Time is Life

"Damn it, that bastard! That scoundrel tricked us! If we'd known, we would have teamed up and killed him the moment we met him."

"How did he survive his fight with Fang Shiming last time? Why isn't he dead yet?"

"That beast Feng Quan secretly took a captain under his wing and even learned to play tricks. He knew Yang Jian was right next to him, but he deliberately pretended to fall into a trap."

In a bustling town market near Xiao'an County, Pei Dong and his group inexplicably appeared. After looking around, he immediately understood what had just happened.

It must have been Zhou Jiefeng who tried to use the Ghost Domain to teleport away at the last moment to avoid Yang Jian's attack.

Once he was out of that Ghost Domain, he couldn't help but curse. Although Pei Dong himself was unharmed, the team had suffered heavy losses today. If they hadn't escaped quickly, they would have been wiped out.

"That Yang Jian is too dangerous, and he's very alert. He didn't reveal any flaws during the entire meeting. Instead, we were defeated one by one. If we encounter someone like that again, it'll be unrealistic to think we can escape," someone next to him said after a moment of silence. He still felt a lingering fear.

Just a moment ago they seemed evenly matched, but once the opportunity arose, Yang Jian made a move that left them defenseless.

"Zhou Jiefeng, where is he? He brought us here, but he's disappeared."

Pei Dong was angry, but after calming down a bit, he realized that the team was still missing one person.

The most crucial Zhou Jiefeng, has disappeared.

As for Zheng Long, he was already a corpse on the ground.

"The last thing I saw was him being attacked by Yang Jian. He probably didn't have time to escape, since Yang Jian was determined to kill him at that time. If he had run away, Yang Jian would definitely have chased after him. Besides, we can't stay here for long. This place isn't far from Xiao'an County. Once Yang Jian's Ghost Domain finds us, we're doomed."

Someone offered a reminder.

Pei Dong's anger vanished completely, and he immediately shivered. At that moment, even a casual glance from passersby made him feel uneasy, as if danger was lurking among the crowd.

"Go, hurry up! We can't save him now. Let's make sure we're safe first."

Without any hesitation, he began to flee.

Pei Dong felt that the biggest mistake he had ever made in his life was encountering this Ghost Eye Yang Jian today. Two of his teammates were lost in a single encounter, which was unprecedented. Even if they had encountered a real ghost, they wouldn't have been defeated so quickly.

"Better than being wiped out, right?"

This was the only way he could console himself, and he also vowed never to have anything to do with Yang Jian again.

The group came on strong, but fled in a disheveled and hurried manner.

And at this very moment.

Left with no other choice, Zhou Jiefeng had to reveal Tong Qian's situation. "He's been detained by us in Xiao'an County and hasn't left."

"You've locked me up? Why?" Yang Jian frowned.

"It's because we discovered that Tong Qian is very special," Zhou Jiefeng said.

"Special? What's so special about him?" Yang Jian continued to ask.

Zhou Jiefeng said, "Feng Quan should know about this. Tong Qian mentioned you, but not much. After a supernatural event, Tong Qian changed. Originally, she was a woman, but now she has become a man. Although her face is still her own, her body is not. This is enough to prove that she changed into a living person's body during that time."

"The reason why Ghost Tamer die young is because their bodies are corrupted by vengeful spirits, and they are ultimately killed by them. Whether they control two or three ghosts, their real purpose is to slow down the rate of corruption by the vengeful spirits."

Yang Jian, carrying him along the road, said, "Continue."

Huang Ziya and Feng Quan, standing to the side, kept a close eye on the man, seemingly wary of him suddenly escaping, or perhaps also curious about the purpose of these people taking Tong Qian away.

Zhou Jiefeng was dragged forward by Yang Jian like a corpse; the only parts of his body that could move were his eyes and his mouth.

He didn't hide anything and cooperated by saying, "So we found hope in Tong Qian. If we could change her body, we could not only solve the problem of the vengeful ghost's resurgence, but also get rid of a curse."

"A curse? What curse?" Yang Jian stopped and turned to ask.

The fact that he needed to change bodies to get rid of the curse piqued his curiosity. As for solving the problem of the revival of vengeful spirits, it was indeed possible. However, after changing bodies, he would become an ordinary person, and since the change was influenced by supernatural forces, it was hard to say whether there would be any aftereffects.

Therefore, the idea of changing bodies had long been nipped in the bud for Yang Jian.

"I don't know. It's a curse on life, a curse that comes from an old clock. That clock set a time for us, and when that time comes, we will die. The only thing we can do is try to prolong the curse's duration. And we're not the only ones suffering from the curse. Pei Dong and the others are among them, and there are others as well. We are all trying to find a way to get rid of this curse," Zhou Jiefeng said, looking very downcast.

"Changing bodies is the only feasible way to break free from the curse, shed the identity of Ghost Tamer, and start a new life."

Yang Jian said coldly, "So you've set your sights on Tong Qian."

"Yes," Zhou Jiefeng readily admitted.

"That curse can't be that simple, can it? You're still hiding something."

Yang Jian pressed on, and the curse reminded him of the music box, which also meant certain death when the time came.

It's just a different method.

Zhou Jiefeng said, "Actually, being cursed isn't all bad for Ghost Tamer. This curse has the effect of suppressing the resurgence of vengeful ghosts, provided that one cannot tame more ghosts. Otherwise, the suppression effect will weaken. Some people have tried it and found that once three ghosts are tamed, the curse will completely disappear, but the Ghost Tamer will not be unharmed; instead, they will die immediately."

"Those who have experienced it before speculate that the duration of the curse is linked to life; when the curse of time disappears, life also disappears."

"Unbelievable! There's something so terrifying in this world—a pendulum clock that can unleash curses."

Feng Quan was somewhat surprised. "I've heard before that Headquarters has collected some supernatural items. It seems that the clock you're talking about is also a supernatural item."

Huang Ziya touched the crystal necklace around her neck. "Since it's a cursed object, why not just imprison it? Encasing it in gold can isolate it from the curse's influence."

"It's no use. The place isn't big, but it's very special. And so far, no one has found the clock. We've only seen its appearance in some old photos kept there. We've been there for a while, and all we've heard is the clock chiming when it reaches its hour," Zhou Jiefeng said.

The others were even more surprised.

A clock that can never be found, a curse Time is Life, a special place that cannot be understood.

Yang Jian's eyes flickered slightly, sensing that there were many things involved, and that the inside story seemed to be more complex than Zhou Jiefeng had described, with many things hidden within that he was unaware of.

However, after he said that, he understood why these people weren't worried about the vengeful spirit resurrecting, even though they had controlled a ghost.

It turns out that another curse was helping them.

"No matter what you've been through or what kind of curse you've suffered, you shouldn't be targeting Tong Qian. Besides, I'm also curious, with your level of expertise, you shouldn't be able to fight against Tong Qian, right? I know her situation very well; she's an anomaly who controls two ghosts, and even I'm wary of her," Yang Jian said.

Zhou Jiefeng's eyes flickered. "She is terrifying. I was almost killed by her, but I only found out afterward. Beforehand, we used some tricks to be on the safe side."

"What methods?" Yang Jian asked.

"A powerful sleeping pill," Zhou Jiefeng said. "Tong Qian is even more naive than we imagined; we didn't expect to succeed so easily."

"Damn, this works?" Feng Quan's eyes widened.

Ghost-faced Tong Qian, who controlled two ghosts, was actually drugged with sleeping pills? This must be a joke.

Although Yang Jian found it a bit unbelievable, he knew he wasn't lying.

Tong Qian is in good health.

But it's precisely because it's so good that it possesses many characteristics of a living person, such as needing to eat and drink, needing to sleep, even if the sleep time is very short, and even being able to change a ghost face to stay conscious, but ultimately it still has physical needs.

Moreover, if both ghost faces crash at the same time, they won't make any noise even if the character is asleep.

The three chapters are complete.