Zhao Yuanyuan thought Mingzhuo would be disappointed or blame her, but he didn't say anything.

"I will now perform a ritual to help you pass on to the afterlife and send you to be reborn." Mingzhuo smiled.

She began to perform a ritual to guide the departed souls to the afterlife. This time, Mingzhuo's expression was much more serious. She sat cross-legged, threw out talismans, and chanted incantations. A few minutes later, a pitch-black gate appeared in the void.

Zhao Yuanyuan took a deep breath, pushed open the door, and went inside.

Having become a ghost, she naturally knew that entering the gate required judgment, and that ghosts tainted by karma and karmic burdens would suffer unbearable pain.

Some souls don't even make it to the end of this journey before completely dissipating.

She walked along the dark path to the afterlife, with fiery red spider lilies clustered on both sides of the road, stretching as far as the eye could see.

Apart from this road, the surroundings were pitch black, so thick that it seemed to freeze time.

In the darkness, invisible ghostly hands rushed toward her, vying to judge her sins.

Zhao Yuanyuan gritted her teeth and prepared to persevere.

The expected pain did not come; instead, a dim light began to emanate from the ghost's body.

She paused for a moment before recognizing the mark Ming Zhuo had left on her.

Li Wenhe kept staring at the door.

In the Xuanmen (Taoist) school, when people cultivate their Taoist practices to a certain level, they can indeed connect with the underworld and, with the help of magical artifacts, open the gates of hell to send ghosts to their next life.

Those who can do this must be top experts in the industry, such as the leaders of various esoteric sects or highly accomplished monks.

That's all. If he wasn't mistaken, the eerie light emanating from Zhao Yuanyuan was a mark left by Ming Zhuo.

It was this eerie light that frightened the ghostly hands reaching out towards Zhao Yuanyuan from the darkness, causing them to retreat in fear.

Even after she realized what was happening, Zhao Yuanyuan turned around and bowed gracefully to them.

His face showed no pain, but rather a calm expression.

But all of this happened in an instant; the door slammed shut and then disappeared.

Mingzhuo stood up and stretched. "Let's go, that's a wrap!"

She was so happy; she could finally go home early today!

Li Wenhe withdrew his gaze, lowering his eyes thoughtfully.

Pei Di, however, gaped. This time, he saw it clearly: a huge door appeared in the void, solemn and majestic, yet chilling to the bone.

"Boss, you're amazing!" Although Pei Di didn't understand, it didn't stop him from expressing his amazement.

"Of course I'm good, you've known me for a while now." Mingzhuo readily accepted the compliment.

As the three of them went downstairs, the manager came up to them again, ready to earnestly persuade Mingzhuo to agree to help with the ritual.

He just calculated that there were still some expenses at the hotel that he could handle, and he decided to add another 100,000!

"Six hundred thousand! Master, is six hundred thousand alright? Would you like to reconsider?"

Mingzhuo took a deep breath. This person really wanted to shake his Dao heart.

Just when the manager thought she would agree, she shook her head and firmly refused once again.

"I just checked, your hotel is completely clean, no ghosts left. There's not a soul in sight, not even a mosquito. What kind of ritual is needed?"

She paused, then added, "If you just want peace of mind, you can just find a few charlatans to put on a show; it won't cost much."

manager:"……"

Is this even possible?

The manager had witnessed Mingzhuo's various extraordinary abilities and had long regarded him as his idol!

Heeding advice to eat well, he ended up reporting a total of only ten thousand in expenses to the CEO's office.

When the secretary came to report, Gu Xu was somewhat surprised and, for the first time ever, asked the secretary to make a phone call to the manager to inquire about the situation.

"Boss, it's like this. The expert I was planning to hire said that our hotel is so clean that there isn't even a mosquito, so there's no need to waste money on a ritual."

"She also suggested that I find a few Taoist priests to put on a show for outsiders, and that once this matter is over, our hotel will definitely be packed with customers!"

Gu Xu was somewhat surprised to hear this; he hadn't expected the other party to be so noble and virtuous.

Perhaps the other party is truly some reclusive master.

I have met several elderly people with a dignified and otherworldly air before, and not all of them were driven by greed.

Although he is an atheist, it does not prevent him from admiring people who have self-discipline and integrity.

——

Mingzhuo couldn't help but feel regretful that he could actually spit out the food that was being fed to him.

"That's 600,000!" Mingzhuo complained to his two friends. "It hurts my heart just thinking about it. It's such a waste!"

Pei Di didn't quite understand: "Then why don't you take it? It shouldn't be too difficult for you."

Li Wenhe probably understood Mingzhuo's concerns. "You don't want your secret to be discovered by acquaintances, right?"

Pei Di suddenly realized: "Is that so? No wonder you kept it from us before!"

Mingzhuo glanced at him. It wasn't that she had deliberately kept it from them before, but rather that she hadn't fully awakened yet.

“That’s not entirely the reason.” She hesitated for a moment before voicing her doubts. “Logically speaking, ghosts can exist anywhere except temples and Taoist monasteries. That hotel was visited by evil spirits, so the yin energy wouldn’t dissipate so quickly, and the aura would change, unconsciously attracting wandering spirits from the vicinity. It’s true that only by performing a ritual can the foul energy be expelled.”

But strangely, the hotel was too clean, cleaner than if it had been an execution ground.

If that's the case, is it even necessary for me to go through the trouble of performing shamanistic rituals?

If someone takes matters into their own hands, it must be because they have a problem that needs to be solved. Even if you're performing a shamanic act, you can't just fake it without a clear conscience.

She still has a lot of professional ethics and morals!

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