170 Green Ghos (1/2)
In the middle of the night.
In the inn, there was a warm light come from a lamp in Fang Yuan's room.
”Brother Yang, you're not asleep?”
A shadow covered his light, and his voice was sinister.
”I knew you'd come!”
Fang Yuan opened the door and invited Xiao Mu in.
Xiao Mu was shocked. He saw a pot of wine on the table and two other dishes. The most crucial was the two sets of cutlery and bowls, which meant that Fang Yuan was expecting someone.
”Have a seat!”
Fang Yuan took a seat himself and poured a cup of wine for Xiao Mu.
”Alright!”
He sat down and drank the cup. A taste of spiciness filled his mouth and up to his nose, and he felt as though he was reborn, with a tinge of anger.
”Do you know that I admire you?”
After a long while, Xiao Mu opened his mouth, with a tone of disappointment.
”Oh? Why is that?”
Fang Yuan toyed around with the cup in his hands, and he didn't know whether to laugh or not.
”You are smarter than me and luckier than me!”
Xiao Mu was reduced to tears. ”Why... You have everything that I admire, and yet you don't need to be disturbed by this stupid thing!”
As he lamented, he ripped the shirt revealing his neck. A Ghost Head tattoo appeared, as though it was smiling. It had a dark green colour on half of the ghost's face.
”And because of this, you're out to kill me?”
Fang Yuan asked calmly.
”That's right, I'm here to kill you!”
Xiao Mu nodded his head.
A layer of green fog appeared and covered the entire inn.
Regardless the innkeeper, or the waiters, or the other guests, they were all in deep sleep, and their faces appeared to be in fear, as though they were suffering from a nightmare.
At this point in time, the tattoo climbed up to Xiao Mu's face, and slowly into his eyes, as though it was unnerving.
Due to the print, his voice was also affected.
”Oh...”
As Fang Yuan witnessed this, he looked at Xiao Mu with pity. ”Your pain and suffering, it's all about this print? If you knew it's true value, I'm afraid you will be regretful!”
”You know its origins? Tell me!”
The other half of Xiao Mu's face appeared to be hopeful, as he stretched his hands out.
Fang Yuan's eye flashed and he struck his right index finger out.
”Kacha!”
An ear-piercing fracture was heard.
Xiao Mu shrieked and fell to the floor. The bone of his right arm was completely shattered and was bent in a heart-breaking angle.
Breaking through the 9th Gate, with the evolved Eagle Claw Iron Skin Technique was not something a normal human being could handle, albeit not achieving its full potential.
”You are... a martial artist?”
Xiao Mu laughed cunningly. ”It's useless. Although I have not learnt martial arts, I have previously sought the help of ten over martial artists, but they all died under this print!”
”Jie jie!”
Accompanying the weird laughter, the Ghost Head tattoo grew larger as though Xiao Mu had worn a mask. As it opened its ghost eyes, it stared at Fang Yuan with curiosity.
”Good boy... Kill him!”
Xiao Mu pointed at Fang Yuan, and his expression changed from one of sucking up, to one of temptation, to one of rave... he was drowned in expressions.
”What a pity!”
Fang Yuan casually commented after seeing this.
”What did you say?”
The human side of Xiao Mu's face became flushed, and his eyes were bloodshot.
”I said that I pity you! You have already detected the print's objective, and yet you don't know how to control it. You only know how to follow it's instructions, feed it and become its slave!”
Fang Yuan tore Xiao Mu's phobia apart mercilessly. ”Not only your magical energy but even your body has rotted away. It was a chance for you, but it became your dictator, and you deserve this!”
”Fear to such a stage where you do not think about yourself, but channel the hatred to others, enraging yourself, but you are just a little bug full of pity!”
Every word and sentence was true, and Xiao Mu could not argue. In fact, it enraged him further. ”I want you to die!!!”
Suddenly, his tone changed to one of temptation and command. ”Hurry up, kill him! Kill him! Kill him! If you can do this, I will give you my entire dream world!”
”Jie jie!”
Suddenly, a blood-curdling event happened.
A distinct sound came from the face of Xiao Mu. He stood up forcefully and shot out a red beam of light from his ghost eye as he examined Fang Yuan. ”You are right. This boy is a disappointment. I still thought that if he passed the training, we could even recruit him in!”
The human side of Xiao Mu became fearful. ”Who are you? Why can you control my body?”
”Haha... I am Qing Gui. Did you not cry and beg me to help you?”
A mocking voice came out from Xiao Mu's mouth. If someone were to see this scene in the night, they would surely have nightmares.
”You are it, the Ghost Head tattoo!”
Xiao Mu finally understood. Unfortunately, he could only control the human side of his face. All the other parts of his body were under the green tattoo's control.
”Taking over?”
Fang Yuan became serious.