Chapter 1 (2/2)

”Me? I don’t know” The upperclasslasses, an unusual yet terrifying gleam shone in his deep-set eyes ”If I knew then would I have ended up like this? If I knew then would she have died? Did that classmate of yours take a road called Crimson Hilltop?” He Jian Fei hurried and nodded, his heart suddenly sank, realizing that it was as he had expected, it had so to do with that suspicious road The upperclassain, ”I only know that decades ago, Cri Spectre Road” ”Haunting Spectre Road?!” He Jian Fei was surprised by his answer ”Why did they call it such a terrifying name?” The upperclassmen stared blankly for a hter, ”I don’t know, she doesn’t know either, neither of us knew It’s only a legend left behind by the previous graduating class, it was said that if soht, they will die a blood-covered death, their face filled with terror She didn’t believe it, tried to flaunt her braveness and ran there And guess what happened? Ha ha ha … Before her death, she used all her reth to tell me two sentences, ’Death is inevitable There is no escape’ Yes, there is no escape, absolutely no escape” The upperclass attention to He Jian Fei, turned and sloalked away

Cri Spectre Road? The question on He Jian Fei’sself-study time was finally answered He rushed back to the fourth-floor like a gust of ind Most of the people on the fourth-floor all went to see what happened, the row of dorms were now mostly empty Near the top of another set of stairs, ca, the sound floated through the corridors on the fourth-floor, adding an air of sadness to the building He Jian Fei stopped in front of dorm room 428, kicked in the door and saw a person curled up next to the desk leg, hugging the blankets and sobbing When he saw He Jian Fei come in, he couldn’t help but to look up at him He Jian Fei closed in and questioned him coldly, ”Qin Xiao Tian, I’d like for you to explain to me about Crimson Hilltop” Qin Xiao Tian was stunned for quite a while, then finally broke and buried his head in the blankets and started bawling, ”I … I just wanted to … I didn’t think that he would die … The legend was true, I didn’t expect, I didn’t expect it …” He Jian Fei tried to suppress his anger, and punched Qin Xiao Tian right in the face and shouted, ”He’s already dead, what good is tellingChuan Xun back? Everyone thinks that Haunting Spectre Road killed Chuan Xun, but you are the realsuddenly came to a halt, and the door room was dead silent He Jian Fei realized that he wasn’t here to beat hier, he took a few deep breaths to calnificant person in front of hiust and asked in a harsh tone, ”TellSpectre Road”

Qin Xiao Tian’s older brother was in the Student Union and told hi hi Spectre Road was originally called Oil Hilltop, it was there when the school was first built and was once used as the nosed with cancer during her physical exa herself on the road When her classrave, they told her that she was irl was already reluctant to die, she couldn’t give up her resent Ever since then, no one dared to walk that road at night A few years later, a ht and went to fetch it, but he never ca on that road, scared out of his wits It was said that his ghost ander back to his dor for the iteet back After a few days, another girl was raped and killed there Two tragic incidents took place at the sa coincidence alerted the Student Union After a few days of fierce debate, they unani trouble At the saed the name of the road to Crimson Hilltop, crimson like the colour of blood So far, accidents at Cri each year, and they all died the exact sa Spectre Road In order to maintain the reputation of the school, information about the road was sealed off from the outside world, therefore, very few outsiders know about Crimson Hilltop Those who died werefreshmen

If the legend about people dying at Cri the 50 years period, it hosts, and accuy,[6] Zhang Chuan Xun’s death was certain the er that He Jian Fei had tried hard to suppress flared up once again, he took a step forward, grabbed Qin Xiao Tian by his shi+rt collar and dragged him up, ”Have you no human conscience? Where is your humanity?!” Qin Xiao Tian met He Jian Fei’s eyes, then closed his eyes and continued crying his heart out, pleading to He Jian Fei, ”I’, I have no hu of you, please just kill me …” He Jian Fei wanted to slap hireen layer ofhateful energy? Qin Xiao Tian was being possessed by a ghost! But thehiainst har hio Usually, when a ghost takes possession of a person’s body, they want nothing more than to fulfill their own purposes, therefore they will devour the other person’s soul at all cost, why is the ghost possessing Qin Xiao Tian risking it all to protect him?

Translator’s Notes:

I’ve actually beto recootten around to actually do it I recobar, I have posted up the ebook link along with audiobook links Please check the site out for lots of wonderful recommendation and translations :)

It’s the first of a series, but each novel is a stand alone story, don’t worry about picking up another book in the series and not being able to understand it This book is horror with Chinese ic and fantasy elements, it is set in the present day, but probably a decade of so behind our current tio

I translated the first chapter simply as a teaser to accompany my recommendation I do plan to translate more of it since I really love this series :D Also, this is the firsttranslation of mine, but lots of the elements are rather ancient, so yay~ :) I’m not much for modern novels

PS I feel a very strong cough FEELINGS between Jian Fei and Chuan Xun xD they weren’t there when I was reading it in Chinese Perhaps this will inspire me to translate some BL? What do you think? I know some of you read BL, I KNOW! ;)

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1 招魂铃, Spirit Evoking Bell or Spirit Calling Bell, fictional hosts and spirits

2 俗家弟子, to put it simply, it’s someone who follows the ways of the Buddhist monks but keeps his or her hair

3 黄符, used in the practice ofon the out different orders Can be used for ic user’s wishes

4 奈何桥, a bridge in The Underworld that all souls have to walk over and make their way to reincarnation

5 洗冤池, literally translates to ”pond that washes away injustice one has suffered”, a fictional place in the novel

6 冤气, the feeling of having suffer injustice or being wronged is transfory host more powerful