The Husky and His White Cat Shizun - Chap 116
When Chu Wanning saw the light gathering in the Ghost King’s hand, he immediately pushed Mo Ran and said, “Run!”
There was no need for him to repeat himself. Mo Ran grabbed Chu Wanning’s arm and the two of them ran towards the palace gate.
Mo Ran was so angry that he scolded, “Master Huaizui’s curse is so careless. How could he leave a shadow for me to use against me?”
Hearing his own disciple scolding his own master, Chu Wanning didn’t have much of a reaction. He only glanced at Mo Ran and wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn’t say anything.
“Want to escape?” The Fourth King snorted from behind. “It’s not that easy.”
Both of them were very good at lightness kungfu. Seeing that the palace gate was about to close completely, the two of them stepped on the wall and flew up. At the same time, the Fourth King summoned lightning. He waved his hand and the lightning fell on the palace gate. In an instant, the palace wall, which was only dozens of feet high, was uprooted from the ground, as if it wanted to reach the sky.
The palace gate also closed at an extremely fast speed, sealing off all sides.
Mo Ran cursed and pulled Chu Wanning to turn around and run. If they couldn’t get out of the palace gate, then they wouldn’t go out. It was more important to not be caught by the Four Ghost Kings.
He had hit the jackpot by a stroke of luck. The kings of the Ghost World each had their own strengths and weaknesses. Although the Four Ghost Kings were powerful in their spells, they had been licentious for thousands of years. Their bodies were not as strong as the other kings. Not to mention running one mile, even if they were asked to run fifty steps, they would be out of breath.
Adhering to the iron rule of never sitting if they could lie down and never standing if they could sit, the Four Ghost Kings had been lazy for thousands of years. They were so lazy that they became useless at lightness kungfu.
When he saw Chu Wanning and Mo Ran running further and further away, he couldn’t help but be angry. However, because this guy often searched for beauties in the territories of the other kings, he didn’t have a good relationship with the other eight kings. Therefore, when something like this happened, he was unwilling to inform the other kings to join forces and capture them.
“What’s so great about running fast? But you can’t escape from this king’s palm either! ” The Fourth Ghost King rubbed his belly, feeling a little wronged. When he turned around and saw that the eight brave men who were carrying his palanquin were not moving, he became even more displeased. “What are you standing there for? This king’s legs are noble, so it’s not convenient for me to chase after him. Are you not going to chase after him as well? ”
“…”
It was said that the four ghost kings were handsome men when they were thin. However, because they hadn’t tasted the delicacies of the mortal realm for a long time, they indulged in gluttony after they gained physical bodies. They ate while sitting, lying down, walking, and squatting. Even during the busiest times in Hell, they didn’t even have time to write. Instead, they had to stand on either side of him. They weren’t in charge of grinding the paper, but were instead in charge of cutting fresh fruits and feeding him pastries.
Just like that, a handsome man with peerless talent stuffed himself into a fatty. Although he had a good foundation and wouldn’t become too fat no matter how much he ate, he still looked like he was walking. After that, the Fourth Ghost King ordered people to throw out all the mirrors in the palace. The words he was most unhappy to hear were the words “fat” and “fat”. It was said that a pretty concubine once sang a little song for him. The first three lines of the song were “half moon, half moon, half moon …”
Before she could finish the last line, she was kicked in the chest by the Fourth Ghost King. He even scolded, “Fat, fat, fat! Isn’t it enough to tolerate you being fat twice? Now you want to sing a third? Don’t think that just because you’ve taken apart this king, I can’t tell that you’re belittling me in a roundabout way. How dare you! ”
Therefore, although the ghost men who carried the palanquin were brave, they didn’t dare to chase after Chu Wanning and Mo Ran. They all lowered their heads and let the Fourth Ghost King complain. In the end, one of them was smarter and said, “Your Highness is very agile. If you can’t catch up to them, how can we?”
The Fourth Ghost King finally caught his breath and decided not to chase after them. He turned his head and said to his attendant, “Hmm, what you said makes sense … At least you know your limits. Alright, that’s all. Go and pass down my order. All the doors of the palace are to be closed. The palace walls are to be covered with sealing spells. Don’t even let a fly out. ”
He spat and spat out the grape seed that he had been holding in his mouth. He said gloomily, “Let’s see where they can run to.”
Mo Ran and Chu Wanning were very agile. With the twists and turns in the palace, they quickly left the ghosts behind. The two of them hid in a narrow alley. Chu Wanning was a ghost, so he didn’t feel tired no matter how long he ran. On the other hand, Mo Ran was a mortal, so he leaned against the wall and breathed slowly.
Chu Wanning glanced outside gloomily. “He’s sealed off the temporary imperial residence.”
Mo Ran caught his breath and waved his hand, “It doesn’t matter, Shizun. You can enter the Spirit Guiding Lamp. This way, we can directly return to the world of the living. He definitely won’t be able to stop us.”
Chu Wanning nodded, but for some reason, there was a hint of worry between his brows.
Mo Ran didn’t notice. He took out the Spirit Guiding Lamp and silently recited the incantation. However, the golden light flashed a few times before quickly extinguishing. Chu Wanning’s Earth Soul was still standing in front of him, unharmed.
“What’s going on?” Mo Ran was shocked, “Why didn’t it work?”
Chu Wanning’s gloomy expression became more obvious. He sighed and said, “It’s just as I thought. The transmission incantation doesn’t work here. I’m afraid that we can only return to the world of the living after leaving the palace.”
“…” Mo Ran heard this and bit his lip. His eyes were stubborn. After a while, he said in a hoarse voice, “No matter what, I have to bring you out.”
Chu Wanning glanced at him and said, “You have to hurry. The palace is vast. It won’t be easy for the ghosts to find you. However, there’s no water or food here. I’m fine, but you won’t be able to hold on for long.”
Mo Ran smiled, “I can bear the hunger. I’ve been like this since I was young.”
After a while, when the surroundings were completely silent, the two walked out of the alley and walked on the empty bluestone street. The cold moon was like water, soaking the returning people. One had a shadow, the other didn’t. They walked side by side.
Mo Ran said, “Shizun.”
“…”
“Earlier at the door, I’m sorry for offending you.”
Chu Wanning seemed to be stunned for a moment. Then, he lowered his eyelashes and his eyes turned cold, “It’s fine.”
“The situation forced me to. My words … were offensive. I’m sorry.”
Chu Wanning, “…”
“Saying that you’re married was wrong. I’m sorry.”
Chu Wanning suddenly stopped and said coldly, “How long are you going to apologize? Can’t you say something else? ”
“Something else?” Mo Ran was stunned. He thought for a while and carefully changed his words, “Then … I’m sorry?”
“…”
Chu Wanning flicked his sleeves and left.
Poor Mo Ran didn’t know that his words had made him unhappy again. But in the end, he was afraid of disturbing him and saying more would make his Shizun even more angry. He scratched his head and followed obediently.
“Shizun.”
“Hmm?”
Mo Ran walked halfway and couldn’t help but ask, “Before … did you have some kind of chance encounter?”
Chu Wanning paused and asked, “What do you mean?”
“I found your other earthly soul in the Ghost Realm. That is to say, you have an extra soul compared to ordinary people … I saw Chu Xun at Shun Feng Restaurant earlier. I asked him, and he said that the extra soul shouldn’t be yours to begin with.” Mo Ran was a little hesitant, “But with the body in the human world, I did see four Shizun. So I think … did Shizun have some kind of fate before …”
Chu Wanning was silent for a while and seemed to think of something. His eyes flashed, but then he closed his eyes and said, “It shouldn’t be.”
He paused, seeming to be a little confused and hesitant, and then asked, “I really have four souls?”
“Yes.”
“…”
Chu Wanning didn’t know why. He thought for a while and sighed, “This is not something I can answer. It won’t affect anything. Let him be.”
The two of them continued to cautiously walk along the secluded path while probing the Four Ghost Kings’ spells and spiritual energy that sealed the entire palace.
“There must be a weak point in every enchantment.”
As Chu Wan-ning spoke, he arrived in front of a watchtower. His fingers brushed against the rough walls. There were fragments of blue light flowing on the walls. He closed his eyes to capture the spiritual flow that was surging under the bricks. However, because he didn’t have the ability to cast any spells at the moment, it was very strenuous for him to sense it. After a while, Chu Wan-ning lowered his hand in disappointment and shook his head.
“My soul is not complete, and my power is damaged. I don’t know how to break through.”
Mo Ran said, “Shizun, why don’t you teach me and I’ll try?”
“No, the spirit of enchantment is complicated. It’s not something that can be learned in a day or two.”
Mo Ran asked, “Then generally speaking, what are the weaknesses of enchantments? Why don’t we try them one by one? ”
“… Every enchantment’s weakness is different. There is no such thing as being normal. If we test them one by one, I really don’t know how long it will take.”
“How do we know if we don’t try?” Mo Ran said with a smile, “Maybe I’ll be very lucky?”
Chu Wanning was about to say something when he suddenly saw a white figure swaying around the corner. He frowned and habitually wanted to summon Tianwen, but when he stretched out his hand, he couldn’t summon anything. His face couldn’t help but become worse. He shouted, “Who is it?!”
The white figure immediately wanted to escape.
Mo Ran wouldn’t give him the chance. He immediately flew over and grabbed the ghost. He covered the ghost’s mouth and nose so that he couldn’t scream. He then twisted the ghost’s hands behind his back and kicked him to kneel on the ground. He stared and couldn’t help but be angry.
“Rong Jiu …!”
The youth kneeling on the ground was delicate and white like a willow tree in the wind, but there was a trace of unwillingness in his eyes. He turned his head and didn’t say anything.
Mo Ran said angrily, “You want to tell on me again? You really think I won’t kill you?! ”
Chu Wanning walked over. He hadn’t seen Rong Jiu before. He looked down and asked Mo Ran, “You know him?”
Mo Ran didn’t know what to say. He thought that when he committed the two crimes of theft and lust, he was sent to the Good and Evil Stage for public trial by Chu Wanning because of Rong Jiu. At that time, he only thought that Chu Wanning was cruel and had a deep hatred for him. But now that the old account book was laid out in front of him, he couldn’t help but feel ashamed.
Chu Wanning didn’t feel anything strange. He only thought that this person was an old acquaintance of Mo Ran. He said, “Since he followed you here, then don’t leave him in this palace. When we find a way out, we can take him with us.”
As he said, he looked at Rong Jiu carefully again, “He’s a good person. Reincarnation is the most important thing.”
Mo Ran, “…”
Rong Jiu was a little nervous at first, but when he heard what he said, he was stunned at first, then suddenly laughed. He squinted at Mo Ran and said, “So this is Shizun?”
“What Shizun? Who are you to call him Shizun?” Mo Ran was angry, “My Shizun!”
Rong Jiu was angry and wanted to make things difficult for him. He said slowly, “Oh, my Shizun.”
“You —!”
After a while, Chu Wanning figured out that something was wrong, “Mo Ran, do you have a grudge with him?”
“I …”
Rong Jiu smiled, “Good Shizun, don’t be angry with him. I don’t have a grudge with him. We are just old friends.”
He said it ambiguously, but his tone was very ambiguous. Chu Wanning didn’t say anything. He narrowed his eyes and pursed his lips. He looked very indifferent, but the gloominess between his eyebrows couldn’t be hidden. Rong Jiu grew up in the house, so he was the best at observing people. With Chu Wanning’s pure temperament, how could the emotions in his eyes escape his eyes?
He was slightly surprised. He thought that Mo Ran was a playboy who was bold and greedy for his Shizun. Unexpectedly, when he saw the real person, it didn’t seem to be a one-sided love of Mo Ran.
… The peak of life and death was really dirty.
Even if the situation was dangerous, Rong Jiu couldn’t help but sigh. He felt disgusted and surprised — Dual Cultivation between men in the cultivation world was not strange, but it was very unpopular. Mo Weiyu, as the master of the peak of life and death, actually had a relationship with his Shizun. If this spread out, Xue Zhengyong, the head of the school, really didn’t know where to put his face.
Rong Jiu looked at Chu Wanning with a pair of charming peach blossom eyes, and was about to say a few words to add fuel to the fire, but Chu Wanning opened his mouth first.
“You’re already dead. What’s the point of talking about our old friendship?”
“Isn’t this what the immortal asked me?” Rong Jiu said with a smile, “I just answered truthfully.”
“Who asked you?” Chu Wanning said coldly, “I asked him from the beginning.”
It was self-evident who “he” was referring to. His tone was full of anger, and it couldn’t be more obvious that he wanted to draw a clear line with Rong Jiu. Hearing that Chu Wanning was on his side, Mo Ran felt a little relieved. He wanted to say a few words to him, but before he got close, Chu Wanning turned back angrily.
“It’s up to you how to deal with it.”
But Mo Ran was actually not sure what to do. If he let Rong Jiu go, he was afraid that this person would turn back and make trouble for them. If he didn’t let him go, he would be like a barrel of gunpowder. If he said something that shouldn’t be said, he was afraid that Chu Wanning would be choked to death. After hesitating for a while, he saw that Chu Wanning went to the side to check the Enchantment of the Four Ghost Kings again. Mo Ran pulled up Rong Jiu’s collar and said in a low voice,
“What do you want?”
“I’m not calm.” Rong Jiu’s thin eyelashes trembled, and there was a glimmer in them, “I just can’t stand that a villain like you can start over again.”
But Mo Ran knew that Rong Jiu was not the kind of person who would hurt others and hurt himself. This guy had always done things that hurt others for his own benefit. Even if he resented others, the most important thing for him was to live a peaceful life. There was no reason for him to follow them at the risk of being burned to ashes.
His eyes swept over and fell on Rong Jiu’s feet.
One of the slender white feet was wearing a shoe, and the other was not. There was mud on the feet, which was obviously the result of running away in a hurry.
Mo Ran narrowed his eyes, “Tell the truth.”
Rong Jiu, “Didn’t I say? The truth is that I don’t like it — ”
“If you want to lie to me again, I’ll immediately cover your eyes and mouth and throw you into a dry well. You’re already a soul, you won’t starve to death in there, and you can’t escape. If you’re lucky, there will be patrols in three to five days. If you’re unlucky, you’ll be prepared to stay in the well for eight to ten years.” Mo Ran paused and said in a low voice, “It’s up to you.”
Rong Jiu’s expression changed.
After a while, he said, “I changed my mind, I don’t want to stay here, you have to take me out.”
“Why, you don’t want to be your ghost husband anymore?”
“…” Rong Jiu bit his lips and then looked up angrily, “I want to live a normal life, and start over.” He took a deep breath and said, “I want to be reincarnated.”
“Good. Then let me ask you one more time. Were you the one who tipped off the patrol and let them know my whereabouts? ”
“…”
“Even if you don’t say it, I have a way to interrogate you.” Mo Ran’s hand flashed red, and he said in a low voice, “Say it.”
“Yes, I was the one who snitched, but so what?” Rong Jiu raised his chin, and his eyes flashed with resentment, “If I didn’t take the opportunity to show them the way, would I be able to escape?”
Mo Ran suddenly let go of his collar, and laughed in anger, “You’re good at adding insult to injury, damn you.”
“I’m also good at slandering people.” Rong Jiu slowly tidied up his clothes and glanced at Chu Wanning, who was not far away, “Mo Xianjun, you care about that person very much, don’t you? I’ll tell him in detail how you treated and coaxed me in the past, without any exaggeration, what do you think he’ll do? “
