A Rare Commodity

Yang Jian wasn't in a hurry to contact Wang Xiaoming. Although his information was useful, it wasn't decisive; it was merely an inspiration. Moreover, he believed that since Wang Xiaoming had assembled a group of top-notch Ghost Tamer to handle the incident codenamed "Ghost Messenger," he must have a certain level of confidence.

He wanted to see what method Wang Xiaoming would have to deal with that uncontainable ghost.

So now, all Yang Jian can do is rest and wait, which is quite like watching a good show and enjoying the excitement.

However, when he was almost killed by a ghost at the training base, the others were just watching the spectacle.

Support is out of the question; providing some information or intelligence would be quite generous.

Not long after that.

Yang Jian, who was sitting on the sofa with his eyes closed, heard Liu Xiaoyu's voice coming from the satellite phone on the coffee table next to him.

"Yang Jian, are you there? I just received a call from Li Jun. He asked me about your current situation with the paranormal events."

"Connect Li Jun's call to me," Yang Jian, slightly opening his eyes and speaking into his satellite-guided phone.

Li Jun?

I thought Wang Xiaoming would call personally, but it seems the situation is alright, at least within our control. If things had really gotten really bad, Wang Xiaoming would definitely have called personally.

"Yang Jian, it's me, Li Jun." A steady middle-aged man's voice came from the phone.

"I'm listening," Yang Jian said slowly.

Li Jun's voice was calm as he continued, "Your ability to successfully rescue several Ghost Tamer from this Ghost Messenger incident was indeed beyond everyone's expectations. According to the previous Headquarters meeting, the possibility of your entire group being wiped out was very high. Because of the special circumstances at the time, we did not provide you with any support. I hope you can understand."

"Of course I understand. After all, everyone's life is precious, and there's no need to escalate the losses," Yang Jian replied calmly.

"It would be best if you could understand. Professor Wang and I are currently considering how to resolve this paranormal event, but we've encountered some special circumstances. I'd like to consult you, hoping your experience of surviving can offer some help in this situation," Li Jun said.

"Just ask me whatever you want. I can still offer some informational assistance. After all, Professor Wang gave me some informational help before, although it wasn't very valuable, it's just a way of returning the favor."

Yang Jian said, implying that this was all he would offer and that he would not provide any practical assistance.

Because this ghost, codenamed Ghost Messenger, cannot be imprisoned, he didn't want to face that thing, since he never knew when things might go wrong.

Although Yang Jian currently has a method for imprisoning ghosts in his mind, it is only a potentially successful plan; he does not have the ability to execute it.

That's enough.

Li Jun said, "Just before, we withstood three waves of attacks from the vengeful ghosts. We tried to imprison the ghosts using three different methods, but all of them failed. It seems that as soon as we suppress the ghosts, they restart. Have you ever had this experience before?"

Yang Jian's gaze flickered slightly upon hearing this.

He had been pondering similar questions before: if a ghost currently believes it possesses zero ghosts, what would happen if it came into contact with Ghost Tamer?

Now the answer seems to be clear.

That means just restarting.

This ghost has become very sensitive; it can now easily trigger the rules for restarting the vengeful spirit. Although the level of danger has decreased, the difficulty of dealing with it has increased.

"That's perfectly natural."

Yang Jian said, "The reason I survived is because I changed the rules of killing ghosts. Before, ghosts would kill people who had fewer ghosts than themselves, meaning that being alone meant certain death. But now, because of my influence, ghosts only kill ordinary people and not Ghost Tamer. To be precise, they have no interest in Ghost Tamer anymore. All Ghost Tamer are no longer within the scope of ghosts' killing."

"That's why the devil left the training base, allowing me and the others to survive."

"So that's how it is. This information is very useful and it matches our current situation," Li Jun said. He didn't ask Yang Jian how to change the ghost's killing rules because that wasn't the focus right now.

He then continued, "If we're going to imprison this ghost, do you have any good suggestions? Or any feasible methods?"

Yang Jian thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps the ghost coffin is the key. Feng Quan and I experienced the Huanggang Village incident back then. The ghost spawned by the ghost coffin returned to the ghost coffin, which calmed the supernatural events. If we can get it back into the ghost coffin, maybe we can repeat what happened before."

"Your idea coincides with Professor Wang's previous thoughts," Li Jun said. "Thank you for your help; now we know what to do."

"You're welcome. I also hope you succeed," Yang Jian said calmly.

Soon, the communication was lost, and Liu Xiaoyu's voice came through the phone again.

Yang Jian didn't continue speaking. Instead, he stood up, walked to a floor-to-ceiling window, and gazed coldly into the distance. "Returning the vengeful ghost to its coffin is an unproven plan. I don't doubt that Wang Xiaoming can do it, but whether he will succeed is hard to say. What if he fails?"

He had another plan.

If the plan to summon the vengeful ghost to the coffin fails, then his other plan will be much more valuable.

With a group of top-tier Ghost Tamer and Wang Xiaoming, Headquarters would absolutely not stand idly by and watch them be worn down and die in the Ghost Domain.

Therefore, his plan will be highly sought after at that time.

Of course, if Wang Xiaoming's plan succeeds, Yang Jian won't care, since he won't lose anything.

The answer will be revealed soon; he just needs to wait for the news.

In the Ghost Domain.

After putting down his phone, Li Jun told everyone about the conversation he had just had.

"This Yang Jian is as formidable as ever. He actually managed to forcibly change the rules of the vengeful ghost and survive. Tsk tsk, the title of 'Ghost Eye Yang Jian' is indeed well-deserved. He actually managed to do this. I've handled paranormal cases and reviewed a lot of files in my spare time. I don't think anyone has ever been able to directly change the rules of a ghost's killing ability."

A Ghost Tamer named Cao Yang found it incredible and somewhat admiring after hearing this.

"Contact with ghosts is the most dangerous thing, not to mention that the paranormal event came suddenly, and everyone at the training base was completely unprepared, even disorganized. Yang Jian's survival under such circumstances is indeed impressive, but that's all. He has no chance of imprisoning a ghost; just surviving was already a struggle."

Jiang Shangbai said with a sullen face, it was unclear whether he was praising or belittling him.

"Yang Jian's information is very important. He changed the rules of ghost killing, which indirectly helped us. Now the ghosts will only kill ordinary people who are alone, and will not kill Ghost Tamer. In other words, everyone except Professor Wang is safe from now on," Feng Quan said from the side.

"The fifth wave of attacks is coming." Suddenly, Tong Qian, who was on guard, spoke up.

Darkness surged around them, and from within it, faint footsteps were rapidly approaching.

The others immediately fell silent and all looked over.

Even though they knew they were safe, who could be sure about ghosts?

None of the Ghost Tamer have survived to this day are careless, because careless people are long gone.

"Yang Jian's plan coincides with the method I mentioned before. Letting the vengeful ghost return to the coffin is the right thing to do. Now we just need to figure out how to get this ghost back into the coffin." Wang Xiaoming said to himself, seemingly oblivious to his surroundings.

"So I came up with a plan. Next, I will let all of you leave, and then I will lie down in the ghost coffin alone. In this way, the ghost will inevitably enter the ghost coffin in order to kill me. If the surrounding Ghost Domain disappears at that time, then the rest of you can take advantage of the opportunity to be imprisoned."

"No, you'll be in danger," Li Jun immediately refused.

Wang Xiaoming said calmly, "I'll light the ghost candle at the crucial moment and then take the opportunity to escape."

"The ghost candle's duration is very limited; you won't have enough time," Li Jun said. "Besides, your plan has major flaws. You shouldn't risk your life unless you want to die."

He noticed that Wang Xiaoming's mental state had been very poor since the incident, completely lacking his former calmness and meticulousness.

This was also the reason they refused to leave before.

Solving paranormal events might be one aspect, but another is probably using this paranormal event as an excuse to commit suicide.