Chapter 1662 - 302: Option 4

Tan Wenbin turned around, avoiding Lin Shuyou's gaze, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and found it was damp.

At this moment, Tan Wenbin saw a beautifully crafted water pipe placed under the eaves of the opposite residential house.

Tan Wenbin walked over, picked up the water pipe, and played with it for a while, discovering that it was well-filled with tobacco leaves.

When he was about to take a puff, he found that his lighter had also been waterlogged and couldn't ignite.

"Ding-dong..."

A silver fire stick was tossed out from the window.

Tan Wenbin picked it up, removed the cap, blew on it, and a red spark ignited.

This pair, indeed a perfect match, would definitely be considered an art piece if placed outside.

Tan Wenbin walked to the window, which was high up, serving the purpose of ventilation and sunlight entry, so ordinary people outside couldn't see inside, providing good privacy.

Grasping the edge, his palm turning red, under the stimulation of the Blood Ape Power, Tan Wenbin lifted himself up to the window and looked inside.

Actually, Tan Wenbin was being a bit extra, wanting to smoke a water pipe but worried that the owner would find it hard to swallow.

After all, in rural realities, it's mostly grandpas and grandmas who still smoke water pipes, but there certainly wouldn't be an elder here.

If the Bai Family's Lady inside was one of those with long-hanging wrinkled skin, looking way too old, Tan Wenbin wouldn't be able to bring himself to use her water pipe.

He could only thank her and say he planned to quit smoking.

In the dark room, there was a stool, and the Bai Family's Lady sat inside.

Earlier, Brother Liang's wife gave an order, demanding doors and windows be closed with no peeking allowed. By rights, this window should be shut, but it seemed the window was broken and fell off, leaving her unable to close it.

Thus, she sat facing inward, her back to the outside, trying her best to make amends.

From the back, she looked small, about the same age as Brother Xiao Yuan, with two pigtails, a bit cute even.

Sigh, so kids shouldn't learn to smoke; see, died so young, didn't she?

In terms of actual age, the little Bai Family's Lady inside should be older than his grandmother.

Tan Wenbin let go, landed down, patted his pocket, took out a Heart Clearing Charm, and tossed it inside the window as a reciprocal gift.

Whether the Heart Clearing Charm would work or not was beside the point; the act of giving back itself was a statement, at least allowing her to get some favoritism in town.

Using the fire stick, he ignited the water pipe, took a puff, exhaled smoke rings, looked towards Ah You over there, and this time, he couldn't suppress the smile on his lips.

Faced with Brother Xiao Yuan's second round of questioning, Ah You began performing the act of deep pondering once again.

In truth, the answer was still the same answer.

Li Zhiyuan: "Answer me."

Lin Shuyou took a deep breath: "Brother Xiao Yuan... I still choose the second option."

Having answered, Lin Shuyou was prepared to receive Brother Xiao Yuan's reprimand.

Li Zhiyuan didn't reprimand; instead, he pointed once more at Ah You's brow.

Lin Shuyou only felt a slight swelling and soreness in his left eye, followed by the long-unappeared Shuping activating in his left eye.

Li Zhiyuan: "Child, you heard it."

Child: "Heard it."

Li Zhiyuan: "You are in his body, you should know, he isn't lying, nor is he performing."

Child: "He doesn't have the acting skills."

Li Zhiyuan: "The third option, while Ah You retains the True Monarch position, he is officially appointed as Ghost General, you become a Ghost General under him, and you will not be able to defy Ah You's will, your life and death will be at Ah You's whim."

Earlier, when Li Zhiyuan was handling the spirit beast inside Tan Wenbin's body, he reminded Lin Shuyou to pay attention.

Lin Shuyou's "I understand," was answered loudly and firmly.

But this reminder wasn't for Lin Shuyou; it was directed at the child within Ah You's body.

There is a red line that Li Zhiyuan would not permit to be crossed, and he couldn't accept Ah You being completely controlled by the child.

Therefore, essentially, the so-called choice doesn't exist.

The child could only choose the solitary path Li Zhiyuan had laid out.

The advance choice given to Lin Shuyou was meant to ease the child's mind.

Li Zhiyuan had already known the kind of answer Ah You would give before he asked.

Now, Ah You would rather be restrained by you than wish for you to be extinguished, so what dissatisfaction remains in your heart?

The problem with Lin Shuyou is quite similar to what Tan Wenbin faces, with the Great Emperor intentionally boosting the Spiritual Body's power to increase asymmetrical conflicts.

If it were in the past, Ah You and the child could relatively coexist equally under the True Monarch System, but the current reality necessitates making a hierarchical choice.

The conflict between the True Monarch position and the Ghost General position is essentially the child; they can coexist, but the premise is that only one can lead while the other must lower rank.

The child's tone was calm, replying: "I choose the third one."

There was only one choice, yet they had to tick an answer.

After a pause, the child spoke to the young man in front: "Thank you."

It was forced, yes, but the experience didn't make the child resentful.

Li Zhiyuan: "I can promise you, when I'm capable enough in the future, I can help release you from the Ghost General's constraints and grant you freedom."

Child: "There's no such need; what I mean is, I don't really care."

With other Divination Children, the child wouldn't have said such words, but Lin Shuyou's character, the child could trust.

Li Zhiyuan approached Ah You, drew out a piece of Yellow Paper, and with a wave, the Yellow Paper spontaneously combusted, transforming into a glittering star-like light.

The young man pressed forward vaguely with his right hand, saying: "Lin Shuyou, kneel and listen to the decree!"

The ghostly image of the Ghost Gate appeared once more behind the young man.