Chapter Eighty-six Origin

  I'm going to pass out, the telecommunications is too rubbish, just got the internet working

  Upon hearing Xiao Yu's words, the black-clothed ghost sat down on the ground with a dejected expression, his eyes losing all their luster, and his body began to rapidly dissipate.

  The little ghosts saw the black-clothed ghost's body begin to disintegrate, and they all shouted and cried, with tears streaming down their faces. Seeing this scene also deeply moved Xiao Yu, who suddenly felt a sharp pain in his right eye. The white thread in his right eye flew into the black-clothed ghost's body, beyond Xiao Yu's control, following the gaze of his yin-yang life-and-death eyes.

  Xiao Yu's heart skipped a beat, 'What's going on? Why is the Yin Yang Life and Death Eye not under my control? Could it be that Zhong Kui hasn't dissipated?'

  Under the effect of Xiao Yu's Yin-Yang Life and Death Eye, the scattered body of the black-clothed ghost gradually stopped scattering and even showed a tendency to condense.

  It wasn't until Xiao Yu's body could no longer withstand the consumption of the Yin Yang Life and Death Eye that his face turned deathly pale, devoid of any blood color, did the Yin Yang Life and Death Eye sever its connection with the black-clothed ghost.

  At this time, the black-clothed ghost not only had its shadow no longer scattered, but also gathered some of its original energy, and was almost the same as when Xiao Yu first saw it.

  The group of little ghosts behind him, seeing the black-clothed ghost's scattered figure, actually gradually gathered together, all emitting waves of cheers. The black-clothed ghost looked at the cheering ghost souls with a bewildered face, he remembered that he had already begun to completely scatter, and even his consciousness had become blurred, how did he suddenly recover?

  Xiao Yu's heart skipped a beat, could he still treat ghosts with his medical skills that had brought people back from the dead?

  Suddenly, the crowd of little ghosts in black clothes cheered and floated to Xiao Yu's front, all kneeling down. Only Wan Jia-yi and an old ghost wearing modern clothes probably didn't kneel due to being a modern person, instead bowing deeply to Xiao Yu.

  The black-clothed ghost saw the appearance of the many ghosts, and yet he couldn't understand what was going on. But no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't comprehend how Xiao Yu had managed to do it. In his memory, Zhong Kui hadn't been able to save a single ghost that was on the verge of dispersing when Xiao Yu was still so weak.

  It's normal that the black-clothed ghost didn't know about Xiao Yu's Yin-Yang Life and Death Eye, as Zhong Kui had already become a heavenly master when he was a ghostly corpse, so naturally he wouldn't have obtained the ability of the Yin-Yang Eye like Xiao Yu did, and it also underwent variation.

  The black-clothed ghost hesitated for a moment, then walked towards Xiao Yu's pale and bloodless face. With a 'thud', he knelt down in front of Xiao Yu and exclaimed: "Young Master, the Five Elements Earth Ghost is at your service!"

  "Ah..." A sigh suddenly echoed in Xiao Yu's mind! Then, a soft 'hum' sounded in Xiao Yu's mind, and the three magical artifacts in his sea of consciousness suddenly lit up for a moment before returning to calm. Xiao Yu suddenly felt that his connection with the three magical artifacts had become even closer, to the point where it was as if they had merged into one with his entire soul, without any of the awkwardness he had felt before.

  "It dissipated, and the last bit of Zhong Kui's true spirit light also completely dissipated. From then on, there was no more Zhong Kui in this world!" At the time when Xiao Yu's connection with the three-patterned artifact became even closer, Xiao Yu knew everything.

  "Hey, wake up! It wasn't me, it was Zhong Kui who saved you!" Xiao Yu looked at the black-clad ghost kneeling in front of him, also known as the Five Elements Earth Ghost, and said with a sigh, his face filled with sadness.

  "Master Tian? Where is Master Tian?" Upon hearing Xiao Yu's words, the black-clothed ghost was taken aback, then asked with a delighted expression.

  Xiao Yu thought for a moment and decided to tell him, after all he had the right to know: "Just now, Zhong Kui's last bit of true spirit has completely dissipated!"

  After hearing Xiao Yu's words, the black-clothed ghost revealed a heartbroken expression and fell silent, with tears formed from the yin energy in his eyes flowing down again. The original yin energy in his body stirred restlessly, and his body showed signs of dispersing once more.

  "You're doing this to me, Wugu? Is it worth it for you to thoroughly disperse the Zhong Kui who saved you?" Xiao Yu's face changed greatly as he saw the appearance of the Five Elements Earth Ghost. He shouted loudly, if the Black Robed Ghost dispersed again, with his current physical condition, he wouldn't be able to save him. Since Xiao Yu had received Zhong Kui's inheritance, Zhong Kui could be said to be his master. Xiao Yu didn't want his master to disperse in vain either.

  The black-clothed ghost was taken aback, a look of unwillingness and resentment appeared on his face, but the dark energy in his eyes had stopped flowing out, and the turmoil of the dark energy in his body gradually subsided, leaving only a painful expression on his face as he knelt on the ground, wailing in anguish.

  The little ghosts on the side didn't know why Hei Yī Guǐ was like this, but they could also feel Hei Yī Guǐ's heart-wrenching sorrow and couldn't help but let out waves of mournful wails. Especially Wàn Jiā Yí, who had been with Hei Yī Guǐ for more than half a year, felt that Hei Yī Guǐ was like an older brother taking care of her. This made Wàn Jiā Yí, who didn't have any siblings since childhood, feel a different kind of love and concern from Hei Yī Guǐ, which was unlike the love from her parents. So when she saw Hei Yī Guǐ so heartbroken, she glared at Xiāo Yù with hatred in her eyes, thinking that it was all Xiāo Yù's fault that Hei Yī Guǐ was so sad.

  Xiao Yu saw that the black-clothed ghost's body was no longer dispersing, and he let out a long sigh of relief. He had really been worried that the black-clothed ghost would not come to his senses, and at that time, he wouldn't have been able to save him in his current state.

  As time passed, the wailing of the black-robed ghost gradually stopped. The black-robed ghost stood up and looked at Xiao Ye with a determined face: "Young master, from now on, I will follow you. I think this is also what Master Tian Shi would have wanted to see!"

  "No way, absolutely not! I won't be able to keep carrying you around like this! You'll eventually disappear if you follow me. Why don't I send you to reincarnation instead?" Xiao Yu's head shook back and forth like a rattle drum when he heard the black-clothed ghost say it wanted to follow him. He was joking, but he really didn't want to have a ghost following him everywhere he went in the future, especially one with a ghostly head. Besides, he didn't even have a place to keep it.

  As if knowing Xiao Yu's thoughts, the black-clothed ghost revealed a smile that was even uglier than crying, pointing to the middle of the foundation and saying: "Young master, don't worry, I have a place to live. Buried below is the Heavenly Master's artifact, the Sunshade Umbrella."

  What is the umbrella that blocks sunlight and gathers yin energy? Xiao Yu learned through Zhong Yi's memories that it was a house made by Zhong Yi for his brother, the Five Elements Ghost, which had the effect of blocking sunlight and gathering yin energy. No wonder this place could form a Three Yins Gathering Evil Land. At the same time, Xiao Yu also knew why Hei Yi Gui could explode his origin as if it were a trivial matter. When Zhong Yi first refined the umbrella that blocks sunlight and gathers yin energy, he linked the origins of the Five Elements Ghosts to this umbrella. As long as their yin energy origins' consumption did not exceed the umbrella's endurance, they would be fine.

  Xiao Yu revealed a wry smile, knowing he couldn't shake off the black-clothed ghost. Zhong Kui's last wish before completely dispersing was for him to take care of the Five Elements Ghosts. At first, he could have refused by saying he had no place to raise them, but after learning that the umbrella was also here, he knew he couldn't refuse anymore.

  "What about the other four ghosts?" Suddenly, Xiao You thought that the five elemental ghosts weren't always together, so why hadn't he seen the other four ghosts? He looked at the Earth Ghost and asked.

  "I don't know either. At the beginning of the catastrophe, we crossed with Master Tian together, but that disaster was too severe and our dark umbrella was severely damaged, causing us to fall into a deep sleep. When I woke up, they were already gone. However, I think they won't be in trouble because their origin is connected to the dark umbrella. If something happened to them, I would have felt it!" The black-clothed ghost shook his head and said this in response to Xiao Yu's question to the other four ghosts.

  Xiao Ye listened to Tugui's words and nodded, then asked: "What was going on with that old ghost just now? Is there still a Cheng Huang now? How did you become the land again?"

  "Since the great calamity of heaven and earth, I woke up from my slumber, it has been more than 200 years. Due to the damage of the umbrella that gathers yin energy, my injuries have not healed properly. In order to quietly nurse my wounds, I made the local people dream that I am the land god, and they built a temple for me according to the position of the isolation array, to prevent the noise caused by the umbrella from attracting unnecessary trouble. So the people nearby took me as the land god of this place."

  "That old devil moved here over a hundred years ago, occupying an abandoned City God Temple, claiming to be the City God, and has been harming people without restraint. I was severely injured and couldn't leave the Aggregation Umbrella for too long, so even though I knew he was harming people, there's nothing I could do about it!"