Chapter 39: Human-Demon Contract

  I and Mao Zijun kept looking around in all directions, the sound was coming from all sides, we couldn't determine where the sound came from.

  "Run quickly! If you wait a moment longer, you won't be able to escape!" Mao Shi Jiu exclaimed excitedly.

  As soon as I heard that I couldn't run anymore, I immediately accelerated, and my legs were like they had an engine installed, but I still couldn't outrun Mao Shi Jiu, who had been stealing chickens for years.

  "Hey, slow down!" I panted behind him, trying to catch up.

  "You, big brother. How dare you not respect your master and the Tao? Master doesn't even know what to call you." Mao Shi Jiu said to me while running backwards.

  "I'm not a master who abandons his apprentice." I felt like I was about to suffocate.

  "This can't be right! It feels like the books next to us are constantly moving, but we're actually running in place!" I suddenly realized this serious problem and loudly shouted at Mao Shi.

  "This is like a clever trick! MD, the Great Array of Ghost Path! Disciple, we've kicked an iron plate!" Mao Shi Jiu wailed.

  "Quickly bite your finger and drip a drop of blood on it." Mao Shi Jiu took out a yellow talisman.

  I quickly bit my finger, and a drop of blood fell onto the yellow talisman. Cao Jingyun used his finger to write a "break" character on the yellow talisman.

  "The way can break through the formation, the formation can correct the way, urgent like a law, break!"

  Cao Jingyi said while pressing the yellow talisman onto the ground. At this time, all the trees around stopped swaying.

  "Run fast, Huang Fu can't hold on for long, at most three minutes." Mao Shi-jiu said to me.

  "Can you run away?" A gust of evil wind rose, and the two of us were rolled up, spinning in mid-air for a few rounds. This is even more thrilling than a roller coaster ride! My stomach was constantly churning, and some food couldn't help but squeeze out.

  A loud cry shook the air and was deafening.

  I felt the wind sound getting smaller and we were smoothly brought down to the ground.

  At this time, a monster with the head of an ox and the mouth of a fish appeared in the field of vision, followed by a group of yin soldiers, kneeling on one knee. Isn't this the ghost shark mentioned by Mao Shi? Why would they kneel to us? I couldn't figure it out no matter how hard I thought.

  But when I came to my senses and saw the living ghost king beside me, I wasn't surprised anymore. It turned out that the living ghost king had quietly run out of the jade and was interrogating the three armies.

  What the living ghost said, I didn't understand a word, but somehow I felt that everyone was afraid of him. During the lecture, they all kept their heads down and didn't dare to look up at this little friend. This is vastly different from my impression of the living ghost as a puppet, and it's unthinkable that such a young kid has such strong authority in the family.

  "Master, what did they say exactly?" I asked while scratching my head.

  "They said it was either boiled or fried or steamed, or even deep-fried." Mao Shi Jiu's voice was intentionally very low.

  "You must be kidding, I'm sure you don't understand this nonsense either, it's really lame." I tried to provoke him.

  "Who says I don't understand, they're talking about whether or not to go back, Guijiao said Shenggui should go back, Shenggui won't go back, Guijiao said it's hard to explain...” Just as he was saying this, Mao Shi Jiu seemed to realize that I was provoking him and reacted.

  "You little scoundrel, you're quite cunning. Alright, I'll tell you anyway. The Living Ghost King wants to acknowledge a master, he wants to follow you and form a human-ghost contract with you, sharing life and death within your lifetime, the contract will only be automatically lifted after your death. However, Gui Yan said that if the Living Ghost King forms a human-ghost contract with you, then Yan Wang will issue an arrest warrant, and every corner of the world will be searched for you, leaving no place to hide." Mao Shi Jiu was saying this while flipping through "Ghost Stories"

  I was stunned, what benefits would this living ghost get from signing a contract with me? And yet, I've got a fox-like aura on me now. My intuition tells me to sign it, but that's put me in a dilemma. Forget it, I'll just play it by ear for now.

  At this time, the living ghost was speaking in a language that no one could understand again, and Guiyu couldn't bear it anymore. Obviously, Guiyu wasn't from the same tribe as the living ghost, he was just a ghost sent by Yan Wang to monitor the living ghost tribe. The spines on Guiyu's back suddenly turned red, he was showing off his strength to the living ghost, trying to intimidate him with his power, but it was clear that the living ghost wasn't afraid of this tactic, and it seemed like they were about to fight.

  "Yang Guo, wait a minute. No matter what, we have to go and help Sheng Gui. If we can sign a contract with him, it will be a great opportunity." Mao Shi Jiu reminded.

  "Living ghost, I'm here to help you." Upon hearing the encounter, I rushed up directly. Just as I was rushing halfway, I tripped over a stone and saw a bunch of black lines on Cao Jing's face.

  "What's the use of you?! Don't tell others that you're my apprentice." Mao Shi Jiu looked like he wanted to cover his face, too ashamed to show it.

  I got up with a huff and returned to Mao Shi Jiu's side, hanging my head low. In my heart, I kept muttering: "Pretentiousness gets struck by lightning."

  Cough, cough, I deliberately coughed twice, with a bit of an intention to ease the atmosphere, but found that the atmosphere was not awkward at all. The Living King and Gui Jiao had already started fighting.

  The ghost shark's back was red and fiery, and it couldn't be touched. The living ghost knew this, so he kept his distance from the ghost shark, not letting it get close to him. The ghost shark looked on, unable to get closer no matter what, and its eyes turned green with rage. A stream of air shot out of its nostrils, like a cow, and it pawed the ground twice before charging forward. Just as it was about to collide, a ball of flames suddenly appeared in the living ghost king's palm. The blue-green flames emitted a faint blue light, making the surrounding air feel eerily cold. The ghost shark charged forward, and the living ghost slapped his palm onto its cow-like head. The flames shot out instantly, directly scorching the ghost shark's skin and inflicting significant damage.

  "Unexpectedly, you even brought the treasure of the Ghost Tribe on your body. It seems that this trip is in vain." Ma Shi Jiu translated what Gui Jiao said to me.

  "You can't imagine how many more are coming, you won't be able to leave today." These were the words of Shenggui Wang.

  The King of Living Demons finished speaking and took out a white sheepskin scroll.

  "What is this? A ghost book? The most precious treasure of the living ghost tribe, even comparable to Yan Wang's judgment pen." Gui Jiao was shocked.

  "Surrender now."

  The King of Ghosts opened the first page of the Ghost Book, imprisoning even a god. If a god could be imprisoned, then what about this insignificant ghost shark? The Ghost Book emitted a black light, and in the blink of an eye, the ghost shark vanished.

  "Huh? Did Guī Jiān just disappear like that after being seen by me and Mao Shi Jiu? Was it sucked in by that book? At this time, only to see the King of Living Ghosts fainting, directly turning into a ray of light entering the jade..."

  "Mom, this is so intense?" I was thoroughly shocked by that book.

  Mao Shi Jiu pretended to be calm and said, "What's this? Our Taoist skills are profound and intricate. These are just child's play." Obviously, Mao Shi Jiu was somewhat short of breath when he said these words, and he too had been shocked.

  "Yang Guo, I've used up too much energy, I might need to sleep for a while. Drip a drop of your blood onto the jade and our pact will be formed." A voice came out, it was the weak voice of the Living Dead King.

  "Oh." I was still in a daze, and subconsciously touched the wound again, squeezing out a drop of blood that fell onto the jade. As the blood seeped into the jade, it transformed into a deep red color. Unbeknownst to me, another drop of blood had also fallen beside it, merging with the jade as well. I felt something in my heart stirring, and when the blood was fully absorbed, the jade had transformed into a vibrant red. A faint power began to stir within me, and I felt myself on the verge of falling asleep, signaling that my contract with the Living Ghost King was complete.

  The contract between humans and ghosts, with human life as the deadline, during which humans and ghosts coexist. If one party dies, the other will also be difficult to survive. However, for humans, it is beneficial, as they can use the ghost's innate skills and magical tools. For the Living Ghost King, this is a very risky move, after all, the life of a living ghost is much harder than mine.

  After the contract was completed, a "life" character appeared on my left arm. There is also a black strange pattern.

  "Master, what is this?" I pointed at the strange pattern.

  "This is a Totem of Ghosts. Every ghost tribe has its own totem, which is the symbol of their spirit. The one on your hand should be the totem of the Shenggui tribe."

  "What about all those little ghosts then?" I pointed at the dark soldiers who had been following Guiyan.

  "What can we do? Take out the Ghost Axe and sell it for money!" shouted Mao Shi Jiu.

  The yin soldiers saw their boss being easily taken care of, and they were already on edge. When Mao Shi Jiu said that, they were immediately frightened and scattered in all directions.

  I and Mao 19 were amused by the scene of ghosts running wildly, it was cool.

  "Who?" Cao Jingyu's expression suddenly became tense, and he tilted his ear to listen.

  "Is anyone there? I didn't hear anything!" I looked at Mao Shi Jiu with a suspicious expression.

  "Over there, hurry and chase." Mao Shi-jiu pointed towards the southeast direction.

  There was indeed something moving in the jungle. We chased after it and that thing moved faster and faster.

  Suddenly, an arrow flew out from the thicket. The arrow didn't have much power and I intercepted it in mid-air. It seems that this person doesn't want to kill us.

  Following the night color, we kept following that thing until we chased it to the street of ghosts. The street of ghosts was already a mess of ghosts, all kinds of ghosts could be seen everywhere, red, green, flowered, white, and so on; or headless, half-bodied, missing limbs, and ghosts dressed up to scare people, just like Halloween.

  "Hello, I'm a ghost." A ghost saw us and came up with his tongue out trying to scare us.

  "Damn you." Mao Shi Jiu knocked out the ghost with one punch.

  In a flurry, we chased after that person and left. At this time, another fashionably dressed female ghost tried to entice us, but was also kicked far away by Mao Shijiu. This old guy really doesn't know how to cherish beauties. Although it's a female ghost, it's still quite pretty, I gave Mao Shijiu a white eye.

  "Halt." We had chased after Zhong Kui and his ghostly cohorts until we were outside the temple, when that person suddenly vanished.

  At nineteen, he went up and knocked violently on the door of Zhong Kui's shop, dong dong dong dong, the urgent knocking sound woke up Zhong Kui who was sleeping soundly.

  Zhong Kui thought it was a ghost looking for death, the ghost was knocking on the door, and he scolded loudly: "You broken ghosts, dare to knock on my door, I will let you taste bitterness. I will dig up your ancestors eighteen generations..." Zhong Kui opened the door and scolded angrily.

  It was a close call for Cao Zhen, who nearly choked on the two words "ancestral tomb".

  "Oh, big brother, I didn't know it was you. I thought it was those little ghosts outside causing trouble." Zhong Kui chuckled to himself.

  "Where did Zhong Ling'er go?" asked Mao Shi Jiu.

  "You asked about Ling'er? She's already asleep!"

  Cao Jing Yu squatted down and examined a small handful of mud on the ground, pinching it with his fingers. It was still fresh.

  Mao Shi Jiu lifted up Zhong Kui's foot and looked at it, but there was nothing. Zhong Kui looked at Mao Shi Jiu with a puzzled expression, scratched his head, and didn't know what he was doing.

  "Big Brother?" Zhong Kui asked.

  "It's nothing, let's go first." Mao Shi Jiu suddenly said, pulling me along as he walked.