502 Awakening (1/2)
Under the moonlight.
The ghost in red clothes raised her head. She was Qiu Liang, the lady who had died years ago!
She was emotionless and her eyes were wide opened as though she was stubborn. She was squirming on the ground as though she had lost the use of her limbs, turning her into something which resembled a large red snake.
”I cannot do this!”
Just by gazing at her, Fang Yuan was overwhelmed with fear. ”If go against her now... I will die! She is not a normal spirit!”
Thinking up to this point, Fang Yuan started to hold his breath and made his way towards the entrance of the Ghost Garden.
He didn't know how long the concoction which hid his human traits could last. His life would be in danger for every moment he spent in the Ghost Garden.
He was getting nearer and nearer the entrance...
As Fang Yuan arrived at the entrance, the red ghost suddenly raised its head and a murderous look flashed in its eyes!
...
In the study room of the Tantai Family.
A group of people gathered in the room. Tantai Juexin and Tantai Jueqing were among the group.
Tantai Guijing appeared even more frail-looking than usual as though he was on the brink of death. In reality, his actual age was only about 50. However, he had such a look because of something which backfired on him in the past.
He cleared his throat and began. ”The 20-year cycle is about to rest. What opinions do you guys have with regards to this?”
Other than Tantai Juexin and a few others, the rest were all old and frail looking as they displayed shock on their faces.
It was a 20-year cycle! This was the curse of the Tantai Family! Everyone with the Tantai blood would not be able to escape. If this were to happen in a cycle of a few years, the Tantai Family would be wiped out and killed, especially the few elders who had already survived a few cycles.
”Didn't we discuss to using 'that' to deal with the curse of the 'Door'? Juexin, do you think he's fit for it?”
A bald elder slowly spoke.
”Second Granduncle...”
Tantai Juexin stood up and appeared vexed. ”That thing is the most gifted person I have ever seem. He is only 5 years old now and yet he is already as capable as most other exorcists. However... I did not realise that he was displaying signs of awakening!”
”That's impossible! Unless he has perfect control over it, otherwise, he will not be able to control his 'awakening'!”
A few elders spoke with frustration.
Most of them there were top-notch exorcists and knew the power of ghosts and curses.
Even the strongest human cannot fight against a ghost! Only a curse would be able to deal with another curse!
”This is not a lie and I'm sure all of you know that.”
Tantai Juexin replied coldly before returning to his seat.
Everyone remained silent for a while. They all knew the terror which would come with 'awakening'. The calm period now was the most obvious sign of all.
”Cough cough...”
Tantai Guijing continued. ”In order to break the curse on us, we need to find that 'Door'. All that we have prepared up till now is not enough! Mieming still needs to mature as well. Therefore, we should stick to our original plan... Of course, if we cannot resist this curse, the only thing we can do will be to sacrifice Mieming.”
Everyone remained silent.
At the end, Tantai Guijing suddenly thought of something and asked, ”Do we have a lead on the cursed scissors?”
The Tantai Family was a family of exorcists and therefore it was only normal for the family to have a collection of weird objects.
That red scissors was among the collection. It was cursed with a powerful spell which would enable it to harm spirits.
”We do. That pair of scissors will curse whoever it kills, turning the person into a ghost. Only by finding another ghost will the first ghost be freed... We have used a female servant as a bait for the scissors to complete its curse on a new victim. In the next 7 days, it will not come out to harm others. Furthermore, we can use black magic to trace it.”
Tantai Juexin toyed around with the dagger in his hands as he calmly explained.
”That's good. Quickly recall it back. After all, it is still useful in dealing with curses.”
Tantai Guijing nodded his head. ”The meeting is over!”
...
If Fang Yuan were to eavesdrop on the exchanges during the meeting, he would be utterly shocked.
The red pair of scissors cursed by black magic would curse whoever it kills! Qiu Liang did not die under the pair of scissors. Furthermore, the scissors now had a new target and therefore, there would be a safe period of 7 days!
Therefore, the red scissors which he had seen was not the simple cursed red scissors, but 'something else'!
If might just be the thing responsible for the curse over the entire Tantai Family!
After all, Fang Yuan still had Tantai blood in his body.
Although the curse would more likely seek out the elders, there could be exceptions, for instance, Tantai Jueshang!
”Run!”
But for now, Fang Yuan was still clueless.
As soon as he exchanged glances with the female ghost, he knew right away that the ghost had already detected him.
”Bang!”
Decisively, he leapt out even further than a matured adult could and like a gust of wind, he arrived into the real world.
Behind him, the female ghost had disappeared.
Fang Yuan appeared pale and in pain. As he lifted his pants up, he could see a black palm print on his ankle.
”Almost...”
Even though Fang Yuan had already arrived back in his dimension, the sense of danger had not faded away.