I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 56: The Eyes on the Wall_1

Chapter 56: Chapter 56: The Eyes on the Wall_1

Drought Demons go by many names, such as the Female Drought Demon, Fire Drought Demon, Dry Drought Demon, and so forth, with the Female Drought Demon being the most infamous of all!

In the past, when the Emperor battled Chiyou in Jizhou, Chiyou summoned the Wind Master and Rain Master for assistance. The Emperor beseeched Heaven’s Mandate and invited the Female Drought Demon to descend to the mortal realm. The Female Drought Demon, also renowned as the divine spirit of drought, wherever she went, a great drought befell the land!

For Fei Zheng to become a Drought Demon was incredibly difficult.

After Fei Zheng absorbed countless refined souls, their appearance would become increasingly fierce, to the point they were referred to as "Green-Faced Fang Biting Human Rakshasa". Once they reached a certain pinnacle, they would bring about a great drought across the land, thus transforming into a Drought Demon!

Drought Demons no longer feed on human essence and blood; they survive merely on the essence of moonlight.

Like many spirits and monsters, Drought Demons long to become the most enlightened of all beings, humans. Hence, Drought Demons sometimes shapeshift into human form to enter the Human World. However, wherever they go, droughts are likely to follow.

Mature Drought Demons are incredibly powerful, so mighty they can ascend to the heavens to slay dragons and summon plagues, and from them, epidemics arise!

In ancient China, if an epidemic spread alongside a drought, the common folk would firmly believe it was the work of a Drought Demon.

Meanwhile, in the West, the Black Death almost destroyed all of Europe, wiping out one-third of the population in England, and in some places, even half the population!

Many believed it to be the plague, but in truth, it was the mischief of a Drought Demon!

The sixth type, and the most terrifying of zombies, is also one of the Demon Kings!

The sixth type of zombie possesses unparalleled horrific power, boasting thousands, even tens of thousands, of years of cultivation.

Legend has it that in ancient times, on the Land of Huaxia, a Demon King of this sort emerged, possessing terrifying strength enough to challenge gods and Buddha!

One year, a Drought Demon that had achieved true enlightenment fought a dragon in the vast skies and emerged victorious, swallowing the dragon alive!

The Buddha sent Guan Yin to battle it, and Guan Yin eventually subdued the creature, granting it the name "Hou", which later became Guan Yin’s mount, the Golden Howler, also known as the Sky-Looking Howler.

Journey to the West contains a record of this, mentioning in the seventy-first Chapter how Sun Wukong struggled to defeat the contender for Great Year Star. Guan Yin came seeking her mount, and the contender ultimately transformed into the Golden Howler, bearing Guan Yin on furious flames lotus to the South Sea.

An existence that even the Great Sage of Heaven had trouble battling indicates how powerful it must have been!

Of course, the mythological richness of the above accounts means they cannot be fully believed; exactly how powerful the Drought Demon was, no one knows. It’s all just legend.

"Club President, what level is this zombie?" Han Lele quietly asked.

You turned and looked at the zombie lying on the ground, and your eyes naturally narrowed, "A Jumping Zombie, but it’s clear this Jumping Zombie was made in haste."

"Made in haste?" Xiao Feng asked in surprise, "Does that mean this zombie has been artificially cultivated?"

"Correct, it has indeed been artificially cultivated. Otherwise, a single Town Demon Spell would not have so easily held it down." You glanced around and then peered deeper into the hallway, "For some reason, I have this feeling that something is watching us."

"Hey, don’t even mention it, ever since we entered this teaching building, I’ve also felt like being spied on. Especially those portraits of famous individuals on the walls, they seem fine during the day but give off a creepy vibe at night."

Saying so, Yang Kai deliberately turned to look at a portrait not far from him. However, the moment he looked at the portrait, he suddenly cried out!

"Holy crap!"

His shout immediately tightened everyone’s nerves again, "What’s wrong!?"

"The, the eyes in the portrait moved!"

You all immediately looked at the Newton portrait hanging on the wall, but when you did, it showed no signs of anomaly.

"Little Kai, did you see wrong?"

Liao Yong walked over, standing beside him.

Yang Kai rubbed his eyes, "Maybe, I’m probably just too nervous."

"Old Shu, should we keep moving?" Wei Shuxian asked.

You looked at the profound, dark hallway ahead that seemed like a bottomless pit and nodded slightly, "Since we’ve come this far, there is no reason to retreat; we have to move forward! Just that..."

"What is it?" Xiao Feng, seeing you narrow your eyes, discretely signaled Wei Shuxian, and then both stood beside Yang Kai.

Yang Kai glanced around and asked, "Why are you guys getting so close to me?"

No sooner had Yang Kai spoken than Xiao Feng pulled out the Talisman Paper you had given him earlier and promptly stuck it on Yang Kai’s forehead!

"Ahhhh!!!"

An exceedingly mournful scream burst unexpectedly from Yang Kai’s throat, followed by his body shaking violently, his expression wracked with pain.

However, this voice was obviously not Yang Kai’s; it was a woman’s voice!

"Let me go, let me go!!" A woman’s agonized voice came from Yang Kai’s mouth, causing everyone around to quickly back away.

You quickly stepped in front of Yang Kai, took out two Talisman Papers drawn with cinnabar from your pocket, covered his temples with the Talisman Papers, and then violently yanked them to the side. At that moment, everyone present saw you pull a semi-transparent woman out of Yang Kai’s body!

Without waiting for the woman to react, you pressed her directly into the portrait of Madame Curie next to you!

Immediately afterwards, you bit your finger and drew a magic seal on the portrait, sealing the female ghost within it.

Hu——

After the task was completed, you let out a long sigh of relief.

The fact that you could subdue the female ghost so quickly relied entirely on the tacit understanding between you and her.

Although aside from you and Xiao Feng, the rest had not spent much time together, you quickly established a good rapport with each other. This shows that at least for the moment, there is not a big difference between your values and outlooks on life, and those you’ve befriended are trustworthy individuals.

"Let me out, or I’ll tear you to pieces alive!"

At this moment, the portrait of Madame Curie came to life, her expression turning extremely ferocious, her eyes blood red as if she wanted to devour you alive!

"Still so arrogant even when trapped inside," you said.

Xiao Feng walked over and poked at those blood-red eyes with his finger.

"Ah! It hurts, stop, please!"

"Huh?"

Xiao Feng seemed very surprised; he had only meant to feign an action, but it unexpectedly had a real effect.

You blew on your finger and saw that the wound healed quickly; then, raising your head, you looked at Madame Curie’s portrait and said to her, "Before we interrogate you, let me explain something to you. This curse doesn’t just trap you in the portrait, but merges you with it — it is now your body. Whatever damage the portrait sustains, you will feel an equivalent amount of pain."

"Like this?"

Xiao Feng mischievously poked hard at the forehead of the portrait, which once again showed signs of pain.

Now, Yang Kai had come to his senses too and walked up to the portrait in a rage, ready to hit it. However, the female ghost quickly begged pathetically, "Don’t hit me!"

"Tell us, why did you possess Yang Kai? What were you trying to do by infiltrating our group?"

The female ghost truly ran into trouble this time. Faced with your pressing questions, a look of despair appeared on her face. However, since it was shown through the portrait of Madame Curie, it gave off an eerie and chilling vibe in such a setting.

"Our only task was to keep anyone from approaching the multimedia classroom," she said.

"Task?" Wei Shuxian pushed up his glasses. "By what you’re saying, someone is controlling you, right?"

"Yes."

The admission of the female ghost made you feel that there was something extraordinary about this matter.

"Who?"

"I can’t say. He placed a prohibition in the sea of my soul. The moment I speak of it, I’ll perish instantly," she replied.

"Bullshit!"

Yang Kai feigned a punch, and the female ghost quickly pleaded, "Really, I’m not lying to you! Although I’m a ghost, I’ve never thought of harming you. I only possessed you because you discovered me."

You said to Yang Kai, "What she’s saying is probably the truth."

"Let me handle this," Wu Qiyi came over, speaking in a neither light nor harsh tone that sounded neither sharp nor particularly gentle, "We don’t know who is controlling you from behind, nor are we interested in finding out. However, I must remind you that we hold your life and death in our hands. Besides, the person you possessed earlier has a bad temper. If he gets annoyed, he might really burn this portrait with a single fire, and then you would indeed vanish into ash and smoke, never to be reborn."

"No no no, you can’t do this!" The female ghost was terrified, and her words became somewhat frantic, "Just half a month more, and I can reincarnate!"

"Reincarnate? What makes you think you can?" you retorted coldly.

"He promised me. Just half a month more, and once the soul strength of that Ni downstairs is completely gone, that vengeful spirit will be released from its shackles and become his puppet!" she blurted out, revealing significant news in her panic.

You exchanged a look of surprise and disbelief with the others.

After a moment of thought, you said, "Let me tell you this. When I pulled you out of my friend’s body just now, I noticed traces of your soul strength fading away. Although it’s a slow process, if I’m not wrong, in about half a month’s time, you won’t need anyone to harm you; you’ll vanish on your own."

"Impossible!" The female ghost was even more frantic.

"Don’t believe it? Of course, as a ghost, you can’t see yourself, so you don’t know that your ghostly body has become semi-transparent; however, there’s one thing you can’t deny — you are more afraid of the sunrise than before."

"What... what should I do then? I don’t want to disappear. I want to go to the Underworld. I must apologize to him in person. I can’t just vanish like this!" she cried.

"If you have unfulfilled desires, then you should be more eager to break free from that person’s control," you told her.

Seeing the female ghost’s psychological defenses slowly collapsing, the corners of your mouth turned up slightly, revealing a smile that was characteristic of you.