N-A-A Chapter 77 Two Liu Qi
Chapter 77 Two Liu Qi
With the help of the burning ghost's supernatural power, Sun Rui quickly removed the curse of the flesh ghost.
"What do we do now? Liu Qi is gone too, and we still lack a way to get out," Lin Zhensheng said.
"Let me think about it carefully and go through the whole story," Sun Rui said.
Just now, when he used the Burning Ghost supernatural power to expel the flesh ghost curse from his body, he suddenly remembered something: the supernatural replica of that blank ghost painting.
What puzzled him before was why Liu Qi would help him, but also wanted to kill him.
If there are two Liu Qis, then it makes sense.
The normal Liu Qi did not scheme against Sun Rui, but the other clone may have already been controlled by that flesh demon.
For example, the letter Liu Qi left before Sun Rui delivered the letter might have contained a perfectly normal exchange. But this normal exchange was exploited by the vengeful ghost, making Sun Rui interested in the curse on Liu Qi.
Then there was the blank ghost painting outside. According to Sun Yan's information, that painting was an important piece of the puzzle for imprisoning this flesh ghost.
Liu Qi must have stumbled into this haunted place and had his consciousness invaded by the flesh ghost. Without his knowledge, the ghost took away the blank ghost painting.
At the same time, he remembered that the mission to deliver the message mentioned that Marcus had died.
He initially thought that Arya had killed Marcus, and then, after breaking free from the control of the Blank Ghost, she wanted to resurrect his father.
But it seems that's not the case now.
If Liu Qi's supernatural clone wants to escape, it needs to kill a real person.
The blank ghost drawing appeared in that apartment building, and the first person to notice the anomaly was, of course, the owner.
So Marcus unintentionally entered the blank ghost painting and was subsequently killed by Liu Qi's supernatural clone.
"Based on this conjecture, what I encountered when I returned should have been a supernatural clone." Sun Rui stroked his chin.
However, this speculation has a slight flaw. Just now, when the flesh demon targeted them, Liu Qi intervened twice in a critical situation.
Why did it choose to kill Sun Rui and his group when it could have succeeded?
"Was it because of that love lock?" Sun Rui guessed. Even if he had used the love lock back then, he felt that he didn't have much chance of surviving the flesh demon's clutches.
"That's unlikely... So the only supernatural items I have on me are the coffin nails and the pill that can suppress the curse," Sun Rui thought.
He felt it shouldn't be the coffin nail; he had tried using it earlier, and the flesh demon split into two fierce ghosts.
Clearly, that vengeful ghost possessed a certain ability to foresee crises.
"Has Sun Rui come up with a solution? I have a bad feeling about this," Sun Yan said.
At this moment, Sun Rui looked up and glanced around. The room's layout hadn't changed much, but the vermilion lacquer had completely disappeared.
All the wooden furniture surfaces began to turn black, as if they had been coated with a layer of black lacquer.
Sun Rui's pupils contracted; red and black represented two completely different pieces of information.
Red often represents less danger, while black often represents extreme terror.
He suspects that the owner of the courtyard house left a final safety net before leaving, precisely to prevent a situation like today's.
The main problem is that they can't leave now.
Once the black lacquer has fully formed, they will be pressed inside.
The situation was extremely urgent, and Sun Rui quickly thought of a way to break the deadlock.
"I understand!" Sun Rui's eyes suddenly lit up.
Could the flesh ghost's true form be a curse? And the enormous corpse they saw earlier was likely formed from other vengeful spirits attacked by this curse. What that vengeful spirit feared was the black pill on Sun Rui that suppressed the curse. Therefore, their entire journey was focused on getting Sun Rui to use that black pill; who it was given to wasn't important. Once the medicine Zhang Bohua gave them disappeared, Sun Rui and his group would immediately suffer a fatal supernatural attack.
"The true form of the Flesh Demon is likely a curse. I have a way to suppress that curse, provided we act quickly."
"The entire courtyard is undergoing some kind of change that we don't know about. Once this change ends, we will be trapped in this courtyard forever," Sun Rui said.
"Our main goal now is to find that flesh demon."
As soon as he finished speaking, he kicked open the tightly closed door. The kick broke his own bone. Of course, this wasn't because his body was weak. He had used the spiritual power of a burning ghost in that kick, which should have been relatively easy. However, the wooden door was stained with a layer of black paint, a kind of supernatural power. That kick was equivalent to a brief supernatural conflict, and Sun Rui had been at a disadvantage. His entire leg went into a peculiar numbness, losing all feeling.
"Sun Rui, your legs have turned black," Lin Zhensheng said in surprise.
"A minor issue. The most urgent thing is to find that flesh demon and suppress it." Sun Rui didn't pay much attention to this small flaw. He coughed a few times, and the blackness on his legs quickly faded. This was just a side effect of the supernatural battle, which the power of the sick demon was enough to clear away.
"You and Lei Hao will work together, and Sun Yan and I will work together. Once we find that vengeful ghost, we must put this pill into its body," Sun Rui said.
He took a small black pill out of the gold-decorated body bag.
These are pills I obtained in Twin Track Village. Although I've used most of them, they should still have some effect.
In such a large courtyard, it would be difficult to find the fleshy ghost if we didn't split up.
Lin Zhensheng took the pill, then turned and walked with Lei Hao toward the corridor in another direction.
"Now let's have a speed contest," Sun Rui said with a smile.
"At a time like this, you still have the mind to joke?" Sun Yan was speechless.
"I'm telling the truth," Sun Rui said. "Having Lin Zhensheng take Lei Hao is essentially a decoy. If we're not fast enough, they're very likely to die."
The curse of the love lock can only allow them to live for one month, and they have already used the power of restarting once as soon as they came into contact with that curse.
It's conceivable that they have at most two more chances to restart, and Sun Rui intends to use this time difference to find the flesh demon.
"Alright, I underestimated your shamelessness," Sun Yan said.
"This isn't shameless; it's just a necessary choice at a critical moment. Otherwise, none of us would have survived," Sun Rui said.
"Your fist is bigger, you're right," Sun Yan said.
For some reason, Sun Rui suddenly felt like punching Sun Yan, but he held back.
The two quickly headed towards the eastern veranda.
At this moment, Lin Zhensheng held the pill tightly in his hand. He recognized it as the one that Sun Rui had obtained in Shuanggui Village.
If, as Sun Rui said, the flesh demon is a curse, then this pill is probably not very effective.
But he didn't expose Sun Rui's lie. At this critical moment, any suspicion could become the last straw that broke their backs and prevent them from surviving.