Chapter 1454 Doubt and Persistence

but……

The middle-aged man reached out and knocked on his head.

He couldn't even see the aunt the child was talking about, so how could he have taken her things?
Did he take it accidentally?

He tapped his head again.

His head hurts just thinking about it.

He still hadn't figured it out.

……

The tomb ghost was stunned.

He looked at the human with some strange eyes.

It naturally saw the monster in this human.

Of course, it also knows that these monsters are following this human for reasons other than the same as it does.

Precisely because it knew this, it felt somewhat surprised.

After all... whether it is monsters willing to follow humans... or humans who can subdue monsters... they are both rare.

It took a while for the tomb ghost to come back to his senses from his thoughts.

It tilts its head.

What question did this human seem to ask it just now?
What's the problem?

Ah, it remembered.

But...it doesn't know either.

The tomb ghost shook his head.

"You do not know?"

Xiao Xiao was really surprised.

"That……"

The tomb ghost opened his mouth and let out a series of hoarse, crackling sounds like a short circuit.

Xiao Xiao frowned slightly.

"Grave Ghost, you've been out for too long."

……

Grave ghosts are monsters that are somewhat similar to earthbound spirits.

Just a little bit.

Grave ghosts are not trapped in cemeteries, nor do they harbor malicious intent or have any unfulfilled wishes.

It survives and practices by relying on the corpse qi in the cemetery and the incense offered by humans.

Of course, it’s mainly corpse qi.

A cemetery is neither a temple nor an ancestral hall, and there is no incense burning all year round.

To it, incense is like snacks. It’s good to eat some of it, but it’s not a big problem if it’s not.

Corpse qi is its essential staple food.

Otherwise, the tomb ghost is not a tomb ghost, but a temple ghost, living in the temple or ancestral hall.

As for whether temple ghosts and tomb ghosts exist in this world, no one knows either.

Maybe it exists, maybe it doesn't.

What does this have to do with it?
……

Although tomb ghosts are not bound to one place like earthbound spirits, they cannot leave the cemetery for too long.

Over time, the tomb ghost will begin to weaken.

Excessive loss of demonic power can even affect its cultivation foundation, causing its cultivation to drop sharply.

Finally, "death of the body and disappearance of the soul" is not impossible.

Since it concerns his own life, the tomb ghost is not such an inflexible monster.

Although treasures are good, they are not as valuable as your own life.

Grave ghosts will give up their treasures and return to the cemetery before they start to weaken.

It was obviously time for this tomb ghost to return to the cemetery.

"It's time for you to go back."

Xiao Xiao stated a fact.

Just as Xiaoyi said just now, when he first met the tomb ghost he could hear the other party clearly, but now he can't hear clearly.

This is because the tomb ghost’s demonic power has been severely depleted and is no longer sufficient to support its use of telepathy.

……

The tomb ghost nodded.

It knows.

but……

There was a look of confusion in the tomb ghost's only eye.

Just now, when it was asked by this human, it suddenly realized that it didn't even know what it had lost? !

Then why did it follow this human so stubbornly, determined to get him to return its things?

It seemed like... there was a faint sense of anxiety in its heart.

And it knows what this anxiety is caused by.

It lost something.

Very important stuff.

It must get that thing back.

must.……

The tomb ghost's face regained its resolute look.

Xiao Xiao understood what the other party meant.

However, the owner himself didn't know what he had lost...

He looked at the confused middle-aged man and sighed in his heart.

Now things are a bit troublesome.

"Uncle Chen, have you been to the cemetery recently?"

Xiao Xiao asked.

"Yeah, I've been there."

The middle-aged man nodded, still looking confused. He was still wondering when he had accidentally taken something from someone else?
After he responded subconsciously, he completely focused on the young man's question, "I went back to my hometown to visit the graves during the Qingming Festival."

"Did you take anything from the grave?"

Xiao Xiao's straightforward question made the man frown, "What do you mean?"

What do you mean he took something from the grave?
What did the young man mean by that he was taking someone else's things from the cemetery?
But what can you take from someone else’s grave?
Do they think he is a tomb robber or a thief?
……

The middle-aged man has been becoming increasingly irritable due to poor rest and lack of sleep during this period.

Xiao Xiao's words immediately made him angry.

However, he managed to suppress his emotions that were about to explode.

The tone of his voice was not very good, and was quite sharp.

"I'm going to visit the graves."

"Although my family is not rich, it is not to the point where I need to go to the cemetery to beg for money."

……

The two children couldn't help but move closer to Xiao Xiao.

The middle-aged man's current appearance made them a little scared.

Xiao Xiao patted the two children's heads.

"Uncle Chen, you scared them."

……

The middle-aged man's expression paused.

He looked at the two children, only to find that both of them flinched.

He looked away stiffly.

"Feel sorry."

He reached out and rubbed his face vigorously, "My temper has been a little out of control recently."

"Feel sorry."

The middle-aged man looked at the two children again, "Uncle didn't mean to get angry."

"Uncle just..."

He didn't continue talking, but looked up at Xiao Xiao, "Why do you ask that?"

“Did I take someone else’s things from the cemetery?”

The middle-aged man calmed down and quickly figured out the meaning of Xiao Xiao's question.

"Could it be that... I am haunted by a ghost?"

The middle-aged man raised his voice again.

Speaking of cemeteries and invisible women, isn't it easy to associate them with ghosts?

"You still say I'm not entangled by dirty things?"

He remembered that the young man had denied his statement before...

"Ghost-ghost?"

The middle-aged man murmured in a low voice. He heard the young man call it just now, "Is it the tomb of the grave?"

"Grave Ghost..."

"Am I haunted by a tomb ghost?"

……

"Grave ghosts are not dirty things."

Xiao Xiao said seriously, "It followed you just to get its things back."

“You give it back and it leaves.”

……

"But……"

The middle-aged man's voice was somewhat intermittent, "Sleep paralysis... and will-o'-the-wisp..."

"Isn't it just a ghost?"

"Aren't ghosts just dirty things?"

……

"Because you can't see it, it's just trying to make you notice it through some small tricks."

Xiao Xiao smiled and said, "Did you feel like you heard some noise at night?"

The middle-aged man moved his lips a few times, "...Yes."

He always thought it was his hallucination.

I didn't care too much about it.

(End of this chapter)