Chapter 1307 - 1274: Children Need to Be Taught

Yang Jian held the Ghost Scissors, intending to use this supernatural item to locate the Wishing Ghost.

But what surprised him was that Zhao Xiaoya wished for the ghost to kill herself, yet the thread revealed by the Ghost Scissors was connected not to the ghost, but to the Ghost Cabinet.

The Ghost Cabinet appeared in the position of the balcony, not very conspicuous, as if it had been placed there a long time ago.

However, following Zhao Xiaoya’s wish, the inconspicuous old-style cabinet at this moment emitted a slight creaking sound.

The cabinet door below surprisingly opened slowly.

“Hmm?” Yang Jian felt somewhat surprised by this change in the Ghost Cabinet.

Then he looked over at Liu Siyue.

“If the wish succeeded, under normal circumstances, you would die. But you are still alive. This means that the ghost capable of granting wishes has undergone some unpredictable changes.”

Liu Siyue widened her eyes, realizing this for the first time.

Indeed.

She hadn’t died.

Under normal circumstances, Zhao Xiaoya’s wish would result in the death of a family member. If all the family members perished, then the closest person would die, and if all the closest ones died, it would be someone she knew… and so on.

She had been taking care of Zhao Xiaoya for a long period. If another wish led to death, then it would most certainly be her.

But Liu Siyue was still alive, hadn’t died.

“This, I don’t know either,” Liu Siyue didn’t know how to explain the situation at this point.

Yang Jian squinted and said, “One possibility is that after I revived you, in the judgment of the ghost, you are not a normal living person, so the ghost skipped you and transferred this curse to another person. Recently, some people in Dachang City have disappeared unexpectedly, perhaps related to Zhao Xiaoya, but this is just a speculation, not yet proven.”

“After all, according to the previous wish process, people killed by the curse wouldn’t disappear unjustifiedly, their bodies would be left behind, which somewhat doesn’t match the current situation.”

He now connected previous information, discovering many pieces of information conflicting with each other and couldn’t confirm them.

“So what should we do now?” Liu Siyue asked somewhat anxiously.

Although she was supernaturally revived, her mindset was way better than an ordinary person, but after all, she wasn’t a ghost handler, couldn’t analyze too much.

“This matter doesn’t concern you. I will take care of it,” Yang Jian waved his hand and said.

Meanwhile.

The position of the balcony, the opened Ghost Cabinet was now seeped in blood, thick and scarlet, creeping consciously along the floor, quickly covering the surrounding area, and this spreading trend hadn’t stopped, still expanding.

“The Wishing Ghost doesn’t appear, yet the Ghost Cabinet wants to use supernatural power against me? Could it be the Wishing Ghost has controlled the Ghost Cabinet?” Yang Jian frowned.

He grasped the Ghost Scissors, surveying his surroundings.

Yang Jian also saw several obscure threads on his body, some passing through the walls towards distant places where even the ghost eye couldn’t see, others connecting to the water underfoot, seemingly involved with the Ghost Lake, while some threads entwined his hand, aimed towards the Caesar Hotel.

The last thread originated from the red jade bracelet on his wrist, also connecting to an unknown distance, perhaps related to Sister Hong.

Upon a closer look, it’s clear Yang Jian is tied to quite a few supernatural influences.

However, Yang Jian didn’t use the Ghost Scissors to cut these curse threads. Last time he cut off a supernatural attack from the Ghost Lake, the cost was getting tainted with a new supernatural power, seemingly losing more than gaining.

After all, he wasn’t afraid of familiar curses, but unknown curses were more worrying.

“So now the situation is, Zhao Xiaoya wished, but the Ghost Cabinet fulfilled the wish intending to kill me? This scenario seems to imply Zhao Xiaoya has controlled the Ghost Cabinet… basically, it could be concluded the previous supernatural confrontation resulted in the Wishing Ghost winning, the Ghost Cabinet failing.” Yang Jian pondered.

However, just as he was thinking.

A blood-soaked arm suddenly emerged from the blood pool on the floor, stripped of skin, as if peeled off alive.

The dim living room was filled with a pungent stench of blood.

Soon.

A blood-drenched corpse slowly crawled out of the blood pool.

With the appearance of this corpse, nearby walls began peeling, furniture started fading, and behind the peeled walls, blood seeped through. More eerily, the seeping blood turned from cold cement to slabs of skin-stripped flesh.

As time passed, walls continued peeling, revealing increasingly more flesh, forming a larger skinless Blood Corpse connected seamlessly.

“Is the Ghost Cabinet really intent on killing me?” Yang Jian’s eyes moved slightly, a golden ghost eye slowly opened.

Instantly.

The surrounding darkness dispersed, a scorching aura appeared, in just a blink, strands of pale green flames flooded the entire house, igniting the blood on the walls, stick like maggots that can’t be shaken off once stained.

“It’s painful.”

Liu Siyue felt a pricking pain all over, her skin turning red, seemingly about to ignite.

“This fire only burns the supernatural, won’t affect ordinary people or items. You’re a byproduct of the supernatural. This fire can burn you down to ashes, wait outside temporarily,” Yang Jian casually remarked.

Hearing this, Liu Siyue quickly walked out, not daring to remain in the room anymore.

But at the doorway, she glanced at Zhao Xiaoya sitting on the sofa.

Even with the flames burning around her, she wasn’t affected at all.

Zhao Xiaoya wasn’t an ordinary ghost handler, having no supernatural power on her, so the Ghost Flame’s impact on her was very minor, nearly negligible.

But the blood on the ground, the skinless Blood Corpse emerging from the blood pool was different, directly engulfed in flames, and the Ghost Flame used the Blood Corpse as fuel, burning more fiercely.

“Ah!”

A shrill and eerie scream echoed.

This wasn’t a sound a living person could make; it was emanating from the Blood Corpse.

Yang Jian’s face was expressionless as his ghost eye stared fixedly at the ghost before him.

The surrounding Ghost Flame grew increasingly intense, enveloping the entire living room in flames.

“At such a young age, you already think of killing. Although you’re a child, affected by the supernatural and your mind has been distorted, you should know that killing is wrong. If you can’t listen and obey, then I won’t give you another chance to make mistakes.”

Yang Jian walked over through the layers of flames, glaring at Zhao Xiaoya, giving her a warning.

Zhao Xiaoya continued to look at Yang Jian with a numb and eerie expression, seemingly indifferent to his words, and instead replied in a somewhat naive tone, “You’re the bad guy. I just want my dad to resurrect. Why can’t you help me?”

Yang Jian asked, “So, you hope that I die to help resurrect your father, Zhao Kaiming?”

“Yeah, what’s wrong with that?”

Zhao Xiaoya continued in that naive tone.

“But if I help you, I’ll die.” Yang Jian said.

“Yes, if you’re willing to help, you’d surely be willing to die, and it’s okay if you die; you’re not my dad. As long as my dad resurrects, it’s fine. Many people would be willing to die for me, why aren’t you? So you’re the bad guy.” Zhao Xiaoya said.

“…”

Yang Jian was silent for a moment, momentarily at a loss for how to respond.

Indeed, his inability with words left him unable to out-argue even a child.

“Your cognition is indeed problematic; correcting it seems impossible, but I’m still willing to give you a chance, find you a better teacher to change these thoughts. If not, I’ll have to make you disappear from this world forever.”

“Enter the dream; don’t wake up until you’re properly taught.”

As Yang Jian spoke, a massive Evil Hound suddenly sprang from the amassed water behind him, growling and roaring, ignoring the burning flames, and lunging towards Zhao Xiaoya.

As the Evil Hound attacked, Zhao Xiaoya’s numb expression finally showed fear, her tears welled up and she seemed ready to cry.

But immediately.

The Evil Hound vanished, and Zhao Xiaoya’s body went limp, falling onto the sofa.

She fell into a deep sleep, entering the world of nightmares.

Yet in the nightmare world, Zhao Xiaoya didn’t appear in the quiet village; instead, she was dragged by the Evil Hound into an old private school.

Zhao Xiaoya could not move; her eyes were wide with terror.

The Evil Hound pressed her against the desk of the private school before wagging its tail and leaving.

“How could Yang Jian not spare even such a young girl?”

A voice sounded, and from the podium, Zhang Xiangguang stood there like a puppet, only his eyes and mouth capable of movement. He, having observed countless people, upon seeing Zhao Xiaoya’s expression and innocent gaze, understood that she was merely a young girl despite looking like a teenager.

His character typically ignored such young girls, never resorting to action.

“What’s this place? I want to go home; I don’t want to stay here. You’re all bad people, unwilling to die for me, and even let a dog bite me. If you all died, wouldn’t that be great? Then my dad could come back and protect me…..”

Zhao Xiaoya cried, speaking.

In the world of the Ghost Dream, her emotions returned to normal, no longer so numb and strange.

Listening to Zhao Xiaoya’s words, Zhang Xiangguang immediately frowned.

Sorry, I misjudged. How did this young girl say such venomous words with such a naive tone?

“The evil we speak of and the evil in her consciousness are different; she has a problem with cognition.” Zhang Xiangguang observed slightly and concluded.

The girl before him wasn’t evil; she simply didn’t understand what was evil.

“Did Yang Jian throw this young girl here expecting me to teach her? He really has a big heart. Why would he think I’d teach her? Isn’t he worried I’d use this young girl as a breakthrough to escape?”

“It seems he’s very confident in himself.”

After pondering for a while, Zhang Xiangguang finally sighed, “Well, idle hands are the devil’s workshop; teaching is my old trade after all.”

He decided to teach this young girl.

If not accomplished, at least make her human.

If unable to teach her, this young girl would eventually be killed by Yang Jian.

Sending her to this private school might be her last chance.

“Don’t be afraid; that dog doesn’t randomly bite people. My name is Zhang Xiangguang, what’s your name?” Zhang Xiangguang asked.

“My name is Zhao Xiaoya…”

Meanwhile, in reality.

Under Yang Jian’s Ghost Flame burning frantically, the anomalies in the living room began to dissipate. That skinless Blood Corpse burned to a crisp, yet the body still screamed and struggled; however, as the Ghost Flame continued to burn, the body started to melt, flesh dropping off piece by piece.

Finally, the skinless Blood Corpse completely disintegrated into a pool of blood.

With flames covering the blood, the supernatural couldn’t spread, and there was no longer any danger.

The origin of all this, the Ghost Cabinet, was also now consumed by flames.

Yet despite the Ghost Flame burning, the Ghost Cabinet remained undamaged. No matter how the flames surged, they couldn’t penetrate inside the Ghost Cabinet.

“I refuse to believe there’s truly no way to deal with this thing.” Yang Jian arrived before the Ghost Cabinet, contemplating how to handle this object.

He didn’t need to trade with the Ghost Cabinet anymore, so he must thoroughly resolve the Ghost Cabinet curse.

He had a bad premonition.

Once the conflict between the Wishing Ghost and the Ghost Cabinet ended, some mutation occurred, becoming even more perilous.

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