bookcurios Chapter 144: Opening the Ghost Gate
Chapter 144: Opening the Ghost Gate
In the hotel, Chi Qiao was meditating on the sofa. She slowly opened her eyes. The night was as dark as ink. She made a hand gesture and disappeared on the spot.
When she let the old man go, she secretly cast a leash spell on his soul, so Chi Qiao could find him no matter where he was or when.
In this corner of the world, there is no sun or moon, and the whole world is shrouded in a thin black fog.
The old man slowly walked into the black fog, and Chi Qiao followed quietly behind him, but as soon as he took a step into the black fog, a scream came from inside.
Chi Qiao frowned slightly, this voice belongs to an old man!
She followed the sound and saw a woman in a red dress. She was filled with sinister aura, her face was pale, and her eyes were full of hatred and cruelty.
There were more than a dozen people lying nearby, probably seriously injured, groaning.
Chi Qiao took a close look at their faces. These dozen people were of different genders, young and old, but they all had one thing in common: there was a line of green paint under their eyes, and no one knew what it was for.
They were also surprised to see Chi Qiao, but there was no time to chat now. Chi Qiao looked at the woman in the red skirt and asked, "Where is the old man who just passed by?"
The woman in the red dress looked at Chi Qiao, and a hint of disdain appeared at the corners of her blood-red lips. "What do you think of being eaten by me?"
These dozen people are no match for her. The person in front of them is just a young woman. What abilities can she have?
Chi Qiao stared at her, his brows furrowed even more tightly, and without saying much, he just chanted an incantation and made some hand gestures. A ray of talismanic light hit the woman in the red dress, knocking her backwards, with her soul and body unstable.
As the woman in the red dress flew backwards, more than a dozen black shadows escaped from her mouth and turned into men and women after landing. Chi Qiao found the old man inside. When the old man saw Chi Qiao, he burst into tears. How could he be so unlucky! He had to suffer a disaster just to be reborn. He was almost eaten!
Without the support of these dozen souls, the strength of the woman in red dress was weakened a lot, and she must have been injured before. After being hit by Chi Qiao, she was injured even more seriously. She covered her chest and moved with difficulty.
She glanced at Chi Qiao, knowing that she couldn't beat him, and wanted to run away. But a tall man among the dozen people who had just fallen to the ground saw her intention, and endured the pain from his wounds and shouted, "Form a formation!"
The rest of the people also clapped their hands and stood up, each of them holding their breath. The evil spirit that more than a dozen of them could not deal with was unexpectedly killed in one move by the woman who appeared out of nowhere. If they let the seriously injured evil spirit escape again, they would have no chance of survival!
More than a dozen people surrounded the female ghost in red skirt. The female ghost was defeated and was finally captured by them.
Chi Qiao asked the old man and the others to go in and reincarnate, but the tall man came over and said, "The ghost gate is not open, they can't go in."
Chi Qiao was puzzled. In the immortal cultivation world where she lived before, there was no such thing as a closed ghost gate. As long as a person died, the soul would go to the underworld to reincarnate, and the ghost gate would always be wide open.
It seems that this world is different from the world of cultivating immortals.
Seeing that she seemed to understand nothing, the tall man frowned in confusion. This woman was so powerful, but knew so little about ghosts, so he began to explain it to Chi Qiao.
The Ghost Gate opens once every ten years. The souls of those who died during this period can only stay in this black fog, or live in their own ancestral halls or other places where incense is burned, and wait to be reincarnated when the Ghost Gate opens again.
The last time the gates of hell opened was five years ago, so if you want to be reincarnated, you have to wait another five years.
However, it is precisely because the gates of hell open only once every ten years that the ghosts lingering in the black fog, some of whom have resentment, rely on devouring other ghosts or going out to kill people to become evil spirits.
The female ghost in the red dress that they were chasing just now was a fierce ghost formed in this way. She had harmed many people outside. They tracked her for a long time before they set a trap and found her.
However, if Chi Qiao had not appeared today, they would not only fail to catch the female ghost, but more than a dozen people would also suffer casualties.
A dozen people, led by the tall man, expressed their gratitude to Chi Qiao. Chi Qiao waved his hand and said, "It's just a small favor."
The tall man wanted to ask who Chi Qiao was, but he saw that Chi Qiao's attention was not on them. Instead, he turned his head and looked for something.
Chi Qiao finally locked onto a direction. She used nearly half of her merit power to make a Taiyin Jue. Then she heard a loud bang coming from the direction she was facing, as if something huge moved.
Then a cold and gloomy air came over.
Dozens of tall men were stunned. She, she actually opened the ghost gate!
"Master, come in."
Chi Qiao looked at the old man beside him. The old man responded repeatedly and expressed his gratitude to Chi Qiao before floating into the black gate that appeared in the black fog with other ghosts.
Chi Qiao couldn't hold on for half an hour. After all, her strength was only at the foundation-building stage, so she had to slowly close the Ghost Gate.
However, although all the ghosts lingering in the black fog had entered the ghost gate at this time, most of the ghosts coming from all directions were blocked outside due to the induction.
"What's going on! Why is it turned off?!"
Amid the ghosts' bewildered looks and puzzled whispers, this old and powerful voice was particularly loud.
The tall man looked in the direction of the voice and was a little surprised, "Mr. Qin?"
Qin Zhongqing was a senior in their 849th Bureau. He died in an away mission three years ago. It was heard that Old Qin had been waiting in the ancestral hall at home for the ghost gate to open and enter reincarnation, but he did not expect to meet him here today.
Qin Zhongqing turned around and saw the tall man and his group. He floated over to take a look at them, recognized the tall man, and said with a smile: "Tao Fang? Hey, so you are my colleagues. Did you open the ghost gate just now? Not bad, not bad. It's really the back wave pushing the old wave. You are very good! Come on, open it again!"
Although Qin Zhongqing was praising them, Tao Fang frowned. Why did he feel that Old Qin's main purpose was to get them to open the Ghost Gate? And they seemed a little eager to enter the Ghost Gate?
But when it comes to opening the Ghost Gate, Tao Fang feels a little ashamed, "Mr. Qin, we didn't open the Ghost Gate, it was this person..."
He looked at Chi Qiao and found that he didn't know her name yet, so he asked, "Miss, what's your name?"
"Chi Qiao."
Chi Qiao was a little weak now, and replied calmly.
"It's opened by this Miss Chi."
After Tao Fang nodded to Chi Qiao, he continued to explain to Qin Zhongqing.
Qin Zhongqing turned to look at Chi Qiao and found that she was pale, probably because she had just opened the ghost gate. He was embarrassed to let the girl open it again.
But he was quite curious and asked Chi Qiao, "Aren't you in the same group with them?"
He actually wanted to ask if Chi Qiao was from Bureau 849? But he remembered that Bureau 849 was a confidential organization, and even if he became a ghost, he could not violate the trust of the organization.
Chi Qiao looked at Tao Fang and the others and shook his head. "Master, I'm going back first. If you still want to enter the Ghost Gate, you can come back in three days."
After saying this, she left the black fog. She had to go back and practice harder as she had consumed too much spiritual energy today.
Looking at Chi Qiao's back as she left, Tao Fang and the others were full of confusion. Who on earth was she? When did such a powerful person appear? They didn't even know about her!
Tao Fang was about to turn around and ask Qin Zhongqing if he had heard of it, but when he turned around, he saw Qin Zhongqing's enlarged face, which frightened him so much that he took a step back, "Mr. Qin, don't get so close to me, it's very scary, you know."
Qin Zhongqing is now a ghost, his face is pale, and it is really scary to see him face to face.
Qin Zhongqing apologized repeatedly. Wasn't he too excited? "Go back and report to your leader. Such a powerful person must be recruited into the bureau!"
Being able to open the Ghost Gate is already admirable, but he can actually open it again after three days. His strength is unfathomable!
And that guy called Chi Qiao can actually see ghosts without any paint. Look at Tao Fang and the others, they all have to apply the special paint developed by their bureau to see ghosts. That's the difference!
But without Qin Zhongqing saying anything, Tao Fang also thought so. He must report such a powerful person!
After Chi Qiao returned to the hotel, she closed her eyes and meditated. When it was almost dawn, Cheng Jia came to find her.
That night, the police questioned Mi Tu and Yuan Li. The two did not make a prior confession, and the lies they made up on the spur of the moment could not withstand repeated questioning. The two were exposed, and there was a recorder to prove that they had confessed.
Cheng Jia had already seen that evildoers would receive their comeuppance, so he came to say goodbye to Chi Qiao.
Chi Qiao originally wanted to follow Cheng Jia to see where the ghosts go to reincarnate, but now by accident he has followed the old man first.
Remembering that the Ghost Gate had not yet opened, Chi Qiao said to Cheng Jia, "Now that the Ghost Gate has not yet opened, you can stay with your father for a few more days and then reincarnate in three days."
Cheng Jia was stunned, surprised that Chi Qiao even knew whether the Ghost Gate was open or not. She couldn't help feeling a little ashamed. She even wanted to drown Chi Qiao before, but now she thought she was overestimating herself.
But she was also glad that she met Chi Qiao, otherwise how could she leave the river and watch her enemy be brought to justice.
After Cheng Jia thanked Chi Qiao deeply, she disappeared into the hazy night outside.
Cheng Xiaolong was sitting at his desk, crying silently. He had just had a dream in which his daughter told him that she was leaving and asked him to take care of himself.
After waking up, tears started falling uncontrollably.
In the bedroom, Mi Fang came out with a bottle of wine.
She poured a cup for Cheng Xiaolong, pleading in her eyes, "Old Cheng, I have been with you for all these years, managing the household and raising your daughter. Even if I have no credit, I have worked hard. Do you have to do things so ruthlessly?"
After Cheng Xiaolong came back from the police station, he filed for divorce from Mi Fang. Although Mi Fang was unaware of Mi Tu's harm to Cheng Jia, she was inevitably involved in selling his reputation.
Cheng Xiaolong snorted coldly, "You still dare to talk about raising my daughter? How did you raise her? You whispered in my ear, saying it was for Jia Jia's good, but every word made our relationship more tense! Tell me, what good things in the family didn't you give to Mitu?"
"Old Cheng, please have pity on me, I just want Mi Tu to have a better life. I know I have been so unfair to Jia Jia these years, you can beat me or scold me, but please save Mi Tu! She is also your daughter, she is obedient and filial, she has been filial to you during the time when Jia Jia was not around, you can't just ignore her!"
Mi Fang's face was full of tears. Although Mi Tu had given the idea, she did not take action to kill Cheng Jia. If Cheng Xiaolong had not pursued the matter, Mi Tu might not have gone to jail.
However, Cheng Xiaolong sneered again when she said this, "Your daughter is in trouble and you asked me to pity you as a parent, but have you ever pity me? If you pity me, you wouldn't treat my Jia Jia like this!"