Because there were very few residents in Building 4, Yue Chao and his son remained undiscovered for some time after their deaths.
Finally, after Ye Mei repeatedly went to the house without receiving a response, she called the police, which led to the discovery of the two gradually decomposing bodies.
This incident subsequently became a trending news topic, Wen Chun has remained missing to this day.
Ye Mei had initially paid close attention to this family, but her focus shifted as they disappeared or died within a short period.
Shortly after the Yue family members died, rumors of haunting the four buildings spread even more widely, and the few remaining residents moved out one after another.
All the new residents either moved out or died within five days, leaving the four buildings almost completely empty and abandoned.
Ye Mei never imagined that the clues to finding Ruoruo would be cut off by the sudden disappearance or death of the murderer.
Looking at the blurry portrait in the newspaper, Su Cheng thought of the broken leg and the boy that Mu Ling saw the night she discovered Xu Shaowei.
With photos and information, we can match them up.
" Wen Chun didn't disappear, she died. The one-legged ghost is her. The boy is Yue Chao, and the ball it's bouncing is either Yue Rong's or Wen Chun's head."
Su Cheng tapped the table with her fingertip, "The deaths of this family were not accidents, it really was..."
Love and hate
One family.
After tidying up the scattered documents, Su Cheng turned and left the room.
Ye Mei was no longer in the living room; the front door was wide open.
Building 4 is considered a haunted building by most people, but not by a mother desperately searching for her daughter.
Su Cheng returned to Building 4 again, heading straight for Room 606.
There are four eight-story buildings, with about seventy or eighty rooms in total. Each room could be inhabited by a human or a ghost.
It can directly pinpoint the residence of the target, saving Su Cheng a great deal of effort.
Su Cheng took out the key she had copied earlier and turned the doorknob to room 606.
The moment the door opened, before Su Cheng could even see what was happening in the darkness, a powerful suction forced her into the narrow crevice, and dirt filled her mouth and nose.
"I don't want to die... Let me out..."
The woman wept desperately in my ear, the cool air ruffling her hair.
Su Cheng remained indifferent, unmoved as she chanted her mantra to block out the negative emotions that were trying to taint her.
With a steady "Break!", the surrounding walls exploded, stones shattered, and she stepped out from within the walls.
"Brush--"
The cleaver grazed her cheek.
"You've come to die looking for trouble." The lifeless male ghost sneered, and the cleaver that had been thrown out returned to its hand.
The bedroom door opened, and the boy peeked out, holding a sparsely haired human head in his arms.
It smiled brightly when it saw Su Cheng, "Daddy, give me her head, and I won't play with your and Mommy's heads anymore."
The boy's head turned in his arms, his rotting features unrecognizable, his mouth opening and closing. "If Chaochao gets a new toy, could you put me back together...?"
A pair of severed legs with scarlet cross-sections and grayish-white skin emerged from the kitchen; a pair of severed hands jumped out from under the sofa; and there was a "thumping" sound from inside the refrigerator, indicating that other fragments were moving.
Each piece of corpse harbors a portion of a soul.
This house, which houses three ghosts, is eerily cold and gloomy, with bloodstains on the windows and floor.
This ghost is much stronger than Tang Yue, who is level 205.
But it's only slightly stronger.
Yue Rong chuckled maliciously. Su Cheng, who had suddenly barged in, was already prey destined for death in its eyes. "I didn't expect a living person to deliver themselves to my doorstep. Today I can have a feast..."
Su Cheng didn't have the habit of making threats before a fight or listening to others make threats; she recited the Fire-Attracting Art.
Before Yue Rong could finish speaking, the raging blue flames shot forward like a fire dragon!
Mu Ling also emerged from the bracelet and slipped behind the boy Wen Chun.
"It's you again!" Yue Chao Wen Chun recognized Mu Ling. The mother and son lost their composure. "You're a ghost too! We're the same kind of people! Why are you acting like this with a human... Ah!"
Like Mu Ling, Su Cheng doesn't listen to nonsense and always aims for a quick victory!
Even with their combined efforts, Wen Chun and Yue Chao could barely handle the Vengeful Ghost- level Mu Ling, and they were too preoccupied to speak again.
"Ah..."
Wen Chun's deathly aura was pulled and devoured by Mu Ling. Enraged, she tried to seek Yue Rong's help, only to find him entangled in blue flames and barely able to protect himself. "Useless," she thought.
"Mommy hurts!" Yue Chao's half of his soul was torn apart by the black hair, but his cries did not bring Wen Chun's help again.
Wen Chun's head sprinted towards the outside with all its might. The situation was clear: they were no match for them. If they didn't escape, their only option was to be annihilated.
Before they could even get their heads through the door, a blue curtain of fire blocked their path.
The mere touch of a spark to the soul within her skull was enough to make Wen Chun tremble with pain. Turning around, she met Su Cheng's sharp gaze.
Yue Rong huddled in the center of the blue fire circle, his once solid soul now thin and barely a layer.
Wen Chun's eyes were filled with resentment. "Who... who are you? Why did you kill my whole family...?"
Su Cheng did not answer. Amidst the piercing screams, she controlled the blue flames to burn the soul inside the head down to only one layer, then trapped it with a ring of fire.
Mu Ling had already torn Wen Chun's limbs to shreds, Yue Chao's soul was now only a weak layer, so he didn't dare to cry or make a fuss.
Su Cheng asked Mu Ling to go to the rooftop and bring Ruoruo down, and then surround Yue Chao with a ring of fire as well.
A family of three needs to be complete.
She looked with satisfaction at the three ghosts huddled in the ring of fire, trembling; they were much more docile than before.
He reached for the lost and found box. "Now we can get down to business."
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Chapter 128
As soon as the lost and found box was opened, the familiar scent immediately caught the attention of the three ghosts.
Su Cheng walked to Yue Rong's side, "Take it."
Yue Rong's eyes flickered slightly, and he quickly took out an axe from the box.
The resentment within the axe spontaneously surged into the soul, making the frail body appear more solid.
Although he had regained some of his strength, Yue Rong would not be foolish enough to be arrogant in front of Su Cheng again.
But it couldn't understand why Su Cheng was suddenly being so kind...
Suddenly, it remembered Mu Ling, whom it had just met, and tentatively said, "From now on, our whole family will obey your orders, sir."
Since Su Cheng is raising ghosts, the way she's giving them a beating followed by a sweet treat is definitely because she wants to subdue the whole family!
Wen Chun and Yue Chao, who were standing nearby, quickly reacted and whispered in unison, "Yes, yes, we'll listen to you from now on."
Seeing that the ghosts had misunderstood, Su Cheng didn't explain, but instead had Wen Chun and Yue Chao take out the items from the lost and found box.
Wen Chun took out the broken red high heel, which was its favorite shoe when it was alive.
Even though it broke off its limbs, it couldn't bear to lose them, but during an argument with Yue Rong, he ran out of the window, escalating the argument... and then Yue Rong killed and dismembered it.
Yue Chao pulled out a deflated ball and a fruit knife.
Its favorite thing to do in its life was to kick a ball, but Yue Rong often scolded it for wasting its time on frivolous pursuits. He would often compare it to Ruoruo's excellence, and eventually, the ball was thrown away.
As for the fruit knife, it was the one that Wen Chun took to the rooftop and used to hurt Ruoruo.
Not long after Ruoruo's death, Wen Chun was quickly murdered by Yue Rong.
Yue Chao witnessed his father dispose of his mother's body and worried that he would one day suffer the same fate as his mother. So, he took the initiative and bought rat poison and poured it into his father's wine bottle.
That day, it painstakingly cut its father's neck and obtained a new ball through hard work.
But soon, the ghosts of his parents suddenly appeared, and they caused Yue Chao to be electrocuted and die in the bathroom.
A family turned into a family of ghosts, trapped in Building 4, resenting each other yet coexisting.
All eight lost items have been cleared out.
Su Cheng put the lost and found away with satisfaction, then looked at the girl who had appeared behind her. "Your revenge is yours to take."
Mu Ling patted Ruoruo, "We ghosts are all vengeful."
Ruoruo's appearance greatly surprised Wen Chun and Yue Chao.
If they had met before, they wouldn't have been too worried, but right now their souls are weak, while Ruoruo is at her peak.
"What do you mean by this, sir?" Wen Chun asked in a trembling voice.
Yue Rong recognized Ruoruo, and seeing the frightened looks on his wife and children's faces, he roughly understood what was going on. "Didn't you want to subdue us...?"
Su Cheng clicked her tongue, "When did I say I was going to take you in?"
Mu Ling scoffed coldly, "Your whole family are ghosts with tainted hearts, and you love to be so self-righteous and think too much."
Su Cheng took away the blue fire ring and retreated to the door with Mu Ling, leaving the space for Ruoruo to perform.
Ruoruo ate Yue Rong first, and her broken tongue grew back.
Why did you kill me? I thought you were a friend.
Seeing Yue Chao neither Su Cheng nor Ruoruo would let it go, Yue Chao, in a fit of desperation, roared, "I have no friends! As long as you live, I'll always be compared to you! I hate you the most!!"
"Shut up! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have killed someone for you." Wen Chun roared, then turned and pleaded in a mournful voice, "We've already atoned with our deaths. Ruoruo, you're the most sensible and obedient girl, please forgive us just this once..."
"I will never forgive you." Ruoruo's resentment intensified as she leaped onto Yue Chao, tearing at his soul and devouring it amidst his screams.
After Yue Chao finished eating, it was Wen Chun's turn, and it made the mother and son experience excruciating pain.
Ruoruo's soul expanded, but it became turbid, still covered in blood and grime, unable to return to its clean and normal state.
Devouring one's own kind can make one stronger, but it can also affect one's sanity by incorporating resentment.
This is also why Ghost King who cultivate by devouring their own kind are mostly cruel.
Therefore, Su Cheng always controlled the number of times Mu Ling devoured her own kind, mostly letting Mu Ling stay in the bracelet to absorb Qi and cultivate.
Ruoruo bowed gratefully to Su Cheng, "Thank you, big sister."
Su Cheng waved her hand, "It was just a small thing. You'd better not devour any other souls in the future, otherwise your sanity will be controlled by resentment."