Chapter 240: Chapter 208: Ghost Eye Lost

Sang Que prepared to hold her breath but heavily crashed onto the dry ground.

She jerked her head up, seeing the surrounding corpses explode, with all the water gathering in one direction, revealing Chi San covered in water, body rotting and peeling, with three arrows stabbed into his chest.

Xia Chan landed beside Sang Que. As her peripheral vision caught sight of that die, her heart skipped a beat. She couldn’t afford to think too much at the moment. What shocked her even more was why Chi San hadn’t died outright.

The die is a ghost-level yin object, and Chi San hasn’t even reached the fourth layer. Being hit with a four-point roll, he should logically be dead on the spot.

“Haha, hahahaha, you can’t kill me!”

Chi San, who had originally lost control, surprisingly regained the power of the evil spirits due to the die’s strong suppression. He half-kneeled on the ground, and a mass of murky, foul-smelling water emerged beneath him, surging towards Sang Que and Xia Chan.

“Chi Gen Mountain!”

A low shout came from the doorway, calling Chi San’s full name. His whole body shuddered, turning his head involuntarily, only to see a pair of familiar black boots. His view was completely obscured by the black clothing draping down from above,

Underneath the black clothing, an Eight Diagrams pattern carried an irresistible force, firmly sealing away Chi San’s evil spirit power, followed by the Soul-locking Rope binding from outside.

A heavy punch landed fiercely on Chi San’s face, causing him to immediately fall unconscious.

He Buning, exuding a chilling aura, clenched the fist he had used to deliver the punch, slightly trembling, barely able to suppress the anger and disappointment in his eyes.

In fact, even Sang Que could see that He Buning had removed Chi San from his captain position but hadn’t revoked his Golden Travel Token, indicating it was merely a verbal punishment. There might be a chance to restore him to his captain position in the future, assigning him to another place.

After all, a Yin Walker nearing the fourth layer is truly hard to come by.

Unfortunately, Chi San didn’t see this; perhaps he was bewitched by someone.

At this moment, He Buning’s furious appearance caused Xia Chan to shiver suddenly and fearfully shrink closer to Sang Que.

Noticing Xia Chan’s reaction, He Buning turned around, took a deep breath to suppress his inner anger, and the chilly aura around him gradually subsided. He replaced it with a slightly gentler expression and asked Sang Que and Xia Chan.

“Are you two injured?”

Sang Que shook her head, while Xia Chan remained fearful, hiding behind Sang Que without showing her face.

“Did something happen on Jia Shu’s side?” Sang Que quickly asked.

He Buning replied in a deep voice, “I don’t know. Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu went over. If something really happened, I wouldn’t be able to make it in time even if I went.”

Sang Que was taken aback, not expecting He Buning to come straight here upon hearing the news instead of checking if the Ghost Eye was missing first.

Regardless of whether it was for Chi San or for his ’sister,’ the fact that He Buning cared more for people than objects made Sang Que feel comforted.

At this moment, He Buning suddenly noticed something beside Chi San and knelt down to examine it.

Sang Que helped Xia Chan up, went over, and picked up the Human Bone Dice. With the crisis averted, seeing the four points on the die sent a shiver through her heart. The die was tossed by Xia Chan; she thought about the money box, and it was very likely that the 600 taels she had saved up weren’t much left.

But was it possible that the more money you carried, the higher the probability of rolling a four?

Sang Que suddenly thought of this.

The last time she rolled a four was also because she had a four-figure amount of pocket money, a high four-figure sum.

Moreover, Xia Chan could use the die without any prerequisites, as long as she had money on her. This was very dangerous to Sang Que, so she reminded herself that every time after using the die, regardless of whether it was a four or not, she must retrieve it promptly. If the die was left on the ground and accidentally rolled a four by an enemy, she’d be the one to die.

Temporarily putting these thoughts aside, Sang Que walked over to He Buning, noticing in the water stain a small snake as thick as a finger, already dead.

“It’s a Gu used by the barbarians.”

Sang Que realized suddenly that this Gu partially blocked the power of the die.

Seeing the Gu, He Buning finally understood why Chi San seemed different this time than before.

The loss of control by Chi San was probably also related to this Gu. To target a Yin Walker nearly at the fourth layer with Gu, the person doing it had to be at least a fourth-layer Gu Master.

“Let’s go to the Merit Office.”

He Buning prepared to carry the unconscious Chi San along, sensing something amiss within the Evil Suppression Bureau, possibly more than just Chi San being affected by Gu. Leaving Chi San here was very dangerous.

But the unconscious Chi San was as heavy as a rock, and despite He Buning’s attempt to lift him, Chi San didn’t budge an inch.

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward, and Sang Que shook her head, “Get out of the way, even Little Chan is stronger than you.”

Pushing He Buning aside, Sang Que grabbed the rope tied around Chi San with one hand and lifted him off the ground effortlessly. While she didn’t completely lift him, dragging him along was not a problem.

“Ahem!”

He Buning coughed into his fist and awkwardly led the way in front, while Xia Chan, holding Xuan Yu, followed behind Sang Que.

Before the two reached the Merit Office, Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu came running hurriedly.

Xiao Liu quickly said, “Dean Jia is dead, and the Ghost Eye is missing.”

He Buning and Sang Que showed no surprise at all, as everything was within their expectations.

Xiao Wu added, “According to the only surviving guard from the Merit Office’s secret vault, after Dean Jia retrieved the Ghost Eye, many snakes immediately slithered out from his seven orifices, eventually cutting open his belly, which was filled with coiled venomous snakes.”

“Those venomous snakes attacked the vault’s guards. One of them swallowed the Ghost Eye and then disappeared. Boss, it’s clear that all of this was premeditated, targeting the Ghost Eye specifically.”

He Buning asked, “Besides the Ghost Eye, was anything else lost?”

Xiao Wu shook his head, “No, only the Ghost Eye was taken away.”

He Buning looked puzzled, “Since this Gu Master has the ability to Gu both Chi San and Jia Shu, why did they wait until now to act and take the Ghost Eye?”

To this, Xiao Liu explained, “I found out that the Ghost Eye was previously with the border defense army, used to deal with the ghosts worshiped by the Barbarian Tribes. With the end of the year approaching and the frontline battles halted, the Ghost Eye was sent back to the Evil Suppression Bureau.”

The army’s military law is strict, with tight security, making it indeed difficult to take action.

Unlike the Evil Suppression Bureau in Tianliang City, where leaks are rampant, it’s feared that the loss of the Dragon and Snake Child Statue was also a ploy by the Gu Master to draw the tiger away from the mountain.

However, he didn’t expect that due to Sang Que being undeterred by the heavy snow, she investigated those villages in just three days and returned early.

The Gu Master thought they couldn’t find the Dragon and Snake Child Statue and would use the Ghost Eye to search. Hence, they changed their plan to lure Chi San into losing control and draw attention while acting when Jia Shu went to retrieve the Ghost Eye.

If the two Gus were left to lurk, they wouldn’t pose much of a threat to the Gu Master, but once activated to unleash their power, the Gu Master would also suffer from the agony of ten thousand Gus gnawing at their heart.

All eerie powers in this world require a price to be paid.

“The Dragon and Snake Child Statue is definitely in the Gu Master’s hands, and he’s also afraid we’ll trace his tracks through the Ghost Eye.” He Buning concluded, looking at Sang Que again.

“You mentioned before about meeting a pair of brothers who were suspicious? Is there any way to find them now?”

Sang Que referred to Cheng Ge and Xingzhu. Actually, He Buning had Xiao Wu investigate them; their household registration and records of entering and leaving the city were all complete, with many people in the city knowing them as musicians living normally in the city.

But now, they had no other leads and could only start from where Sang Que suspected.

Sang Que abruptly pulled Xia Chan to the front, “I can’t, but Little Chan can.”

When entering the city, Sang Que had Xia Chan leave hair strands at the brothers’ place, not directly touching their bodies but burying the hair in the gourd flute Xingzhu carried.

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