Of course, he made that up. He had only heard from his junior uncle Tan Yiman that a vengeful ghost would come to find her and ask her to drive away all the new worshippers.

Yu Ling, perhaps having guessed some of the reasons, has already started calling the female lead.

"If you don't come pick me up soon, I'm just barging in!"

Tan Yiman: "...Here it comes."

Almost as soon as she hung up the phone, the panting female protagonist arrived at the entrance of the Taoist temple. She waved to the bewildered young Taoist boy and led Yu Ling inside.

The two walked through a path marked "No Trespassing" and arrived at a picturesque cabin in the woods filled with flowers and plants.

An old man with a white beard, wearing a Taoist hat and holding a whisk, sat on a futon in the room, reciting scriptures while shaking his head, looking like a hermit.

Tan Yiman called out, "Master, the human, uh, ghost... that thing is here."

Yu Ling, following behind: ? ? ?

"My name is Wei Yuning, thank you."

Upon hearing this, the old man stroked his beard with a flourish, put down his book, turned to look at the door, cleared his throat, and said in a tone that suggested, "I'm a master, I'm awesome!"

"Oh? This is the ghost you described as having a lot of human feelings and being very human?"

He twisted his waist, trying to relax, and intended to get up to greet the guest, but after moving his leg, he stopped...

His legs went numb from sitting for too long.

To cover his embarrassment, he sat cross-legged again in a different position, then waved to the two people outside and said, "Guests are welcome, please come in."

Yu Ling's ability to capture expressions and movements was quite accurate. She immediately saw that the old Taoist was obviously faking it, and couldn't help but burst out laughing. Tan Yiman, on the other hand, had a dark look on her face, but still gritted her teeth and went inside.

"Yes, Master," she whispered.

Yu Ling followed behind, her eyes fixed curiously on the old man in front of her. She wondered what this simple-minded old man was all about. Taoists in this world didn't have much spiritual power; they relied entirely on the suppression of rules, just like ghosts in this world relied entirely on their talents to torment people. You couldn't tell their true strength just by looking at them.

The old Taoist priest sized up the vengeful ghost girl before him, stroked his beard, and nodded in response to his disciple:

"Yes, indeed. It's quite different from other ghosts. This is the first time I've seen such a clear-headed, rational, and communicative ghost that can communicate with people without any problems."

He raised his hand, a flash of light appeared at his fingertips, and a thick, yellowed ancient book appeared in his hand.

"Here you go. This is all the information you asked my disciple to find about resurrected ghosts. Let me tell you in advance, ghosts become people after they return to life. Almost all the protagonists in these cases are dead. You can only use this as a reference; I can't guarantee 100% success."

He handed the book to Yuling with a natural demeanor, showing no sign of embarrassment from his earlier mishap.

With such a good thing right in front of her, Yu Ling quickly reached out and took it, then flipped through it.

She quickly flipped through the first page, using her extraordinary memory to finish reading it. Then, she stared wide-eyed at the old man, speechless for a moment!

This is the "General Outline of Taoist Arts"!

The most basic and core part of Taoist cultivation methods!

He actually gave her this? This old man is so generous.

Yu Ling's obviously abnormally excited expression was taken by the old man as immense admiration and respect for him. Thinking himself very sophisticated, he said things like "no need to be so polite," then took out a book of roughly the same size and thickness and said to his obedient disciple:

"My disciple, your skills have improved so much, I am very pleased. Take this book of Taoist arts and study it carefully. Remember to practice strictly according to the order of the contents. Of course, if you encounter any difficulties, you can always ask me for help."

The old Taoist priest stroked his beard as he spoke.

"This young lady is the same; she can also come to me with any questions about the method of bringing ghosts back to life."

"Yes, Master!" Tan Yiman nodded.

Then, she opened it and took a look.

A collection of examples of ghosts returning to life...

“Master, you’ve got the wrong book.” Tan Yiman, representing zero emotional intelligence, mercilessly exposed her master’s unreliable behavior, unfolding the book and handing it to him, “This is what you gave me.”

Yu Ling retorted in unison, "What I gave you is with me."

The two exchanged books and sat down on two futons opposite the old Taoist priest, each starting to read. The old Taoist priest was stunned for a moment, and finally couldn't hold back anymore, awkwardly touching his nose.

"Ahem, well, I was pondering some rather profound scriptures just now, and I didn't notice and held it upside down."

"Oh," Tan Yiman replied calmly. "Have the senior students studied this book?"

The old Taoist priest's eyes darted around, and he said with a smile:

"My disciple, as you know, I am getting old now, and my skills are not very good. This Taoist art was created by our grandmaster, and none of your senior brothers have learned it. Therefore, I will entrust this Taoist art to you. Once you have learned it, I will be at ease to teach the Taoist temple to you."

"I won't take it over. I only deal with ghosts, not people." Tan Yiman showed no awareness of being an heir.

Yu Ling added discreetly, "No, you don't know how to deal with ghosts either. All you do is beat them until they scream."

The two of them each looked at their own books, occasionally interjecting to ask the old Taoist priest about the meaning of certain obscure words in the book, and they got along quite harmoniously.

Using her powerful mental strength, Yu Ling quickly finished reading the entire book, and she compared all the examples with the original owner's situation.

At this moment, she finally understood what the woman on the phone meant by asking her to come in person.

"Old T... Old man, I've finished reading this book. I guess what you're trying to say is that because I'm too powerful and have too much yin energy, I can affect the vitality of ordinary human bodies. Only a pure yang body born in a yang year, yang month, yang day, and yang hour can be compatible with me, is that what you mean?"

Yu Ling almost blurted out "old man," but this guy seemed incredibly unreliable. She organized her thoughts and said...

"If I'm not mistaken, the owner of this body not only needs to be prepared to die and have a flawed soul, but also needs to accept me wholeheartedly. She, he... also needs to be a man?"

"Oh, no need to be so polite. Calling me 'elderly' is too awkward. My Taoist name is Xuanqing. You can just call me Taoist Master Xuanqing."