Chapter 117: Ghost Diary With a Mind of Its Own
As someone who started his business career, Xu Yanting naturally knew about the legendary figure Hu Xueyan. Even the name his father gave him had the character "岩" which was somewhat of a tribute to him.
However, Xu Yanting still didn't quite understand why this sentence appeared on his family's heirloom jade pendant.
"Regarding the meaning of 'Beware of the White Tiger,' many people in history have speculated and there are several viewpoints."
"First, the White Tiger refers to women. There is a saying that the White Tiger harms husbands, so it might be a general warning against indulging in romance and not letting desire cloud one's judgment."
"There is some evidence to support this claim. Hu Xueyan had twelve wives and indulged in extravagance, particularly in this aspect."
"Second, the White Tiger refers to the officialdom."
"During Hu Xueyan's rise to power, he both gained assistance from people in the officialdom, and also fell because of them. So, this speculation also makes sense."
"Third, the White Tiger means shiny silver."
"This viewpoint is widely accepted, even the descendants of the Hu family think so."
"They say that money is tempting, but despite Hu Xueyan accumulating great wealth through business, in the end, he didn't have a good outcome. That's why the descendants of the Hu family never engage in business."
After listening to Xu Yanting's explanation, Chu Jiang was also puzzled. It seemed that the previous Ghost Master had left something behind, but it couldn't possibly be to tell future generations not to engage in business, right?
Even if it was, there was no need to hide it so indirectly. Why couldn't you just say it directly?
After pondering for a while with the old man, Chu Jiang couldn't find any clues. So, let it go, the important thing was to focus on the task at hand.
Chu Jiang asked Xu Yanting to continue wearing the jade pendant. He stood up and glanced at the ghost lying behind the old man.
It was silent, always silent.
Chu Jiang couldn't clearly see its specific appearance, but from its outline, it looked like a withered corpse.
"I'll do the final preparation, come in ten minutes."
After saying that, Chu Jiang left the room. What kind of "surprise" will Ghost Diary give him this time?
Chu Jiang took out a prepared ceramic jar and Ghost Diary from his bag.
Then he carefully removed the Protective Talisman from the jar and his right hand started bleeding. He picked up a ghost straight from the jar.
It was a red-clad female ghost in traditional opera costume. Her face was painted like a noblewoman, pale with naturally closed eyes.
But when Chu Jiang picked her up, her eyelids trembled slightly.
Chu Jiang didn't want to waste any time. He quickly flipped to the second page of the diary and pressed the female ghost onto it.
Just like when sealing the Imitation Ghost last time, the Ghost Diary emitted a deathly aura that seemed to choke people! It opened its invisible mouth and greedily swallowed the Little Theater.
The female ghost disappeared in an instant, but this time the diary didn't flip through the pages rapidly. Instead, the text on the second page vanished and was replaced by a vivid Painting Ghost.
The painting is of a ghost in a red dress, or what it looks like when it opens its eyes.
Then Ghost Diary didn't pause at all, it directly turned to the next page for Chu Jiang.
The content of the third page is also a diary entry:
[October 12th, the weather is not very good]
[Today, I was tricked by a little girl to come to the outskirts. I received a warning about the "Beware of the White Tiger". But I don't think the words should be taken lightly. Meeting a white tiger brings good luck.]
[Of course, good or bad luck doesn't matter to me anymore. I couldn't solve the hidden danger on Xu Yanting, and Xu Yanting died. It's the same for me.]
I mean... Every time Chu Jiang finishes reading the content of the diary, a fire of anger rises in his heart. He's always well-mannered, but every time he finishes reading, he wants to curse.
First of all, what does "the weather is not very good" mean??
Isn't it a sunny day today? Chu Jiang saw this kind of weather description in a diary for the first time.
Next, Ghost Diary deliberately imitated Chu Jiang's way of speaking, as if this diary was really written by Chu Jiang himself, and even called Xu Xiaoxiao "little girl".
Furthermore, this so-called auspicious sighting of the white tiger... I don't believe you! Are you trying to kill me or what??
Could it be that this white tiger is the code name for a certain S-class ghost? Otherwise, why would Ghost Diary specifically mention this? Chu Jiang has good reason to suspect that it has malicious intentions.
Lastly, and worst of all, Ghost Diary cursed him to death again.
This last line can also be understood as a warning. In any case, if Chu Jiang doesn't open Ghost Diary this time, he is very likely to die at the hands of the ghost behind Xu Yanting.
Indeed, one should never underestimate any ghost, especially one that you don't know about.
Fortunately, Chu Jiang has become more careful this time, otherwise he might face great danger. He would probably be on the verge of death again and be consumed by Ghost Diary.
Putting aside everything else, Chu Jiang now suspects that this Ghost Diary may have its own consciousness.
Because it thinks a sunny day is considered bad weather, but Chu Jiang doesn't think so. He hasn't been influenced by ghosts to the point of hating sunlight.
The so-called "consciousness" refers to how Ghost Diary is different from ordinary ghosts.
Ordinary ghosts only have instincts and act according to their instincts, so they can't really be considered to "have consciousness." Naturally, they also can't communicate.
But if Ghost Diary is a higher-level ghost, maybe it has the possibility of being able to communicate.
Of course, Ghost Diary doesn't actively communicate with humans, it just thinks all day about how to kill Chu Jiang.
While thinking about it, Chu Jiang also thought about Ghost Chess Game, that weird one. Could it also be a special existence...?
After thinking for a while, Chu Jiang retracted his thoughts. Now is not the time to think about that, the focus is on what to do next??
Should we continue?
Continuing to try sealing the ghost on Xu Yanting carries great risks.
But Chu Jiang has already promised others, if he backs down now, what future cooperation can he talk about?
In any case, let's try the little theater first to see how much it can improve ourselves, and then make a decision.
"Give me a little more time," Chu Jiang shouted back to the closed room, flipping Ghost Diary to the second page, and placing his hand on the portrait in the little theater.
Just like when using Imitation Ghost, Chu Jiang instantly knows what abilities he can gain.
At this moment, Chu Jiang's mood was both joyful and disappointed.
He was glad that he could really now use Ghost Domain! To be precise, it should be called Theater Ghost Domain.
But based on the battle between Chu Jiang and the little theater, the little theater has at least three abilities: Ghost Domain; invading consciousness through physical contact; singing to make listeners involuntarily immerse and lose control of their emotions.
However, at this moment Chu Jiang can only borrow one ability, which is the strongest Ghost Domain.
Following this rule, sealing other ghosts in will be the same. We can only borrow the strongest, even if other abilities are also very good.
