章節 12: Chapter 5 A Step Away
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"Hey kid, we're from the same hometown, huh."
"Uh, yes... I'm from Jinjiang City."
"Where do you live?"
"I'm from a welfare institution, no family, usually just stay at the university. Later went to Tianhai City and escaped with a group from school during one of the Eight Great Disasters, 'Yin Soldiers Crossing'..."
"Hai University?"
"Yes."
"Haha, then we're not just from the same hometown, I'm your senior at school too. Don't worry, I'll look out for you."
"...Thank you."
—Cen Dongsheng had a brief encounter with a senior colleague after a departmental meeting when he first joined the Exorcism Department, and this was the short conversation they had.
Of course, although the senior said this, they didn't see each other much afterwards and weren't even acquaintances who would nod in passing.
This senior was a Class A Curse Forbidden Master, unlike himself, an elite capable of tackling haunted buildings alone, holding an important squad leader position.
This senior wasn't well-liked in the Exorcism Department. Cen Dongsheng heard from colleagues that he was arrogant and liked to boast about himself over drinks.
He even supposedly claimed, "I'm just one step away from Special Class," but in the hierarchical Ideal Country, you are what you are, and such arrogant and unfounded statements only provoked disdain.
"But still, I should say 'thank you' for the information he provided me."
Cen Dongsheng thought.
"His Cursing Prohibition originated from his days as a security guard in a haunted building," an information revealed by the senior himself when he was drunk at a dinner.
In the world of the Forbidden Masters, such frankness was rare, as most rational people would be tight-lipped about the origins of their abilities because such information was a matter of life and death.
"It's said to be a 'Human Immortal Series' curse. Perhaps for this reason, he's not so careful with managing his information."
Human Immortal Series Curse focused on the training and strengthening of the body and soul. Although it lacked the ability to Call the Wind and Summon the Rain or Returning Wind and Fire, making it seem weaker in terms of display of force against enemies, its advantage lay in its 'reliability', allowing the Forbidden Master to easily adapt to any environment and hard to be restrained.
As for Cen Dongsheng himself, he didn't care much about the type of Cursing Prohibition. After all, if that person could use it to become a Class A Forbidden Master, it must be a hundred times stronger than the abilities he once had.
He was technically still an ordinary person, full of ambition for the future, yet with a lack of confidence, urgently needing to take the first step.
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Cen Dongsheng moved forward in the darkness, the ground beneath his feet uneven. Occasionally, he kicked some scattered building materials or cans, sending them rolling far away with a "clang" that echoed into the distance.
The darker it got, the more silent it became, and the sudden noise was all the more terrifying as if some danger lurked in unseen places.
But Cen Dongsheng did not stop, his steps becoming larger and faster.
After capturing the fleeting 'Qi', he walked unhesitatingly in that direction until a wall blocked his path, realizing he had reached a dead end.
"Pop."
There was no way forward.
Cen Dongsheng turned on his flashlight, the bright beam glimmering with floating dust.
He slowly moved the light, reaching out to feel along the wall bit by bit.
The youth, tense and excited, controlled his breathing effectively, allowing him to focus entirely on searching for clues.
Finally...
Lying flat on the ground, Cen Dongsheng suddenly noticed something amiss with the force in his hand. He grabbed a stone brick and pried it off with effort.
This triggered a series of chain reactions as the bricks beside it fell, causing a portion of the cement wall to collapse.
When the dust settled, it revealed a hidden space behind the wall.
"Was something sealed inside here..."
As the light moved inward, it illuminated a shocking scene.
—It was a corpse.
To be precise, it was a skeleton, with only tattered remnants of clothing on the frame. The skeleton was curled up in this narrow corner.
Cen Dongsheng had reason to suspect this skeleton had probably been unearthed midway through construction, but with such severely decomposed bones, clues were likely hard to find; the involved parties probably found it troublesome and just pretended not to see it, sealing the corpse with thick cement.
But for some reason, the sealing process was not completed properly, and the unfinished mall had been hastily opened, leaving a loophole.
Cen Dongsheng closed his eyes.
The fleeting 'Qi', symbolizing the power of Cursing Prohibition, pulsed like tides and ebbs.
When he opened his eyes again, he was certain what he wanted was here.
The youth raised his hand without hesitation, biting the tip of his finger with his teeth, holding his breath and concentrating, forcing a drop of blood to fall.
The blood, infused with his life's breath, fell into the dust.
The space before him seemed to ripple like a stone in water, causing the surrounding yin energy to boil. Like cold water encountering hot oil, the yang energy within living beings and the yin energy of the world of the deceased were two opposing yet entwined forces capable of transformation.
Just as a Forbidden Master could defeat ghosts and refine 'yin energy' into 'yang energy' and further refine it into 'True Qi' to enhance strength, for ghosts, this principle was also true, so they craved the blood and flesh of living beings.
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