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However, just now, seeing those images, Zhang Chuanhai was indeed very angry. It was precisely this anger that allowed Zhang Chuanhai to accumulate resentment and become a ghost with the prototype of an Earthly Evil Spirit within the Soul Banner. Yet, after feeling this anger, his love for his girlfriend diluted his resentment! He even thought these fleeting thoughts were mere illusions, which is why he had been caught in a struggle for so long.
On one hand, Zhang Chuanhai deeply loved his girlfriend and did not believe in these fleeting thoughts. On the other hand, the awareness of being a ghost constantly reminded him that these images were real. Although Xiao Yefeng did not understand what these images meant, he knew that fleeting thoughts were a type of ability of Vengeful Spirits, which was why those ghosts could report grievances in Yin Si.
Fleeting thoughts are the memories of the wronged regarding their cause of death and serve to convey dreams to their relatives, pointing out certain conditions about their enemies. This ability is granted to ghosts by the realm, allowing all Vengeful Spirits to see them in order to convey dreams to their relatives seven days after death, helping them seek revenge. Therefore, the fleeting thoughts seen were indeed real.
In fact, upon hearing this, Xiao Yefeng already understood that Zhang Chuanhai's death was definitely not a normal phenomenon. Setting aside the abnormality of his remaining lifespan, the fact that his ghost was taken by the Soul Banner before reaching Seven Days After Death made the problem clear. Ghosts are among the most peculiar existences in the three realms; while living people endure various sufferings in the human world, after death they must bear the management of Yin Si. However, during the first seven days after death, they exist in an awkward state.
During these seven days, ghosts typically observe their relatives mourning over them under the watch of two Yin Chai. However, there is another issue: at the moment a person dies, although Yin Si can sense it instantly, sending someone takes time. Generally, this period is when untrained Geomancers can easily capture and refine illegal Spirit Tamers. However, such deceased individuals whose lifespans have already ended are rarely captured by Geomancers.
This is because those who are about to die will have Yin Chai waiting to collect their souls. Attempting to capture ghosts and refine Spirit Tamers in front of Yin Chai is tantamount to seeking death; such situations are highly unlikely. So how could that earlier situation occur? It would mean that under normal circumstances where lifespans have run out, something delayed the arrival of Yin Chai to collect the soul. However, typically speaking, even if untrained Geomancers discovered a ghost in such circumstances, they would not forcibly capture it.
This is simply because ghosts in such situations are marked as existing on the Book of Life and Death; if Yin Chai arrives and does not find a ghost, they cannot report back. You wouldn't think these Yin Chai would take on blame themselves, would you? In such cases, Yin Si would certainly investigate thoroughly; illegal soul collection by Geomancers cannot escape condemnation. Thus, these evil Geomancers would not be so blatant in their attempts to refine Spirit Tamers.
Generally speaking, these Geomancers would adopt methods similar to how Zhang Chuanhai became an Earthbound Spirit. However, there is still a significant difference. Those evil Geomancers who wish to raise ghosts but lack Living Souls would resort to another extremely malicious method: they would target someone with a long lifespan and use their abilities to curse that person. Subsequently, when this cursed individual dies before any hints appear on the Book of Life and Death, their Living Soul would rise up and wait above their corpse for soul collection.
At this point, the waiting Geomancer would forcibly collect the soul and then use some Feng Shui Techniques to erase any signs of death from this person’s existence on Yin Si's Book of Life and Death. Thus, this ghost would belong to that Geomancer for raising. However, the difficulty lies in deceiving those who possess knowledge of the Book of Life and Death; at least Xiao Yefeng has no memory of such methods in his inheritance.
Of course, looking at Zhang Chuanhai's issue now is no longer relevant here; it is evident that Zhang Chuanhai's death has already been discovered by Yin Si. Therefore, the Geomancer responsible for Zhang Chuanhai's tragic death definitely did not resolve it using previous methods or perhaps lacked sufficient ability.
However, Xiao Yefeng still does not know where exactly Zhang Chuanhai's problem lies. After all this time spent investigating Zhang Chuanhai's situation without seeing anything conclusive leads him to suspect that perhaps a Ghost Valley Sect technique was used for raising ghosts. Yet this Geomancer might have been unskilled and combined with personal changes created a unique method for raising ghosts.
Cursing Zhang Chuanhai and then using Seven Reincarnations caused Zhang Chuanhai's resentment to surge dramatically enough to evade capture by Yin Si. Then utilizing Soul Banner covered him while transferring Zhang Chuanhai’s communicated ghost into an Earthbound Spirit form. Unexpectedly everything was altered by Xiao Yefeng who forcibly captured Zhang Chuanhai with Ancestral Spirit techniques while that Earthbound Spirit form of Zhang Chuanhai was passed off by that Cheap Brother onto himself.
"Guessing like this is pointless," Xiao Yefeng said directly. "Brother, can you please get to the point? What exactly did you see? If you don't tell me, how can I help you resolve your issues, alleviate your grievances, and allow you to reincarnate? You've been wandering for so long; a wronged soul forced to linger in the mortal realm risks losing its essence! This is already the second year of your forced stay in the human world. You need to know that by December this year, if you don't return to Yin Si, you'll be unable to reincarnate forever! Although there are still eleven months left, that's not a long time!"
Xiao Yefeng's words were harsh, but Zhang Chuanhai understood the truth behind them. After a series of mournful ghostly sighs, Zhang Chuanhai finally revealed the truth to Xiao Yefeng.
After receiving Zhang Chuanhai's memories, Xiao Yefeng realized that a year ago, seven days after Zhang Chuanhai's death, he had witnessed something that could turn him into an Earthly Evil Spirit. However, upon sharing memories, Xiao Yefeng felt his face flush—not from embarrassment over the images but from genuine anger.
Even as a living person, seeing those images filled Xiao Yefeng with rage. He could easily imagine how Zhang Chuanhai must have felt upon witnessing them. Through the shared memories, it was clear that Zhang Chuanhai's girlfriend was an extraordinarily beautiful woman, far too good for the ordinary Zhang Chuanhai. Yet, there was a certain resemblance between them that suggested they were meant for each other. In geomancy, this kind of mismatched couple is referred to as having a karmic debt from a past life.
According to geomantic teachings, such situations often indicate that this woman owed a significant emotional debt in her previous life and had come back to repay it in this one. However, the mole beneath her right eye hinted at something ominous; geomancy states that such marks can bring misfortune.
In fact, within Zhang Chuanhai's memories, this woman was indeed treacherous. In his fleeting thoughts seven days after death, the first scene revealed her engaging intimately with an unseen man. Their dialogue was also vividly present in his recollections.
The satisfied woman said, "The plan is halfway successful; that guy is completely enchanted by me. Darling! Ah~ hurry up and give it your all!"
After some moaning, she continued, "Darling! When are we going to make our move? Just looking at that useless fool gives me goosebumps!"
After a shuddering moment, the man atop her replied, "Tch! You’re not willing? I’m not even wearing the green hat myself; what right do you have to criticize me?"
His words made the previously flushed woman fall silent. The man then patted her shapely rear and said, "In a few months, my hidden curse will be complete. By then, I'll acquire a Living Soul with nearly sixty years of lifespan. At that point, my status will rise significantly; you'll benefit from it too!"
With the man's promise in mind, the woman once again wore a flirtatious expression as they entered their shameless world once more. At this moment, Xiao Yefeng was seething with anger—Zhang Chuanhai's infatuation had been exploited! The pure and kind heart of Zhang Chuanhai had been toyed with by this couple. From their brief exchange, Xiao Yefeng understood that the woman's initial approach toward Zhang Chuanhai was likely unintentional. However, the man had discovered their fated connection and sensed Zhang Chuanhai's lingering aura of violence from years of slaughter.
Thus, Zhang Chuanhai fell victim to their scheme—betrayed and killed without mercy—and now his soul could not reincarnate but was captured by this man’s deceit. Had it not been for Xiao Yefeng's intervention, Zhang Chuanhai would likely still be serving this man as an Earthbound Spirit. With his resentment growing stronger under such circumstances and absorbing Yin Qi more intensely due to his bitterness, one could only imagine how much more powerful Zhang Chuanhai would become over the next sixty years filled with such deep-seated grievances.
"Brother Zhang! Don't worry, I will definitely help you find that pair of scoundrels within this year!" Xiao Yefeng looked at Zhang Chuanhai's ghost curled up in his Spirit Platform, clearly feeling very dejected. Having to share his most despised memories with another person must have been hard for Zhang Chuanhai, so Xiao Yefeng took the initiative to comfort him.
"Master Xiao! Can I ask you for a favor?" Zhang Chuanhai hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"Don't call me Master. Brother Zhang, just call me Feng, or Xiao Brother is fine too!" Xiao Yefeng replied.
"Alright! Xiao Brother! I hope that when you find those two people one day, you won't make things difficult for Ling!" Zhang Chuanhai, who had been anxious, spoke with determination at the end.
"What? Brother Zhang, they are the culprits who caused your death, especially that woman. How can you still plead for her?" Xiao Yefeng exclaimed in surprise.
"Xiao Brother! No matter what, I hope you can let her go after finding them. Although I am furious that she caused my death, I can feel that when I was gravely ill, Ling was truly sincere towards me. Just based on the tears that fell on my face while I was unconscious, I have already forgiven her!" Zhang Chuanhai said helplessly.
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