Just that, the leader is a smart person.
He clearly knows what I'm concerned about, but he hasn't said it yet.
This won't shake my resolve; on the contrary, it will deepen my suspicions.
Just as I was about to directly ask, the leader sighed and said, "The most crucial point is why you and Ghost Goat doubt me, yet despite knowing that my soul thread is controlled by Wei Youming, you didn't do anything about it. In fact, you even chose to get closer to him, leading to the situation in your eyes where I might be collaborating with Wei Youming, right?"
The leader's words hit the nail on the head directly!
I nodded, without interrupting the leader's words.
He paused for a moment before continuing, "This is not making plans with the tiger, it is about peeling the tiger's skin. Xiu Yang Residence wants twenty-eight Hell prisoners, while I want something they have."
"Shenming, this is also what I hinted at earlier, the thing I want you to collaborate with me on."
When the leader said this, my mind suddenly cleared, giving me a feeling of being bathed in the nectar of wisdom.
Yang Guan also mentioned that there was a recruitment poster released in the Xiu Yang Residence, and the leader wanted to handle it, so he thought of me.
Is that the scroll about the twenty-eight Hell prisoners?
I saw that the leader's gaze had slightly changed.
I thought he was going to use Wei Youming to handle something.
But I didn't expect him to want Wei Youming directly!
The leader's stomach is quite large, and his appetite is even greater.
At this moment, the leader shook his head again before saying, "Without helpers, handling this matter becomes difficult, especially now that Ghost Goat also doubts me. I have no one to assist me, and with changes at the Supervision Dao Hall and Wei Youming's main soul returning here, he seems to have grown stronger. I had no choice but to be brought here. His soul thread returned to his body and did not continue to control me, allowing me to regain my full strength."
"However, without the chance to borrow that soul thread of his to seal his entire ghost body, I am now trapped here, and there's no immediate way out."
"Planning with a tiger is dangerous; it's safer to peel its skin directly, but that's easier to die. Leader, you're too reckless." I heaved a heavy sigh and relaxed my tone slightly.
"Haha, didn't Shenming nephew take risks too? Before I was trapped here, I heard that Sun Zhuo was captured and the Supervision Dao Hall was in great turmoil. Even Han Zaozi left Jingyang to go to Four Guidelines Mountain to invite Sun Zhuo's teacher!"
"Amongst all this, it can't be that simple, can it? Between you and the Supervision Dao Hall…"
The leader's eyes were filled with a fierce light.
My eyelid twitched slightly again.
Earlier, I had told the leader everything except the most crucial secret. He could infer these things from other matters, which was normal.
After a moment of silence, I replied, "The teacher of Sun Zhuo will come, but what I fear more is that he will shield Sun Zhuo."
My words directly made the leader's smile stiffen on his face.
"How…"
He opened his mouth but didn't utter a sound.
After a long while, he said, "So, you came for Sun Zhuo, took risks to kill him?"
"Hmm." I nodded.
"Where is he?" I asked again.
"In the staff dormitory," the leader replied.
My pupils contracted slightly, and a look of suspicion appeared in my eyes.
"There's no need to be so surprised. There's a suppressor for Wei Youming, and that's the vice principal, old Liu. However, after Wei Youming brought back Sun Zhuo and the severely ill ghost, old Liu was suppressed by the severely ill ghost and trapped in his residence."
"Sun Zhuo is indeed pitiful. His fingernails have been stripped off, and some of his hair has been pulled out."
"Wei Youming constantly said that Sun Zhuo shouldn't hold things that don't belong to him and should detach from them, not using others' lives."
With that, the leader's gaze at me deepened further.
My heart felt a chill again.
However, I neither denied it nor nodded directly.
The leader can guess if he wants, it doesn't matter whether I admit or deny it. It won't affect the things we need to do next.
Sun Zhuo's situation is indeed rather pitiful.
The leader coughed again before saying, "That's why Wei Youming thought of using me. Better late than never, otherwise, I might have been 'cured' by him."
"How about it, can you lure Wei Youming away?" I interrupted the leader's words and asked.
"Lure Wei Youming away?" The leader shook his head directly and said, "That's impossible. Wei Youming's most important task now is to give Sun Zhuo the appropriate treatment. If Sun Zhuo didn't have a protective item to safeguard his soul, I would even doubt that Wei Youming would extract his life essence and grind it piece by piece to examine it. Nothing can distract Wei Youming!"
"Anything, really?"
"I muttered one sentence, and a drop of cold sweat appeared on my forehead,"
"Hmm... However, if people from the Supervision Dao Hall or the senior sages from Four Guidelines Mountain come, things might be different."
"If you were to lie in wait until then and take advantage of Wei Youming going out to find them, you could take Sun Zhuo away," the leader said honestly.
My heart shivered even more.
The leader's suggestion is not bad.
However, the risks are too high…
What if Wei Youming isn't a match for Senior Mirror?
And, this place isn't that simple.
The leader doesn't know that the entire Mental Health Center was built by one person to raise ghosts.
If Mao San didn't find that person in advance.
When the people from the Supervision Dao Hall arrive and Wei Youming isn't their match, that person should come out!
Then, there will be even more twists and turns!
"Alright, Shenming, I've been here for a while and need to go back. That's settled then. You stay here and keep an eye on the situation outside. If Wei Youming comes out, you find him immediately and let me know. As for that severely ill ghost, I'll handle it!" The leader patted my shoulder firmly, his words resolute.
"Wait a moment."
"Um?" The leader appeared slightly surprised.
"This place, should Wei Youming be too afraid to come in, right? The other ghosts can enter?" I asked the leader in return.
"If there are no unexpected circumstances, I'm not too familiar with it."
"What about the severely ill ghost?" I asked the leader again.
"The severely ill ghost?" The leader thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "He can enter. I can't say for sure, but the talisman at the iron gate seems to only work on Wei Youming. No one knows where that talisman came from."
"Then, leader, do me a favor and trick the severely ill ghost up to the sixth floor," I took a deep breath and said.
The leader's face changed immediately, and his small eyes were filled with confusion and doubt.
"What do you want to do?"
"Shenming, don't do something reckless. That severely ill ghost is not simple! You're no match for him!"
"Whether I'm a match for him or not, we'll only know after we try. We can't wait until the people from Four Guidelines Mountain arrive before acting. Better safe than sorry," I said with a firm expression and tone.
"If we catch the severely ill ghost, release Vice Principal old Liu, and let him calm down Wei Youming, Sun Zhuo will be nothing more than a bag of tricks!"
I firmly and directly laid out my plan!
"What if it fails?" The leader shook his head, his voice echoing with a hint of sorrowfulness. "If it fails, who will be the bag of tricks? Every time Wei Youming tortures Sun Zhuo, he always mentions your name. When he mentions your name, he doesn't say anything else, but do you know what he's doing then?"
