Chapter 52 The old, the weak, the sick and the disabled
"..."

On the sofa next to them, a skinny old man with short hair and wearing a vest and shorts couldn't help shaking his head when he heard this. When he was about to advise the guests not to scare them, he couldn't help frowning.

The tip of the nose twitches and sniffs carefully.

"Be polite when someone comes, little boy." Old Zhang advised earnestly, "Don't show off your abilities when you first meet someone."

"Oh, don't worry, I have the best moral principles!"

Tong Hua patted her chest and made the promise without hesitation, with all her sincerity... But in reality, it was impossible for people who knew her to believe her.

Old Zhang sighed, shook his head slightly, and picked up the teapot. As the saying goes, good words can hardly persuade a damned kid. The child is still young, and he still needs to suffer more before he can see the world.

He held the two round and smooth iron walnuts in his hands and said nothing more.

Until the elevator slowly rises.

Xiao An's voice was faintly heard.

"I'm coming."

Tong Hua's eyes lit up, and she activated the 'Famous Detective''s' unique skill - the Eye of Ether. She rubbed her hands together and watched intently: "Let me see -"

Then, at that moment, he froze in place.

No more sound can be made.

It was as if, in an instant, I had fallen into hell.

All light dimmed under the observation of the etheric eye, and matter seemed to have lost its color without anyone noticing, leaving only spots. Even the sunlight outside the window seemed to have lost its temperature.

Like falling into an ice cave!

The terrifying sound of a tide of blood suddenly exploded in her ears, accompanied by countless tragic screams and wails.

Nothing was clear anymore, the world was blurry. The only thing she could see was the sticky blood that silently meandered through the gap of the slowly opening elevator door, gradually spreading, rising, flowing, and gushing out, completely engulfing her.

"wait wait wait--"

Tong Hua's expression was frozen on her face.

His face gradually turned pale.

Is there something wrong?

How come it seems...

If you are not careful, you may see something you shouldn't see.

In the rush of blood, there seemed to be a vague outline, slowly walking out of the darkness and looking around. The indescribable and constantly changing shadows slowly crawled, inch by inch, approaching him.

A little, and a little.

She could no longer maintain her smile, and she began to twitch and become increasingly frightened.

The sudden fear made me forget the performance I had memorized. I only had one thought left:
Can we reconcile?

Countless distorted faces emerged from the blood, as if dissolving, overlapping and merging with each other, slowly extending out wriggling tentacles, gently passing in front of her eyes, caressing her cheeks, as if they had sensed something.

Then, one after another, empty eyes emerged from the blood, looking down at her. Countless dissolved and twisted faces came closer, opened and closed in the wailing, and uttered resentful curses at her.

To be engraved in her memory and soul forever!

“▇▇——”

"Ah! Smell, smell... Sister Wen, save me!!!"

Tong Hua stepped back in fear, and could no longer hold back, screaming, "Help, help! ! ! ! !!"

"What the hell……"

Ji Jue was so frightened that he took two steps back, stunned. As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he saw a bloodless, pale face staring at him. He was startled, thinking that a female ghost came to claim his life.

As a result, I finally mustered up the courage to say hello and was about to shake hands... but the other person turned around and ran away as if he was even more scared than me?

Shouldn't I be the one screaming?!

Wait, have I been bullied in the office before I even started working?

But seeing that Xiao An seemed to be used to it, he was not sure what was going on. He poked his head hesitantly and looked at the old man calmly playing with walnuts on the sofa: "Excuse me, this is the Beishan District Office of the Security Bureau..."

"Yes, that's right."

Lao Zhang was holding a plate of walnuts, nodding with a smile and waving warmly: "You are Xiao Ji, right? Oh, it's been a long time since I saw a guest. Welcome, welcome, please take a seat!"
Would you like some melon seeds? And some fruit too!"

As he spoke, a fruit plate, melon seeds, peanuts, marshmallows, chocolates and other things appeared from under the coffee table like magic. Before Ji Jue could react, there was a cup of tea in front of him.

On the opposite side, the old man who had brewed a cup of Kung Fu tea at a smooth speed was already pretending to offer tea.

No, what the hell, I’m not here to wish you a happy new year!

Also, the woman who just ran away screaming...

"she……"

"It's okay, don't take it personally. She stayed up late watching a horror movie and scared herself."

Lao Zhang picked up his teacup and took two sips, not caring at all.

Anyway, Tong Hua dug a hole and buried himself in it. He was used to it. It wasn't the first time.

Most of the chosen ones of the Ether Road have this problem. They are extremely gossipy and crazy about melons. They want to see everything, like to see everything, and dare to see everything.

In the end, I kept watching and watched until I killed myself without realizing it.

Now she just looked at Ji Jue, it's not a big deal. When will she become so bold as to even look at Shangshan Brocade and Nine Evils' Limbs? That would be a real problem.

Just learn a lesson.

However, the back of my hand holding the teacup couldn't help but feel goosebumps all over and the hairs stood on end.

The blessings of Uzumaki [True Eyes] and [Super Senses] and the blessing of White Deer [Enemy Knowledge] are combined to form a higher-level blessing [Pure Vision]. Under normal circumstances, one can perceive the true nature of all intruders within a hundred meters around the body.

The signals brought by Superman's perception are constantly stimulating his consciousness, describing the threats and terrors before him.

It has nothing to do with Ji Jue...at all!
It was something else, something more secretive and terrifying.

He looked like just an ordinary handsome boy, but when he used all his senses and concentrated on experiencing it, he could feel... some kind of existence entwined and possessed him.

——That huge aggregate of pure pain and despair!

Under the surveillance and stimulation of Tong Hua's unconcealed etheric eye, they seemed to be awakened from their slumber, completely aroused and furious!

In the illusory perception, a sticky scarlet color continued to rise from Ji Jue's body, and a strange and empty face faintly emerged from it, looking hungry and hideous.

And when they come together, they outline a strange and ever-changing outline.

Like a dragon head, overlooking indifferently!
Choosing who to eat. This is really... incredible.

Being stared at by that pair of empty eyes, Lao Zhang's movements paused for a moment. Then, he raised his hand to hold the cup, swallowed the tea, and ignored him, still smiling and entertaining the young man in front of him.

Until the scarlet and blood completely disappeared, the endless despair and pain shrank back into Ji Jue's body, and everything returned to normal.

It's as if nothing happened.

Old Zhang let out a long sigh silently.

Such a huge sign of evil change is a bit too exaggerated, isn't it?
It's not like he hasn't seen cursed people before, but few of them can reach one-tenth or even one-hundredth of Ji Jue's level. Even if all the spiritual pollution residues left over from the previous vortex planting technique are taken into account, it's still too outrageous.

But, these are clearly the resentment and curses left by countless people before their death, so why would they... protect him?

He shook his head slightly and stopped thinking about it.

"Come on, come on, eat some watermelon!" He picked up the fruit plate and entertained the guests warmly: "The little boy bought some watermelon specially today. He just took it out of the refrigerator. Eat it quickly while it's still cold."

And Ji Jue was completely numb.

Looking around and then at the lineup in Beishan District in front of him, he couldn't help but gasp - an old man, a patient, and a disabled person?

He suddenly had a sincere sense of belonging!
If a weakling like me is added to the group, wouldn't we be able to form a team of four old, weak, sick and disabled people?

That’s so true!

In the movie, they are a team that does serious things. At least saving the world is not a problem!

It is said that now in the Empire, the team must have fat people, homosexuals and transgender people to be considered healthy. I wonder what kind of powerful group can put together such a shocking lineup!
Of course, that being said, I am definitely weak, but it is not certain whether others are old, sick or disabled.

Not to mention An Ran, whom he couldn't see clearly from beginning to end, even the skinny old man in front of him was about to burst into sparks from the pair of iron walnut plates in his hands.

Looking at the material, and feeling its weight with his limited alchemy skills, Ji Jue nodded. With this strength, crushing one or two of his heads would be easier than beating eggs, right? !
"Oh, you finally came?"

Inside, in the direction of the office, Wen Wen finally came out, her hands full. On the left side, she held two small boxes, and on the right side, she held a portrait of a child as if she was holding a chick.

"Excuse me, my little sister likes to look around everywhere, and she was just joking with you, don't mind it."

As he said this, he threw the child painting he had brought to the front and angrily slapped the dog's head: "Apologize!"

"Yes, I'm sorry." Tong Hua lowered her head, trembling, holding Wen Wen's hand and refusing to let go: "Brother, let me go, I'm still young..."

What the hell?

Ji Jue was stunned, but looking at their happy faces sticking to each other, he felt as if he had become a part of some PLAY, how weird!

"It's nothing, just think of her as having a seizure."

Wen Wen sat down without mercy, then handed over the two boxes in her hand: "Here, your spoils, I've been waiting for you to take them after I cleaned them up last time."

"what?"

Ji Jue felt that he had never closed his mouth since he entered the door.

The equipment was divided for no apparent reason?

I didn't do anything!

But why does this beautifully decorated little box look so like someone's permanent home?
After opening it, he discovered...it seemed to be true!

These are the two urns!
One had some iron flakes scattered inside, and the other had only a few broken crystals inside...but there was no doubt that neither could change its nature as an urn!

"What is this?!"

"Hmm? The two Chosen Ones you killed last time." Wen Wen replied: "I checked. One is called Ming Yan and the other is called Bai Yi. They both have a lot of wanted notices. They are not good people. They didn't make any contribution when they were alive. After they died, they were just used as waste for you."

The ashes of the chosen one, in a sense, are truly extraordinary materials.

The remains of Mingyan can be used to replace some items in the Way of Desolation, greatly enhancing the material's physical properties and durability. The fragments of Baiyi are obviously condensed from pure shadow spirit essence, which may be the remains of the shadow beast...

Ji Jue was worried that he had no way to get materials to strengthen the calf and horse.

Anyway, given the cruelty of dragon blood, there is no need to worry about not being able to digest anything.

But, isn't it a bit too cruel to kill someone and then feed his ashes to your own cattle and horses?

It’s so miserable. Some people become materials after they die, while some people... are already being targeted when they are alive.

When he thought of his own identity, Ji Jue couldn't help but feel sad.

What if one day, Sister Wen suddenly called him into the office after get off work and said to him, "You don't want your identity as the Chosen One to be exposed, do you?"

He really had no other choice but to accept the unspoken rules while hanging his little pearl.

"What are you thinking about?"

Wen Wen frowned, glanced at the guy's absent-minded look, and reminded him: "You're drooling."

"No, no, no, nothing." Ji Jue shook his head and sighed, "I just feel that the adult world is so scary. Yes, scary. Boys must learn to protect themselves when they go out."

"Indeed, this is also one of the reasons why I asked you to come here today..."

"Um?!"

Ji Jue became alert instantly.

Good guy, sister, are you finally stopping pretending to be a gentleman?
If that's the case, should I... just give in? Or would it be more interesting to fight to the bitter end and never give in?
Just when Ji Jue's thoughts were slipping wildly, he saw Wen Wen patting the old man's shoulder, waving and saying, "Come on, Lao Zhang, I'll leave it to you next. Don't scare him."

"Don't worry, leave it to me."

The skinny old man grinned and smiled at him: "Don't be afraid, I have a lot of experience."

"Um?!"

Ji Jue's eyes widened in shock. He subconsciously shook his head frantically, waved his hands, and refused solemnly: "No, no, this is not okay, this is really not okay! This is too big!"

"What the hell are you thinking about!"

Wen Wen was furious and slapped him on the forehead, almost knocking his head off: "Today, I will let Lao Zhang train you so that you can learn some self-defense skills and the basics of spiritual essence strengthening!

Your brain has fallen into the ditch again, right?!"

"Ah? Oh oh oh, oh~"

Ji Jue covered his head and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "You should have said it earlier, I thought..."

"What else did you think?"

Wen Wen's smile gradually became kind. She raised her hand, clenched her long fingers, and the friction sound of her joints was as crisp as crystal breaking. A faint crystal light emerged from her fist and turned into sharp spikes.

"Why don't I come myself?"

She lifted Ji Jue's collar, smiled brightly, and squeezed out a voice from between her teeth: "Don't worry, I will definitely leave a deep impression on you, I promise."

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