Chapter 85: Lust Ghost, Not a Yang-Drainer
She had lent out her body for ten days already. She couldn’t imagine—nor did she dare to imagine—how, on each of those ten nights, that female ghost had ruined and abused her body.
For a moment, He Rui had even thought about dying—ending it all once and for all—but she forced herself to hold back.
She still had family. If she died, how devastated would they be? And after entering this circle, seeing far too many shocking, ugly things, she kept comforting herself: it’s nothing, it’s fine. Only by doing that could she swallow the nausea and keep living.
He Rui naturally skipped over those details she didn’t want to mention, but it was already enough for Su Keke to judge what kind of ghost this was.
“It’s okay—just a lust ghost, not the kind of seductive ghost that siphons people’s yang energy,” Su Keke said.
“Lust ghost?” He Rui looked blank.
“It’s just… mm.”
Su Keke herself didn’t know how to explain it, so she used Shifu’s original wording: “It’s the kind of ghost that wants to sleep with men—a female lust ghost—or wants to sleep with women—a male lust ghost. If they can’t sleep with someone, they feel uncomfortable all over, and because they didn’t sleep enough in life, they formed an obsession. After death, they still want to sleep—those kinds of ghosts.”
Hearing that, Qin Mochen shot the little girl a subtly complicated glance.
Who taught her all this messy nonsense?
“A lust ghost only wants to sleep with people. A seductive ghost, on the other hand, sleeps with people to siphon off the other party’s yang qi. The former are mostly male, the latter mostly female.”
But He Rui had actually run into a rare female lust ghost.
He Rui hadn’t understood the female ghost’s intentions before. Now that Su Keke said it like this, she finally realized—this female ghost’s intention was to sleep with men!
She was so stupid she wanted to cry. Why had she made a deal with a lust ghost in the first place?
He Rui said with a pale face, “Yesterday, I think I angered her.”
After discovering what the female ghost had been doing these days, how could He Rui still be willing to hand her body over to be trampled on? But the female ghost actually tried to possess her by force.
While she was still clear-headed, He Rui stabbed her own thigh with a knife to force herself to stay awake, absolutely refusing to give the female ghost any opening.
She knew that once she fell asleep, the female ghost would get on her body.
Her actions enraged the female ghost. In front of her, the ghost revealed a ferocious face—bluish-white complexion, baring fangs and snarling as she lunged at her, repeatedly screaming, “Give me your body! I want your body!”
He Rui was so frightened she screamed again and again.
The screams drew the neighbors over, and only then did the female ghost leave.
But He Rui knew she hadn’t given up. She must be hiding somewhere, waiting for a chance to take her body.
“These past two days I don’t dare sleep. I don’t dare go home. I always feel like something is staring at me. I’m so scared I’ll suddenly fall asleep one moment, and then I’ll never wake up again…”
Seeing her cry with snot and tears all over, Su Keke handed her some tissues and said, “A lust ghost that lingers only because of obsession actually isn’t that harmful. But your biggest mistake was signing a contract with her.”
“A contract?” He Rui froze.
“She gave you the money you needed, and you let her possess you—this is a contract. When you didn’t even realize it, you completed the ritual of signing that contract with her.”
“No wonder…” He Rui murmured. “Early this morning I went to the temple to find the abbot master, but the abbot said he couldn’t handle this matter. Later he only gave me a protective talisman.”
He Rui handed that talisman to Su Keke. “But how long can this talisman protect me?”
Su Keke took it and examined it for a long while, feeling puzzled. Was this really drawn by a highly respected abbot? It didn’t look like what Shifu said could last five or six years. The efficacy was about the same as the talismans she herself drew.
“Since you came to me on your own, I’ll take this job. I guarantee: money arrives, ghost removed. The market price starts at one hundred thousand, but you don’t look like someone with money—so just pay what you can,” Su Keke said.
He Rui’s mouth corner twitched slightly.
After saying that, Su Keke began to set things up—she took out the luopan compass, a peachwood sword, and a thick stack of talisman papers.
“Do you have flour?” Su Keke asked.
He Rui carried over an entire bag of flour.
Su Keke only took one bowl of flour. Then she lit a talisman paper and mixed the ashes into the flour.
“You two find a place to sit and don’t move,” Su Keke instructed. After that, she scattered the flour on the floor, the doors and windows… almost every corner of the room was covered.
Qin Mochen watched her running around, but didn’t step forward to help.
He knew clearly he was an outsider. In this situation, naturally, whatever she said, he would do. As long as he didn’t cause trouble, that was good enough.
He Rui asked curiously, “Miss Su, can flour drive away ghosts too?”
Su Keke smiled faintly at her. “No. This is just a habit Shifu and I have when catching ghosts and expelling evil—so the employer can see that we’re not conning people.”
He Rui: …
Qin Mochen couldn’t help rubbing his forehead. So after all that busy work, this girl was just trying to let them “see” that lust ghost too?
“Girl, are you sure that female ghost will come tonight?” Qin Mochen asked.
“I’m sure. This female lust ghost is showing signs of turning into a ghost-sha—or maybe she already has. She’s developed thoughts she shouldn’t have. She wants to completely take over Miss He’s body.”
As she spoke, she asked Qin Mochen, “There are many wandering souls in this world, but cases of being possessed by ghosts aren’t that common. Uncle, do you know why?”
Qin Mochen: A little girl who knows perfectly well, yet still asks.
Su Keke grinned at him. “Shifu said everyone has an aura-field. If the aura doesn’t match, the ghost can’t possess you—and aura compatibility is extremely rare.
If a ghost possesses someone, either it’s like Miss He here—she signed a contract with the ghost—or the person’s yang qi is too weak, causing the aura to weaken and become insufficient to repel outside things.”
She turned to look at He Rui. “Fortunately, your body’s foundation is decent. Even though you’ve been tainted with a lot of ghost qi and yin qi, your body’s aura can still withstand her forced possession. But if you keep tormenting yourself like this, your aura will keep weakening. When that happens, she will definitely seize your body.”
He Rui’s lips trembled. “I shouldn’t have harbored luck and tried to take a shortcut. It’s my fault.”
Su Keke didn’t comfort her. Instead, she nodded in agreement. “This is the fruit you planted yourself.”
He Rui lowered her head and said nothing.
They waited a full hour, yet there was no movement around them.
Before they fell out, the female ghost always possessed He Rui only after she fell asleep. At this hour, He Rui would normally already be asleep, but this time the ghost still hadn’t come.
Su Keke wanted to finish quickly and go back to sleep. Who would’ve thought this lust ghost would dawdle and still not show up?
At midnight, yin energy is at its strongest. Could it be that female lust ghost intended to wait until exactly midnight to come?
“Uncle, you still have to work tomorrow. Just sleep here for a while.” Su Keke felt especially sorry toward her uncle.
Qin Mochen looked at her and said, “Not sleepy. I’ve never seen a lust ghost. I’m curious.”
Su Keke’s little face scrunched up, utterly baffled.
What’s there to see in a lust ghost? The expression is so lecherous. She’d seen all kinds of ghosts, and the one she hated most was the lust ghost.
