AIP - Chapter 137: Ghost

Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr

"Mm!" Yiyi nodded. "There was this strange odor on her, but Yiyi wasn't able to identify it."

"It was the air of death," Tang Jie replied. "That maid is dead."

"Dead?" Yiyi was aghast. "So you're saying that person's a ghost?"

"Mm, 80% sure." Tang Jie sternly nodded. "As a Basking Moon student, since I've noticed a haunting ghost, I can't just sit back and do nothing."

Ghosts were lingering spirits. When living things died and a part of their consciousness refused to vanish, a sliver of their soul would attach itself to spiritual energy, giving birth to a ghost that would wander the world.

Unlike fiends and sprites, ghosts had no bodies and found it difficult to cultivate. Thus, they often attached themselves to living creatures, absorbing their Yang energy and eating their flesh and blood.

But as ghosts were born from the consciousnesses of the deceased, they were born weak yet intelligent, completely different from fiends. They knew that there were many cultivators among humans and normally wouldn't attach themselves to humans, preferring livestock or wild beasts.

Yet since humans were intelligent creatures, they were of greatest benefit to ghosts. Thus, there were always a few ghosts bold enough to desire the human body.

This ghost had attached itself to a human and taken their life. It was clearly one of the bolder sort.

Did it really think it could escape the eyes of a cultivator?

There had been a lecture specifically on how to identify the symptoms of someone being haunted by a ghost. Tang Jie was the top student of his year, so he had naturally been able to tell that something was wrong at a glance.

"Alright!" Yiyi clapped her hands. "Let's have some fun and catch a ghost!"

"What's so fun about it? If we don't do this properly, someone might die," Tang Jie said, flicking her forehead.

Yiyi blinked her large and bright eyes. "Is that ghost very powerful?"

"It's not that powerful, but ghosts are born from strong wills that refuse to be extinguished and cling to spiritual energy,

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Translator Notes

Oh? Is this a new romantic interest I espy? Or is it another false alarm like Liu Hongyan or Ping Jingyue? (Or poor little Yaya)

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Aspiring to the Immortal Path Chapter 137: Ghost

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