Mysterious Awakening

Having survived numerous supernatural encounters, Yang Jian's alertness and instant counteraction skills far outstripped those of ordinary ghost controllers. It took him less than a minute to subdue Luo Su Yi and two others, and that was because he was holding back.

Otherwise, Yang Jian could have dealt with the three of them in under ten seconds.

At this moment, Luo Su Yi's heart was both shocked and fearful.

He had thought that, being a ghost controller like himself, even if Yang Jian managed two or even three ghosts, with all three of them coming together, there wouldn't be much difference.

He never expected to have two of his people restrained in just a brief encounter.

The only one left unscathed for the time being was Huang Fei, but it was apparent that Yang Jian had intentionally spared him for questioning. Otherwise, being the worst among the three, Huang Fei could not have remained unharmed.

When Huang Fei heard Yang Jian give him five minutes to explain, he immediately said, "We three are members of a paranormal forum and we really just wanted to meet you in Dachang City. We weren't looking to oppose you. The incident just now was a misunderstanding because we didn't know exactly where you lived.

We only knew you were within the entire complex, so that's why Lin Luomei used a little trick."

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"If you don't believe me, you can ask at the headquarters of the ghost controllers. We, members of the paranormal forum, have a record there, and we are not some illegal organization."

"Yang Jian, can you please release them first? If this goes on, they're going to die. You don't want to see several ghost controllers dying here, right? It would be bad if the ghosts inside them got out and caused trouble in this area."

Yang Jian looked at him and asked, "Is this a threat?"

Huang Fei, in a panic and sweating profusely, said, "No, no, no, I didn't mean that. Please don't misunderstand."

"Members of a paranormal forum?"

Yang Jian thought about it but hadn't heard of it.

It must be some kind of civilian ghost controller organization, similar to Xiaoqiang Entertainment Club.

"What is your purpose in coming here? If you just wanted to meet with me, then the three of you can die today. No one would come to someone's territory in the middle of the night just to arrange a meeting."

Yang Jian glanced at Lin Luomei, who was nearing the point of asphyxiation and rolling her eyes back, and showed no intention of letting her down.

Huang Fei realized the urgency of the situation, knowing Yang Jian was not someone who could be easily swayed with a few words, especially not someone who would listen to explanations while attempting to kill.

If he couldn't satisfy Yang Jian, after he finished speaking, Luo Su Yi and Lin Luomei would indeed die.

The International Ghost Controllers didn't even need to report when killing unauthorized ghost controllers like them, and nobody would investigate it.

It was one of the privileges.

"The administrator of our paranormal forum wants to have a chat with you." Huang Fei, not caring about the reasons anymore, took out a phone in haste and dialed a number, then handed it to Yang Jian.

Yang Jian's gaze shifted and, the next moment, the phone appeared in his hand.

After the call was connected, he didn't wait for the supposed administrator to speak and immediately said, "I'm Yang Jian, the Ghost Eye. Your people have disturbed my sleep late at night, and now they're in my hands. I'll give you ten minutes to transfer ten billion to my account. If you can do that, I'll do you the courtesy of letting them go. If not, prepare for their bodies." ṛã𐌽ɵВЁS̩

After speaking, he crushed the phone and threw it on the ground.

What kind of call was that?

Not only was Huang Fei stunned, but even Luo Su Yi, whose neck was being choked and couldn't move, also widened his eyes.

Yang Jian said nothing, just carried Luo Su Yi a few steps forward and reached out to grab a Ghost Rope, then retracted it.

The next moment, the countless Ghost Ropes hanging down in the Ghost Domain began to disappear quickly. In just a moment, the ropes that had previously been hanging vanished like an illusion from everyone's sight.

Lin Luomei, who was almost strangled to death by the Ghost Rope, fell to the ground, her head spinning and unable to regain her strength for a long time.

At this very moment.

In Dahai City, at the top floor of a skyscraper.

In a conference room, a casually dressed young man in his twenties named Ye Zhen, an administrator of the paranormal forum, froze when he received the call.

He thought it was news from Luo Su Yi's side, so he called to inform them, but instead, a strange voice spoke up, claiming to be the international ghost controller Yang Jian.

"What are they up to? This Yang Jian starts by demanding ten billion from me without any context. Is this a threat?" Ye Zhen frowned.

A middle-aged man in a suit spoke gravely, "A test, this is Ghost Eye Yang Jian testing our paranormal forum."

"What do you mean?" Ye Zhen asked.

"His words contain three pieces of information. The first is that Huang Fei, Luo Su Yi, and Lin Luomei are in his hands; the second is about the ten billion; and the third, he asks us to transfer money within ten minutes without giving us an account number."

Ye Zhen said, "So I think this Yang Jian is out of his mind. This man is just provoking. Daring to touch my people, I will not let him off easily. Book me a ticket to Dachang City, I'm going to kill him tomorrow."

The corner of the middle-aged man's mouth twitched. You're the one who's out of your mind.

But he didn't dare to voice this out. Instead, he explained seriously, "This Yang Jian is very clever, managing to stand out in Asia and resolving an S-class supernatural case is certainly no simple feat. He's asking for ten billion as a test of our financial capacity. Being able to pay ten billion in ten minutes indicates a power that is certainly not negligible.

By not giving us an account number, he's testing our ability to find out some of his personal information."

"The three people in his hands are bargaining chips, Yang Jian's chips. If we cannot accept this challenge, Yang Jian will regard our so-called paranormal forum as a trivial entity not worth considering, and the three people who approached him, Huang Fei, Luo Su Yi, and Lin Luomei, won't need any more consideration, and he will feel free to kill them."

"Conversely, if we can meet their demands, Yang Jian will release the three of them. After all, forces capable of resolving these kinds of issues within ten minutes do carry some weight. Even the hottest trend in the ghost master circles, the 'Ghost Eye,' wouldn't want to offend us over some trivial matter."

"So, money is secondary. What's important is to demonstrate our strength. Of course, we still need to give 'Ghost Eye' Yang Jian some face. After all, we've intruded into his territory. It would be impolite not to make any gesture."

Ye Zhen looked out through the floor-to-ceiling windows at the brightly lit metropolis before him and couldn't help but remark, "Hearing you put it that way, this Yang Jian really does have the air of a great owl. I admire him. Forget about taking him down. I've decided I want him on my side. Go ahead and transfer the money. But remember, this isn't because I'm afraid of him.

You should know that before us, there is no enemy we cannot defeat."

The middle-aged man's mouth twitched, and he turned to leave the conference room. If there were any other way, he really wouldn't want to work for this 'teenage syndrome' young man.

"Number one in Asia, truly as lonely as snow. This world will soon be free from suffering because of me," Ye Zhen said, standing with his hands behind his back, looking down at the great city with a sigh.

Meanwhile, in a rest pavilion within the Guanjiang Residential Complex in Dachang City.

Yang Jian sat on a stone bench, quietly awaiting the arrival of the ten-minute mark.

Next to him, Luo Su Yi, Lin Luomei, and Huang Fei sat on the ground, terrified and not daring to make a move.

No, not because they didn't dare to move, but because they literally couldn't.

It was as if someone had taken up residence in their own bodies, having assumed control over them.

The only thing they might still maintain control over was probably their consciousness.

They had all listened to Yang Jian's phone call earlier.

To request ten billion in his account within ten minutes, sounded nothing short of extortion, using their three lives to blackmail the administrator.

They wondered if the administrator would agree?

If not, wouldn't the three of them genuinely be left to die here?

The more they thought about it, the more desperate they felt. Had they known that dealing with Yang Jian was so dangerous, they never would have accepted this mission and would have preferred to deal with supernatural events instead.

Yang Jian, however, was not in any hurry; he merely watched the time on his phone, quietly waiting for the outcome.

The analysis by the middle-aged man beside Ye Zhen was quite accurate.

Indeed, Yang Jian was probing, and at the same time, showing his own toughness.

It hadn't been more than ten days since the paranormal incident in Dachang City had concluded, and as the protagonist of this global S-rank event, Yang Jian was in the middle of the storm. If he couldn't secure his footing firmly now, he would only face endless troubles in the aftermath.

He had no power, and before the incident, he was just an insignificant ghost master in Asia.

Now suddenly caught in the midst of an invisible commotion, what he needed to do was not to hide or act wildly, but to arm himself with thorns and protect himself.

The world is too vast, and there are too many ghost masters. Yang Jian didn't think that by using a clever trick to solve the Hungry Ghost incident, he had become unbeatable.

He had been researching the past few days.

There have been at least three global S-rank paranormal events: the Ghost Temple incident in Japan, the horror event in California, America, and the art gallery event in Europe.

But now, there was the Hungry Ghost incident in Dachang City, Asia.

However, setting aside this incident, the previous three were all resolved.

It was unimaginable.

Without that Coffin Nail, these people were so freakishly capable of handling S-rank paranormal events, even resolving them early on.

Yang Jian was very clear about what this implied.

As he was pondering,

Ding-dong!

A text message arrived on his phone, with a notification of a ten billion transfer into his mother's bank account.

Because of joining the international ghost master's network, Yang Jian's information was confidential, but the members of the paranormal forum were smart enough to find his mother's identity information and make the transfer.

"Eight minutes and forty-two seconds."

Yang Jian pondered for a moment, noting the time.

Discounting the time for the call and decision-making, it meant the paranormal forum managed to transfer ten billion and locate his family's identity information within five minutes.

Thinking back to when Huang Fei said their organization had prepared a case at the headquarters,

Yang Jian could deduce... this was a massive ghost master organization unofficially sanctioned by the authorities.

"Remember, there won't be a next time for this kind of thing. If there is, it means your paranormal forum is declaring war on me. If you want to meet me, find an intermediary for an introduction. Approaching me this way at night, I will only assume you're here to assassinate me."

Yang Jian left them with these words, stood up, gave the three an eerie glance with his 'Ghost Eye', and then turned and walked away.

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