Online Fortune Telling: Your Son Has Another Dad-Chapter 222 - 220: Ghosts

"666!"

"Daowei, though you like to brag about your shortcomings, you’re quite humorous!"

"Ahem... Let’s be serious! This is a sacred live stream predicting the future, not your dating site."

"Fatty Brother, are you really still single? Can’t you be a bit less rigid about gender?"

"Hahaha! I’m a female viewer, rooting for you two to get together!"

"When love comes, gender is not a problem, neither is the species!"

"Huh? This... sounds a bit scary?"

"I’ll clarify, in our live stream, the male viewers definitely meet Xiaoshuai’s standards! As for why only Xiaoshuai, it’s because this dead fatty dragged down the average."

"If you’re gonna call them fat, just say fat; can you skip the ’dead’ part?"

"Oh no, another chubby viewer exposed their identity."

"Honestly, judging by Daowei’s figure, it’s just mildly chubby."

"The girl has a good foundation, losing weight will definitely make her beautiful!"

"Why does this sound familiar?"

There really aren’t many fateful viewers this funny and entertaining!

Lu Heng smiled and said, "May I ask how to address the young friend?"

"Master, my surname is Qian."

"You can just call me Qian."

Qian also responded with a smile.

Lu Heng nodded and asked, "What would Young Friend Qian like to predict tonight?"

"Master, may I ask you a question first?"

Qian scratched his head awkwardly.

"Feel free to ask any questions you have, young friend."

"As long as it’s something this humble Taoist knows and can share, I’ll tell you."

Lu Heng was quite curious about the other party’s question.

"Thanks a lot, Master!"

Qian nodded happily and then asked, "Master, I’d like to ask if ghosts really exist in this world?"

"Ghosts?"

Upon hearing this question, Lu Heng slightly frowned.

Viewers also didn’t expect this chubby person to ask such a question.

Immediately, everyone started having a lively discussion.

"Where are there any ghosts in this world? I’ve been around for more than thirty years and haven’t seen a ghostly trace."

"The so-called ’ghost’ is usually someone pretending!"

"Didn’t Outdoor Big Yang run into a ghost? He was scared and ran away, only to find out it was someone pretending to be a ghost to scare them off."

"If you ask me, better believe it exists than not!"

"Daowei, you asked that, so did you see a ghost?"

"Ha, I’ve seen lots: lecherous ghosts, gambling ghosts, drunken ghosts, sloppy ghosts, and many more!"

"If you never do wrongful deeds, you won’t be afraid of ghosts knocking at night!"

"Ghosts aren’t scary; what’s scary is the human heart!"

Qian didn’t join the discussion but quietly watched Lu Heng, waiting for his answer.

After a while, Lu Heng gently shook his head and said, "In this world, there are ghosts, but there are also none!"

"Everything in the world is born of Qi; all things carry Yin on their backs while embracing Yang, harmonizing Qi."

"The blending of Yin and Yang Qi forms all things under heaven, making ’Qi’ the source, root, and origin of all things!"

"In my view, all things, be it plants, animals, or humans, are born of ’Qi’."

"After a person dies, thoughts halt, the physical body decays, but the ’Qi’ that forms them doesn’t necessarily dissipate."

"Without the protection of the human body, ’Qi’ can undergo various strange transformations under environmental influence."

"But no matter how much it changes, ’Qi’ ultimately can’t escape dissipation."

"Only under very special circumstances would ’Qi’ gather, retain, and combine with remnants of souls, becoming ’ghosts’."

"Therefore, I say that there are ’ghosts’ in this world."

Lu Heng paused slightly here.

After glancing at Qian, who was listening intently, he continued, "As for why I contradict myself by saying there are no ghosts..."

"That’s because the ’ghosts’ formed by ’Qi’ differ from what everyone imagines ghosts to be."

"People assume ghosts are the souls of the deceased, hence ghosts have similarities with humans—some good, some bad."

"In everyone’s understanding, ghosts linger with unfulfilled desires and leave for the Underworld once satisfied."

"But I believe that after death, a person’s three souls and seven spirits completely dissipate."

"Only in extremely rare cases would remnants of souls combine with gathered ’Qi’ to become ’ghosts’."

"This probability is so low, it’s almost nonexistent..."

Lu Heng talked a lot, almost confusing himself.

In fact, his explanation essentially said nothing substantial.

It was meant to give an aura of profound mystery and authority.

If pressed, he’d definitely say ghosts don’t exist.

But being occasionally mystical himself, denying ghosts would be denying himself.

So, he could only answer ambiguously about what a ’ghost’ means.

After this explanation, the viewers blinked in bewilderment, questioning their intelligence.

"What... does this even mean?"

"Yeah, can someone who got it summarize whether ghosts exist?"

"Ghosts? I don’t know. My head’s just full of ’Qi’!"

"Then congratulations, brother, you’ve understood the great way and are about to ascend to heaven!" 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"One person attains enlightenment, and even his chicken and dog ascend... Woof woof woof..."

"Brother, wanna play?"

"Wow, we have all the strange company here!"

"I get it now! What the master means is that the ghosts we think of don’t exist, while the ghosts that do exist are merely a fusion of Qi and partial souls."

"Right, right, it’s just that the chance of Qi and souls merging is so low it’s negligible."

"So it means there both are and aren’t ghosts?"

"Got it! There are indeed ghosts, but they don’t exist in the way we think, right?"

"I figured it out too! The master said people are made of Qi, so I = Qi, but Qi = ghost, so I = ghost?"

"Lecherous ghost, drunken ghost, lazy ghost, gambling ghost, poor ghost, smoke ghost, greedy ghost, stingy ghost, cowardly ghost, sloppy ghost, naughty ghost... take your pick and assume your new identity!"

"Damn! I didn’t expect to gain so many new identities after living for over twenty years?"

It’s not just most of the viewers who are confused, even Qian stared blankly.

He didn’t quite understand what was going on either.

But he chose not to question further.

It made him seem a bit smarter.

After discussion died down, he translated his understanding from the comments and asked, "Master, I get your point."

"Ghosts do truly exist."

"But because their occurrence is negligible, there are no real ghosts here in the world."

"So I’m curious, why do people end up seeing ghosts?"