Chapter 68: Unspoken Words 01

  The re-sealing of the Jade Altar was successful, and Shen Qianlan, who had once entered the realm of scattered souls and fallen into the path of the dead, was miraculously brought back. However, Shen Qianlan had almost been refined into a ghostly artifact earlier, which ultimately caused her irreparable harm. Her hundred-year cultivation was destroyed in an instant, leaving her with nothing but a faint connection to the world of the living, no different from a wandering soul.

  However, Shen Qianlan, who had no way out, was successfully sealed by Qin Fei. She was still the rare existence known as the Immortal in the Altar. She wasn't suitable to stay at Ye Cheng's house and didn't plan on staying with Ye Cheng either. In the end, the jade altar that sealed her was handed over to Gu Yin for disposal.

  Chen Feng had an extraordinary passion for collecting things related to ghosts, and as soon as the jade altar fell into Gu Yin's hands, he shamelessly stayed at Ye Cheng's house, pestering Gu Yin and asking him for the immortal in the altar.

  After the completion of the seal, Gu Yin stayed at Ye Cheng's house for another three days. During these three days, Chen Feng kept asking Gu Yin for things in various ways, and whenever Gu Yin went somewhere, he would follow him, looking like a servant or a lackey of Gu Yin.

  However, once Gu Yin goes out, Chen Feng will absolutely not follow him out.

  Qin Fei thought it was strange and took the opportunity to ask Chen Feng.

  "Because he went to Ren's house." Chen Feng said slowly with his hand propping up his head as he sat on the sofa.

  "Going home?" Qin Fei sat down beside Chen Feng, but didn't quite understand the meaning behind Chen Feng's words.

  Everyone else had left, leaving only Qin Fei and Chen Feng in Ye Cheng's villa. Chen Feng thought it wouldn't hurt to chat with Qin Fei about some trivial matters concerning the ghostly affairs.

  Chen Feng's gaze didn't leave the TV screen, he just slightly adjusted his sitting posture and began to explain: "There are four major families that walk on the boundary of yin and yang - the Gu family, the Qi family, the Geng family, and the Ren family. These four families can be said to be the authorities in this field, each with their own unique heritage. The Gu family excels at curse techniques, the Qi family excels at curse symbols, the Geng family excels at ghost-controlling techniques, while the Ren family is skilled in the art of manipulating corpses - that's right, playing with dead bodies! The head of the Ren family, Ren Shaoze, spends his days accompanied by corpses, and his temperament is also extremely unpredictable. It's best to steer clear of him if possible, or who knows what kind of trouble might happen."

  Qin Fei understood why Chen Feng didn't follow Gu Yun to the Ren's house. He had obviously been taken advantage of by the master of the Ren's house before. However, the name Ren Shaoze, hadn't he heard it somewhere before?

  "What was Gu Yin doing at Ren's house?" Qin Fei looked at Chen Feng and asked.

  "Gu Yin probably wants to investigate the person who refined the ghost equipment. The matter of refining ghost equipment was discovered in this city, and this city... it belongs to the Ren family's territory. There are some things that Gu Yin is not clear about, but they might know something." Chen Feng said with a lazy yawn, "However, given Ren Shaoze's unpredictable personality, Gu Yin may not be able to get anything out of him."

  "Is that so?" But - why did he think that if Gu Yin didn't ask anything, the reason would mostly be because of his own stingy temperament?

  Qin Fei's thoughts turned to Gu Yin, then back to the name Ren Shaoze that sounded familiar to him. Soon, Qin Fei remembered where he had heard this name before - it was at the beginning of the year when he accompanied his nephew to play outside and met a man with long hair tied up in silver hoops, who introduced himself as Ren Shaoze at the time. As for whether this Ren Shaoze was the same person Chen Feng mentioned, that remained unknown.

  Gu Yin's trip to find Ren Shaoze yielded results similar to Chen Feng's conjecture, but didn't get much valuable clues. However, Gu Yin didn't plan to stay in B City for long. While the Ren family might have clues about that person, they also suspected that person was after Qin Fei, who was following him closely, and he didn't want to take risks by staying in B City for a long time to probe into the Ren family's secrets.

  Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and Qin Fei's group prepared to set off back to S City. However, compared to when they came, there were some changes among those traveling together. Excluding Ye Cheng who had to stay behind in B City for work, Song Meng was taken home by his older brother two days ago and wasn't on the list of people returning.

  Thus, the colleagues who returned to S city were Qin Fei, Gu Yin and Zhou Jun.

  As for Chen Feng, he really wanted to get his hands on the jade tray. If possible, he would have liked to follow Qin Fei and the others back to B City and persuade Gu Yin to hand it over to him. The reason he happened to deliver the goods on the day Gu Yin asked him about the gold sand was that he was in B City for an underground antique trading fair that would take place during this period of time.

  Chen Feng did not want to miss the antique trading meeting that was said to have rare treasures, but he also did not want to lose the opportunity to get the jade tank. The jade tank and the antique trading meeting, Chen Feng did not want to miss either, so leaving B city's jade tank conflicted with his expected trading meeting.

  After Gu Yin tidied up his simple luggage, he stood at the door of Ye Cheng's house waiting for Qin Fei and Zhou Jun to come down. His face was calm, but in fact, he had already become anxious. However, it was clear that whether he was anxious or not, Gu Yin didn't care.

  "Can't you really give me that jade basin?" Chen Feng sighed and asked Gu Yin with a helpless look.

  Gu Yin looked at him coldly and said indifferently: "Name a price."

  Chen Feng's breath was choked in his chest, and it took him a long time to recover. He surrendered: "Alright, how about 100,000?"

  "Five hundred thousand."

  Chen Feng: "......"

  "Can't spare a single cent."

  Chen Feng's mouth twitched stiffly: "......Alright...I'll meet you at the airport. I'll go to the bank to get the money and then send it over."

  Ye Chengmu saw Chen Feng hurry out of the courtyard to go to the bank to withdraw money, and only then did he shift his gaze onto Gu Yin.

  "This time... thank you for lending a hand." Ye Cheng sincerely thanked Gu Yin.

  "Do you think I'll tell you not to be polite?" Gu Yin said coldly.

  Ye Cheng: "......" If this person hadn't helped him out this time, he really didn't want to say a single word to this person!

  Ye Cheng fell silent for a moment, glanced sideways at Gu Yin, and finally let out a long sigh, saying: "You like Qin Fei, don't you?"

  Gu Yin didn't make a sound, but he gave Ye Cheng a glance, which was equivalent to tacit consent.

  "But I think Qin Fei doesn't seem to understand your feelings, you haven't told him, have you?" Ye Cheng didn't wait for Gu Yin's response and continued, "Some things, if you don't say them out loud, the other person won't understand. Qin Fei may look perceptive, but he's actually quite dull when it comes to his own emotions. If you don't try to break down that wall, he might never realize your feelings for him."

  "Should I tell him?" Gu Yin slightly furrowed her brow.

  In his past life, he never spoke of his feelings to Yuan Qing until his death, for in that life, he was a sinner and Yuan Qing was a virtuous monk. Perhaps carrying over the emotions from his past life, he had grown accustomed to keeping silent, and never thought of expressing these feelings to Qin Fei... Moreover, very subtly and secretly, he was somewhat afraid of hearing words of rejection from Qin Fei's mouth, so he pinned his hopes on Qin Fei being able to sense it himself.

  "What if he doesn't understand and ends up liking someone else instead?" Ye Cheng didn't notice the sudden chill in Gu Yin's gaze, continuing, "But if you speak out, even if you get rejected, it's not the end as long as you persist."

  "There's some truth in those words." The chill in Gu Yin's eyes dissipated, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, revealing a hint of a pleased smile.

  Ye Cheng has been in the entertainment industry for many years and has seen all sorts of handsome men and beautiful women, but he was still stunned by Gu Yin's smile. After snapping back to reality, he couldn't help but think that if Gu Yin were to enter the entertainment industry, he would probably be able to overshadow all the current top stars and make them seem like nobodies.

  When Qin Fei and Zhou Jun finished packing their luggage, Ye Cheng went to the garage to get the car and drove them to the airport.

  Ye Cheng was a celebrity after all and it wasn't convenient for him to show up at the airport, so after sending Qin Fei and his group to the airport, he didn't get out of the car and just bid them farewell at the entrance before leaving.

  It wasn't long after that Chen Feng came with money to exchange for the jade tank with Gu Yin.

  Qin Fei saw Gu Yin throw the jade tray to Chen Feng, who carefully picked it up and waved his hand, ready to leave. But before he could turn around, a red figure appeared in the view of his single-lens glasses.

  Shen Cailan nodded slightly towards Chen Feng and then walked towards Qin Fei.

  "Before I go, there's something I want to tell you." Shen Qianlan said softly as she looked at Qin Fei.

  "What do you want to say?"

  "Can't you just mind your own business and not interfere with things that don't concern you? If you cross this line, you will inevitably suffer consequences in the future."

  Qin Fei was taken aback, then immediately understood that Shen Qianlan was telling him not to get involved in the supernatural affairs anymore, and what she meant by "suffering" referred to the future belonging to Qin Fei that she had seen.

  In the future, he will inevitably suffer, but to prevent him from crossing that line again is something Qin Fei cannot do. Although Zhang Zhi Xin betrayed him at that time, Qin Fei still can't let go of his death; the curse on his body before, without investigating the reason clearly, how can he be at peace? He will agree to help Ye Cheng with his errand, and his intention is also to see if he can get any clues.

  Qin Fei shook his head.

  Shen Cai Lan let out a low sigh and turned to look at Gu Yin behind Qin Fei, "I don't know who it was that used me to refine the ghostly device, but I do know he wants to use me after I've been transformed into a ghostly device to help him find something."

  "What is it?" Gu Yin asked.

  "Dark Lock, Hidden Button."

  Gu Yin's pupils suddenly contracted, and his face turned gloomy at once.

  The Nether Lock is the gate lock of the yin-yang boundary. If it is opened or destroyed, the yin-yang boundary will cease to exist, and evil spirits from the underworld will flood into the world of the living. At that time, the entire world will be no different from purgatory.

  If that person's goal is to find the Nether Lock and the Yin扣, then he also understands why he wanted to take his soul seventeen years ago. The curse of destroying the Nether Lock and the Yin扣, in his previous life, had done relevant research, recorded in a notebook. That notebook was arrayed with an array, which would not rot for a thousand years. He estimated that he knew he wouldn't hand it over obediently, so he wanted to directly control his soul to find that notebook.

  Gu Yin raised his hand and placed it on Qin Fei's shoulder.

  In his past life, before meeting Yuan Qing, he had once gone mad and thought of destroying the world. But in this life - he never had such thoughts, yet that person dared to use his things to do what he didn't want to do? He's got another thing coming!