"Don't worry, I guarantee I won't tell anyone about this." I nodded, thinking to myself, Please don't let this involve my life. These ghosts were no kind souls. If they learned my secret, they might send disciples after me every day to hunt me down.
But curiosity still egged me on to keep listening.
"There is a spirit inside. It's extremely powerful and dangerous. When the Grand Elder was still in office, he strictly forbade anyone below the level of Grand Elder from entering. As for the rear mountain, it's a forbidden ground that no one except the Grand Elder may set foot in. Ordinary disciples and elders need not even be mentioned. Even you aren't allowed to enter the little courtyard where you live." Li Junmin lowered her voice.
My expression turned solemn. Whenever anyone mentioned a spirit, I had always thought of it as merely a ghost. But now a ghost cultivator was telling me this, and I immediately felt that the situation was more complicated than I had imagined. "A spirit... isn't it a ghost?"
"It's a living being nurtured by heaven and earth! In other words, what you humans call a demon—a demon formed from gathered spiritual energy." Li Junmin explained.
After hearing that, I sucked in a cold breath. The life-form that had condensed into existence was actually called a demon. Humans said that anything extraordinary was a demon. This extraordinary thing being called a spirit or a demon was indeed fitting.
"A demon... What's the difference between a demon and a ghost? This really is my first time hearing that demons exist. I thought there were only ghosts... What kind of demon is it?" My heart gave a heavy thump. A demon hidden in the forbidden ground was something I had never expected. Ghosts