I have a ghost diary

After entering the ancestral hall, Chu Jiang concealed his presence. He stood in the Shunde Hall, looked at the solemn memorial tablets for a while, and then said softly, "This junior has something to ask of you. Please open the door, sir."

The "portal" did not open immediately; several minutes later, a vortex resembling a spatial distortion appeared in front of the shrine.

This vortex was invisible to ordinary people, and it vanished the moment Chu Jiang stepped into it...

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Returning to the bustling Luohe County and looking at the stiff, numb yet seemingly normal residents of the Republic of China era, Chu Jiang felt as if he had traveled back in time.

He gazed in the direction of the Lin family mansion, and in a few steps he entered the courtyard. Without disturbing anyone, he went straight to the secluded side room where he had spoken with the old master last time.

As soon as he entered the house, the old man was indeed already waiting for him.

The old man was as tall as ever, holding a bamboo cane tied with a red rope. His hair was white, and his face was lined with wrinkles, but he exuded a dignified air.

It's worth mentioning that the old man seemed much more energetic, no longer as tired and lifeless as he was when they last parted. It seems the flourishing of the family line has indeed had a positive and beneficial impact on the Lin family.

"Why are you here again so soon?"

According to their previous agreement, Chu Jiang should at least fully control Chu Zhan's power before coming.

Chu Jiang nodded with a hint of helplessness. He stepped forward, sat down opposite the old man, and explained the deteriorating situation outside and his own thoughts on it.

The old man was somewhat surprised. "You want to control the black sun?"

Chu Jiang nodded again, "What do you think the success rate is?"

The old man pondered for a moment, "It's hard to say, and you're being a bit too eager for quick results. Wouldn't it be better to take your time to master the power of your bloodline?"

Chu Jiang remained calm. "The situation is changing too fast. I want to seize the initiative as soon as possible, rather than passively digging out Chu Zang's power little by little at the critical moment of life and death. That would be too uncontrollable and risky."

"Alright, if you want to try it, go ahead. I'll help look after it."

"But you must be prepared to die, because this level of vengeful spirit is not so easy to control."

Chu Jiang readily agreed.

"As for what you said, sealing a hundred demons into the Demon Diary first, that's also possible. But you need to be able to successfully control the Black Sun. If you fail but are lucky enough to survive, then give up on this idea."

Chu Jiang agreed, and then he took out a sealed pottery jar. "The zombie in the coffin has been awakened by accident, and I have temporarily sealed it here."

He recounted his encounter with the ascetic monk and his own attempts.

The old man was somewhat surprised that the white-haired zombie submitted so easily; after all, apart from Chu Jiang, he had never dealt with the Chu Zombie lineage before, and many things were just speculations.

"If you can make it submit, that makes things much easier. Release it, and I'll teach you how to communicate with it."

Chu Jiang was somewhat surprised, "Is it really possible to communicate directly with ghosts?"

The old man shook his head. "It's not the kind of communication you're imagining. It's more like a ghost giving orders to its ghost servants."

"Of course, this zombie is not your ghost servant, so I don't know whether it will follow your instructions after receiving them. Even if it does, I'm afraid it won't be able to understand overly complex or advanced commands."

Chu Jiang nodded, and right there in the room, he released [Jiang].

As soon as the white-haired zombie appeared, it began to instinctively expand its territory again, but the old man simply tapped the ground with his cane. With a "thud," the territory was trapped around the zombie and could not extend outward.

This caused the zombie to look up at the old man; its eyes glowed red, as if it were about to start moving prematurely.

Seeing this, the old man told Chu Jiang to step forward and "reach out and insert his hand into its heart."

Chu Jiang paused for a moment, but still followed the old man's instructions, first using Chu Zang Hua, then extending his right hand and cautiously stabbing towards the general's heart.

He had thought it would be very difficult, after all, the other party's body was obviously more exaggerated than copper skin and iron bones.

But to Chu Jiang's surprise, the stabbing process was very easy, and the girl did not resist; instead, she turned her attention to him.

Sharp fingernails pierced through the tattered armor, through the cold flesh, and finally pierced into the zombie's heart.

To Chu Jiang's surprise, the heart was still beating slightly and instinctively trying to take something from him.

Chapter 332 The Ghost Who Wanted to Possess Consciousness

“Leave a piece of your fingernail inside its heart. After all, you are not ghost and ghost servant. You need to establish a supernatural connection in this way.”

The old man continued to scrutinize the zombie to prevent any accidents.

Chu Jiang agreed, and he used his index finger to cut his thumb nail, adding the power to interfere with reality.

A small section of fingernail was successfully cut off and immediately enveloped and swallowed by [the] heart.

What Chu Jiang didn't expect was that his heart not only didn't let go of his hand, but instead clenched even tighter, as if it wasn't satisfied with that small piece of nail.

Even the general's eyes shone brightly red as he stared intently into Chu Jiang's eyes.

"Something seems off." Chu Jiang frowned and told the old man what he had sensed.

The old man was also somewhat surprised. "Not satisfied? Then perhaps it wants to become a higher level of existence..."

"A higher level?" Chu Jiang didn't quite understand. "Could it be that there's an SS level above S-level?"

The old man shook his head. "No, in our time, we called ghosts of this level 'catastrophe level.' Every time they appeared, they would cause a disaster."

"Although there are no stronger beings above the Cataclysmic level, I believe you have also noticed that some vengeful spirits, in addition to their instincts, also possess something inexplicable and indescribable. They seem to have their own consciousness and are no longer simply murderous monsters driven by instinct."

"And it's not just the S-class ghosts you talk about. Some ghosts that aren't that terrifying might also have consciousness if they reach this level."

"I don't know exactly how to cross this threshold, but I do know that the more powerful the ghost, the more instinctively it wants to have consciousness."

Upon hearing this, Chu Jiang nodded thoughtfully.

Of all the ghosts he knew, there were only two that definitely possessed consciousness: Ghost Diary and the God of the Holy Word Cult.

The Ghost Diary not only presents written words, but its writing is clearly not a repetition of Chu Jiang's thoughts; it possesses its own judgments and likes and dislikes.

As for the God of the Divine Word, that's a bit scary. It secretly manipulates its followers, allowing them to infiltrate every aspect of life.

Compared to the universal condemnation of believers in false gods, the vast majority of sorcerers abroad are unaware of the existence of the Holy Word Cult; this demonstrates that the manipulation ability of this "talking" is definitely not merely instinctive.

As for the Ghost Buddha, the Ghost Bride, and the False God, they are all suspected, and Chu Jiang is not sure. Even the Ghost Mirror, the sealing artifact, is suspected.

By the way, I don't know if the Go Ghost counts? Its harm to humans is at most level C, and its terror level is not particularly high, but it still remembers Xu Shengtian and tries to come back to play Go with him again.

While Chu Jiang was pondering, the old man was still talking:

"It's like a black sun. I believe you've seen it before. It represents growth from infancy to adolescence. In fact, it's unconsciously mimicking the human growth process."

"But the Black Sun is still in the process of exploration and has not yet succeeded; otherwise, its ability to infect humans would be even more terrifying."

"If you're going to control the black sun later, let me break it back into its original form for you first. That way, it won't inexplicably gain its own consciousness after entering your body, which would be troublesome."

Chu Jiang was getting a little numb. This old man was too abnormal. He just smashed it like that.

"So what do we do now? I can't exactly give this hand to a zombie, can I?"

Hearing Chu Jiang's question, the old man pondered for a moment, "If you're willing to make a sacrifice, you can give it your thumb. It might hope to complete its own evolution by obtaining a portion of the power of the top-ranking being in the same series of demons."

"Of course, this may not be successful, and the zombie may even fall into a deep sleep again as a result."

Chu Jiang hesitated for a moment, "Can a broken thumb grow back?"

"And once it develops its own consciousness, will it still willingly submit to me?"

"It's not a problem for it to grow back. After all, although it's called a part of a limb, it's actually a part of solidified supernatural power. It will regenerate on its own once it's consumed."

"As for whether they will still obey your commands..." The old man pondered for a moment, "I'm not sure. It involves the consciousness of ghosts, which is too complicated; even the ghost masters of the past only paid attention to this aspect and did not have any in-depth research results."

This made Chu Jiang even more hesitant. "Maybe we should just give up. The effort and the reward are not proportional."

The old man smiled slightly. "If you really need the power of this ghost right now, then you can indeed give it up."

"If it's not so desperate, we can take a gamble. Once a ghost gains consciousness, it will have more possibilities, especially a ghost of this level of natural disaster."

"Even if the worst happens and it doesn't obey your commands, you can just kill it and seal it in your diary."

"In any case, Chu Qing's power will ultimately restrain it. Absolute dominance is absolute dominance, and that is hard to change."

Chu Jiang pondered for a moment. If he could successfully control the Black Sun and further unleash the power of the Ghost Diary, it seemed that he really wouldn't lack the power of this ghost in the short term.

"Alright then." Chu Jiang nodded slightly. "Let's take a gamble."

After saying that, he looked at the white-haired zombie and said, "Although you may not understand human language, I still have to say this: if you eat one of my fingers, you have to work for me obediently in return, or you'll see me in the diary."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Jiang decisively cut off his thumb and, without hesitation, forcibly pulled his right hand out, lest this guy really want to swallow his whole hand.

The severed thumb was quickly enveloped and absorbed by the heart.

At the same time, the red light in the zombie's eyes snapped out, the dense aura of death on its body quickly receded, and even the domain beneath its feet shrank back.

A few seconds later, [Jiang] fell straight backward, as if he had really become a corpse.

The old man had anticipated this, and upon seeing this, he took out another coffin, put the zombie inside, and personally nailed in seven nails to suppress it.

"Put the coffin away and continue as before, watching to see when it makes a sound."

"If things go smoothly, we might get results in a few months; if they go slowly, it could take years."

Chu Jiang agreed and put the new black wooden coffin into his left hand.

Of course, he had also thought it through: if he really needed to use this ghost's abilities at a crucial moment, and it couldn't wake up anytime soon, then sorry, see you in the diary...

After dealing with the matter, Chu Jiang and the old man sat down to continue their conversation. This time, Chu Jiang took out the Ghost Mirror.

The old man was surprised when he saw the mirror. "The Mirror of Heavenly Observation? Where did you get this?"

Chapter 333 Reshaping the Black Sun

"The Mirror of Heavenly Ghosts?" Upon hearing the new term uttered by the old man, Chu Jiang immediately inquired with interest, "Do you know its origin?"

"I know a little about it. This thing is the masterpiece of a certain ancient ghost master, and it is said to be able to see all the scenes of the heavens." The old man fell into thought.

"However, in the end, the ghost master's fate was not good. He was probably indirectly killed by this mirror."

As he spoke, the old man told Chu Jiang a story that happened many years ago.

About four hundred years ago, there was a renowned ghost master known as Tian Kui. At someone's request, he went to the Shu region to subdue a vengeful ghost.

Although the process of capturing the enemy was arduous, it was ultimately successful.

This ghost has a very special ability: it can see scenes from anywhere in the world.