When You Get Old, You Love to Space Out

Yu Xing naturally took Yu Fengchen to see the crystal ball in the entertainment room.

The images playing in the crystal ball were all scenes of the Wizard Cult's past missions. Sometimes they were direct instigations, sometimes they were covert schemes, and sometimes they were merely instigations of evil. In short, one tragedy and terrible event after another was directly related to the Wizard Cult.

Like him, Yu Fengchen had encountered members of the Wizard Cult more than once, so the information in the crystal ball must be useful to Yu Fengchen.

Although it also contained some past events that Yu Xing didn't want to recall, the entertainment area had always been there, and these past events had already been witnessed many times by the believers of the Underground City, so it wouldn't make a difference Yu Fengchen were to be one of them.

Moreover, judging from the information in the crystal ball alone, Yu Fengchen wouldn't know the relationship between the two people chatting in the house and the young master in the corridor.

After Yu Xing led Yu Fengchen inside, he left Yu Fengchen alone to receive the information. He sat on the steps in front of the townhouse, staring blankly at the huge vine pillars bearing the fruits of the Sunken Sun that stretched from the ground to the top.

The big-headed hungry ghost wandered around for a while, and when it returned, it was holding a Female Ghost's head in its hands. The Female Ghost's neck was still attached to the bottom of the head. It was thin and long, more than a meter long. As the Female Ghost lost her ability to move, the neck swayed below as the big-headed hungry ghost walked.

"..." The big-headed hungry ghost came up to Yu Xing and handed over the Female Ghost's head in his hand, as if he were giving her a gift.

Yu Xing: "... Good child, Dad is so touched."

Unbeknownst to him, he had started referring to himself as "Dad" instead of "Big-Headed Hungry Ghost," a fact that Yu Xing took quite seriously.

What do you mean by "a provider of food and clothing"? This is what you call a provider of food and clothing! He's fed so many hungry ghosts, what's wrong with calling him "Dad"?

The hungry ghost probably thought the same thing. Although it could roughly understand the meaning of the sentence, it wasn't angry. It shook its hand and brought the Female Ghost's head closer to Yu Xing's face.

"I'm touched, but you should take it back. I don't want to eat this." Yu Xing's thought process seamlessly connected with that of a hungry ghost. He reached out and pushed the Female Ghost's head back. "Where did you find this flying head... Is it really dead? Why don't you put its head back?"

Hungry ghost. "..." Impossible, you can't give back food you've already got.

Seeing that Yu Xing wouldn't accept it, the hungry ghost opened its blood-red maw, stuffed the Female Ghost's head inside, and began to chew.

Although I can't swallow it, I can still satisfy my craving for it.

The scene was still a bit too much for Yu Xing to bear, so she waved her hand and said, "Take it away and chew it somewhere else. I've already fed you tonight, what are you still doing following me? Go, go, go, if you want some free food, come back tomorrow."

The hungry ghost, looking dejected, chewed away as it walked away.

The ghosts around the entertainment area were terrified by the commotion of the hungry ghosts' recent hunt and scattered in all directions. At this moment, only one or two scattered ghosts looked at Yu Xing, who was sitting on the steps, with curiosity and vigilance.

They had seen the hungry ghosts' attitude; this human seemed to be someone they didn't want to mess with.

After weighing the options for a while, the last one or two ghosts moved on to another place and disappeared from Yu Xing's sight.

In the Underground City at night, powerful ghosts are not limited to Hungry Ghosts. However, the more powerful a ghost is, the more it likes to roam around the altar. Although the entertainment area has a commemorative function for humans or believers of the Wizard Cult, it does not actually have much appeal to ghosts.

The complete silence pleased Yu Xing. He sat with his legs wide open, one elbow resting on his knee, waiting at the door in a very relaxed manner.

Perhaps it's because he's getting old, but lately he's been spending more and more time daydreaming.

It seems that doing nothing, thinking nothing, and simply emptying your mind to stay quietly in one place is a very luxurious enjoyment.

When I think like this, time flies by.

When Yu Fengchen pushed open the door, all he saw was a somewhat ethereal figure from behind.

The lantern with "" written on it in his hand is the only light source in the entire space. In addition, it is the sunken sun on the big vine pillars, which is like a faint night light. The light source emitted is as weak as the reflection of the night sky on a night without stars and moon outside.

In that perspective, Yu Xing's back was clearly a real presence, yet for a moment it seemed as if it didn't belong to this world, unreachable, and ready to vanish at any moment.

Yu Fengchen run down his spine and took a few steps forward, intending to touch Yu Xing with his lantern.

Before they even met, Yu Xing heard the noise and turned around, grinning wickedly. "So? Are you satisfied with this last-minute addition? Isn't it quite valuable?"

The illusion was suddenly shattered, and everything returned to reality, making Yu Fengchen think that it was just an illusion.

He paused for a full two seconds before nodding. "Very useful. I noticed a lot of details I had overlooked before. Thanks."

"Actually, there's no need to say thank you. Even without me, if you stayed here for a few days, you'd want to check out the entertainment area too." Yu Xing stood up, dusting off her backside. "Let's go, third stop."

Yu Fengchen hesitated, wanting to speak but holding back, and in the end, he said nothing.

He also saw scenes related to Yu Xing inside, but the era of those scenes seemed more like the Republican era, which was very strange.

However, since Yu Xing chose to let him see it and didn't bring it up, it means that these scenes weren't secrets that Yu Xing had to keep, but they weren't memories that he was particularly willing to talk about either. Yu Fengchen felt that he didn't need to ask. Since Yu Xing knew about this place, he must have seen all the scenes. It was enough that everyone knew the truth.

He followed Yu Xing around the dilapidated village... no, the Underground City for a long time, seemingly wandering aimlessly.

"This place isn't very good..."

"This isn't perfect either."

"Here... um... never mind, next one."

At each fixed location, Yu Xing would stop, observe for a while, make an evaluation, and then move on to the next place.

At first Yu Fengchen didn't know what he was doing, but after going around in so many places, he could tell that all these locations were around the residential area, and Yu Xing was scouting the area to see where it would be easier to make a move.

Of course, there wasn't much to steal here; it wasn't the kind of spot-scouting you'd do for burglary. Yu Fengchen noticed that Yu Xing seemed to be selecting something, and when they reached a spot for the seventh time, he finally couldn't help but ask, "What are you picking out?"

"Ah, I'm choosing the lucky one," Yu Xing replied.

Yu Fengchen: "?"

Yu Xing seemed quite satisfied with the current situation, and smiled happily, "Let's pick a lucky one who will gloriously sacrifice themselves tonight."