CHAPTER 48: CHAPTER 33: SANG QUE’S DIARY_2

This kind of Five Black Dogs have strong yang energy and can intimidate dirty stuff.

Zaozi even named the two dogs; the one for me is called ’General,’ and the one she keeps is called ’Prince.’

Shouting these names out, I always feel like a maidservant.

Zaozi also wants the two male dogs to be affectionate, she must have read some toxic online novels recently.

Later, I had a chat with Zaozi in a deserted area of the park, considering the two ghost encounter rules I’ve discovered so far, belief and sight.

I didn’t tell Zaozi the truth, not wanting to drag her into this mysterious world.

I told her that during those days, I went up the mountain to chase after Qin Kairong, wanting to catch him personally. But things backfired, and after cornering Qin Kairong, he fled to my place.

Zaozi didn’t believe it, but she didn’t ask further either; after all, everyone has secrets.

Back home, I found mom really likes Little General. She has been quite worried these two days, hardly smiling. It was only when Little General pounced her and she fell that she laughed.

Mom is acting a bit strange, she used to not like going out, but now she has Sister Zhang accompany her during the day, no idea where she goes, and at night she studies the stuff I brought back in the study.

Seeing mom this way, I really don’t know how to tell her that I don’t want to expel the Yin Child and might need to go to the mysterious world.

After much thought, the third taming method is still the simplest, no need to put effort into managing short videos, nor spend time hunting evil spirits, I can’t guarantee I can escape unscathed each time facing the evil spirits.

Right, I also found a strange drawing in Yan Daozi’s books today, the base map is the topography of Black Mountain Village, marked with red spots on it, no idea what it’s for, but it seems ominous.

And about Wheat Evil, Yan Daozi has already noted down a few solutions in his notes, actually not difficult at all.

The root is the straw man I saw at night before, just need to shoot it dead with a Ghost Soldier Talisman arrow, too bad Yan Daozi cherishes his talisman and keeps delaying.

From Yan Daozi’s correspondence with others, it’s clear that finding the temple priest’s daughter at Black Mountain Village is only secondary.

He has something else to accomplish in Black Mountain Village on Mid-Autumn Festival, only 8 days left.

That day Yan Daozi was called away by Skinny, it must be Kou Yushan’s idea, if it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t have returned so smoothly...

Ah! So irritated!

Have an urge to destroy something crazily, run five kilometers and then practice wood dummy punching for half an hour to vent!

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[August 11, Sunday, Sunny]

Zaozi posted the video three days ago, gained over five thousand followers, last night entered Nine Netherworld, the Heart Lamp did strengthen a bit, but something feels off.

In Black Mountain Village, after completing He Shou’an’s Summoning Soul task, received He Family’s gratitude, the Heart Lamp’s glow formed the inner flame.

The followers brought by the video in these three days added an outer flame to the Heart Lamp, but it’s very unstable, the dark winds in Nine Netherworld will blow it away as sparks.

Maybe these followers’ liking is quite shallow, not reaching true fondness, admiration, or gratitude.

Fortunately, the sheer number does exert some pressure on Gui Chou.

I carefully read through Yan Daozi’s books, a devout believer’s wishing power can resist a layer of Nine Netherworld, as long as the believer remains devout, the wishing power can continue to ignite the Heart Lamp.

He Family’s gratitude and admiration towards me barely count as devout believers, I use my mind to observe the Heart Lamp, able to sense the amount of wishing power within it.

Currently, it’s 15, besides He Family, could there be other villagers? Could my battle with Yan Daozi have made them feel admiration for me?

Ordinary followers require about a hundred to equal the wishing power brought by one devout believer, and their wishing power is especially prone to dissipate, hence I need to continuously post videos to attract them.

So now, barely estimated, my Heart Lamp’s wishing power value is around 65, equivalent to 56th stage of the Second Layer of Nine Netherworld, Gui Chou at Second Layer’s 96th stage, got an additional stage after retrieving her severed hand.

There’s still video backlog, will post one later, just that once the backlog runs out, it’ll be troublesome and time-consuming to shoot new ones.

Being an influencer isn’t easy at all, I can’t think of a way that allows me to accumulate followers without putting myself out there.

Even if I become a writer like mom, there’s still promotional coordination, book signings across places, and live streaming.

Tonight I decided to communicate with Gui Chou again, see if I can learn about her experiences through dreams or something.

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Kill them! Kill them! Kill them!

Who are they?

Daoist... Monk... Government officer... Where?

Give me back... Give me...

Eyes... Give me!!!

...

[August 12, Monday, early morning]

Luckily I woke up in time, tried to communicate with Gui Chou through the diary, almost ended up stabbing my own eye with a pen, really close.

My Heart Lamp gradually strengthens, making Gui Chou’s resentment grow stronger, she is struggling.

For a moment, I felt I must dig out a pair of living person’s eyes for her to calm her resentment.

Was Master Mingzhang also feeling this way when he was backfired by evil spirits?

Better find some more thrilling dismemberment case videos to watch, slightly alleviate this craving, is this considered Ghost Realm mukbang?

Followers, followers, just give me some more followers!

Why can others post short videos and instantly go viral, crazily attracting millions of followers, but I can’t?

The remaining Kun Trigram on Yansheng coin has already half disappeared, thinking carefully, can’t afford to wait anymore.

At dawn I’ll head to Xujiawan Village, first use a Ghost Soldier Talisman to hunt down some evil spirits, boost the power of Yansheng coin.

Can’t rely entirely on accumulating followers, must tackle both sides.

Feeling dizzy, my spirits have been constantly tensed these days, feeling extraordinarily fatigued, going to sleep again, hope Gui Chou won’t create trouble.