A True Master
As they gradually regained their senses amidst the surrounding cycles of reincarnation, they realized that they had all had a part of their soul taken away because they couldn't answer a certain question. At this moment, they all felt as if they had been reborn.
However, these people didn't know what had happened, and most of the people around them were unfamiliar reincarnators, so they lingered for a while before leaving one by one. On the other hand, the Ghost King spotted Li Wei at a glance.
"It's him?" The Ghost King was taken aback. The Ghost Princess beside him was puzzled by her master's expression.
"Master, is there anything special about that person? You were willing to offend White-Brow to help him in the theater, what is it?" Ghost Princess asked. Based on her understanding of the Ghost King, even a god would have a hard time persuading him if there were no benefits involved.
The Ghost King looked around in surprise, then said, "Let's put that aside for now, Ghost Princess, do you remember how we were ambushed by that Book Immortal?"
Ghost Princess blushed instantly, then her face darkened with anger. She said coldly, "That Book Immortal dares not fight us one-on-one, but only spouts incomprehensible riddles. If you can't answer them, he will extract a part of your soul and spirit."
"That's right, none of us answered it. Not only that, I remember that no one could answer more than the fifth question. But now look, everyone has returned to normal. Don't you think something is strange?" The Ghost King, as expected of his experience, immediately saw the problem.
"I don't know about this Ghost Princess!" the Ghost Princess answered truthfully.
The Ghost King nodded and said, "I suspect that someone answered all ten questions mentioned by the Book Immortal, which is why he released the soul he had taken."
Hearing the Ghost King's analysis, the Ghost Princess was also greatly surprised. "No way! Those questions were all incredibly difficult. I could only answer the first three correctly. How could someone answer all ten questions correctly?"
"But this is the only reasonable explanation, Ghost Princess. I taught you before that although my Ghost King Star Domain is powerful, we must not forget that there are always people more capable than us, and mountains beyond mountains. Perhaps, in some inconspicuous small starfields, there are also unexpectedly powerful experts," Ghost King sighed and said. At the same time, his gaze inadvertently turned to Li Wei in the distance.
Ghost Princess clearly noticed Ghost King's gaze, and asked curiously, "Master, the expert you mentioned wouldn't be referring to him, would it?"
"What? You don't think he's like it?" The Ghost King chuckled when he saw the Ghost Princess's unconvinced expression, his face full of affection, clearly showing how much he doted on this disciple.
"Hmph, what ability does a mere S4-level trash like him have, who only leveled up thanks to little sister Bao Ling's Hades Fruit?" As expected, Ghost Princess was very unconvinced.
Seeing her appearance, the Ghost King wore a serious expression and said, "Ghost Princess, you must not judge a book by its cover, and you must not underestimate him because of his previous low combat strength. Tell me, what kind of person can be considered a strong person?"
Seeing her master become serious, Ghost Princess stuck out her tongue and whispered, "A strong person should be like Master, possessing extraordinary combat power, able to intimidate everyone just by their name."
"Foolish!" the Ghost King scolded, but Ghost Princess's pitiful expression, he couldn't bring himself to harden his heart. He softened his tone and said, "Strength can only suppress people, but wisdom can subdue them. Tell me, wasn't the guy who directed your actions over the phone in the first mission a strongman?"
Upon hearing her master mention 'that person,' Ghost Princess's face also turned serious, and she quickly said, "Of course, although I'm not convinced, after thinking about it carefully, that guy is indeed very powerful. If it weren't for him, we definitely wouldn't have passed the last mission so easily. Master, why are you mentioning him? Do you know who he is?"
Thinking about 'that person's' identity, Ghost Princess became somewhat excited again. She had long wanted to see what the guy who could remotely control her and complete missions just by phone looked like.
The Ghost King shook his head and waved his hand, saying, "You have excellent talent and your combat strength is not bad either. However, sometimes, you can't solve everything with force alone. Think about it carefully, why did that person go to such lengths to help you? Don't you find it strange at all?"
Ghost Princess was taken aback. She hadn't really considered this question before. Now, hearing her master's words, she also felt that something was amiss. Indeed, the other party was a complete stranger to her, so why would they help her?
If it wasn't to help me, then why was the other party going to such lengths to tell me the location of the safe zone and how to deal with the S5 level zombie?
Seeing that his precious disciple seemed genuinely unable to grasp the key point, the Ghost King prompted him, "Think about it, in the last mission, what was the most illogical part?"
What's unreasonable about it?
The Ghost Princess tilted her head and thought for a moment. After a while, her eyes finally lit up, and she shouted, "I know!"
The Ghost King gestured for her to continue.
Ghost Princess hurriedly said, "Thinking about it now, there is indeed one thing that doesn't make sense. In the last mission, out of five people, two died, and only three of us, including myself, survived. Zhuo Qingxuan from the Infinite Starfield is no weakling either, yet she almost lost her life. This shows how dangerous the mission was. However, Bao Ling, who was with me, was almost completely unharmed. If her combat power was high, it would be understandable, but her combat power is only A3. If I had to find something unreasonable, I think it would be that she, at A3 level, was able to survive unscathed."
Upon hearing the Ghost Princess's analysis, the Ghost King laughed heartily and nodded vigorously.
"That's right, your analysis is very accurate. This is the most illogical part, but it still happened. Do you know why?"
"Could it be..." Ghost Princess was taken aback, then pointed to herself. "It's true that I protected her, but I relied on 'that person' to do so."
Thinking of this, Ghost Princess's mind went blank for a moment. Then, as if she had realized something, she began to stammer, "Master, are you saying that the mysterious person who called me was actually protecting Bao Ling?"
The Ghost King nodded affirmatively.
"So, the other party did this to protect Bao Ling. The only person who could do that is her companion. Now you know why I've been so concerned about that person, right?"
Ghost Princess glanced at Li Wei in the distance subconsciously, and then suddenly realized what was going on.
"However, these are all just our speculations. There is no doubt that that person possesses very peculiar skills. Moreover, the host of Hades Theater's attitude towards him is also very suspicious. That's why I helped him when he clashed with White-Brow. Now, do you understand why I did that?" Ghost King said in a deep voice, as if imparting a very important lesson.
At this point, how could the Ghost Princess not understand? She quickly nodded emphatically.
"Moreover, I suspect that our regaining of our senses might also be related to him. If anyone could answer the Book Immortal, I think there is no one else but him!"
Li Wei, who was far away, had no idea that he had been targeted by two wicked demons, one big and one small. At that moment, he was thinking about going to the next level to rescue Zhao Ling'er.
After briefly explaining the current situation and his own experiences to An Hei and the others, An Hei said, "That's right. Only by rescuing Zhao Ling'er can we prevent the Demon-Locking Tower from collapsing. Only then can our mission to help Li Xiaoyao be considered complete. Therefore, this matter cannot be delayed. I suggest we go to the last level immediately."
Nina and Xue Yan both nodded, while the fat man shouted that he wanted to follow Brother Li Wei, saying that only by following Brother Li Wei could he never worry about food and drink. But everyone knew what he was thinking; this somewhat cowardly guy probably felt that it would be safer to follow Li Wei.
"Then let's go together. If we encounter danger, we can look out for each other!" Li Wei was also worried about his companions going out alone, especially since there were also reincarnators from the Hades Theater in this Demon Demon-Locking Tower.
Just then, a voice rang out from behind Li Wei: "Young man, if possible, we'd like to join you. What do you say?"
When Li Wei turned around, he saw the Ghost King and the Ghost Princess instead.
The Ghost King had helped him before at the theater, and Li Wei could roughly guess what the other party was thinking. The Ghost King probably connected Bao Ling with the fact that he was the one who made the phone call.
So what? The Ghost King did that simply to curry favor with me, which was perfect for someone like me who had no powerful backing.
Naturally, Li Wei readily agreed. After introducing the Ghost King to An Hei and the others, they were all dumbfounded.
S9 level—without a doubt, Ghost King's current combat power has shocked everyone. Even Li Wei was secretly astonished. However, now that this S9 level super expert is on their side, the mission to rescue Zhao Ling'er will be much easier.
The Ghost Princess would steal glances at Li Wei from time to time, and quickly look away whenever Li Wei looked at her. When Nina and Xue Yan saw this, they followed behind Li Wei, urging him to honestly confess his relationship with the Ghost Princess.
"Have you been flirting with other girls behind our backs?" Nina asked boldly, uttering a question that sent chills down Li Wei's spine.
Although Xue Yan didn't say it, her gaze towards Li Wei was also full of 'unfriendly'.
"I'm innocent! I really don't know that Ghost Princess. This is the first time I've spoken to her." Li Wei was clearly a little guilty when he said this. In fact, if you count the 'phone call', he and Ghost Princess could indeed be considered 'acquaintances'.