The system let out an awkward and weak laugh.Its next statement got an eye-roll from Jiang Li. "Host, you have to understand that only if their third eyes opened will they be able to see the male lead fighting ghosts near the village tomorrow…"
"Then why did it have to be me?"
"Er... coz, why not?"
"…"
Jiang Li was speechless.
He really couldn"t understand how a world"s consciousness work. From the very beginning, all of them targeted their villainesses, cooking up scenarios that would cause these girls" miserable death even though it would mean destruction for all of them.
Now, a world"s consciousness was at work again.
To enable everyone in the bunch to see the male lead"s greatness, release an evil spirit that could wreak havoc upon the realm of the living?
Forced. And illogical. This extremely forced set up also took no consideration of what would happen to the victims who got dragged into the borders between the spiritual and material world. The only thing done "considerately" was to make sure the evil spirit they released would not go after them.
But, could that be considered enough?
"If those kids really acquired this so-called third eye, this means throughout their lives they would have to see beings that they shouldn"t…. Those presences unknown to them before would become part of their daily lives...."
"This is unbelievable… Not everyone can be strong and live a normal life with spirits constantly popping up around them. If they are even slightly careless and let the spirits know that they could see and feel "them", they would then be at risk of being followed and disturbed in ways unimaginable to normal people," he voiced out with a frown.
The system couldn"t understand one thing so it said, "Host, you normally don"t care about other people unless they are the male and female leads, that mysterious girl, and the parents or close friends of the Original. You"re also not new to the randomness of every world. Why are you suddenly acting indignant on behalf of those students?"
He went silent for a while before copying what it said earlier as his reply. "Coz why not?"
"Er...?" The system didn"t know what to say.
Jiang Li sunk into contemplation.
Of course, there was another reason. A personal hunch even though he was yet to see the memories of his current soul-client.
A ghost haunting was no joking matter.
Some would be possessed or taken over, their lives stolen from them, and even if they regained possession of their bodies, there would still be a huge chance to go crazy. The majority, especially those who found it hard to adapt and had mistakenly shown their fear towards the unknown before a crowd, would face days with them isolated from others or frowned upon for being close to dirty beings.
If the owner of that soothing voice was Margarette...
Jiang Li shook his head. "Poor things." He said, referring to the group. "As if after this sh*tty trip, the male lead would take responsibility for them and help them close their third eye."
He could already foresee this NOT happening. Or actually, the plot showed exactly that.
The problem with the situation was that Fan Zheng didn"t know it was all arranged by some mysterious hands for him. Fan Zheng only thought his friends only reaped what they sowed for provoking a malevolent spirit. He was not to blame.
If not for his sister being part of the trouble-seeking crew, he would not have even distributed to these guys some protective amulets that could keep them away from low-level ghosts. In his estimate, those amulets could only last a month at most.
Done pitying the clueless bunch, Jiang Li resolved to double-check the Original"s memories later to see whether he really never went to follow the leads.
He then went back to what he was supposed to do.
In the memories, a day after the incident in the temple, the group began to regain their calm since they no longer saw scary ent.i.ties like the Original. Even if they saw some, it would only be weaker ghosts. Fan Zheng who had already disclosed his secret ident.i.ty to his friends would quickly deal with the matter using some mysterious and cool-looking charms. Without them knowing, they entered the role prepared for them, cheering for the male lead and becoming wors.h.i.+pful of him.
Things stayed this way for another day. Ghosts popped up, Fan Zheng exorcised, they watched.
Slowly, they crept closer to a village far removed from civilization.
When they were only two days away from the village, courtesy of the girls" stamina being pathetically low despite their adventurous spirits being very high, more and more ghosts, especially females, started to show up and haunt them.
Nighttime became creepier. At the slightest noise, all of them would wake up only to see spooky faces floating near them. Cries seemingly from the depths of h.e.l.l would enter their ears which would only disappear once they began to scream their hearts out. It was that scary. The darkness, eeriness and uncanny silence of the forest added itself to it.
In these situations that made them realize having the ability to see ghosts was not at all times fun, Fan Zheng served his purpose by being the light of hope helping them to cling onto their sanity.
However, the day they almost lost it still came. The male lead already explained to them that at this point, the ones they could see that Fan Zheng had no ability to chase away were evil spirits with terrible strength, capable of possession and moving real objects to kill. How could they not be scared?
When the appearances of the ghosts menacing them became more frequent and their numbers too rose to more than Fan Zheng could handle, they knew all they could do was to scream and run. There was no distinction between genders. Everyone was consumed by fear and was acting upon it.
Thankfully, while running away from the ghosts and yelling their lungs out, they stumbled upon a village that had hospitable people in it willing to let them stay for a few days.
It was a sheer miracle that although three got injured, n.o.body got lost as they raced through the forest.
To their glee, they discovered none of the bad spirits dared to follow them inside the village. Upon checking out what had driven the ghosts away, they found a Buddhist temple in the center of the village and a.s.sumed that was it. After all, the locals said the statue of Buddha within it was one of the three original statues blessed by a real immortal from four hundred years ago.
The group truly felt lucky. They escaped from evil ghosts who were obsessed with tormenting them. And they were alive and treated so well by the locals. With sincere grat.i.tude in their hearts, they knelt before the statue and relayed their praises and thanks through heartfelt prayer.
...
The group truly felt lucky. They escaped from evil ghosts who were obsessed with tormenting them. And they were alive and treated so well by the locals. With sincere grat.i.tude in their hearts, they knelt before the statue and relayed their praises and thanks through heartfelt prayer.