Chapter 26 Burning Paper Money For You
The moment Liu Haoyu and Qin Liu saw the Mirror Ghost’s face, they both understood one thing.
This was still not the real world.
Even though the mist had dissipated, this extremely grim night did not look like a good place.
The Mirror Ghost hiding in the barn seemed to have no intention of coming out. It merely glanced at the two people from the dark and then completely disappeared into the darkness.
Seeing that the other party had left, Liu Haoyu took out the Black Book and asked.
“What’s going on?”
Facing Liu Haoyu’s question, the Black Book also fell silent.
It also didn’t understand what was going on. This place seemed to have isolated everything, and even its abilities could not be used.
After trying for a while, the Black Book said in a heavy tone.
“We fell into a trap. This place… is clearly a cage set up by Gu Qianyang for the two of you.”
“If my main body were here, I might have a solution.”
“But with just an avatar, against this kind of prison, I can only stare helplessly.”
Hearing this, Liu Haoyu also fell into thought. The Black Book continued to speak.
“That old guy Gu Qianyang is indeed not to be trifled with.”
“It might always be lurking in the dark, watching our every move.”
“From the moment I taught you how to escape the world in the mirror, this has become a trap meticulously designed by the other party.”
“This method of escaping was just to let us discover a flaw and lure us into a trap.”
“Ultimately, we stepped into this completely sealed prison.”
The Black Book’s voice was somewhat solemn. Liu Haoyu also seemed to have thought of something.
He took out his mobile phone and looked at the screen.
On the screen’s mirror, there was no reflection of himself, and it couldn’t even reflect moonlight.
The stream next to it was the same. It seemed that anything that could be used as a mirror in this place had lost its function.
Was this to prevent them from escaping from here?
To leave the world in the mirror, one must rely on mirrors, but here all mirrors had lost their function…
The harder they thought about it, the more desperate their current situation became.
Gu Qianyang, that cunning old bastard like a fox, was indeed not easy to deal with.
“Mm…”
Qin Liu surveyed the surroundings. She knew a little more than Liu Haoyu.
If they looked with their naked eyes, they would find that they could leave this place and return to the road.
But if they turned on their night vision, they would find that, with themselves and Liu Haoyu as the center, the world about two kilometers away had all turned into nothingness and darkness.
As the Black Book had said, this had truly become a cage.
Getting out from the inside was almost impossible. The only solution was for someone from the outside to open the door.
Thinking of this, Qin Liu, who had always been a person of few words, finally spoke.
“Sister Lunzi, can you find a way to contact someone outside?”
“My name is not Sister Lunzi…” The Black Book protested helplessly. “But the method you’re talking about is basically impossible.”
“As I said earlier, this place has been sealed off. It’s almost impossible to get out, and for some reason, Bai Wuchang can’t be contacted either…”
The Black Book seemed to have given up thinking and continued.
“Perhaps the only solution is to abandon this avatar and let me come out to save you.”
Abandoning the avatar was a more euphemistic way of saying it.
In reality, after abandoning the avatar, it was not much different from dying.
Even if the Black Book could create another avatar, the new avatar would not retain any memories.
Therefore, this proposal was naturally rejected by Liu Haoyu.
“Besides this method, there is no other way. We are trapped here to death.”
“But we can’t sacrifice your life to let us out.”
Watching the two of them bicker, Qin Liu remained silent.
Her gaze fell on the nearby earth temple, and she seemed to have an idea.
“I have a way.”
Qin Liu suddenly interrupted their argument, which caused Liu Haoyu and the Black Book to shift their gaze to Qin Liu.
Liu Haoyu and the Black Book spoke in turn.
“Don’t force yourself, my dear grandmother.”
“That’s right,” Liu Haoyu nodded. “Even if the Black Book is wronged, you shouldn’t be wronged.”
The Black Book, which intended to continue persuading Qin Liu, couldn’t help but raise a few question marks upon hearing this.
“??? You kid, you weren’t saying this to me earlier? You really would stab your brother in the back for a woman, right?”
“That’s not a woman, that’s my wife. Isn’t that the same?”
“Your mother…”
The Black Book flipped open, and a finger extended from it, pointing at Liu Haoyu. The curse in its mouth was on the tip of its tongue, but it hesitated.
Fortunately, Qin Liu continued.
“It doesn’t require much effort.”
As mentioned earlier, to leave this place, one needed help from people outside.
So what she had to do was to find a way to contact people outside.
As for who to contact, Qin Liu already had someone in mind.
She walked towards the earth temple. The Black Book and Liu Haoyu exchanged glances, unsure of Qin Liu’s intentions at the moment.
But for safety’s sake, they still followed.
Upon entering the earth temple, Qin Liu found it unexpectedly tidy, as if someone often offered sacrifices there.
This would be easy…
She turned back to Liu Haoyu and asked.
“Do you have any paper money in your backpack?”
“Ah?” Liu Haoyu was stunned. “What do you need paper money for?”
“Don’t ask, just give me a bundle.”
Liu Haoyu couldn’t figure out what she was doing, but hearing Qin Liu’s urging, he took out a bundle of paper money from his backpack and handed it over.
“Is this enough?”
“It’s enough.”
Qin Liu placed the paper money on the ground and took a lighter from Liu Haoyu’s pocket.
Seeing the situation… was she going to burn paper money?
But the question was, who was it for?
Moreover, even if it was burned, it wouldn’t reach them here…
Just as the Black Book and Liu Haoyu were confused, Qin Liu quickly wrote something on the yellow paper, placed it on the paper money, and set them both on fire. Then, she tore open a gap in the air and threw it in.
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At the same time, Bai Wuchang, who had just left the Underworld Palace and finished a meeting, was preparing to go back to her dormitory to slack off. She suddenly smelled the scent of incense.
Ghost Messengers were very sensitive to such scents.
After all, who doesn’t like money?
She looked up and saw a large bundle of paper money falling on her head. Before she could be happy, a piece of yellow paper on top startled her.
It was precisely after seeing this yellow paper that she couldn’t care about anything else. She quickly picked up all the paper money on the ground and sprinted towards the Underworld Palace.
“King Yama! King Yama!”
Inside the Underworld Palace, King Yama was sitting at his desk. Seeing the flustered Bai Wuchang, he extended his hand, signaling her to calm down.
“What’s the matter?”
“That… someone is burning paper money for you!”
“Ah?”
