Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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“Baobao is useless! I couldn’t protect my little master back then!” Baobao screamed, his eyes flashing fiercely, “Don’t worry, I have trapped the souls of those people one by one, and they will never be reincarnated!”
It hated them fiercely. The intention made everyone present tremble in their hearts, but no one had any intention of criticizing it. On the contrary, they felt pain in their hearts.
“Baobao…” Pu Xuan hugged him tightly and sighed, “Don’t do this, they will be punished. Let them go when you go back.”
Baobao didn’t want to mention those people at all. He just licked the body of his little master to express his longing.
After he and his little master calmed down a little, Baobao stroked his little master’s body distressedly: “Why…you became like that? What did they do to you back then?”
Energy bodies like ghosts, under normal circumstances, what did it look like after death? After turning into a ghost, it would maintain that same appearance as before death. The little master had thin limbs but such a big belly. It was very likely that he had transformed into… that kind of ghost.
As a cat who cultivated the soul Dao, Baobao burst into tears after already having guessed the reason.
Sure enough, he heard Pu Xuan whisper: “Because I was starved to death back then.”
– Starved to death!
Baobao felt severe pain in his heart.
Although there was a shortage of food at that time, it was not a problem to feed a child. However, in the later period, Pu Xuan’s situation went from bad to worse, and he could not even act as a puppet. The uncles had already divided the family and were trying to secretly take away the family property, but the housekeeper whose hopes had failed held a grudge in his heart, so he told his uncles that he wanted to raise the young master, but in fact, after the uncles left, he began to take revenge on the young master. This was how Pu Xuan starved to death in the hands of that vicious man.
A person that starved to death would usually become a resentful ghost, but the little master was kind-hearted. At first, he was just unwilling so he lingered around after his death for a while and refused to leave. Unexpectedly, the housekeeper was not satisfied with starving him to death and refused to bury him. The body was burned with fire – according to the custom of their royal family, burning the body was disrespectful, and the most egregious thing was that after burning, the ashes could not be placed.
Pu Xuan watched helplessly as his ashes were scattered randomly by the butler, and then he completely turned into a ghost…
When Pu Xuan’s small face mentioned this, there was a cold look on his face that did not match his age: “I pestered him for more than ten days, and in the end, he was scared to death by me.”
At that time, the power of the hungry ghost was still very weak, and it was only because of his extreme hatred that he had the ability to harm others. The housekeeper was invaded by resentment and had many black spots on his body and face. Naturally, it was ineffective to see the doctor. The doctor knew a little about Taoism and could see that it was resentment. He shook his head and said: “This is the resentment of ghosts. Unless the ghost’s anger subsides, you will not recover.”
The housekeeper was also very old at that time, so he struggled feebly for several days, and finally died. Because the death was horrible, with black spots all over his face, people said he had done something immoral and had received retribution. The black spots came from the anger of a ghost, and they had to wait until the ghost calmed down before he could be buried.
Pu Xuan avenged himself with his own hands. However, on the way to becoming a powerful person, he fell into a painful struggle between conscience and hatred. A ray of soul couldn’t bear the self-division in his consciousness and overflowed his spiritual body and finally attached itself to the pocket watch Baobao wore all year round.
The hungry ghost who had taken revenge had a huge appetite, and with his enhanced soul power, Pu Xuan would be a little more indulgent at this time. If he harassed a few more living people, he would immediately attract the attention of the Taoist monks, and he might be subdued and would have to undergo salvation, and may even face direct annihilation, but he still stubbornly retained his conscience even when he lost his mind, and no longer killed anyone. When he was hungry, he even ate many evil little devils to eliminate harm for the people.
He wandered around in a daze for several years, and was gradually attracted by Fengdu, which was rich in Yin energy, and unknowingly came to this ghost town.
Because he was a fierce ghost, he was brutally punished by Taoists several times along the way.
When Pu Xuan said this, he lowered his head and gently but clumsily wiped Baobao’s tears that kept flowing, then raised his head to look at the door of a certain room: “Don’t cry, it’s all over. Then I met Lord Ghost King, and he brought me here to this hotel.”
“My dear…” the boss murmured. He still remembered the first time he saw Pu Xuan. He was so thin and pitiful. Although he was silly, he had always been well-behaved. That’s why he didn’t want him to cry. Every now and then, he would secretly tuck him with candy cookies behind Qian Ling’s back.
“And boss, thank you brother boss, you have always been very good to Pu Xuan.”
“I, I didn’t know you were like this. When you first came here, I even scolded you…” The boss wanted to slap himself in the mouth.
“That’s because I secretly ate too many Youchen meat floss cakes, and you were worried that I would have a stomachache, so you scolded me.” Pu Xuan opened his small hand and held it across from Baobao. But because of his height, he could only hug the boss’s thighs tightly.
Baobao also stretched out his paws and hooked the boss’s clothes: “Thank you for taking care of my little master, woo woo woo woo… my little master… I should have worked harder and harder to find you sooner…”
It was hit deeply when he heard Pu Xuan once mention that “almost being punished by a Taoist” which was such a dangerous situation. If there was even a slight mistake, he would have lost his soul, and then he would never have been able to see his little master again.
Seeing that it was crying hard, Pu Xuan quickly comforted him: “Baobao, don’t cry. In fact, I was very happy during my time living in this hotel. Everyone loved me and took care of me. It was much better than living in the mansion…”
In this way, everyone present could not help but feel their hearts tightening when they heard it. Xu Maomao, who was in tears, had wettened the terrycloth on his neck with his own tears. He squatted in the boss’s thin arms and choked with sobs.
Baobao decided not to cry anymore. He held Pu Xuan’s hand and said firmly: “Baobao is very powerful now. I will protect you and love you.”
“Silly cat.” Pu Xuan smiled faintly, “I might have to leave…”
Before he could finish his words, a crisp, sweet and a bit eerie sound of wind chimes rang out in the dark corridor.
Jingle bell, jingle bell.
The closed door just now was quietly opened at some point. Mr. Ghost, who was afraid of cats, stood silently outside the door, looking at Pu Xuan who had returned to normal.
“Little boy.” Mr. Ghost, who was afraid of cats, called out in a low voice, breaking their sad and happy reunion. Everyone turned to look at Mr. Ghost.
His arm was still spewing blood strangely, but he didn’t care. Instead, he was trembling with fear from the two cats present.
“Brother Ghost King.” Pu Xuan said this and bowed to him solemnly, “Thank you for bringing me back.”
Ghost King said lightly: “The hour is almost over and the gate of ghosts is about to close. You have to report on time.”
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