Chapter 5

"Suicide!?"

Jiang Wei was immediately alarmed upon hearing this and wanted to dissuade her; but he soon realized that Lu Qing couldn’t hear him! Moreover, even if she could hear him, the persuasiveness of a ghost trying to dissuade a human from committing suicide would be too low, wouldn’t it?

At this moment, Lu Qing’s voice had already faded away; the next moment, Jiang Wei saw a bizarre scene—a冥币 (paper money for the dead) gradually formed in his hand; along with the冥币, a talisman also appeared out of nowhere.

"What is this...?"

Jiang Wei had been prepared for the appearance of the冥币, but what puzzled him was why a talisman appeared as well? Li Hao had said that only a冥币 would appear!

Soon, Jiang Wei realized that this talisman was very familiar.

"This seems... to be the talisman I gave to Xiaoying a few years ago?" The more he looked, the more it seemed like it. "How... did it end up in the ghost world?"

This talisman was one that Jiang Wei had obtained during a temple fair a few years ago and then gave to Lu Qing. If he hadn’t seen it again, and in such a bizarre situation, he might not have recognized it so quickly.

Suddenly, Jiang Wei was startled to find that the dragon and phoenix script on the talisman began to change. The originally chaotic and incomprehensible symbols slowly transformed into four characters: "Five Ghost Talisman."

"Five Ghost Talisman?"

Before Jiang Wei could understand what was happening, the Five Ghost Talisman suddenly turned into a stream of light and imprinted itself on his chest. It didn’t give Jiang Wei any time to react; the talisman penetrated the illusory ghostly clothing and imprinted itself on his soul.

"Huh!?"

Jiang Wei pulled down his collar to look. The Five Ghost Talisman didn’t seem to be stuck to his chest but rather painted directly on it. When he touched it with his hand, he only felt his "muscles" and couldn’t feel anything stuck to his body.

At this moment, the "Five Ghost Talisman" characters had reverted to the dragon and phoenix script. Being "tattooed" with this thing, Jiang Wei felt more afraid than anything else—would this thing have any toxic side effects?

Although Jiang Wei was already a ghost, he was still afraid of dying for no reason.

"Let’s ask Xiao Hao..." Jiang Wei shook Li Hao awake.

"What are you doing, what are you doing! I was having a good dream, and you ruined it!" Li Hao complained.

Ghosts don’t need to sleep, but many still love to sleep because sleeping allows them to enjoy the pleasure of dreaming. In the dreams of ghosts, the sensations are even clearer and more vivid. Therefore, many ghosts, when they have free time, will lie down and sleep, hoping to have a good dream.

"A talisman suddenly appeared and stuck to my flesh!" Jiang Wei said, pulling down his collar to show Li Hao. "Right here, on my chest!"

"Hmm?" Li Hao looked with suspicion, but after staring for a long time, he saw nothing but a smooth, white chest, and certainly no talisman.

"Nothing here, Ah Wei, are you playing with me?"

"Nothing here?" Jiang Wei looked down at his collar, and what he saw was still the dragon and phoenix script on his chest. "It’s clearly here, how can it not be!?"

Jiang Wei pulled his collar even lower, gesturing insistently to Li Hao; but Li Hao kept telling him with absolute certainty—there was nothing on his body!

"Damn..." Jiang Wei suddenly felt a chill.

He could clearly see it, but Li Hao couldn’t. What was going on? This was too eerie, too scary!

At this moment, a few ghosts passed by Jiang Wei and Li Hao, pointing and whispering.

"Look at those two, they’re still doing it even as ghosts, how lonely must they be!"

"Indeed, indeed, their taste is quite heavy!"

"And they’re doing it in public, not even trying to hide it, truly shameless!"

"Stop talking, let’s go! We’ll miss the Tianhuang Pavilion test if we’re late!"

Hearing these whispers, Jiang Wei and Li Hao couldn’t help but feel a few black lines appear on their foreheads.

"Ah Wei, my reputation of ten years is all ruined by you..."

"But... but there really is a talisman on my body..." Jiang Wei insisted.

"Alright, I believe you, I believe you..." Li Hao interrupted, "Ah Wei, I think you’re just having hallucinations because you’re not used to the ghost world yet."

"Hallucinations?" Jiang Wei could clearly see the talisman on his chest, with its lines clearly visible. "It seems I can’t explain this to Xiao Hao... forget it, let it stay. It’s just a talisman, I don’t believe it can do anything to me!"

At this moment, Li Hao comforted him, "Ah Wei, I understand your psychological pressure. I suggest you get more sleep and have some good dreams; it’s very effective for relaxing your mind!" Li Hao had indeed heard that some ghosts, due to the sudden change from human to ghost and the unfamiliar environment of the ghost world, would experience hallucinations. The ghost doctors’ advice for these ghosts was—get more sleep and relax your mind!

Jiang Wei didn’t say anything more; in fact, it was pointless to say more.

"By the way, Xiao Hao, what’s this Tianhuang Pavilion test those ghosts were talking about?" Jiang Wei asked.

"That’s the Tianhuang Pavilion’s recruitment test, which happens once a year," Li Hao explained.

"Tianhuang Pavilion? What’s that?" Jiang Wei asked.

"It’s a large sect in the ghost world. Our Original Sin City is one of the many ghost cities under the jurisdiction of the Tianhuang Pavilion!" Li Hao said, "Cultivation manuals like the 'Soul Condensation Technique' are only available in the Tianhuang Pavilion. Moreover, ordinary ghosts have to spend a huge amount of冥币 to read these manuals, but members of the Tianhuang Pavilion can read them for free!"

"Read them for free!?" Jiang Wei was shocked.

Jiang Wei was worried about not having money to study the manuals. Hearing that joining the Tianhuang Pavilion would allow him to read them for free, he immediately pulled Li Hao to go.

"Hey, hey, don’t rush!" Li Hao said, "Do you want to take the test?" he asked knowingly.

"Of course!" Jiang Wei said matter-of-factly, "As long as I pass the test, I can read the manuals for free, right? Even if I can’t master them, at least I’ll have hope, won’t I?"

"Don’t be silly!" Li Hao said, "Do you think the Tianhuang Pavilion’s test is that easy to pass? Probably not one in ten thousand ghosts can pass it!"

Not one in ten thousand ghosts can pass it?

"Such a low pass rate!?" Jiang Wei was surprised, but he was still determined. "How will I know if I don’t try? Maybe I’m the one in ten thousand!"

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