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Chapter 147: The Ghost Eater
The brightly lit room was surrounded by huge floor-to-ceiling mirrors.

In the center, a naked man was sitting cross-legged.

He was shaped like an iron tower, with a full beard, a fierce look, and tattoos all over his exposed skin.

There is a circle on the lower abdomen with tattoos of animals, and a circle on the abdomen with tattoos of birds. On the chest are five hollow circles of different sizes. The circles inside and outside are all small Manchu characters, which look like five strange suns.

On his back, however, there was a tattoo of an evil ghost. The ghost was skinny, with a bloated belly and greed in his eyes. He held a fork in one hand and a baby in the other, stuffing it into his mouth. The whole painting exuded a strong aura of evil and death.

At this moment, the sturdy man was tattooing a sixth hollow circle on his chest.

Don't be fooled by his burly appearance, his technique is extremely delicate. When the tattoo knife pierces the skin, there is not even a trace of blood.

The other five hollow circles on his chest were not empty either. There seemed to be ghost faces appearing in them from time to time. Some had ferocious looks, some were sad and sorrowful, some had a compassionate look, some had glaring eyes, and some had a cold face. Each of the five circles was different.

At this time, in front of him were a gourd, a pennant, a small knife, several silver needles, and a basin of unknown liquid with a fishy smell.

Although the room was airtight, it was brightly lit, and the huge floor-to-ceiling mirror reflected the big man clearly.

The big man also used these mirrors to tattoo his chest.

At this moment, an old figure suddenly appeared in the mirror opposite.

"This little girl you caught is different from the ghosts you arrested in the past. She must have a history. Aren't you afraid that her family will come looking for you?"

The big man laughed when he heard this and said, "So what if he came to me? In this Dharma Ending Age, the way of gods is not prominent, and the way of humanity is flourishing. Even if he inherits everything, it is useless. He is no better than me, using my bloodline and relying on the way of humanity to practice."

"A human ghost cultivator, who am I afraid of? Besides, I am doing this in a very secretive way, so they may not be able to find me. Even if they are found, so what? I can just capture him and extract the secret of his ghost control..."

The big man didn't pause for a moment while speaking, and his words were filled with confidence.

However, he also had reasons for confidence, as his ancestor was a shaman worshipper of the Qing court, and had some abilities to tame beasts and ward off ghosts. Later, he inherited some knowledge from the underworld, so in this world where gods are not prominent and reincarnation has ceased, he still retained some abilities.

He practiced the art of eating ghosts, an evil art that combined Taoism with shamanism.

They can swallow ghosts into their stomachs, and then use the shaman totem tattoos on their bodies to trap the ghosts in their bodies and use the ghosts to move themselves.

Ghosts are originally a part of human nature. Humans have their own fortunes, and ghosts naturally have their own fortunes. Nowadays, human nature is flourishing, and the world is full of dead souls who cannot enter reincarnation. For him, these are all the nourishment for his practice.

From the moment we are born, fate has already arranged everything, including death, but death is not the end of fate.

Some people are born smart, some are born with great luck, some are born strong, some are born with an invincible sense of music...

The biggest watershed in life is amniotic fluid, so people are born unfair.

The big man used the art of eating ghosts to fill the deficiencies in himself, swallowed the souls of these gifted people into his stomach, and stole their destiny, talents, knowledge, abilities, etc.

This gave him a very high IQ, physical fitness comparable to that of an athlete, extraordinary artistic talent, and everything he did would go smoothly and he had excellent luck...

So he can also be called the life thief.

Although this is an evil way, and he cannot become an immortal, become a god, or obtain longevity, it can allow him to live freely in the world.

The reason why he captured Duoduo was not only because of Duoduo's excellent fortune, but also because of her ability to control the dark wind.

He didn't know that Duoduo could control the underworld fire. If he really wanted to swallow Duoduo into his stomach, he would probably be in big trouble.

In fact, he noticed Doudou and Xiaoyue yesterday, but he was worried because of the nether fire on Doudou, so he didn't take action. When he saw Duoduo today, he mistook her for Xiaoyue who was alone, so he used the magic gourd in his hand to arrest Duoduo.

The circular totem similar to the sun tattooed on his body is the cage that imprisons the souls of the dead. There are five similar totems of different sizes on his chest, which means that he has devoured at least five souls of the dead, and Duoduo will be the sixth.

The old man in the mirror just smiled sinisterly when he heard the big man's words.

"Good luck to you then."

The big man pointed to a sun totem on his chest and said, "Of course I am lucky. This man was born with great luck and has lived a life without illness or disaster. Unfortunately, he met me and it is difficult to kill him. I will borrow his life. Even if he encounters a disaster, it will turn into good fortune."

"If he was really born lucky, how could he have met you?"

"Because I belong to a person outside his destiny." The big man said complacently.

The old man in the mirror just smiled slightly when he heard this, without any rebuttal, and then disappeared from the mirror.

The big man continued with his tattoo work, and when he saw that the sixth sun totem pattern was successful, he immediately used a silver needle dipped in the smelly liquid in the basin in front of him to start drawing Manchu characters around it.

The method of eating ghosts is very simple, even simpler than drinking water. Just put your mouth to the mouth of the gourd and take a deep breath, and the ghosts in the gourd will be swallowed into your stomach.

The difficulty lies in using secret techniques to trap the ghost into the totem and make it connected with one's own aura, so as to steal the other's destiny and abilities.

Just as the big man was about to complete the last step, countless ghost shadows appeared in the floor-to-ceiling mirrors around him.

"No, someone is coming."

Upon hearing this, the big man stopped what he was doing, grabbed the pennant on the ground, then picked up the gourd, stood up, shirtless, and strode out the door.

"It's just in time."

When we got out of the door, we saw a huge garden. To have such a large manor in a busy city like Xiajing showed that the man was either rich or noble.

The plants in the garden are neatly arranged, and it is obvious that someone has taken good care of it. Although the garden is large, it is not dark. Rows of gorgeous lights illuminate the entire garden as bright as day.

As soon as the big man walked out of the door, he saw a young man appear in his garden and walk towards him.

As he appeared, the lights in the garden began to flicker, and when he slowly walked forward, the lights exploded one by one, including some surveillance cameras hidden in the dark.

The big man's expression finally changed slightly, and the smile he had before was gone.

"You let my people go?"

Shen Siyuan glanced at the totem on the other person's body, and then his eyes fell on the gourd in his right hand.

The big man's face turned ferocious when he heard that. He raised the pennant in his hand and waved it into the air.

Countless ghosts swarmed out like a tide and pounced directly towards Shen Siyuan.

These ghosts seemed to have received some kind of blessing, emitting bursts of coldness, and all the plants in the garden withered instantly.

Shen Siyuan smiled contemptuously when he saw this. Are you playing with flags in front of me?
PS: There is one more chapter, I’ll post it later, I’m feeling a little dizzy.

(End of this chapter)