I become a god in another world

Chapter 775 Lighting the Ghost Lamp
Chapter 775

"grown ups--"

Upon seeing this, Wu Shaochun immediately became anxious.

He did not enter the ghost realm of Tongshan County and was unaware of how terrifying the calamity in Tongshan County was.

Even from a great distance, he could feel the intense burning power of the flames.

Moreover, Zhao Fusheng's current state is strangely similar to the scene when Zhang Chuanshi died by lighting a sky lantern in the old Zang family ancestral hall, leading Zang Xiongshan to go into hiding.

Zhao Fusheng was his benefactor.

She rescued him from Dog Head Village, solved the village's ghost cases, guided him through the cases, and taught him to grow. To Wu Shaochun, she was both a teacher and a friend.

Upon seeing Zhao Fusheng in trouble, Wu Shaochun could no longer hold back.

He immediately set up the array platform, and a ghost stove appeared out of thin air, with ghost fire burning inside with a 'boom'.

The Kitchen God died in a raging fire, which also possessed an evil nature. Although its laws differed from those of the Ghost Lantern's fire, it shared a similar effect: scorching living beings.

At this moment, Wu Shaochun disregarded everything and suicidally drew out the ghost stove. The ghost lamp flame, lured by him, slowly began to withdraw from Zhao Fusheng's mouth.

The firelight illuminated Wu Shaochun's body and the ghost stove. Even though he hadn't yet drawn away the ghost fire, he could already feel the pain of being burned alive.

Wu Shaochun's body and face began to fester rapidly, revealing a fiery, lava-like glow of blood. His skin then cracked and subsequently carbonized.

But he did not back down.

At the same moment, Xie Jingsheng hesitated slightly, then solemnly took out three long, blood-red incense sticks from his sleeve.

The incense stick was covered with strange patterns and emitted a faint smell of blood.

He shook three incense sticks, then said:
"I must be possessed. I don't know if I owe you a life, but now I'm risking my life to save someone."

Back then, Xie Jingsheng's father died in the Ghost Realm while trying to save him. When he learned the truth, he was filled with panic, shame, and fear.

But when Zhao Fusheng was about to get burned, Wu Shaochun and the others rushed to his rescue without hesitation or regard for anything else. This scene seemed to bring Xie Jingsheng back to the time when the headless ghost case occurred.

He was moved by this emotion and decided to take action as well.

Xie Jingsheng couldn't explain his motives for taking action, nor could he figure out why he did it.

Unlike Wu Shaochun and others, his relationship with Zhao Fusheng was not that deep.

Xie Jingsheng's unpleasant mutterings:
"I am just an old and disabled ghost tamer. I have long lost my heart, liver and lungs. Doing this must be because I am possessed."

As soon as he finished speaking, he added:
"Perhaps there is still hope for Wan'an County, or perhaps you bear the responsibility of being appointed as the capital."

He muttered to himself:

"He trusts you so much—"

After Xie's father died, Xie Jingsheng was granted the title of Fengdu. To him, Fengdu was a superior, but also like a father, providing him with protection and guidance.

"I trust you too, I can't let you die here."

As soon as Xie Jingsheng finished speaking, he grabbed the long incense stick and shook it with his arm:
"When a vengeful ghost is out, all living beings must avoid it!"

His voice was long and drawn out, reaching everyone's ears and sending a shiver down their spines.

Then Xie Jingsheng twisted his wrist again, and a small golden bell was in his hand.

'Clang clang.'

As soon as the bell rang, the lantern ghost whose lantern had been taken away turned its head.

The moment the vengeful ghost turned its head, its attention was drawn away from Zhao Fusheng and towards Xie Jingsheng.

But at the same moment, the backlash from the vengeful spirit's power also arrived.

The golden bell in Xie Jingsheng's hand shattered instantly, and the huge impact also affected Xie Jingsheng himself.

A pale blue mark spread rapidly across his hand, dissecting his arm.

But as the crack disintegrated his physical body, a malevolent aura surged from within him, piecing his arm back together like porcelain.

Xie Jingsheng's arm trembled slightly. The three long incense sticks felt heavier than a thousand pounds in his hands, but he did not shake them off. Instead, he said again:

"Humans go to the mortal realm, ghosts go to the underworld. Gods return to temples, ghosts return to graves—"

The instant the curse was uttered, bloody footprints appeared beneath him.

"Xie Jingsheng of the Xie family, the guide to the ghost burial site, I measure the ghost path with my footprints. I take one step, and the ghosts follow. Follow me! Follow me! Follow me!" The moment the ghost incantation was uttered, the figure of the lantern-carrying ghost vanished from the spot.

The wailing and howling did not stop; on the contrary, they continued to echo over Wan'an County.

At the same time, Xie Jingsheng felt immense pressure. An invisible shadow followed behind him, like a dangerous mountain that could collapse at any moment and bury him within it.

There's no going back now.

Xie Jingsheng gritted his teeth and struggled to lur the ghost away.

When the two Fans saw Xie Jingsheng struggling, they immediately stepped forward to help him.

……

Just then, as Zhao Fusheng was suffering from the burning pain of the ghost fire and was losing her mind, the voice of the paper figure Zhang suddenly rang in her ears:

"Zhao Fusheng, how fortunate you are that someone is willing to risk their life to bring trouble upon you."

What impressed Zhang the Paper Figure Master was the large and small Fans.

These two boys were ruthless and vicious. When they first met him, they were shifty-eyed and, in order to protect themselves, they did not hesitate to kill innocent people—Zhao Fusheng almost lost his life at their hands in the beginning.

She narrowly escaped death, but Paper Man Zhang couldn't understand why she didn't take revenge and instead kept these two menaces by her side.

But instead of harming her further, these two people have now sided with her and are even willing to help her.

"How did you do that? Did you cast a curse on them?"

If it weren't for the fact that Zhang the Paper Doll could sense that the two brothers were still alive, he would have even suspected that Zhao Fusheng had long ago turned them into ghost slaves.

"Spit out the fire and flee for your life; you might still be saved—" the paper figure Zhang whispered.
"Once this fire enters the liver and intestines, even a god cannot save you."

Zhao Fusheng believed that he nurtured the ghost fire with his own evil spirits, but on the other hand, wasn't he also suffering from the torment and influence of the ghost fire, gradually becoming vicious in his nature?

"If you can be a light yourself, so can I."

Zhao Fusheng tightly closed his mouth, trying to swallow the fire.

"Hey hey hey."

Upon hearing this, Paper Man Zhang sneered inwardly:

"Don't you understand? This is a ghost fire, an evil fire, formed from all the evil and wickedness in the world. Its destructive power is astonishing. Even if you have an extraordinary will, what good is it? Under the burning of the ghost fire, your mind will collapse sooner or later, and you will only want to kill people and seize believers."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Fusheng's face was illuminated.

She was several meters tall at this time, and her head was as big as a bucket.

An eerie firelight emanated from inside her head, illuminating her skin.

The firelight shone from her eyes, nostrils, and ears, and her skin sizzled as it was burned.

Beneath her skin, countless black dots emerged, transforming into vengeful spirits and ghosts that assaulted her skin, bringing intense pain that burned her soul.

This pain was very peculiar; despair, helplessness, and fear, like vines, entwined Zhao Fusheng's heart, pulling her into an endless abyss.

Within the flames lay the bloody fear that the people of Tongshan County had accumulated over decades. They were eager to vent, to roar, to engulf everything they saw, touched, felt, loved, and hated in the flames and burn it all to ashes.

It wants to develop followers, to share the suffering, and to make everyone feel its pain.

'Bang bang bang,' these small blackish-gray dots represent a vengeful ghost, which wants to spread and mark, 'shouting' out its inner grievances in a special way according to its marking rules.

"Even if you have a thousand tricks up your sleeve and a heart full of compassion, what good are they?" the paper figure Zhang murmured.

“This is the poison of resentment, the source of malevolent energy, the fire of anger. It cannot be suppressed, cannot be accepted, and cannot be controlled at all—” He said this, whether with a sigh or with sarcasm, it was hard to tell.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Fusheng felt a moment of detachment from reality.

At that moment, she felt as if she had become a 'vengeful ghost' carrying a lantern, wanting to wander the world with the lantern, to take in the lives of living beings, and to spread fear to every household.

"no!"

Zhao Fusheng tried to force himself to close his eyes, hoping to suppress the ghost fire with the Great Law.

But her eyelids were stiff and seemed out of control.

Just at this critical moment, a frantic shout reached her ears:

"My Lord, my Lord——"

The voice was trembling and extremely weak, yet it sounded strangely familiar, as if I had heard it somewhere before.

Who is speaking?
What does "adult" mean?
As soon as these two questions came to Zhao Fusheng's mind, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration: the adult is her, she is the adult.

She is a demon tamer in the Demon Suppression Division of Wan'an County.

The person who called her name was from Wan'an County. Who was he?
Her consciousness was once again plundered, and an uncontrollable rage surged into her heart: since her rebirth, she had been subject to the Hell God List, dealing with ghostly calamities without stopping for a moment.

What did the affairs of Wan'an County have to do with her? She originally had friends, but unfortunately, in the ghost case, Zhang Chuanshi and Meng Po died one after another.

Many familiar faces who, like her, were involved in the ghost case also perished in the ghostly calamity.

The people, though impoverished, revealed cunning and cowardice; they were both weak and vicious.

This world is corrupt; there is no future or hope in sight.

She wanted to light a lamp for these people, to make them prostrate themselves at her feet and become her believers.

With that thought, she opened her eyes.

At this moment, two flames were contained within Zhao Fusheng's pupils. These flames carried the evil of the world and could not be extinguished.

Wu Shaochun and the others went about their own business and were unable to see Zhao Fusheng's situation at that moment.

Only Zhang, the paper figure who stirred up trouble in mid-air but ultimately stood by and watched, saw this scene clearly.

In the darkness, the figure of Paper Man Zhang blended into the night, and only occasionally, when lightning flashed across the sky like a dragon, could one vaguely see his patched and mangled skin beneath his black robe.

"You've been influenced by Hozuki too."

Paper Man Zhang's voice trembled slightly; he couldn't express his true feelings.

He seemed somewhat disappointed, yet also somewhat relieved, and mixed with a trace of anger that he couldn't quite explain.

Over the years, a fire had been burning inside him. He didn't understand what he was angry about, only that the world had wronged him. He always thought this emotion was caused by Hozuki's burning, but now that Hozuki had 'spit it out,' it was as if he had unloaded all his burdens.

But why is he still so angry now that the burden has been lifted and he should no longer be affected by the vengeful ghost?
"You speak so eloquently, yet dare to hurl insults at me. Aren't you just like me? You too are controlled by the flames of the lamp." The paper figure Zhang muttered to himself, then continued:
"Zhao Fusheng, what do you see right now?"

"Hey hey hey-"

"Hahaha--"

He gave a faint, cold laugh.

Just then, someone suddenly shouted:
"My lord, my lord——"

This shout interrupted Paper Man Zhang's sneer and caught his attention.

The voice sounded weak and feeble, like that of an old man on his deathbed.

The voice sounded vaguely familiar.

Paper Man Zhang had an exceptional memory; many faces flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern. In his consciousness, the figure of a timid, cowardly old man appeared, and he vaguely remembered that he looked like the magistrate of Wan'an County.

This person was once a guest of his, but in his presence, he was like a quail, timid and cowardly.

For some reason, Zhao Fusheng brought him along on this trip to Tongshan County.

He's just an ordinary person; he can't cause any trouble.

The paper figure Zhang flicked his sleeves dismissively and looked contemptuously at Magistrate Pang, who had spoken.

At this moment, a great battle was about to begin. The ghost tamers were all busy with their own tasks and were caught in a fierce battle. Magistrate Pang, an ordinary person who was unarmed, dared to shout and make a fuss in such a situation. He was truly courting death.

“Foolish people are always like this, overestimating themselves—” He frowned in disgust and looked at Magistrate Pang.

Magistrate Pang emerged from the shadows and waved to Zhao Fusheng.

Before Zhao Fusheng, who had unleashed his divine power of "Transforming Heaven and Earth," he was as insignificant as a drop in the ocean, an ant, a speck of dust in the world, or a tiny, inconspicuous bead of mist in a thick fog.

But he kept jumping up and down, anxiously calling out to Zhao Fusheng:
"My lord, my lord, you are awake."

"Stop shouting."

For some reason, seeing Magistrate Pang's actions made Paper Man Zhang feel particularly uncomfortable.
"Under the influence of Hozuki, she sees only the evil in the human world. She suffers from the pain of being burned by Hozuki and only wants to vent her anger."

Zhao Fusheng has solved many ghost cases.

Each case is a culmination of the worst aspects of human nature.

In the case of Kuailiang Village, the villagers were ruthless, turning on and killing their relatives who had once cherished and protected them in an instant.

In the case of the ghost at Shili Slope, Qiao Yuesheng, full of passion, died at the hands of a villain.

During the calamity in Shangyang County, Zhu Guangling, for his own selfish reasons, massacred the entire city's inhabitants.

……

The villagers that Zhao Fusheng came into contact with were cunning and treacherous, like petty scoundrels.

These people have never been valued, nor do they know how to value or cherish others.

They don't care about their own lives, nor do they care about the lives of others.

Ordinary people are born into poverty and suffer from violence, yet they also admire, fear, and even submit to violence.

Under these circumstances, Zhao Fusheng forcibly swallowed the ghost lantern. Influenced by the power of the vengeful spirit, she could only see the evil in human nature and then unleash it.

It's utterly presumptuous of an old magistrate to try and wake her up under such circumstances!

"Stop shouting, you can't wake her up."

Paper Man Zhang coldly reminded him.

He was not a good person, but at this moment, he inexplicably spoke up.

Magistrate Pang did not answer, but looked at Zhao Fusheng and said worriedly:

"Sir, what's wrong with you?"

Paper Doll Zhang frowned:

"You idiot, can't you understand what I'm saying? She swallowed the ghost lamp, and is currently unconscious. Your appearance to call her will only trigger her instinctive murderous intent—" He paused for a moment, then continued sarcastically:
"Oh, it shouldn't be called murderous intent. Zhao Fusheng said that the instinct of a vengeful ghost is just marking the law and then fulfilling its obsession. Killing is just an accidental harm caused outside of fulfilling the obsession and exercising the law."

After he finished speaking in a sarcastic tone, he chuckled coldly twice:

“You old man, if you call her name, don’t think she’s responding to you. The Ghost Lantern Mark can turn you into a sky lantern in an instant.”

"Is the adult still awake?"

Magistrate Pang said blankly.

The paper figure was getting impatient:
"Can't you understand human language? She is controlled by a vengeful ghost. You can't wake her up. Forcing her to wake up will only harm yourself."

He made threatening remarks:

Do you know what happens after you're burned alive?

(End of this chapter)