Chapter 93 The Metaphysics Master's Fiancée 10

Unexplained ability to attract ghosts

Although the afternoon wasn't exactly sunny, the weather was fine, but suddenly a gust of wind swept through, blowing all the withered branches and leaves from the backyard onto the wall, and even swirling them up to the windowsill of Jiang Yiqing's room on the second floor.

She saw withered branches and fallen leaves tapping against the window, making a strange sound like fingernails scratching. The wall lamp beside her suddenly dimmed, emitting a faint electrical hum as if it were broken. Looking closely at the lamp shadow on the ground, she noticed that it had changed from a straight line to a distorted shape.

An ordinary person would have screamed in fright, but for Jiang Yiqing, it was just a trivial matter.

Immediately afterwards, the window was eerily opened, and two ghostly figures slipped in. They wore simple masks made of banana leaves, revealing only the shape of their eyes. To be a ghost and still have to cover one's face—the epitome of sneakiness.

"What's going on? She's not scared at all."

"Shh, don't talk."

Jiang Yiqing recognized the two ghosts as the ones who had been playing cards at night. She didn't know what they were up to, but she didn't dare to make a sound. If she revealed that she could see ghosts, she knew she would never have peace again.

Two ghosts came to Jiang Yiqing's side and dragged her off the bed. The ghosts were very strong, and their slender arms had the strength to easily crush a human. Jiang Yiqing had no choice but to pretend to scream in panic.

"Help! ...Help me!..."

The two ghosts didn't cover her mouth; it seemed they wanted to hear her scream. After confirming that her voice could be heard by the others in the villa, they lifted Jiang Yiqing's body one in front of the other and lightly jumped out of the window.

Jiang Yiqing was truly frightened. The ghosts were light and airy, while she was a real mortal. Fortunately, the two ghosts landed steadily without causing her to fall, and then they carried her away in a flash.

Jiang Yiqing shivered from the cold and asked the system, "Is there any way to drive them away without letting them know that I saw them?"

"Exorcism talisman and amnesia talisman, just use these two together," the system said. "However, I don't see any hostility towards you, so I don't recommend that you waste your money."

"...Then what are they doing?" Jiang Yiqing asked, puzzled.

"I don't know, maybe it's a prank."

The two ghosts seemed to feel cold too, and shivered. Jiang Yiqing couldn't see this as a prank at all; instead, they looked like poor ghosts who had no choice but to go out to work.

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"Shuyu, come back quickly! Yiqing has been kidnapped by a ghost!" Jiang Shangwei said anxiously on the phone.

Luo Shuyu noticed that Jiang Shangwei's tone was different from usual, but given the urgency of the situation, she didn't have time to think about it further, so she asked, "How could this happen? Do you know where she was taken?"

"I don't know, I just saw them heading north."

Jiang Shangwei opened the nearby map and could see that there were hot spring hotels, sanatoriums, golf courses and a school to the north, as well as a large forest park.

She told Luo Shuyu everything, saying, "I don't know where Yiqing will be taken, Shuyu, what should we do now?"

"After I finish this divination, I will immediately go to find Yiqing and I will definitely bring her back safely. Don't worry!"

"Shuyu, thank goodness you're here. We ordinary people would be completely helpless..."

Luo Shuyu took out her ancestral compass, which was engraved with the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching. When she read out Jiang Yiqing's location and turned the wheel, the compass needle spun rapidly and finally stopped at the Yi hexagram, which is Gen above and Zhen below, symbolizing stillness and nurturing to restore vitality. According to the hexagram, Jiang Yiqing had been taken to a sanatorium.

Luo Shuyu used the Heavenly Eye Talisman and placed it in the direction of the sanatorium. When the talisman burned, she looked closely and saw Jiang Yiqing floating in the air in the sanatorium. The sight frightened several patients, but fortunately, Jiang Yiqing was not injured.

"Oh no, I have to get there right away."

Luo Shuyu used a teleportation talisman to instantly arrive at the sanatorium. Upon seeing her, the two ghosts were startled and fled inside with Jiang Yiqing.

Jiang Yiqing saw Luo Shuyu and exclaimed in surprise, "Sister Luo!"

Luo Shuyu's expression was solemn. As soon as she stepped into the sanatorium, the compass on her body began to spin rapidly, reminding her that a powerful ghost was lurking there.

The two ghosts brought Jiang Yiqing to the rehabilitation department. Sensing their own kind, they placed Jiang Yiqing on a bench in the corridor and immediately fled.

Luo Shuyu walked over and saw that Jiang Yiqing's face was pale from the cold, so she handed her her coat and asked, "Are you alright?"

"It's nothing, I just don't know why this happened."

Based on the two ghosts' reactions and Luo Shuyu's own guesses, it wasn't hard to figure out what had happened. But the problem was that they were too "lucky" and actually ended up in a dangerous place.

Luo Shuyu wasn't the type to cause trouble, but upon discovering that evil spirits were lurking in the sanatorium, she couldn't stand idly by. So she decided to send Jiang Yiqing back first, and then stay behind to deal with the situation.

She called Jiang Shangwei and said, "Aunt Jiang, please come and pick up Yiqing. We are at the sanatorium at 3544 Luxi Road."

"Okay, we'll be right there."

At this moment, the dean, who had heard the news, hurried over. She recognized Luo Shuyu at a glance and said, "Isn't this Master Luo? How come you're here exorcising ghosts? I just heard someone say that they saw this young lady floating in the air. What's going on?"

Luo Shuyu, relying on her sixth sense, sensed that the seemingly calm but actually anxious woman was hiding something. She said, "There was a ghost causing trouble just now, but it has left now. Don't worry, Dean, the two of us will leave right away."

Upon hearing this, the dean breathed a sigh of relief.

Luo Shuyu said strangely, "You don't seem surprised at all when you hear about ghosts, Dean."

Luo Shuyu had heard about this sanatorium; it was said to have bad feng shui, making it difficult for patients to recover. Even so, because its service level was among the best in the industry, people still chose to stay there. The director couldn't be unaware of this, so why didn't she consult a feng shui master like herself to resolve the issue?

"Haha...maybe it's because I'm getting old, I'm not afraid of ghosts and gods anymore. Compared to ghosts and gods, the human heart is probably more terrifying." As the dean spoke, he suddenly made a pleading gesture: "Could you please ask Master Luo to keep this a secret? I don't want the outside world to hear rumors about this."

“I heard that patients who check into the Happiness Sanatorium sign a confidentiality agreement, which states that no matter what happens in the sanatorium, they must keep it a secret from the outside world. If they can do so, they will be given a reduction in their sanatorium fees. I wonder if this is true?” Luo Shuyu asked again.

"Master Luo is truly knowledgeable; he even knows such a trivial matter."

Luo Shuyu didn't know either. It was because Lan Changge would collect some supernatural tales in her spare time and tell them to her. Lan Changge said that there must be something strange about this sanatorium, but they hadn't received any requests from anyone, so they hadn't taken any action before.

Jiang Yiqing's long hair fell onto the metal bench, making a rattling sound as the metal rubbed against the surface. She was listening intently to their conversation and didn't notice the strange situation. When static electricity was generated from the friction of her hair, all the lights in the corridor suddenly went out.

Jiang Yiqing's body, along with the bench, was suddenly pulled away. The hard metal, like a melting candle, suddenly became soft, imprisoning her body.

Luo Shuyu turned around and saw that Jiang Yiqing had been dragged to the end of the corridor. She immediately chased after her, her movements as fast as lightning, which was the "Stepping the Dipper" technique in Taoist magic that allows one to fly.

The dean, however, seemed unsurprised by the matter, muttering, "After all these years, you still won't give up..."

She looked to be only in her forties or fifties, but her short, silver-white hair and thin face made her appear much older.

Jiang Yiqing was truly unable to escape this time, and the aura of the evil spirit awakened her deepest fears. Once, she had been pushed into the palace pond by a ghost and nearly drowned, but her elder sister had saved her. It was after that that Her Majesty the Empress was enraged, unable to tolerate such an evil spirit in the imperial palace, which exuded such a powerful aura. She ordered the gathering of all the Taoist masters in the country to lay down the Twenty-Four Heavenly Generals and Sixty-Four Nets, ensnaring all the ghostly energy in the imperial city. Only after that did Jiang Yiqing's ghostly disturbances greatly decrease.

Now, she doesn't know how she, who seems to have a strange constitution that attracts ghosts, can escape this tragic fate. Pretending not to see them, but they still come looking for her. Jiang Yiqing thought of Luo Shuyu, because she was very powerful, and ghosts would stay far away from her even from several feet away.

She's so foolish. Luo Shuyu has such powerful abilities, so even if she's just acting, she should at least maintain that relationship with her properly.

Thinking of Luo Shuyu, Jiang Yiqing felt a glimmer of hope. She thought that Luo Shuyu would come to save her, and she was no longer so afraid.

She opened her eyes and found herself in a very gloomy place. Only a dim light from a window illuminated the room, and the air smelled of disinfectant. Directly opposite her was a hospital bed, on which lay a person, but she was covered with a sheet.

A heavy, eerie aura emanated from behind her. Jiang Yiqing turned around and saw a long-haired female ghost standing behind her, which terrified her so much that she almost screamed.

Jiang Yiqing clutched her chest and caught her breath, while the female ghost seemed surprised: "So you can see ghosts."

"Senior Ghost, I have no grudge against you. Why did you bring me here? Please let me leave." Jiang Yiqing realized she couldn't hide it any longer, so she said sincerely.

"What is your relationship with the woman from earlier?" the female ghost asked.

“She…is my friend,” Jiang Yiqing said. “If Senior Ghost is willing to let me go, then naturally there won’t be any conflict with her.”

"Friend? Then why is she in such a hurry to find you? I despise people like you who whine about nothing."