Chapter 287
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Chapter 287: Chu’s Jiang Shouldn’t Exist, Maybe
Under Chu Jiang’s leadership, the support staff from the research institute observed the Ghost Bride from a distance.
Xu Jinglun and the other two followed them honestly, or rather, they had no choice but to follow.
The group spent about two days to finally come up with the ultimate containment plan. It was during these two days that they confirmed the Ghost Bride would not come down from the mountain for the time being.
Then the Ghost Masters from the research institute showed Chu Jiang some special abilities.
Although they couldn’t change the heavens and the earth or move mountains and rivers, one of the Ghost Masters could bury a certain kind of supernatural thread that they spit out into the ground.
This special silk thread has the power to make ghosts stay away on their own, but it doesn’t work when the killing rule is triggered. It can only be used as a supporting method.
Another Ghost Master wrote words on a wooden sign that have a warning effect. It can make living people who see it instinctively stay away.
When these two things are combined, they can create a separated area.
But that alone is not enough, the research institute will come to build a barrier net later. There will also be people regularly observing here, so if there is any sign that the Ghost Bride is coming down the mountain, the headquarters will immediately know.
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Chu Jiang brought Jing Ruoxue back to Luohe City three days later.
As for Xu Jinglun and the others, they have already been taken back to the research institute for investigation, so Chu Jiang is not too concerned about that side.
Anyway, once the dust settles, he can directly obtain the investigation results of this incident.
In the reception room, Chu Jiang and Jing Ruoxue sat facing each other. While pouring tea, Chu Jiang said, "I haven’t had the time to sit down and have a good chat these past few days. Now that I have some rare free time, I hope Miss Jing won’t hesitate to teach me."
Jing Ruoxue nodded slightly, "You’re welcome."
"Can you tell me more about the origins of Chu’s Jiang lineage?"
Jing Ruoxue picked up a teacup, but didn’t drink the tea. She held it in her hands and said, "Speaking of origins, it’s been a very long time. Let me explain briefly from the perspective of the Ghost Master."
"The existence of supernatural phenomena and ghosts has been known for a long time. In our Chu region, the two longest-standing families of Ghost Masters are the Chu’s Jiang lineage and the Chu Mei lineage."
"These two lineages also represent the characters of the Great Lord and the Young Fate Giver in the book ‘Chu Ci Nine Songs’."
"Legend has it that in ancient times, there were nine gods in the Chu region. However, for some unknown reason, only your Chu family and our Jing family remained."
In ancient Chu, there were three major surnames: Qu, Jing, and Zhao. The surname of the king of the country was Xiong. After Chu was conquered by Qin, descendants of the Xiong family used the surname of the country, Chu, to commemorate their lost nation.
"Our two families have been living in the Chu region for generations, not involved in worldly power struggles. We simply live in seclusion and fulfill the role of protecting the people of Chu as their guardian spirits, accepting their offerings and worship."
Chu Jiang became more puzzled, "Why would you be considered gods? Aren’t you just two ghosts?"
Jing Ruoxue seemed to have anticipated Chu Jiang’s question, "What do you think is God?"
"Or rather, what is the definition of God? Is God born as God or is the concept of God born after human worship?"
Chu Jiang pondered, while Jing Ruoxue explained further, "The earliest ghosts were chaotic, disorderly, and indiscriminate in killing living beings, but with the appearance of the first batch of Ghost Masters, the power of ghosts gradually became utilised by humans."
"As it developed later, during the peak period of a powerful Ghost Master in Chu Di, there were even nine Ghost Master families, each controlling a different powerful ghost."
"Since it is humans who control the power of ghosts, human rationality suppresses the ferocity of ghosts. Therefore, the people of Chu Di worship these nine as deities."
"So what they actually worship is the combination of humans and ghosts; a rare few who possess both rationality and extremely powerful abilities as Ghost Masters."
"I noticed that you have been struggling with this, but it’s not necessary to think too much about it. Just maintain control over yourself and prevent yourself from losing your humanity."
Chu Jiang nodded slightly, "Is human belief useful to ghosts?"
"Yes, this is the experience we have accumulated over a long period of time. It seems that human faith can make the worshipped ghosts become even stronger, so the ghosts passed down in our two families have, in essence, become stronger through each generation."
Jing Ruoxue’s answer reminded Chu Jiang of what his grandfather had said. His grandfather also talked about this concept.
Now, combining both perspectives, Chu Jiang has somewhat understood the false gods in foreign countries and the gods of the Holy Word Religion. They are probably a minority, as they are ghosts themselves, but still have the consciousness to cultivate human followers.
As for the Black Sun, it could be considered their prototype. Although the Black Sun has the ability to infect people with memes and make them worship it fanatically, it doesn’t seem to have been able to further utilize this power.
"It seems like we’re getting off topic, let’s talk about Chu’s Jiang lineage instead," Jing Ruoxue seems to be so talkative only when facing Chu Jiang. She hasn’t shared as much with Chu Jiang in these past few days as she has with others.
"The Chu family and the Jing family have had an alliance relationship since ancient times, often through marriages. They have always stood together during times of supernatural resurrection."
"But over a hundred years ago, during the mid to late period of the previous supernatural resurrection, the Chu family, for some reason, chose to completely disappear, and even stopped accepting worship from the people of Chu land."
"The Chu family has never been large in numbers, but this time they have disappeared completely. No one knows where they have gone."
"How many rounds of supernatural resurrection have there been?" Chu Jiang asked another question upon hearing this.
Jing Ruoxue paused for a moment before answering, "Based on the existing records, there have been at least three or four rounds. The previous one, during the Republican era, was in the time of World War II and was relatively small-scale."
"Now this round’s scale is the biggest ever, so our Jing family is urgently looking for you."
"If the situation continues to deteriorate, the whole world may fall into the Ghost Domain, and we humans can only struggle to survive under the threat of fierce ghosts."
After a moment of silence, Chu Jiang crossed his hands and continued to ask, "So our Chu family completely lost contact with you without leaving a single word?"
"It’s not that we didn’t leave a word. Your clan leader asked our clan leader. The response you gave was: Chu’s Jiang may not be supposed to exist, or perhaps it is better to completely wipe out this lineage."
"To be honest, we don’t understand, even until now we can’t comprehend why Chu’s Jiang shouldn’t exist. Could there have been a problem in the inheritance process, causing that ghost to start to revive?"
"Due to the different ways of inheritance between your lineage and ours, we can only speculate and cannot confirm."
Chu Jiang was somewhat surprised by what he heard. "Isn’t your ancestral ghost inherited through bloodline?"
"Yes and no. After each generation of Young Fate Givers dies, the ghosts inside her will separate and be sealed by our family members in a special way."