My Wife Might Be a Saintess-Chapter 51 - 50: Aah! A Ghost
"Po Xiao? A Cultivation level of 1.2?" Jingyue’s mood lifted when she saw the information. "I knew it! With a Cultivation level that low, he must’ve gotten cold feet. The Saintess is out of his league, so he had to pick a supporting character to save face."
"Senior Sister, look at his reviews. They’re all negative with no explanation, and one of them sounds like a blood feud."
"What’s there to look at? Can’t you see he already gave up on the commission out of shame? Still, it looks like this is the only one he’s ever failed. Newbies are so impulsive. It would have been so much better to maintain a 100% success rate."
Su Qi was speechless. ’With reviews like that, what’s the point of a 100% success rate?’
But he really was a newbie, so Su Qi naturally paid him no mind.
But newbie or not, asking her out for a meal? Not a chance.
Suddenly, Jingyue asked, "Oh, right, I just thought of something. Is this Po Xiao a man or a woman?"
Su Qi paused. "He’s the one who wanted to have a meal. Shouldn’t he be a man?"
"Where’d you get that idea? Not that it matters. Come on, let’s head to the next area. I hear there’s some good stuff there."
Su Qi asked, "Senior Sister, how do you know so much about this place? I may not go back often, but I’ve read plenty of the Holy Land’s records and ancient texts, and not a single one mentions the Immortal Spirit Cave Mansion."
Jingyue laughed. "I told you, you’ll find out when you become the Saintess. It’s a secret for the Saintess’s ears only."
Then Jingyue added, "By the way, was it really okay to just reject him? From the looks of it, he probably really does know something."
"There’s nothing wrong with it. Worst case, we just give up on the box."
"I really don’t know if you’re dumb or just naive. All for some mere mortal. It’s a shame he has no aptitude for cultivation."
A melancholy look then crossed Su Qi’s face.
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Jiang Zuo frowned as he looked at the third commission. It had a party size requirement—in other words, he had to team up to accept it.
Fortunately, there were already two people in the party. With him, the team would be full.
The problem was, Jiang Zuo hated teaming up. If it were with people from his perception group, he might have been able to tolerate it, but he didn’t know these people at all. Who knew what kind of trouble they might cause?
But he had nothing else to do.
After a moment’s hesitation, Jiang Zuo accepted the commission.
The reward for this commission was simple: one million in cash and nothing else.
In truth, Jiang Zuo really didn’t have anything to do, and money was very important. For instance, he still didn’t even own a home.
Once his Cultivation was higher, once he reached a point where money could no longer buy the Spirit Medicines he needed, then he would buy a house.
He had never bought a house in his past life, either. He hadn’t lived in a conventional home at all. He’d spent the latter half of his life living in a tower. That tower was probably the closest thing he had to a home.
Or perhaps, he simply never had a home.
Not dwelling on it, Jiang Zuo left Tianhe Group. The client had just sent a message saying they would assemble tonight.
The commission wasn’t exactly simple, but it wasn’t complicated either. They had to go to a villa that was supposedly haunted and catch the ghost.
Ghosts. Or to be more precise, souls. Humans possess three souls and Seven Spirits. These are the Heaven, Earth, and Life souls. The Heaven and Earth souls are perpetual, while the Life Soul resides within the body and governs the Seven Spirits.
A person’s body has a central channel, which is divided into Seven Chakras. These Seven Chakras correspond to the Seven Spirits.
Therefore, opening the Seven Chakras strengthens the Seven Spirits. When the Seven Spirits are strong, the Life Soul becomes strong, and one’s lifespan increases.
When a person dies, the Seven Chakras are extinguished, the Seven Spirits perish, and the Life Soul leaves the body.
In theory, a Life Soul without its Seven Spirits is like a rootless soul, destined only to dissipate into the world.
However, some lucky Life Souls find a way to sustain themselves and manage to linger in the world.
Through things like lingering obsessions or yin energy.
And these are what are known as ghosts.
That’s why, to a Cultivator, ghosts are nothing to worry about.
「That night.」
Jiang Zuo arrived at Friendship Villa. The villa was built around a small mountain, making it ridiculously large.
The chances of running into a ghost on a mountain were actually quite low.
Of course, Jiang Zuo could always take the initiative to find them himself.
The villa was in the suburbs, far from the bustling city. Shrouded in darkness, it gave off a lonely feeling.
Summer nights were supposed to be sweltering, but standing at the villa’s entrance, Jiang Zuo felt a distinct, eerie chill.
Jiang Zuo waited for a long time, but no one showed up. Finally, around midnight, he received a message from the client through the Tianhe App.
The message was simple: all three of them were already in position, and he could proceed inside.
Jiang Zuo frowned. ’We’re all here? Are they hiding in the shadows, or does this villa have other entrances?’
Paying it no mind, Jiang Zuo walked into the villa grounds. A wide, straight road led directly to the main buildings.
The road was flanked by woods, their edges lit by flickering, dim streetlights.
All around was dead silent.
Jiang Zuo walked along the road. After just a short while, he heard footsteps from not far behind him, perfectly in sync with his own.
TAP, TAP.
They kept the same unhurried rhythm, yet despite the matched pace, the sound drew closer and closer. Before long, the footsteps were right behind him.
It was as if someone were walking right up against his back.
At that moment, Jiang Zuo stopped. The footsteps stopped at the exact same instant.
Jiang Zuo frowned and slowly turned to look.
The moment his head turned, his frown deepened. The dim woods, the silent road—there was nothing there at all, not a single trace of anyone.
Jiang Zuo turned forward again. The instant he did, he felt a cold breeze on the side of his neck. He whipped his head back around, but again, there was nothing.
Only the leaves trembled slightly, as if a faint breeze had passed.
A cold smirk touched the corner of Jiang Zuo’s lips.
He then continued walking forward. Before long, the footsteps returned, once again starting from a distance and drawing near until they were right behind him. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
Jiang Zuo sighed. ’How should I put this... I can’t really do anything about this thing right now. I need to find the source, but being followed so closely from behind feels incredibly awkward.’
’I really want to kill it. In my past life, who would have dared to act so insolently before me?’
Helpless, Jiang Zuo could only choose to ignore the sound behind him. Yet it remained right at his back, feeling as if it were about to climb onto him, as intermittent gusts of cold air blew past.
At this, Jiang Zuo pulled out Cold Moon and infused it with Spiritual Qi. A blast of frigid energy erupted from the weapon.
"AAAAH..." With a strange cry, the chill vanished and the footsteps receded far into the distance.
Cold Moon couldn’t kill it effectively; all it could do was repel it. But making Cold Moon erupt like that required a lot of Spiritual Qi, and Jiang Zuo didn’t want to waste any. After all, he hadn’t even seen the main target yet.
"A ghost! Help me!" While Jiang Zuo was still trying to figure out a plan, he suddenly heard a cry for help.
In less than half a minute, Jiang Zuo reached a crossroads. Two figures appeared from the left: a young woman and a girl who looked to be about ten.
The pair were already fleeing for their lives. When they suddenly saw the expressionless Jiang Zuo and felt the powerful, icy aura coming from him, they shrieked in terror, "Aah! The ghost has a knife and it’s trying to kill us! Help!"
Jiang Zuo: "..."
’The ghost she’s talking about... is me, isn’t it?’ The thought flashed through Jiang Zuo’s mind.
