After an Infinite Flow Player Retires

Chapter 35

Ye Jia had his head lowered as he examined the detection device in his hands.

His judgement at the beginning wasn't wrong. This was indeed a prop that could be redeemed in the game.

The sequelae caused from 'overeating' in the villa still hadn't disappeared. He could still feel the hunger inside him and the Yin Pit behind him was extremely alluring at this very moment. It was as if there was something in the darkness calling out to him.

Ye Jia had no choice but to divert part of his attention and use it to restrain that desire of his to prevent himself from succumbing to his desires and going back in there again.

Suddenly, without any warning, he felt an even more powerful and alluring existence approach him from another direction.

Comparing the two, the Yin Pit was no longer as fragrant.

His attention was instantly pulled over.

Ye Jia's fingers were slightly stiff. His throat couldn't help but bob.

He raised his head subconsciously and looked in the direction of the smell.

A sports car stopped not far in front of everyone.

Ye Jia suddenly had a bad feeling.

The car door opened.

That bad feeling came true.

Ye Jia: "………."

Please don't do this to me.

He only had enough time to conceal the human scent from his body—–This wasn't a difficult task for him who had just emerged from the yin energy filled villa.

But….It was probably too late for him to escape.

Especially since the other party was walking this way.

The man's dark eyes were slightly lowered. His gaze that seemed to feel tangible slowly scanned across the people around him before it was retracted away.

He stretched out his hand: "Ji Xuan."

"Zhao Dong." Zhao Dong obliviously also stretched out his hand and enthusiastically shook the other party's hand, "Hello, hello. Are you the owner of this place?"

Ji Xuan: "Yes."

Cheng Cezhi also extended his hand enthusiastically, "Cheng Cezhi. Hello."

Ye Jia: "………."

His vision went dark.

Sure enough, the eyes of that man changed slightly, and his pale lips hooked up imperceptibly. There was meaningfulness in his voice, "Hello."

—-If he knew a day like today would come, Ye Jia would've never lied about Cheng Cezhi's name.

Just as he was feeling dizzy from this situation playing out in front of him, Ji Xuan's line of sight fell onto him.

He lowered his eyes, his dark eyes like a deep abyss, and asked, "And this is?"

Ye Jia only realised now that among the three people present, he was the only one who hadn't introduced himself.

Ji Xuan's fingers were pale and slender, and his joints were very well defined. He silently stretched out his hand towards Ye Jia.

Ye Jia could only toughen himself up and hold the other person's hand with his right hand:

"……..Ye Jia."

Ji Xuan's hand was very cold, and his palms were dry. The handshake carried some strength.

When he shook hands with the other two just now, it was only a brief and polite handshake.

But right now, his fingers tightened slightly so that their palms touched each other intimately, and he had even used his thumb to gently rub the back of his hand.

Before Ye Jia could react, Ji Xuan withdrew his hand.

His eyes fell on Zhao Dong again, "So, what happened?"

—–His expression was so calm and sincere, it was no different from an ordinary person who had accidentally purchased a deadly villa. Ye Jia himself was almost fooled by it for a moment.

But in fact……..

As a Ghost King, he had bought the only Yin Pit in the city that was not being monitored by the Bureau…..

How could he not have known that something like this would happen to his own property?!

Zhao Dong began to explain the situation to him in detail and Cheng Cezhi occasionally added a few words.

Ye Jia was distracted.

His hand seemed to still have some lingering coldness left from the other party and he could also still feel the force from the handshake. Like some kind of phantom that wouldn't dissipate, that feeling clung to his skin, causing him to be………extremely hungry.

His five senses that had yet to be sealed off took in the scent and energy in the air emitted by the other person greedily.

This kind of strange restlessness made Ye Jia very uncomfortable.

It was a very bad coincidence for Ji Xuan to come at a time like this.

It just happened to be when he was suppressing his hunger after not having eaten his fill. While in a state like this, he was made to come face to face with something that could be considered the best quality food in this world—- and it was even a top delicacy he had tasted before.

This made Ye Jia instinctively want to get closer and take it all in.

He forced himself to lower his eyes and fixed his gaze on his toes.

But with his visual senses gone, his other senses became even more sensitive.

He could smell the cooling air around the other person's skin. He could taste the subtle vibrations in the other person's vocal cords when he spoke. He could touch the rich and fragrant smell coming from the depths of the other person's body.

"…..So I told those adventure seeking youngsters that this was a haunted house attraction that was abandoned after there were issues with funding, but the mechanisms and devices inside were left in there….."

"Issues with funding?" Ji Xuan raised an eyebrow.

His voice was low and peaceful, and one couldn't hear any dissatisfaction, but it still for some reason made them nervous.

Zhao Dong hurriedly tried to salvage the situation, "No, no, Xiao Cheng didn't mean that. He had no choice at the time and said it to prevent information from leaking out……"

Ji Xuan laughed softly, "I understand."

"I just happened to be worried over what I can do with this place. Thanks to this……Mr. Cheng, you have given me a good idea."

Ji Xuan's words paused briefly at "Mr. Cheng". There was a hint of a smile when he said it.

"I should thank him instead."

This time Zhao Dong panicked, "Wait a minute, are you really planning on making it a business? Did I not explain it clearly enough for you just now? This place you bought may actually be haunted….."

Ye Jia returned to his senses.

Although his eyes were still lowered, he began to direct his attention to the conversation going on between the three of them.

Even now, the people from the Bureau still didn't know that this place was a Yin Pit. That was understandable because they didn't have Ye Jia's ability to perceive yin energy. For them, it takes a long time to determine whether a place would automatically gather yin energy as that conclusion can only be reached after extensive experimentation and testing. To them right now, this place was no more than a villa that they suspect is haunted by ghosts.

"Yeah!" Cheng Cezhi echoed, "Don't you know how dangerous this is?!"

Ye Jia: "……."

He will need to carefully think about how he should salvage the situation of 'Cheng Cezhi's' character the next time he reports on his progress.

Ji Xuan was dismissive, "I am a businessman after all. Your investigations and actions will interfere with my schedule. What's more, if this place attracts unwanted attention, wouldn't that make it lose value?"

Business perspective or not, those words were understandable and reasonable.

But the next second, Ji Xuan added:

"But…….."

Everyone's attention was instantly drawn over.

Ji Xuan spoke slowly, "Mass closure and testing would cause too much commotion. If you keep it low-key, I don't mind."

"You can send over a staff who will, with my accompaniment, check how dangerous this place is."

His gaze lightly fell onto the three people before him before finally stopping at Cheng Cezhi, "How about you?"

Cheng Cezhi froze, "?"

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W-why is it me?

In order to conceal the fact that Ye Jia had gone in to save someone and to also protect the two innocent scare spirits, Cheng Cezhi actually hadn't told Zhao Dong and the others everything. To be more precise, he did tell the truth but the degree of danger of this place had been reduced a lot in his report.

To the people from the Bureau, the level of haunting at this villa was at most at the lowest level—-One that could only make people faint from fear.

Because of this, Zhao Dong only needed a short moment of thought before agreeing, "Alright."

Cheng Cezhi's expression was dejected. He aggrievedly felt himself choking up—–This was what people meant by lifting a stone and hitting themself in the foot!

He didn't have the ability to leave that place alive!

At this moment Ye Jia interjected in a timely manner, "But it's too late today and we're all tired. How does tomorrow sound?

Ji Xuan's gaze lingered on him for half a second before he finally nodded.

"Alright."

Taking along Ye Jia, Cheng Cezhi drove back to the city.

As he drove, he was a little in daze, "What should I do tomorrow brother? I'm really not at the level where I can go in and out of a place like that…..And although it is during the daytime, I'm still really scared!"

He regretted it a little:

"Is this my retribution for lying?! Sure enough, a lie will need more lies to make it seem more realistic……..Wuuuuuu I was wrong."

Ye Jia who had lied countless times: "……."

Ah, an arrow to his knee. Ouch.

But fortunately, as early as the moment the three talked, Ye Jia had already thought of a countermeasure.

He said to Cheng Cezhi without a change to his expression, "Don't worry, tomorrow I will go instead of you."

"Huh?" Cheng Cezhi was stunned, "But…..Won't that owner be angry?"

Ye Jia: "I'll say you're sick and I came as replacement. The other person probably just randomly pointed you out. It shouldn't be a problem."

He added, "Also, thank you."

——-Ye Jia knew why Cheng Cezhi concealed some matters about the condition of the villa so that it didn't appear dangerous. It was because this was the only way he could explain why Guan Tianyi survived without mentioning Ye Jia's involvement.

He was so serious when he said that, it made Cheng Cezhi feel a little embarrassed.

Cheng Cezhi looked away and said stiffly, "I didn't do it for you. I was mainly worried that the Bureau would kill those two pitiful little spirits….."

After saying this, Cheng Cezhi remembered something:

"Ah, speaking of which, where are they? Why aren't they here?"

Thinking back now, they seemed to have disappeared completely just now.

Ye Jia knew the answer to this question very well.

With Ji Xuan there, it would be weird if those two scare spirits didn't run away.

He shrugged, "Don't know."

At this moment, a small voice cautiously spoke up from the back seat, "U-um………"

Ye Jia was taken aback. He turned his head and looked behind.

He saw two transparent, jelly-like spirits sticking their heads out. They spoke weakly, "We're here."

The little scare spirit choked up, "We can't go back now. That place is now taken over by the demon king."

Cheng Cezhi didn't think much about it.

After all, for weak ghosts like them, a Bureau that could determine their life and death was indeed an existence equivalent to a demon king.

He sighed sympathetically, "Haa, there's no other choice. That villa was too strange so the Bureau wouldn't let it go."

The big scare spirit nodded aggrievedly, "But now we are homeless."

Ye Jia: "………"

He suddenly felt nervous.

Don't tell me these two want to go home with him?

The next second, the two scare spirits slowly approached them and asked shyly, "M-may we please stay at your place temporarily?"

Cheng Cezhi was flattered, "Mine? Of……"

The little scare spirit floated over and nestled on the edge of Ye Jia's seat. It looked at him with round and expectant eyes, "Please?"

Cheng Cezhi: "…….."

My pride was hurt.

They can't be cured!

These two face-cons! Give me back my sympathy!

Ye Jia: "………."

Sorry, I really don't want to have two more strange ghosts living in my place.

But before he could refuse, the small black hand lashed out first.

It was completely quiet earlier when Ji Xuan was around and it had even hidden itself as much as possible in Ye Jia's scent, but it had now become lively again: "Hey, what are you talking about?!"

It held onto Ye Jia's collar as if sensing some a threat to its position, "Don't just live in someone else's place so casually!!"

Ye Jia: "………" Don't you feel embarrassed saying that?

The scare spirits wouldn't back down. They got a little closer, "Why can you stay but we can't?"

"Dream on! You just can't!" The small black hand shouted aggressively.

Seeing that the three ghosts were about to start quarrelling, Ye Jia pinched the bridge of his nose, "Stop."

The two scare spirits and the small black hand instantly stopped arguing. They all turned and looked at Ye Jia.

Ye Jia said, "You two can stay at my place for a few days."

The scare spirits were indeed harmless, but if an ordinary person really lived with them, it would weaken the yang energy in their body, so Ye Jia couldn't let Cheng Cezhi take these two spirits back with him.

Small black hand, "!"

Like an eggplant that had been exposed to the cold, the entire black hand wilted.

But before the two scare spirits could become excited, Ye Jia emphasised two words, "Temporary stay."

Seeing the disappointed faces of the two scare spirits, the small black hand's mood inexplicably got better.

It chuckled twice and nestled back on Ye Jia's shoulder again.

As Cheng Cezhi drove, he glanced at the small black hand sitting comfortably on Ye Jia's shoulder. A line suddenly surfaced to his mind:

As long as I am not dead, you are all concubines.

……It must be that his way of thinking wasn't right.

He sighed and expressed, "Your ghost fate is so good."

Ye Jia: "…….I am willing to give this ghost fate to you, thank you very much."

The two scare spirits had at this moment secretly moved over to his side. The big scare spirit clung to his wrist while the little scare spirit squeezed into Ye Jia's palm.

Ye Jia squeezed it subconsciously.

Cool, soft and slippery.

A bit like jelly.

A strange blush appeared on the little scare spirit's translucent face.

The big scare spirit had enough, "Hey! I want to be squeezed too!"

The small black hand gloated from Ye Jia's shoulder, "Fight, fight, fight."

Ye Jia: "………."

He was now regretting his decision.

.

The next day.

Ye Jia changed his scent and skilfully concealed his face before activating his ghost domain and once again arrived at the villa.

To his surprise, Ji Xuan was already there.

He was leaning against the mottled wall outside the villa with his long legs bent slightly and his eyes lowered as if he was thinking about something.

A car was parked in the distance.

Ye Jia didn't recognise this brand but even for someone who didn't know the specifics, he could tell that the car gave off the smell of money.

He could however recognise that it wasn't the same one as last night.

Ye Jia began to seriously ponder over a question.

Clearly, everyone came out from the same game…. but why was there such a big difference in financial abilities?

Ji Xuan raised his eyes and accurately looked over in Ye Jia's direction.

The black colour of his eyes was now gone, and it was replaced by a strangely dark red colour.

"You've changed back." His tone was faint, as if he was just stating a simple fact.

Ye Jia calmly said, "More convenient like this."

Ji Xuan stood up and walked towards him.

His eyes were lowered slightly, and his lips hooked up into a smile that also didn't seem quite like a smile, "Your human disguise is very good. Even I couldn't detect your original scent on you."

Ye Jia: "…….."

But of course. It would be strange if he could detect something like that on an ordinary human like Cheng Cezhi.

Without a change to his expression, he said, "It's nothing much."

"So," Ye Jia asked tentatively, "what do you plan to do with this place, King?"

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This place was the only place in the entire M City that wasn't being monitored by the Bureau. For the fierce ghosts, it was extremely valuable.

Even without needing to think about it, Ji Xuan would naturally not give up a place like this.

Therefore, depending on the other party's future objective, Ye Jia would decide whether or not he wanted to take the risk to clean this place up.

Ji Xuan said, "You don't need to call me King."

Ye Jia was taken aback, "?"

He subconsciously raised his head and looked at the other person, but he was met with those dark red eyes. It was like there were unknown undercurrents surging in the depths of it.

Ji Xuan said casually, "Just call my name."

Ye Jia, "……That wouldn't be good?"

Ji Xuan raised a brow, "Why wouldn't it be good?"

He asked, "Did you think that I was the one who made them call me King?"

Ye Jia: "……….."

That's true.

Even if Ji Xuan didn't take the initiative to use the 'King' title, those fierce ghosts and monsters probably didn't dare call him by his name directly because of their fear and admiration towards him.

But…..If that was the case, it was even more impossible for him to agree.

After all, if he became the only ghost who calls the Ghost King by his real name, it would make his existence too special.

Just as Ye Jia was about to refuse, he heard the other person add lightly:

"Don't you admire me?"

Ye Jia: "…………"

"I'll give you the right to call me by my real name." The smile on Ji Xuan's lips deepened, but his voice was still calm and indifferent, "Don't you feel honoured?"

Ye Jia: "…………"

He gritted his teeth.

This damned kid.

If you put aside the fact that the other party wanted to kill him a few years ago, he was a little cuter back then.

He reluctantly squeezed out two words from between his teeth, "……Ji Xuan."

After getting what he wanted, Ji Xuan turned around contently. His pale and slender finger raised slightly.

The heavy iron chain fell in an instant and the rusty gate creaked and slowly opened inwards.

Ji Xuan stepped in.

Ye Jia was stunned for a moment and also a little puzzled.

Ji Xuan turned and looked at him, "Follow me."

"Didn't you ask me what I plan to do?"

Ye Jia let out an 'oh' and quickly caught up with the other party.

They arrived at the villa again.

The abandoned villa sat quietly amidst the tall grass and weeds. Unlike how it was at night, it appeared decadent and dead during the day,

The status and attributes of each Yin Pit were not the same. Very clearly, the attributes of this place were completely different between night and day.

Ji Xuan raised his finger slightly,

The ground below bulged, and it was soon bleached red.

A pale white goat skull emerged from the ground after being summoned and a huge body soon followed.

"Go on." Ji Xuan said.

The blood gu fish obediently swam towards the depths of this villa. Its tail flicked back and forth slowly as it disappeared past the front door.

An indescribable scream emerged from the depths of the building.

It was as if the whole villa was screaming,

Because he had eaten a lot of yin energy there yesterday, even if it was daytime right now, Ye Jia could faintly sense the changes coming from the depths of the villa.

As if its power was being drained by some external force, the yin energy in this Yin Pit rapidly faded away—–Until it was completely gone.

The villa soon became a normal building. There were no more signs of life.

Very soon, the blood gu fish appeared at the door.

It swam around very slowly and took several seconds to reach Ji Xuan.

Immediately afterwards, the blood gu fish raised its head and placed a small, pitch-black ball the size of a fist in Ji Xuan's palm. In the centre of it, there seemed to be some kind of black mist slowly swirling around.

Ye Jia felt his stomach twitch when the familiar fragrance reached him.

Ji Xuan rubbed its head, "Good child."

The blood gu fish burped.

It seemed to have finally noticed Ye Jia's existence.

The blood gu fish turned around and swam to Ye Jia's side. It affectionately rubbed its large head against Ye Jia's palm and then turned over to reveal its belly made of blood and bones.

Ye Jia hesitated for a moment. He then bent down and rubbed the other party's belly.

It was cool and soft, like the surface of a wet ball—But he had to be careful not to let his hand sink in lest it got too strange.

The blood gu fish who finally got what it wanted happily swung its large fish tail, almost splashing blood onto Ye Jia.

Suddenly, Ye Jia sensed something familiar approaching.

Ji Xuan bent down behind him, his strong presence suddenly invading Ye Jia's personal space.

His voice was low and cheerful, and it sounded close to Ye Jia's ear:

"It is full."

Ye Jia mind went hazy and his limbs instantly stiffened.

It wasn't because of anything else……it was just that……

It smelt really good.

The black ball just now seemed to have aroused his already suppressed hunger. It made him particularly sensitive to the yin energy around him…….just like last night.

Ye Jia pressed the tip of his tongue against his teeth. He could tell that his molars were itching to eat.

A strange impulse struggled inside him.

—–He wanted to pounce him.