Bad habit?
Shen Boxia was slightly taken aback when he heard that.
He had not expected Jiang Qiao to consider skipping meals and sleep a bad habit. Out here in the wilderness, wasn't that perfectly normal?
Everyone could survive without eating.
So when eating was inconvenient, they simply did not eat. What was wrong with that?
It was common sense everyone followed.
How had it become a bad habit?
"Don't understand?" Jiang Qiao smiled. "Remember this: you're human, not a ghost."
Human.
Not a ghost?
Shen Boxia frowned slightly.
Just as he was about to speak, his gaze suddenly shifted, as though something had occurred to him, and he fell into thought.
After a long while, he slowly said, "Mr. Jiang."
"Do you mean that even as Special Ability Users, we still need to maintain normal human habits? That they can serve as an anchor, constantly reminding us that we're human, not ghosts?"
"That's right."
Jiang Qiao nodded. "You need to understand that subtle influence is terrifying."
"When you always live in an inhuman way,"
"over time,"
"you'll grow accustomed to it."
"And once you grow accustomed to it, mentally, you'll gradually distance yourself from normal people. When that happens, Vicious Ghosts will accelerate their erosion of your consciousness."
"In the end, they will merge with you even faster."
"So that's how it is." Shen Boxia suddenly understood, his heart tightening as he hurriedly took out a flatbread Jiang Qiao had told him to prepare beforehand and set it over the fire to toast.
"Mr. Jiang's understanding of the supernatural is truly meticulous. It's astounding."
He could not help but praise him.
Although Jiang Qiao often displayed a shocking lack of common sense when it came to all sorts of ordinary knowledge, his understanding and insights regarding the supernatural were