Chapter 140 Replenishment

The central air conditioning inside the Late Night Bookstore wasn't touched, but the temperature in the room really dropped too much. The excessive temperature difference between inside and outside caused water droplets to condense on the glass.

At this moment, no one dared to joke. Even Lawyer An and the old Taoist didn't dare to do anything to liven things up.

After all, everyone present was clear in their hearts;

Stripped of his salted fish facade, stripped of his usual habit of lounging on the sofa and basking in the sun, stripped of everything,

This boss of theirs,

Was someone who had killed Yama!

For years, through thick and thin, they had experienced so many storms. Even Xu Qinglang's master, who was the most troublesome and terrifying existence in the Yang Realm, hadn't managed to kill anyone in the bookstore!

But,

In one fell swoop,

Two were dead.

Like summer rain, it came suddenly, leaving no time to react.

Zhou Ze had worked so hard to move things into his home, enduring Ying Gou's mockery time and time again, persisting in his own way, all because he liked that "sense of fulfillment," didn't he?

Things that he himself was reluctant to throw away, things that he had collected,

Why should anyone else destroy them for him?

Zhou Ze's eyes narrowed slightly, a hint of dissatisfaction in them. He looked up at Lawyer An,

And said,

"So? What did you find out?"

Lawyer An pursed his lips, recovered, and immediately said,

"The information we got is limited, but we roughly know the other party's true identity. His surname is Wu, and his name is Wu Sheng. He was a person from the Yuan Dynasty. During his lifetime, he was a local leader who rose up to resist the tyrannical Yuan. Later, he was defeated and killed. The local people built a shrine for him to commemorate him.

After many years of weathering the elements, he became a kind of existence similar to a city god but outside of that system. Later, due to an unknown change, he fell into a deep sleep or was sealed.

Because of the change in the feng shui in the last year, his seal was lifted, and he woke up.

Now,

What he's doing is having the souls of his former subordinates, who had always followed him, find incense for him, wanting to rebuild his dharma body."

Lawyer An said everything he had learned in one breath.

After listening to these words,

Zhou Ze nodded,

And said,

"Sounds like a heroic figure."

Although his name wasn't clearly recorded in history, and his rebellion might have been quickly suppressed, probably predating Chen Youliang and the others by a generation;

But the fact that the local people built a shrine for him was enough to prove his prestige in the area.

"Oh, right, one more thing is that those subordinate souls have been bound to him for many, many years and have long since become one with him. So, after those avatars are destroyed, it will also cause weakness and depletion to his main body.

So, I think the deaths of Yue Ya and Zheng Qiang are most likely…"

The little boy nodded in agreement with Lawyer An and said,

"Yes, existences like him aren't convenient to attack ordinary people, because that would ruin the merit he has accumulated, which is equivalent to destroying his own foundation. But, Yue Ya and Zheng Qiang, they aren't people."

"Understood."

Zhou Ze stood up

And walked towards the private room.

Lawyer An and the little boy also actively followed Zhou Ze back to the entrance of the private room, while the others watched from further away.

Opening the door to the private room,

The woman sat in the chair, her mind somewhat muddled.

Having her psychological defenses forcibly pried open by mental power, obtaining the secrets deep within her heart, it was impossible for her to not suffer some harm. Unless you completely and willingly opened your heart yourself, but that was even more impossible.

"Boss, is there anything else you want to ask? I'll ask her."

Lawyer An pointed to the woman.

Zhou Ze shook his head,

And walked directly to the woman's side.

Lawyer An and the little boy watched Zhou Ze, unsure of what Zhou Ze was going to do.

"Buzz!"

The nail on his left index finger grew out,

Very long, very long,

Gleaming with a black luster.

Then,

Without any warning,

Without the slightest prelude,

Zhou Ze's hand moved downwards,

The sharp, pointed nail directly pierced the back of the woman's head.

The woman's body trembled,

Under the frantic invasion of zombie baleful energy,

Her flesh and soul began to be frantically corroded.

Everyone present heard the woman's shrill screams from the depths of her soul.

"Puchi!"

Zhou Ze twisted his finger,

The screams stopped abruptly,

A wisp of black smoke rose from the wound.

Zhou Ze withdrew his nail, bent down, took a few tissues from a scattered plastic box on the ground, and gently wiped his nail.

"Boss, uh, this is?"

Lawyer An was a little confused.

Zhou Ze looked up at Lawyer An and asked,

"Didn't you say that he had to start replenishing after losing a few avatars?

Then let him deplete a little more."

"Oh, yes, Boss is wise. This way, we can take advantage of his illness and…"

Zhou Ze interrupted Lawyer An before he could finish flattering him:

"Don't tell Liu Chuyu about what happened to Yue Ya and Zheng Qiang. He was delayed for half a day because he had to deal with the haunted Changzhou Opera House, so let him come to Tong City according to the original plan."

As he spoke,

Zhou Ze looked at Lao Zhang,

And said,

"Use your phone to locate his position."

This wasn't a suggestion, it was an order.

"Oh… okay." Lao Zhang nodded.

Zhou Ze looked at the time,

And said,

"I'm going to wash my hands. We'll leave in a quarter of an hour."

After speaking,

Zhou Ze walked into the bathroom alone.

After the bathroom door was closed from the inside,

The little boy bit his lip, while Lawyer An beside him breathed a sigh of relief.

"Heh heh, just now, the pressure was really a bit much." The little boy said somewhat awkwardly.

That scene just now was completely different from the Zhou Ze he knew. It was like he had become a completely different person.

"You'll get used to it." Lawyer An said.

"You're used to it?" The little boy retorted.

Lawyer An shook his head. "I'm forcing myself to get used to it."

The little boy "heh heh" laughed twice and said, "You're An Buqi, there's no superior you can't get used to." (An Buqi is a pun on Lawyer An's name and means "can afford.")

Lawyer An then reached out and rubbed his face,

And said very seriously:

"So, I suddenly feel like I was really being a jerk before."

The little boy was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion, "How so?"

"I used to try to persuade the boss to work hard every now and then."

Licking his lips,

Lawyer An took a deep breath and continued:

"Actually, the old boss was more lovable."

"But, seeing him so angry, I'm quite touched. It's rare to see a superior who cares so much about his subordinates these days." The little boy said.

Lawyer An curled his lips

And said,

"That depends on whether you're putting yourself in the shoes of the dead Yue Ya and Zheng Qiang, or in the shoes of Liu Chuyu."

………………

"This bowl is big, don't let vanity get the better of you. Honestly, this big bowl of wide noodles is also expensive…"

Liu Chuyu drove while humming along with the car music.

The twilight sky was darkening early, and the wind was also getting stronger. It looked like it was going to rain. The moist coolness had already arrived. Driving in this kind of weather, singing songs, speeding on the highway, was indeed a kind of enjoyment.

Liu Chuyu pursed his lips and looked at his face through the rearview mirror. He had been busy all night, and after the matter was settled, he had immediately started rushing towards Tong City.

Tsk tsk tsk,

Staying up late is indeed the enemy of good skin.

Once he got to Tong City and saw the boss, he had to take good care of himself.

The cook at the bookstore whose surname was Xu must have a lot of experience in skin care. He should have enough time to learn from her this time, so he wouldn't be overshadowed by her every time they met.

Ahem, that's right, he'd let Yue Ya give him acupuncture. The acupuncture and massage parlors in other places weren't reliable, and the ones that were reliable weren't very good. Yue Ya's technique was the best. After a set of needles, he felt comfortable and relaxed.

Liu Chuyu couldn't help but yawn. The three of them, the out-of-town ghost messengers, had actually communicated in advance. From now on, they wouldn't be returning to their respective residences. It was better to stay in Tong City. The development prospects here were also greater.

"Heh heh, we'll all be living together from now on. It's really like doing pyramid schemes."

After all, in the eyes of outsiders, a bunch of people relying on a bookstore that was just constantly losing money to live was obviously a very unreliable thing.

The car drove into the service station ahead. Liu Chuyu got out of the car and went to the bathroom.

A while later, he walked out while wiping his hands with a paper towel.

Then,

He stopped and didn't move anymore.

When he had driven in earlier, he hadn't thought much of it. He had just thought that it was going to rain, so there weren't many people outside the service station. But after he came out of the bathroom and still didn't see anyone,

He knew,

He was in trouble.

If it was really so sparsely populated, then this service station would probably have been shut down long ago.

Fortunately, he was an experienced ghost messenger. In a few days, he might even become the new captain.

A scene that ordinary people might be frightened by was just a common occurrence for someone like him.

"Glug glug… glug glug…"

A pool of mud began to appear in front of him, constantly bubbling.

Liu Chuyu took a few steps back, forming a hand seal with his left hand and taking out a heart-protecting mirror with his right hand. His eyes were fixed on the newly appeared mud.

However,

A black figure holding a dagger silently appeared behind Liu Chuyu.

Like cutting tofu,

The dagger stabbed out,

Smooth,

Delicate,

Directly piercing Liu Chuyu's chest.

Liu Chuyu immediately opened his mouth wide, wanting to say something, but unable to. He only felt that the area near his heart in his chest was so cold.

"Glug glug…"

This was the sound of the mud pool below boiling,

And the sound of blood constantly gushing out of Liu Chuyu's chest.

Even at this moment,

Liu Chuyu still couldn't believe,

That he,

Was about to face the end like this?