Ruins of the past

With the explosion of the ritual, the finger bones flew out of the box and floated in the center of the array.

On Chu Qiguang's head, the black flame turned into a crown, and a cold aura erupted.

"Winter nights, summer days."

"After a hundred years of age, return to his home."

Black flames suddenly rose up and danced like crazy ghosts.

Along with the change of black fire, the finger bones spontaneously ignited without fire, and were wrapped in black flames in the blink of an eye.

‘Those who wear this crown will have the authority to control ghosts. ’

‘Those who live in this crown are ghosts and gods. ’

'It is said that those who feed ghosts and gods will eventually be swallowed by them. ’

Under the burning of the black fire, the finger bones turned into wisps of black gas, which were sucked into Chu Qiguang's mouth.

boom!

Veins burst out from Chu Qiguang's forehead.

It was as if something was devouring his flesh and blood in his body and growing out based on his flesh and blood.

‘The body is immortal, and the ghosts will remain forever. ’

‘Since ancient times, corpses have been the last refuge of ghosts, and the king’s corpse has been the sustenance of ghosts and gods. ’

'It is said that ghosts and gods entrusted themselves to the queen, and the king's corpse became the ghost's corpse. ’

At this moment, with the outbreak of Chu Qiguang's ritual and Tao transformation, his body is gradually transforming into Lin Lan's 'corpse'.

Chu Qiguang's flesh and blood became the new possession of ghosts, and used this as a connection to control ghosts.

At this moment, unprecedented...the connection beyond matter and spirit penetrated the consciousness of both.

Lin Lan also understood his current state while witnessing the ritual.

"I am dead after all..."

Layers of black energy burst out from Lin Lan's body.

The surrounding space is either rising or shrinking.

Mountains, rocks, earth, grass and trees... all materials seemed to turn into whirlpools and twist along with the changes in space.

"No one can control me."

Looking at Chu Qiguang in front of him, Lin Lan's eyes were filled with red light.

"Not even...if it's you!"

Roar!

Lin Lan opened his mouth and roared.

The ground under Chu Qiguang's feet also twisted into a twist-like vortex as the spatial structure changed, wrapping around Chu Qiguang above.

Chu Qiguang shouted low, and the bone throne rose up under his feet.

I saw mountains and seas of bone spurs and bone forests rising up like a tsunami in all directions.

With the appearance of the Throne of Bones, the main film space seemed to be suppressed by a sea-fixing needle.

The layers of heaven and earth twisting like a spiral can no longer get even closer to Chu Qiguang.

'Those who possess this bone will step onto the throne in the ghost realm and become a hunter of ghosts. ’

‘The area beyond the conventions of time and space is called the ghost realm. ’

‘Those who can cut off ghost realms are ghost hunters. ’

Chu Qiguang thought that Lin Lan's spatial changes were indeed the effect of the ghost realm.

At this moment, the Bone Throne formed by his transformation after entering the Tao, has the effect of suppressing the ghost realm.

But Chu Qiguang could feel that just relying on his bone throne at the moment, he still could not completely resist the erosion of the ghost realm.

‘The Throne of Bones is not omnipotent. ’

'The outcome of the battle depends not only on the role of abilities... but also on the realm and strength of both parties...'

Chu Qiguang could see tiny spiral traces emerging from the bones.

Some bone spurs even gradually grew into spiral tracks.

‘Lin Lan is indeed very strong. ’

'But...I'm not weak either. ’

While Chu Qiguang continued to activate the ritual and his own transformation, he stared at the crazy Lin Lan in front of him.

The Bone Throne beneath his feet was a ferocious sight, erupting into a tsunami-like wave, constantly resisting the erosion of the ghost realm.

I just heard him say: "Xiaolan! What are you doing? Why did you attack me?"

Lin Lan's clothes had been torn apart with her awakening just now.

A stream of black energy turned into a black robe covering her beautiful body.

The black robe rustled with the strong wind, flying up and down like a dark cloud, exposing Lin Lan's slender and powerful legs from time to time.

She stared intently at Chu Qiguang on the Bone Throne, with an angry look on her fair and pink face.

"Why?"

"Look what you are doing?"

"You want to surrender me... you want to suppress me... and turn me into your puppet!"

As Lin Lan roared, the surrounding space became more and more distorted.

Chu Qiguang said quickly: "You misunderstood me, Xiaolan."

He sighed: "I want to save you, I want to liberate you from the big library."

"Do you want to stay in that place without sunlight for the rest of your life?"

A trace of struggle flashed across Lin Lan's face, but the hesitation in her heart was suppressed by her at the next moment: "Even if I die in the big library, it is my own will, and I don't need you to control it."

Chu Qiguang looked at Lin Lan and said, "But I don't want you to die. I want to travel around the world with you."

"Let's go see every ruin in this world together."

"Read ancient books with you."

"Let's look through the traces of history together..."

"Let's explore the secrets of history together..."

Listening to what Chu Qiguang said, Lin Lan's chest seemed to rise and fall violently for a while.

Whether it was the words Chu Qiguang said or the existence itself, Chu Qiguang in front of her seemed to have a strong attraction to her.

"I..." Lin Lan bit her lip and suppressed the impulse in her heart.

Lin Lan suddenly laughed, with a hint of bitterness on his face: "I can't promise you these things..."

"Even if you really think so now, after you refine me with "The Record of Ten Thousand Ghosts", your thoughts will eventually change."

"An obedient puppet..."

"If you want me to do this kind of thing... I might as well become the ghost that everyone is afraid of..."

"This is something I decided before I died."

I saw her clasping her hands together and whispering: "The mighty clear water flows together in the Huaihe sky, and the long wind sends me back to the boat. I should worry about staying late in the noisy and humble place, and I will be free when I blow into the sky..."

boom! The black pine tree where Lin Lan's finger bone was originally stored began to twist violently as if it was alive.

The branches continued to grow while twisting, bringing up tentacle-like branches and leaves, grabbing towards the burning finger bones.

Chu Qiguang was slightly startled. At this moment, he actually felt that the ritual was on the verge of being suspended.

‘Could it be that before Lin Lan died, she knew that the Demon-Suppressing Division might regard her as material for the "Ten Thousand Ghosts"... and prepared countermeasures? ’

Chu Qiguang looked at Lin Lan and said hurriedly: "Xiao Lan! Stop it! You have broken the state of crazy ghost. If you continue like this, you will go crazy."

"I promise you that after I conquer you, I will never drive you against your will."

Lin Lan did not respond, but had a look of determination on his face.

Chu Qiguang thought for a while, and suddenly an idea came to him, and he tried to say: "Xiaolan, wake up quickly, don't let her do stupid things again."

"Are you just going to watch her destroy our relationship?"

Lin Lan's eyes flashed with a trace of ridicule, but the next moment his eyes were blank.

Her right hand suddenly stretched out and pinched her left hand.

Lin Lan's face was filled with anger: "Idiot! What are you doing?!"

At the same time, another slightly soft but firm voice sounded: "I...I believe Brother Chu."

"ah!!!!"

"Fool!"

"Fool!"

There is one more chapter to write and I will post it later.