Chapter 1124 1090: Entangling Curse

Yang Jian used the dye from the makeup box in Ah Hong’s hand to apply makeup on her faceless face.

His makeup skills were excellent, at a top master level.

Soon, the makeup was complete.

A delicate face appeared in front of everyone.

This face was entirely drawn with strange pigments, and although the colors were somewhat unnaturally vibrant, the entire face was flawless. However, for some reason, this slightly rich makeup looked like the makeup of a dead person no matter how you looked at it.

It wasn’t that Yang Jian’s skills were lacking; it was just the feeling this dye gave.

Like a mortician applying makeup to the dead, there was always a sense of eerie lifelessness.

“It’s identical to Ah Hong’s original appearance, very high degree of restoration.”

Cao Yang glanced and commented, “This way, after the supernatural power takes effect, it shouldn’t turn her into someone else.”

If the makeup was done incorrectly and judged to be someone else, it would mean big trouble. Ah Hong might die because of that unfamiliar face.

In the next moment.

Ah Hong, without any warning, suddenly opened her eyes.

Her eyes showed no sign of spirit, revealing an unusual emptiness, but as time passed, a hint of human emotion began to appear on her face.

“Was I unconscious before?” Ah Hong looked at the few people beside her.

Seeing Yang Jian, Cao Yang, Feng Quan, and others around her, she felt slightly relieved.

“The supernatural invaded your body, almost causing your face to rot completely and affect your life. We saved you through some methods, but your face couldn’t be restored.” Yang Jian said calmly.

Hearing this, Ah Hong was suddenly startled and instinctively reached out to touch her face.

But Cao Yang grabbed her hand nearby: “Don’t touch it randomly. Your face is painted on now, and you know very well the characteristics of ghost makeup. Once the makeup smudges, you’re done for.”

“I see.” Ah Hong was startled, her hand trembled, and she dared not touch her face.

Even though ghost makeup has many advantages, the drawbacks are also significant. It cannot be touched or smeared casually, even by an ordinary person, as the makeup can be easily messed up.

At that point, the supernatural effect of the ghost makeup would fail.

“You should be fine now, but it’s not the time to rest. I’ve already retrieved Li Jun’s human skin. Go and bring Li Jun back. Ghost Lake is slipping out of control now, and we need manpower here.” Yang Jian said, pointing to the dead man’s skin nailed with a coffin nail over there.

Once nailed, the fierce ghost fell into a deathly silence, unable to revive and kill.

The makeup could only be done in such circumstances. Otherwise, the skin and ghost flame would not wait for you to finish painting before they kill you.

“I understand.” Ah Hong nodded.

The supernatural event wasn’t over, and Ghost Lake wasn’t completely handled yet. The danger remained, not the time to slack off and rest.

“How are the two of you doing? Don’t tell me you can’t move by now.” Yang Jian then cast his gaze toward Cao Yang and Leuk San.

Cao Yang replied, “I soaked in Ghost Lake for too long before, and the impact was significant. I still have that lake water in my body, and it needs some time to be expelled, but if we need to move now, I can manage.”

His whole body was still wet, and occasionally, water stains flowed out.

“I’m feeling a bit off; my body keeps getting wetter, and there’s a strange voice in my ear, like a woman whispering next to me.”

Leuk San’s face was gloomy at this moment, and he raised his hand to look at the back of his hand.

Drops of water were on his hand, like someone sweating profusely in the summer heat.

“Could it be…”

Cao Yang furrowed his brow at that moment: “Leuk San, I need a strand of your hair.”

“What are you up to?” Leuk San became cautious.

“I suspect there’s a curse of a fierce ghost on you, and I need to verify it.” Cao Yang said.

Leuk San hesitated, initially unwilling to agree, but sensing the strangeness of his body, he finally tore off a crumpled paper stuck to his face, reached inside, and pulled out a few strands of hair.

The hair was long, like weeds, as if buried in the soil for a long time without decaying, with a peculiar odor.

“Still a paper man?” Yang Jian understood when he saw this scene. Leuk San’s body was still a paper man, with his real body hidden inside.

But how big of a person could hide in this paper man?

It might only fit a child.

Cao Yang, not worried about Leuk San’s situation, took the hair and pulled out a rusty pair of scissors, wrapping the hair around the handle.

As he worked, he explained, “Hair is a medium. With the help of the Ghost Scissors, you can see curses invisible to anyone else. Curses include many situations; the killing method of a fierce ghost is one. If targeted by a fierce ghost, using the Ghost Scissors in time can cut short that connection and interrupt the fierce ghost’s killing.”

“This is one use I’ve figured out, but using the Ghost Scissors requires a price to be paid. The curse cut wasn’t dissipated, just stored on the scissors. Carelessly, it can make you susceptible to previous cut curses, attracting other fierce ghost attacks.”

Cao Yang explained in detail, both to dispel Leuk San’s doubts and to inform Yang Jian.

Because the Ghost Scissors were to be returned to Yang Jian after all, and Cao Yang was just using them temporarily.

“Cutting the curse, interrupting the fierce ghost’s killing method?” Yang Jian’s eyes shifted slightly.

Speaking of such invisible curses, he thought of the little girl Zhao Xiaoya he encountered with Gao Ming before.

In the Ghost Domain, Yang Jian’s ghost eye had glimpsed thread-like connections, tying Zhao Xiaoya and the fierce ghost together. He wondered if this was a manifestation of curses?

But those threads couldn’t be snapped.

Could it be that the Ghost Scissors can cut those cursed threads?

After wrapping Leuk San’s hair, Cao Yang held the eerie scissors.

In the next moment.

His vision underwent a bizarre change, the surrounding light dimmed abruptly, and all sorts of terrifying things began to appear around him.

On the ground, a Dead Man’s Head stared at him, severed limbs lay beneath his feet, sticky blood dripped on his shoulder, and footsteps crept closer… These weren’t fierce ghosts; they were the killing methods of fierce ghosts, left by previous Ghost Scissors users after cutting curses.

Each curse represented a fierce ghost.

If you get tainted, it means you’ve been targeted by a fierce ghost for no reason.

Of course, unless you’re lucky and the fierce ghost wanting to kill you was confined, it wouldn’t matter then.

Otherwise, as long as the fierce ghost is still around and not confined or restricted, it will come to kill you regardless of where you are.

Cao Yang ignored these supernatural occurrences, focusing his gaze on Leuk San.

The Ghost Scissors allowed him to see an unbelievable scene.

Behind Leuk San, a long-haired, cold-breathed, pale female corpse was eerily clinging to him, with wet hair dripping water. The water dripped along the hair, wrapping around Leuk San’s body like vines, binding it tightly.

Impossible to break free.

The most horrifying thing was the female corpse’s face lying on Leuk San’s shoulder, whispering in his ear.

“So, this is the curse of Ghost Lake…” Cao Yang’s eyes narrowed.

Now he understood why Leuk San previously said his body was wet, and felt as though someone was speaking next to him.

After hesitating for a moment, Cao Yang gritted his teeth, stepped forward, and approached Leuk San.

He raised the scissors in his hand, trying to cut short those invisible black hairs, sever the female corpse’s limbs, and separate the curse from Leuk San.

But just as Cao Yang slightly moved the scissors to cut a strand of the wet black hair.

In the next moment.

The cold female corpse suddenly turned her head to look at Cao Yang.

“What a joke, just a curse, and it sights me?”

Cao Yang was startled, instinctively stepping back a few steps, creating distance.

“Cao Yang, your method worked, the voice in my ear stopped.”

Leuk San was slightly delighted at this moment, thinking it had succeeded.

Cao Yang’s face looked grim as he said, “No, I didn’t succeed. I saw a fierce ghost clinging to your body. It’s a terrifying curse, and using this pair of scissors to remove it is incredibly difficult, the most challenging I’ve ever encountered, without exception.”

The curses he’s seen before mostly involve a line connecting the ghost to the living, which can be cut to break the curse.

Occasionally, some ghost curses involve contact with the living, and it’s just a matter of cutting off the part where the ghost and the living touch, such as the ghost’s hands or feet.

This cutting can’t harm the ghost, just interrupts its supernatural attack.

But now, the entire body of the ghost is lying on Leuk San, which means this ghost isn’t just a simple curse anymore.

It’s more like… an intrusion.

Leuk San has been invaded by a ghost from the Ghost Lake.

“At least I’m better now than before,” Leuk San said.

He couldn’t see the curse, so he didn’t know that at this moment, the ghost from the Ghost Lake was lying on him, whispering in his ear.

“You’re wrong. If you can’t sever your connection with the ghost, your condition won’t improve at all,” Cao Yang said.

As his actions stopped, the cold female corpse stiffly turned her head back and continued whispering in Leuk San’s ear.

“You were right, the voice is back,” Leuk San’s expression changed slightly.

The familiar eerie voice resurfaced beside his ear, truly like a leech on his bone that couldn’t be shaken off.

Yang Jian was curious now: “Leuk San, what kind of terrifying curse did you see that even you don’t dare to act?”

Cao Yang didn’t speak, just said, “Yang Jian, give me one of your hairs, I want to check your situation.”

“You suspect I’m in the same situation as Leuk San? Alright, let’s verify it first.”

Yang Jian’s eyes moved, and he immediately handed over a few strands of hair.

Cao Yang wrapped the hair around the handle of the scissors and then looked over.

Immediately.

His pupils shrank, and he was again taken aback; “Yang Jian, there’s a female corpse lying on you too.”

“The curse of the Ghost Lake?”

Yang Jian wasn’t afraid, just frowned.

“There’s no mistake, both you and Leuk San are tainted by the curse of the Ghost Lake; the fierce ghost has set its sights on you.” Cao Yang said.

Yang Jian said, “No wonder I felt a bit wet, thought it was because I just came out of the lake, but turns out it’s not.”

“But Yang Jian, your situation is much better, the female corpse lying on you isn’t whispering in your ear, and there’s no movement yet.” Cao Yang explained in detail what he saw.

Yang Jian looked at Leuk San; “This is a matter of priority, he was targeted first, I suppose I’ll have to wait until Leuk San dies before it’s my turn.”

“Yang Captain, your words are a little scary. I’m not that easy to kill.” Leuk San quickly said.

“I hope so.”

After Yang Jian finished speaking, he said, “The Ghost Scissors can handle curses, in that case, give it to me, I’ll try to get rid of this female corpse on me.”

“Be extremely careful using the Ghost Scissors, each use might attract other curses or be targeted by other fierce ghosts. It’s not a very good supernatural item, so you have to weigh the good and bad of removing a curse. Don’t provoke a more vicious ghost for a trivial curse.”

Cao Yang didn’t hesitate much and handed the scissors to him.

This Ghost Scissors was originally from Fang Shiming in the circle of friends. After Yang Jian killed Fang Shiming, it was Cao Yang who handled Fang Shiming’s corpse, hence the supernatural item ended up in his hands.

However, the headquarters had promised to return this Ghost Scissors to Yang Jian as compensation after Fang Shiming’s corpse collection was completed.

“I roughly know how to use it.” Yang Jian nodded.

Cao Yang’s detailed explanation greatly reduced his exploration time, which was indeed something to be thankful for.

Of course, this time Yang Jian saved Cao Yang, so it was mutual.

Once he got hold of the Ghost Scissors.

Sure enough.

Everything around changed; previously invisible curses were instantly revealed.

This was somewhat similar to the Firewood Knife.

But the Firewood Knife kills through a medium, while the Ghost Scissors interrupts the medium, breaks the curse. Their functions are not the same.

At this moment, Yang Jian glanced slightly at his own body.

Strands of wet hair hung in front of him, a pale, cold hand rested on his shoulder.

But these had no physical presence, it was merely a manifestation of the curse.

“So, this is what Cao Yang saw earlier.” Yang Jian tried to use the scissors to cut off the pale hand.

The scissors seemed rusty and useless upon contact with the curse, but in reality, it was sharp as the Firewood Knife against fierce ghosts, severing the female corpse’s wrist with a single snip.

The severed hand of the female corpse dropped to the ground, but it didn’t disappear, still visible to Yang Jian.

However, the female corpse leaning on him decreased its area of contact.

Yet, it was far from enough.

The female corpse was almost entirely on him, and to completely rid of it, it would take at least a dozen snips.

But as Yang Jian prepared for a second snip.

Something seemed to collide with his foot.

He looked down.

A severely rotten dead man’s head had rolled over from somewhere and hit his leg.

Yang Jian tried to kick it away.

But it was to no avail.

The severely rotten dead man’s head was a curse residing in the scissors, not tangible, and could only be dealt with by cutting it with the scissors.

But the more times you use the scissors, the more likely you are to catch other curses.

Therefore, it’s a low-cost-effective action.

Unless there’s a way to completely remove all the curses on the scissors, the strong effect of the Ghost Scissors is hard to leverage.

Just like the drawback of the Firewood Knife, a method to offset it must be found for it to be used.

“What do you think, Captain Yang, I wasn’t wrong, was I?” Cao Yang said, “I don’t want to use this thing, nor do I dare to. The more it’s used, the faster you might die.”

“Understood.”

Yang Jian nodded, “Need to find a way to wash off the accumulated curses on the scissors before they can truly be useful. For now, as long as my curse hasn’t impacted me much, I can ignore it.”

“That’s what I think too,” Cao Yang said.

Yang Jian didn’t say much, just put away the Ghost Scissors.

This issue had to be dealt with later; there was no time to bother with the curse now.

“Captain Yang, it’s done.” Suddenly, Ah Hong’s voice came from the side.

“Very well, let’s resurrect Li Jun then, and the few of us captains will team up to deal with these ghostly things.” Yang Jian walked over and pulled up the spear nailed to the skin of the dead man.

Without the suppression of the Coffin Nail.

The Ghost Flame inside the human skin reignited, swelling like an inflating balloon.

A strange person stood before them.

The unfamiliar face on the skin disappeared, replaced by another familiar face, though it was drawn.

But undeniably.

Ghost Flame Li Jun had returned once more.

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