"It's nothing more than a rumor that's been passed around."
A smile appeared on the old man's aged face.
"It was rumored that there was an Immortal on Feixia Mountain, but with strength like yours and mine, how could we believe in such a thing?"
"As for the so-called haunting..."
"Strictly speaking, we're ghosts ourselves."
"After we die, there'll be no difference between us and the Vicious Ghosts outside."
"I believe you've seen them too, young friend."
"Yes." Jiang Qiao nodded. "I discovered that after the people of this world die, they become covered by a Ghost Domain and are isolated from the real world."
"That's right."
"In fact, most of the so-called hauntings happen because those things accidentally enter the real world."
"Back when the founding ancestor established Great Qi..."
"To keep humans and ghosts from interfering with each other, he established this rule."
"After death, one enters the Void Realm."
"You were right to see a Ghost Domain appearing on them. But their Ghost Domains are actually connected to one another, so they can see each other but not the living."
"We call these connected Ghost Domains the Void Realm."
"But the Void Realm isn't an independent space. It's supported by the real world and can be viewed as a projection. Too much power capable of affecting reality will cause the Void Realm to become unstable."
"So the founding ancestor established a second rule, called 'Matter and Self as One.'"
At this point,
the smile on the old man's face became somewhat rueful.
"The Void Realm? Matter and Self as One?" Jiang Qiao frowned. "I can understand the Void Realm, but what does the latter mean?"
Seeing the old man's expression change as if he were putting on a different face,
it seemed that it wasn't anything good.