Chapter 42: Seeing is Believing (Part 1)
“Pay attention to the camera, keep it straight,” Sang Jing reminded again.
Xie Yu glanced at the phone, which was filming Sang Jing’s legs, and quickly raised her hand to lift it up.
【What’s wrong with the Little Assistant? Where’s your previous momentum! Bring it out, let’s see who’s scarier!】
【Ah, it’s not easy. I finally see Sang Sang again.】
【Came here because of the fame. The streamer really came to the ‘Ghost Village’.】
【The person in front said the Little Assistant is a floaty? Is it a nickname or is there a story?】
【I’m dying of laughter. The Little Assistant is such a cold-faced beauty, and she’s a floaty herself, but she’s so scared.】
【I’m sorry, I’m a suspicious person. I suspect the Little Assistant is doing it on purpose. She just wants to be close to Sang Sang (smirking face).】
【I second that suspicion. I feel like Sang Sang is quite fond of the Little Assistant.】
【So I’m not the only one shipping them.】
In the previous livestreams, Xie Yu would watch the bullet comments and kick out the accounts with unfriendly remarks. But today, she wished she had eight eyes to keep watch and couldn’t care less about what was scrolling on the bullet comments.
Sang Jing took a step, and Xie Yu followed. Fortunately, a ghost had no weight, otherwise, Sang Jing probably wouldn’t have been able to walk into the village by midnight.
She was holding a flashlight, and the pale light seemed particularly desolate and cold in the village.
“Sang… Sang Jing…” Xie Yu suddenly shivered.
Sang Jing turned her head to look at her. “What’s wrong?”
“There’s a hand grabbing my leg,” Xie Yu was about to cry.
Sang Jing turned her flashlight and shone it at her feet.
A dead branch was stuck on Xie Yu’s ankle.
“…”
“Why don’t you see for yourself,” Sang Jing said, squatting down and picking up the dead branch to show her.
Xie Yu looked down, and the dead branch in Sang Jing’s hand appeared in her eyes and on the camera at the same time.
The bullet comments were very harmonious at this moment, the screen filled with “hahahahahahahaha”.
Xie Yu was also a little embarrassed at this moment. She coughed twice, moved the camera to Sang Jing’s face, and seriously tried to be a good assistant, her fingers tapping quickly on the screen, as if she were very busy.
She gave a thumbs-down to all the bullet comments that laughed at her for being a coward.
Seeing her cowardly appearance, Sang Jing took out the puppet thread that Chairman Chu Minghua had given her, tied one end to Xie Yu’s wrist, and wrapped the other end around her own finger.
During the day, there were a few places in the village where incense was burning. Sang Jing planned to go to those places first to see if there were any lonely ghosts and wild spirits eating for free, and she could also ask them about the situation here.
Turning a corner and arriving at the nearest place, Sang Jing heard some noisy sounds.
Xie Yu almost jumped onto Sang Jing. “Are they here, are they here?”
Sang Jing raised her hand and pressed down on Xie Yu’s shoulder to prevent her from climbing on her, and shone her flashlight into the corner.
Xie Yu dutifully held up her phone and followed the beam of light from Sang Jing’s hand.
On the camera, in the corner of the dilapidated and messy courtyard, a brazier was piled high with burnt incense mountains and paper money. But because the person who had burned the incense was not careful, the incense mountains and paper money were only half-burned, and the inside was not burned through. This kind of incense was the most difficult to eat, but even so, for some lonely ghosts and wild spirits, it was a rare and good thing.
There were three or four ghosts gathered in the corner. When the flashlight shone on them, they looked up. None of them had died a natural death, and their death appearances were all equally terrifying, making Xie Yu fit in perfectly.
【!!!!】
【Wait, wait, this is not right. I’ve also watched the livestreams of other people in this section. No livestreaming room can see ghosts so easily.】
【Help, help, help, help, help, help, wuwuwuwu, Little Assistant Xie, can you let me hug Sang Sang for a while? I’m scared too.】
【Stop, stop, stop, Sang Sang, why are you still going over? Don’t get so close!!!】
【Who dares to say it’s special effects in the future? Can that pile be special effects? Whoever can make such special effects, I’ll enshrine them.】
【I don’t even dare to look anymore.】
One of the four ghosts looked like it had been killed by a fall, just like her, with half of its head smashed, and the red and white brain matter visible inside. Another had drowned, with water weeds hanging on its body, its limbs swollen and dripping water, like a swollen water ball, which felt like it would burst at a touch. Another had eaten some poison, its face ashen, its eyeballs protruding and bloodshot, and blood streaming from its seven orifices. And another had died in a rather fragmented way, barely held together by ghostly energy into a pile of broken bones and flesh.
Xie Yu didn’t dare to look at any of them, but Sang Jing still wanted to go over and talk to them.
Xie Yu was like she was nailed to the ground, not moving at all.
Sang Jing didn’t even look at her. She hooked her finger and directly pulled the cowardly ghost behind her over.
The four ghosts didn’t appear on the camera for long. Sang Jing reached out and covered the camera.
She was afraid that her livestreaming room would be banned again.
The four ghosts saw a person and a ghost come over. They slowly stood up and stared at them with unfriendly expressions.
“First come, first served. This incense is ours,” the pile of broken flesh said.
Xie Yu: “…”
She silently lowered her head and walked behind Sang Jing, resting her head on her shoulder.
So promising.
Sang Jing thought to herself, then took out three sticks of incense from her bag and lit them.
She didn’t speak, but stuck the incense in the ground and then took a step back.
The four ghosts saw her action, then sniffed her incense, and instantly became excited.
They had never smelled such a fragrant scent before. At this moment, the greed of a ghost emerged. They looked at each other, then rushed forward without a care.
Such fragrant incense, how delicious it must be to eat.
Because of the three sticks of incense, the four ghosts started to fight.
“It’s mine, it’s mine!”
“Get lost! Look at what you’ve become. What’s the use of eating so much?”
“I should be the one to eat. I’ve lost a lot of blood, so I need to replenish it.”
“Go die. You’ve eaten enough just now, and you’re still trying to snatch more. Have you no shame?”
“I have no face.”
Xie Yu peeked out from behind Sang Jing and watched them fight. A pile of arms, legs, and brain matter were all mixed together, and it was impossible to tell who was who.
Xie Yu felt a little nauseous.
Actually, looking at it this way, her death appearance was not bad. At least she was still quite complete.
She comforted herself in her heart, then thought that if she hadn’t met Sang Jing, would she also be like this now, fighting with this group of lonely ghosts and wild spirits for incense to eat?
She silently tightened her grip on Sang Jing. Xie Yu thought to herself that this was her iron rice bowl, and she couldn’t lose it.
Three sticks of incense were not enough for four hungry ghosts. In a short while, they were all eaten up. The four ghosts looked at Sang Jing with expectant eyes, not even looking at the pile of rotten incense behind them.
“You’ve eaten my incense, so you have to answer my questions,” Sang Jing said, looking at them with a calm expression.
The four ghosts nodded frantically.
“A few days ago, a few young people came here. They went crazy, silly, and one was lost. Do you know where the ghost that made them like that is? And that lost girl.”
“This…” The ghost with half of its head smashed said hesitantly, “We don’t know either. We were attracted by the incense in this village. But there are a few very fierce ghosts in this place, with very heavy resentment. You should leave quickly.”
At the mention of the ghosts in the village, the ghost with blood streaming from its seven orifices’ face turned even greener. “Yes, yes, that woman with two children. If it weren’t for the fact that they don’t eat this incense, we wouldn’t have dared to risk coming in.”
Sang Jing asked again, “Then do you know where they are?”
“No, no, no, we don’t know,” the four ghosts shook their heads like a rattle-drum.
It seemed they were really fierce, to make them so scared.
Sang Jing didn’t ask anymore. She lit three more sticks of incense and pointed them in a direction.
“Keep walking. Someone over there will take you to where you should go.”
These lonely ghosts and wild spirits, without incense offerings for a long time, would forget who they were, where they were, and where they were going. When a Xuan Master encountered them, they would usually give them incense to eat, then lead them to find the Yin Road and send them on their way.
After sending off the four ghosts, Sang Jing released her hand that was blocking the camera.
Xie Yu also let go of Sang Jing and let out a long sigh of relief.
She took a moment to look at the bullet comments—
【Wuwuwu, Sang Sang, you’re so nice. You even blocked the camera because you knew we were scared. Muah, muah, muah, muah, I love you.】
【Did the streamer just mention the five people from ‘Ghost Sighting’? So she came to the ‘Ghost Village’ for them?】
【These ghosts have all said this place is dangerous. Streamer, why don’t you go back and let the Xuanmen and the Special Investigation Team handle it?】
【I’m also a little worried. This place is too strange. Even the ghosts don’t dare to come.】
【Ugh—I’ve thrown up all my food for the day. The streamer didn’t cover it properly just now. I saw that pile of minced meat talking. Ugh—】
【Don’t say it, person above. I’m eating.】
【Boring. I originally wanted to see ghosts, but the streamer blocked them. She’s really teasing us.】
On the other side, at the village entrance, Fan Yin turned to the side and vomited profusely. Shen Lan also frowned and turned her head away. Tan Wei was calm and even had Ah Qing go and meet the four ghosts.
“This little sister’s mentality is really stable,” Shen Lan sighed.
So rare.
“Indeed,” Chu Minghua said, a rare occurrence.
Shen Lan and Tan Wei both looked over, the same thought in their minds.
Could it be that Chairman Chu is also interested in Sang Jing?
Chu Minghua laughed and glanced at them. “What’s wrong? Afraid I’ll snatch her from you?”
Shen Lan chuckled. “How could I?”
If the senior were to speak, they would all be in vain.
Chu Minghua asked them in a low voice, “What do you think of this child’s strength?”
Shen Lan thought for a moment. “I can’t tell yet. She hasn’t made a move. Hey, hasn’t Tan Wei seen her make a move? Do you have an idea?”
Tan Wei pursed her lips. “Seven-coin.”
She didn’t dare to say eight-coin directly, because she hadn’t reached the level of eight-coin yet. But under the snake tomb, the strength Sang Jing had shown might even be higher than hers.
Shen Lan was also a seven-coin. She looked over in surprise. “Seven-coin? Are you kidding?”
Among the current Xuan Masters, there was only one nine-coin Xuan Master, and only three eight-coin Xuan Masters, two in the Xuanmen and one in the Special Investigation Team. There were a dozen or so seven-coin Xuan Masters.
For Sang Jing to have the strength of a seven-coin at her age, it was not just a matter of high talent, but also related to her guide.
“Let’s just keep watching. After all, you are also examiners for this assessment. As for her true strength, seeing is believing.”
The popularity of the livestreaming room was rising very quickly. There were already three or four thousand people, and some people didn’t dare to watch and were discussing it on the forum of the metaphysics section. In just a short while, more than a dozen posts had been opened, and all of them were about Sang Jing and the ghost village.
【The streamer is going to that burned-down house. That’s the home of the crazy woman and her two children. They must be there.】
