novelraw Chapter 209 Soul Reaper? Soul Reaper!!! Die!
Chapter 209 Soul Reaper? Soul Reaper!!! Die!
Chapter 209 Soul Reaper? Soul Reaper!!! Die!
What are you doing here?
I came here to hide from people!
The man looked dejected, his face drooping, and he was very unhappy.
He originally intended to go up and recognize the person directly, but when he was almost in front of him, he belatedly realized that he was dressed in tattered and dirty clothes and had a group of beggars following behind him. If he went up directly, he would probably be mistaken for a beggar blocking the road!
After a moment's thought, he told the little beggars to stay there, then leaped onto the rooftops and bounded between them, quickly finding the father and daughter in the alley.
Unaware that someone was leaping and chasing them across the rooftops, the father and daughter slowly returned to the courtyard, then got out of the car, opened the gate, and led the oxcart into the yard.
So that's where she lived.
The man noted down the address and quickly returned to the little beggar.
He should go back first today, and after he has settled the little beggars, he should find a place to take a bath and change his clothes, and make himself clean before finally going to see people.
"Go back."
……
After returning to the courtyard, Gu Tang still couldn't forget the disheveled man in black.
She kept nagging her father, "What a great opportunity! If we bump into someone here, we can invite them back to become our apprentices!"
"You're dreaming! If he were truly a master, would you just accept him as your disciple like that? Maybe he's too proud to take on disciples easily."
Gu Tang was not happy to hear this: "If he doesn't take on disciples easily, it's because he hasn't met me yet! If he had met me earlier, after I became his disciple, I would never have let him live with beggars."
If he becomes my master, I will treat him like my own father, providing him with meals and tea every day, massaging his shoulders, and caring for him until his death!
Gu Lianshan felt a surge of jealousy: "Offering food and vegetables? Is this an ancestral worship ceremony or a master worship ceremony?"
Gu Tang: "...Listen to your sour words! I became an apprentice to learn martial arts for the sake of our family. If I learn it, I can pass it on to my descendants. After a few generations, our family will become a martial arts family!"
"Learning martial arts requires talent. You're dreaming. What if you don't have that talent?"
"Pah, pah, pah!" Gu Tang spat on the ground a few times. "I've always been lucky! I'm sure I have martial arts talent!"
Gu Lianshan ignored her, parked the oxcart in the yard, turned around and went to the east wing, where he loaded the bedding and clothes he had bought for Gu Lai'an onto the oxcart.
Are you planning to go back to the village?
"The carpenter is leaving tomorrow, and your father is bringing your older brother over early. We have to go back today."
"Will we make it in time? We don't want to get halfway there and it gets dark." Gu Tang glanced at the sky. It was a bit late to leave now. Although it wasn't dark yet, it would get dark soon.
"You'll make it in time. There's probably still an hour before dark, enough time to get home. Are you going back or not?"
Gu Tang shook her head: "I'm not going back. You're coming over tomorrow, so I won't bother you."
Gu Lianshan was a little worried, but it would be too much of a hardship for his daughter to travel back and forth.
"If you don't want to go back, your father won't force you. Just lock your door tonight and don't open it for anyone!"
"Don't worry, there are night watchmen patrolling here every night. It's much safer here than other places."
"A night watchman patrolling? That's not bad." Gu Lianshan nodded. With a night watchman patrolling, although it can't completely eliminate thieves, it's much better than other places without night watchmen patrolling, since thieves generally don't visit this area.
Gu Tang went inside and took out a two-tael silver coin, then handed it to him.
“There’s a roast meat shop at the city gate. Their roast chicken is the best. Buy a roast chicken and some roast meat to take back with you. First, to celebrate the success of our plan today, and second, to bid farewell to our elder brother.”
Hearing this, Gu Lianshan was very pleased: "Your older brother, that bastard, probably won't appreciate your kindness."
I don't care whether he appreciates it or not; I'm only saying this because of you.
"Father knows." Gu Lianshan knew better than anyone else, which was why he thought of sending his eldest son away.
He carefully put away the silver, not daring to waste any more time. He tied the things on the cart tightly with a rope, and soon led the oxcart out of the yard.
Gu Tang escorted him to the gate, and after he left, she closed the gate and bolted it shut.
At the foot of the west wall of the city, the little beggars who had just returned did not go back to the shack. They said that it was still a while before dark, and they would not be able to sleep if they went back now. It was better to stay here and see if they could beg for something to take back.
The man ignored them and went back to his shack alone.
He wanted to find some money to buy a garment without holes or patches so he could wear it when he went to see someone tomorrow.
He pulled away the tattered mat he was sleeping on, revealing the moldy and blackened straw underneath.
Finally, they turned over all the straw again and found only two copper coins in it.
Clutching two copper coins, the man looked bewildered. He had no more silver.
The dozens of taels of silver that had been stolen from the bandits' den had now been reduced to only two copper coins.
This isn't even enough to buy clothes, let alone take a bath at a public bathhouse.
He scratched his head. There was no time to find bandits and rob silver now. Maybe... he should skip bathing and changing clothes and focus on recognizing the person first.
After they recognized each other, he went out of the city again to see where there were bandits and to rob some more silver.
You need to seize more. As a servant, you need to regularly offer money to your master. The more you offer, the happier your master will be.
Having made up his mind, the man threw the two copper coins back into place, covered them with a straw mat, and continued to save them.
I glanced at the sky; it was getting late. We couldn't acknowledge each other today. Maybe tomorrow. He'll get up early tomorrow.
……
The next day, the man who said he would get up early really did get up early.
He opened his eyes when the rooster crowed for the first time.
There was no oil lamp in the shack, but fortunately the man didn't need one. He could see as clearly at night as in daylight, so whether there was a lamp or not made no difference to him.
He would casually put on tattered clothes, go outside to break the ice in the water vat, scoop out the cold water from under the ice and pour it into a wooden basin, and then wash himself with the cold water.
After washing up, it was still dark outside, so he left without using a torch, determined to find Gu Tang.
It was just past the fifth quarter of the Yin hour, the time when Gu Tang was sound asleep.
After arriving at Gu Tang's courtyard, the man did not wait outside the gate, but went straight into the courtyard.
Upon entering the courtyard, the purple talisman on his chest began to throb and burn again as it got closer to him.
Using the purple talisman's perception ability, the man made his way to the backyard.
The person he wanted to see lived in the main house in the backyard.
Without even checking what time it was, he impatiently went up and knocked on the door!
He wanted to reunite with his newfound identity as soon as possible so he could hand over half of the purple talisman. Once the two parties had established a contract, he could then focus on repairing his damaged body.
Half asleep, Gu Tang heard the knocking and assumed she was at her home in the village. Knowing that her house wasn't soundproof, she groped along the wall, trying to call out to Gu Ping'an so he could come out and see who was knocking on her door.
My right hand groped around in the cold night, touching the mosquito net until it was all over my hand.
The bed at home doesn't have a canopy... Gu Tang opened her eyes and instantly woke up!
The knocking had stopped, and Gu Tang was somewhat dazed, wondering if she was dreaming.
She quickly sat up, holding her breath and listening intently to the sounds outside. After a short while, the knocking on the door came again!
There's no escaping it now; someone was indeed knocking on her door!
Gu Tang's face darkened, and he quickly put on his clothes and shoes in the dark. He took out an electric baton and held it in his hand, then lit the oil lamp with a lighter.
"Where did this petty thief come from! How dare he trespass on my property! I'll take him to the authorities!"
While scolding him, Gu Tang kept thinking back on what had happened today. He hadn't flaunted his wealth or caused any trouble, so he couldn't understand why he was being targeted.
The man outside the door, mistaken for a petty thief, froze for a moment. When he came to his senses, he said, "I'm not a thief..."
Gu Tang rolled her eyes: "What thief would admit to being a thief?"
"...I came to find you."
"Yes, yes, yes! You broke into my house at night, of course you're here to see me, otherwise what were you looking for?!"
"........."
The man sighed deeply, sensing that she wouldn't be easy to appease.
"I'm here to be your slave."
Gu Tang: "...What did you say?"
Did this thief get his head caught in a door?!
The man had a very good temper and calmly continued to communicate with Gu Tang inside the room: "It was wrong of me to mistakenly lure you into the underworld. This was not my intention."
That otherworldly soul took control of my body. I couldn't resist at the time, so I mistakenly took your soul and brought you to the underworld..."
Gu Tang was stunned by these words and couldn't come to her senses for a long time.
After a while, she gasped, her mind went blank, and she saw stars!
A soul-reaper?!
Is that the soul-reaper who mistakenly dragged her to the underworld standing outside the door?!
"You're the soul-reaper who lured me to the underworld?!" Gu Tang's eyes were bloodshot and filled with rage.
After her death, she transformed into a vengeful ghost at the gates of the underworld. However, unlike other vengeful ghosts, she did not lose her reason. Even as a vengeful ghost, she retained her rationality, distinguishing between good and evil, and right and wrong.
It was because of this that she was not killed on the spot by the underworld's ghost messengers.
Although she retains her rationality, a vengeful ghost is still a vengeful ghost. Her resentment has not dissipated, and even now that she has been resurrected, that resentment is still sealed within her soul.
Provoked by this, the overwhelming sense of injustice erupted once more, startling the man outside who thought a vengeful ghost had entered the house. He smashed the door open with a single blow and rushed inside.
The shattered door further enraged Gu Tang.
She pulled out another stun gun, one in each hand, and charged forward, brandishing her claws—"You bastard! You son of a bitch! I'll electrocute you to avenge myself!"
The man stared blankly at the enraged Gu Tang, not daring to dodge.
Even after all this time, her resentment hasn't dissipated at all; on the contrary, it's only gotten deeper.
Then, should she hit him a few times to calm him down?
Otherwise, they might not be willing to have a calm and peaceful conversation with themselves.
Two stun guns, turned to their maximum power, landed on the man, their tips emitting a faint blue electric light, and both entered his body.
Normally, such a high-power current, especially with two wires running simultaneously, would at least kill someone, if not kill them. They would definitely collapse, convulse, and pass out.
But damn it, someone tell her why this damned soul-reaper isn't reacting at all?!
Gu Tang refused to believe it, so the tip of the stun gun never left his body, and his finger never left the button, as a large amount of current continuously entered the man's body.
Unfortunately, it was all in vain; the current flowed into the sea like water, without making a sound.
Gu Tang was even angrier now. She roared, "Are you fucking dead?! Why aren't you reacting at all?!"
"...It might be related to the purple talisman on my chest."
What talisman?!
Gu Tang's anger faltered. What kind of talisman was this? It could even neutralize electricity!
The man unbuttoned his clothes, revealing his left chest, where a purple talisman flickered faintly.
"This was given by Houtu, and in this time and space, only you and I can see it."
Houtu? Empress Houtu?
Gu Tang sneered. Was the Empress trying to protect him, unable to distinguish right from wrong?
She took out a multi-functional bayonet from the system's inventory, gripped it in her hand, and prepared to stab!
The man's eyelids twitched, and he hurriedly said, "This talisman is a two-in-one master-servant contract talisman. You take the mother talisman that is the 'master' and leave the other half that is the 'servant'. From now on, we will have a master-servant relationship, and I will obey your commands until the end of your life."
These words made Gu Tang temporarily halt her attack: "Are you serious?"
“Really!” The man nodded. “You brought this up yourself in your dream with Houtu.”
"I mentioned it to Houtu in my dream?" Gu Tang frowned. Had she ever had such a dream?
After thinking it over carefully, she realized she hadn't dreamed in a long time, except for a dream that made her very angry.
She couldn't remember the people in her dream anymore, only that she was very angry and said some things like master and servant.
Could it be that dream?
How do I obtain the mother talisman?
"Smear your blood on the talisman, and once the mother talisman recognizes your soul, it will automatically detach and fly onto you."
"Oh, I see." Gu Tang smiled and suddenly thrust forward with his bayonet raised.
"You blind bastard! You think I'd believe you? What if you're being sarcastic and give me the 'Child Talisman'? Who am I supposed to cry to then? Slit my throat and go to the underworld to cry to the Earth Goddess?"
The man was somewhat incredulous. They had been talking perfectly fine, and he hadn't lied at all. How could he suddenly turn on him like that?
When the bayonet slashed towards his bare chest, he did not dodge, but took the blow head-on, his flesh instantly torn open, and blood gushing out.
The wound from the cut was at least a foot long and very deep, and a strong smell of blood filled Gu Tang's nostrils.
Gu Tang looked at the damage caused by the slash with satisfaction, then raised his bayonet, intending to take the opportunity to strike again.
But this time the man dodged it.
He stared intently at Gu Tang: "Do you believe me now?"
"Believe? I believe your ancestors!"
The man was puzzled: "You believe in my ancestors? I don't even know who my ancestors are. You'd be better off believing in me. At least I can be your slave. I don't even know if my ancestors were human or ghosts. Believing in them is useless."
Gu Tang: "...I'll give you two choices: either come over here and let me continue chopping! Or get the hell out of here!!!"
The man hesitated for a moment: "I don't want to leave..."
"If you don't want to leave, then come over here and let me continue chopping!"
"I can't let you keep cutting. If my original body were here, you could cut me however you wanted. But this body can't. Because I haven't been able to find you, this body is collapsing. If you don't accept the Mother Talisman, then I can only wait to die."
Gu Tang sneered: "Just what I wanted!"