Chapter 175
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Chapter 175: Night of the Hundred Ghosts
The old master just nodded slightly. After he stood still, he said calmly, "Let’s begin."
As these hoarse and low words fell, something eerie happened. Not far in front of the old master, a bloody ghost suddenly emerged from the garden’s ground.
It had countless cuts and wounds all over its body, with blood flowing out from each one. Some wounds were so deep that bones could be seen, as if someone had sliced off chunks of its skin and flesh.
This was a Torture Ghost, tortured to death by countless knives and blades in its lifetime. As soon as it appeared, all the guests in the garden felt a sense of fear.
Chu Jiang’s body also tensed slightly. This ghost that suddenly emerged from the ground was dangerous. At the same time, he felt a bit strange. What kind of situation was this again?
Looking around, Chu Jiang could see that the guests at each table were mostly scared, even trembling with fear, and subconsciously gripping their clothes tightly.
But beyond this fear, they also had a hint of excitement.
Moreover, none of the guests screamed or tried to escape, as if they were not worried about anything happening to them.
Chu Jiang then looked at the Lin family, who were mostly calm, as if they had experienced this many times before and nothing was worth being surprised about.
Only the Second Young Lady and Fifth Young Master seemed to have some anticipation, sneaking glances at Chu Jiang from time to time.
Chu Jiang only gazed at the old master, because he moved.
As soon as the Torture Ghost was released from underground, it raised one hand towards the old master who was closest to it.
However, the old master expressionlessly raised his cane and tapped it on the garden’s paving stone, making a "clink" sound.
Along with this soft sound, numerous chains made of black mist emerged from the ground, tightly binding the Torture Ghost that had just raised its hand, rendering it immobile and temporarily sealing off its supernatural power.
As soon as the Torture Ghost was bound, another ghost appeared in the scene. This time, it was a ghost that haunted the dirty alleys.
It had a bloated and filthy body, emitting a nauseating stench. It could be found in every dirty corner and alley.
As soon as the ghost appeared, it opened its big mouth, trying to swallow a young woman nearby who was wearing perfume. The woman screamed in fear.
But with a sound of "poof," the sound of the old man’s cane echoed again. The dirty ghost was tightly bound by the chains of black mist, even the foul smell on it couldn’t escape the seal and reach the outside world.
The guests dared not make a sound, their faces filled with fear and excitement as they continued to watch. Though their expressions were somewhat stiff, their emotions were apparent on their faces.
And it didn’t stop there, more and more ghosts appeared! Their speed getting faster and faster.
These ghosts truly amazed Chu Jiang:
There were ghosts that made a whistling sound, their forms invisible; there was a ghostly fire, flickering green and causing panic in people’s hearts; there was a string of skulls, forming a long centipede-like creature, wailing as it coiled around the entire garden.
Moreover, inexplicably, a stage appeared in the garden, with actors wearing costumes performing on it. Their voices were soft and melodious, accompanied by the sounds of drums, erhu, pipa…
When the play started, many people got lost in it. Some people clapped, some people cheered, some people wanted to give money as a reward, and there were even people who started singing along. They were singing a section from the popular play "Rescuing Mother on the Chopped Mountain".
Moreover, this stage was very special. Countless black fog chains emerged and shot out, disappearing bit by bit in the air, without anyone knowing where they went.
Chu Jiang looked at the stage, and his eyes gradually showed a look of being captivated. He knew exactly what he was doing and could control his emotions, but he still absentmindedly started singing quietly:
"Marching forward fearlessly on Tiger Mountain, parting the clouds to see the light. In dreams, flowers bloom in the Peony Pavilion, illusion becomes reality, and there is peace and prosperity in singing and dancing~"
Upon hearing these lyrics, Fifth Aunt’s body trembled, and she looked at Chu Jiang with surprise.
Of course, this kind of reaction from Fifth Aunt made Madam frown and dislike her even more.
No matter how special the stage was, it couldn’t escape the grasp of the Old Master. After tapping his cane a few times, the black fog chains successfully broke through some invisible barrier. They bound all the performers on stage, even tying up the entire stage.
It wasn’t until this moment that the audience below suddenly woke up from their trance. They felt a sense of fear afterward, realizing they had been applauding for a group of ghosts.
Chu Jiang is doing fine. He’s just wondering in his mind if there’s any connection between the ghost from the stage and the sealed Little Theater
Are they also ghosts from the same set? Like the Imitation Ghost Chu Jiang encountered before, and the multiplying ghosts mentioned by Zhou Wenshan the psychologist.
If that’s the case, the Stage Ghost should be noticeably stronger than the Little Theater Ghost.
Besides, Chu Jiang noticed something. The black mist chain used by the old man seems to be somewhat similar to the dark iron chain in his Ghost Diary.
This type of chain-like supernatural power seems to have some commonality, with its main purpose being sealing.
But unlike the Ghost Diary, the black mist chains emerge from underground.
In other words, it appears to be immovable, only able to seal the numerous ghosts in the Lin Mansion’s underground, unable to travel like Chu Jiang with his diary.
Wait! As Chu Jiang recalls the details of the battle between the Ghost Diary and the Black Sun, he suddenly remembers something he overlooked.
He remembers that at its peak, the Ghost Diary shot out three hundred and six chains.
But here’s the problem, the Ghost Diary only has three hundred and four pages? Where did the extra two chains come from? Should they be counted as part of the cover and back?
Unlikely, both the front and back covers cannot display the content of the diary, so they shouldn’t count.
Even back then, Blood Hand Ghost appeared on the cover only because it was about to escape the final seal, not because it was trapped on the cover itself.
If the three hundred and six astral iron chains really correspond to three hundred and six pages of the diary, is it possible that Ghost Diary is missing two pages?
These two pages might have been torn off by the previous owner of the diary, or maybe when the ghosts in those pages escaped, they forcefully tore the pages away from the diary…
Regardless of which possibility it is, it indicates that Ghost Diary had a very unique experience before Chu Jiang obtained it.
If it’s the latter, Chu Jiang can hardly imagine how terrifying those two ghosts must have been to be able to forcibly tear themselves away from Ghost Diary.
While Chu Jiang was pondering, more and more ghosts were appearing in the Lin Family’s garden. There were shoulder-tapping ghosts that brought death to those who turned around, and name-calling ghosts that caused death to those who responded.
Listening to the Fifth Young Master’s whispered explanation, Chu Jiang felt a cold sweat on his back. It turned out that someone did tap his shoulder when he was walking around the Lin Family’s estate at night, and he did turn around.
Now, thinking back, if the shoulder-tapping ghost hadn’t been in a sealed state at that time, Chu Jiang would have instantly perished, just like those people who touched his Blood Handprint.