirit and it is of no use to living people. However, being useless does not mean that it will be harmless. People who have been in contact with the ghost jade for a long time will develop a faint ghostly aura around them, let alone eating it. If it weren’t for Zhang Daoling’s identity as a Heavenly Master, he might have already become half-human and half-ghost now. It’s impossible to say that Lin Zisheng is not moved by the action, but Zhang Daoling didn’t say anything else so Lin Zisheng could only pretend that he didn’t know anything. He is waiting, waiting for the day when Zhang Daoling finally is willing to speak his mind.

“I want you to accompany me.” This is the most straightforward thing Zhang Daoling can say, but right now, the two people’s thoughts are not on the same channel. For Zhang Daoling’s seemingly confession-like words, Lin Zisheng just smiled and ignored it. The depressed Zhang Daoling didn’t know what to say for a while. Fortunately, someone called his phone at this time to ease his embarrassment. Zhang Daoling almost turned and ran as if he had received an amnesty.

Lin Zisheng felt a bit amused looking at Zhang Daoling acting like that.

…

At the bar, deep in the night.

After Zhang Daoling came to the bar, he saw a man getting dazed from drinking too much. Needless to say, he knew that this man is dumped again.

“What’s wrong? You called me out so late at night.” Zhang Daoling sat next to the man and ordered a glass of juice. He is driving so he didn’t want to drive back under influence later.

“Zhang Daoling, do you have a conscience? Buddy, I just got dumped and you came here shrouded in happiness.” The man patted Zhang Daoling’s shoulder, with a bit of teasing in his tone. Obviously, these two have a good friendship.

After Zhang Daoling heard what he said, his face turned gloomy for a moment. The man naturally saw it and he involuntarily sighed. Right now, he really felt that they are buddies indeed.

“Still haven’t gotten the one in your house yet?”

For anyone who knows Zhang Daoling well, they will know about his 10-year long run of love. Back then, someone laughed and joked about how he as a Heavenly Master fell in love with a male ghost. But later, anyone who saw Zhang Daoling couldn’t help but want to sigh. Not everyone can have 10 years of perseverance.

“En,” Zhang Daoling’s tone sounded weak, “he still doesn’t understand my thoughts, and now I don’t know what to do…”

Of course, Zhang Daoling didn’t think that he couldn’t keep going. He already persisted for 10 years. He didn’t care to wait for another 20 or 30 years. It’s just that Lin Zisheng has always been so ignorant of his feelings and it made him feel despair.

“Wait, don’t tell me that you have been in a one-sided love for 10 years, and you have not confessed even once?!” Hearing what Zhang Daoling said, the man is shocked. It’s fine that he has been chasing his love for 10 years but what the hell is this one-sided love?!

“I have always hinted at him.” Zhang Daoling felt that what he did is already very obvious. It’s a pity that Ah Xuan didn’t seem to understand at all.

“Hehe, hinting? Farts!” Right now, the man really wants to slap Zhang Daoling to make him sober, “Your love is not a woman. If you do this to a woman, they might think more of it. To get friendly with a man, heh, that is called being buddies!” It is said that a person in love has no IQ, but if that has no EQ as well, it is simply a natural disaster!

Hearing what the man said, Zhang Daoling’s expression became a little ugly, “Then what should I do?”

At the same time, Zhang Daoling’s heart suddenly surged with hope. Perhaps, he will finally get a result after today, whether it is good or bad.

“Are you really stupid or something? Of course you have to go straight up to confess, no matter if he can accept you now or not. At the very least, you have to let him know what is in your heart, that he is not just a friend, but a lover for life.”

These words caused Zhang Daoling to stiffen, and then he nodded. Since Ah Xuan can accompany him for 10 years, he should be able to accompany him for the rest of his life. In that case, what else is he afraid of?

After thanking the man, Zhang Daoling almost rushed back like he is driving a racing car. When he opened the door, he saw Lin Zisheng standing alone by the window, basking in the moonlight. For a moment, Zhang Daoling’s heart that was beating wildly started to quiet down.

“Ah Xuan, I’m back.” Looking at Lin Zisheng with a fixed gaze, Zhang Daoling’s always calm gaze carried a trace of greed. He wanted this person and wanted to keep him by his side forever, “I want to tell you something, can you listen to me?”

Feeling Zhang Daoling holding himself in his arms, Lin Zisheng didn’t even notice that the corners of his mouth have curved up slightly.

“Ah Xuan, I like you, so please stay with me forever, okay?”

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Banana: Alright, this is the end of Arc 2. The next arc has 9k word count as its 1st chapter lol _(;3/ gotta split that

“You are… You are Zhang Daoling!”

At this moment, Ghost Elder finally realized who is this person in front of him, and understood the feeling of fear. This person… is Zhang Daoling, the one who once sealed him and almost destroyed his soul!

In fact, the hatred between Ghost Elder and Mount Longhu was caused by Zhang Daoling. Back then, Ghost Elder is already a king in his territory, but when he is at the peak of his time, he suffered his first miserable defeat, even almost got his soul destroyed by Zhang Daoling. After that, his strength fell again and again. If it’s not for many years of cultivation, Ghost Elder is afraid that he would not be able to rise again. What he didn’t expect is just when he is about to grow stronger once more, this damned person appeared again!

“Didn’t you already know my name right from the start?” Seeing Ghost Elder glaring at him with hostility and murderous intent, Zhang Daoling felt puzzled in his heart.

Didn’t this ghost know who he is from the beginning? Zhang Daoling didn’t forget what Ghost Elder blurted out when they first met – he said ‘Zhang Daoling’s golden coin sword’. Since Ghost Elder knew, why is he so surprised now?

Indeed, Ghost Elder knew about Zhang Daoling’s name from Bai Manman’s mouth. Just that, his knowledge of this Zhang Daoling is limited to his name and his identity as the junior of Mount Longhu. How could Ghost Elder figure that this person is from the direct bloodline of that Zhang Daoling, or even the reincarnation of that person himself?

“Time is limited, don’t continue talking nonsense with him.”

Lin Zisheng looked at Ghost Elder who had a shocked expression. He didn’t know why Ghost Elder behaved like this right now, but he didn’t have time to think about that. He was not an alarmist but they only have 1 hour. After that, Lin Zisheng might be able to still control the demon binding array a little bit, but he won’t win if Ghost Elder fought him for the control.

Zhang Daoling looked back at Lin Zisheng’s rapidly pale face and immediately understood their current situation. No matter what, all he had to do was to get rid of Ghost Elder as soon as possible.

Obviously, not only Zhang Daoling felt Lin Zisheng’s struggle, Ghost Elder felt it as well. Glaring at Lin Zisheng with strong killing intent, Ghost Elder knew that the reason why he has fallen into this situation is completely because of this person. As long as he can swallow him (LZS), he won’t have to be afraid of the other person, even if this young man is really that Zhang Daoling!

It’s just that while the idea is good, but it is too difficult to implement because Ghost Elder found that Lin Zisheng seemed to have a kind of air current protecting around him, and his attacks had no effect on Lin Zisheng at all.

“As long as I can control the array, no one can attack me. Similarly, there is no way to leave here either.” Lin Zisheng smiled. Though his face getting paler and paler, there is strong confidence in his smile. His self-confidence came not only from his self-confidence but also his trust in Zhang Daoling. Lin Zisheng believed that Zhang Daoling can finish the enemy within an hour!

After Zhang Daoling heard what Lin Zisheng said, Zhang Daoling swiped his finger at the golden coin sword, and a smear of blood appeared on the surface. Using blood as a sacrifice to the sword, Zhang Daoling is getting serious now.

When Ghost Elder saw this, he can’t help feeling the hatred in his heart. This is the same as last time. In order to get rid of him, Zhang Daoling used his blood as an offering to the sword and almost destroyed his soul. Fortunately, Ghost Elder is clever enough and managed to escape, though with serious injuries. And now, this Zhang Daoling wanted to do it again?!

“Zhang Daoling, your luck in this lifetime is not as good as your last life!” Now that he has the girl with Heavenly yin, how could Ghost Elder be defeated like in his last life?!

Lin Zisheng instantly understood what Ghost Elder meant, and swiftly stood in front of Bai Manman to block Ghost Elder’s attack, while enduring the pressure.

[Host-daren, if you save Bai Manman like this, her fate will be the same as what we saw in the plot. Then, your mission will fail!] 001 screamed after seeing Lin Zisheng’s reaction. What happened to host-daren, he actually gives himself up to save the female lead?!

Lin Zisheng didn’t answer 001’s words, but remained standing in front of Bai Manman with a smile on his face. Golden light appeared on his palms, blocking Ghost Elder’s attack.

The current Lin Zisheng is different from the original Ying Qingxuan. Ying Qingxuan has already given up most of his vitality, so he can’t activate his bloodline at all. That’s why he will be defeated by Ghost Elder in the plot but Lin Zisheng’s strength is different from Ying Qingxuan’s. 001 also realized the difference, and can’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

But Zhang Daoling didn’t know this at all. When he saw Lin Zisheng blocking in front of Bai Manman, he thought his heartbeat almost stopped. There is also a faint sour-ish pang in his heart. She is just a traitor, why Qingxuan protected her with so much effort?!

After a moment’s stupefaction, Zhang Daoling sensitively discovered that Lin Zisheng’s face has become paler! At this moment, Zhang Daoling’s actions acted faster than his mind. He rushed towards Lin Zisheng and dragged him out of the scope of the fight. As for Bai Manman, heh, she is just a bad person. How’s that matter to him?

“Are you crazy? Do you know that if you continue to block the attack, it will consume your lifespan?!” Although ghosts are not living creatures, they also have lifespans. If they exerted too much power of their lifespan, their soul will disappear.

“Can’t… cough cough… can’t let him get the Heavenly yin girl. Otherwise… otherwise we won’t stand a chance against him…” Lin Zisheng’s voice became much weaker, and he looked at Bai Manman worriedly. Of course, he is not worried about Bai Manman, but Ghost Elder increasing his power after swallowing her.

“So what if he really swallowed Bai Manman? He still doesn’t stand any chance of winning.” Seeing that Lin Zisheng still cared about Bai Manman, Zhang Daoling really wanted to wake him up, “Using so much to protect a traitor, is your life that worthless?!”

Zhang Daoling’s words deeply agitated Bai Manman. To hear the person she admired and loved the most saying such words, Bai Manman felt like something has broken into pieces inside…

“See, they won’t save you, they don’t care about your life or death at all,” Ghost Elder watched this scene with mockery. His eyes are full of disdain as he said, “So what if you like that person? Yes, he will never put you in his eyes.”

Right now, Bai Manman looked like a doll that has lost its soul, leaving only an empty shell.

“So, give me your body ba. I will avenge you.” Ghost Elder’s voice is full of enticement, and he looked at Bai Manman with deep eagerness in his eyes.

As long as he can swallow this girl, he will be able to gain immense power. At that time, he is no longer a ghost, but a human being. What can Zhang Daoling as a Heavenly Master do then?

“Ah Ling, stop him!” Seeing Bai Manman’s eyes become more and more unfocused, Lin Zisheng knew that Ghost Elder is about to succeed. If so, this array won’t have any effect anymore.

“It’s okay.” Zhang Daoling shook his head slightly. He turned to look at Ghost Elder with sarcasm in his eyes as if he is looking at someone who is trying to kill himself.

At this moment, Lin Zisheng doesn’t know if it is an illusion or something else. He felt a familiar feeling from this person as if he had known this person before.

Ghost Elder laughed when he heard Zhang Daoling’s words. Originally he thought that this Zhang Daoling is the person he used to know, but now it seems that he is just someone with the same name. How could that Zhang Daoling do such a stupid thing? For Ghost Elder, everything went very smoothly, except that when he is about to completely swallow Bai Manman, she awoke in the middle. However, this is not a problem at all for the Ghost Elder. With a few moves, he tore apart the soul of Bai Manman who started struggling and swallowed her.

Looking down at his brand new body, Ghost Elder has a triumphant smile on his face. Hehe, he has finally become a human. No, not just a human, but also someone who has a lot of ghostly energy on his body. If he cultivates a bit more, sooner or later, he will be able to reign over 3 realms at will! Thinking of this, Ghost Elder turned his greedy gaze on Lin Zisheng again. Zhang Daoling is no longer attractive to him. The rich smell of true dragon blood on Lin Zisheng made him felt eager instead. Originally, Ghost Elder thought Lin Zisheng had no power and possessed just a little bit of true dragon’s blood. But after obtaining the power of the girl with Heavenly yin, he understood that he had misunderstood from the beginning. Lin Zisheng is not an offspring from a human with a descendant of a race containing true dragon’s blood, but he himself is a real horned dragon – the race closest to a true dragon!

“It should be over soon.” Noticing Ghost Elder’s greedy eyes, Zhang Daoling suddenly felt displeased. In his heart, he thought that this ‘person’ should just disappear as soon as possible!

“Over?” As if he heard something funny, Ghost Elder laughed out loud and looked at Zhang Daoling, “Yes, it is indeed going to be over, but the last person standing is not you!”

Only after Ghost Elder finished saying this, he felt something is wrong. He felt a tingling sensation on his body as if countless ants are burrowing under the skin. The excruciating pain caused his face to change to a painful expression, “What’s going on?!”

Of course, this is not the end, but the beginning. Slowly, large purplish-red spots appeared on his body. This is…

“This is corpse spots (Livor mortis), I think you should know it.” Zhang Daoling’s tone is still so indifferent, but with an infuriating tone.

“Impossible, why are corpse spots appearing?!” At this moment, Ghost Elder found that he didn’t know what is wrong with the body; it is decaying rapidly. What’s more frightening is he discovered that his soul is following the body’s deterioration and became increasingly weaker.

“Because Bai Manman is already dead from the beginning. In fact, when she first got attacked by a ghost, she had already died under the claws of the ghost, and even her soul was mostly swallowed up,” Zhang Daoling smiled as he looked at Ghost Elder like he is looking at some joke, “She is just a remnant soul I made to stay behind with a forbidden technique.”

Not needing any explanation, Ghost Elder can understand what’s going on. It happened due to his negligence. When he saw the girl with Heavenly yin, he already sensed that something is wrong with her, but he was fascinated by her power so he dismissed the feeling. It’s too late to regret it now…

Watching as the ‘person’ decays with the body, Zhang Daoling’s face has a pity expression, “Everything is over…”

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At this point, whether it is Lin Zisheng or Zhang Daoling, they have already understood what happened. No, maybe it should be said that ‘the other half of the shoes have finally fallen to the ground’, giving them the feeling that everything is as per expected. Although they have been telling themselves that Bai Manman is afraid of ghosts and will not have anything to do with Ghost Elder, in fact, they both guessed that Bai Manman might have done this. No, it should be said that Lin Zisheng and Zhang Daoling have decided that Bai Manman is the one who did it.

“Qingxuan, I’m sorry. I know I shouldn’t do this, but I just want to protect what I want, I’m sorry.” Bai Manman looked at Lin Zisheng with a pale face. She knew that what she did is indeed deplorable. But she can’t bear to watch Zhang Daoling getting into an accident.

“It’s okay, I can understand.” Lin Zisheng looked at Bai Manman softly. There isn’t a shred of anger on his face but a peaceful smile.

“Are you really not blaming me?” Looking at Lin Zisheng, who seemed to be not angry, Bai Manman’s tears fell and she asked, “Qingxuan, you have forgiven me, right?”

Lin Zisheng nodded. He still had a gentle smile on his face to tell the other party that he did not blame her at all, “Yes, I forgive you.” Because selfishness is human nature. Acting on your own selfish desire which hurts others, isn’t that what humans do most often?

Hearing what Lin Zisheng said, Bai Manman hugged her body and began to cry, her whole body felt limp. Although she forced herself to do such a thing, how could there be no guilt in her heart? And now, she heard that Lin Zisheng is not blaming her, that’s good. Bai Manman sat on the ground trembling for a long time before gaining a little strength. Then, she slowly stood up and looked at Ghost Elder beside her, “I have done my part, why don’t you let Daoling go?”

Seeing Zhang Daoling is still standing in the formation, Bai Manman only felt heartache. Although the formation is aimed at Lin Zisheng, it didn’t mean that Zhang Daoling is not affected, at least being in the formation won’t feel any comfortable at all.

“Let go? When did this Elder say to let him go?” After hearing Bai Manman’s words, Ghost Elder looked at her funnily with a smile in his tone, as if he had heard some funny joke. He continued, “Zhang Daoling is a Heavenly Master (exorcist), the enemy of this Elder. You ask me to let him go? Right, I’ll let him go so he can come after this Elder later on?”

Right from the beginning, Ghost Elder has never thought about letting Zhang Daoling go, but he didn’t expect the other party (ZDL) to be so stupid. His prey actually sent himself to the door. Originally, Ghost Elder only wanted to catch one (LZS), but the other party had to offer him a buy 1 get 1 free. Why wouldn’t he accept it?

“You! You went back on your words!” At this point, how could Bai Manman not understand that she has been used by Ghost Elder? Originally, she thought that as long as Lin Zisheng is captured, she and Daoling would be able to live happily. But now, she simply ‘helped other people to make their wedding dress’ (English equivalent – cat’s paw)!

“Ghost talk, ghost talk…” Lin Zisheng looked at the two who had made a deal and raised his eyebrows slightly, there is a slight sarcasm in his clear eyes. The sarcasm is not strong, but because of his clear eyes, people can’t help but feel ashamed, “How can you believe the ghost’s words?”

Isn’t the saying ‘try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice; go for wool and come back shorn’ practically talk about Bai Manman’s situation right now? She originally thought that as long as she did according to the transaction, she would be able to stay with Zhang Daoling for a lifetime. But now, the fact is she can’t get anything out of it and end with Zhang Daoling hating her. Because in his eyes, she is a traitor.

“What you said is not wrong,” Ghost Elder did not refute after hearing Lin Zisheng’s words. “How can you believe the words of ghosts? From the olden time, isn’t ghosts the best at telling lies?”

Ghost Elder stood outside the formation and looked at Lin Zisheng with a smile on his face, “Now, I’ll give you a chance. Tell me if you have any last words. You can make any request like even if you want revenge and want to kill this person (BMM), I will help you.”

After hearing what Ghost Elder said, Bai Manman’s eyes are full of disbelief. Why could he say such a thing?

“Still don’t understand? There is no difference between dealing with ghosts and asking a tiger for its skin. Moreover…” Lin Zisheng glanced at Bai Manman up and down, and then said with a pity, “In fact, he never thought to let go any of us from the beginning. Heavenly yin girl is also a rare treasure.”

A yin girl is someone who is born in a yin month and year. If their birthday coincides with the Qingming festival or Zhongyuan Festival (Ghost Festival), then the girl’s yin aura will be even stronger. Then, she is no longer a yin girl, but a heavenly yin girl. This kind of body is also a rare tonic, so how could Ghost Elder give up?

After Ghost Elder heard Lin Zisheng’s words, his expression became serious. If Lin Zisheng didn’t know anything, he could rest assured. But now Lin Zisheng mentioned about Heavenly yin girl, that means he knew everything?

“You know about Heavenly yin girl?” Ghost Elder had a sullen face, and his gaze is murderous. He should have thought about that. Since this person has the true dragon’s bloodline and has activated it, then he must have gained the inheritance of the true dragon!

“Naturally.” Lin Zisheng still has a shallow smile on his face, but at this moment, he is no longer standing stiffly on the ground. Lin Zisheng slowly floated in the air just like how he acted outside the formation, seemingly unbound by the influence of the magic array.

“You knew what formation this is!” Ghost Elder’s tone is affirmative, not a questioning tone. By now, he understands what happened. Ghost Elder originally thought that his strategy worked and he had the opponent in his hand, but now it seems that the situation is completely the opposite. It seemed that he got outwit by Lin Zisheng by an unexpected move.

“Of course I know what the formation is. Bai Manman didn’t tell you that I’m from the Association of Heavenly Masters? The crime scene photos here must be delivered to me right away upon discovery. How difficult is it for Mount Longhu to recognize a formation?” The person who answered this time is not Lin Zisheng but Zhang Daoling.

How could Ghost Elder not know that these two people were acting together just now?! Ghost Elder knows that the current situation is very unfavorable for him. If he forcefully fights 2-on-1, he will not win. Hence, ‘avoiding confrontation’ is the most correct choice. He’ll just make do with the Heavenly yin girl today. Although she is not as good as Lin Zisheng and his true dragon bloodline, but she is still a great tonic. After swallowing the Heavenly yin girl, he will be able to go against these two people! Ghost Elder’s gaze flickered. He moved to grab Bai Manman and escape from the two people away. When they meet next time, he’ll see who is the final winner.

It’s just that before Ghost Elder could act on it, the formation at Lin Zisheng’s feet suddenly expanded, covering Bai Manman and Ghost Elder. The next moment, black shadows suddenly seeped out from the lines of the formation. When all the individuals are shrouded, the black shadows disappeared, and everyone in the villa disappeared, leaving only the bloody formation on the ground.

“This…” Zhang Daoling is a little confused, looking at the void around him. Where is this place?

“This is the inside of the Demon Binding Array. Maybe I should say this is the real form of the Demon Binding Array.” Lin Zisheng explained in a low voice. Now sure why, Zhang Daoling thought he heard a hint of depression in his voice.

“Hmph, I didn’t think you actually dragged us into the array,” Ghost Elder’s voice sounded endlessly proud, “I thought you are a clever person, but I didn’t expect to be so stupid, don’t you know…”

In an instant, Ghost Elder who wanted to say something froze on the spot, looking at Lin Zisheng incredulously, “Where is the qi of yin in the formation?! Why did it disappear?!”

At this moment, Ghost Elder discovered that something is wrong with the array. Since the Demon Binding Array is used to seal ghosts, the creator won’t let the ghosts die so easily because sometimes, death is a liberation. In order to keep the sealed ghosts ‘alive’ in the array, the inside of this magic array is full of qi of yin, which can guarantee that the ghosts will not dissipate.

And in this array, Ghost Elder attached some of his spirit essences, so the array should belong to him. After absorbing the qi of yin in the formation, the whole demon-binding array will completely obey his command. At that time, Ghost Elder can use this array to refine Zhang Daoling and Ying Qingxuan. But he didn’t expect that things would go completely different from what he had imagined, this place didn’t listen to him at all.

“Are… are you looking for this thing?” Lin Zisheng stretched out a hand, and a drop of red blood appeared on his fair palm. If one looks closely, the drop of blood is lightly shrouded in a dark aura. This thing is the essence of Ghost Elder’s spirit.

“How did you find it?!” Ghost Elder thought his strategy is quite hidden that they shouldn’t be able to find it!

Lin Zisheng chuckled and shook his head, “I have been sealed in the Demon Binding Array for thousands of years. You think there will be anyone in this world who knows this Demon Binding Array better than me?” Lin Zisheng’s face looked a little pale at this moment. Although he said that he understood the formation, but it is still quite troublesome to suppress it.

Zhang Daoling slowly stood in front of Lin Zisheng after seeing Lin Zisheng’s gesture. He stared at the black shadow not far away who has a bitter expression on his face. A small golden light slowly emerged from Zhang Daoling’s palm. The light spot becomes bigger after floating out of his palm and finally becomes a 2-foot-long golden coin sword.

“Ah Ling, you only have an hour. If you can’t finish him within an hour, then you will have to fight while being crushed by the yin energy.” The pressure coming from all directions made Lin Zisheng felt like he might get crushed at any time.

“En, got it.” After saying this, Zhang Daoling faced Ghost Elder not far away and said, “The grievances between you and my Mount Longhu for so many years should be settled today!” Next, Zhang Daoling’s domineering aura ascended steadily. For an instant, it seemed that the young man in front of Ghost Elder is not the Heavenly Master with a poisonous tongue, but more like the Master Zhang who created the Dao of Zhengyi — Zhang Daoling.

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