Chapter Nineteenth: Zhang Yanqiu's Ghost

  Finally, the master's hand shook violently, and all the soul energy was pressed into Zhang Yanqiu's residual soul. However, the residual soul struggled even more fiercely at this time, constantly wailing and screaming, which made Zhang Jianchen's heart ache with sorrow. He looked worriedly at his master: "Master, is my sister going to be okay?"

  The master wiped the sweat, panting heavily, obviously very tired. Hearing Zhang Jian's question, he couldn't help but hum a sound and sat down on the stone slab beside him: "Nothing, nothing, haven't you seen blood transfusions? Which one can be completely compatible? Always need to match well, this process is naturally very hard, but it will be fine soon. Now I've finally replenished the three souls and seven spirits, I'm exhausted..."

  Here is the translation:

  With this, Zhang Jianchen finally let out a sigh of relief and gave his master an apologetic smile, no longer saying anything. His master also shifted his attention to the small person who was currently hovering around Zhang Yanqiu's side, staring at him with unblinking eyes, furrowing his brow severely. At first, he hadn't paid close attention, but now he realized that this little person was different from ordinary spirits or souls. Even after extracting their soul energy and soul imprint, the little person didn't become weak. Instead, it still had a lively spirit surrounding Zhang Yanqiu's residual soul, seemingly studying something with great interest. However, the little person suddenly stopped moving, grinned mischievously, sized up the residual soul for a moment, then opened its mouth wide and spat out a ball of black energy that instantly merged into Zhang Yanqiu's residual soul.

  After doing all that, the little guy was so pleased with himself that he flipped over and headed towards my right ear, humming a tune along the way. Unfortunately, I don't know what he was singing, but it sounded carefree and contented. As he climbed up my arm, he even jumped up effortlessly, without any signs of exhaustion, unlike the little guy who had struggled to climb later on.

  The remaining soul was now wailing even more fiercely, struggling even more violently, and the paper man was also moving about. However, its form was becoming increasingly solid. Zhang Jianchen looked at his master with concern, only to see his master's face twisted in anger. With a sudden burst of rage, he spat out: "Damn it, this is getting ridiculous! This one mouthful of soul energy is even more than what I managed to capture earlier. Why did I bother putting in so much effort? It's infuriating!"

  He stopped again, staring blankly for a while before letting out a bitter laugh: "That thing is either the second yuan Shen or it's too strong. After having its soul energy and soul imprint extracted, it still looks so lively... it's really infuriating. If I had just one strand of my soul imprint extracted, I'd have lost all spirit already. This thing won't recover even in death, how can that guy be fine?"

  At this time, Zhang Jianchen seemed to have understood that his sister not only could reincarnate but also got a great deal. However, the screaming at this moment made people feel uncomfortable in their hearts. The only thing he didn't know was how much impact it would have on him. Master had said that the soul imprint couldn't be restored, and he couldn't help but look at me.

  The master scolded again, but was still worried about me, and couldn't help but look at me. But as soon as he did, his whiskers stood on end with anger, and he slapped my forehead with a loud smack: "You stinky little brat, can't you wake up? Something big is happening and you're sleeping through it, you..."

  This slap really woke me up, but I opened my eyes in a daze and didn't understand what was going on. Seeing Master's face, I scratched my head and said: "Master, I think I just had a dream where I was talking to another version of myself, and I saw several big mountains..."

  The master's face stiffened, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and he snorted, but instead, he scolded me: "You little brat are just an abnormal child——"

  This made me stunned, just about to speak, but suddenly heard Zhang Jianchen exclaiming, the master and apprentice looked at Zhang Jianchen together, then heard Zhang Jianchen anxiously shouting: "Master, come and take a look, what's wrong with my sister?"

  But at this time, Zhang Yanqiu's residual soul had lost its physical form, and it was just a white misty piece, like a fog that kept rolling, and didn't know what the situation was. No wonder Zhang Jianchen would exclaim loudly, but Master didn't pay much attention to it, and waved his hand at Zhang Jianchen: "Don't shout, it's okay."

  Although the master said it was nothing, Zhang Jianchen was still worried, and the master didn't have the mood to examine me either. As for me, my gaze was also attracted by the residual soul. The three of us stood silently around the residual soul, waiting quietly for a long time, until we saw the residual soul slowly stabilize and then slowly transform back into its original appearance. However, it was no longer just a single eye color, but rather like a real person, although with a somewhat ethereal and illusory feeling, as if it were a three-dimensional projection.

  "Where am I?" Zhang Yanqiu asked dully, and although the sentence was simple, it still made Zhang Jianchen overjoyed. He looked at Zhang Yanqiu with tears streaming down his face and trembled as he shouted: "Xiao Qiu, brother owes you an apology——"

  Just as Zhang Jianchen was about to say some emotional words, Zhang Yanqiu suddenly looked at him with a puzzled expression and asked, "Who are you?"

  The sound stopped abruptly, and Zhang Jianchen was like being hit by a hammer, staring blankly at Zhang Yanqiu, unable to say a word. His face was filled with confusion, his lips moved several times before he swallowed hard and spat out: "Little Autumn, I'm your brother, don't you even recognize your own brother?"

  Zhang Yanqiu shook her head, a look of confusion on her face, and suddenly became distressed, slapping her forehead and shouting: "What's wrong with me? Who am I? I...I don't remember anything at all!"

  "It's normal, your sister only has one soul and two spirits left, and she was about to disappear. It's not bad that she can still remember a few things. Her soul is supplemented, but the billions of memories that are lost can't be recovered. Now, only heaven knows what she can remember." The master said calmly, this was within his expectations, it was originally like this.

  Zhang Jianchen didn't say a word, he just nodded and wiped away his tears. It was already good enough that his sister could be reincarnated, but getting what one wants is not always a good thing. Zhang Jianchen still understood this principle, people value contentment, but disappointment was written all over his face. However, the next moment changed to shock, because Zhang Yanqiu suddenly saw me and rushed towards me, with a deadly sentence: "I remember you——"

  At that time, Zhang Jianchen's face changed, and his gaze at me was also fierce. Even the master had a strange look in his eyes. I was stunned at the time, and subconsciously muttered: "But I don't know you, I've never seen you before, I really don't know you, when did we meet?"

  At that moment, I really wanted to cry. People always remember the most unforgettable moments, Zhang Yanqiu even forgot her brother and didn't know who she was anymore, but she still remembered me. Isn't it obvious that I'm the murderer? After all, hatred is also a kind of memory, but I'm innocent - I'm more innocent than Dou E.

  However, Zhang Yanqiu seemed to be very happy that she could remember me, because she really couldn't think of anything else, and just remembered me. She came up and grabbed my neck, oh, hugged my neck. I thought she was going to take revenge on me, but I swear I had never seen Zhang Yanqiu before. How could I explain it to Zhang Jianchen so that he would believe me? I really wanted to cry, but I couldn't. Looking at Zhang Jianchen's body slightly trembling, I estimated that this was already close to the edge of an explosion.

  "It's really strange, I don't remember anything about myself, but I remember when you were five years old and still wet the bed, at eight years old you skipped school for the first time, at eleven years old you got into a fight with someone and even dismantled your teacher's bicycle..." One by one, those were all my embarrassing moments. But what I was thinking at the time was how did she know this? And then it just got more and more absurd: "I also remember that there is a black mole on your left butt cheek, about this big. You had a secret crush on the school beauty but got rejected, and also..."

  "Stop... stop... how did you know, I..." My voice was trembling. How did she know so much about me, all these secret things that I had sworn never to tell anyone, not even my parents?

  Zhang Jianchen was also stunned, even a fool would know that there's something wrong with this. He couldn't help but look at his master, who merely snorted: "This is normal, her soul has merged with Liu Hai's two souls and five spirits' soul imprint, the soul imprint carries most of Liu Hai's memories, she knows all this normally."

  It's normal to fart, but having someone know all your secrets is absolutely abnormal. At least I think so. And they're all unspeakable secrets. If people found out, I'd be too ashamed to show my face. I swallowed hard and looked at Master with a bitter expression, saying: "Master, can you please hurry up and let her reincarnate? I feel really uncomfortable..."

  Zhang Jianchen finally relaxed, smiled apologetically at me, but immediately turned serious and looked at Zhang Yanqiu: "Xiao Qiu, you are Zhang Yanqiu, my sister. Think carefully, do you still remember who killed you?"

  This is the most important thing, for a moment, the three of us looked at Zhang Yanqiu, and Zhang Yanqiu couldn't laugh anymore. She let go of my neck, staring blankly, not knowing what she was thinking about, her face getting darker and darker, biting her lip, her body starting to tremble slightly. After a while, she stammered: "I don't remember his name, I only remember that night he wanted to do something bad to me, I fought back desperately, hit his head with something, at the time he went crazy, grabbed a bottle and hit my head hard, I don't know how many times, I died. At the time, my soul was still following my body, he stuffed me into the trunk of the car, later on the road, he even killed another person, and then threw me and that person together into a pit."

  "Li Chengdong, it must be Li Chengdong, I must avenge my sister's death and kill her, damn it!" As soon as he mentioned Li Chengdong, Zhang Jianchen's face twisted, his steel teeth chattering with a 'click' sound. This was almost certain, according to Zhang Yannong's account, the events of that night were basically clear, everything was done by Li Chengdong, which explained why Li Chengdong wanted to kill him.