The old woman's surname was Huo, and her given name was unknown. She traveled between the human world and the dark side for many years, running a "running errands" business.

What is the "errand running" business?

This story begins many years ago—

After the Special Administration officially took over the border between China and the Dark Zone, it implemented very strict controls on people entering and leaving. Some items from the Dark Zone, such as talismans, magical artifacts, and elixirs, were restricted from being carried. Among these, the control over elixirs was the most stringent. Depending on the grade and efficacy of the elixirs, the quantity allowed to be carried at one time varied, and the tax amount also varied. Some extremely high-grade elixirs, used to prolong life, had taxes that were astronomical.

However, there are legal ways to save this money: bypass the safe passages set up by the Special Administration and create your own "wild passages".

However, not everyone dares to venture into the wild passage. The border is lined with dense forests stretching for dozens of kilometers. Not to mention how many ferocious beasts lurk within, a slight misstep could result in being reduced to ashes. Over the past few hundred years, people, demons, and monsters have died here in vain. Their bodies were devoured by wild beasts, and their souls were trapped in the forest, unable to escape and be reincarnated in the underworld. Thus, they could only become spirits, wandering again and again in the place of their deaths.

Most spirits are unconscious, but there are always a few "special" ones who are killed by someone they trust, and whose bodies are mutilated and whose deaths are gruesome. These become spirits with defects.

The spirits don't care whether you're a good person or a bad person; they attack any living being indiscriminately and relentlessly until death.

Gradually, as more and more people died, fewer and fewer people were willing to venture into the wild passages, and everyone eventually preferred to spend more money to use the safe passages.

Nowadays, very few people still use the wild trails, and Grandma Huo is one of them.

No one knows her origins, only that her abilities are mysterious and unpredictable. She can catch ghosts, divine, judge, cure diseases, and do feng shui... but her main job is to run errands for others—transferring goods and messages between the human world and the dark zone without ever missing a beat.

She doesn't just take any errand runner; she has her own set of standards. If someone doesn't meet her standards, she won't agree to work for them, no matter how much money is offered.

There are many rumors about Granny Huo, the most widespread of which is the story of her "robbing the rich to help the poor"—when rich people seek Granny Huo's help, she charges high fees, but when poor people ask her for help, she usually only accepts a small reward, or even no money, but in return, homemade local specialties such as cured fish and cured meat, which she calls "taking along the way".

Therefore, Granny Huo had an excellent reputation, especially among the local residents, who loved and respected her dearly.

As the saying goes, "People fear becoming famous, just as pigs fear growing fat." With Grandma Huo's fame and increased earnings, she naturally attracted many envious and unscrupulous competitors who tried to sabotage her, with some even hiring assassins to kill her.

Later, these people naturally all fled in panic—Grandma Huo had a hundred ways to deal with them!

Five-year-old Huo Shaoying had no idea that the old woman who was grabbing her by the collar and scrutinizing her was such a formidable character. She only felt that the old woman looked strangely kind, had even wiped her hands clean, and had roasted chicken for her...

Yes, he's not a beggar! He's a good person!

And so, an old woman and a little girl became the most bizarre yet most harmonious pair.

This partnership lasted for more than a decade.