Perverted Supernatural Academy

Chapter 17

"Terrible...a classic scene from a horror movie!" Pei Linhai swallowed hard, desperately trying to suppress his trembling. He had seen many ghosts and knew what they were. When he saw the ghost named Juni last time, he was only nervous, not afraid. However, in the more than ten years he had lived as an ordinary person, "ghosts" had always been the most terrifying thing. It had become a conditioned reflex, like a person who loves sweets drooling at the sight of cake. Although he knew that he could definitely handle it with his abilities, even without much experience, human fear is sometimes beyond the control of will and reason. Even if he understood the logic, he was still terrified when he needed to be.

"Li...Li Fan...Let's go back, okay..."

Hearing his words, Lou Lifan felt a surge of anger rising within him. This useless thing! He has such a bottomless pit of power for nothing! He really wants to kill him and steal all his spiritual energy…

But he didn't send it. Instead, he seemed to have thought of a good idea and suddenly gave Pei Linhai a very strange expression.

Pei Linhai instinctively took a step back.

The moment Lou Lifan revealed that expression, the surrounding air currents underwent a subtle change. The scattered phosphorescent flames seemed to have received some command and began to spin wildly in place, gradually forming a long line that rushed towards them.

Upon seeing the movement of the phosphorescent flames, Pei Linhai forgot all reason and common sense, letting out a piercing scream. He threw down his backpack and grabbed Lou Lifan, nearly knocking him over: "Waaaaah! They've launched their final attack! They've launched their final attack! Help! Ghosts! Murder—"

The howling suddenly stopped, then rose eighteen degrees and screamed again.

This time it wasn't because of seeing a ghost, but because Lou Lifan stepped on his toes and twisted them with all his might.

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! I'm crippled! I'm crippled! I'm going to be crippled! Li Fan!"

Lou Lifan only released Pei Linhai's poor foot after he was satisfied with stomping on it (meaning he had vented his anger).

“Pei Linhai,” he said coldly, pointing at Pei Linhai’s nose, “tell me the cause of these phosphorescent lights! If you get it right, you can go back during the day; if you get it wrong, you’ll stay here forever!”

The phosphorescent flames seemed to swoop down fiercely, but once they reached them, they made no move, simply spinning in place and flying around them.

“That…” Pei Linhai dared not look at the terrifying so-called will-o’-the-wisps, his stiff gaze fixed on Lou Lifan, but looking at Lou Lifan only made him more nervous. He straightened his neck and swallowed hard. “Phosphorus fire…phosphorus fire…I remember…I remember…uh, it’s because phosphorus from human bones comes out and then…and then burns in the air…”

"Does it have anything to do with ghosts?"

"..."

"Does it matter?!" came a loud shout.

Pei Linhai jumped up in surprise: "No, no, no, no, no! No! Absolutely not!"

"You know there's no one here, so what are you afraid of?!" Lou Lifan punched him on the forehead, his veins bulging with anger. "You're already this scared before the real thing even comes out. If it does, you'll be crying for your parents and begging for mercy!"

"I...I...I won't...I won't!"

This world is eerie, especially in a graveyard. Just as Lou Lifan finished speaking, Pei Linhai felt a cold, damp sensation on the back of his neck, and a sinister voice floated up behind him, saying, "Really not...?"

"My God!" Pei Linhai screamed in agony, not daring to turn his head, he lunged forward and hugged Lou Lifan tightly. "Help! Don't kill me! Don't eat me! I surrender—"

As expected, he didn't kowtow, because he only cried and begged for mercy.

"...Lou Lifan, the assistant you brought is far too incompetent," the voice continued in a sinister tone.

Lou Lifan slammed his knee into Pei Linhai's abdomen, then proceeded to beat him mercilessly.

"I'll teach you to act like a coward! I'll teach you to embarrass me! I'll teach you to be so useless! Die! Die, die, die, die!"

Ten minutes later, Pei Linhai, holding his head which had been beaten into a pig's head, sobbed, "I was just a little scared..."

“I’ll make you a little bit scared!…” Lou Lifan raised his big foot, intending to stamp his face, but was pulled back by something behind him.

“Um… Boss Lou, we know you’re very strong and don’t need an assistant, but… if you kill him here, what if he tries to take our territory?” Several glowing green arms appeared on Lou Lifan’s body, and several ghastly green, crooked-nosed, slanted-eyed ghosts desperately hugged him from behind to prevent him from killing him again. “If you really want to kill him, wait until we’re outside our territory…”

Before the ghost could finish speaking, and without hearing what they were saying, all they saw was a halo of light suddenly appear on Pei Linhai's hand, which was being held by the ghost: "Ah! Evil ghost! Let go of Li Fan!"

The halo flashed out a thin tail and rushed swiftly toward the ghosts. It was so fast that the ghosts didn't have time to react. They just stared wide-eyed at the direction from which the halo was coming, about to be hit and have their souls scattered.

Lou Lifan stretched out his left hand and shouted, "Seal!" His finger drew a circle the size of a palm in the air, and the light wheel struck it, making a dull bang.

"Are you out of your mind?!" Lou Lifan withdrew the seal and roared at Pei Linhai, "You're just making random moves without even understanding anything! If you keep this up, I'll seal your abilities and have the school send you back! Stop dragging me down!"

Pei Linhai was extremely aggrieved: "I'm afraid they'll harm you..."

"They think they can harm me with such meager abilities! You underestimate me!"

The ghosts, mouths agape and eyes agape, clung to Lou Lifan. Lou Lifan looked down and saw the still-entwined green arms. He irritably swatted them away one by one: "Get out! Get out! Don't touch me! Do you really think I'm going to kill that idiot? I don't want to be charged by the Paranormal Association!"

The ghosts obediently drifted to the side and stayed there, seemingly shocked by Pei Linhai's move just now, and the green light on their bodies dimmed considerably.

Pei Linhai stammered, "Um... um, Li Fan, aren't we here to exorcise ghosts? Why...?"

Lou Lifan said coldly, "Who told you that exorcising ghosts means exorcising all the ghosts in this place?"

"...??"

Lou Lifan said, "This cemetery isn't actually that big..."

"This isn't big enough? It must cover at least 500 square meters..."

"Shut up!" Lou Lifan roared.

Pei Linhai shut up obediently.

“However, the… cough, here is quite old.” His cough sounded very unnatural, and Pei Linhai was very puzzled. He knew that what Lou Lifan wanted to say earlier was definitely not this, but something more important, but he didn’t dare to ask, otherwise he would definitely be scolded again. “Because of this, quite a few… cough, some rather strange ghosts have been generated here, such as these fluorescent ghosts.” He pointed to the ghosts emitting green light next to him.

Ghosts transformed from human spirits don't actually emit light; they exist in a way similar to electromagnetic waves. What people with high spiritual perception can see is actually a kind of resonance with these electromagnetic waves. Similar to how light creates images on the retina, this "information" also forms an image on the retina. Therefore, they generally don't have a light source; at most, they are just a hazy white shadow. Only ghosts that have become sentient can possess a physical body, like Yuan Ni. For a ghost to emit light, it's only possible that: 1. The ghost's "essence" is very pure, unpolluted by negative spiritual influences such as evil spirits or resentment; 2. Someone shines green light on it…

Pei Linhai stared at the several ghosts with crooked noses and slanted eyes, speechless: "So-called...pure ghosts...?" Is this what they are?

"So didn't I tell you they're weird!"

"...I'm sorry...I was wrong..."

But what are they doing here? Are they here for a spiritual or supernatural awareness class?

Lou Lifan knew what he was thinking and continued, "If it were just this kind of thing, that would be fine, but it also produces other things, such as..."

Suddenly, the ground began to vibrate slightly, as if someone were trembling. The amplitude was small, but the frequency was rapid. Pei Linhai felt as if something sticky was clinging to his body, binding him heavily and making him unable to move. He looked into the distance and saw that the ground was beginning to distort, the ground undulating like ocean waves, and the sky was also twisting. The feeling of spatial dislocation made him dizzy. Logically, with such severe fluctuations, they should have been unable to even stand, but apart from the subtle vibrations beneath their feet, there was still nothing.

"Li Fan! This..."

"Watch closely!"

Despite the dizzying and nauseating effect of the distorted space, Pei Linhai dared not disobey Lou Lifan's orders and forced himself to focus on the scene. At that moment, a faint crackling sound came from the ground as countless bulges rose up, bursting open one by one, and some dark things crawled out from beneath the surface.

Those things were about the size of a pot, with long pseudo-legs, crawling on the ground like octopuses. Their heads were not clearly visible; all that could be determined was that they were dark, indistinct clumps without eyes.

"...What is this??" I don't think I learned about anything this strange in my paranormal class?

Lou Lifan remained silent and still, staring at Pei Linhai with a strange expression, as if he wanted to say something but was too lazy to.

"Li Fan? What's wrong? Li Fan?" Pei Linhai waved his hand in front of his face, and Lou Li Fan gave him a fierce look. Pei Linhai hurriedly withdrew his hand. "Hey, don't do this if you're not alright! I thought something had happened to you!"

Lou Lifan's expression—"Even if something happens, it's you who will be in trouble! Not me!"

"Then why aren't you saying anything? Say something! Li Fan? What's wrong with you? Li Fan!? Li..." A panting sound came from around him, and Pei Linhai looked down in shock.

The things that crawled out from underground surrounded their feet, but didn't approach Lou Lifan. They stayed around Pei Linhai's feet, with some already climbing up to his ankles. Pei Linhai yelled and tried desperately to shake off these disgusting things, but his body was still bound by that sticky feeling, making his movements much slower. In addition, the things were sticking very tightly to his feet, and he couldn't shake them off no matter what he did.

More dark things gathered and crawled onto Pei Linhai's body. Pei Linhai was in a terrible state, yelling, jumping, and stomping his feet, but once they stuck to him, they wouldn't come off; new ones kept sticking and moving upwards. Soon, Pei Linhai's legs were completely entangled in them. The sticky feeling spread all over his body to his legs, making them too heavy to lift. He had a premonition that he might die here today…

"Li Fan! Help me—" If Lou Li Fan doesn't save him, he's really going to die!

Lou Lifan remained silent, his eyes glancing downwards at Pei Linhai's travel bag. Pei Linhai followed his gaze and suddenly understood. He desperately dragged the black things forward, pulling them by the strap of the travel bag to his side, only to find several more of those black things clinging to it. He frantically thrashed and pulled at them, finally managing to tear them all off. From the bag, he pulled out a sacred artifact—a peach wood sword—that had been on top of the bag.

The peach wood sword is used similarly to the exorcism staff; both involve infusing it with spiritual energy, turning it into a power amplifier and concentrator, allowing for focused release of power. This method conserves about 40% of power compared to using bare hands, while increasing strength by approximately 20%. Pei Linhai lifted it and, following the method Lou Lifan had previously explained, channeled spiritual energy into it at a fixed frequency. He had tried channeling energy randomly before, and the result was always the same—the wooden sword would automatically shatter…

"Heaven and earth enter my spiritual realm! Defilement, flee! Hah!" The peach wood sword emitted a sapphire blue light, a halo swirling around its blade, crackling like lightning. Pei Linhai swung the sword in mid-air, casting a spell; the sapphire blue light formed a rune shape. He then drew an oval circle with his other hand, encircling the rune within it. As he sealed the final crack in the circle, the rune in the air suddenly exploded with a blinding light, "Sword Purification!"

The black things squeaked and screamed as soon as they were exposed to the bright light, each one emitting a thick smoke and melting into the air, leaving no residue behind.

Finally rid of those things! Pei Linhai was overjoyed, but he was also panting heavily from exhaustion. Having high spiritual power was one thing, but his body's endurance wasn't much greater than that of an ordinary person. If he consumed too much spiritual power and used the wrong methods, he could very well die.

"Li...Li Fan, hehe...I did a good job, didn't I? Hehehehe..."

"Fool!" Lou Lifan finally spoke, shutting down Pei Linhai's smugness with a single sentence.

"Um... what's wrong?"

Lou Lifan took his sword and said, "First, if I were to deal with those things just now, if you used seven-tenths of your strength, then I would only need to use two-tenths."

More bulges appeared on the ground, and more of those black objects crawled out, wriggling towards the two of them. Pei Linhai's face turned pale, and when Lou Lifan noticed his condition, he glared at him fiercely, making Pei Linhai even paler.

"The water of the heavens cleanses my body, the golden flower is without virtue, the reeds are splendid, the soul is empty and chaotic..." He chanted a long incantation, and like Pei Linhai, he raised his wooden sword high and kicked Pei Linhai, "Mineral water!"

"What?"

"I want bottled water! The bottled water you brought!"

Lou Lifan hurriedly reached into his travel bag, only to find several black things crawling onto his feet. He jumped around frantically while searching, finally turning the entire travel bag inside out and emptying everything before finding a bottle. He tossed it towards Lou Lifan, saying, "Here you go!"

"Boundless Mist! Cleanse the Water Sword!" Lou Lifan shouted, his peach wood sword slashing down, splitting the mineral water bottle in two. The water, upon touching the sword, turned into mist, yet it didn't dissipate, twisting and swirling into a strange symbol before exploding with a bang. The mist instantly filled the entire graveyard, and Pei Linhai felt an itch in his throat, as if the air was too humid and he wanted to cough.

The screeching and screaming of those black things was incessant. Pei Linhai could only see them through the fog, and could only make a blurry sound as they screamed and split open when they came into contact with the fog, disappearing without a trace.

“If you only use one medium, the distribution of spiritual power will be very limited,” Lou Lifan said. “It’s best to use several within your capabilities. If I were the teacher and you were an ordinary student, I would tell you that it’s best to use one. But you are not. You have enough spiritual power to control the sacred artifact, so I recommend that you use more. Of course, it’s not that the more you use, the better. The minimum requirement should be that the two things can amplify each other rather than weaken each other.”

The mist dissipated, leaving no trace.

"Uh... but what was that...? We don't think we've ever learned about it..."

"You're so dogmatic!" Lou Lifan said with a straight face. "Does something not written in the textbook not exist? Let me tell you, every day some species disappear and some species are created in this world, and ghosts are the same. What you learned about yesterday might be extinct today, and what you encounter today might not appear in your textbook for another twenty years!"

"but……"

"Second!" Lou Lifan glared at him fiercely, "Why did you move just now!"

"What??"

"You idiot and a complete moron! Didn't you realize those things track moving objects? As long as you don't move, they have no way of finding your location! It's all because you're yelling and jumping around! Luckily, these things aren't capable of threatening us yet! Otherwise, we'd be dead for sure!"

"So that's how it is..." Lou Lifan chuckled dryly, "But how did you know?"

Those glowing green ghosts that had disappeared somewhere suddenly darted out: "That's because of us..."

Lou Lifan roared, "Get out! If you dare to spout nonsense, I'll elevate you to a higher level!"

Pei Linhai, unaware of what was happening, stared blankly at the ghosts as they hurriedly fled, and asked Lou Lifan, "Lifan, weren't we here to exorcise ghosts? Why... do they seem to know you so well?"

"Would I be that familiar with these idiots?" Lou Lifan's stiff expression clearly conveyed four words—I'm angry. "It's just that they're the employers this time."

"What! They hired you? When did you become a professional psychic?!" Only professional psychics are qualified to be hired for exorcism, especially by ghosts.

"When did I tell you they hired me?!" Lou Lifan roared. "I said they were the employers! They hired my second sister! It was my second sister who dumped this damn job on me!"

"……ah?"

Lou Lifan's second sister is a professional psychic. Some time ago, she was hired to investigate a case in a remote mountain forest and accidentally brought back a ghost that was clinging to her relentlessly. This ghost seemed to have fallen in love with her, and its obsession was extremely strong. Even Lou's parents were helpless against it and could only seek help from another high-level psychic. The psychic agreed to their request, but on one condition: that Lou's second sister accept the job of the fluorescent ghost to help exorcise the strange ghost in the graveyard.

"But if he's so capable, why doesn't he do it himself?"

Lou Lifan turned to look at him: "What do you think this place is?"

"...?"