Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Strange Person

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  The elixir of the specter emitted pink bubbles, and when the bubbles burst, the splashing water vapor made Lega involuntarily hold his breath.

  "Turn into a ghost?"

  Lei Ga was confident and fearless of any enemy, even without the Cang Hu sword, he still had his hands, teeth, and the hot blood flowing in his veins, and an unyielding will to fight, but this ghostly thing...

  When he was young, Cang Yu had used the Ling Ti Guai to scare him. He didn't immediately go to take the medicine from Xu Ling Tian's hand. The instinctive fear of poison and Ling Ti Guai was only a small part of the reason, what made Lei Ga more worried was the true motive behind Xu Ling Tian's actions -

  What does he want to do after all?

  A faint smile made Xu Lingtian's pale lips slightly larger, "How, you don't believe that this world has spiritual bodies? Spiritual bodies can't change the shape of anything, but they can affect people's minds. Sometimes people will do things that they can't imagine themselves doing, it's all because when their spirit is weak, they are possessed by a spiritual body."

  "I thought it was a blessing from the Holy Light." Rega said with a hint of sarcasm.

  "People always attribute good things to sacred light, but never blame bad things on sacred light, which is actually unfair."

  Xu Lingtian's chicken claw-like hand still held the poison bottle, and Leiga seemed to have no other choice.

  Having come this far, there was indeed no regret medicine to be taken. He reluctantly took over the ghostly potion, and the stinging sensation of the bubbles sprayed on his face almost made his intestines knot. The poison was still far from his lips, but his tongue root could already fill with a sour taste.

  Jian Lei took the poisonous medicine, and Xu Lingtian couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. "The Ghost Potion can increase your movement speed by thirty percent, but remember, you only have forty-five minutes. If you don't kill a spirit within those forty-five minutes, you'll be stuck in ghost form forever, or to put it simply, you're dead."

  Lei Ga brought the ghost medicine to his lips and then quickly moved it away. "If I find the spirit monster, how should I deal with it?"

  "It's simple, just kill it with your sword."

  Xu Lingtian said lightly: "The spiritual body monster basically has no attack power, the only problem is that it will cunningly attach itself to humans. I advise you to kill them together with the person, the killed person will not have any scars, and no one will see you, so you don't need to worry about being caught at all. If you can't harden your heart and hesitate for a moment before killing, the spiritual body monster will escape and attach itself to another person. At that time, you'll end up having to kill even more people."

  When it came to killing, Xu Lingtian's expression was as calm as if he were discussing how to crush an ant.

  "Well, wish me good luck then."

  Lei took a deep breath and put the poison to his lips.

  "It should be wishing us good luck, you need life and I need you to complete the task. In fact, I have been waiting for too long, more than you need good luck." Xu Lingtian dryly laughed.

  Lei Ga didn't have the heart to carefully savor the meaning of Xu Ling Tian's words, he parted his teeth and downed the sour and bitter poison in one gulp.

  Blood rushed to his pale face, twisting it into a terrifying shape. His throat seemed to have a rope that was tightening, he opened his mouth but couldn't breathe in any air, his eyeballs bulged out, the swollen eye sockets were extremely painful, his heart solidified in his chest cavity, his legs were too weak to support his body, his knees heavily hit the hard floor, and his limbs convulsed uncontrollably.

  He still had a clear consciousness, and every pain and torture was clearly like steel colliding fiercely in his mind.

  This torture lasted for just a few dozen seconds, but it felt like several decades had passed.

  When the physical pain disappeared and Leiga stood up, he felt his body was light and full of strength, even the huge black sword behind him felt much lighter.

  "Am I already a ghost?"

  Lei lowered his head and looked at his own body, discovering that a grayish-white aura was emanating from all over.

  Xu Lingtian didn't respond to his words and instead turned around to continue being busy on the platform.

  Forty-five minutes...

  Lei Ga felt his heart beating only once a minute, he had wasted one minute and was left with forty-four heartbeats.

  He rushed quickly towards the door, reached out his hand to lift the black curtain hanging on the door, but his arm went straight through the black curtain.

  Lei Ga was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing - he had already turned into a ghostly form, yet he still foolishly used the human way to go out.

  He directly passed through several layers of thick stone walls, ignoring everything under his feet, using the additional speed boost provided by the ghost medicine to rush quickly towards the village at dusk.

  It was already nearing noon, but the dense fog still shrouded the village in a gloomy atmosphere. On the streets, there were only a few women chatting and children playing. Leika passed through them like a gust of wind, without stopping for too long. He thought that the spirit should prefer people with strange behavior, and this morning he had seen someone who was acting strangely - the night watchman at the cemetery.

  By the time he sprinted all the way to the cemetery, his heartbeats had dwindled down to thirty-six.

  The cemetery night watchman was still in the same posture as when Laga left, sitting in a chair and snoring loudly, with his mouth open and shiny saliva hanging from the corner of his mouth. Whether it's from appearance to clothing, or behavior, even his work nature, he should be the first choice target for Ling Ti Guai.

  Koréga took a deep breath and circled the graveyard watchman three times, but didn't find anything related to the spirit monster. If even the graveyard watchman couldn't be considered strange, then what behavior would be considered strange?

  Lei furrowed his brow tightly, and his heart beat weakly again in his chest.

  He suddenly remembered Meena's mother, who had an unspoken guilt in her heart. After Yurisa was nailed into the coffin, except for Xu Lingtian, it seemed that only she was still suffering in the village of Dusk, which might be a place to attract spiritual monsters.

  Lei Ga quickly ran to Ashina's house, this time he didn't need to knock on the door, and directly passed through the wall in a ghostly form.

  Mina's mother was sitting in the courtyard washing clothes, with wet water stains on her face and collar. When Leka passed through the wall, she happened to raise her head, staring blankly ahead.

  Lei Ga's body tensed up, and he immediately realized that Meena's mother was just staring blankly ahead, not having seen him. He carefully approached Meena's mother, his right hand slowly grasping the hilt of the giant sword above her shoulder.

  Meina's mother lifted her wet fingers, tucked a strand of hair that had fallen on her forehead to the back, and sighed softly: "Where has Meina gone to play again?"

  Her eyes were clear and her expression was full of worry, with no signs of being possessed by a spirit.

  Lei Ga put down his right hand and stood still with a defeated expression.

  One misjudgment can be forgiven, two misjudgments can also be excused, but if there is a third time, he may not live past forty-five minutes.

  The village of dusk is not very big, but it's a complete village after all. If every household really searches for the spirit monster, to say nothing of 45 minutes, even if you give him another 45 minutes, he may not be able to find it.

  This task may not require fierce confrontation, but it's no easier than fighting against a dozen or so strong bandit mercenaries at the same time.

  Lei Ga tried his best to calm himself down and not listen to the frequency of his heartbeat in his chest.

  The first two mistakes were not a bad thing, at least he understood that his understanding of Dusk Village was not deep enough. If he could understand more, maybe...

  He suddenly thought of a way, if the spirit monster can attach itself to humans and affect their thinking and actions, then he can do it too with his current ghostly form. He didn't know much about Twilight Village, but as a member of Twilight Village, Meena's mother must know who was the most suspicious person in the village.

  But entering into another person's body...

  Lei Ga hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his palm and pressed it against Meena's mother's chest.

  His chest was soaked with water, the cotton fabric clinging to his skin. Rega could clearly feel the coolness of the water and the warmth of his body temperature, as well as the strong heartbeat. His phantom hand could penetrate her heart room, but he had a good impression of Meena's mother and didn't want to bring too much physical burden to this woman. After a simple touch, he concentrated his energy and began to capture Meena's mother's thoughts.

  Meina's mother couldn't help but let out a painful groan, furrowing her brow and rubbing her chest with her hand. The washing water on her palm made her chest wet in large areas. Although she felt strange, she didn't know why her chest was uncomfortable.

  Lega searches in Meena's mother's mind for those she considers weird.

  Xu Lingtian's name jumped out first, but this can be ruled out entirely because after Leiga transformed into a ghostly form, the first person he saw was Xu Lingtian. As an alchemist who had not eaten or drunk for three years, and did not sleep or rest, relying solely on medicine to sustain his life, Xu Lingtian was indeed the most bizarre person, but there were no spirit monsters on him.

  The second name that jumped out of Meena's mother's mind was Rega's own. This can also be understood, after all, from Meena's mother's point of view, a "noble" young man came to Dusk Village and showed great interest in Elyssa's affairs, which is indeed very strange.

  The third name that jumped out of Meena's mother's mind was a person Rega had never seen before, and after inquiring about the man's background, he found that it wasn't the spirit monster he was looking for either, but just Meena's mother's simple prejudice.

  The names that popped out afterwards were all like this, and the things involved were all trivial matters. Leiga began to suspect that he had wasted too much time on Meena's mother, and it would be better to go out and try his luck.

  Just as he was about to move his palm away, the two names that had been suppressed deep within Meena's mother's heart suddenly jumped out. Rega was surprised to find that he knew both of these names; the first one was Meena's father's name, and the second one was the prostitute, Rukia, whom the graveyard watchman had mentioned.

  Even the Black Raven Tavern couldn't afford to hire a stripper, yet this tiny dusk village actually has beautiful and charming prostitutes? That's right! This is the most bizarre, the most unusual thing!

  Lei Ga suddenly felt a sense of relief in his heart.