Chapter 30

Nan Huai Ren, Yun Xie, Li Qi Ye, and Li Shuangyan stood there solemnly. Well, Qi Ye did, probably reminiscing one of his old nostalgic memories of this place. They looked up at a few trialing patterns on the pillar.

"Zither melodies….." Yun Xie said, tracing the lines. This part, he remembered, because in these few chapters, Li Qi Ye had met a ghost. It was probably the most horror-related scene in the whole Emperor's Domination franchise. The Bonesea, Cemetery, Graveyard, Necropolis, and other stuff were more ominous and majestic in a sense.

"Yes….. " Li Qi Ye also spoke, the only sound was of the breeze outside bristling the long grasses. "The most regrettable thing in this world is lacking an intimate friend." He continued on, showing an aura, not like that of a normal arrogant thirteen-year-old, but instead, of an old man who had seen all the world's sorrows. But of course, he was still arrogant.

Yun Xie also stood there, staring at the wall. He had quite some taste for music. In his previous life, Yun Xie liked a wide genre of music, rock, rap, classical, and so on.

Li Qi Ye held a zither in his hand, smiling as he stroked its strings with his other hand.

AN hour went by, the sun starting to set over Heavenly Crow Peak, the ground darkening and swallows leaving to nest.

Nan Huai Ren and Protector Mo left, off to do some other chores while Yun Xie sat down on a table in the great hall, not disturbing Li Qi Ye. Li Shuangyan soon left too, at Qi Ye's word.

The two sat there in silence before Yun Xie spoke up. "Umm… Sorry to interrupt your tragic nostalgic thoughts but….. Can I stay? Always wanted to see a ghost!"

Li Qi Ye stared at Yun Xie blankly. This guy…. Could conjure things out of the air without the need for equivalent exchange, probably manipulate time, fight head to head with a Paragon, and so on, yet he was like an exuberant child, wanting to see a ghost. Actually… It wouldn't be normal even for a child to want to see a ghost. Then again, there were a few that Qi Ye had met throughout his long travels that had firm enough Hearts….

Li Qi Ye nodded helplessly. "It is not as if this pavilion belongs to me alone…."

"Oh?" Yun Xie tilted his head, looking strangely at Li Qi Ye, who looked back at him weirdly too. "Strange. I thought you were one of the more...….. 'I own everything because I am an arrogant egotistical old guy' type."

"..." Qi Ye sighed, arguing no longer with Yun Xie.

Silence resumed for another hour, but then it started. Outside, Yun Xie could hear the howling of woods, outside gloomy treacherous shadows moved about, deranged.

"Whoosh!" One of the adobe windows was blown open, floorboards creaking. A black fog soon started to shroud the room, Yun Xie getting a little annoyed.

"Bloodline: Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan! Itachi!"

Yun Xie's eyes morphed, becoming a bloody red that seemed to pierce through someone's soul. Inside, his pupil changed, turning into the pattern of a curved sharingan surrounded by an eight-sided star..

Suddenly, all was revealed, piercing through the fog and all the "special effects", Yun Xie saw through it all.

"I don't want to personally take action. I only want to ask one thing, where is that zither?" Li Qi Ye spoke calmly, still meditating as if nothing was wrong.

Honestly, even without the Sharingan, Yun Xie thought it looked like a second-rate horror movie, albeit a little more realistic.

Ghoulish and scratchy laughter filled the room as Qi Ye spoke, Yun Xie lying down on top of the table, yawning.

Then, a wave of skeletons appeared chopping and hacking through Li Qi Ye's body, his skull, arms and legs falling to the floor. Now, it was a little queasy, but Yun Xie had done worse things….

Then, the illusions started to change, from evil skeletons to some…. Inappropriate ones. Countless beauties and fairies dancing around in a mirage, all even more beautiful and dazzling than Li Shaungyan, others would be bewitched by their charm, but honestly, even though the ladies were really hot to some, it was an illusion, and it was disorienting as *beep*. It kept on switching between all of a normal man's desires, creating a constant change in color….

Clutching his head a little, Yun Xie groaned, Li Qi Ye looking at him in surprise. Was he actually succumbing to their charms?

"So…. dizzy. God. What a light show…." Yun Xie spoke, dispersing all the illusions with his Sharingan. Yun Xie shook his neck around, pretending like he was about to barf. Dispersing it for himself, not Li QI Ye's, as he wanted to see if it was actually an epic scene where Li Qi Ye dramatically zithered away the illusion….

Li Qi Ye rolled his eyes, this kid…. Really was such a dramatist…..

After the illusions kept on going, on and on, Li Qi Ye lost his patience; he finally opened his mouth:

"It seems like you want me to make a move!"

"Zheng… Zheng… Zheng…" From his five dainty fingers, Li Qi Ye plucked fast and gracefully.

(WCM: Dainty?)

(A/N: It works.)

"Zheng… Zheng… Zheng…" Waves of zither melodies rang in the air. At this moment, the dense melody patterns inside the Ghost Pavilion started to ripple with Li Qi Ye's tune, glowing.

The illusion completely dispersed itself, Yun Xie closing his eyes for a moment, dispersing the Sharingan. He would have to use it sometime. That would be fun…. Trapping people in Tsukuyomi and stuff….. He was not a sadist, but loved beating people up….

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