Chapter 120 - Proper Ghost Servant

The heavy fully-armored door crashed against the frame of the cell. It was like a bank vault, but there was an air vent at the bottom. Multiple rows of such a thing were in a big underground floor, and no sunlight must have gone into that place.

Liu Xiaodan was sent to solitary even if he had not lifted a finger in the incident. Then again, based on his security tag and records from Wangguan, he could pretty much infer that Captain just knew that he was responsible for that newcomer bleeding… erm, dying.

A loud sigh came from his lips as Liu Xiaodan sat down on the cold floor again. He then leaned on the cold wall of the cell and stared at what should be the door. The place was too dark to even see anything. Even if Liu Xiaodan was gifted with heightened senses, he couldn't see much, only outlines.

The last time he was sent to solitary, Tang Mingming was there to speak with him. The night after that, Guangru was there.

Right now, he was truly alone in the darkness. It didn't help that shadows and looped memories of the patients there kept on screaming out loud. To a normal human, a pin drop would echo all over; to a gifted person, it was like the liveliest marketplace… oh, wait, that should be a slaughterhouse.

Nonetheless, Liu Xiaodan fell asleep. His body found the darkness rejuvenating and comfortable so he immediately fell asleep to digest the ghost king from the girl's dorm. He didn't know when he was going to be attacked again, but he couldn't fight his slumber.

…

A cold breeze blew on Li Feng's body. It was as if something strange was seeping into his body. He opened his eyes, and he found himself lying on the couch. He sat up and g.r.o.a.n.e.d as he consoled his body for the bad sleeping position. His gaze then landed on his father and the black horse.

Li Feng got up and walked to the stool next to the bed. He sat down and picked up the black horse. Even if it wasn't perfect, Mian Bingbing still managed to sew the toy enough to keep the cotton inside. The young man closed his eyes and tried to connect with the sleeping guardian inside the toy.

"Hello, brother..." The voice was faint, and yet it was clear to Li Feng.

"It's strange to be called 'brother' by a guardian spirit." Li Feng's lips rose to a small smile as he communicated with the black horse in his mind. "Mom has sown your wounds. Do you feel uncomfortable?"

"Not at all. I feel more powerful now. Thank you."

Li Feng remained quiet for a while… the same for Liu Heima. Then, the former spoke again, "Do you have an idea where your previous owner is, right now?"

The black horse didn't answer readily. Only after a few seconds did it speak as if organizing its thoughts first. "Guangru is omnipresent, especially around people infected by his miasma. However, now that he was regaining his power, it wouldn't be hard for him to send a mindless miasma to them.

"Even without his consciousness, the servants would be able to effectively make use of the miasma. That… is an unspoken rule between the demon and the infected." The voice of a wise and experienced man echoed, but it didn't keep Li Feng from shuddering at the things he just said.

Servants making use of a mindless miasma? Wouldn't that be scary if everyone that made contact with Guangru was able to kill just as they wished?

Wouldn't Guangru be free to kill them in a snap of a finger through that connection, too?

Li Feng seemed to have forgotten who he was talking to. Liu Heima could easily hear the young man's deepest thoughts and interpret the surges of sadness and uncertainty in his heart. Without warning, Liu Heima spoke once more, "Brother, worry not. Baba is not hated by the child."

"Not hated?"

"...Guangru is a child, brother. He chose to act pure and sweet, and he would never let his prospective father suffer if he could help it. However, he would still have the tendency to hate the prospective father if he was not behaving to Guangru's expectations. Being hated would mean a massacre.

"What you are afraid of… only a small fraction of that could happen unless Baba changes his mind. By then, he would be offering himself for the demon to eat… along with everyone who had been a part of their lives. Not only you and your father had been c.a.r.e.s.sed and infected by the demon…

"But everyone that had also seen him and had accepted him as the child of Liu Xiaodan."

Li Feng shuddered. He didn't care if he was in the line of fire, but the black horse had specifically mentioned his father. Why did he have to be part of this? When did this happen? Li Feng could only bite down and processed those words with a sliver of positivity. "So until then… we're safe?"

Liu Heima hummed before speaking again. "From mostly everything, yes. Guangru could not stop someone from dying instantly like a bullet to the head or getting beheaded. However, all delayed deaths could have been prevented depending on how much he cared about one's existence.

"Take a look at your father. Guangru froze his body the moment he passed out from the wound, thus guaranteeing his survival. However, Guangru didn't bother keeping his body safe from the poison being injected into his veins. Only a human would be able to help him with that…

"You had spoken ill towards Baba, and yet Guangru understood that Baba didn't like you to die. You were kept safe from outside forces, and yet he never healed you directly." Liu Heima could go on, but those were the best that could ill.u.s.trate his point. "Brother, the child is a double-edge blade.

"Just like any other higher beings, his power is a massive advantage if he favors you. However, death will be the only release when that ceases to be true.

"I'm telling you all of this… because I have a feeling that you would be diving into a world that would destroy all your hopes and trust. I am a guardian, and I know things." The black horse started releasing white light as if clearing Li Feng's fears… and its own.

"Brother, let's not go to that dark place. It's shrouded by the most powerful creatures of the dark… that only Baba could exist in there."

Knock, knock. Knocking sounds broke Li Feng's concentration, and he had to leave the connection he established with the black horse. He then put down the toy next to his sleeping father, only to turn towards the door. A strange doctor was smiling in his direction.

Li Feng shifted in his seat before facing the strange doctor. He had not seen this man before, and the doctor didn't even have a proper badge… just a visitor's pass. The son couldn't help but be suspicious of such a person. However, the man only continued to smile at Li Feng as he walked in.

Wang Yusheng sighed as he got near the bed and waved a folder in his hand. "Xiao Feng, right? Don't be like that. I'm Dr. Wang, your Daddy's new doctor. Well, I have been his health consultant for decades. Your mother is settling matters for the transfer. Want to get ready, too?"

"You're transferring Dad… where?" Li Feng suddenly remembered that he called an agent to fetch a doctor for his father. It's just now that he realized that the doctor had already arrived.

"Back home." Wang Yusheng grinned a little. "We're taking him somewhere safe."

"Safe?" Li Feng frowned. They were in the hospital; was his father not safe here? However, Wang Yusheng only smiled meaningfully at him, unwilling to openly say it. Li Feng didn't have any choice but to do exactly what the doctor had said.

…

He got to the shower and bathed as fast as he could. While under the water, he was thinking about the things he needed to do for his games and for the things he needed to attend to for today. He wasn't even done with the first one when he felt hands touching his nether region.

With a loud shriek, his hands shot down to cover his crotch, and a wild blush colored his face. In a hiss, he called out. "Ling!"

"Hehe, good morning. Did you feel it?"

"I felt your hands, alright." Ruan Jin pouted as he continued showering, not losing focus this time. However, the girl only pressed herself against his back, her soft, cold skin making him shiver. She then laughed out. "Not my fingers, silly. I mean that negative energy that channeled through me."

"Huh? Why would there be such a thing?" Ruan Jin raised his brows and turned around to take a look at Ye Ling's mischievous yet rosy face. "Did Guangru do something again?"

She only shook her head, her hair gently swaying because of its wetness. "Do you not notice anything new about me, Ruan Lang?"

Ruan Jin froze. There went the most dreaded question of all husbands and boyfriends. "Uhm… well..." His vision tilted down to take a look at Ye Ling, hoping to find this change he was supposed to see… but his eyes got stuck at something else that he saw.

His eyes blinked once, twice… thrice. He even brought his hand up and gave it a feel. So soft and squishy, his fingers would sink into her skin even if he was barely squeezing it. His wild blush began to intensify a little as something else started to get stirred up as well.

"Wow, Ling… I never thought your b.o.o.b.s would be soft…" Ruan Jin was starting to get drunk from the view. Never did he think that he would have a chance to be in a shower with a pretty girl with a nice figure. "Uhh, am I really allowed to touch—wait..."

His eyes then darted back to Ye Ling's face. He then noticed how her hair was sticking to her head and neck and how moist her skin had become. Blink. Blink. Ruan Jin then jerked away from her. "Why are you…? I mean, you can only materialize and be in your death dress, right? How… how can you strip?"

Ye Ling's face had turned very red from embarrassment. Even when she had a boyfriend before, she was not even touched by that man. Right now, she was standing n.a.k.e.d under the shower with her current boyfriend, and that rascal mindlessly squeezed one of her b.r.e.a.s.ts. He didn't even notice the most important thing easily.

She then shook her head again, her smile wriggling as if controlling the urge to run away. "I'm getting rather stronger, Ruan Lang. I think Guangru is starting to let me take on excess energy just so Xiaodan wouldn't explode. I am the only proper ghost servant of his anyway."

"How did that even translate to you getting n.a.k.e.d?!"

"Aiya, Ruan Lang! Why are you focusing on that?!"