Chapter 205 – Ping’an’s Talent, The Deputy Temple Master of the Holy Tree Temple Arrives in Secret - Part 1
Deep within the ancient ghost street...
In a brightly lit general store by the side of a winding footpath, a family of three sat on a platform by the window, gathered around a small tea table.
Not far away, Feng’er stood stiffly behind the counter, entirely motionless. The atmosphere felt both eerie and warm.
Yan Yu gave her husband a sidelong glance, listening to his shameless remarks. Rolling her beautiful eyes, she teased, “Keep dreaming.”
Out in public, Li Yuan carried himself with steadiness and authority. But at home, in front of his wife, he pressed her with playful persistence, “Why not?”
Propping her chin in one hand, her legs crossed, Yan Yu said, “Just a single portrait of me isn’t enough to trigger any grudge. I’m not that powerful.”
“Oh?” Li Yuan caught onto a key point. “So it could become stronger?”
Yan Yu thought for a moment. “Maybe. But that must be some level I’m not close to reaching yet.”
“What about the Exotic Beast Garden?” Li Yuan asked.
After a bit of pondering, Yan Yu shook her head. “They shouldn’t be capable of that either. If they could make pictures of themselves that functioned like the real thing, they would’ve plastered them all over by now. Even mindless creatures figure out how to lure people in.”
Only then did Li Yuan drop the subject. In his previous life, he had watched a few horror movies. The ghosts in them typically needed a very specific physical medium, such as a cursed videotape or polluted river water, to carry their curse. Powers that made any image count as the real thing went way beyond regular ghosts; that was something beyond the norm entirely.
If his wife truly possessed such power, it would mean other ghosts of that same level also had similar abilities. In that case, this entire world would have been annihilated long ago.