Le Chemin des Fantômes Lésés, Partie 1 Le Chemin des Fantômes Lésés

Chapitre 16

"All four students—Pei Linhai, Lou Lifan, Tian Jin, Luo Tianwu, Su Jueming, Le Sui, and Gongye—passed the three entrance examinations!"

"What!?" All seven people asked in surprise at the same time.

The pentagram barrier vanished with a whoosh, and the surrounding green scenery, along with "Peilinhai" still lying there in her gauze dress, all disappeared. Tang Xin floated to their side, smiling as she looked at their astonished faces.

"The admission process at Byte Academy is entirely by recommendation. Many people think there are no exams, and that you only need to meet the spiritual power standard, but that's not the case," Tang Xin said, turning around leisurely. "The entrance exam doesn't necessarily tell you the time, place, or method like other schools do. That's our unique feature. Anyone who can step into the school gate's barrier passes the first exam; anyone who can complete the teacher's random questions during the first day of cleaning passes the second exam. Pei Linhai and Lou Lifan, you were taking an exam when you were thrown into the alternate dimension, and the same goes for Luo Tianwu and the others when they were thrown into the Gate of Hell. Tianjin's premonition is strong, and she dodged three random exams, so she passed too; and the third exam is this one. Anyone who can complete the questions I gave you in this dream will pass. But Pei Linhai, you actually came up with the idea of having Tianjin send a message to Su Jueming to open the spatial bag and rescue Lou Lifan at the same time. That's really impressive. I thought you would only resort to brute force."

Pei Linhai chuckled: "I should be the one who didn't expect this. I thought Li Fan and the others could easily defeat your shikigami, and I could get out easily. I didn't expect you to use such a despicable trick... Aren't you afraid that the parasitic ghost will eat Li Fan?"

"I'm not afraid at all!" Tang Xin laughed, her eyes crinkling. "Because you're here... Oh ho ...

Lou Lifan's face was ashen. When he saw Pei Linhai looking at him with an expression that seemed to say, "Praise me! I've improved!" he immediately flew into a rage and punched Pei Linhai on the head: "It's all your fault! You idiot! If it weren't for saving you, I wouldn't have suffered so much! And you even had the audacity to say that we could easily defeat his shikigami!! You really have a death wish, don't you!!! If I die here, I'll beat you to a pulp when we get to the Spirit Realm!!!"

Pei Linhai's face screamed "This is bad," but he dared not provoke him any further, and obediently chuckled, "Yeah, yeah... I'm sorry..."

The three entrance exams are over, but the road ahead is long and arduous... You all have a long time ahead of you in this twisted academy! Keep going! Don't die here!

The Paranormal Academy 2

Author: Unknown

Chapter One: Hellish Training

There are many ghosts in this world, ghosts that most people cannot see.

There are many perverts in this world, perverts you haven't discovered.

This is the Byte Paranormal Academy, a place teeming with perverts. It's October now, the second month since the new students started school. Welcome to visit...

"I told you, no, no, no!! How many times do I have to tell you before you understand! You idiot!!"

Amidst a deafening roar, suppressed, heartbreaking sobs emanated from dormitory 333—between a well-known couple.

"I...I just don't understand..."

That's why I said you're incredibly stupid!

The young man standing with his hands on his hips, acting like a shrew, is named Lou Lifan. He is a first-year student at Byte Academy, 20 years old, with a spiritual power level of B-grade and over 19 years of experience in spiritual abilities. His superpowers include shikigami (spirits), contact with spirits without a medium, hand-to-hand sealing, and spiritual energy searching.

The tall young man who was scolded to the point of almost kneeling and crying was named Pei Linhai, a first-year student at Byte Academy. He was 25 years old this year, with a Spiritual Power Rank of at least Level 3 (Special A), and less than 3 years of experience in spiritual abilities. His superpowers were all-encompassing, except for his spiritual powers.

They started living together a month ago in this cursed couple's house, where it's said that anyone who lives there will become a couple... They tried their best to resist this sad fate, but it didn't seem to work. Now, everyone in the school except themselves thinks they are a couple.

Since they started living together, they've nearly lost their lives multiple times due to the perverted principal, teachers, and school system. However, in all these near-misses, none of the dangers stemming from Lou Lifan have been due to him! In other words, he was entirely dragged down by Pei Linhai. Now, Lou Lifan gets a headache just hearing the word "class," because he doesn't know if Pei Linhai will accidentally cause him trouble again. If this continues, he'll probably be prematurely gray-haired at such a young age. If it weren't for the Paranormal Association investigating, he'd really like to secretly kill this guy.

Ah! I forgot to mention, Lou Lifan's mother is a witch, a high-level great witch, and his bad temper is entirely inherited from her.

To avoid being dragged down by the almost inexperienced Pei Linhai any longer, he had to give him special training after each day's classes, and also vent his extreme dissatisfaction with him "slightly." However, Pei Linhai's experience was simply too limited; there were things that were a piece of cake for Lou Lifan, yet he completely failed to understand them (of course!). As a result, Lou Lifan was driven to the brink of madness and even a stroke by this slow-witted fellow every day. If he stayed with this guy any longer, he wouldn't need a soul guide to ferry him; he'd be heading straight to the underworld!

"That's still not right! How many times do I have to tell you?! Intuitive power is not spiritual power!! Take back your spiritual power!! Use your intuitive power to detect my presence!!"

"But... I still don't understand... I can't feel any spiritual power..."

Lou Lifan was on the verge of a stroke: "You don't need to sense your spiritual power at all! I told you to withdraw your spiritual power! Then, without any interference from spiritual power, use your instincts to sense it!"

"My superpowers don't include inspiration..."

"That's because your spiritual power is too high! You rely too much on spiritual power to detect things, which leads to this result! Everyone with spiritual power has spiritual power! It's just that people who aren't born spiritualists have weaker spiritual power! That's common sense! Don't tell me you didn't know that!"

"But……"

"Don't give me any more 'buts'!" Lou Lifan roared, his head spinning. He grabbed a fruit knife from the round table and held it to Pei Linhai's throat. "You'd better use your spiritual power today! Otherwise, you can go cry to the Paranormal Association in your spirit form tomorrow! Do you understand?!"

"I...I understand..." Facing the gleaming fruit knife, even if he didn't understand, he had to explain. Lou Lifan meant what he said, and he knew that perfectly well. T_T Their place was always bustling; the special training that started in the morning made their room a constant state of chaos. In contrast, the once lively rooms 332 and 334 were now quiet, and no one dared to disturb them. Because Luo Tianwu and the other three had fully understood how ruthless Lou Lifan's nature was; if they dared to displease him, he would definitely hold a fruit knife to their throats.

After two hours of intensive training, Lou Lifan sipped his hot tea and kicked the guy who was still pretending to be a tragic heroine, sobbing: "Hey! Have you cried enough? Get up now! I have something to say to you!"

Pei Linhai slowly got up from the ground: "Li Fan, can we make a deal? Can we stop using such violent methods to teach?"

“Violence?” Lou Lifan sneered. Pei Linhai noticed the bulging veins on his forehead and immediately thought to himself, “You know what violence is? I’ve been good enough to you. If my three devils were to teach you, I guarantee you’d be crying and running away tomorrow.”

Generally speaking, the "three demons" that Lou Lifan mentioned refer to his three older sisters. Because their mother is a high-level witch, their abilities also belong to the witch category, and they are currently at the intermediate level of witches.

Pei Linhai had heard a lot about the great achievements of the three witches from Lou Lifan, but he couldn't imagine what someone even more terrifying than Lou Lifan would be like.

In his mind, he pictured three old women in black robes flying on broomsticks. (Those are witches! Not sorceresses! You idiot!)

"In short, I've taught you a lot of common sense things," Lou Lifan said, putting down his teacup. "The rest depends on your comprehension. There's no internship tonight. I'm going to take you somewhere. Remember to tell the dormitory manager that we won't be coming back to sleep tonight."

The dormitory manager is named Byte, the same name as the academy. She is a girl with a rather childlike appearance. However, in Byte Academy, you can't judge a person's character based on their appearance, because this is a "perverted" supernatural academy, a place where perverts live together, and anything can happen.

"Where are we going?" Pei Linhai asked.

"The graveyard, for exorcising ghosts." Lou Lifan said this before walking into the bathroom without looking back.

Pei Linhai stood alone in the center of the room. After a long while, he suddenly began to wail and howl like a ghost: "The graveyard! Why go to the graveyard? And exorcise ghosts! I'm not a monk or an onmyoji! I'm a spiritualist—!!"

Lou Lifan covered his ears impatiently in the bathroom and muttered to himself, "What an idiot! What do you think a paranormal practitioner does? They just do the work of monks and yin-yang masters!"

No matter how much he cried, Pei Linhai dared not disobey Lou Lifan's orders. He could only pack his things with trepidation while lamenting his tragic fate.

As he asked Byte for leave, the strange Byte let out a sinister "hehehehe": "Graveyard? Isn't it a hotel? Oh hehehehe—the couple's reputation is well-deserved! You two really..."

"That's not true!" Pei Linhai's face turned ashen. If he could, he really didn't want to get close to anyone from this academy or any of its staff. After all, the students were just minor perverts, but these staff members were all seriously perverted...

"Alright, I grant you leave, but remember to come back alive, or you'll be punished ^^"

Pei Linhai didn't want to remind her at all that if they didn't come back "alive," it wouldn't matter if they were punished ten thousand times over.

There are many things you need to bring for exorcising ghosts, such as talismans, talismans, talismans, talismans...

After filling an oversized travel bag, Pei Linhai asked Lou Lifan with great confusion, "Lifan, why are we bringing so many talismans?"

"Of course they're useful... Wait!" Lou Lifan turned around and saw the terrifyingly large travel bag at Pei Linhai's feet, and exclaimed in surprise, "Why do you need so many talismans!"

"Didn't you tell me to bring it?"

"When did I ask you to bring so much! It would last for half a year in that little cemetery!"

"You said the more tools the better..."

"I'm talking about the tools! Tools!" Lou Lifan angrily poked his head with his finger. "Do you even know what you need for exorcising ghosts?! Water! A purification sword! An exorcism stick! A Bible! A cross! Garlic... no! That's for exorcising vampires! You've driven me crazy!" He kicked over the huge travel bag. "And a peach wood sword! Amulets! Dog blood! Go get them ready!"

“But…” Pei Linhai blinked, even more confused than before, “Why do we need to bring these things? The teacher clearly said in class that if we’re going to use Western methods, we should use Western methods specifically, and if we’re going to use Eastern methods specifically, otherwise it will create a repulsive force…”

Lou Lifan pulled out a fruit knife and waved it in front of Pei Linhai, who shrank back.

"I...I'll take care of it right away..."

"That's really asking for a beating!" Lou Lifan spat.

The cemetery Lou Lifan mentioned was located north of Byte Academy. It seemed to have been abandoned many years ago. Because no one had come to repair it, greenish-blue will-o'-the-wisps drifted by, and broken tombstones and human bones were scattered all over the ground. Pei Linhai, carrying a large bag, followed Lou Lifan to the cemetery. When he saw the scene, his legs started to cramp.

"Li...Li Fan...can e another day..." So scary...so frightening...

"No!" Lou Lifan said coldly, "Look at your useless behavior! It's not like you've never seen a ghost before, and now you're scared!"

"This...this is different..." This looks more like something out of a horror novel!

Did you watch "Braindead" yesterday?

"Hmm...hmm..." It seems like there's a scene like this in there...

"That's great," Lou Lifan turned around and tapped Pei Linhai's chest, who was much taller than him. "It would be best to train your courage as well! So you'll remember what it means to remain calm in the face of adversity!"

“But!” Pei Linhai was on the verge of tears. “I’m not like you! I wasn’t born dealing with ghosts, no one in my family has ever come into contact with ghosts, and no one around me treats exorcising ghosts as a routine task!”

Lou Lifan turned around and said calmly, "Then let's start now. It's not too late to start training slowly."

If it weren't so ugly, Pei Linhai would have loved to roll around on the ground twice...

Once upon a time, there was a mountain, and on the mountain was a grave, and in the grave were many, many ghosts. One day, one ghost said to the other ghosts, "Two suckers are coming here soon, we should give them a good welcome..."

On the gloomy and rugged path through the mountains, Lou Lifan walked ahead with ease, occasionally leaping to avoid various pits and holes. Pei Linhai followed behind him, panting heavily, his legs seemingly held back by something, his steps incredibly slow.

"Li...Li Fan...Could you...go a little slower...huff...huff..." His voice sounded very tired; if someone said he was about to die, probably no one would object.

"That's impossible, I'm already at the slowest speed," Lou Lifan said decisively. "Your cultivation is still insufficient, so this time I'm going to give you a good workout!"

"But...but..." Pei Linhai gasped for breath, saying aggrievedly, "All our stuff is on my back!"

That's right, Lou Lifan brought nothing but himself, while Pei Linhai carried a large backpack weighing over 100 pounds.

"Could I put it in the interdimensional portal...?"

"No! I sent you out to exercise, not to enjoy yourself!"

Pei Linhai dared not refute Lou Lifan's words, but he really wanted to ask why their original purpose was to train their spiritual power, but it ended up becoming a physical training exercise...

When they were about a kilometer away from the cemetery, Pei Linhai clearly felt a chilling oppressive aura. It was ghostly energy.

He began to mentally calculate the approximate algorithm of spiritual mathematics. According to this calculation, the number of ghostly auras was definitely no less than ten, of which there should be no fewer than five old ghosts over a hundred years old.

"You sensed them, didn't you?" Lou Lifan's expression seemed to be a happy smile, but it was more like a sinister grin. "Come on, tell me, how many ghosts did you sense?"

Pei Linhai was most afraid of his smile. Whenever he saw him smile like that again, his calves would involuntarily start to cramp.

"Um... I just did a rough calculation, and there are about ten."

"Ten? Ten?" Lou Lifan's smile became even more sinister. The weather in October was only slightly cold, but Pei Linhai could clearly feel a terrifying chill.

Pei Linhai finally realized that the most terrifying thing in the world was not monsters, zombies, or ghosts, but Lou Lifan...

"Was I...wrong?"

“That’s right, of course it’s right,” Lou Lifan’s sinister smile widened, and Pei Linhai’s fear also intensified. “Anyway, for an idiot like you with ‘zero inspiration’, it’s already quite good that you could calculate this result.”

Lou Lifan turned around and strode away, seemingly muttering to himself as he walked: "Anyway, even if I die, it has nothing to do with me."

Pei Linhai's face was covered in black lines.

Cemetery.

Unless there is a special need, ordinary people would not like to come to such places, especially cemeteries that have been abandoned for more than a hundred years and have not been maintained.

Generally speaking, cemeteries are filled with varying degrees of resentment, because almost no one dies willingly. This situation is exacerbated in cemeteries that have not been maintained for a long time. Ghosts who linger in the mortal realm for various reasons watch their graves grow more desolate day by day, their bones dug up by wild dogs, their flesh gnawed away, the remaining parts slowly rotting, and their exposed bones exposed to wind and rain... All of this causes their resentment to gradually accumulate and deepen to a terrifying degree.

Occasionally, these ghosts may undergo transformations resembling demons, what people generally call "becoming spirits." Some might think that the White Bone Demon from Journey to the West is such a case, but although both are "becoming spirits," the White Bone Demon's spirit is her skeleton, not her ghost.

Like most abandoned cemeteries, this cemetery was desolate, with scattered bones strewn everywhere. Many tombstones had weathered away, leaving only half of them standing. Phosphorescent lights seemed to float around like living things, sometimes landing on the grave mounds, sometimes soaring high into the air and circling. A gust of wind would blow them away, and they would disappear into the distance.