I am the Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysterious-Chapter 244 - 212: Take a Gamble

After Cheng Ge finished speaking, he kept staring at Sang Que, and seeing no reaction from Sang Que, he loudly reminded.

"Miss Sang, can you let us go now?"

Cheng Ge and Xingzhu joined forces to break the blockade of the Opera House, but it required some effort and expense. Cheng Ge looked at Sang Que with newfound respect upon realizing this.

Evidently just a Third Layer Yin Walker, yet her power was formidable, able to tame the Five Spirits Saintess of their Yun Country, indicating her extraordinary nature.

In this situation, admitting Sang Que’s formidable strength was better than thinking their Yun Country’s Five Spirits Saintess was tamed by a nobody.

Sang Que pondered for a while. The Yin Child’s identity was so special that once it was known she tamed the Yin Child, she might be captured by the Evil Ghost Bureau for their previous brutal experiments.

Letting Cheng Ge go was too risky for her, but the reality was, she and Xia Chan didn’t have the ability to keep Cheng Ge.

Ultimately, Sang Que could only take this gamble, betting that Cheng Ge wouldn’t reveal the fact that he tamed the Yin Child.

Old Tian looked expectantly at Sang Que, and Sang Que averted her gaze, pretending not to see, stubbornly withdrawing the Opera House, while leaving the Evil Mist around them for protection.

As the courtyard was restored to its original state, Cheng Ge and Xingzhu also reverted back to their original appearances; Cheng Ge’s head and arms were as if they had never been injured.

Xingzhu glared hostilely at Sang Que and Xia Chan, and even glared fiercely at Xuan Yu several times.

Cheng Ge, dressed in white, clean and dust-free, respectfully bowed to Sang Que, picked up the nearby erhu under the gallery, took Xingzhu’s hand, and entered the house, leaving from the backyard.

The Yin Child was still standing in the courtyard, watching the two leave.

Sang Que suddenly felt a hint of loneliness and solitude from the Yin Child’s small back.

Bang!

The courtyard door behind was suddenly kicked open, and Sang Que hurriedly summoned back the Yin Child, and turned around to see He Buning, looking anxious, holding a stone with blood-red totems drawn on it, burning with green flames. It was precisely the stone gu under the winter plum tree at the courtyard entrance.

The stone gradually melted in the yin fire, and He Buning, seeing Xia Chan safe and sound, breathed a sigh of relief, then seeing Sang Que’s pale face, snakes’ corpses everywhere in the courtyard, hurriedly asked, "Where’s the Gu Master?"

Xia Chan pointed towards the backyard, "Ran away! Little Chan hit him, but didn’t kill him!"

He Buning looked at Sang Que, "Why not wait for me to come before acting?"

He Buning was dealing with those trapped by gu in the Evil Suppression Bureau when suddenly he saw the Black Donkey pulling the cart racing back by itself. He thought something happened to Xia Chan and Sang Que, so he had the Black Donkey lead him here.

That donkey was incredibly uncooperative, He Buning had to threaten it with yin fire to drive it.

"Couldn’t wait." Sang Que said expressionlessly, not bothering to explain further, deliberately staggering after speaking.

"Sister!" Xia Chan quickly supported Sang Que, shouting at He Buning, "Why are you all mad? Sister has worked very hard and almost died!"

He Buning was bewildered, was he mad?

Sang Que seized the opportunity, "I need a three-layered evil spirit."

Of course, He Buning understood Sang Que’s meaning, but he distinctly remembered last time Sang Que used the power of an evil spirit and sacrificed a pig, how come this time it was a three-layered evil spirit.

Moreover, when he had just entered, he saw a figure in the courtyard, very familiar...

"You all go back first, there are three-layered evil spirits in the Evil Suppression Bureau." He Buning temporarily did not delve deeper into this matter.

The donkey cart was outside the alley, and the Black Donkey didn’t expect it to be back again, pulling Sang Que and Xia Chan to return to the Evil Suppression Bureau first, while He Buning went to the West City Gate, instructing the guards at the gate not to let anyone pass.

Chi San was still in a coma, while the other two Silver Travelers from Ze Team hadn’t succumbed to gu. He Buning had them brought over to guard the city gate.

On the way back to the Evil Suppression Bureau, the Black Donkey got lost, inexplicably running to other places like ghostly phenomena, unable to return to the Evil Suppression Bureau.

Sang Que knew this was another side effect of the Opera House.

Eventually, Sang Que handed the reins to Xia Chan, letting Xia Chan tame the Black Donkey, and after tossing about for an hour, finally returned to the Evil Suppression Bureau.

Sang Que explained the situation to Xiao Wu, and Xiao Wu went to the place in the Evil Suppression Bureau in Tianliang City where evil spirits were kept, finding her a three-layered evil spirit sealed in a Jade Gourd.

This evil spirit was called Granny Yin, a relatively special three-layered evil spirit, rare in number but present throughout Xuan Dynasty.

It existed because of a story fabricated by the people of Xuan Dynasty. The people said to let the young, adventurous children stay near the village, claiming that at night and in the wild, there’s Granny Yin who catches and eats children.

Gradually, this story caused elderly women who died in some villages to transform into the evil spirit Granny Yin, who liked to catch children to eat.

Xuan Dynasty forbids written works, but things passed by word of mouth are beyond the Evil Suppression Bureau’s control.

Granny Yin’s initial purpose, was adults controlling children for their safety. Besides the setting of catching children, people added new settings to the story.

One such setting was that Granny Yin must not know your name. Once she knows your real name and calls it, your soul will be lost, completely obeying Granny Yin’s command.

This setting taught children everywhere to not reveal their real names outside.

When Xiao Wu mentioned it, Sang Que thought, if there was such an ability to know others’ real names at a glance, in this Deceit Dynasty, it would be easy to kill a person.

Granny Yin is an evil spirit that can be tamed. Since last year, Shengjing’s Evil Suppression Bureau headquarters ordered local bureaus to collect human-shaped evil spirits that can be tamed as much as possible.

Xiao Wu said perhaps Shengjing made progress in the research of taming evil spirits, and maybe soon, everyone in the Evil Suppression Bureau could become Yin Walkers.

Granny Yin was handed to Old Tian, the side effects of the Opera House finally lifted.

Although Sang Que lost the Gu Master, He Buning didn’t blame her, giving her half a day off to rest and recover.

During the break, Sang Que met with the Yin Child. The Yin Child had still not put its eyeball back into its socket. She tried to communicate with the Yin Child, but it conveyed only one thing to her.

That was the final condition for leveling up, an event that makes ten thousand people afraid, with the Yin Child as the protagonist.

Sang Que could feel the Yin Child starting to become anxious after meeting Cheng Ge.

But this matter couldn’t be rushed.

At night, after Xia Chan fell asleep, Sang Que burned the beginning of the story her mother wrote. She now had a deeper understanding of the storyteller’s power.

This power didn’t create events but used clever coincidences to make events happen early, bringing related people together seamlessly.

Just like this time, Cheng Ge’s plot for the Ghost Eye was an event bound to happen.

Regardless of whether she was in Tianliang City or not, Cheng Ge would act sooner or later.

Sang Que felt somewhat heavy-hearted, for in this matter, innocent people died, and the price of using the storyteller’s power may come from the guilt in her heart.

Therefore, Sang Que dismissed previous thoughts, and did not intend to use the storyteller’s power to complete the Yin Child’s third leveling up condition.

A bizarre case that scares ten thousand people is bound to cause the death of many.

Sang Que pushed open the guest room window. The snow outside gradually stopped, the dark night was boundless, and the future path remained unclear.

The cold wind howled, and Sang Que was about to close the window to sleep when she suddenly saw He Buning coming over.

"Little Chan has fallen asleep." Sang Que stood by the window.

He Buning stopped, wrapped in a black fox fur cloak, standing amid the courtyard full of white snow, his dark eyes surging with hidden currents, staring at Sang Que for a long time before saying, "I’ve come to find you."

"What’s the matter?"

He Buning approached slightly, ensuring no one was around, and lowered his voice to ask, "Did you tame the Yin Child?"

Sang Que’s heart skipped a beat, but the next moment, she suddenly felt calm.

How long could she keep this a secret? When the Yin Child levels up, under the gaze of ten thousand, she is bound to be exposed. Always hiding, cautious, not being able to exert full strength in dealing with evil spirits and ghosts.

He Buning suspected someone within the Evil Suppression Bureau collaborated with the Ghost Opera Troupe. After knowing it, he might not report it, perhaps even help her keep it hidden.

After all, the Yin Child is a very important card. With He Buning’s help, she might be able to intervene in some Class A major cases.

Then ’substitute the plum with the peach’, let the Yin Child show its face, eliminate the evil ghosts harming the people, and simultaneously shift the people’s fear of evil ghosts onto the Yin Child.

This plan was feasible!

Then... take the gamble!

If she won, she continued staying in the Evil Suppression Bureau, if she lost, at worst, she’d run away!