Chapter 3: The Midnight Climber (Part 1)

  When we arrived at Zhang Shu's place, Zhang Shu saw that Wang Yue didn't seem surprised. It turned out that Zhang Shu had calculated today that he would meet me and originally planned to subdue him, but later felt that there seemed to be some connection between us, and some things still needed to be resolved by ourselves, so we let it go.

  "Uncle Zhang, what's going on with Yue? Look at him now, all alone..." I said.

  "Ah, people have a yang lifespan, ghosts have a yin lifespan. That's why some ghosts can't reincarnate and become lonely spirits. I calculated that his yin lifespan hasn't ended yet, probably still needs to stay in the mortal world for over ten years..."

  "What? Over ten years? Then he hasn't seen the light of day for over ten years?! " I said. Wang Yue heard Zhang Shu's words from the side, but didn't get as excited as me, still standing quietly, head lowered, not saying a word.

  "Uncle Zhang glanced at me: "You don't understand, this is fate. For him, it may not be a bad thing... En... I think from now on, let him follow you, also good to take care of you."

  "Huh?!" I was even more surprised this time. Although I'm just a middle school student, I've also seen on TV that spirits and humans can't be together for long periods of time... let alone taking care of me... This... although I feel like Yue is like a new friend I just met.

  "Kid, you've watched too many movies. What they say on the screen is just superficial. I can bind him as your contract spirit. If you two are together like this, it won't harm either of you, and Yue will also gain some magical powers." Zhang Shu said while looking at Yue, asking: "Are you willing? After all, this is between the two of you."

  Yuè nà xiǎo zǐ bàn tiān bù shuō huà, bù zhī dào zài xiǎng shá, zhè shí tīng jiàn Zhāng shū wèn tā, gǎn jǐn de tái qǐ tóu, yǎn shén zhōng yǐ méi yǒu le jiàng jiàn tā shí de xiū qiè, mù guāng zhōng chōng mǎn jiān dìng: "ēn. Zhāng shū nǐ bāng wǒ jié wéi xíng shén ba, wǒ zì yuàn de, yě xiǎng zài yáng jiān zhè duàn shí guān bào dé Míng de ēn qíng."

  "Good kid! You have a bit of righteousness, so I'll help you become sworn brothers." Zhang Shu said, and had already walked into the inner room, bringing out an incense burner filled with millet, a bowl of black blood, three yellow talismans, and a copper coin sword... The more he looked, the more it seemed like they were filming a movie. Especially that bowl of black blood, which was emitting a faint stench, making him wonder: Could it be human blood?

  Just then, Zhang Shu spoke up: "You guys remember, fresh black dog blood can ward off evil spirits, but ordinary people don't know that if black dog blood is left out for a long time, it can be used as an offering to summon a yin-yang spirit." "En." This time, I and Yue nodded in unison.

  "Also, it's not that Uncle Zhang is treating you as outsiders, but the secret techniques of our school absolutely cannot be seen by others. So just close your eyes and sit on those meditation cushions."

  Uh... I exchanged a knowing look with Yue Mo Qi, and then we sat down together on the couch, still laughing at Zhang Shu's stinginess in my heart.

  "Alright, I'm starting now. During the process, you absolutely cannot move, think of each other's appearance, and silently recite each other's names. Qingyun pays respects, the superior being manifests its sacredness, borrowing my divine power..." As Zhang Shu spoke in a steady tone, he slowly felt himself becoming drowsy, only vaguely seeing Yue's appearance. Slowly coming back to consciousness, his body seemed much lighter, and upon looking at the palm of his left hand, he saw an additional blue-purple pattern, which at first glance looked like a blue birthmark, but upon closer inspection revealed some intricate designs within."

  "Mingming, I just used a unique technique of our school. From now on, Wang Yue is bound to you as your Shigod, and whenever you're in danger, he'll be summoned to save you. Also, remember that the blue-purple mark on your hand will glow when you're in extreme danger and Wang Yue's powers are insufficient to avert disaster. If you cover it with blood at that time, Wang Yue's powers will greatly increase. However, don't use it excessively, or it'll harm your body." Zhang Shu said, turning to Ming: "You've become Mingming's Shigod, and from now on, you're one entity, sharing fortune and misfortune. You no longer need to fear the evil energy on Mingming's body. You must protect his safety well, and when you reach fulfillment, I'll help you break through and be reborn as a human together with Mingming."

  "Thank you, Uncle Zhang! I will definitely repay your kindness!" Yue.

  "What are you talking about? If you keep saying that, I'll get angry. What favor do I owe you? From now on, we're just good buddies, sharing fortune and misfortune together."

  "Hehe, okay. Tomorrow you go home with Mingming, I can't keep providing food for you all the time." Zhang uncle said to me.

  The next day, everything was as usual. During the day, I still played with my friends and attended classes. In the evening, I would take Yue out for a stroll. He would wait for me at the school gate when I was about to finish school. I would rush towards him with a silly smile, and my friends would see it and tease me, saying "Ah, you've got a new boyfriend!" But honestly, I really felt like I had gained a new friend, and my life became more fulfilling.

  To welcome the college entrance examination, although the school was not allowed to have evening self-study sessions, our school is located in a small town after all. Once the school gate is closed at night, only boarding students are left on campus. As the class leader, I would lead all the boarding students to gather in two large classrooms on the second floor of the teaching building for self-study every evening. Each night, there would also be a teacher on duty at the school.

  It was a Friday evening self-study session, and there were fewer people, mostly girls. We all gathered in one big classroom to study. As I was working on math problems, I suddenly felt a sense of oppression! My face felt a chill, as if something was blowing cold air. What was it? I quickly looked around the classroom, but didn't find anything, and Yue wasn't there either. It seemed that thing wasn't targeting me. So I calmed down and continued to do my problems.

  After the second class of evening self-study, my classmates returned to their dormitories one after another. I locked the door and went to the office to find the instructor on duty. Today was his shift, so I had to check the dorms with him to prevent some students from going out to play. I'm quite lucky, under the care of our class teacher, as long as I attend evening self-study, I have a single room in the dormitory.

  We first went to the boys' dormitory, I'm going... This smell... Okay, it's relatively familiar, to be honest, it smells a bit like chicken manure. No wonder, the school doesn't have convenient access to water. When we entered the dormitory, the boys were taking off their clothes and shoes one by one, I started counting them, 1, 2, 3...

  Suddenly! A sharp cry almost scared me to death! It was from the direction of the girls' dormitory! The instructor reacted quickly and ran towards the girls' dorm, I was stunned and also rushed to follow, some boys in the back also put on their clothes and went to take a look.

  Arrived at the girls' dormitory, all the girls were crying. At the entrance of the dormitory, a girl was sitting there, stunned and unable to speak. A few who were not scared were comforting her by calling out her name.

  "What's going on?!" the head teacher shouted, but the girls just kept crying, as if they had just experienced a huge fear. The head teacher probably thought that now was not the time to scold them, or they would be even more frightened. Myself and the head teacher could only let the male students who came go back to their dormitory first, then put the female students on the bed, covering them with quilts. It seemed that this girl was the most severely shocked, and until now we still didn't know what had happened. The time was already 11:20, and the girls' emotions were slowly stabilizing. They slowly told us about the terrifying scene that had just occurred...

  Just after the second evening self-study session had ended, the girls had finished washing up and were about to undress and lie down on their beds when Liu Ying (Liu Ying was one of the girls who had comforted her earlier, she was the study committee member of Class 2. The girl who was most severely frightened was also from Class 2, named Xiao Qi) suddenly saw a white thing crawling on the road outside the door in a daze... When she took a closer look, she almost got scared to death, it turned out that a white human body was crawling towards their dormitory! At that time, she was already so frightened that she couldn't speak, only her arm was pointing straight at the thing... The other girls saw her staring blankly and didn't move, they all looked in the direction she was pointing, and as soon as they did, they were all scared stiff!

  Everyone saw that the white figure had almost crawled to the dormitory door! Everyone clearly saw that it was a girl's face! Long hair, slowly crawling... But! She didn't have black eyes! Only white eyeballs! The girls were so scared that they couldn't say a word. That body... No! It should be called a corpse, slowly crawled into the girls' dormitory. Some girls fainted, and other girls couldn't say a word. The crawling female body entered the dormitory door as if it had a target! Suddenly, it quickly and straightly crawled towards Xia Qi! Xia Qi was more afraid than the other girls, already trembling with fear! Maybe because of fear, she didn't move at all. That female body quickly crawled in front of Xia Qi, her white pupils staring at her, and her mouth slightly smiled! Then she grabbed Xia Qi's foot! Started to turn around! Violently pulled Xia Qi's body out, it was only then that everyone reacted! Loudly crying and shouting, the female body seemed to feel something, when she dragged Xia Qi to the door, she suddenly put her down and quickly crawled away. After that, I and the director arrived.