I have a ghost diary

"Unlike Chu Qing's lineage, our ancestors did not possess the ability to infuse S-class vengeful spirits into their bloodlines and pass them on to their descendants."

"Therefore, after paying a bloody price to finally seal that vengeful ghost, we chose a compromise."

"First of all, this vengeful ghost has the ability to curse others. Theoretically speaking, those cursed by it will obey its commands unconditionally and be willing to do anything."

"However, at the same time, those who are cursed will gain certain supernatural abilities from the White Tiger's true form, namely the power of the [Chang Gui]."

"The solution devised by the Bai family ancestors was to first imprison the White Tiger, rather than completely seal it away."

"The difference is simple: when a white tiger is imprisoned, it is in a semi-sleep state and still has a certain ability to resist."

“Since it has the power to resist, it will surely break free from the cage that binds it; and then we placed a jade dummy outside that cage.”

"This dummy is a very special level zero sealed artifact. It contains the blood of our Bai family ancestors."

"Therefore, the White Tiger will mistake this dummy for our Bai family ancestor; and will constantly use the power of curses to influence it, trying to get the dummy to save itself."

"But the jade dummy is not a living thing; it cannot release the white tiger. It can only silently endure this curse."

"That's not all. Although the jade dummy has a powerful ability to bewitch evil spirits, its side effect is equally perverse: it unconditionally transfers any supernatural damage it suffers to the bloodline it carries."

"This transfer is terrifying. It's not just about our Bai family ancestor; all of his descendants will also suffer the same curse."

"In this way, the jade dummy served as a kind of signal amplifier. The White Tiger cast the curse of the White Tiger on it, and it cast the same curse on the entire Bai family bloodline."

"Then here comes a very interesting point: the rule of this curse is that the cursed person will unconditionally obey the commands of the curse caster."

"The White Tiger's order to the jade dummy was: release the White Tiger; but the jade dummy wouldn't move, so it remained unmoved."

"It is also worth emphasizing that the White Tiger cannot give orders to all members of the Bai family because it is not our [Spellcaster]. The jade puppet is our [Spellcaster]."

"In the end, it's because the jade dummy is just a sealing artifact, so it won't give us any orders."

When Chu Jiang heard this, he was extremely surprised. He recalled a sentence his teacher had said when he was learning about Western feudalism in history class: "The vassal of my vassal is not my vassal."

The actions of this Bai family ancestor can be said to have perfectly utilized the characteristics of the White Tiger and the jade dummy, successfully offsetting the side effects and benefiting his descendants.

Bai Congwu continued his description, "Actually, this kind of curse does have some effect on the living, but compared to the abilities it brings, it's all worth it."

"Over the years, we have explored this ability in countless ways and developed a variety of variations. For example, when I hypnotized Duan Ming'en to get close to you, I used a derivative technique called [Soul Threads], which is generally very difficult to detect."

He gave a somewhat helpless smile as he spoke.

"At the same time, in order to prevent too many people from sharing the power of the White Tiger, which would weaken our individual strength, our Bai family has not reproduced without restraint. Each generation has strictly followed family planning to control the number of people."

"This is also why my father, as the head of the family, had to keep a mistress outside in secret, and even when she went missing, he didn't dare to search for her openly. If this matter had been exposed back then, he might have been impeached by several elders and removed from his position."

Chu Jiang nodded. The White Tiger family had indeed accumulated quite a legacy over the years.

Bai Congwu is now quite frank, even revealing his family's core secrets to Chu Jiang, an outsider, in order to take the initiative to reconcile with him.

"Then how will the Bai family remove the curse from me? The one who cast the curse should be the White Tiger."

Chapter 430 Merging Curse

Looking back now, the ancestral jade pendant on Xu Yanting's body must have been created before the birth of the White Tiger Clan.

It is possible that a powerful ghost master once encountered the White Tiger and was cursed by it; however, he was able to skillfully remove the curse and seal it into the jade pendant.

Later, as things changed, the jade pendant ended up in Xu Yanting's hands, and was eventually broken by Chu Jiang, causing him to be cursed.

Upon hearing Chu Jiang's question, Bai Congwu nodded. "I originally thought you stole or copied this curse from your younger sister; now it seems not, it should originate from the original curse of that white tiger."

"However, the principle should be the same. As I just said, over the years, we have explored and developed this ability in many ways."

"In addition to developing the ability itself, we have also researched a method for the [Merge Curse]."

"As the name suggests, it combines the curses of two individuals into one."

"In this way, the person who loses the curse will become an ordinary person; while the person who gains the curse will have their power enhanced, but will also be more susceptible to corruption from the source of the evil spirit, and must be used with caution."

Chu Jiang suddenly realized, "You want the curse on me to merge with yours?"

Bai Congwu waved his hand, "I'll pass. The intensity of the curse on my body is already nearing its limit. If it merges in again, I won't be able to withstand it. I'll be corrupted to death by the White Tiger in no time."

"However, there are many people in our Bai family who have not been affected by the curse. As long as Captain Chu is willing, we can carry out this work now and resolve the hidden danger on you."

Chu Jiang thought for a moment, "I have no problem with it, but I suspect it won't be that easy to solve."

"What do you mean by that?"

Chu Jiang looked at Kujo Aino, "You still remember what happened last time, right?"

Aino nodded. "The moment I saw the tattoo on your back, I felt a strong sense of attachment. Then the cursed power within me became uncontrollable, and I couldn't understand the rest."

So Chu Jiang continued, "To put it another way, the White Tiger ghost isn't as helpless as you think. Don't underestimate an S-class ghost."

"Although it is not your spellcaster and cannot directly give you commands, don't forget that the power in your bodies is diverted from it, and it still has a certain degree of control over its own power."

"I suspect that after so many years, the White Tiger, which originally only had the instinct to kill, has gradually realized that something is wrong, but it just hasn't officially launched a counterattack against your family yet."

“My experience with Yoshino Kujo last time is a case in point.”

"At that time, the White Tiger manipulated Aino's curse, causing her curse to activate the curse on my body; she also crushed something like this and incorporated it into my body."

As he spoke, Chu Jiang used his Ghost Domain to simulate the shape of the White Tiger Card in his palm. "This is something I obtained in a mysterious and supernatural place, and it also contains some of the power of the White Tiger."

"In that case, the original curse on me is a two-in-one, or even three-in-one version. Can you really just get rid of it like that?"

"Moreover, I suspect that the White Tiger is determined to get me this time. If you really remove the curse from me, it may take revenge on all the bloodlines of the Bai family at the same time."

"If it really does have some control over the diverted power, as I suspect."

“This…” Bai Congwu frowned. If what Chu Jiang said was true, this was a big deal. If not handled properly, it could wipe out the Bai family bloodline.

Behind Bai Congwu, the clan elders also heard these words. They looked worried and whispered among themselves.

Some people suspect that over the long years, the White Tiger may have developed its own "consciousness." Otherwise, given the rigid and inflexible instincts of vengeful spirits, they would only act according to the rules of killing, and it would be difficult for them to spontaneously break free from the vicious cycle.

Seeing that Bai Congwu hesitated for a moment, Chu Jiang said, "Let's try it first. We'll know the result after we try it."

"If you don't want to try, just take me to see the White Tiger and let me settle things with it."

Hearing this, Bai Congwu made up his mind, "Then let's give it a try. Captain Chu, please wait a moment while we pick a suitable candidate."

Chu Jiang nodded slightly.

And so, Chu Jiang and his companion were first invited into the inner room to sit down, where they were served by special people; as for the Bai family's higher-ups, they had already gone to the backyard for an emergency meeting.

Chu Jiang didn't have to wait long; in the time it takes to drink a cup of hot tea, the Bai family finished their discussion and brought over a young man in a black suit.

This young man still looked immature, probably just turned 18, and seemed a little nervous when he came to see Chu Jiang.

"What preparations need to be made?" Chu Jiang asked Bai Congwu.

He wasn't worried about the other party playing tricks; on the contrary, the other party should be worried about whether the Bai family could still exist if they angered him.

“No need, just take off your shirt.” Bai Congwu then introduced the young man, “This is my cousin Bai Xiaofei. He has been a ghost master for a long time and has another ghost inside him. He should be able to withstand the combined curse.”

Chu Jiang agreed, and the formal process would begin from there.

The two cursed individuals took off their shirts back to back, but Bai Congwu, who was in charge of merging them, found that white marks with black stripes appeared on his body uncontrollably the moment he saw the white tiger tattoo on Chu Jiang's back.

Moreover, his eyes became unfocused, as if he was unable to maintain his composure.

This sight, witnessed by the Bai family members who had retreated to a distance, sent chills down their spines. Was it really that exaggerated? Just seeing a tattoo was enough to cause them to lose control of their bodies?

Kujou Yoshino, however, was deeply impressed by this state.

Before the Bai family could intervene, Bai Congwu suddenly bit his tongue, drawing blood, and only then did his eyes clear.

After shaking his head, Bai Congwu took a deep breath and immediately started working to avoid delaying too long and causing any unexpected situations.

He stretched out his left and right hands and grabbed the tattoos on Chu Jiang's back and Bai Xiaofei's back from a distance.

This kind of capture requires the same source of power within Bai Congwu himself as a trigger, meaning that no one outside the Bai family can accomplish this task.

After confirming that he had a firm grip, Bai Congwu, with a solemn expression, tried to pull out the two tattoos.

Actually, pulling out the tattoo doesn't mean the curse has been transferred, because the intrinsic connection between the curse and the host remains. Only when the two tattoos touch and merge, with one absorbing the other, can the connection between the curse and the host be broken.

As for who absorbs the energy and who is absorbed, Bai Congwu can intervene in this process.

But to his and the Bai family's utter surprise, when they tried to grab it, they couldn't find Chu Jiang's tattoo, but they could find Bai Xiaofei's.

Even more terrifying, once the tattoo appeared, it was completely beyond Bai Congwu's control and directly transformed into a beam of white light that shot into Chu Jiang's back!

And then... that was it. The curse was successfully merged, and the majestic and awe-inspiring white tiger behind Chu Jiang looked even more lifelike.

And whether it was just everyone's imagination or not, the white tiger's blood-red eyes seemed to sweep over everyone present...

Chapter 431 The Tiger in the Cauldron

"Looks like it failed." Chu Jiang casually put his shirt back on.

On the other side, Bai Xiaofei had fallen unconscious. This was normal; the curse that one had been born with leaving the body would cause the host some shock.

The Bai family members, including Bai Congwu, were speechless upon witnessing this scene.

Judging from the current situation, it seems that only the curses of others are being absorbed into Chu Jiang, not into others.

"Alright, take me to see the White Tiger."

Chu Jiang knew that the chances of merging the curses were slim, but that was just his personality: if you treat me politely, I'll respond politely; if you try to be tough, then I'll show you who's tougher.

Bai Congwu's expression was uncertain. If Chu Jiang were allowed to release the White Tiger or seal it completely, then the White Tiger Clan would be ruined.

Because the source of their lineage's power is this S-class vengeful ghost itself, Bai Congwu would rather be killed by Chu Jiang than see the Bai family decline and become a third-rate family.

Not to mention that the resurgence of supernatural phenomena is becoming increasingly serious. At this critical juncture, if the Bai family loses its core strength, it is likely that it will not be able to hold on for more than a few years and will collapse under this surging torrent.

After much deliberation, he tactfully explained his thoughts to Chu Jiang.

Chu Jiang simply shook his head upon hearing this, "The supernatural resurgence will end soon. Of course, you may not believe it, and I didn't expect you to believe it."

"As for the White Tiger, I must settle things with it today. No one can stop me. If you are not willing, you are welcome to come forward and try."

At this moment, Kujo Aino kept her eyes down and her mind at ease, lest the Shiro family ask her to act as a mediator.

To be honest, she didn't really know these people. All she wanted was to survive, to live well. This was her strongest and most persistent wish as an orphan.