The thod of using the Mountain Ghost Coin is written on the last two pages of the letter paper. Sang Que first took it out and glanced at it. Besides the usage of the Mountain Ghost Coin, there was also an introduction to Nine Songs and the thod of using this painting. Sang Que placed these two pages of letter paper aside and continued reading the rest of the content.
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My dear daughter, I must remind you that the Mountain Ghost Coin is of great importance, and it is best not to tell anyone other than yourself.
Even the people of Nine Songs do not know that the Nine Songs Sacred Object is the Mountain Ghost Coin, nor do they know that their leader possesses the ability to traverse between two worlds. They only know that the Witch serving the Witch Lady cos from the Immortal Country. What kind of Immortal Country it truly is, they each have their own imaginations.
One more thing, though it may sound inauspicious, I must still say it. If you are utterly killed in the Otherworld, the Mountain Ghost Coin will bring your corpse back to our world, ensuring that the Mountain Ghost Coin will not be lost.
As for the people of Nine Songs, my feelings are complicated. They are also a pitiful group of people, inheriting the identities and fulfilling the duties of the people in Nine Songs generation after generation. From the mont they are chosen, they lose themselves, bearing enormous shackles and a heavy mission, able only to move forward step by step.
They do not like the era of chaos and war, a ti when they must make various decisions and sacrifices. Only in a peaceful era can they return to normal life and do the things they love.
This is why I did not leave you to Nine Songs. Although you would be safe with them, getting the best protection and growing rapidly, you would reach my age and certainly fall into the sa bewildering predicant.
I chose a thorny path for you, to beco a blank sheet of paper, going to the Otherworld, seeing that world clearly with your own eyes, and feeling it with your heart.
Once you have your own understanding of the Otherworld, you can then decide your next step. In this way, at the very least, your heart will be firm, avoiding internal conflict and hesitation.
My dear daughter, even if you choose to give up, I will not bla you. You have the right to choose abandonnt. The things that past Witches and I could not complete, I have no right to demand you to fulfill.
Live according to your own wishes. Even without you, I believe that a hundred years’ ti will not lead to the destruction of both worlds.
Avoid the family, go and enjoy your own life.
After you die, the family will have their ways to retrieve the Mountain Ghost Coin, and thods to ’create’ another Witch.
Regarding this, I have thought carefully. From the distant Warring States period to modern tis, after nurous wars in Huaxia Land, it is certain that there were situations where the Witch line was cut off. The n of those families surely had ways to ’bring back’ the Witch to the family, otherwise why would the Witch be willing to bear children?
So my daughter, you need not worry, or feel any pressure. Whatever you choose, it is correct.
If — and I say if — you are willing to take on this heavy burden and fight to protect both worlds, my daughter, I am proud of your courage.
Then there are a few things I must tell you that might be helpful to you.
Your father is called Zuo Jinye. At the ti I left, he had already assud the position of Pri Minister of the Xuan Dynasty. The previous Emperor had just passed away, the Crown Prince was only five years old, and the Empress was governing from behind a veil, placing her utmost trust in him.
If one day you go to Shengjing, whether to recognize him or not, you shall decide for yourself. But rember, your safety cos first. Ever since he suddenly ordered the abandonnt of Taoist Temples nationwide, I have found it difficult to trust him again.
He was also a Nine Songs Storyteller and chose the forr over continuing to be a Nine Songs Storyteller upon becoming Pri Minister.
So, I took on a disciple, whom I nad Mo Yan Shu, slightly older than your brother. I imparted all of the Storyteller’s duties to him.
Besides , the leader, and the Storyteller, Nine Songs also has a Ghost Vendor, Bell Doctor, Shopkeeper, assassin, Daoist, Monk, and Gu Master.
The code nas are all professions, which also represent their functions. Specifically, I wrote them alongside the role of the Mountain Ghost Coin, which you can view by yourself.
If you find the Bronze Mountain Ghost Token I left for you, and you wish to command them in the future, then take out that Token. So of the Witch Lady’s power still lingers within that Token. Keep it with you, for in critical monts, the Witch Lady will bless you.
But do not overly rely on that Token. The Witch Temple is being abandoned, and sooner or later the Witch Lady will completely disappear from this world.
Additionally, once you step into the Ghost Level, that Token will attract the people of Nine Songs to slowly gravitate towards you. Even if you do not seek them, you will ’coincidentally’ encounter them in various situations.
If you wish not to encounter them, place that Token in this painting.
This painting, apart from the Mountain Ghost Coin, is the only thing I can leave you. It is both a containnt object and a secret little world.
It is a product of many coincidences and accidents, a unique item of two worlds that cannot be replicated. I hope you will take good care of it and make good use of it.
Lastly, there is one more important matter.
Your father and I have a concept for ending the era of ghosts, which might serve you as helpful reference.
We discovered that ghosts in the Otherworld are evolving. The earliest ghosts recorded in the information accessed so far could not be destroyed. But from an unknown point in ti, maybe after the Otherworld’s ghosts reached their peak quantity, they began to devour each other.
However, ghosts do not indiscriminately devour other ghosts, they selectively devour. We once speculated together, that if there were a Yin Walker powerful enough to drive his ghost to forcibly devour all the world’s ghosts, perhaps the ghost era could be ended?
But humans, after all, are not ghosts. Never has a Yin Walker crossed the line of the Sixth Level, and no one knows what a Yin Walker surpassing the Ghost Level would beco.
Have you noticed, the population of the Otherworld limits these people’s peak power, which is also one reason why their Yin Walkers cannot cross the line of the Sixth Level.
To devour all the world’s ghosts, one would at least need to step from the Ghost Level to the Ghost God Level, which is really difficult to achieve in the Otherworld.
The Witch Lady is a Ghost God, but I am not a Yin Walker. Regarding this, I also forgot to ntion, the family does not allow Witches to beco Yin Walkers, as it would affect fertility.
The Witch Lady is not under my control. She is the embodint of the people’s faith, a God conjured out of thin air. We can only pray to her, borrowing the Witch Lady’s divine power to save the common people. This is the sa for the Daoist Lord of the Taoist Sect and the Longevity Buddha of the Buddhist Sect.
If you find it hard to understand, think of a bank. A bank’s money is saved by people bit by bit, gathering into a large fund, which those in need can borrow, then repay with so interest.
The Divine is such an existence; you cannot expect the bank (Divine) to take the initiative to solve problems for you.
I cannot control the Witch Lady to devour all the world’s ghosts. I have verified this myself. I once led the people of Nine Songs to collectively pray to the Witch Lady but received no feedback.
Thus, this matter must be accomplished by a Yin Walker who can cross the line of the Sixth Level and a powerful ghost that can be controlled by the Yin Walker.
We do not know whether anyone has tried this before. We have also worried that, in case after devouring all the world’s ghosts, it results in the creation of a terrifying being that amalgamates all the world’s ghostly powers, it might ironically bring about the world’s doom instead.
Furthermore, what lies beneath the Ninth Layer of the deepest part of the Nine Netherworld, the family does not know, nor do the people of the Otherworld.
The family has been passing down for so many years, yet our knowledge of all this is pathetically little. These hidebound, conservative factions!
The above thoughts were discussed between and your father, but there remains a fundantal issue to be resolved, that is, the source of modern Dark Power, which fundantally creates ghosts and is a crucial problem that must be addressed.
How I wish this letter could continue indefinitely. Yet there are many things I have to do, and you grow in my belly daily, leaving little ti. I cannot perpetually hide here evading reality.
Let’s stop here, my daughter. I hope you and your brother can grow up healthily and happily. I hope one day you and your brother can understand each other. Whatever choices you make, I hope you and your brother will not end up turning against each other like your father and I.
I truly love you both dearly.
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