Chapter 177: 176: Opened Yin Eyes

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Chapter 177: Chapter 176: Opened Yin Eyes Yu Changkong had perused a vast array of books from a young age and accompanied his parents on travels far and wide, gaining extensive knowledge. Though he didn’t rigidly adhere to the idea of not engaging in discussions of strange forces and gods, he only considered them to be rumors heard through the grapevine, never having witnessed anything supernatural himself. However, after the massive upheaval that befell him at the age of ten, he stopped believing in the existence of ghosts and gods. If they did exist, why would they turn a blind eye to such a tragedy! This was his disillusionment with the divine. But now, right in front of him, the ghost with a pale face and a long, protruding tongue appeared out of thin air. Even if he pinched himself hard enough to draw blood, he couldn’t deny what he saw with open eyes—this had to be an Eye-Blocking Technique, right? “Sir, what do you need of me?” the hanging ghost trembled in fear. “Nothing, I just called you to confirm something. Now that it’s confirmed, you can disappear.” Hanging ghost: “!” So, you are just summoning and dismissing me as you please, treating me like trash! The hanging ghost didn’t dare utter a single complaint, only casting a mournful look at him before vanishing from Yu Changkong’s sight. Yu Changkong: “...” His throat felt dry, and he needed a sip of tea to calm his nerves! “We’ve seen it.” Qin Liuxi’s expression was complex. Yu Changkong swallowed hard and asked, “What was that?” “Hanging ghost, it’s been dead for decades now, I haven’t asked,” Qin Liuxi responded casually. Yu Changkong felt dizzy and bit his tongue, saying, “I wonder why, ever since my eyes gained the ability to see, I’ve occasionally noticed some shadows. I thought they were all people, but then they’d vanish in the blink of an eye. Now it seems they’re all dead?” “Most likely,” Qin Liuxi lifted the curtain and saw a street vendor selling braised pig’s heads. A fat ghost was sprawled over, sticking out its tongue to lick it. “Look at that stall.” Yu Changkong looked over. He couldn’t see clearly what was for sale, but he smelled the fragrant braising liquid and noticed those two people, one of them sprawling? “That stall is not run by humans?” “The seller is human, but the one sprawled out isn’t. It’s soaking up the aroma of the pig’s head,” explained Qin Liuxi. Yu Changkong felt queasy, squinting at the image that involuntarily sharpened in his mind, too pitiful to face directly. He was from that point forward destined to be at odds with pig’s head meat. “Can it actually eat the food?” “No, it needs to be offered to it. As long as a living person makes an offering, the ghost can then draw the essence of the food. Otherwise, with so many Lonely Souls in the streets, wouldn’t they just spoil all the food?” Qin Liuxi explained. “So why does this ghost linger?” “It’s a gluttonous ghost. In life, it must have been a glutton, especially fond of pig’s head meat, and held a strong attachment to it. When people die and refuse to be reincarnated, it’s either due to unresolved attachments, a genuine disinterest in moving on, or some other reason. This one probably loved pig’s head meat too much to resist, just watching and smelling it to quell its cravings,” said Qin Liuxi. Yu Changkong paused, “Does everyone have attachments after they die?” Looking at him, Qin Liuxi answered, “Not necessarily. Attachments are formed from desires harbored in life. Without them, there would be no reluctance to leave the world behind after death.” Yu Changkong glanced around subconsciously. Qin Liuxi: “No need to look, your parents are not here.” Yu Changkong’s eyes dimmed but he quickly smiled, “Having no attachments, that’s good.” Although he said this, his tone could not hide his sense of loss. Qin Liuxi didn’t join the conversation. If one dies abruptly, there must be lingering attachments. Probably only infants could cause such persistent preoccupations for parents. Not fearful of death, yet fearful that their child is not yet strong enough to fend for themselves. It’s just unclear whether his parents have been reincarnated or where they might be? Yu Changkong didn’t dwell on this; he simply asked, “Why can my eyes see these things? I never could before.” “Typically, a child’s eyes are the cleanest and purest, capable of seeing things that ordinary people cannot. The older one gets, the less they are able to see. However, some people are born with Yin Yang Eyes and can see such things throughout their lives.” Yu Changkong said, “That’s quite terrifying, isn’t it?” “It depends on the individual’s capacity to cope. Those who are timid naturally find it terrifying, not everyone dies as normally as that hanging ghost,” Qin Liuxi said with a light smile. Yu Changkong: “...” With such a long tongue, you say it died normally—are you misunderstanding the word ‘normal’? “The soul body that remains after someone’s death often moves around in the state they were in at the moment of death. Look there.” Qin Liuxi gestured with a tilt of his lips in a certain direction. Yu Changkong looked over, and a headless figure suddenly entered his field of vision; trailing behind it, a severed head was floating. As if sensing that someone was watching, the head turned around and started to drift towards them. But the moment that floating head saw Qin Liuxi, also looking back at it, its scalp tingled, and it swiftly rejoined its body before running off without a trace! Yu Changkong: “!” Bullying the good and fearing the evil? Yu Changkong looked towards Qin Liuxi: “They’re afraid of you.” Both the hanging ghost from just now and this beheaded ghost. “I am, after all, a member of the Mystic Sect, cultivating the way, thus naturally embodying the righteous Qi of the heavens and earth,” Qin Liuxi chuckled with pride. The ghosts: That’s not the reason—it’s because you’re too violent! Yu Changkong fell silent for a while, then asked, “Will it always be like this for me?” “That depends on what happens when your eyes fully recover. Perhaps it’s because your Yang energy is insufficient, that’s why your yin eyes have opened,” Qin Liuxi explained. “If it becomes inconvenient later on, I can help seal them for you.” “They can be sealed?” Qin Liuxi countered, “Why couldn’t they be? It’s just that the materials required are quite rare, however, with some effort, one can always find them.” Yu Changkong asked again, “What if they’re not sealed? Will I continue to see these things?” “Of course you will. If your yin eyes are open, you naturally will be able to see these soul bodies. For those who are timid and weak, their minds will be tormented, and without abundant Yang energy, their bodies will become frail. Chronic frailty will naturally shorten one’s lifespan, harming oneself. Weak bodies with a yin predisposition can also attract evil possession more easily.” Yu Changkong then recalled what he had told Heir Mu, how taking away one talisman from him could invite evil spirits, and said, “Just now, you also warned Heir Mu. Does he, too, possess a pair of Yin Yang Eyes?” Qin Liuxi shook his head: “His yin energy is very heavy. I don’t know his birth chart, but looking at his facial features, it seems that the wealth and nobility of his ancestors weigh heavily upon him. Simultaneously, the sins and wrongs they committed are also accumulated within him, hence the overwhelming yin energy on his body. Moreover, it’s rumored that both the Duke Cheng’en Mansion and the Marquis Wei Guo Mansion suffer from an excess of yin over yang. He, I presume, has an exceptionally light birth chart, which makes it easy for those entities to possess him.” “No wonder, I vaguely saw as if there were many people following him.” So, it wasn’t an illusion; only that those followers were not living people. “He’s essentially a walking stove body, naturally attracting evil and yin entities.” Yu Changkong rubbed his fingertips and said, “Previously, I knew that Heir Mu was cherished due to his noble status, but I was unaware of this reason as well. In light of this, it’s not surprising that both Duke Cheng’en Mansion and Marquis Wei Guo Mansion are so anxious and concerned.” Qin Liuxi propped lazily against the carriage and chuckled lightly, “Fortune and misfortune are interdependent; it all depends on his fate.”

Chapter 177: 176: Opened Yin Eyes

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