Cyber Ghosts

Chapter 170 Find a Way to Rescue the Injured
“My God, is he the reincarnation of Thanos?” Zhou Yuan murmured after seeing the fight. He added, “He could turn all of them into ashes only by his fingers snap?”

“Did you ever see so stupid Thanos?” Seeing the ashes in front of him, Liu Shuai laughed at Zhou Yuan. “Thanos in the movies just needed a finger snap to eliminate all living things. However, what about this one? His snap made himself disappear. Was his diamond produced in a reverse way? Is he a reverse-Thanos?”

Hao Ning knew that what they were talking about came from the movie episode of Avengers. The major villain in this movie, Thanos, killed half of the people in the universe by his finger snap. Hao Ning thought that the two’s IQ was almost the same as his. He felt exhausted and did not want to talk anymore with them. The truth was that his health was not good enough for him to fight so long. He had the borrowed Kung Fu and the Magic power, but he did not have a strong enough body to enjoy them. If it had been Zhe here, He would have fought against them for three days and nights without a break.

Thinking of this, Hao Ning had no enough strength to stand anymore. The rest of seven Hao Nings became the hairs, flying back to Hao Ning’s hand. The real Hao Ning sat on the ground, asking with heavy breath, “How is Long Fei?”

“He is not in critical condition now,” Nezha said in the hall.

Regarding the hall, there was only one ragged Buddha standing in the hall. Powders were everywhere. Hao Ning looked around. There was a translucent body on the ground. Nezha opened his eyes and sighed, walking out of the hall and saying, “He is alive now, but he needs a long time for his recovery.”

“Why? Is there bamboo left…” Hao Ning pointed to the ground. He found that there was only a cloud of green light smoke in the air. The bamboo leaf disappeared.

“The bamboo leaf has spread,” Xiao Hong opened his eyes and said. He stood up. He seemed to be a little tired, “I have not enough power to make him recover. What we can do now is to put it in the Statue and support it over there…” said Xiao Hong. He lifted his fingers. Long Fei floated from the ground, flew into the chest of the statue, and disappeared.

“Transform!” Seeing what Xiao Hong did, Nezha stretched his arms. His tie transformed into the Red Armillary Sash, flying around them. Then it transformed into walls and posts of the temple. The temple became the original one. “I want to use my Red Armillary Sash to protect here until Long Fei recovers. If there is any danger, I will know in advance.”

“That is a good idea,” Hao Ning nodded. Then he asked, “If so, how long will Long Fei recover?”

“Not too long,” Xiao Hong smiled, adding, “Based on the donation and my help from time to time, I guess it will take ten or twenty years.”

“More than ten years!” Hao Ning and Zhou Yuan cried out involuntarily. Hao Ning felt a little angry as he saw that Liu Shuai had no reaction to this. However, he was not in the mood to blame others. He might already know the whole thing. So, he answered in a hurry, “Did Long Fei hurt so severely? Why will it take so long?”

“It is not long!” Xiao Hong wanted to laugh at Hao Ning. But he explained in patience, “The temple has not enough donation to support him. And Long Fei belongs to a low-level Immortal. If I don’t help him from time to time, he may need hundreds of years!”

“It is not easy for incense to be an immortal,” said Nezha, nodding, “But this is the only way.”

“Well, it is more difficult for him to recover as he was hurt. In particular, his essence was hurt,” Xiao Hong said to himself. He continued to say, “Long ago, my essence was hurt. It took me 300 years to recover in Purple Bamboo Forest!”

“Err…” Hao Ning had to shut himself up. He knew that what Xiao Hong mentioned referred to his 36 stabs to Xiao Hong. He knew that he was wrong. He felt embarrassed. So, he shut himself up.

Seeing Hao Ning not speak again. He recognized that what he said might hurt him. So, he smiled and said, “But, I deserved that. I was bewitched by a bad man. I should thank Hao Ning to wake me up.”

“Well…” Hao Ning did not know how to respond. He smiled with embarrassment.

“Time is not a problem,” Zhou Yuan said, looking at the recovering walls and posts. He continued to say, “But what the hell Long Fei found out? Why did he ask Hao Ning to look for Mr. Ren? Are there any relations between the two things? If things are big, I am afraid that we cannot wait so long.”

“If we want him to recover as soon as possible, I have a suggestion,” Liu Shuai said in a sudden.

“What suggestion?” Hao Ning asked with hope.

“Did you forget?” Liu Shuai looked at Hao Ning, smiling bitterly. “Zhe’s suggestion?”

“Oh, yes!” Hao Ning patted his thigh. His pat was so heavy that he felt more tired. “We can reshape the golden body for the Dragon Temple. Moreover, there is a subway station nearby. The incense will flourish…”

“Yes, you are right. I have calculated,” Liu Shuai stopped Hao Ning and said, “According to the pedestrian flow in a general subway station, the recovery time can be shortened for Long Fei!”

“Yes, yes!” Hao Ning said excitedly. “That is so correct!”

“Hey, you two,” Zhou Yuan said behind them. “I am sorry, but I have to tell you bad news.”

“What bad news?” Hao Ning said in a cold voice. In general, Zhou Yuan liked to smile to everyone he met. But today, he wanted to pour cold water. So, Hao Ning said, “What you want?”

Zhou Yuan rubbed his head, frowned and said, “The pre-condition to save the Dragon Temple is that Zhe must win the competition. However, he needs to learn Kung Fu to win the competition. If we want Zhe to learn Kung Fu, we need Long Fei to clarify the secret of the Soul Cutter and change part of Zhe’s soul into harmless Book Elf. That’s the chance. However, until now, Long Fei did not tell us the secret of the Soul Cutter and he was injured now. If we want Long Fei to tell us the secret, we should make him recover as soon as possible. And if we want him to recover, the Dragon Temple should be saved. However, the Dragon Temple…”

“We need Zhe to win the competition to save the Dragon Temple. The pre-condition to win is to teach Zhe Kung Fu. If we want to teach Zhe Kung Fu, Zhe needs to…” Liu Shuai followed what Zhou Yuan said. He frowned and shouted, “It is an endless circle. We are in an endless circle! Damn it. I forgot about it. This is an endless circle!”

“Yes,” Zhou Yuan said, frowning. “This is just like a story we heard in our childhood. Long long ago, there was a temple in the mountain. In the temple, there were two monks. One was old and the other was young. The old monk told a story to the young monk that long long ago, there was a temple in the mountain…”

“Ok, I got it,” Hao Ning felt confused, rubbing his hair. He was too excited just now to remember this big thing. Long Fei intended to solve problems troubling the Dragon Temple. However, he became a troublemaker. “What can we do now?”

“Well, you guys,” Xiao Hong comforted them as he saw that they were hurt mentally by the bad news from their excitement. He asked, “Do you have any difficulties?”

Two visitors came into the temple while they were talking. At the same time, nobody knew what play Nezha used to make the old monk to come back to life. The old monk walked toward the visitors. Seeing this, Hao Ning thought that the temple was not an appropriate place for discussion. So, he said in a low voice, “It is a long story, we should discuss at the other place.”

Half an hour later.

“You said to move to the other place. You mean here?” Nezha blinked, looking at Hao Ning.

No strange why Nezha asked so. They came to the famous “Bad Lucky Restaurant” where they met Nezha for the first time. It was natural that Nezha disliked this place.

Hao Ning shook his hand. He did not want to recall the details. He just explained to them the whole thing briefly. After hearing his story, Xiao Hong and Nezha were goggle-eyed.

“Unbelievable!” Xiao Hong sighed, “Long Fei was injured due to his desire. It is a circle of cause and result. It is his destiny.”

Hao Ning knew what the meaning of Xiao Hong’s words. Long Fei would have not been injured if he had not tried to save the temple and his incense. However, If Long Fei had done nothing at that time, he would have lost his temple, too.

“So weird, weird!” Nezha shook his head. “The society has changed so quickly. When I was born, everybody thought that I was a demon. Nevertheless, I was one of the decent siblings of Family Li. I was still his third son. Who dared to question my statue? But, look at Family Wang. Zhe was alienated from his family members. Zhe’s brother, he was so shrew. He was not a good son, not a good son.”

“…” Hao Ning was speechless as he heard their emotional stories. What they said was about the change in society. Nobody mentioned the key element – 100 million Yuan.

“Hey, listen to me, you two,” Liu Shuai said, “the key part is Long Fei’s temple will be destroyed without 100 million Yuan.”

“Hey!” Nezha smiled, “only 100 million Yuan? It was not a big number. I’m from Family Li in Chentangguan. Maybe we don’t have billions of Yuan, but we are rich enough to support it. If it is impossible, I can even ‘steal’ some treasures from the Dragon King’s Crystal Palace…”

“Nezha…” Hao Ning heard what Nezha said. He reminded him, “Here is not your Gods Creation World. No Crystal Palace over here!”

“Err, you are right,” Nezha patted his head. Hao Ning thought that what Nezha thought was different from common person. Nezha felt a little embarrassed. He continued to say, “It doesn’t matter. I am still the nominal General Manager of South China Investment Department. Billions of investment funds are still available in my hand. I can use this money to…”

“To invest a temple?” Zhou Yuan opened his eyes widely, shaking his hand. “It is reasonable for you to invest in a network company. However, you invest your money in a temple. Let alone Mr. Fei, I think the media in S City will be shocked for three days for this big news. It is unreasonable for such a big company to invest in a temple. I think your move will lead to big waves in S City. ”

“I am not afraid!” Nezha looked like the same age as Xiao Hong. He patted his chest by Zhou Yuan’s prod. “I don’t need to report to those unimportant persons or media where I use for with my money. The worst result is that I quit the job after I save Long Fei. I am a God of Heaven, Land and Sea. I don’t care how the media will report me.”

“Of course, you are not afraid of media,” Xiao Hong was much calmer than Nezha as he stayed longer in this secular world. He shook his head and said, “If what you will do is reported in different versions, somebody in the dark may take advantage of it. Think about it. They sent a man to chase and tried to kill Long Fei. And the man was killed near S City. Then somebody raised funds to buy the Dragon Temple for collecting incense. At that time, everybody will know the relations between Long Fei and the Dragon Temple. I am afraid when that day comes, somebody will be able to destroy the Dragon Temple very easily. And I have to say, the temple will disappear in front of us.”

“Well… Can I say that what I will do is to prevent Long Fei from collecting incense? For this reason, I have to buy the temple.” Nezha thought about it and said, “If I do like this, I don’t think the company will blame me.”

“If so, you will die!” Hao Ning shook his head and said, “Let me ask you, from the view of Mr. Fei, did you know in advance about killing Long Fei? Did you involve in it? If he thinks that you didn’t know in advance and you did not involve in it, then why are you so hurried to buy a temple? The result will explain itself.”

“Ah…” Nezha did not think so deeply. But he had to admit that Hao Ning was right. He did not know what to do next. So, he said, “Then what can we do?”

“Well, after analysis, it is difficult to solve it. I thought that I could also help,” Xiao Hong shook his head. “I thought that I would find some investment institutions to raise 100 million. If this is impossible, I think tens of millions is possible. Then I also can mortgage some gold…”

“Gold?” Hao Ning was stunned. “What gold?”

“The gold we got from the sevens. The gold the sevens showed to the old monk,” Xiao Hong looked at Zhou Yuan. Zhou Yuan hurriedly cut a small clearance in the air. There was shining gold shown in the clearance. Zhou Yuan pointed to it. The gold disappeared!

At that time, Hao Ning remembered that the sevens wanted to buy the temple with the gold. He concentrated on his fight, causing him to forget the gold. So, he gave a gesture to let Xiao Hong continue his speech.

Xiao Hong stopped for a while, drank a little tea, and continued to say, “If I, like Nezha, help the temple. That means that the temple is not a common one. If so, let alone to save Long Fei. We will put him in a more dangerous situation. Although my title will scare away some unimportant followers. However, there must be brave men if rewards are enough. The whole situation may develop out of our control.”

“What can we do then?” Hao Ning felt a little bewildered. He worried they could raise enough money to save Long Fei and the temple, but now, they had the money. But they did not know where the money should be used for. “The Dragon Temple shouldn’t be destroyed in front of us. No!”

“Don’t worry. Let me think about it,” Xiao Hong poured some water into Hao Ning’s cup, comforting him, “I don’t think we face a dead lane. Let me think in the next few days. It will be better if Nezha and I don’t show our faces to raise the money. I don’t think money is the problem. The problem is how we can reasonably get the money. We should get money without being found by our enemy with a stable and peaceful manner.”

“Or I have another idea,” Zhou Yuan squinted his eyes, looking at Nezha. “We need to find out how those persons learned Kung Fu through the soul grafting. If Zhe goes to fight against them, I don’t think he will lose the match!”

“Are you silly,” Liu Shuai drank his tea and said. “You just mentioned that Long Fei was hurt due to this. The way in front of Zhe leads him to nowhere! You just make yourself back to the original problem…”

“As a matter of fact, there is a person who knows the answer.” Zhou Yuan twitched his mouth, pointing to Nezha.

“Right!” Liu Shuai patted his thigh, shouting in excitement. The rest of the guests in the restaurant looked at him angrily. Seeing this, Liu Shuai shut himself up immediately.

Xiao Hao stopped Zhou Yuan as he wanted to use the Virtualised reality. Xiao Hong called the waiter and said, “Please give us a quiet private room.”

They went into a private room. Then Xiao Hong asked Zhou Yuan to use his Virtualised reality. Seeing what Xiao Hong did, Hao Ning admired him: Although it was safe for Zhou Yuan to use the Virtualised reality in the hall, they would be distracted due to others. Now they were in a private room. The room not only protected them from distraction but also gave them a place to talk freely.

“Do you know how to change somebody’s soul to make him learn Kung Fu?” Liu Shuai did not think so much. Seeing that Zhou Yuan had used the Virtualised reality, he asked Nezha immediately. “They are those who know Kung Fu and you fought against at that night.”

“Did you refer to the corpses of soul coin?” Nezha said, frowning. “Why did you mention this?”