The Mysterious Card Maker: Starting with Zhang Jiao's Deification

Lin Fan also noticed the hand that the coffin was strangely pointing at him, and his heart tightened. Being targeted at at this time was not a good thing.

"Mr. Lin, don't worry, with me here, they can't hurt you. I also want to test your inhuman and cunning methods."

Da Niu broke free from Lin Fan's grasp, held his long axe horizontally in front of him, took a step forward, and blocked Lin Fan's path.

"Enough!" The man in black finally spoke, his icy tone causing the coffin's eerie movements to pause.

"What's wrong? I haven't had enough of this old thing. If I swallow a few more, maybe I can resurrect her."

Seeing that the man in black did not speak, the coffin pointed eerily at Lin Fan and continued, "His scent is unique. Eating him is equivalent to eating several card masters."

The coffin spoke in a strangely gentle tone, as if coaxing a disobedient child, "Or perhaps you don't want to see her? Let me eat a few more, and she'll come back!"

Lin Fan's pupils contracted. Was he talking to the man in black? Who was he going to resurrect this time?

Lin Fan couldn't help but look at the character "Min" engraved on the coffin lid, and his heart pounded.

"Min!"

A scene flashed through his mind: Zhou Chen was holding the bride's body that day, calling out "Xiao Min," and the "Min" character seemed to be on the announcement at the door!

He had previously wondered why only Xiang Qian was present. Zhou Chen, his assistant, should have been by his side, but he was nowhere to be seen.

He didn't fail to come; he arrived early!

A thought flashed through Lin Fan's mind: the man in black who had pulled his hood down and kept his face hidden from beginning to end was Zhou Chen.

Only Zhou Chen needed to hide himself so desperately, afraid to let him see his face.

Thinking about this, Lin Fan could almost piece together the general course of events.

The members of the All Souls Society found Zhou Chen and told him that if he could coexist with this strange entity, he could resurrect his wife.

As for why they went to Dongliu City, it's probably because there were no traces of All Souls Society activities there before, and the Card Association's supervision was lax, making it more suitable for them to complete their so-called symbiotic ritual.

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This also explains why he came without even taking care of his wife's funeral arrangements.

"Zhou Chen!" Lin Fan called out to the man in black. Under the moonlight, the figure visibly trembled, as if he was trying his best to restrain something.

"Go!" the man in black shouted eerily at the coffin. The coffin stopped moving and tilted its head to look at the man in black.

"Kid, who is Zhou Chen? Is that your name?"

The man in black did not answer. He turned around and walked into the mist on his own.

The coffin ghost was clearly stunned for a moment, looked at Lin Fan and the others, let out a low growl of dissatisfaction, and then carried the coffin on its back and walked into the mist.

"Zhou Chen!" Lin Fan called out again.

The man in black paused, and a cold voice echoed from the mist, "Zhou Chen is dead. I won't let you off the hook next time we meet!"

"Hehehe, that's right, kid, you know what that guy smells like..."

The pitch-black coffin carried by the coffin ghost swayed and disappeared into the mist, and the eerie sound grew fainter and fainter as they went away.

Lin Fan stood there, looking at the now still mist, the stone in his hand had fallen to the ground without him noticing.

"Zhou Chen is dead." Those almost indifferent words were as if they were saying something that could not be changed.

Da Niu picked up the fallen [Prison Guardian] and asked, "Mr. Lin, is that your friend? How did he join the All Souls Society? The All Souls Society is full of scum..."

He seemed to realize something halfway through his sentence, and his voice abruptly stopped.

He glanced at Su Wanqing, then at Lin Fan's expression, and swallowed the rest of his sentence, unable to utter the last few words.

Lin Fan knew that Zhou Chen, who used to eat steamed buns next to him and call him "Brother Fan," was gone. Now, there was a black-clad man from the All Souls Society, an anomaly who coexisted with a ghost.

Lin Fan's gaze gradually moved downwards, looking at Xiao He, who was curled up, his face full of pain.

"What should we do with Xiao He?" Lin Fan looked at Su Wanqing, after all, she was the one who brought this person out, and it was up to her to decide what to do with the body.

Su Wanqing walked to Lin Fan's side, and put the dagger in her hand back into her card. She looked at Xiao He in silence for a few seconds.

"Take him downstairs and find a place to bury him!"

"What about the others?" Da Niu asked.

Su Wanqing paused, her gaze sweeping over her surroundings. "The others... I'm not going to look for them anymore. Even Xiao He couldn't escape it, ending up like this. The others should..."

She didn't finish her sentence, but everyone understood that the image of the coffin monster chewing on money was still echoing in their minds.

Those people have probably entered that strange belly and disappeared completely from this world.

"Let's go!" Lin Fan said, and Da Niu carried Xiao He slowly down the mountain.

When they returned to the foot of the mountain, it was already slightly dawn. Da Niu put Xiao He aside and started digging a hole by himself with a shovel.

Lin Fan and Su Wanqing sat on a rock nearby. Lin Fan glanced at Su Wanqing; her face was deathly pale, and her gaze was fixed on Xiao He's corpse.

"Are you alright?" Lin Fan asked.

Su Wanqing did not answer immediately. Her hands were clasped together, and her teeth were clenched on her lips, as if she was trying her best to restrain something.

She remained silent for a long while before finally speaking, "Xiao He and the others... I brought them out!"

Lin Fan remained silent, waiting for her to continue.

"If we hadn't brought them along this time, would we have avoided running into that money? Would they have survived?"

Su Wanqing's voice trembled slightly, as if she were blaming herself.

Lin Fan looked at the gradually brightening light in the distance and slowly said, "In this strange world, who can say for sure? Maybe we'll be killed by some weird thing tomorrow."

He paused, then turned to look at Su Wanqing: "Instead of worrying about the dead, shouldn't we think about how to survive in this world?"

"If one day we can roam freely in this bizarre world, how could the people around us get hurt?"

Lin Fan lowered his head and said something, it was unclear whether he was speaking to Su Wanqing or to himself.

Indeed, if he had that ability, he could have dealt with all the strange occurrences. Zhou Chen's wife wouldn't have died, and Zhou Chen wouldn't have become so incapable of distinguishing between humans and monsters.

"Hmm!" Su Wanqing raised her head and met his gaze, a glint of light flashing in her eyes.

Lin Fan felt a little uncomfortable under Su Wanqing's gaze. He looked away and saw that Da Niu had already filled in the soil and was saying things like "Farewell, brother."

"Let's go," Lin Fan straightened up, patted the dirt off his pants, "It's time to go back."

"So you're Xiao Hei, one of the rulers of the Underworld? I really didn't expect that!" Su Wanqing also stood up, her tone much lighter than before.

"What!" Lin Fan looked at Su Wanqing warily, his hand instinctively going into his pocket, but he quickly realized that the effects of the mind-blocking drug hadn't worn off yet.

"Don't be nervous." She paused, then continued, "I have no intention of exposing you, nor will I tell Zhao Zhong. Since you don't want to reveal your identity, you must have your reasons, and I won't ask any further questions!"

"Then what do you mean!" Lin Fan frowned slightly.

"Since I'm keeping your secret, you keep mine!" she said, shaking her phone screen.