Chapter 4: Ghost Hand Wall

  On the wall behind Zhao Feiyu and me, I saw the stone that Zhao Feiyu took out on it. However, now that stone is half embedded in the wall.

  My first reaction was that the wall had a big problem, and taking out the meteorite was also for defense. I walked to the front of the wall, plucking up my courage to try and pull out the stone.

  As soon as my hand touched that stone, a withered hand suddenly stretched out from the wall and grabbed mine!

  My right hand unconsciously swung out and cut off that hand with a sword! The hand fell to the ground, but in an instant it turned into a pile of scattered sand.

  "Come back!" Zhao Feiyu sensed something was off and shouted loudly at me.

  I just responded with a sound, and was about to retreat when the wall in front of me suddenly appeared with countless dry hands waving towards me! I secretly thought it was bad, and hastily retreated! However, several hands grabbed my clothes! And those hands were still lengthening!

  "Ghost Hand Wall! I actually ran into you here!" Zhao Feiyu cursed under his breath, then reached into his bag and pulled out a white feather duster.

  "Stop hitting!" I tried to calm myself down, but being grabbed by a group of icy hands wasn't exactly pleasant.

  Those ghostly hands pulled me closer to that wall, and for some reason, I felt like there was another world inside it, and I had the urge to go in!

  The distance between me and that wall is getting closer and closer, Zhao Feiyu can't listen to my words anymore, walks to my side, and strikes a move of thousand troops and horses.

  Where the dust was swept away, the ghost's hand was also severed. I looked at Zhao Feiyu with some blame, but he didn't say a word and just pulled me to the farthest place from that ghostly wall.

  When those ghost hands broke off, they became a pile of scattered sand, just like the initial situation. Zhao Feiyu was still vigilantly watching the wall in front of him, but for some reason, all the ghost hands retreated again. Soon, the ghost hand wall restored to its original appearance.

  "Are you trying to get yourself killed?!" Zhao Feiyu let out a furious roar at me as soon as the danger was lifted.

  I patted the sand off my body and looked up at Zhao Feiyu, saying: I didn't ask you to save me.

  "You!" I can tell Zhao Feiyu wants to hit me, but I really don't care about these things.

  I walked to the entrance of the cave and looked up at the rope. The rope was already broken in half, I don't know what happened. However, the end of the rope was at least three meters away from me, I'm not sure if I can grab it.

  "So you're leaving?" Zhao Feiyu asked me, seeing me lingering at the entrance of the cave.

  "Yes. Those ghost hands, they serve as protection. Chen Er Dan is already dead, and I don't plan on going further to see what's inside the tomb." I turned around and said seriously to Zhao Fei Yu.

  Zhao Feiyu was just about to say something when I sharply noticed that the ghost hand on the wall was making a move again!

  The surface of the wall began to become incredibly smooth, and a small opening appeared in the center of the wall. I held the meteorite upside down, ready to throw it out as soon as something appeared on that wall.

  A white thing was slowly emerging from the center of the wall. Zhao Feiyu and I held our breath, afraid that something very difficult to deal with would come out.

  That thing slowly emerged, and when it finally fell off the wall, it dropped to the ground. However, when I saw that thing, my face changed greatly!

  A white face mask!

  I walked over with a blank expression and picked up the white mask. I saw that there were still bloodstains on it, but I didn't care anymore.

  I let out a cold snort, and I wanted to throw that mask away from my hand. But before the mask could escape my hand, I felt a shadowy figure appear, and something had once again pierced my heart!

  "Kobayashi!"

  I stared wide-eyed at the virtual image in front of me. Zhao Feiyu's shouting was already indistinct to my ears. The virtual image was a man, but when his ghostly hand pierced my heart, his face showed great shock.

  "I've been waiting here for so long, and finally the master is willing to let me out. Is it just to have me meet you, a heartless person?" Yu Ying furrowed his brow, looking as if he was thinking about something.

  I let out a cold laugh and swung the meteoric iron across his neck! The shadowy figure instantly split into two halves!

  I picked up the mask and shouted at it in a stern voice: "Come out and see me! I am Mu Lin!"

  I looked down at my chest and saw that the skin was completely gone, revealing a black hollow inside. Zhao Feiyu stood to one side, naturally not knowing what to say now. I had been attacked twice in one day, both times targeting my heart. I actually wanted to know how much these ghosts needed hearts.

  A wisp of blue smoke emerged from the face spectrum, and a female ghost dressed in opera costume saw me and changed her expression greatly. She said to me with great respect: Xiao Lin! You... you're okay!

  I took a look at that female ghost, and I didn't expect to meet her here either. I chuckled and said: Bai Ji, are you hoping something would happen to me?

  Bai Ji shook her head, but when she saw the big hole on my chest, I could see that Bai Ji's expression became very unsightly. I turned around and said to Zhao Feiyu: You go out and wait for me first.

  Zhao Feiyu knew I had something to say to Bai Ji alone, nodded and then walked to the entrance of the cave. The rope at the entrance was already broken, Zhao Feiyu didn't know how to proceed, he looked at me with a bitter smile, seemingly wanting me to give him some advice.

  To be honest, I didn't have a way out either. I shook my head and said to Zhao Feiyu: Forget it, even if you heard something, it's not a big deal. You already knew about those things that happened in the past.

  "Kobayashi, your heart is still... " Shiroki looked at the big hole in my chest and opened her mouth to speak, but chose to close it instead.

  "Yes. He took it away. Why are you here?" I asked Hakujou.

  "At that time, I stopped him from laying a hand on you. As his servant spirit, how could I possibly stop him? I don't know when, but I was sent here. I can feel the difference here, he must have brought me here to guard something inside." White Lady spoke truthfully.

  I nodded and stopped talking. I looked at the corpse on the ground, pointed to it and asked Baigi: Did you kill these people? And where is the entrance here?

  Shiroki lifted her head and looked at me, saying seriously: Xiao Lin, these people were not killed by me. If you hadn't been caught by the ghost hand, I wouldn't have come out from this wall either. My ability is too weak, sometimes it appears and it's going to cost my life. As for the entrance, I don't know either.

  These people weren't killed by Bai Ji? I was shocked when I heard the news. I looked at the corpses on the ground, all of whom had died from having their hearts removed. I fell silent for a moment. It was then that Zhao Feiyu broke the silence and said to me: "Have you forgotten? When we came down here, something was pulling us back. We thought it was just a substitute corpse at the time, but now it seems like someone had deliberately raised them."

  "Shiraki, has anyone come here during this time?" I turned around and asked Shiraki with a serious expression.

  Bai Ji looked at me and remained silent for a long time before saying: He's here.

  It seems I was right.

  "Let's just leave it like this. The dragon vein in the tomb can't be kept anymore. Let's go, fill this place up and then head to the wellhead to cut off the dragon tail, completely leaving this place behind."

  Bai Ji always refers to that person as "he", I know, Bai Ji also doesn't want to mention that person's name in front of me. That person, however, is someone who would stop at nothing to obtain the Dragon Pulse, even if it means digging out his own son's heart. The two words "father" don't suit him!

  As I was about to leave, Baigi suddenly asked me: Xiao Lin, I don't want to be here anymore, can I...

  "Let's go." I didn't wait for Baigui to finish speaking, and picked up the facial makeup on the ground, indicating that Baigui could leave.

  Bai Ji smiled gratefully at me and then returned to the face chart. Zhao Feiyu was somewhat puzzled by my actions, but I simply explained: She is the only ghost who protects me.

  I saw Zhao Feiyu's expression and he seemed to have understood what I meant. He nodded and didn't say anything more.

  I stepped on Zhao Feiyu's shoulder and grabbed the rope, after I climbed up, another new rope was thrown to Zhao Feiyu. When he came out too, we buried this hole together.

  By the time we had settled things under the pagoda tree, it was already midnight. Zhao Feiyu and I sprinted to the wellhead. Not a single person came out of the village, which was exactly what I wanted. I took a look at the two iron chains on the wellhead and pulled out the meteorite.

  I slashed down with a sword, and after a crisp impact sound, I saw that the iron had broken one of the iron chains. I struck again, and the second iron chain was also broken. At that moment, I seemed to hear a dragon's roar!

  "Is it done?" Zhao Feiyu looked at me and asked.

  I nodded and picked up my own things, saying to him: Let's go.

  Zhao Feiyu took off his coat and put it on me. I was a bit puzzled as to why he did this, but he pointed at the big hole in my chest and said: "Aren't you afraid of scaring people to death by going out like that?"

  I looked down at my chest and saw that the skin was broken, leaving only a large black hole. I nodded in gratitude to Zhao Feiyu before getting into his jeep with him.

  On the bus, Zhao Feiyu had several times wanted to talk to me, but he chose to shut his mouth.

  "Go ahead and ask whatever you want." I said with my eyes closed, seeing Zhao Feiyu's hesitant expression.

  "How did you survive... have you lost your mind?" Zhao Feiyu asked with a dry laugh.

  "I don't know. At that time, I thought I was going to die for sure. But when I woke up, I was in the haunted building." I said straightforwardly without hiding his meaning.

  "Did the haunted building save you?"

  "He and I were also members of the Ghost Building, so were you. The greatest enemy of the Ghost Building is Jiang He. And he betrayed the Ghost Building and went to Jiang He. Will the Ghost Building let him off so easily? As for my life, after the Ghost Building saved me, it no longer belongs to me. Whatever the Ghost Building says, I have to do. Who made them save me?" I sighed with a bitter smile, revealing a hint of helplessness in my tone.

  Zhao Feiyu also chose to drive quietly after hearing what I said. I put my hand on the place of my heart, no heartbeat...

  I forgot when I started getting used to having no heart. Gradually, I stopped believing in anyone. I don't know who can be trusted and who cannot. Nowadays, I only trust myself.