Chapter 58: Ghost on the Back Soul on the Back

  Suddenly, in the darkness I saw an old granny behind Ding Ke's back, pressing on his back. Ding Ke must have been possessed by a ghost.

  This ghost on the back is also a victim of the ghost's trick, and the soul after death does not want to be reincarnated, so they live on the back of a living person. The ghost on the back is different from the ghost on the body, the ghost on the body borrows the human shell, and will eventually consume the human's vital energy; while the ghost on the back will not harm people's health, but it will make people's thinking dull and their whole body weak.

  "Let me see why this ghost is staying on Ding Ke's body." I tried to peek at the old lady behind Ding Ke.

  The yin-yang eyes suddenly turned red, Ding Ke's grandmother, who had always been fond of Ding Ke since childhood and would save the best food for him. However, in the period before her death, she became very strange, her personality changed greatly, becoming violent and even hitting people. Ding Ke's parents thought she had Alzheimer's disease and sent her to a nursing home. Behind the nursing home was a mountain, which recently experienced a landslide, and the old lady unfortunately died after being hit by a giant boulder that fell from the mountain. What was strange was that all the other elderly people were safe, only the old lady passed away. After her death, the family found the old lady's body in the ruins and held a funeral. During the vigil at the mourning hall, the old lady suddenly sat up from the coffin, scaring the whole family to death. She said one sentence: "Ding Ke, Grandma has good food here." Then she lay down again. The family thought it was the old lady's lingering affection for her grandson after death, so they called Ding Ke back home, who was in the middle of exams, coincidentally on the seventh day after the old lady's passing.

  So it turned out that when Ding Ke's grandmother passed away, she didn't want to leave and lingered in the mortal world, attaching herself to Ding Ke's back as a sign of her longing for her grandson. Although I disapproved of the old lady's method, I could still understand the deep love she had for her grandson. However, it wasn't suitable for her to stay on Ding Ke's back forever. It would be better if Mao Shi Jiu helped the old lady with a ritual and sent her off to the afterlife, then conveyed the words she wanted to say to her grandson through him. I thought this was the best solution.

  "Brother Ding!" I shouted as I came before him.

  "Oh, Yang Guo, when did you come back?" Ding Ke slowly raised his head and said in a low voice.

  At a glance, Ding Ke's eyes were dull and lifeless, his face was pale, and he hung his head in despair.

  "Ding Ke, don't ask for now, just follow me." I immediately pulled Ding Ke in the direction of Mao Shi Jiu.

  "Where are you taking me?" Ding Ke looked a bit flustered.

  I pulled and pulled for half a day, but Ding Ke was unwilling to follow me, and just wandered around in that area.

  "Wait for me, I'll be right back." I said to Ding Ke and immediately ran to Song Bridge to find Mao Shi Jiu.

  I ran as fast as I could to Song Bridge without taking a single step back.

  "Master, come with me, my roommate has been possessed by a ghost, go take a look." I anxiously said to Mao Shi Jiu.

  "The ghost is on our backs, just wait a moment and the zombie will come, but I'm not here, so we have to let him escape." Mao Shi Jiu said with a hint of worry.

  "It's not that easy, now even a ghostly figure is nowhere to be found, just wait a bit and hurry back quickly."

  "Alright, alright, I'll give you the Taoist robe. It's just in time for me to teach you how to catch ghosts. Follow me." said Mao Shi Jiu seriously.

  I put on Mao Zedong's Daoist robe and feel something is wrong.

  "Damn it, your robe is too big, you should lose some weight." I glanced at Mao Shi Jiu.

  "You say I'm fat, but you're not much better, looking like a monkey. We make a perfect pair - a fathead and a skinnyhead." Mao Jin sneered at me with a twisted mouth.

  "Stop talking nonsense and save him quickly." I urged.

  Arriving at Ding Ke's location, Ding Ke was still wandering around in the same place and could still see the old lady behind him.

  "Yang Guo, look at this ghost on his back, it's extremely vicious. What you're seeing is actually called a soul-backing-soul. The soul of your friend in front is carrying the soul of the old lady behind him. If you want to get rid of the soul on his back, you'll inevitably harm the soul in front. The only way to save him is to let him eat the Soul-Departing Grass or have the old lady willingly leave herself. Otherwise, if you force it, your friend will become an idiot." said Mao Shi Jiu with a furrowed brow.

  "What should I do? Do you have any Soulgrass there?" I asked anxiously.

  "No." Ma Shi Jiu said very affirmatively.

  "I think you can try talking to that old lady, at least she'll listen to what you have to say," said Mao Shi Jiu.

  "Why", I stared with wide eyes.

  "It's because you're handsome"; I looked at Mao Shijiu suspiciously, feeling that he was hiding something from me.

  "Alright, I'll try." He looked at him with a bewildered expression.

  Should I do this

  "Go give him a pat on the back." Cao Jingru pointed with his finger.

  I walked up with mixed feelings, and when I got halfway there, I looked back at Mao Shi Jiu again. Then, I steeled myself and slapped Ding Ke's back with my palm, causing him to faint on the spot.

  "Who are you?" Suddenly came an old lady's voice.

  "Grandma, hello! I'm Ding Ke's roommate and also his good friend, don't worry. Actually, I'm the one who is nervous to death."

  "Shut up, kid! Don't meddle in other people's affairs, or I'll make you die!" The voice became extremely venomous.

  Damn it, Cao Shi Jiu said he would talk to me, but this is how he speaks to me.

  "I said, old granny, why did you have to drag your own grandson down with you when you died? Your grandson is still young, not even married yet, and you're taking him away. You really... Ah."

  I found myself speaking a bit awkwardly with the old granny.

  "I'm not harming him, I'm saving him. You don't understand, my grandson is the dearest to me in this life, how could I harm him?" The old lady's voice was choked with emotion.

  "Do you know that being haunted will make people's thinking slow and their whole body weak, and if it's serious, they'll be useless?"

  I know, but if I don't, he will die." The old lady said it with a heavy tone.

  The old lady's words left me speechless. From what I saw of the old lady when she was alive, there was no reason to think that she would harm her most beloved grandson.

  "If you can explain clearly, I might let my master, the highly skilled Daoist priest Mao, help you." I said, pointing at Mao 19.

  "Hmph, even Li Bansi from our village can't solve this problem, what Taoist priest do I believe in?" The old lady seems to be a superstitious person and deeply believes in some half-immortal from her own village.

  "Old lady, you tell me first what's going on and let's see if we can solve it. Even if we can't, you won't be at a loss, okay?" I tried to use the old lady's fondness for getting a good deal to get her to speak up.

  "Little one, your eyes are really irresistible. Let me tell you a story. If you can save my child, I will be eternally grateful. You Taoist priests want ghost shells, don't you? I'll give you mine." The old lady stretched out her hand, and the ghost shell was extremely long, estimated to be worth a lot of money.

  "Tell me about it."

  Here is the translation:

  "A year ago, Li Banshan from our village came to find me. He's a fortune teller in our village and everyone comes to him for geomancy and burial arrangements because he's quite accurate. As a result, he's famous in our village and surrounding areas, earning him the nickname 'Half Immortal'. He told me that there was a type of blood grass growing on my family's ancestral tomb, which is a bad omen indicating instability in the family roots and impending disaster. If I wanted to resolve this, I had to bring a basket of red eggs to him.

  Later, when I checked our ancestral tomb, it was indeed true. After thinking carefully about Li Banshan's words, I realized that 'instability in the family roots' referred to the fact that my family's male lineage was facing great danger. My father passed away many years ago, and now only I, his unfortunate grandson, remained.

  I believed what he said and brought the red eggs to him. He told me that Ding Ke would soon face a life-threatening crisis and be haunted by ghosts. When I asked if there was any way to resolve this, he instructed me to pretend to be crazy and sell my wares, only then could Ding Ke avoid disaster. However, after doing so, I encountered one bloody incident after another, until finally, I died in a mountain flood.

  After dying, I woke up in the mourning hall and said one sentence: 'I miss my grandson.' Then Ding Ke returned, and I climbed onto his back to protect him from other ghosts and monsters. That's how we ended up here today. Tonight, I feel like something is going to happen."

  The old lady spoke in a very mysterious tone.

  "You're like this, I think you're too superstitious, being deceived by that Li Bansi," I asked the old lady suspiciously.

  "You don't know, Li Bansi always only charges a basket of red eggs when helping people, and absolutely no money is accepted. My partner once owed him a life when picking herbs on the mountain, so he won't cheat me." The old lady explained.

  I'm in two minds about this matter and can't make up my mind unless I tell Mao 19 what the old lady originally said.

  Cao Jingyu furrowed his brow and thought carefully.

  Mao Shi Jiu finally spoke up after a long wait, "The Blood Curse can only be lifted by the protection of a ghost. That half-immortal seems to have some skills, knowing that only blood relatives can save him. Unfortunately, this old lady's soul will never be able to transcend." Mao Shi Jiu let out a deep sigh.

  Is there a way now?

  Cao Jing shook his head and helplessly spread out his hands.

  Only when the source of the curse appears, that is, the ghost who wants to harm him appears, can the blood curse be lifted and he be saved.

  I went in front of the old lady again and honestly told her about the current situation.

  "As long as I can save my grandson, everything is worth it. Sun Dingke was brought up by me since he was a child, this child is very filial, from young whatever good things I gave him, he would secretly keep half for me. So no matter what, I won't let him suffer a bloody disaster." The old lady said while crying.

  "Old lady, you temporarily stay in Ding Ke's body and follow us. We are confident that we can break the blood curse on Ding Ke's body." I took it upon myself to let them follow us without going through Mao Shi Jiu's approval.

  When I talked to Mao Zedong about it, he didn't have an overly excited reaction, but rather just nodded his head in agreement.

  "Oh no, I forgot about Hei Mao Jiang Shi! Let's hurry up." Suddenly exclaimed Cao Jing Yu.

  At this time, a scream came from the direction of Song Bridge.

  It was silent for a moment. I heard the sound and immediately pulled my legs and ran towards Song Bridge.

  Arriving at Song Bridge, Lin Mo was seen standing at the bridgehead of Song Bridge with his throat being pinched by a black-haired zombie.

  "Let her go, you bastard!" I shouted loudly.

  "I don't know what's wrong with your eyes, but I know she must be an important person to you, or else you wouldn't be so tense.

  I didn't expect the black-haired zombie to have such high intelligence, knowing how to use a hostage to threaten us."

  "Let me go and I'll let her go, otherwise if I just move a finger, she's gone."