Chapter 51.1

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“The whole of Cordoned-off Village is trapped by Pingping’s resentment!”

The bloody red, tarnished resentment enveloped Cordoned-off Village. Everything was about to come to an end. Even without a special title, all the tourists could see the terrifying resentment and the spiteful ghost at the center of it.

“We can’t get out!”

When resentment and ghostly energy were extremely strong, a Ghost Hitting The Wall would naturally be born. Pingping had been entrenched in Cordoned-off Village for a hundred years, and was deeply connected with this land. As matters stood, she could no longer make a decision whether to leave or stay. She could control this land and the souls of all the people of Cordoned-off Village of Wuluo mountain. Furthermore, she was also trapped here.

Under the cover of the resentment, endless noises could be heard from all directions. The collapsed buildings sometimes looked old and dilapidated, like a mirage appearing due to a disorder in time. This was an illusion caused by resentment. The spiteful ghost Pingping had completely lost control. Her resentment had finally became a chain that trapped her, and a problem that the tourists needed to solve urgently!

“It’s a Ghost Hitting The Wall! We can’t get out regardless of how we try!”

Hou Feihu said grimly, “We must wipe out Pingping first!”

Miao Fangfei immediately rejected him, “We aren’t powerful enough to deal with a spiteful ghost.”

Given their strength, they would never be able to hurt a hundred-year-old spiteful ghost. Not to mention, the spiteful ghost Pingping was out of control and on the verge of collapse. However, there would definitely be a way to break out from their predicament.

The spiteful ghost Pingping had trapped everyone’s souls and herself in Cordoned-off Village, but her resentment was so strong that she had lost control. She had also trapped people who shouldn’t have been trapped. For example, the souls of the martyrs in the first scenic spot, and the ghost babies in the second scenic spot.

Miao Fangfei turned her head and blurted out, “Ah Cheng’s grave, try to take Ah Cheng’s remains out!”

The three scenic spots in Intoxicating Xiangxi were connected. In this tour which depicted the story of Pingping’s life, she had already personally killed all her enemies. The tourists’ task was to send the souls out of the tour. These souls were souls that Pingping wanted to release. They included the brave soldiers’ souls, the ghost babies’ souls, and Ah Cheng’s remains. The tourists thought that this might be Pingping’s last concern.

“Senior, we will send Ah Cheng out!” Miao Fangfei shouted.

Her body was trembling due to the majestic resentment coming from the sky. Spotty had long since hidden in her traveling bag, and it shook the tip of its small tail. For the tourists, a spiteful ghost self-destructing was no different from the arrival of the end of the world. At this moment, Pingping did not hold back at all. Resentment and killing intent spread all around, and even if one stood at the edge of the resentment and killing intent, they would still be affected by it. It almost felt suffocating to the tourists.

The next thing they had to do was dig Ah Cheng’s “grave” and take out his remains, which would undoubtedly greatly stimulate the spiteful ghost Pingping. Even though Miao Fangfei was 70-80% confident in her decision, she was still so nervous that her heart was about to jump out of her throat.

If the spiteful ghost Pingping got angry at that moment, they would all die!

“Wait a minute, look at that Ah Cheng, he, why is he still here?!”

Zhao Hongtu was so shocked he lost his voice. Everyone looked over at Ah Cheng in fright and shock. Standing beneath Pingping, the spiteful ghost bound by a chain of resentment in the sky, a figure was standing in the ruins of Cordoned-off Village.

“It’s really Ah Cheng!”

Miao Fangfei couldn’t believe it. “He, how did he——”

Pingping, who had shed all pretenses, had restored everything to reality. The majestic resentment shrouding Cordoned-off Village had attracted the attention of most of the tourists, and no one had noticed that Ah Cheng was still here!

Ah Cheng was already dead, and his remains were in the grave. Wasn’t the Ah Cheng who appeared in the scenic spot previously just a paper figure controlled by the spiteful ghost Pingping? The tourists thought that his existence should be similar to Fangfang and the people of Cordoned-off Village.

Miao Fangfei felt that she was thrown into a state of confusion. “Is, is he Ah Cheng’s remnant soul?”

“We have to send him out!”

Zhao Hongtu made a quick decision and ran forward hurriedly. If Ah Cheng’s remnant soul was still here, the way to pass through the third scenic spot must be to send Ah Cheng’s remnant soul out!

“Big Brother Wang? What do you think?”

But just after Zhao Hongtu and the other tourists ran a few steps forward, Wang Pengpai stopped them.

“None of you can go there.”

Wang Pengpai was particularly serious as he warned, “That’s the epicenter of the spiteful ghost Pingping’s resentment. If all of you run there, resentment will wash over all of you, turning all of you into fools. If you go there, even your souls will be wiped out.”

“But——”

“Senior, we have to send Ah Cheng’s remnant soul out.”

As soon as Zhao Hongtu was about to speak, he was interrupted by Miao Fangfei. She looked at Wang Pengpai, polite and calm. “Otherwise, we can’t leave Cordoned-off Village.”

Wang Pengpai said, “Take Ah Cheng’s remains. Everyone must hold a portion of his remains. The resentment of the spiteful ghost will no longer stop you.”

The “confrontation” between Miao Fangfei and Wang Pengpai made the other tourists realize that something was wrong. Why did Miao Fangfei call Wang Pengpai a senior? Hou Feihu pulled Zhao Hongtu over to his side. Shi Tao, who was carrying Xu Chen on his back, hesitated and stood behind Miao Fangfei. Yu Hean looked left and right blankly. Finally, he glanced worriedly at Ah Cheng. Lin Xi’s eyebrows were furrowed, and he cried out irritably to disperse the strange atmosphere:

“Ah Cheng’s remnant soul must be more important than the remains. In the previous two scenic spots, all of us sent away souls. For us to pass through this scenic spot, why would we only need to send Ah Cheng’s remains in this scenic spot!”

“Ah Cheng’s soul has dispersed.”

Wang Pengpai put his focus more on III-9 rather than the rest of the tourists. Wang Pengpai saw that he seemed to have taken out something, and the spiteful ghost Pingping in the sky had begun to descend. The distance between the two was getting closer and closer. Wang Pengpai’s eyebrows jumped. He didn’t want to tarry on any longer and directly spoke, “Tao’er, your brother said he’ll make spicy diced chicken at night.”

What was with the sudden change in topic?

Miao Fangfei subconsciously looked at Shi Tao, but she saw that Shi Tao was first stunned, before his eyes widened. He was shocked and couldn’t believe what he heard. He kowtowed and said, “It’s, it’s you, okay, okay.”

Wang Pengpai smiled and nodded. Waving his hand, the fat figure walked towards the center of the storm. Miao Fangfei frowned. She only saw Wang Pengpai take five steps forward before his figure suddenly disappeared. Miao Fangfei was instantly stunned.

“Hey, hey, what’s going on?”

Zhao Hongtu was also stunned. He immediately stretched his bow and placed an arrow to the string. Worried and anxious, he said, “Big Brother Wang? Big Brother Wang?!”

“Let’s go and save brother Wang!”

Hou Feihu pressed down on Zhao Hongtu’s shoulder, shook his head solemnly, and looked thoughtfully at Miao Fangfei as he said, “Wang Pengpai has an extraordinary background.”

“Leader Miao, what Big Brother Wang said can’t be wrong.”

Shi Tao was short of breath, and he hadn’t calmed down yet. Yet, his eyes were bright. Lin Xi was very familiar with the look in his eye. Shi Tao was like a fan who had seen his idol.

“Let’s go quickly and take the remains.”

“Why should we do that just because he said so?”

Lin Xi said discontentedly, “Why exactly are all of you speaking in riddles!”

“The epicenter of the spiteful ghost’s resentment is really not something we can bear.”

Miao Fangfei had deliberated for a while before she finally said calmly, “First, we’ll retreat to Ah Cheng’s grave to observe the situation. Once the situation has gone awry, we’ll take the remains away immediately.”

After everything that had happened in this tour, their tour group was no longer the same as it had been initially, a disjointed group. When Miao Fangfei made a decision, even though Lin Xi was dissatisfied and Zhao Hongtu was puzzled, no one left the team to make trouble. Everyone retreated to Ah Cheng’s grave, which was located at the edge of the resentment. From here, they could overlook the middle of Cordoned-off Village. Even though they were a long distance away from the epicenter, they could still feel the terrifying oppression brought by the towering resentment.

Even Lin Xi breathed a sigh. Indeed, he honestly couldn’t bear the resentment of a hundred-year-old spiteful ghost that had gone out of control, but he still doubted what Wang Pengpai had said, “Do all of you really believe him when he said that Ah Cheng’s remnant soul has long since dispersed? Then what is that person in the ruins of Cordoned-off Village? Is it a dummy made by Pingping?

“Since he’s still here at such a time, something mustn’t be right. His identity is definitely special!”

“Lin Xi is right.”

In a rare event, Zhao Hongtu echoed what Lin Xi was trying to convey, “How could he not be Ah Cheng? From his interactions with Pingping as we walked together just now, he didn’t seem fake. Even after Pingping lost control and went berserk, he was still there. I dare say that he is definitely the crux of the task.”

“But we really can’t get close to him,” Miao Fangfei said.

Then, her gaze met with Shi Tao’s. Miao Fangfei had cooperated with Shi Tao on previous tours. Given the relationship between them, they could be considered friends. She knew that Shi Tao’s brother was in a large tour party, and Wang Pengpai knew Shi Tao’s brother. Could it be……

Miao Fangfei shook her head and stopped thinking. The most important thing now was to complete the task. Miao Fangfei didn’t want any more accidents at the last moment.

“We’ll continue observing,” Miao Fangfei said.

Everyone watched as the spiteful ghost Pingping, who was originally floating over Cordoned-off Village, descended until she landed on the ground, standing beside Ah Cheng. The grim resentment that shone with an inauspicious bloody glimmer brightened the night sky. But when the glimmer reflected on Pingping and Ah Cheng, the scene appeared particularly sad and beautiful, like the duo were the cowherd and the weaver girl who were meeting on a magpie bridge. The scene caused pity to surface in the depths of the onlookers.

Hou Feihu, who had always been calm, also said, “We’ll observe a little longer. Don’t fret.”

“Ah Cheng.”

The spiteful ghost Pingping finally stood opposite Ah Cheng again. She opened her mouth, and the tourists could no longer hear her previously pleasant voice. Instead, a hoarse and ghostly voice rang throughout the space occupied by the resentment. Even Miao Fangfei and the others, who were the farthest away, could hear it clearly.

“Kill me, Ah Cheng.”

Spiteful ghost Pingping looked at the man in front of her gloomily, and the bloody resentment floated around her. Her pale face was as beautiful as the glow of the sun, and she appeared similar to when she had been alive. However, Wei Xun couldn’t ignore the infinitely cold and oppressive terror he felt from her.

On the verge of collapse, and even unable to control the ghostly energy and resentment, the spiteful ghost Pingping was facing her most critical moment right now. Despite all that, she smiled gently. There seemed to be tears in her eyes as she gazed at Wei Xun, but in the next instant, she could go berserk and reap his life away.

“Pingping, you are so beautiful,” Wei Xun sincerely exclaimed.

He covered his chest with his hand and felt his heart beating faster. The pervasive sense of danger allowed him to feel a truly addictive sense of exhilaration.

“Do you want me to kill you?”

Wei Xun had never hidden the dagger. This time, he generously showed it off in front of spiteful ghost Pingping. Currently, Wei Xun was afraid that only this dagger could kill the spiteful ghost Pingping, who was now in her strongest state.

“Yes. All of them deserved to die, but so do I.”

Pingping got closer to him, and her soft and boneless hand held Wei Xun’s arm. Wei Xun could feel that it was as cold as ice. She tilted her head gently, and an affectionate expression was reflected on her face, exuding elegance.

“I only want to be killed by Ah Cheng.”

Wang Pengpai, who had made himself invisible, witnessed this scene. He didn’t get too close, and stood 90 meters away from Pingping and III-9. He noticed the dark dagger in III-9’s hand. The experienced Wang Pengpai immediately understood that it was a prop that III-9 had got after completing the task of opening up a new scenic spot. The prop could kill the spiteful ghost Pingping.

And he happened to have Ah Cheng’s identity. It was the right time and right place, and even the people present at the moment were correct. Perhaps he could really surpass the strength he possessed in his current rank and kill the spiteful ghost.

However……

When Wang Pengpai heard what Pingping said, he smiled inwardly. She was worthy of being a spiteful ghost that hadn’t dispersed for a hundred years. She was better at scheming than an old fox. If you was careless, you would suffer from a great loss at her hands. Anyway, since the scenic spot’s attraction had come to an end, Wang Pengpai was fully prepared to capture III-9. He was simply here to watch the excitement, and also to prevent III-9 from being killed by Pingping.

Ah Cheng’s identity was a double-edged sword.