Chapter 18 - Purging the Ghost King (2/2)
The sound coming out from the gonfalon was indeed growing louder; compared to the previous almost indistinguishable noises that were being made, now it was already so loud that it was jarring. The entire hall was filled with the sounds made by the Ghost King from within the gonfalon. It cried out with deep emotions to its heart content, letting itself loose:Waawaawaawaawaawaawaa…
Shen Ying: “…”
Lonemoon: “…”
This is the sound of crying right? This is obviously the sound of crying!
Wait a moment!
Could the water from the gonfalon be tears? The Ghost King’s tears!! (⊙_⊙)
Suddenly, he experienced a moment of eureka and an absurd thought flashed across his mind as he stiffly turned his head towards the person beside him. “You… what did you do to the Ghost King?”
That person looked blank as she tilted her head. “What’s a Ghost King?” Had she seen it before?
“…”
At those words of hers, the sobbing from the gonfalon grew louder with anguish, and the droplets of water lined up and seeped out of the gonfalon.
Shen Ying looked at the black gonfalon in disdain but felt it would be rude to directly throw away an item given to her by another. Her eyes narrowed slightly and she said, “Too noisy! If you want to cry, come out and cry!” And following that, she shook the gonfalon.
All of a sudden, a copious amount of black gas burst out of the gonfalon.
It… came out!
(⊙_⊙)
In addition, it was the kind that rolled out in lumps.
The black gas landed and showed its form. A hundred feet tall. Green face with jagged teeth. Fierce-looking, bloody mouth. Large, bulging and bloodshot eyeballs seeming capable of devouring the soul of a human. It would have looked extremely terrifying…
If… It weren’t kneeling on the ground.
(꒪Д꒪)ノ
The Ghost King was down on both its knees, its sharp claws laid properly on its legs in the most proper posture it could manage. Two streams of unknown liquid were leaking from the large and bloodshot eyes on its large face, but on the other hand the sound was now gone. Its sharp and jagged teeth capable of crushing souls were biting on its bottom lip, and it was wearing a pathetic look that seemed as if it wanted to cry but dared not.
Lonemoon: “…”
Xi Qiu: “…”
Hall masters: “…”
What exactly… was this ghost?
The hall remained silent for five minutes, and the entire place was filled with the sounds of tears being dripped onto the ground by a certain ghost: pitter-patter, pitter-patter…
“No wonder… it’s my Uncle-Master!” The first to recover from the shock was Xi Qiu. It was unknown as to what he was thinking, but his face beamed with delight as he looked at Lonemoon. “This Ghost King was indeed drawn out by you.”
“…” Lonemoon’s mouth twitched. What has that got to do with me, wasn’t it obviously shaken out by Shen Ying?
“Uncle-Master was right. Previously, I overestimated this Ghost King. Who would have known that under the coercion of Uncle-Master, it would not be able to even stand up.”
“No, I can’t suppress it.” It was totally not afraid of him?
“Uncle-Master, you need not be so humble. It was all thanks to your help. The Ghost King did not come out all this while because it was too afraid of Uncle-Master.”
“Are all of you… blind?”
Just as he was about to explain, the ground suddenly shook—Sword Qi seemed to emerge from all directions and the Spirit Qi in the air began to move towards a certain direction out of the door.
“This Spirit Qi…” Lonemoon turned to look at the person beside him. “Shen Ying, your chef… pooh, Yi Qing’s epiphany was a success.” He then quickly pulled her out of the door and said, “Quick, look at that!”
“Uncle-Master, that Ghost King…” Xi Qiu urgently called out.
“Since it’s already out, I shall leave it to all of you to purge it!” Lonemoon replied and disappeared at the door.
Xi Qiu squinted at the Ghost King in the middle of the hall. Was he seeing an illusion? Why did it feel like after Uncle-Master left, even the Ghost King heaved a sigh of relief? Even its tears stopped flowing out?!
Uncle-Master was indeed formidable!
“Oh right, just now beside Uncle-Master… there seemed to be someone. Do any of you know who it is?”
“I have never seen that person before. Uncle-Master called that person Shen… Shen something? I didn’t take a good look, so I’m not really sure as to that person’s gender?”
“Forget it, not important. Let’s conduct the array!”