Five days later, Yang Jian returned to Dachang City.
It had taken him so long because he had gotten off in a city somewhere in the north. It was too far from Dachang City, and even traveling by Ghost Domain would have taken quite a while. Taking his own condition into account, he had decided to conserve the number of times he used his ability and simply taken the train.
Yang Jian had not been idle these past few days. He had been studying the five sentences deciphered from Cheng Xiong.
One: Who are you?
Two: I have nothing left to give you.
Three: Damn cupboard, give my things back.
Four: Tell me where that ghost is.
Five: I want to leave this place.
The five sentences were simple. The first was a question, seemingly asked by the Ghost Cupboard's former owner. The second appeared to be part of a transaction; the former owner had been in desperate straits and had nothing valuable left to offer.
The third sentence was crucial: Damn cupboard, give my things back.
This indicated that the Ghost Cupboard had taken something from its former owner, who deeply regretted it. But it was also easy to infer that the former owner had uncovered some of the Ghost Cupboard's secrets. Otherwise, he would not have written such words.
The fourth sentence was a request for help.
The former owner seemed to have been searching for a ghost.
As for the fifth sentence, judging by the timeline, the former owner should have become utterly disheartened after going through everything and intended to let it all go, leaving behind all those troubles.
But the fifth sentence was strange. If he wanted to leave this place, why had he written this sentence to ask some unknown thing a question?
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