“The world is getting worse and worse…” Watching the cold and indifferent passersby, James Thompson sighed, quickly stepped forward, and asked, “Ma’am, is there anything you need help with?”

The woman suddenly looked up at James Thompson, and asked in disbelief, “Sir, are you… are you talking to me?”

James Thompson replied speechlessly, “Who else would I be talking to besides you?”

A look of joy appeared on the woman’s face. Just as James Thompson was about to speak, a passerby walked right past him, giving him a strange look, his eyes full of curiosity.

While James Thompson was still puzzled, he saw that passerby walk straight through the woman’s body…

Under the scorching sun, James Thompson stood on the crowded street, suddenly feeling a chill run down his spine.

The woman looked at James Thompson and asked excitedly, “Sir, you can see me?”

“No, I can’t!” James Thompson looked up at the sky, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and shook his head, saying, “The sun is too bright today, it’s so dazzling I can’t see anything…”

Chapter 008: The Plea of a Yin Spirit

“Sir, please help me, only you can help me!”

The woman’s face showed anxiety. She tried to grab James Thompson’s arm, but her hands passed right through his body. Seeing this, James Thompson shivered and, without thinking, ran off in the direction where Emily Thompson had disappeared.

Knowing that there are demons and ghosts in this world is one thing, but actually encountering one is something else entirely. James Thompson already had enough troubles of his own and didn’t think he could help a ghost with anything. He ran a long way before finally mustering the courage to look back, only to find that the woman had vanished from the bustling street in the distance.

From afar, Emily Thompson saw James Thompson running over, walked up to him, and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Seeing Emily Thompson, James Thompson inexplicably felt at ease, but still said with lingering fear, “Boss, I just saw a ghost!”

Emily Thompson’s eyes narrowed as she asked, “Where?”

“Right over there!” James Thompson pointed into the distance and said, “She was just there, but now I don’t know where she went.”

Emily Thompson looked in the direction he pointed and said, “She’s still there.”

“What?” James Thompson was shocked. “Why can’t I see her anymore?”

Emily Thompson said, “Channel your spiritual power to your eyes.”

Only then did James Thompson remember that when he saw the woman earlier, his spiritual power had just happened to flow to his eyes. He guided his power to his eyes again, and sure enough, he saw the woman once more.

Just like before, she kept trying to stop passersby, but could only pass through their bodies. Even so, she kept trying again and again, tirelessly…

Emily Thompson glanced at him and said, “Don’t be afraid. She’s just the lowest level of yin spirit, probably just recently deceased. She can’t harm anyone, nor can she appear before ordinary people.”

James Thompson immediately felt relieved and explained, “I wasn’t scared, just… just a little startled…”

Emily Thompson looked down at her wrist, and James Thompson immediately let go of her hand, changing the subject, “Boss, does everyone become a yin spirit after they die?”

Emily Thompson shook her head and said, “Not everyone becomes a yin spirit after death. If someone dies of old age or illness, their three souls are slowly weighed down by the body and don’t have the strength to condense into a yin spirit. Only if they had a powerful obsession or unfulfilled wish in life do they have a slight chance of becoming a yin spirit.”

James Thompson thought for a moment and asked, “She was just asking me for help. Does that mean she has an unfulfilled wish?”

Emily Thompson walked toward the woman and said, “Let’s go ask her.”

After all, the other party wasn’t human. Although James Thompson still felt a natural fear, he followed behind Emily Thompson.

When the woman saw him approach again, she silently knelt on the ground and pleaded, “Sir, please help me. In my next life, I’ll repay your great kindness, even if I have to be a cow or a horse!”

With Emily Thompson by his side, James Thompson felt much calmer. Standing at a distance, he looked at the woman and asked, “What do you want me to help you with?”

The woman hurriedly kowtowed several times and said, “Please, sir, save my child…”

…

Yangqiu County, north of the city, a dilapidated house.

The woman in homespun on the bed had already stopped breathing. A baby, only a few months old, slept soundly in her arms, which still retained a trace of warmth.

James Thompson stood by the bed, turned to look at Emily Thompson, and asked, “Boss, can she still be saved?”

“She’s not like you.” Emily Thompson shook her head and said, “She’s already dead. Her three souls are only being held together by a powerful obsession. When that obsession dissipates, she will vanish as well.”

A faint, ethereal figure stood at the head of the bed, gazing lovingly at the sleeping baby. She reached out, wanting to touch the baby’s face, but her hand passed right through his body.

James Thompson watched this scene and sighed inwardly.

This family, a widow and her orphaned child—now that the mother had died unexpectedly, and with no one to discover them, the child wouldn’t survive for long.

This was why she had anxiously tried to stop passersby and sought James Thompson’s help.

Facing her yin spirit, James Thompson no longer felt any fear. He looked at the ethereal figure and asked, “Where is your husband?”

The woman shook her head without speaking.

It seemed her husband was gone as well. James Thompson asked again, “Is there anyone else in your family?”