Chapter 57

The two ghost soldiers and the three male ghosts who were chasing the little girl were all very weak. In front of Er Dan and Rabbit Knife, they had no chance to resist and were quickly dealt with.

"Hmph, you lowly dogs!" Er Dan cursed angrily; but as soon as the words were out, he realized it was inappropriate and quickly corrected himself, "No, it's humans who look down on dogs! Damn!"

"Let's go!" Jiang Wei clearly didn't want to linger. He had wasted some time being held up by those two ghost soldiers. His spear still had Meng Feiyun impaled on it; he was in a hurry to find his master and ask if there were any methods to torment ghosts.

"Go!"

Er Dan followed Jiang Wei with a fierce and powerful stride; and Little Brother Rabbit Knife followed closely behind Er Dan. The status of one person, one dog, and one rabbit was evident from this.

"Big brother, big brother!" Seeing Jiang Wei about to leave, the little girl hurriedly followed.

"Is there anything else?" Jiang Wei asked. Although he had a good impression of the little girl, he didn't want to get too entangled with her.

"Big brother, are you a disciple of the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion?" the little girl asked.

"Yes!" It had to be said that little girls were indeed quite attractive to male ghosts; if it had been an ugly ghost asking, Jiang Wei might not have bothered to respond.

"Really?" The little girl's eyes immediately filled with hope. "Big brother, can you take me into the inner city?"

In the Original Sin City, countless ghosts wanted to enter the inner city; but the inner city wasn't easy to enter. Even a wealthy ghost like Zhou Lei could only live in the outer city.

"No!" Jiang Wei refused without hesitation.

Taking the little girl into the inner city wouldn't be difficult for Jiang Wei. However, to prevent the inner city from becoming overcrowded, each disciple of the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion could only bring a few ghosts into the inner city. This meant that if Jiang Wei took the little girl into the inner city, he would have to use one of his own slots—Jiang Wei and the little girl were not related, and he had already done a lot by saving her. Why should he bring her into the inner city?

"Why? It's just a small favor for you!" The little girl, being a little girl, was on the verge of tears when disappointed.

"Why should I help you? We're just strangers!" Jiang Wei countered.

"Be... because..." The little girl thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a good reason. Finally, she said, "Because you owe me a favor!"

"Huh?" This piqued Jiang Wei's interest. "Tell me, when did I owe you a favor?"

"When we met outside the city last time!" The little girl said confidently. "At that time, I didn't know who you were. I was worried that you would be in danger going to the Dao Seeking Mountain alone, so I specially asked you to team up with me—although you might not have wanted to team up with me, you still owe me a favor!"

"Huh..." Jiang Wei was speechless. Whether it was a woman or a female ghost, whether it was a mature woman or a little girl, they all had one common flaw—sometimes they were really impossible to communicate with!

The little girl, however, became more enthusiastic: "If you owe someone a favor, you have to pay it back! Now it's time for you to pay it back!" The little girl, with her short life, naturally had little experience and thought many things were a matter of course.

Jiang Wei smiled. "What if I don't pay it back?"

"Not pay it back..." The little girl was stunned for a moment, then started to throw a tantrum. "No, you have to pay it back! If you don't, I'll... I'll..." But no matter how long she said "I'll," she couldn't come up with anything. Finally, the little girl resorted to her ultimate move—cute pleading!

"Big brother... please help me! Helping me won't cost you anything, right?"

Jiang Wei, a vigorous male ghost, couldn't resist such cuteness. In desperation, he pretended to be fierce and said, "Aren't you afraid I'll eat you?"

"Eat me?" The little girl looked confused. "Of course I'm afraid—but if you really want to eat me, I'll have to hurry and reincarnate..." The little girl didn't understand that this "eat" was not the same as that "eat."

Completely impossible to communicate... Jiang Wei sighed inwardly, but a sense of pity also arose—such an innocent little girl would indeed be in great danger in the outer city.

Seeing Jiang Wei's hesitant expression, the little girl seized the opportunity to reveal a big secret: "If you take me into the inner city, I'll tell you a big secret about the Dao Seeking Mountain!"

"Huh!" Jiang Wei couldn't help but laugh. "What big secret could a little kid like you know?"

"A real big secret!" The little girl insisted. "And it's a secret that can quickly boost your strength!"

"Quickly boost strength?" Jiang Wei became even more skeptical. "Then why is your strength still so low? Why were you still being chased by those three male ghosts?"

"That's because I was afraid those three male ghosts would discover my secret, so I was very careful when boosting my strength and didn't want to draw any attention!" the little girl explained. "And didn't you notice that I managed to escape from those three male ghosts?"

Oh?

Jiang Wei was stunned—indeed, before going to the Dao Seeking Mountain, the little girl was the weakest in her team. But after more than a month, her strength had caught up with those three male ghosts, and she even managed to elude them for a while.

Could there really be a big secret? Jiang Wei thought.

The little girl continued, "I can tell that those three are not good ghosts; they have bad intentions. But I'm too weak, and if I went to the Dao Seeking Mountain alone, I would surely die. So, out of necessity, I teamed up with them to explore the mountain."

As the saying goes, poor children grow up fast. The little girl, now a ghost in the ghost world with no family, had to take on many responsibilities early to survive better. But even so, a single misstep could lead to irreparable consequences. If she hadn't met Jiang Wei just now, she would have met a tragic end!

Hearing this, Jiang Wei suddenly felt a pang of pity. "Why do you want to enter the inner city so badly?" By this time, Jiang Wei was already wavering.

"Revenge!" The little girl's clear eyes were filled with determination.

Revenge... If Jiang Wei had any doubts before, they were now completely dispelled.

I see, I see! No wonder such a young girl would risk her life to go to the Dao Seeking Mountain! At the time, Jiang Wei had been quite impressed by the little girl's bravery; of course, he had also wondered about her background.

Now, hearing the word "revenge," Jiang Wei's doubts were instantly resolved.

Jiang Wei could fully understand the helplessness of wanting revenge but being unable to achieve it—Jiang Wei had experienced this feeling when he first arrived in the ghost world.

However, Jiang Wei's fate was much better than the little girl's, and his path was much smoother. Now, Jiang Wei had almost avenged himself—Meng Feiyun was impaled on his spear!

"Alright, I'll help you one more time!" Jiang Wei said.

PS: Today's update is in the evening.

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