Chapter 1079: Chapter 742: Extermination
Seeing someone slander Yang Xiao like this, Tong Han manipulated her braided hair to release countless strands of wet hair, encircling Cen Fengyang’s corpse in the blink of an eye, intending to dismember him in anger.
"Don’t do this!" Yang Xiao interjected, silently gazing at Cen Fengyang, whose eyes were wide open even in death. His expression was hard to read—whether cold or compassionate. "Though his demeanor was poor, in the face of life and death, he was still a man. He’s already dead; let’s not make things harder for him."
"Don’t take his words to heart. He’s just a mad dog who wants to disgust you even in death," Tong Han’s voice was hoarse.
"It doesn’t matter. I know what kind of person I am. Not a good one," Yang Xiao took it lightly. In this world, being a pure-hearted good person is useless. As Cen Fengyang said, from the day they became Angel Envoys, they were no longer people but ghosts—ghosts who would be eaten if they didn’t eat others.
To continue existing and to ensure the survival of himself and the friends he cared about, living a better life, he had little choice in some matters.
Avenge grievances, repay kindness, never betray friends. Being a bad person is better than being a cowardly one; that’s Yang Xiao’s last line of defense.
Tong Han assisted Yang Xiao in cleaning the battlefield. Three Magic Artifacts from Cen Fengyang, one on Lina, and adding the wooden wedge obtained by Yang Xiao, this time was quite rewarding.
Of course, the other four Magic Artifacts were unexpected surprises, but combined, they were not as useful as this ghost-capturing wooden wedge.
Indeed, a Magic Artifact that the Sect Master had an eye on was extraordinary. Yang Xiao thought about it; the Sect Master probably had the same intention as him, planning to use the wooden wedge against the Mirror Ghost.
With the Sect Master’s skills, taking down the Black Robed Ghost would be much easier than for him. The reason the artifact remained was likely because the Sect Master was delayed by more important matters.
Afterwards, he was imprisoned by the Old Clan Leader of Ru Lin Academy and had no chance to retrieve the treasure.
On the way back, Yang Xiao continuously recalled the scene of the Mirror Ghost fighting Cen Fengyang in his mind. Through practical testing, Yang Xiao roughly figured out the Mirror Ghost’s abilities. It could use its Magic Artifacts and also use the shuttling ability of the Soul-Capturing Mirror.
However, during the battle, Yang Xiao was still unable to fully control the Mirror Ghost. For instance, if he gave it the command to kill, it would act immediately, but how it killed, what method it used, and the specific process were out of Yang Xiao’s hands. The Mirror Ghost could only execute simple commands.
But Yang Xiao was not in a hurry. Everything is difficult at the beginning, and the current Mirror Ghost was already a significant aid. A special existence like Cen Fengyang in the Fierce Grade was no match for the Mirror Ghost.
The horror of the Mirror Ghost largely stemmed from its formidable physical strength. In the previous battle, if an ordinary person had half their face torn off by that handkerchief, they would have long lost combat effectiveness.
But the Mirror Ghost felt no pain and had no concept of fear or injury. It was essentially still a ghost, and its sole reason for existence was to kill according to commands.
The Mirror Ghost cannot be killed. The only way to restrain it is to sever its limbs, preferably chop off its head too, rendering it immobile, or trap it with a rare Magic Artifact like the Ghost Lantern.
Of course, the most direct approach was to kill Yang Xiao, the controller, solving the problem at the root.
After leaving Mute Mountain, Yang Xiao instructed Tong Han to take the four Magic Artifacts back to Xiang Ma Town and told her to convey to Ling Yanyu to head to the Peace Hotel as soon as possible to appraise the level of these Magic Artifacts, especially the embroidery needle as their trump card.
As for the traces of this incident, they must be completely erased so that no outsiders could tie the disappearance of Cen Fengyang and the others to them.
Yang Xiao, disguised, returned to Rongcheng alone at night. When he got back to his familiar home, he threw himself onto the bed. The trip was quite fruitful, and he had to thank that young Sect Master. Yang Xiao sincerely wished that he would soon be intercepted and killed on the spot by the experts of the General Bureau.
At night, Yang Xiao returned again to the Mirror World and found that the Mirror Ghost in the secret room was also slowly healing its injuries. In about three days, it would be fully recovered.
But this healing did not come without a price. The Mirror Ghost’s recovery consumed Yang Xiao’s spiritual power. Though not much, it served as a reminder to Yang Xiao that the Mirror Ghost, while undying, could not be used recklessly.
This time, the Mirror Ghost’s injuries were not severe, merely skin injuries. If it were truly a case of broken limbs, the spiritual power consumed would be frighteningly high, and the healing time would be much longer, which would be Yang Xiao’s weak period.
Without the aid of the Mirror Ghost and with insufficient spiritual power, the consequences of encountering a formidable enemy were imaginable.
After a night of rest, the next day, Yang Xiao went to the Patrol Defense Office for work on time. He had just arrived at the office, and before he could get comfortable in his seat, he received a call from Nalan Shuo summoning him.
"Director, you were looking for me." After knocking a few times, Yang Xiao entered Nalan Shuo’s office upon receiving permission.
Yang Xiao had always had great respect for Director Nalan, one of the most crucial benefactors in his life.
The office was empty save for Nalan Shuo, who was sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper. Seeing Yang Xiao, he gestured towards the opposite sofa and folded the newspaper to place on the tea table.
"Where have you been recently?" Nalan Shuo got straight to the point.
"I took a trip to Mute Mountain," Yang Xiao confessed truthfully. This could not be hidden; the Technical Department was sure to report the matter to Nalan Shuo, who was the absolute authority at the Lin’an Patrol Office.
"Yesterday, the Technical Department informed me that the paranormal signal deep within Mute Mountain disappeared. You resolved that supernatural incident, why?" Nalan Shuo asked calmly.
