Chapter 98

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Ghost Gentleman’s Request

Wanting to be her ghost?

Wu Miaomiao squinted her eyes as she recalled the scene she entered when she first stepped into the room earlier on. Instantly, a burning anger started to rise within herself.

She was nearly about to fulfil her life’s second dream, yet in the end, she was interrupted and summoned here with a single call. It would still be justifiable if it was an emergency whereby their souls were on the verge of disintegration. However, when she arrived, all she saw was a scene of a distinguished man and a bewitching woman seated together eating rice noodle rolls.

Now he even dared to think about wanting to be her ghost! Return her dream first!

“I refuse!” Wu Miaomiao rejected outrightly.

Ji Lang raised his brow as he sent a bewildered look towards Wu Miaomiao. He was not puzzled by her rejection, but instead he was confused by the anger that he sensed in her tone. Could it be that this ghost had upset her in some area that he was not aware of?

His expression turned grave as his Ephialtes’ powers became agitated again.

Ghost Gentleman was stunned by Wu Miaomiao’s response as well. He did not foresee that his intention to defect over to her side on his own volition would actually be rejected by her. Even though he had taken back his finger phalanx and would be able to deal with the black cat himself, he knew that he was not a match against both the Witch and the man—with an extremely strong aura—beside her with the current circumstances where he had yet to be freed from his contract.

Besides, he still had another matter that he wished for the Witch’s assistance.

A flurry of thoughts ravaged Ghost Gentleman’s mind but the expression on his face betrayed not a hint of it. He only asked, “Witch had ordered the spiritually-inclined cat to look for me, so I believe that I am of some use for you.”

“The people I’m looking for are not just you, I’m searching for your owner too. Because….” Wu Miaomiao gave him a smile before continuing, “If I deliver the both of you to the Metaphysical Association, I would be able to receive a reward of 800,000 yuan.”

If she took the ghost to MA, she would be able to exchange him for 800,000 yuan. On the other hand, if she allowed him to stay in the villa, not only would the MA come after her, she would also need to provide for him with an allowance every month. Why would she let herself suffer from such a loss?

Ghost Gentleman was speechless from hearing her reason. His intelligent mind of hundreds of years ground to a halt for a moment.

He was a ghost that had the capability and was on the verge of becoming a ghost general.

He was a ghost who was fought for by countless practitioners to become their ghostly bodyguard even though it was considered a taboo in the metaphysical world.

And he was actually rejected over a mere 800,000 yuan?

“Besides, 800,000 yuan was such an insignificant sum of money. To think that any jade ornament

on him—Yuan Bai—in those days would be at least worth tens of millions by now. This Wu Miaomiao was someone that could not discern real value in goods.”

Perhaps the Ghost Gentleman’s stare towards Wu Miaomiao was too heated, and the resentment emanating from the ghost was a tad too strong, he unwittingly caught Ji Lang’s attention. Subsequently, Ji Lang’s Ephialtes’ powers started to become agitated and their appearance faintly started to morph into numerous daggers.

The corner of Ghost Gentleman’s lips twitched. He suddenly understood why the other party did not desire his strength. It was because she already had such a powerful bodyguard by her side.

“Oh, you only wanted this 800,000 yuan reward. I had assumed that you sought me due to the witch doll in your arms.” After a brief period of incredulity, Ghost Gentleman quickly regained his composure.

It was fine if she did not want to accept him as her ghost, as long as he could convince her to help him.

Wawa heard the ghost mentioning itself and could not resist raising its head up. It stared at Ghost Gentleman with a pair of big eyes that was filled with curiosity. Ghost Gentleman noticed Wawa’s gaze, and he gave it a gentle and refined smile.

At this point of time, Wawa already had a foundation level of emotional understanding. In addition, admiring beautiful and good things was an inherent skill instinctive in animals. Therefore, when faced with the smiling expression of the handsome and cultured Ghost Gentleman, Wawa naturally started smiling too. It even said a highly difficult line, “THIS GENTLEMAN LOOKS SO DASHING. THIS SERVANT WON’T CHARGE YOU ANY MONEY THIS NIGHT.”

The moment this sentence was said aloud by Wawa, the entire room fell into silence.

Wu Miaomiao covered her face with her hands.

The smile on Ghost Gentleman’s face also froze.

Ji Lang furrowed his brows and the daggers—made of Ephialtes’ powers—that were floating behind him shifted their targets towards Liu Meier.

As for the ultimate culprit—Liu Meier, she frantically escaped to hide behind her cat master’s back when she found Ji Lang’s glare shift towards her.

“Mreow?” Only the black cat did not comprehend what just happened. It observed the atmosphere around it that suddenly turned off with a curious expression.

“Ahem… I’m not deserving of such praise.” As the oldest presence in the room, Ghost Gentleman mustered his strength, cupped his hands together and gave Wawa a bow.

“AHHAHAHAHAHAHA!” Seemingly thought of something, Wawa started to laugh out happily.

“Erm… you-…you were saying something about aiding Wawa just now. What do you mean?” In order to not let Ghost Gentleman continue bewitching Wawa, Wu Miaomiao reached out with her hand and forced Wawa into Ji Lang’s arms.

Sigh, her child was still too young and too easily won over by beauty. She understood this feeling very well. After all, she too was obsessed with her dearest husband’s beauty.

When Wawa was in Ji Lang’s arms, it still wanted to turn around to look at Ghost Gentleman. However, it was stopped by an irate Ji Lang as he forcibly turned its head back around.

“This one observes that Witch’s doll is extremely bright. I believe it has already attained the foundation of soul formation?” Ghost Gentleman asked.

“You seem to be well-versed in this matter.” Wu Miaomiao raised her brow in surprise.

As the metaphysical sects started to dwindle in numbers, a lot of knowledge and traditions had disappeared with time. In this world, there were not many people who could recognize she was a witch, not to mention for other parties to be aware of Wawa’s secret. Raising a soul was the biggest secret in the entire witch clan and such knowledge was usually not privy to outsiders.

“Even though I, Yuan Bai, did not have a long life, I had been dead for a significant number of years, so I had seen a variety of things that exist in this world.” Ghost Gentleman explained.

“Just by seeing a variety of things and you somehow knew about the witch clan’s secret of raising souls?” Wu Miaomiao was still suspicious.

“I once had the opportunity to work alongside a witch on a deal—using my powers to exchange for one’s ability to see light.” Ghost Gentleman explained. “At that time, the doll, which belonged to that witch, already had characteristics that were very similar to a human.”

Wu Miaomiao understood immediately. He had once made a deal with a witch and thus, he had seen a doll that was almost matured at that time.

“Continue your explanation.” Wu Miaomiao said.

“In order for a witch to raise a soul, besides devouring a huge amount of soul energies to construct the new soul, she would also need to inject the soul with 7 emotions and 6 desires. This is because souls raised by the witch clan were not natural existences of the world. Thus, these souls were not born with emotions and would not be able to step into the reincarnation cycle in the Underworld. For witches, devouring soul energy, in general, is not a difficult task. By using powerful witch spells and the innate ability of witch dolls in devouring energies, most malicious ghosts are no match for you. However, the act of injecting the new soul with 7 emotions and 6 desires is not easy.” Ghost Gentleman explained with confidence. “Humans are complex beings. So if you do not raise the new soul properly, it would be easy for the new soul to ultimately end up as a lunatic.”

Wu Miaomiao immediately glared at him, “What did you say?”

“I apologize. I did not mean that your witch doll would become a lunatic. But as you may have seen, it had suffered from some… influence.” Ghost Gentleman sent a sidewards glance towards Liu Meier before continuing, “You do not wish for your doll to form its emotional foundation based on her emotions right?”

“Of course not. After Wawa had fully absorbed the lust trait, I would naturally look for other emotions to let Wawa absorb.” Wu Miaomiao said.

“In that case, Master Witch, why don’t you consider me?” Ghost Gentleman immediately offered his services.

“You?” Wu Miaomiao raised her brow.

“This humble servant, Yuan Bai, is from a literary reputed aristocratic family background. Even though I died when I was only 25 years old, my life experiences were very rich. My family lived together harmoniously—both of my parents were loving and my younger sister was duteous. During my childhood days, I put great focus on my studies and managed to attain the accomplishment of passing the imperial examination at the county level. Even though I entered a rebellious stage during my youth and started to frolic with the opposite gender, I still successfully passed the provincial imperial examination when I was 20. Subsequently, I travelled across the lands as a scholar and experienced many magnificent sights that the world had to offer.” Reaching this point, Yuan Bai suddenly let out a sigh before continuing, “When I was 25 years old, an unexpected calamity struck my family, and I passed away tragically. Thus, I turned into an evil ghost and lingered in the mortal realm for 728 years. During this time, I was forced to become a ghost slave of the Diao family after they used a blood sacrificial ritual on me. I then served as their slave for nearly 500 years. During these 728 years of existing as a ghost, I had maintained my consciousness thus far. I had personally witnessed the changes of the different dynasties, the vicissitude of history and technological advancements. Living through these periods, I was saturated with pensive reflections. Therefore, with this Yuan Bai’s experience, if Master Witch’s doll is able to gain my desires, not only would its emotions become richer, at the same time, it would also raise its intellect.”

Wu Miaomiao blinked. Was this ghost… regurgitating his resume?

As for his resume, how should she put it? It sounded somehow very astounding, but at the same time, very depressing.

“You’re willing to let your desires be devoured by Wawa?” Wu Miaomiao questioned.

Yuan Bai died over 700 years ago. Even though his skill level seemed to be only around over 600 years, the current Wawa was not capable of devouring a malicious ghost of such power. Besides, the stronger a malicious ghost was, the stronger its power of self-destruction. Therefore, even if Wawa managed to swallow him down, if he chose to self-detonate in Wawa’s body, it might directly hurt Wawa’s soul. Therefore, usually Wu Miaomiao refused to let Wawa absorb any malicious ghost of power level that exceeded over 500 years.

However, Ghost Gentleman’s point was right too. The longer a malicious ghost existed in this world, the stronger its desires would grow. The reason why Wawa evolved recently was because it devoured the hundreds of years old malicious ghost’s resentment that remained in Dong Yongyuan’s aunt. Wu Miaomiao only agreed to let Wawa absorb the resentment at that time mainly because the malicious ghost was already exterminated long ago. The only traces remaining was its resentment. Therefore, Wawa would not suffer from any side effects after devouring the resentment.

“These desires of mine are mere memories to me. They are no longer significant to me. Besides, if I volunteer to share them with Wawa, it would be easier for Wawa to absorb.” Ghost Gentleman answered.

Ji Lang, who was silently listening to the conversation, had a sudden revelation. He now knew that it was easier for Wawa to absorb desires if a malicious ghost took the initiative to share them. It was not surprising that Wawa was able to learn so many new lines from that lust ghost even though she did not have much skills.

However… couldn’t she share good memories instead?

Liu Meier shuddered as she suddenly felt Ji Lang’s wrath directed at her. She hid herself closely behind her cat master and refused to leave.

If she were able to hear Ji Lang’s thoughts at this moment, she would definitely cry out in grievance. Even though she did take the initiative to share her memories, it was only memories etched in her mind that were able to transform into desires. She lived in a brothel her entire life. Regardless if it was bitterness, sadness or happiness, she experienced them only in that single place. Even if it was a good memory, it would only be the extent of encountering a good-looking and generous gentleman. For example, Wawa’s line from earlier on, “This gentleman looks so dashing. This servant won’t charge you any money this night”, was indeed a beautiful memory for her.

Because she was happy, that’s why she did not want payment.

Wu Miaomiao fell silent for a while. However, ultimately she did not concede to Ghost Gentleman’s request. “No, you and your master—that Ghost whatever Divinator—are the cause of my dearest husband’s kidnapping. I still bear this grudge.”

The rage that Ji Lang harboured for Liu Meier immediately dissipated when he heard Wu Miaomiao’s words. He turned around to look at his own little wife and his eyes subconsciously shone with joy.

Did that mean that he was even more important than Wawa in Miaomiao’s heart?

At this moment, Wawa started squirming around in Ji Lang’s arms. Ji Lang looked down and was faced with Wawa’s big pair of bright eyes that could discern right from wrong. Instantly, a sense of guilt crawled into his heart. He thought to himself secretly, “If Wawa already possessed a rich emotional foundation, it would definitely feel sad hearing those words.”

Wawa spotted that its male master was looking at it and the corner of its lips curled upwards. It then continued to turn its head to attempt to look at Ghost Gentleman.

Due to his guilt, Ji Lang did not stop Wawa this time round and it successfully turned its head around.

“I’m a ghost slave bound by a blood ritual casted by the ancestors of the Diao family. You, too, know that ghost slaves bound by blood rituals like me, are just a tool in their hands. Ghost Divinator indeed had used my powers to read fortunes. However, every fortune that I made was ordered by Diao Yongnian. I am incapable of refusing his commands.” Ghost Gentleman explained. “Therefore, even if you want to take revenge, the ultimate culprit is still Diao Yongnian. And if you snatch me away from him, it would already be considered as a heavy punishment for Diao Yongnian.”

“How would that be enough? I still need to capture him in exchange for a reward with the Metaphysical Association.” Wu Miaomiao responded.

“I was bound to the Diao family members by a blood contract. If you wish to catch him, I can assist you on it. As for the monetary reward…” Ghost Gentleman paused for a moment before continuing, “You can tell the association that you have exterminated me during the battle. They won’t be able to verify this in any case. At that time, you can bring Diao Yongnian to them and retrieve the reward.”

Wu Miaomiao gazed at Ghost Gentleman, her expression was slightly intrigued. His plan seemed to be plausible.

“Besides, if you let me stay, I can help you do many things. For example, I can still read fortunes. You can order me to read fortunes for anyone you want. You could even send me to do your missions for you.” Ghost Gentleman said. “You only need to tell me the information of the mission that you have accepted from the association. With the spiritually-inclined cat searching for the ghost, and me taking out the mission target, malicious ghosts under 500 years would not be an issue at all. At that time, you only need to rest and count money. You could even go out on dates since you have more time.”

When he reached the point about going out on dates, Ghost Gentleman even intentionally gestured with his eyes in a suggestive manner.

Wu Miaomiao opened her eyes wide instantly and her face turned red. Please don’t misunderstand, she was not shy at all. In fact, she was very excited instead.

She needed to attend classes everyday nowadays and would only have free time during the weekends. During the weekends, she still needed to spend a significant amount of time going out to find ways to mend Wawa’s soul. She also needed to spare time to earn 300,000 yuan monthly for her dearest husband’s pocket money. If things really went like what Ghost Gentleman had described, she would be able to save a lot of time.

Ji Lang noticed that Wu Miaomiao had sunk into the other’s honeyed words trap till she was no longer able to discern where she was. He let out a helpless sigh. He then looked towards Ghost Gentleman and asked, “What do you want?”

What Ghost Gentleman had said earlier on were all benefits that he could give Wu Miaomiao. However, why would a malicious ghost be so kind? Was he trying to imitate Lei Feng1? Therefore, this ghost definitely had an ulterior motive.

Ghost Gentleman looked towards Ji Lang. He knew that even if he had convinced Witch, if the man before him did not agree, he would not be able to stay here.

“What I mentioned earlier on are all true. I only ask for Master Witch to agree to a single request of mine.” Ghost Gentleman decided to speak the truth when dealing with Ji Lang.

His instincts told him that the man before him was not someone that was easily moved by his glib tongue or any miniscule benefit that he could offer.

“What kind of request?” Wu Miaomiao asked.

“I hope that you can help me search for someone and return something to her.” Ghost Gentleman answered.

“Who?” Wu Miaomiao questioned further.

“My younger sister.” Ghost Gentleman replied.

Wu Miaomiao’s brows furrowed. “You have already been dead for over 700 years. Your sister would have gone through numerous rounds of reincarnation. How do you expect me to find her? Do you want me to head to the Underworld to steal the Tome of Life and Death for you?”

“There’s no need for that. Just a cast of the contract spell formation of your witch clan would do.” Ghost Gentleman shook his head.

“The contract spell formation indeed could be used to search for people. However, this is only under the circumstances where you have a direct link with the other party. You and your sister… after hundreds of years, you might still be yourself, but she no longer has any relations with you.” Once a human went through reincarnation, it was as if their data underwent a permanent reformatting and would no longer be recoverable.

“Yes we do.” Ghost Gentleman pointed at his eyes. “These eyes belong to my sister.”

Wu Miaomiao was shocked.

Ghost Gentleman continued his explanation, “During the process of turning into a malicious ghost, my soul was on the verge of disintegration. My younger sister used her own soul to replenish my soul energy. After that, I successfully transformed into a malicious ghost, and she entered the reincarnation cycle. But because part of her soul remained within mine, it could not follow her along in reincarnation. As such, ever since then, she would be born with both of her eyes blind in every life. Even though one could gradually mend one’s soul during the reincarnation process, the piece of soul that my sister is missing was not destroyed, but instead integrated into mine. Therefore the reincarnation cycles would not mend her soul and she would only end up as a blind person in every single lifetime.”

Ghost Gentleman paused for a moment. His expression was filled with sorrow and a bitter smile formed on his face. “I wish to return these eyes back to her.”

In this world, the only method that could separate her sister’s soul from his own was a secret spell from the witch clan.

1 TL Note: Lei Feng was a popular person featured in propaganda campaigns in China in the past. He was portrayed as a model citizen and the citizens were encouraged to emulate his actions and manners.

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