"Rui Gang are you out of your mind ! What are you trying to do ?" You Qianzhi asked the old Daoist with wide eyes. He just cannot believe someone who has been upright his entire life will turn around just like that. Not to mention, Rui Gang hatred toward ghost cultivator is famously known by almost all the cultivators of their generation.
The old Daoist only smirk and do not reply. He hauled the young teen and pull his arm hard causing Cheng Jiayi released a hurtful scream.
"Hei old man can you be gentle a bit. I am injured. Do you not see that big bandage on my head," Cheng Jiayi does not really have the time to feel scared or anything, thus he lashed out at the renegade old man. He does not know what his problem, but he does not seem all kind and benevolent. His eyes glow with ominous omen and a very evil and sinister smile grace Rui Gang face.
"Rui Gang stop it. What are you intended to do to Cheng Jiayi," Rui Gang does not care about what people around him are speaking. He pull at Cheng Jiayi left arm and see at the protrusion with a frown. "Why it still not hatch ?" he remarks with a wonder. If just Rui Gang can see the amount of Yang essence that suffocating the thing inside Cheng Jiayi body, he will get the answer to his question.
"Benefactor Rui don't do thing that you will regret later. Release benefactor Cheng do not involve innocent people," master Hui Cheng speaks to him in his usual soft-spoken manner, but everyone can hear the stern note in it.
"Innocent ? Innocent !! Hahahaha !!!"
Rui Gang suddenly laugh out loud, and his laughter reverberate throughout the wardroom. His eyes turn to crazy glare and maniacally watch every single cultivator present.
"Innocent, old monk when my family died, each and single one of them is innocent. They are innocent but what happened, killed all killed in a single night. Even until today you still not catch the killer. So, stop your preaching," Rui Gang remarks with craze mien. Cheng Jiayi look at him that now holding his arm up to the air and positioned the cold dagger onto the lump.
"What you want to do Rui Gang ! Stop it," You Qianzhi plead to the old man as seeing his latest action.
Mu Ying impassive face suddenly change this time as his nose sniffed the smell that he had been smell ever since entering this room. Now, that the welt is exposed and the dagger imbued with Yin energy place upon him, he can finally be sure.
"That is the Gu King. Rui Gang what have you done," Mu Ying said with a pale face. That is not just a usual Gu that they wunuo shaman would sometime use. But it is the Gu that born from blood and flesh of innocent. The kind that is a taboo even in their practice.
Every face in that room instantly change when they heard Mu Ying word. "The Gu King. Rui Gang you killed innocent people to nurture this Gu."
Rui Gang does not really care what other speaking around him. He look at the Gu King that supposed already hatched but still lay dormant inside this body. This boy long has been prepared for this purpose. He is the right vessel that they had picked and tonight as it is the darkest night in 100 years' time, would be the right time for the ritual to be performed.
Thus, without a single word Rui Gang push the dagger he hold onto Cheng Jiayi arm. This causing the entire people in the room surprise but they do not have the time for it. As soon as the knife touch the Gu King egg, a massive yin energy start to emanate from it.
Cheng Jiayi does not have the time to scream from the pain when a cold energy start to seep throughout his body. Something is not right with his body, and he cannot do anything. Fushe who has never left his side watched everything happened with distress face. There is nothing he could do and for the first time he feel his spirit self is useless. He look at his master that can only stand from side lines and watched everything enfold with a gritted teeth. There is nothing he can truly do and for the first time in his life, Yang Guang feel useless. He can only stand in there facing a crazy old man that has lost his sanity torturing an innocent teenager.
"He want to hatch the Gu King, Rui Gang for who you prepare this Gu King, whose soul you try to revive," Mu Ying ask him directly. Rui Gang face has an eerie glow on it and when he listened to this question he laughed out loud. But suddenly his body trembled, and he almost lost his hold onto Cheng Jiayi that whimpering in pain. He held his head in pain and look at the other cultivators with a distress face.
"Hurry up kill me. Save this kid."
"Stupid old man," a new voice that definitely not belong to Rui Gang can be heard reverberated in the almost silent room. The voice sounds unnatural and peculiar with a grating quality in it. It also sounds like it was spoken by an old man. Extremely old man. This voice make everyone in this room become cautious.
Rui Gang shuddered body ceased and like a doll, his eyes lose his glow and start acting like something is controlling his body. He hauled Cheng Jiayi tightly and push the knife even deeper to Cheng Jiayi hand before pulling it out. A large Yin energy burrow into the welt and something clearly moving now under the boy skin. Red blood start soaking Cheng Jiayi patients' cloth.
"Stop doing that Rui Gang stop hurting the boy," You Qianzhi remarks with a pang of grief. Seen his old friend turn to be like a doll, without feeling and emotion. This is definitely not the old Rui Gang he know.
"The Hell puppet control, who is there ? Show yourself," Tantai Ying growled loudly. His eyes looking around the hospital ward. Others also increased their wariness as hearing Tantai Ying pronounced the name of the technique use to manipulate Rui Gang. It's been so long since this technique had come to surface. Once ago, the name of this technique will bring terror to the heart of cultivator as no one can protect themselves from falling victim to it. There is only one user of this hellish technique, but he had killed in the battle with the Ghost King 100 years ago.
"Hehehe your kid thinks you can really beat me."
The same spine-chilling voice resounded once again. The voice is so chilling and full of malice and sinister feeling. The cultivators in the room look throughout the wardroom. How come they could not realise there is other person has been following them all this time.
Someone suddenly appear out of thin air and to see this person each and everyone face in this room except Yang Guang and Cheng Jiayi change abruptly. The old, wizened man that look like he would fall death any second smirks with evil expressions. He look at them before going closer to Cheng Jiayi and pull the teenager with strength that contradicted with his old self.
"Tonight, would be the perfect night and everything is ready, This is your new vessel my lord. This body is rich with yin energy and would be the perfect vessel to house your exalted soul," the old man remarks without caring of the other cultivators in the room.
"Bai Ying, you are still alive," Tantai Ying finally open his mouth though it is hard for him to do so. This old man is not just any cultivator, but he is the right-hand man of the last Ghost King. No one expect he will still alive, but from the way his body move unnaturally they can see he used a technique that would cause heavenly wrath to fall upon him. That is why his body full of protective and masked talisman which You Qianzhi can detect is written by Rui Gang.
"What you want to do old man ? The Ghost King had long perished, and his soul dispersed without any chance of reincarnation," You Qianzhi make his statement with gritted teeth. His finger is now ready to pull the string from his weapons and attack the old man. He is dangerous and they must kill this old man right then and there.
"Perished ?" right after hearing the word of You Qianzhi, the old, wizened man Bai Ying finally come to his sense. He look up from Cheng Jiayi and push the boy toward Rui Gang who held him tightly on the spot. His eyes still in vacant and totally like a doll. The cloth Cheng Jiayi wear now soaking with red blood and the teen can do nothing aside whimpering in pain. It is hurt like hell and his body fell like something is trying to break out from it. He feel nauseated and appalled at the same time. Seriously, what is wrong with this world, he really want to go home to his little flat and squishy TomTom.
"You know nothing but let me tell you something, tonight the Ghost King would be reborn, and this world will fall under his knees. All of you shall be destroyed the way you have destroyed him 100 years ago."