Chapter 426

Chapter 426: Is It a Human or a Ghost?

Holding these two sealed objects, Chu Jiang sat against the wall with an expressionless face.

He was once unhappy that his biological parents had abandoned him after he was born, and they never contacted him.

He has always been seeking the truth, wanting to know the reason.

Now Chu Jiang knows, he never even dreamed that he might not be a human, but a ghost…

If we review from the beginning, it becomes clear why the Chu’s Jiang lineage went from prosperity to decline; why, over a hundred years ago, they chose to completely disappear and no longer accept worship from the people of Chu land.

In history, this lineage did indeed have a period of great strength, and they were even revered by the people of Chu land as the Great Fate Giver, serving as the spokesperson for life and death in the mortal world.

However, it is not without a price for mortals to possess such powerful abilities. This S-class ghost encountered some issues during the inheritance process.

Around two to three hundred years ago, newborns in the Chu family started showing symptoms of their bodies partially transforming into Chu’s Jiang.

This is a very unusual situation. In theory, the ghost of Chu’s Jiang is hidden within the bloodline of the Chu family. Even if it is passed down to the next generation, they need to rediscover this power from within their bloodline.

It is not normal for someone to manifest partial power from birth. This proves that the ghost has become uncontrollable.

What’s even more terrifying is that when the power of Chu’s Jiang manifests, the baby’s consciousness seems to be temporarily taken over by the ghost, losing the liveliness of a living person.

Only by suppressing the power of Chu’s Jiang can the consciousness of a living person regain control over their own body.

This is also why the ancestor of the Chu family in the first picture cannot feel happy after the situation is resolved.

He seems to not have found the source of the problem or a complete solution.

The father in the second picture should be the baby in the first picture. It is clear that he got married and had a child later in life, as his parents have turned grey with old age.

However, getting married and having children later in life didn’t solve the problem. The child born to his wife still shows partial symptoms of Chu’s Jiang transformation, and they are even more severe than the previous generation.

By the third picture, a considerable amount of time has passed, possibly spanning four or five generations since the beginning.

Not only did the background change to the Republican era, but even the baby transformed into half of Chu’s Jiang, much more severe than the situation in the second picture.

By this time, the Chu family had already prepared for the complete loss of control of the baby; they had even prepared sealing props and seemed to have invited outside help to prevent Chu’s Jiang from completely reviving, as the Chu family wouldn’t be able to control it at all.

However, this time, the condition on the baby’s body was suppressed.

But no one was happy, they were even numb because the descendants of the Chu family were gradually being corroded by S-class ghosts.

They were afraid that after a few more generations, it might give birth to a complete ghost, rather than just someone with a hidden ghost in their bloodline.

By then, not only would the Chu family likely be destroyed, but Chu’s Jiang, fully revived and completely free, would also endanger the entire world.

Since that’s the case, it would be better to completely eradicate this bloodline, to avoid causing trouble to the world.

This is the Chu family. In the beginning, they had a connection with Young Fate Giver, but they completely cut off ties, and since then they have secluded themselves from the world.

By the fourth picture… those would probably be Chu Jiang’s biological parents.

Chu’s Jiang has been passed down to their generation, and it seems that there is no one else left, only the last couple.

Looking back now, there were fewer and fewer people appearing in the picture; in the first scene, although there were not many people at the beginning, after something happened, many people came rushing in.

Chu Jiang’s father, who doesn’t look like a Ghost Master, is actually a serious scholar; so is his mother, who appears to be a very gentle ordinary woman.

When this couple was expecting Chu Jiang, the global resurgence of the supernatural had not yet begun. They probably rarely saw or came into contact with anything related to ghosts. They only knew some information in advance through the records left by their ancestors and the oral accounts of their elders.

Nevertheless, when his wife actually gave birth to a ghost, Chu Jiang’s father collapsed. He probably didn’t understand why he had to bear such a tragic fate as soon as he was born.

In the beginning, Chu Jiang’s father didn’t want this child at all. Driven by emotional breakdown and fear, he even thought about killing the baby.

Of course, he knew it was impossible to succeed, otherwise, he would hesitate.

Chu Jiang’s mother, who felt the pain in her heart after giving birth to a ghost baby, had a kind of suffering that others could not understand, but her motherly instinct still remained.

However, due to the danger of the ghost, Chu Jiang’s father couldn’t let her come near it.

In the end, the father tried to do the same thing as his ancestors, but it didn’t make the ghost baby turn into a human. It seemed like he had the idea of completely sealing Chu Jiang away before he woke up and started causing trouble.

The scenes after that were interrupted, and Chu Jiang lost a lot of information.

He could only guess that his father probably couldn’t kill him or seal him away, so he must have taken him to the family cemetery.

After trying everything, they must have been very desperate.

But during that time, something happened. Chu Jiang actually turned back into a human from being a ghost?

This is for sure, because when Chu Jiang was adopted by his foster parents, he was completely normal like a regular baby. Otherwise, how could they have brought home a ghost child?

Anyway, even if Chu Jiang became "normal" again, his biological parents didn’t dare keep him. They probably didn’t dare to kill him either, in case he turned back into a ghost from being a human again??

Of course, since he was their own biological child, there were probably some feelings of reluctance as well.

So in the end, they chose to leave the baby at the hospital entrance, still in a blanket, and left behind a precious heirloom from the Chu’s Jiang family line.

The best ending is for the child to grow up like a normal person and have their own life, while the worst ending is for the child to become more and more like a ghost, wreaking havoc on the world, becoming an almost unsolvable S-class disaster….

After sorting through all this, Chu Jiang felt confused. Is he really a ghost? Is he really Chu’s Jiang himself?

Actually, this answer can solve many of his previous doubts.

For example, Jing Ruoxue speculated that Chu’s Jiang might have had a unexpected recovery, which is why the Chu family would say such things. But Chu Jiang didn’t feel any problems with Chu’s Jiang inside him.

This can only be felt if he is a ghost, because he is Chu’s Jiang himself, and his will is Chu’s Jiang’s will.

For example, Belfast once recounted a sleep talking saying that Chu Jiang is unkillable.

This is of course because ghosts themselves have the characteristic of being unable to be killed.

Also, why is the Ghost Bride so interested in Chu Jiang? You could even say she had a "love at first sight" with him, because she is completely captivated by Chu’s Jiang.

In its eyes, Chu’s Jiang is a strong and handsome ghost, much stronger than the disgusting [Wedding Ghost]from before.

Why doesn’t the Ghost Mirror kill Chu Jiang? Didn’t it kill many previous owners before?

This is because the Ghost Mirror can see Chu Jiang’s past. From its perspective, Chu Jiang is a ghost, not a human. It only kills humans, not ghosts.

In conclusion, if Chu Jiang = Chu’s Jiang, all the strange and unexplainable things in the past suddenly make sense.

But shouldn’t ghosts be less human-like? This is Chu Jiang’s biggest confusion at the moment.

Even though Chu’s Jiang gained its own consciousness through the long process of inheritance and devouring excessive human nature, the Ghost Diary is also a conscious ghost. It doesn’t seem to have reached the same level as Chu’s Jiang, at most it is just smarter.

Even if it’s Sleep Talking, it is like a superior, god-like presence. So far, it has only had indirect contact with Chu Jiang, and seems to possess a high level of intelligence, but it’s hard to see how much human emotion it truly has.

Yes, Chu Jiang can be a million percent sure that he has emotions! Before awakening the power of Chu’s Jiang, he was no different from a normal person.

It was only after he died and became a Ghost Master that his emotions were suppressed.

But even in this suppressed state, Chu Jiang’s emotions still exist. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have angrily punched the Ghost Diary just now.