All Chapters of Once Upon a Time: Chapter 261 - Chapter 270

Our party of three young men and six female ghosts walked through the wormhole rimmed with sparkling lights that shone like diamonds. The familiar scene and sensation moved Lin Feng to tears. He wiped his wet eyes, gasping, "Oh, my God! I really thought we would be trapped forever in the past! I'm so relieved that we're back!"Recovering from the shock and consternation, we found ourselves in an empty stairwell. Lin Feng rubbed a hand on the steel railing and felt a hand emotionally on the wall peeling with paint. "It's true," his eyes were ringed scarlet and wet and he said, "We're really back! Steel railings and heating radiator, oh!" Lin Feng had always longed to return since we stepped into the past. We had spent such a long time there that we were beginning to forget how modern-day Wu Zhong looked like.I left Lin Feng to his histrionic revels about returning to the present and began looking around. It had been so long and we were losing touch with mod

"Of course, I understand! Perfectly, sir! I'd be bringing the boys there on the double!" Sergeant Zhan uttered apprehensively and he took a deep breath before he redirected his attention back to me. "Well, that was a call from the top..." He explained wearily, "The... the..." "What's going on, Sergeant Zhan?" I asked. I just had to, even though I know exactly what was going on.Beads of perspiration rolled anxiously down his face as he struggled to keep himself under control after listening to the unbelievable report from the District Headquarters. "The call came from HQ," he said again to me, "The victim has awakened suddenly from death. Everyone there now is either shocked or terrified." An amused smile broke across my face as I emitted an interested "Oh?" and the sergeant went on, "The victim has given a statement after he's woken up and what he said cleared you. You're free to go." He indicated a signal to the young police officer who promptly left with a nod. Then

At first, I could not recognize who the stranger was. It was only when my eyes fell upon that dirty and crumpled shirt that used to be mine, then I knew who he was: Na San!He looked just as soiled and haggard as a farmer, with that shirt of mine that looked as if it could do with a washing that it has been owed since I gave it to him last time we met. Nevertheless, Na San seemed to love it very much. Despite the many stain marks, there were two parts where he had patched it up meticulously. His hands caught some oil when he grabbed the chair and when he was about to just flippantly wipe his hands on his shirt, he paused, only to reach further down and wipe the oil of his pants instead.I was rather surprised at his unbidden arrival and he noticed my puzzled expression. With an abashed smile, he croaked sheepishly. "Urm... Greetings, Young Lordling." His voice was just as raspy as ever like a broken tin gong.Edelweiss and Lin Feng began to not

"Prodigal son? What do you mean?" I asked the restaurateur who had aroused my interest to know more about our new friend. He cast a look at Zhang Er'ge and chuckled. "Best you ask him yourself," he muttered and he scrambled around the table, collecting all the mounds of bamboo sticks from our table before he left.It was time to delve more about our friend. By the sound of it, Zhang Er'ge's past did not seem disgraceful. "So, Zhang Er'ge. What did the proprietor mean by 'prodigal son'?" I asked and Zhang Mingwang giggled as a preoccupied finger caressed the scar on his arm. "It's all things of the past," he remarked dismissively and I decided to prod no further. But a voice came from another table, yelling, "Zhang Er'ge? You self-conscious clod! If you're reluctant to, then let me tell his story!"We twisted our heads back and saw three men grinning as they came to us. The man on the most left was the shortest with a height that almost matched Chongxi. The

The Taoist priest raised aloft his luopan and began circling around the compound inside the enclosure. Chongxi watched on, scowling, "Dammit! He's looking for directions! He's the real deal!"I said nothing, my lips pursed shut as I studied the Taoist priest at work. He beelined around the enclosure with his luopan and stopped in the end in front of three peach trees. He looked up and the winds overhead churned, with two auras, one demonic and dark and the other majestic and divine, roiling together!Whoosh! Sands and dust kicked up into the air by the winds and no one could keep their eyes open with the winds snapping at us. Chongxi cursed loudly, "Dammit!"All three of the trees were in their springtime opulence with several buds already blossoming. Someone had been tending to them with meticulous care; the twigs and branches have been adequately pruned. The grass straggling at the foot of the trees were beginning to take a shade of green bef