Chapter 53: Body Seizure Part 2

There was no movement from inside the room. The woman took out her mobile phone to make a call and glanced back at Wang Ya.

Wang Ya did not move and stood at her door watching the woman.

After about ten seconds, Zhang Qingshui’s room door suddenly opened. Accompanied by a pleasant phone ringtone, Zhang Qingshui appeared at the door, wrapped in a bath towel and holding her mobile phone which was ringing with the incoming call. Zhang Qingshui had damp hair piled on her head, her delicate shoulders, snowy chest, and pair of snowy jade feet all glistening with water. Wang Ya stared blankly for a moment: was this a water lily emerging or a drowned chicken?

The woman hung up the phone and said, “Taking a bath? Where’s Little Qi?” As she spoke, she walked inside.

Zhang Qingshui saw Wang Ya standing at the door and froze for a moment. She looked down at herself and quickly shut the door.

Wang Ya finally knew why the woman looked familiar. Her face shape was similar to Zhang Qingshui’s, and when she smiled, they looked at least seventy percent alike. Wang Ya instantly thought it was amazing: Zhang Qingshui’s mother had come, and she looked so young! She took really good care of herself.

Wang Ya thought again and felt something was off. Even if Zhang Qingshui’s mother was not the matriarch of the Zhang Family, she would be the prospective matriarch, right? Why would she come here? Doubts arose in her heart, and instead of returning to her room, she went over and knocked on Zhang Qingshui’s door.

The woman who seemed to be Zhang Qingshui’s mother opened the door. Seeing it was Wang Ya, she smiled and let her in.

Wang Ya asked puzzledly, “Are you Zhang Qingshui’s mother or sister? You can’t be her sister!” Legitimate Eldest Daughter—if there was an older sister above, how could she be called the “eldest”?

The woman asked, “Do you think Qingshui and I look alike?”

Wang Ya sized up the woman a few more times and said, “Three points alike when not smiling, seven when smiling.”

The woman chuckled lightly and said to Wang Ya, “Sit.” She then asked Zhang Qingshui in the bathroom, “Qingshui, when will Little Qi be back?”

Zhang Qingshui’s voice floated out from the bathroom: “She’ll probably be back late.”

The woman turned and sat down next to Wang Ya, saying, “Wang Ya, let me introduce myself. I’m Zhang Han, Huang Qi’s mother.” As she spoke, she extended her right hand to Wang Ya.

Huang Qi’s mom? And Zhang Qingshui looked like her aunt? Alright, blood relations were close; it was not uncommon for a niece to resemble her aunt. Wang Ya shook hands with Zhang Han, and the worry in her heart eased a lot. It was not strange for Huang Qi’s mother to appear here. If the Zhang Family’s matriarch or prospective matriarch showed up, that would be terrifying.

Wang Ya asked, “Aunt Zhang, did you come specially?”

Zhang Han nodded and said, “Yes.”

Wang Ya asked, “For the Ghost Pill?”

Zhang Han said, “I’d like to ask you to help me with this favor.”

Wang Ya said nothing. She had a body full of troubles right now; how could she have time to find a Ghost Pill for Huang Qi! Besides, with the Zhang Family’s connections and power, could they not obtain one? Wang Ya truly did not believe it.

Zhang Han said, “I think you’ll find it strange why we don’t go through other channels to find a Ghost Pill but insist on asking you.”

Wang Ya nodded and said, “Ghost Demons are uncommon, but not to the point where besides Ghost Granny, there are none to be found, right? The Ghost Family has refined ghosts for generations. I believe there are Ghost Pills besides the one on Ghost Granny.”

Zhang Han said, “Ghosts that have cultivated into demons are very rare. The few known ones have all been collected by the Xuanmen Great Sects. Wild, ownerless Ghost Demons are hard to encounter even once in a century. Even if rumors occasionally spread, people from the Xuanmen Great Sects rush over immediately, and it never falls to the Zhang Family. Although the Zhang Family has some status in the Feng Shui Realm, it is still far inferior to those Xuanmen Great Sects. Using Ghost Pills for pill refinement provides great benefits to Xuanmen Cultivators; ordinary people can hardly obtain them. To put it bluntly, I treasure my daughter, but in some people’s eyes, we are nothing. Little Qi bears the Huang surname, not Zhang, after all, and she’s already over twenty, past the age for nurturing. Her value to the Zhang Family is not yet important enough to make them bleed resources to beg the great sects. And most importantly, right now, besides Ghost Granny from the Ghost Family, no one knows where else to find a Ghost Pill, so we can only go through you.”

Wang Ya said, “I don’t have one either.”

Zhang Han said, “Don’t say you don’t have one yet. You won’t believe that, and neither will I.”

Wang Ya said firmly, “I really don’t.”

The bathroom door opened, and Zhang Qingshui walked out wrapped in a bathrobe with half-dry long hair piled on her head. She went straight to the small desk not far from Wang Ya, sat in the office chair, and stared at Wang Ya.

Wang Ya glanced at Zhang Qingshui, raised an eyebrow, and looked away from that side.

Zhang Han said, “Even if you don’t have one now, that’s fine. We won’t let you help find the Ghost Pill for nothing.”

Wang Ya said, “I won’t look even for money.”

Zhang Han was slightly surprised, her mouth opening a bit as she looked inquiringly at Zhang Qingshui, then back at Wang Ya. “I didn’t say anything about money.”

Wang Ya let out a light scoff. “Without money, what’s there to talk about?”

Zhang Han was thoroughly choked by Wang Ya.

Zhang Qingshui, sitting at the small desk, held her forehead and shifted her gaze elsewhere.

Wang Ya stood up and said, “It’s late. Rest early.” She threw back the parting words Zhang Qingshui had said to her earlier when seeing her out.

Zhang Han called, “Wait.”

Wang Ya turned back to look at Zhang Han.

Zhang Han asked, “Won’t you consider it?”

Wang Ya asked, “Consider what?”

Zhang Qingshui said, “We help you, you help us.” She said to Zhang Han, “Little Aunt, Wang Ya knows even less about the Feng Family matters than I do. I can say she might not even know what her current state means!”

Wang Ya said, “Eldest Daughter Zhang, I’m all ears.”

Zhang Qingshui said, “Wang Ya, I know you have your ways with Catching Ghosts and Demons. Try applying your ghost-catching and demon-catching methods on yourself and see what reaction you get. Then come ask me.”

Wang Ya said, “I’ve already tried. You can speak now.”

Zhang Qingshui asked, “Do the methods for dealing with demonic evils and ghosts work the same on yourself?” Seeing Wang Ya silent, she continued, “When you use the Demonic Power in your body, do you feel like there’s not only your consciousness in your body but another one as well?”

Wang Ya asked, “What are you trying to say?”

Zhang Qingshui said again, “Wang Ya, I think you should know what Borrow Corpse Return Soul is. Do you know what Body Seizure is?”