Chapter 43 Qing Shui Town 15

  A lone vengeful spirit escaped from the Borrowed Power Formation, passing through the vast and eerie atmosphere of the Western Town. It avoided the deathly aura guarded by the Shaoguan family from afar, floated over the Clear Water River, and swiftly darted into a small alley in the Eastern Town, landing right in front of a man.

  The man was wearing a black down jacket, with his hands thrust into the pockets of his clothes, and a hood on his head that cast a shadow over his face, making it impossible to discern his features.

  "Back?" The man glanced at the yakuza in front of him and said, "It seems that old Zhou Tian Tong has failed. What a waste of the ancient book I gave him."

  The yōkai in front of the man floated respectfully, opening and closing its mouth to say something. It was a ghostly language that ordinary people couldn't hear, but it wasn't difficult for the man. He listened to what the yōkai said and let out a meaningless laugh.

  "It was because of that guy Gu Yin... The man's gaze passed over the role of the ghost and looked towards the west town on the other side of the Clear Water River. "Seventeen years ago, he didn't succeed, now he wants to force Gu Yin to surrender, so he can only find Yuan Qing's reincarnation. Unfortunately, that old man Zhou Tian Tong was useless, he even helped him prepare so much, I almost let Gu Yin catch up with him, but he still didn't complete the test of whether Qin Fei is Yuan Qing's reincarnation or not. However..."

  Seventeen years ago, when he trapped Gu Yin in the Wan Gui Tong Ku Array, someone rushed in and took Gu Yin out of the array. At that time, although he was standing far outside the array, he could confirm that the person who saved Gu Yin was Yuan Qing's reincarnation. That person should not have survived at that time, but he ruthlessly struck a killing blow.

  At that time, he was the one who killed Yuan Qing's reincarnation, but now he hopes that Yuan Qing's reincarnation is still alive and wants to deal with Gu Yin. Yuan Qing's reincarnation is undoubtedly Gu Yin's fatal weakness. Unfortunately, after making such a big fuss, they still couldn't find out if Qin Fei was or not.

  However--

  Gu Yin's attitude is quite interesting, he was clearly planning to use Zhou Tian Tong as a lead to investigate him, but instead almost killed Zhou Tian Tong and didn't even care about the ghost he had released.

  It seems that Qin Fei is probably the reincarnation of Yuan Qing, his old acquaintance from 800 years ago. If it's true... Ha! That would be interesting, this life has become a reunion for the three of them, separated by 800 years.

  "And in the end... I will still be the one who wins." The man walked out of the alley, treading on the remaining night color, heading towards the East Town Street.

  ……

  Zhou Tian Tong was arrested as a suspect, Ren Qiao Qiao followed him to the police station to make a statement as a witness who happened to be present and had nothing to do with the case. Qin Fei and Zhang Zhi Xin, who were unconscious, were sent to the hospital.

  After a series of checks in the hospital, Qin Fei was just in a normal coma and nothing serious happened to him. The seriously injured one was Zhang Zhixin. His arm and abdomen were bitten off by the fierce ghost, with two pieces of flesh torn off, and the wound was so deep that it could be seen to the bone. But that wasn't the most fatal thing. The most fatal thing was that the fierce ghost's venom had seeped into his wounds, and when he was sent to the hospital, his body had already developed spots like corpse spots due to the venom. The hospital detected that Zhang Zhixin was poisoned and tried to detoxify him, but in the end, they could only temporarily keep him alive, and as for the so-called poison, they were powerless.

  After listening to the doctor's explanation of Zhang Zhiyin's situation, he called Gu Wenkai to inform him. Then, Zhou Jun came to the door of Zhang Zhiyin's ward, pushed it open and took a look at the old man lying on the bed still in a coma, let out a long sigh, and then closed the door again.

  Only Zhou Jun and Gu Yin came to the hospital with Zhang Zhi Xin and Qin Fei. Qin Fei was just in a normal coma, his ward wasn't in the same district as Zhang Zhi Xin's, and since Gu Yin was there, Zhou Jun could only come to see Zhang Zhi Xin.

  About Zhang Zhixin, Gu Wenkai heard a bit when he asked Gu Yin. Zhang Zhixin did not participate in the H City corpse case, but last night at that scene, he played the role of an accomplice. This person who should have been trusted by Qin Fei became an accomplice in persecuting Qin Fei, but when he saw Qin Fei was really hurt, he desperately wanted to save him.

  Zhou Jun was somewhat at a loss as to how to regard Zhang Zhixin now. To be honest, it was a mixture of pity and hatred...

  Zhou Jun leaned against the wall by the hospital room door, feeling for a cigarette in his pocket, wanting to pull one out and smoke it, but then remembered that smoking was prohibited in hospitals, so he reluctantly let go of the cigarette in his pocket.

  At dawn, in order to prevent any unexpected events from occurring during the escort of Zhou Tian Tong, Gu Wen Qing, who had followed Gu Wen Kai to the police station, arrived at the hospital.

  "Has it arrived? How's Zhou Tian Tong's side going?" Zhou Jun asked as soon as he saw Gu Wenqing, inquiring about the case.

  "Zhou Tian Tong has already confessed to all the crimes, he didn't even think of hiding his murderous actions. It's just that why and how he killed those people were hard to explain, what he said was taken as nonsense by the police, Wen Kai is still trying to figure out a solution to this problem." Gu Wen Qing rubbed her temples, the whole night's running around made her feel a bit tired, "How about Zhang Zhi Xin? Did Wen Kai say he was poisoned?"

  "Yes, and the doctor hasn't thought of an antidote yet. Let's prepare ourselves mentally and contact his family quickly." Zhou Jun said.

  "I'll go take a look."

  Gu Wenkai pushed open the hospital room and walked in. Zhou Jun didn't enter; he remained standing at the door of the hospital room.

  When Gu Wenqing entered, he found that Zhang Zhixin was awake. He lay flat on the bed, his eyes wide open, staring blankly at the white ceiling of the ward.

  "Old Master Zhang." Gu Wenqing saw that Zhang Zhixin was awake and slightly stunned before calling out to him.

  Zhang Zhixin's eyeballs trembled slightly as he lay in bed, and then slowly turned towards Gu Wenqing.

  Gu Wenqing pushed his glasses and said: "I heard the doctor say you were poisoned, I think the doctor probably can't help you detoxify, so I came to take a look."

  "It's no use... Zhang Zhixin closed his eyes, then looked again at the snow-white ceiling. "I've been poisoned by a malevolent spirit, now I'm beyond salvation..."

  Gu Wenqing didn't listen to him, lifted the quilt, and saw on Zhang Zhixin's body, exposed skin with festering black spots. Gu Wenqing's pupils contracted slightly, then let out a sigh, and re-covered Zhang Zhixin with the quilt.

  The evil spirit's venom, if treated in time, is not a difficult toxin to eliminate, but once it has been in the body for a long time, even those who are knowledgeable can only stand by helplessly.

  "Qin Fei...?" Zhang Zhixin asked with a trembling voice.

  "He's also in this hospital. He just fainted and is fine." Zhou Jun said.

  Zhang Zhixin's mouth twitched slightly, and he asked again: "When he wakes up... can I see him?"

  "Gu Wenqing: 'I'll go ask for you.'"

  Zhang Zhixin nodded in gratitude and didn't say another word. Gu Wenqing turned around and walked out of the ward.

  "How is it?" Zhou Jun asked as he saw Gu Wenqing come out.

  Gu Wenqing shook his head at him.

  "Is that so......" Zhou Jun sighed and asked again, "Your elder brother... I mean, does Gu Yin have a way?"

  "It's too late, even if there was a way, it would be too late." Besides, I reckon even if there was a way, Gu Yin wouldn't have taken action. At that time, Gu Yin almost choked Zhou Tian Tong to death. For Zhou Tian Tong's accomplices, Gu Yin's actions were already quite humane. Gu Wen Qing changed the subject and said, "Where is Qin Fei's ward? I'll go take a look."

  "Zhou Jun: 'I'll take you there.'"

  Qin Fei's hospital room, Qin Fei was still lying on the bed and hadn't woken up yet. Gu Yin sat in a chair beside Qin Fei's bed, frowning and staring at Qin Fei.

  He lost control of his emotions once again, but this time it was completely different from before. When he saw Qin Fei standing in the borrowed momentum array at that time, the panic that surged up from his heart was as if he was about to lose Yuan Qing at that moment.

  That fleeting feeling, however, was profound and clear. He intuitively determined that Qin Fei was indeed Yuan Qing, with absolute certainty. But - as to whether Qin Fei was or wasn't Yuan Qing, the Soul Stone had already given a clear answer, and that answer was negative.

  So——

  Soulstone and his intuition, which side was wrong?

  Gu Yin stood up, looking down at Qin Fei from a high position. Wanting to verify which side was wrong wasn't impossible. Yuan Qing's body had marks that he had made before, and he had a way to make those marks reappear.

  Gu Yin bent down, reached out and touched Qin Fei's cheek, then lifted the quilt off him and began to unbutton his hospital gown.

  "Ah, big brother, are you still here?" Gu Wenqing was somewhat surprised as he pushed open the door and entered. He knew that Gu Yin had followed Qin Fei to the hospital, but he hadn't expected him to stay by Qin Fei's side all this time. However... what was he doing? Was he helping Qin Fei change out of his hospital gown? But... why did he need to take it off?

  Gu Yin glanced at Gu Wenqing, ignored him, and stopped the movement of his hand. He withdrew his hand and helped Qin Fei cover himself with the quilt again.

  "Big brother, what were you just... doing?" Gu Wenqing usually knew better than Gu Wenkai how to avoid Gu Yin's lethal moves, but this time he was really curious about what Gu Yin had just done, so he couldn't help but ask.

  "What are you doing here?" Gu Yin didn't intend to answer Gu Wenqing's question, and looked at Gu Wenqing with a very unfriendly expression.

  Gu Wen cleared his throat and said: "Cough! Let me see if Qin Fei has woken up yet?"

  "Can't you see it now? Can you just roll away?"

  "...This old man looks like he's in a terrible mood...Gu Wenqing took a look at Qin Fei, who was still unconscious on the hospital bed, but didn't leave immediately. Instead, he straightened his face and said, "Wen Kai said that if you want to see Zhou Tian Tong, it's best to go quickly. Otherwise, it won't be easy to see him after being sent to the Criminal Department. You also want to ask him about that person, right?"

  "We'll go after he wakes up." Gu Yin said, looking at Qin Fei with downcast eyes.

  This time, Gu Wenqing was not only surprised but also astonished. When did Qin Fei and Gu Yin's friendship become so deep that Gu Yin would ignore the person who had been trying to kill him for 17 years and wait here for Qin Fei to wake up instead? However, this time Gu Wenqing didn't ask any questions because he knew that even if he asked, Gu Yin wouldn't answer him.

  Gu Yin did not immediately go to see Zhou Tian Tong, but an hour later, he received the news that Zhou Tian Tong had died in the □□ room of Qing Shui Town Police Station.