Chapter 30 - Scheming! Waiting for the Prey!

Chapter 30: Scheming! Waiting for the Prey! As Lin Feng left, he glanced back at Xiaofeng Mountain.

The candlelight in the dilapidated temple on Xiaofeng Mountain was gone.

“It’s possible it was also taken into Silent Illumination Nunnery, or maybe that ghost was the ghostly nun from Silent Illumination Nunnery, but its strength was underestimated,” Lin Feng thought.

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Soon, Lin Feng left the area with Tongtong, taking away He Hai’s communicator and some other items as he departed.

Lin Feng moved quickly.

In just a little over ten minutes, he had run nearly a kilometer away from that small hill.

After waiting there for a while, a red light flashed across the sky.

“It’s here!” Lin Feng hid himself.

Tongtong also emerged, covering Lin Feng with her red dress.

“Tongtong, let my eyes peek out.” Lin Feng whispered.

So, two small holes appeared in Tongtong’s princess dress, allowing Lin Feng to see out.

Then, Lin Feng saw a large red bridal gown appear in the air above the spot he had just been.

“As expected, it’s her, the Bridal Gown Bride,” Lin Feng muttered to himself.

He didn’t rush out recklessly.

This Bridal Gown Bride appeared to be the ghost causing all the panic in Liucheng Base City.

She was also the ghost that the middle-aged woman and several other ghost controllers had been chasing for a long time.

It wasn’t hard to imagine how powerful this Bridal Gown Bride was.

Moreover, she was drawn here by sensing the embroidered shoes. If Lin Feng were to take the shoes out now… the system might not consider it as Lin Feng giving them to her.

Otherwise, the system wouldn’t have advised Lin Feng to leave first.

Additionally…

The system specifically highlighted the difference between “giving” and “taking back.” To Lin Feng, this distinction made it seem that the key was in the balance of power!

Even if Lin Feng had proactively brought the embroidered shoes to her instead of her coming to him… if the Bridal Gown Bride was strong enough to easily defeat Tongtong and snatch the shoes, it wouldn’t be considered “giving.”

To give…

He needed to be strong enough to make the Bridal Gown Bride hesitate to take action, allowing Lin Feng to hand over the shoes willingly.

That would count as giving.

Otherwise, if the Bridal Gown Bride immediately attacked to snatch the shoes upon seeing them, it wouldn’t be considered giving!

A ghost that made the entire Liucheng Base City stand on alert…

Even if the system’s bond task had reduced the difficulty for Lin Feng by multiple times, he naturally wouldn’t act rashly.

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“A ghost capable of causing such a big reaction in Liucheng Base City is at least at the Terrifying Grade, which is level 4. Tongtong, in her red dress form, is at least comparable to a strong level 5… but I’m not sure if she can hold her own… It’s a bit risky…” Lin Feng thought.

At this moment, He Hai’s communicator vibrated.

Lin Feng picked it up and saw a message.

He opened the message.

“He Hai, how’s it going on your end? Damn it, Old Guo and I are forty minutes late again. That Lin Feng kid moves fast. He’s already on the run! Once we catch him, I’m cutting off his legs first so he can’t run anymore!”

At the same time, Lin Feng’s own communicator rang.

Lin Feng checked and saw it was from a villager he had bribed earlier outside the cave, informing him that the other two ghost controllers had arrived at the cave.

“I almost forgot about those two guys.” After encountering the ghostly nun and starting a new ghost spirit task, Lin Feng hadn’t thought about the two people still trying to kill him.

“Maybe I can use these two, but they aren’t strong enough… I should deal with them first.” Lin Feng started plotting.

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Soon, Lin Feng came up with a plan.

Then, he picked up He Hai’s communicator and sent a message: “I’m fine here.”

After sending it, Lin Feng put down the communicator and quietly observed the bridal gown.

The red bridal gown lingered for a few minutes, and when it didn’t sense the presence of the red embroidered shoes, it turned back into a red light and rushed off in a direction.

Once the red bridal gown left, Lin Feng headed towards Xiaofeng Mountain.

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Quickly, Lin Feng reached halfway up the mountain.

By then, the sky had completely darkened.

Lin Feng didn’t set up a tent. Instead, he rested on the branch of a tree.

Tongtong sat beside Lin Feng, blankly staring down the mountain.

After a few minutes, a small hand tugged at Lin Feng’s clothes.

Lin Feng opened his eyes, and in the moonlight, he saw several figures appear at the foot of Xiaofeng Mountain.

“They’ve indeed followed,” Lin Feng thought.

“These people dare to chase the Bridal Gown Bride… They should be able to hold their own against her…” Lin Feng silently thought.

Those figures lingered at the foot of Xiaofeng Mountain for a while before leaving again.

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Lin Feng continued resting with his eyes closed.

Over three hours later, deep into the night…

Lin Feng opened his eyes, took out He Hai’s communicator, and sent a message: “Old Guo, hurry up. I’ve spotted Lin Feng, but he’s resting now. Looks like he plans to go up the mountain tomorrow morning to deal with the ghost.”

As soon as the message was sent, a reply came in quickly: “As expected, he went to Xiaofeng Mountain. This kid is really determined, traveling through the night! Keep an eye on him. We’ll be there soon. The three of us will strike together and make sure he doesn’t escape!”

“Got it.”

Lin Feng closed his eyes to rest again.

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“Old Guo, Lin Feng indeed went to Xiaofeng Mountain. Let’s go. He’s dead for sure this time.”

On the other side, Qi Ping woke up the square-faced ghost controller.

The square-faced ghost controller glanced at his communicator and said, “He Hai’s message to you… Why did he call you Old Guo?” Sᴇaʀch* Thᴇ NʘvᴇlFire.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality.

“Hey, that’s normal, right? After all, you’re the backbone of the three of us. Old Guo, are you getting paranoid after chasing him twice and failing?”

Qi Ping patted the square-faced ghost controller.

The square-faced man said, “I just feel like this kid is a bit strange.”

Qi Ping said, “What’s so strange? Does he know everything or something?”

The square-faced man pondered for a moment and said, “Let’s go. Since He Hai has him in his sights, he won’t escape. Once he’s dead, no matter how strange he is, it won’t matter.”

With that, the square-faced man and Qi Ping headed toward Xiaofeng Mountain.