Yun Qishen

Chapter 2298 Want
The moonlight filtered through the night clouds, casting a layer of silver frost on the ground. The wind continued to blow, carrying a bone-chilling cold that seeped through Mo Langqin's fingers.

Bai Ying placed her hand on the back of Mo Langqin's hand, feeling his naturally cold temperature. She rubbed her face against Mo Langqin's palm like a spoiled kitten, "Mo Langqin, I... don't want this puppet body anymore."

"Why do you suddenly want to change things when they're working perfectly fine? Are you afraid that all I see is Yan Cang's appearance? Are you afraid that I'm not sincere towards you?" Mo Langqin bluntly stated Bai Ying's thoughts.

Mo Langqin gazed deeply into Bai Ying's eyes. "Bai Ying, you may not know this, but when you're happy, your white body shines even brighter, and your ghostly power becomes even warmer. I've never cared about the puppet's appearance as Yan Cang, even though I feel deeply guilty about Yan Cang's death. But what I've always seen is you."

Upon hearing this answer, Bai Ying's eyes widened involuntarily, her surprised gaze mingling with Mo Langqin's expression.

The eerie voice hovering near the white figure's ear also screamed excitedly, "[That's right, what you saw was always me! Mo Langqin! Ah! Mo Langqin! Ah! I love you! I love you so much! My Mo Langqin!]"

"So, you don't need to worry or doubt my love for you. Just feel it happily." Mo Langqin hugged Bai Ying and said gently, "Since you don't want to use this puppet body anymore... I should still have enough ghost power to let you return to your original body."

"My original body..." Bai Ying's body stiffened as she leaned against Mo Langqin's chest.

"Yes, your original body. Didn't you find your original body?"

"I……"

The gentler Mo Langqin's tone, the colder Bai Ying felt, a feeling even more piercing than the night wind.

"What's wrong?"

Bai Ying quickly broke free from Mo Langqin's embrace. She said urgently, "Even so, I don't want to go inside a skeleton. Besides, I've been buried in the ground for so many years, I'm practically broken into pieces! I don't want you to see me like that..."

Mo Langqin suddenly laughed after hearing Bai Ying's words, "Pfft, hahaha."

Bai Ying frowned in annoyance, "What are you laughing at all of a sudden!"

"I suddenly find you quite adorable, haha." Mo Langqin laughed and then added, "I'm actually a little curious, since you've been following me after leaving the Mo family, when did you find your own body and remove your hand bones?"

Bai Ying clenched her fists, unable to utter a single word from her dry throat.

Mo Langqin took Bai Ying's hands and asked, "Bai Ying, are you hiding something from me?"

The white-clad figure remained silent, while the eerie, urgent screams beside her continued unabated.

【Mo Langqin! No! I didn't hide it—uh!!! 】

Suddenly, a strong night wind blew past the white figure, carrying away the eerie creature and delivering it directly to the storyteller.

The scholar stared intently at the eerie thing with his fox-like eyes. The thing had no real form, and ordinary people could not detect its existence at all, but the scholar could vaguely sense it and used magic to grab it in his hand. "Your posture is really interesting."

【Night Moon Ghost Book!】 The eerie creature clearly recognized the scholar; indeed, this scholar was the enigmatic Night Moon Ghost Book, who was single-mindedly searching for the fragments of General Heavenly Scythe's soul.

"Oh? You know the scholar?" Night Moon's Ghost Book found the strange thing in his hand increasingly interesting. He had lived for hundreds of years and this was the first time he had encountered such a rare existence. The magic he used to probe the scholar's hand also became stronger. "It seems that the burden carried by that young friend just now is not simple."

The eerie voice cursed the Night Moon Mystery Book in agony, while simultaneously unleashing its power to probe it in return.

"Are you using your magic on the scholar?" Night Moon's previously relaxed smile gradually faded, and his expression turned serious. "No... you're affecting the scholar's past! You're causing a distortion in the scholar's memories... the Ghost Beast Banquet!"

The eerie creature in the Night Moon's Book of Ghosts suddenly burst into laughter: "Haha, you're nothing but an heir to the power of the Heavenly Scythe! What's there to be arrogant about! You're just an ordinary mortal! A pathetic person who should have died long ago!"

These strange words did not anger the Night Moon Ghost Book; on the contrary, its previous ability aroused its desire.

"I want it so badly!" Night Moon Ghost Book's power intensified, almost crushing the eerie layer. "The scholar wants your ability to travel through the past and future!"

The eerie creature panicked. It had thought that revealing the past of the Night Moon Book would give it a weakness to exploit, but instead of finding a weakness, it fueled its fighting spirit.

In a panic, the eerie creature activated its abilities, repeatedly rewinding time until it finally escaped the grasp of the Night Moon Book in an instant. The eerie creature fled in haste, as if if it didn't disappear from this point in time, it would vanish along with it from all subsequent moments.

Night Moon Ghost Book narrowed his eyes as he felt the lingering ghostly power in his palm. A smile reappeared on his lips. "So what if you escaped now... Haha, we'll meet again in the future."

"Even if you want to escape then, you'll only end up in the scholar's grasp."

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A flash of white light, and Mo Langqin woke up from the stone bed with a splitting headache.

"Ah... my head! What kind of memories are these?" Mo Langqin gritted his teeth, holding his head as he sat up straight. The memories that had just surfaced in his mind surged violently. "How come the Night Moon Ghost Book is in these memories...?"

"You're awake?" Gui Shouyan's voice rang out from not far from the stone bed. She maintained the appearance of a woman in red, leaning against the stone wall of the cave with her arms crossed, looking directly at Mo Langqin.

Mo Langqin's first reaction upon noticing the Ghost Beast Banquet was to cross his arms and hug himself, saying, "You, what else do you want to do to me!"

With a cold expression, Gui Shou Yan approached Mo Lang Qin step by step. Mo Lang Qin subconsciously retreated until his back pressed against the stone wall, at which point he had no choice but to stop.

“Since you are not him, then I will bring back his soul and let you become him again!” Ghost Beast Banquet shoved the finger bone that Mo Langqin had taken out earlier toward his mouth, “Swallow it back.”

Mo Langqin turned his face away, dodging the attack. "No way! Why should I listen to you? I'm not swallowing!"

Gui Shouyan gritted his teeth, grabbed Mo Langqin by the collar, and lifted him up. "Then what do I have to do for you to return your body to him? Or are you saying that even your past was a lie? I've been protecting his past and future all along, and I haven't discovered your existence at all. You can't be an outsider soul possessing this body! Your past is his past, and your future is his future. There's no doubt about that!"

Ghost Beast Banquet threw Mo Langqin back onto the stone bed, forcefully pinning her to him in front of her. "Mo Langqin, is it really okay for you to lie to me like this?"