Mysterious Revival: Starting by Controlling the Person-Hiding Ghost

"You were born from my Ghost Crow's supernatural power. In essence, you should only count as two ghost slaves, but I did give you part of my own memories and personality. From now on, you will become two entirely different individuals who serve me."

"Black Crow's incarnation, you shall be named 'Li Jiang.'"

"I left the Person-Hiding Ghost's complete supernatural power in you. You will use it to act in my place as Jiang Li, openly moving between Friend Circle and Headquarters, and remain in the country to observe how the situation develops for me."

With that, Jiang Li turned his gaze to White Crow and handed him the yellowed envelope in his hand.

"White Crow's incarnation, you shall be named 'Bai Li.'"

"You possess the supernatural power of the ghastly pale Ghost Hand. You will begin your journey delivering letters as a new first-floor messenger at the Ghost Post Office. The Ghost Hand's power will be enough to give you a firm foothold early on and allow you to complete your deliveries."

The two figures nodded stiffly, and Black Crow asked in a hoarse voice:

"I don't have that much supernatural power. If I provoke some powerful people in the supernatural circle, I'm afraid I won't be able to deal with them. Once the wooden box's existence is exposed, I won't be able to withstand the pressure from all sides. Perhaps we could consider killing that He Tianxiong and taking his ghost for me to control."

"A fair point, but we won't touch He Tianxiong for now."

Jiang Li pondered aloud.

"If you stay, a Ghost Tamer of Fang Shiming's caliber is unlikely to make a move against you in the short term. But you are, after all, the stand-in I'm leaving behind, so we must take precautions against every possibility."

"Before I leave, I'll do my best to collect some powerful supernatural items for you, to help you establish a foothold."

"If you encounter a situation you can't handle, I'll use the Ghost Crow Mask to transport the two of you to each other through the Ghost Domain. Then you can help each other out of trouble."

"If you still can't handle it, I'll step in myself as the original."

Hearing this, Black Crow, Li Jiang, nodded slightly and said in a low voice:

"All right."

White Crow stared at Jiang Li with blank eyes and asked, somewhat puzzled:

"Why are only the two of us staying behind? Wouldn't you have more room to develop if you stayed as the original?"

"If you didn't separate the two of us from yourself, you would already possess three major guaranteed-kill attacks: corpse spots, the Person-Hiding Ghost, and the Ghost Hand; the Corpse-Dragging Ghost's absolute suppression and dragging of a single vicious ghost; and the dark Ghost Domain and Ghost Crow restart."

"With all those, you would have no reason to fear those captains who have yet to develop. Fang Shiming's Ghost Scissors would no longer pose a threat to you either, since you can restart at any time. If you stayed, the situation would turn out better for us."

Jiang Li met White Crow's gaze, then replied:

"I did originally have a similar plan, but that wouldn't be prudent."

"Exposing all my strength too early could easily land me in the same situation Yang Jian faced in Baishui Town. I'm not foolish enough to think I can take on the entire supernatural circle alone."

"Now that you two avatars have appeared, whether I want to establish my own Ghost Tamer Headquarters or a second Friend Circle, I'll have powerful helpers I can trust. Only then can it be considered somewhat prudent."

"If the plan doesn't change, White Crow can take that Zhang Mao and set out for the Ghost Post Office tonight. Black Crow will stay out of sight for now and take over my identity once I've dealt with some current matters."

White Crow seemed to understand and nodded slightly.

"That would be excellent."

Black Crow spoke up again, asking in a low voice:

"One more question."

"How should we settle accounts with Wang Xiaoming, who antagonized us at the meeting, and those persons in charge who wanted to make a move against us?"

Chapter 72: The figure outside the villa (please keep reading)

"How to deal with Wang Xiaoming and his lot? That's a good question."

Jiang Li rubbed his chin and spoke in a low voice.

"There's really no need to make it too complicated. There's definitely something wrong with the way Headquarters operates. Otherwise, the death rate among persons in charge wouldn't remain so high, and when a civilian organization wantonly murdered one of Headquarters' own captain candidates, they wouldn't have been too afraid to let out a single fart in the end."

"Those charges alone are enough to have everyone responsible shot."

Black Crow fell silent for a long while, then spoke again:

"Then I understand. I only need to carry on as usual until Wang Xiaoming and the others make mistakes themselves, then find a reason to punish them in return."

"More or less. Cities need selflessly dedicated persons in charge to keep running, but they have no particular need for a Wang Xiaoming who only knows how to point fingers. Everyone makes mistakes. We just have to wait, and I don't believe we'll have to wait long," Jiang Li said with a nod.

Suddenly, White Crow, Bai Li, raised his head and looked at the gray sky overhead with his hollow eyes, murmuring:

"The rain has stopped. It's time for me to go. If nothing unexpected happens, I should reach the fifth floor of the Ghost Post Office soon. By then, I'll be enough to keep things under control on my own, and there'll be no need for the original to step in."

With that, Bai Li walked stiffly toward the gatehouse of the Cloud Summit Club.

"Good luck."

As Jiang Li spoke, he looked at Black Crow, Li Jiang, beside him.

"It looks like we should find somewhere to rest too. I remember Yang Jian left me a villa to live in at the Guanjiang Residential Complex. We can use the Ghost Domain to go there and rest now. Later, remember to have Wang Shan buy a few houses to keep in reserve as well."

"Back then, He Tianxiong summoned me here with a single phone call. This time, one way or another, I have to make him come to Dachang City to see me."

As he spoke, Jiang Li took out his satellite positioning phone for the first time in a while and tried to turn it on.

After so many days, an ordinary phone would probably have run out of power, but unexpectedly, the satellite phone still had plenty of charge, as well as many missed calls.

On closer inspection, they were all from Wang Shan. The most recent had even been made an hour ago.

It seemed He Tianxiong hadn't told him about the cave exploration, leaving him frantic with worry.

That wasn't surprising, though. Wang Shan was only a minor liaison. Perhaps he could barely claim a little status out in the world, but before Ghost Tamers, he was nothing.

Given He Tianxiong's character, he naturally wouldn't bother responding to him much.

Jiang Li tried calling Wang Shan, and the satellite phone connected in less than a minute.

The voice on the other end sounded slightly tired, but more than that, excited.

"Hello, is that you, Jiang Li?"

"It's me. I ran into some trouble before, but I'm back now," Jiang Li said. "You seemed anxious to get hold of me. What happened?"

There was a drunken belch on the other end, followed by an immediate reply:

"Fang Shiming, the boss of Friend Circle, has made a high-profile return to headquarters. He's recruiting new members on a large scale and plans to personally host a party in three days. New members who want to attend must give an answer before midnight tonight. You never responded, so I didn't make the decision for you."

"It's only eleven fifty now. If you're willing to go, I can report it right away. What do you think?"

Fang Shiming wants to meet the new members?

At this point, he seemed to have just fought Ye Zhen of Dahai City and was in bad shape.

After a moment's thought, Jiang Li replied:

"You didn't take it upon yourself to make a decision for me while I was offline. You really are a perceptive liaison. I'll attend the party.

"Also, notify He Tianxiong for me. I want to see him at the Guanjiang Residential Complex in Dachang City at twelve noon tomorrow. Tell him to be on time."

"Okay, no problem... wait?"

Wang Shan clearly froze on the other end, then asked again to confirm:

"You're sure you want me to notify He Tianxiong? Isn't he the boss who screened you this time?"

"That's him. Don't ask any more questions. Just notify him as usual, and he'll understand what to do," Jiang Li said.

"Okay, I understand."

The call ended.

A pitch-black Ghost Domain, just like the one in Nut Cave, spread out from around Jiang Li, carrying the same darkness and oppressive feeling as before.

The darkness rose into the sky, then spread toward the distance.

A few seconds later, Jiang Li appeared nearly a thousand meters away, the darkness following beside him.

But there were obvious gaps in this kind of Ghost Domain transportation, and it still wasn't nearly enough.

Gradually, as the darkness shifted, the gaps between appearances shortened to one second, and he teleported over a thousand meters almost in the blink of an eye.

Someone was fishing by the river below and saw with his own eyes a streak of black light on the horizon rapidly gathering in the air before shooting beyond the horizon and vanishing from sight.

After repeated attempts, the gaps between the black light's transports had fallen to a fraction of a second, almost negligible.

The transitions between Ghost Domains became nearly perfect.

In the end, the black light almost turned into a black line tearing across the sky, streaming toward Dachang City at an incredible speed.

Before long, two figures appeared in the Guanjiang Residential Complex in Dachang City.

The place was as peaceful as ever, but one person was absent.

Jiang Li looked at the scattered lights in the complex and murmured to himself:

"Yang Jian isn't here. At this point, he seems to have gone to that supernatural bus or the Caesar Hotel, but it doesn't matter either way. It's only reasonable for me to look after the complex for him."

It was already midnight, but lights still shone all over the complex, and quite a few people were still strolling and walking in the park.

Most of them were Zhang Wei's relatives and the families of other wealthy businessmen in Dachang City, enjoying the peaceful time at their leisure.

Jiang Li walked around the complex. As he came to a particular villa, he casually glanced to the side and suddenly noticed that the lights were still on in the villa where Jiang Shangbai's grandmother and Yao Xiaoting had stayed temporarily.

Are they still living here, or has someone else moved in?

Jiang Li narrowed his eyes slightly, then glanced at Li Jiang beside him. Li Jiang immediately understood, turned into a crow, and flew up to the villa's windowsill to look inside.

The Corpse-Dragging Ghost hadn't shut down, so he still had to use the dark Ghost Domain with caution.

Soon, Li Jiang flew back down to the ground and reported to Jiang Li in a low voice:

"It's still the two of them living here. Their personal belongings fill the rooms. It looks like they've been living here long-term."

Jiang Li was silent for a moment, then called Wang Shan again.

"Why is Jiang Shangbai's grandmother still living in the Guanjiang Residential Complex? And why is that schoolgirl here too? Did you do something behind my back?"

Faced with Jiang Li's questioning, Wang Shan was somewhat flustered, but his reply remained confident.

"After Jiang Shangbai learned that you'd saved his grandmother, he transferred two hundred million to thank you. He also said he couldn't get away for the time being and asked me to look after her."

"I figured his grandmother was a Dachang City local, so I paid for a house in Yang Jian's complex and let them move in."

"I should have told you about this before, but you didn't give me a chance to say it, and I didn't think it was a big deal, so I didn't bring it up again."

Hearing this, Jiang Li was silent for a moment before speaking again:

"You did a good job with that matter itself, but what the hell is that schoolgirl doing here? Was that part of the plan too?"

"It was part of the plan," Wang Shan said firmly. "That schoolgirl's family all died in the earlier Hunger Ghost Incident, and afterward, she was on her own and nearly couldn't even continue her studies."

"I thought that, given your nature, you probably wouldn't stand by and do nothing. Besides, the few of us spent an unforgettable time together in that supermarket back then. Of course, if you want to punish me for this, I have nothing to say. After all, the final decision on everything rests with you."

"...Don't let it happen again."

Jiang Li glanced up at the light in the window, then left.

Everything here felt good. There was none of the despair of a supernatural incident, nor any scheming against other people.

Just as Jiang Li returned to the door of his villa and used his key to open it, he suddenly sensed that someone seemed to be hiding inside.

"..."

The moment the door opened, a young man with a serious expression jumped out, holding two golden pistols as he shouted:

"The dual-wielding golden gunslinger, Zhang Wei, has arrived!"

"Who goes there? State your name!"