His hand stopped above the basket, and Chen Ge slowly turned around. A few days ago, he had noticed some changes to his body.
He could sleep for three to four hours every night, but he would still be energetic the next day. In the dark, his five senses were sharper, and his mind was more active. The only downside was that his body would feel strangely cold, and it did not matter how thick the clothes were.
"Looks like you've felt it." The old lady raised her arms to reveal the red strings around her wrists. Each string was threaded with a jade bead. "How can a living human withstand the blessing of a baleful ghost? After the massacre in the village for three years, probably due to the constant interaction with ghosts, my body started to show signs of abnormality. The most obvious was the drop in my body temperature. Be it spring, summer, autumn, or winter, I rarely felt warm. "
Chen Ge had experienced the same thing, but there were some differences between the two.
Chen Ge carried the basket that contained Ah Qing's child and walked to the cubicle. "Granny, did you only feel the drop in your body temperature after interacting with ghosts for three years?"
"To be precise, it was ten years. Like you, I didn't think much of it before." The old lady's voice was kind. "Your condition is not that serious. You only started interacting with them a few years ago, right?"
"A few years ago?" Chen Ge's eyelids twitched. After a moment's hesitation, he told the truth. "I saw my first baleful ghost several weeks ago."
The room suddenly became quiet. Perhaps due to her old age, the old lady stuttered. "Several … several weeks ago?"
"In any case, it was less than a month." Chen Ge touched the back of his hand. His temperature was lower than a normal person's.
"I lived in a village filled with evil spirits and often interacted with ghosts, so I only noticed it after three years. It has only been a few weeks since you met the ghosts, so how could your body temperature change so quickly? "The old lady's voice was filled with confusion." Did you attract many ghosts at the same time? "
"Nope." Chen Ge counted in his heart. "There are only about ten that are related to me."
The old lady was digesting this information and did not say anything.
"It probably has something to do with where I live. I live inside the Haunted House, so in a way, I live with them." Chen Ge turned back to look at his shadow. "By the way, there is a Red Specter hiding in my shadow. She is always with me."
The old lady did not speak. She used her only arm to support her body and moved back a little as if she was trying to get away from Chen Ge.
Noticing the subtle changes in the old woman's expression, Chen Ge felt uneasy. "Granny, how did you solve the problem of your body temperature dropping back then? If we can't solve it, what will happen in the future? "
"Our situations are different. I don't think I can help you." The old man removed a red string from his wrist. "If you stay with ghosts for a long time, the Yin energy in your body will become heavier and heavier. The beads on this string are made from warm jade. Humans feed the jade, and the jade feeds the humans. After wearing this for a long time, the warm jade will harmonize the Yin and Yang energy in your body. Also, you have to go to more crowded places and bask in the sun. "
"I'll remember." Chen Ge nodded. New Century Park was already very popular during the day, and the number of visitors would only increase in the future.
"Be careful. My legs were crippled because I didn't take care of them." The old lady tied the string back on. "Actually, I wanted to give you a few jade beads, but in your situation, even if I give you all the warm jade, it won't be of much use. The key is still on you."
She looked at the row of babies on the wooden bed. "There's a difference between humans and ghosts. Try not to interact with them."
"Okay." Chen Ge was worried, but he did not have a good solution. He did not tell the old lady that the title of Specter's Favored was just the beginning. After drawing five Specters, he could level up the title!
"If there's nothing else, you should take the child and leave. The person hosting the ceremony outside is called Zhu Shumei. She is the heir that I chose. She is kind, and as long as you don't purposely appear before her, she won't make things difficult for you. " The old lady raised her hand. "Once night falls, all the ghosts and monsters will come out. Be careful when you leave. Don't enter the open door, don't answer if you hear someone calling for you, hide when there's light, and don't touch the coffins until you leave the village."
After thanking the old lady, Chen Ge carried the basket and returned the way he had come.
He could sense a pure kindness from the old lady, so he did not doubt her words.
"Just as I thought, Specter's Favored like us all have a kind and pure heart."
Crawling out of the tunnel, Chen Ge felt a chill. There was only a wall between them, but the inside and outside of the room were completely different.
"Have you found the child? Let me carry him. " Master Bai took the child. He saw something that looked like a leaf next to the baby's lips. He wanted to take it down, but he was stopped by Chen Ge.
"The leaf seems to be able to stop the child from crying. Don't touch it."
After wasting some time in the old lady's house, Chen Ge called Master Bai and Ol 'Wei to the entrance of the ancestral hall. He took out Ah Qing's map. "The ceremony will pass by the wells outside the village. I just need to be careful not to run into them."
The three soon confirmed the route and left the ancestral hall into the street.
The ceremony was still going on, but the village had changed a lot. The spirits had awakened, and the air of death was thick. The old houses became eerie, and the owners who had died many years ago seemed to have returned that night.
Footprints appeared on the deserted streets, and the blood stains on the walls became brighter. It felt like they had returned to that night many years ago.
Chen Ge's group ran around a corner, and Master Bai, who was carrying the child, suddenly stopped.
"Do you hear a voice? It sounds like someone is calling my name. "
The cold wind caressed their faces, and they could hear a woman's voice. She was calling something.
Chen Ge was reminded of the old lady's warning, and he told Master Bai, "Pretend you didn't hear anything. No matter what she says, don't answer."
The three continued to move forward. Paper money floated on the clean road, and the white paper on the old house's door fell off. The door shook, revealing the flag behind it.
The woman's voice grew louder, and it came from all directions. They could not pinpoint her location, but they knew she was getting closer.
"This village is hiding a Red Specter and countless tortured spirits. Now that the Red Specter has not awakened, these spirits will probably try to attack us. They'll take over our bodies and use that to escape."
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