Chapter 2475: Awakening

While Zu An was confused, Jing Teng suddenly walked out of her room once more, but her gait was now exceptionally seductive, a contrast from her previous dignified demeanor.

Zu An glanced at her thighs—they were no longer covered with white stockings, but rather with alluring black ones.

“Big brother Zu, how did you anger big sister?” Black Jing Teng walked over and leaned on him.

Even though Zu An was already familiar with the two sisters, he still couldn’t get used to how they had the same face but spoke and acted completely differently.

“I don’t know either. It was still going well at the start.” Zu An told her what had happened earlier.

“I see.” The corners of Black Jing Teng’s lips crept upward, as if having heard something interesting. “Others laud you as a Love Sage who goes around leaving romantic debts, but it seems you don’t understand women at all.”

Zu An thought about what had happened earlier, and realization struck him. “Was it because I talked business with her right away instead of showing her concern?”

He felt apologetic about that. Too many things had happened recently, and he was in such a huge rush to obtain the six power insignias that he'd overlooked that.

“That’s just one of the reasons.” Black Jing Teng leaned in and licked his ear before saying, “You asked about the Hungry Ghost Path. That’s my field of specialty. She thought you came here to visit me, and that made her even angrier.”

Zu An was startled.

I see. While they're sisters, they are two personas occupying a body. There's such a rivalry between them that even in bed... No wonder Jing Teng was so angry.

However, his face soon lit up in delight. “You know about the Hungry Ghost Path?”

“Of course. Have you forgotten that I used to be the Ghost King?” Black Jing Teng tilted her chin upward in glee.

Zu An frowned. “You were the Hungry Ghost Path’s Ghost King?”

He had chosen to ask Jing Teng about this matter because of what he knew about the previous Ghost King. He'd heard that the Ghost King ruled over the wandering ghosts existing between the mortal world and the underworld.

“What Ghost King did you think I was?” Black JIng Teng suddenly transformed from a seductive youth into a domineering queen.

Zu An was surprised and elated. He hadn’t expected such an outcome. He asked, “Is the Hungry Ghost Path filled with hungry ghosts?”

Black Jing Teng shook her head and harrumphed. “Do I look like a hungry ghost to you?”

Zu An looked at her and chuckled. “If all hungry ghosts resembled you, the Hungry Ghost Path would be a paradise everyone looked forward to.”

“That’s more like the player who charmed thousands of innocent girls,” Black Jing Teng said with a satisfied smile.

Zu An was stunned.

I feel as if you’re insulting me instead.

He continued asking, “What are hungry ghosts, exactly? Are they just starving ghosts?”

Black Jing Teng pulled him to the nearby garden and sat down on a swing. She pushed herself off and began swinging as she spoke. “They are starving, but the food they seek isn’t what you might be imagining. It refers to their fixation on certain matters. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have refused to descend to the underworld after death, instead lingering on the Hungry Ghost Path.

“That strong fixation creates an unquenchable feeling of hunger in them. Feasting on the blood and flesh of the living is merely a way to temporarily alleviate their hunger. Some hungry ghosts also kill living beings who satisfy certain conditions to dispel their fixation... In summary, they aren’t necessarily kind beings. That’s why the world often speaks about the Hungry Ghost Path with fear and hatred.”

Zu An nodded. He finally understood what the situation of the Hungry Ghost Path was.

On the surface it sounded as if they were vengeful ghosts born from overwhelming resentment, but that wouldn’t be an accurate depiction. Not all hungry ghosts were violent; some were kind. The thing they all had in common was their overwhelming fixation that kept their souls from dissipating.

Other than naturally formed hungry ghosts, there were those born as hungry ghosts too. Indeed, they could mate and reproduce. As the underworld’s master, Zu An had previously investigated the Six Paths and learned it was possible to reincarnate as a hungry ghost.

The underworld decided on a ghost’s reincarnation based on the karma accrued over their lifetime. Only those who had done many evil deeds in their previous life would be reincarnated as hungry ghosts, though it was still less severe than the Hell Path.

Zu An chuckled. Now that he thought about it, in a famous work from his previous life, the female protagonist, Nie Xiaoqian[1], could give birth. No wonder the Old Black Mountain Demon had wanted to marry her.

He turned his attention back to the present and asked the most pressing question on his mind, “What’s the Hungry Ghost Path’s power insignia?”

Black Jing Teng suddenly harrumphed. “Now I know why big sis was so angry. Even I’m getting angry at you. You’re in the company of a gorgeous lady, yet your heart and mind aren’t focused on me at all.”

Zu An smiled bitterly. “This matter is of utmost importance. I won’t be able to relax until I resolve it.”

It was only after hearing her words that he noticed how soft her body was. As they were sitting side by side on the swing, he could even smell her faint body fragrance.

Speaking of which, it was peculiar how even though the two sisters shared a body, they always appeared with different stockings and had different fragrances. White Jing Teng’s fragrance was graceful and noble, whereas Black Jing Teng’s fragrance was wild and seductive.

Black Jing Teng sensed his admiring gaze and nodded in satisfaction. “Forget it. Take a look at this.”

She stretched her fair hand forth, and a ghost mask suddenly appeared on her palm. The mask looked eerie, and the sight of it evoked a cold sensation, as if being gazed at by a lofty ruler.

This was the mask worn by Black Jing Teng when Zu An first met her as the Ghost King.

“Is this the Hungry Ghost Path’s power insignia?” Zu An took the mask in delight.

“You can have it if you like it.” Black Jing Teng didn’t mind giving it to him.

Zu An straightened his posture and said, “I’ll return the mask to you after Houtu forges the World Law Beacon. The process shouldn’t damage the mask.”

Black Jing Teng wrapped her hand around his neck. “I’m already yours. My possessions are naturally yours to take too. You don’t have to be so distant.”

Her sweet whisper and close-up, ravishing face made Zu An gulp down his saliva.

She’s such a little imp!

Black Jing Teng leaned closer and breathed on his ear. “I did you a huge favor. How do you intend to thank me?”

“How should I thank you?” Zu An was in a good mood after obtaining the Hungry Ghost Path’s power insignia so easily.

“You know how.” Black Jing Teng raised her head and looked at him with glistening eyes.

Sensing her silent invitation, Zu An couldn’t resist lowering her head and kissing her.

It was then that a familiar, feeble voice echoed from the side. “W-What are you doing?”

1. Nie Xiaoqian is a beautiful female ghost who earns back her humanity through karmic merit and is then able to conceive ☜

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