Mysterious Revival

The cold lake water was no longer a barrier for Yang Jian.

In this body of water, Yang Jian seemed as if he had entered his own Ghost Domain, able to move freely and go anywhere within the lake water.

After being severed from the Ghost Lake, this lake water could be controlled by him, unlike before when he could barely manage to move within the lake, unable to roam as freely as he could now.

Clearly.

Yang Jian's ability to control the Ghost Lake was not as great as the fierce ghosts within.

Once the two bodies of water mixed, Yang Jian was like a puzzle piece, seized and controlled by the fierce ghosts.

Therefore, after stealing this supernatural ability, the most important thing was to stay away from the Ghost Lake to ensure his part of the puzzle remained unaffected.

So, Yang Jian made the right choice first.

"Find a few people who survived in the Ghost Lake and take them away first."

This was the only thought in Yang Jian's mind at the moment.

He searched within the portion of the Ghost Lake that belonged to him.

Under the gaze of the ghost eyes, nothing could hide.

This lake, which could drown even the fiercest ghosts, couldn't affect him anymore, so Yang Jian quickly locked onto a survivor.

Cao Yang!

Fortune seemed to favor him. When the lake water was divided earlier, Cao Yang's body was drawn into this part of the lake. Of course, Cao Yang wasn't alone; there were also some eerie, terrifying fierce ghosts beside him. These ghosts, submerged in the lake water, were unable to move, but Yang Jian knew once they were freed from the lake's suppression, they would immediately revive.

Though Cao Yang's body had been soaking in the lake water for a long time, it hadn't bloated or decayed and remained intact.

Most importantly, Cao Yang wasn't dead.

Cao Yang's eyes were open, his pupils slightly moving as he saw Yang Jian approaching.

"The fierce ghosts in the Ghost Lake can't be dealt with for now, I'll rescue you from here first." Yang Jian grabbed Cao Yang's arm and began swimming toward the lake's surface with him.

Cao Yang couldn't speak, remaining silent, with a strange look in his eyes.

During the ascent, Yang Jian continued searching for others.

Soon, a second person appeared before his eyes.

It was Ah Hong.

Ah Hong floated in the water, neither rising nor sinking. She, too, had her eyes open, observing her surroundings, yet that was all she could do. Due to the Ghost Lake's influence, she was unable to move, but she was still alive.

Ah Hong's survival was due to Yang Jian having written a wish on a Wish Sticker and putting it into the Ghost Cabinet; although it caused a supernatural conflict, it had an effect.

From now on, Ah Hong could no longer drown.

Even if she fell into the Ghost Lake, Ah Hong would survive.

Though this wish seemed powerful, it was actually quite a waste, given the extremely low likelihood of a ghost handler drowning.

However, Yang Jian didn't regret wasting a wish.

The Wish Sticker was meant to be an emergency supernatural item, and saving Ah Hong justified its use. Moreover, he had Zhao Xiaoya, who held the Wish Stickers, in his possession. It shouldn't be a problem to get more later if needed.

"Ah Hong, I'll get you out of the Ghost Lake." Yang Jian took Ah Hong with him.

But after searching again, he couldn't find the remaining Li Jun.

Indeed, Yang Jian's luck wasn't so good that all three people were within the lake water under his control. It became clear that Li Jun's human skin was still in the Ghost Lake as he couldn't be found here.

"I'll consider Li Jun's situation later; saving one person at a time is still a success."

Yang Jian didn't forget himself amid all this, he first took Cao Yang and Ah Hong out of the lake water.

After rescuing them, he would consider Li Jun's situation.

At that moment.

A small paper boat gently rippled on the deathly still lake's surface, accompanied by the sound of paddling through water.

Leuk San was swimming, heading toward the nearest shore, attempting to escape the Ghost Lake using this simplest of methods.

However, midway through, he noticed something unusual occurred in the Ghost Lake.

With the water churning, the calm lake surface bizarrely split into two halves, and the split couldn't mend, as if repelling each other, forming a fissure.

The fissure led straight to the bottom of the lake, creating a hollow channel.

"What could have happened in the Ghost Lake to even split the lake water into two?" Leuk San was puzzled, but increasingly, something didn't feel right, leading him to swim faster.

Yet, he seemed to have chosen the wrong direction.

Leuk San's current position was still within the Ghost Lake's waters, and he was moving deeper in.

He had actually swum over from the lake water controlled by Yang Jian before.

However, he wasn't aware of this; it was merely his bad luck.

But just as Leuk San was desperately swimming to the shore.

Suddenly.

In the distance, a small boat appeared on the lake's surface without him knowing when or how it had arrived. This small boat was identical to the black boat that had previously sunk into the water, if not the exact same one.

The black boat, for unknown reasons, had entered this section of lake water again.

What shocked Leuk San was that there were actually four eerie figures standing on that black boat.

As they got closer.

He gradually made out the figures on the small boat.

Leading the group was a one-eyed, slightly hunched old man. To call him old might be somewhat inaccurate; he was just over fifty, not yet sixty, but he only appeared slightly aged. Next to him was another man of similar age who looked rather unremarkable. Besides them, there was a woman and a tall man who lacked any facial features.

"It's the person guarding the shrine in Taiping Ancient Town during the day." Leuk San recognized the man leading the group and felt even more astonished.

The small boat was heavily laden, rocking as if it might capsize at any moment.

This situation indicated that the boat had already reached its limit without carrying any fierce spirits; the four people added together were almost enough to sink it.

"The boat is coming towards me." Leuk San's expression changed suddenly.

The small black boat headed directly towards him.

Quickly.

The boat stopped in front of Leuk San.

These four individuals seemed capable of controlling the boat, at least able to change its direction.

"It's you again."

Leuk San's face was sullen. Although he was soaked in the cold lake water, he still stubbornly kept his eyes fixed on the one-eyed old man on the boat.

"You people are ignorant and reckless, causing this great disaster. Now we have no choice but to step in and fix it. If we let it be, the place where we live would all be submerged by this lake water," said the woman, her hoarse voice revealing a sense of disgust.

"So it's indeed the paper boats bought from the paper store on Ghost Street, no wonder they can float on the water. But unfortunately, they're being used wrong; if they were used properly, they wouldn't have sunk into the lake water," Boss Liu said, shaking his head slightly at the colorful paper boats.

Apparently, the way Leuk San used the paper boats was incorrect.

The faceless man could not speak, standing motionless, seemingly waiting for an outcome.

"Then just take the paper boat and let this guy sink to the bottom of the lake, then let everything here return to normal. If all goes well, I can still make it back to wash a few more clothes," said the woman.

With just a few words, it seemed as if they were sentencing Leuk San to death.

The one-eyed old man leading the group held a dim lantern, his ghastly white eye fixed on Leuk San, who was floating on the water. He seemed to be pondering.

"I see, you all are remnants of the previous generation of ghost handlers. I thought there was only one, but there are actually four hidden in this ancient town."

Leuk San said coldly, "Before you act, you'd better think it through. If you kill me, headquarters won't let you off. Even if they use some special means, they will deal with all of you."

As a captain, if he were killed by outsiders, headquarters would definitely unite all forces to seek revenge.

But at this moment, finding themselves at a disadvantage, Leuk San had to use some connections to intimidate them.

"Dying here, no one will know how you died, and you still dare threaten us. If we really fight back, you successors are the ones who will suffer," sneered the woman.

Boss Liu, however, took on the role of mediator, "Taiping Town has its rules. We've been keeping to the rules of the previous generation. The rules can be broken, but not by our generation. We promised before, and we shouldn't really kill the younger generation now. If this gets out, it will be big trouble."

"We should find a way to deal with this thing. As for him, we shouldn't interfere, nor should we inquire. What do you think?"

After speaking, Boss Liu looked at the one-eyed old man.

After all, he was the one who adhered to the rules the most.

"Take away the paper boat, leave the rest," the one-eyed old man quickly decided expressionlessly.

"That's how it should be," the woman smiled.

Taking the paper boat meant implicitly allowing Leuk San to sink into the lake, indirectly taking away his hope, though not directly killing him.

Though the rules weren't broken, they essentially were.

Quickly.

The woman bent down and grabbed the paper boat, snatching it from Leuk San's hand.

Affected by the Ghost Lake, Leuk San couldn't resist, even if he resisted; he couldn't fight against these four older generation ghost handlers.

"I've remembered all of you."

Leuk San stared intently at the people on the boat, especially the one-eyed old man leading the group.

His hope extinguished, his figure quickly sank into the lake water again.

"Sigh."

Boss Liu sighed helplessly, "This shouldn't have been done."

The one-eyed old man said, "He broke into the shrine during the day, it's good to give him a lesson."

"Maybe this is the start of our misfortune," Boss Liu shook his head slightly, "After all, we are already on the boat."

"Everyone's dead, what are you worried about?" the woman mocked.

But just as she finished speaking.

Suddenly.

"Splash..." A breaking sound emerged from the lake's surface not far away.

A few people unexpectedly emerged from the lake.

One of their behaviors appeared rather strange.

The whole person continued to rise from the Ghost Lake until they stood on the water's surface.

He was drenched all over, but the water stains quickly receded from him like living creatures, leaving not a trace on him.

The next moment.

His gaze swept across suddenly.

His scarlet, eerie eyes immediately looked over here.

"It's the companion of that person before," Boss Liu was very surprised.

Because at this moment, Yang Jian was standing on the lake's surface, neither sinking in nor being affected by the lake water.