41 Yin Ghost

Beyond expectation, Zhen Tian's courtyard was incredibly small, much smaller than the others but it was very peaceful and the air in there was refreshing.

Right at the center of his courtyard, there was a small but crystal clear pond with lilies and various u know flowers aligned at the edges, adding to its natural beauty.

At a corner within the courtyard, Alvian and Zhen Tian were seated, opposite each other, but the entire courtyard was silent. Neither of them spoke, thereby making the atmosphere within the courtyard silent and slightly tense.

It was as though they were each waiting, testing each other to see the first person who will break the ice.

Alvian was an astonishingly patient person. His patience has been honed from hundreds of successful ambush missions, where he needed to lie in wait and observe his target. Sometimes, he would remain in one position for more than a week with enough food and drink and was always able to escape after successfully eliminating his target.

His patience had reached an abnormal level already, having this particular showdown with his 'Dad' was simply child's play to him.

The silence continued for more ten minutes. After fifteen minutes, Zhen Tian was the first to give in as he sighed, shaking his head with a slight smile in his face.

He seem to appeared very pleased with his son's calm demeanour in spite of all that had transpired a few minutes ago. 'Seems like he has truly changed'

The handsome middle aged man muttered to himself. After a while, his gazed peered at him. The expression he was using to gaze at Alvian had unexpectedly changed.

He pointed at Alvian's torn cloth with revealed a purplish bluish skin as he spoke with concern in his tone. "We should ask the family physician to check that."

"It's not something an ordinary physician can fix." Alvian shook his head and responded.

"Don't worry, the family physician has a lot of experience dealing stuffs like this. Although he might not be able to completely cure it, suppressing it shouldn't be a problem." Zhen Tian seem quite sure in the capability of the family physician.

Alvian furrowed his brows. The physician doesn't seem like an ordinary person. From what he had gathered during his time in this world, the ordinary people here had never being into contact with an unclean such as ghost or demon.

He then gazed at Zhen Tian and spoke. "You seem to know what exactly caused this, do you mind enlightening your son to the matter?"

Zhen Chen's father sighed and he seem to have gotten a decade older as he rested his back entirely against his chair.

"What you had encountered is called a Yin Ghost. Beyond this mundane world, Ghost, demons and possibly even gods exists. But for some reason, they don't meddle in the affairs of ordinary mortals. Its very rare to come into contact with even one of those filthy things sjnce it's realistically impossible for a normal human to see a ghost unless they let you see them or one possess an ability to see them."

"Although I don't know much about the supernaturals, but firm what I've read so far, I know that Yin Ghost you encountered is the least powerful but its more than enough to wipe out a large family and cause a massive disaster but as long as one was careful, there was no way one would be able to come into contact with them." Zhen Tian explained in one breathe. But there seem to be an inexplicable tone in his voice.

Zhen Tian then focused his gaze at Alvian as though this was the first time he was seeing him. "It's impossible for an ordinary human to see a ghost and even more so impossible to possess the strength and skills to kill one, how did you do it?"

Alvian blinked his eyes. He knew this question would eventually pop up, and even after going through with it several times, the only excuse he could give is silence. Since there were ghosts, there had to be other humans who had the strength to subdue ghosts and demons. However, he had never gone into contact with such a person and with the little information he had, there was no acceptable excuse he could give expect to remain silent.

Zhen Tian wasn't particularly bothered that his son had chosen to remain silent. He wasn't all that interested to know anyways. All of a sudden, he sighed deeply.

But it was though Alvian hadn't noticed, he tapped his fingers in the table and said " What are you worried about? The ghost turned to ashes at the end, there is no way it would come back to life, its over. We can hire an investigator to search for clues about the people that are missing and finally let third mother let this household rest."

Uoin hearing this, Zhen Tian gazed at Alvian, then he chuckled depressingly. "That's right."

Alvian had very high perception and was able to feel the fear and even the hidden despair in his 'father's' tone. This made Alvian suspicious.

"What are you not telling me?" Alvian interrogated with a frown.

Zhen Tian peered at his soon and then look away to gaze at the moon that was hiding behind the clouds.

"A yin ghost would normally only target one person or a group of people with very close similarity and then its done. Since that particular person or group was the source of it all, but our case seem to be different. The yin ghost didn't just target the servants, but instead proceeded to target the family. At first I was unsure, but the attack made against you just proves to confirm my conjecture ." Zhen Tian then choose to remain silent, not saying anymore.

But Alvian was smart enough to make out the underlying meaning in Zhen Tian's tone. "You mean it hasn't ended yet?" Alvian asked, his tone seemingly full of interest.

"No it hasn't, I fear that this is just the beginning."