The temporary parking lot outside the Ghost Market was an expanse of un-paved land.
Ye Xiaofei lay on her back. Blood gushed from the wound on her neck that she had torn herself, like a fountain. She wasn't completely dead yet. Her mouth, full of blood bubbles, murmured feebly.
The fierce ghost she had stolen from her family still reveled wantonly within her body!
This fierce ghost had been refined by the mages of the Ye Family and couldn't enter the reincarnation cycle on its own.
Now, thanks to me, it had broken free from its imprisonment. If it escaped into the world to harm innocent people, I'd be committing a great sin and would surely face retribution in the future!
I intended to invite the ghost messengers from the underworld to arrest it and send it back to the netherworld for judgment. But suddenly, Si Jiangchen grabbed the hand I was using to form the magic seal.
"I'm not full yet..."
His thin lips, with a cigarette dangling from them, exhaled a faint, ambiguous breath near my ear.
This indulgent and gluttonous appearance didn't seem like that of a ghost at all.
"Don't!!"
I instinctively tried to pry his fingers off my hands.
Although I had no idea what he was, I knew that the fate of a ghost being devoured was far more tragic than vanishing into thin air.
That black, writhing fierce ghost had been refined for who knew how many years, accumulating such deep resentment. I wanted it to break free from the Ye Family's imprisonment and be reborn!
"You can eat her instead!"
With great difficulty, I managed to free one hand and pointed at Ye Xiaofei, who was still twitching.
"Hehe, I don't like the taste of green tea."
Si Jiangchen seemed to have developed a taste for me. He gently bit my earlobe.
This dog man was actually picky?!
I was speechless.
The blood moon in the sky grew even more intense, dyeing the nearby clouds a deep crimson.
The black ghost had already taken Ye Xiaofei's life. It broke free from her blood - drained body, glanced in our direction, its black form trembled, and then it instantly faded away.
"Don't go!"
I was shocked. I formed a sword finger and cast a ghost - suppressing spell.
Not far away was the bustling crowd in the Ghost Market. If this fierce ghost escaped into the crowd, the consequences would be unimaginable!
But this was a fierce ghost filled with malevolence. Without the blessing of talismans, I couldn't subdue it at all.
"Beg me."
Si Jiangchen didn't allow me to break free from his grip at all. He just lowered his head and smiled.
"Please!!"
I didn't have time to think. I turned my head and grabbed his arm. "That fierce ghost will escape into the crowd!"
Si Jiangchen pinched the half - smoked cigarette between his lips. With his left hand still holding my waist, his right hand, which was pinching the cigarette, drew a strange rune in the air. The curling smoke condensed and didn't disperse, standing in the void like a strange barrier.
Si Jiangchen casually reached into the rune made of white smoke and gently tugged. With a shrill scream, the black fierce ghost was actually pulled out by him.
"You owe me another one."
He still held the cigarette between his right fingers and only used three fingers to grab the ghost's soul.
I was terrified. I quickly cast the spell to invite the ghost messengers from the underworld.
The ghost messengers only needed to throw the soul - capturing rope, and the soul would lose all consciousness and could only be led back to the Ten Halls of Judgment by the messengers.
The moment the ghost messengers appeared, I glanced at Si Jiangchen beside me.
I really hoped the messengers would notice this escaped ghost and take him away too!
Unfortunately, the ghost messengers didn't have a psychic connection with me. They did everything according to the rules. They quickly arrested the roaring and struggling fierce ghost and then disappeared into the void.
"Disappointed?"
Si Jiangchen threw away the cigarette butt and pulled me back into the car.
The previous tension had made me sweat profusely. Now that I finally relaxed, I felt a sharp pain in my wrist.
The two rows of tooth marks Ye Xiaofei had left on my wrist had swollen and were oozing blood.
I brought my hand to my mouth and licked the blood. I glared hatefully at Ye Xiaofei's soul, which was standing blankly beside her own corpse. She was a soul who had died a violent death. According to the regulations of the underworld, she had a three - day period as a wandering soul, during which she could linger in the places she had lived in. Then, the ghost messengers would appear to escort her back to the underworld for judgment.
"Going to let her go?" Si Jiangchen asked.
"Not a chance!" I gritted my teeth.
I couldn't let the Ye Family members go. Even their souls might expose my and my grandpa's whereabouts!
"Okay!"
Si Jiangchen casually reached out and grabbed Ye Xiaofei's soul. Instantly, a dazzling silver light shone. Just like her fourth uncle, Ye Xiaofei was sucked into the black mist swirling around Si Jiangchen's arm.
"Actually, I dislike eating souls the most. The decaying yin energy makes me nauseous!"
Si Jiangchen grabbed my injured wrist and brought his thin lips close to it.
"What are you doing?!"
The burning, numb sensation on my wrist scared me. I quickly tried to pull my hand back.
"I'm going to eat you!"
Si Jiangchen's lips were on my wrist. His warm tongue touched my wound, making my heart tingle with an unbearable itch.
"You!! What on earth are you?!"
As he nibbled, that burning sensation as if my blood was boiling spread throughout my body again.
I was in so much pain that I was too weak to struggle. I slumped softly in his arms. My voice was so soft that it sounded like I was whining. "Let go, let me go..."
"I'm no ordinary thing."
Si Jiangchen let go of my wrist. He tilted his head slightly and looked at me. The red light in his eyes reflected the blood moon in the sky. "Compared to eating those nauseating souls, I prefer fresh blood!"
"Zom... zombie?!"
My panicked expression was reflected in Si Jiangchen's crimson eyes. He finally let go of my wrist and rubbed against my neck.
"What? Scared?"
Si Jiangchen's breath blew on my skin, but I shivered with cold.
I had made countless guesses about him, but I never thought he would be a zombie!!
No wonder he liked to bite people. No wonder he could drive away the lustful ghost on me! The corpse poison on him could turn people into zombies, so it was natural that ghosts would be restrained by him...
I had been bitten by him so many times. There must be enough zombie energy in my body to turn me into a mindless zombie, right?!
Seeing me so panicked that I even forgot to struggle, Si Jiangchen bit my neck.
"Ahhhhh!!"
The slight pain instantly brought me back to my senses. I screamed and tried to struggle free.
But Si Jiangchen held me tightly and buried his head on my shoulder, laughing. "Little thing, if you were going to turn into a zombie, you would have been like that woman at the grand banquet... Why wait until now?!"
"Why?!"
I was still shaking. I could hear my teeth chattering.
"Why?"
Si Jiangchen seemed to find my question interesting. He slightly raised his face from my neck. "I want to know too. That's why I'm with you!"