Chapter 33

The next day, Sister Hua and the Sun siblings came to congratulate them on their move. Director Lin, Fan Xiuping, Assistant Fang, and Zhou Sheng also came.

Director Lin also took Assistant Fang with him and pretended to apologize to Qi Yue, saying that Assistant Fang was not a Taoist priest and did not understand Qi Yue. He mistakenly thought that Qi Yue's doing exercises in the dark last night would have a bad effect on his body like a normal person. He was really distressed that Qi Yue was tired after a day, and found that Gu Yunshuang had not slept yet, so he reminded Gu Yunshuang a little. He really did not mean to tell tales on purpose.

Qi Yue only responded with "Hehe". Both the old man and the young boy were foxes. Anyone who believed them would be a fool.

Qi Yue slumped against the sofa, completely listless. He had overestimated the horror of studying. Even if he had become a ghost and didn't need to sleep, and could split himself up to do papers and read books to review forgotten knowledge, he would still be exhausted both physically and mentally after a night.

Fortunately, he had finished the test papers and handed them in to his tutors. They were going to study his papers carefully today and hold a meeting to discuss a study plan that would best suit him based on his current situation. So they gave him a day off so that he could be mentally prepared to adapt to the upcoming high-intensity study.

Gu Yunshuang said distressedly: "Brother, don't be too anxious, we can take it slowly."

Director Lin nodded: "Yes, Qi Yue, there is no need to rush. You have finally completed the mission and returned. You should enjoy your life before studying."

Sun Zhanyuan, who was outside thinking about how to design a small garden for Qi Yue and the others, also poked his head in from the window. "That's right, that's right, Brother Qi, even if you're a poor student, you're still an admirable hero. Do you just not want to study? No, you gave up studying for the sake of your country and your people. If anyone dares to mock you for being a poor student, I, Sun Zhanyuan, will be the first to rush up and fight him to the death!"

Qi Yue's face instantly darkened, and he secretly glared at Director Lin, who had a friendly smile. This old fox said that there was no need to rush to study, but he did not hide the fact that he could not even graduate from junior high school in front of Sister Hua and the Sun siblings because of completing a special mission.

If he had any shame, he wouldn't be lazy and act like a loser in front of his younger brother.

He could only grit his teeth and say secretly: "No, I love learning, learning loves me. I have been forced to separate from it for seven years. Now no one can stop me from learning again!"

Sun Zhanyuan immediately cast a look of even greater admiration at him, truly worthy of being his Brother Qi.

Qi Yue said this without delay and pulled Fan Xiuping over to sit between him and Gu Yunshuang. Then he turned his face away and did not dare to look at Gu Yunshuang's resentful eyes.

Gu Yunshuang didn't believe his story about the virus being transmitted at all. She just thought that he had suffered some psychological trauma during his seven years undercover work, which gave him the illusion that getting too close to him would make him sick. And because he coincidentally had a high fever that night, Qi Yue believed it even more.

So in order to correct Qi Yue's misunderstanding, he wanted to help Qi Yue desensitize by gradually narrowing the distance between them and increasing their contact inadvertently.

But I didn't expect Qi Yue to be so sensitive in this regard. If he got even a little closer, he would immediately notice and quickly move away or pull someone between them. Qi Yue obviously wanted to be close to him.

Gu Yunshuang's eyes became more resentful.

It was difficult for Fan Xiuping, who was sitting between them. The strong man, who was nearly 1.9 meters tall, felt his scalp tingling and he felt as if he was sitting on pins and needles.

Sun Zhanyuan felt extremely sympathetic towards him, but fortunately he slipped away quickly.

Sun Jiayuan and Sister Hua told Gu Yunshuang about the termination of the contract with Xinchao Entertainment.

It seems that Xinchao Entertainment has been completely crushed, with no chance of recovery. Hua Jie also decided to terminate her contract with Xinchao Entertainment and join a new agency with Gu Yunshuang. Needless to say, the new agency treated them very well.

However, because Mr. Liu took all the blame, Jiang Honghui was only detained for 24 hours and then released.

Sister Hua frowned. "I got a call from the producer last night. Xinchao Entertainment is over, but the variety show Zhuma will resume soon with new shareholders and directors. With the contract in place, Yun Shuang has no choice but to continue filming if she doesn't want to pay a hefty penalty. This show's reputation is so tarnished, and they're still not giving up?"

Sun Jiayuan chuckled. "The show's reputation has indeed been ruined, but the traffic has also increased. And to be honest, the show hasn't made any major mistakes, right?"

Murder was not established, and Jiang Mingshuang simply concealed his identity as the Jiang family's heir apparent. Even Xue Tinghe tried to justify his actions by claiming he hired someone to create a show effect, with a small selfish motive to scare Qi Yue. As a result, he was released on bail by the Tianshi Association without even having to pay a fine.

Xue's fans immediately rushed up to speak for him, saying that it was reasonable for Xue Tinghe to dislike Qi Yue. Who would like a vase stand-in who came up to him just to take advantage of his popularity?

In the final analysis, the biggest stain is the deliberate smearing of Gu Yunshuang, but this was all done by Xinchao Entertainment. The program crew has now changed new financial shareholders and directors, so naturally it has nothing to do with them.

Sister Hua was a little worried: "I'm afraid this person might have bad intentions."

Gu Yunshuang didn't take it too seriously: "When the enemy comes, we will fight with our generals and when the water comes, we will block it with earth. Besides, brother is my lucky star. If I stay with you, nothing will happen to me, brother, don't you think?"

Qi Yue nodded immediately and said righteously, "Don't worry, I will definitely protect Shuangshuang. They are just trying to use some feudal superstition gimmick to gain traffic. Then I will expose them and promote science to the audience."

Others: ...

Among those present, I'm afraid only Gu Yunshuang and Sister Hua really believed his nonsense.

Then, when no one else was paying attention, Qi Yue quietly glared at Director Lin and sent him a message on his phone: "What's going on with Xue Tinghe? Why didn't you tell me?"

Director Lin: I just received the news last night. Seeing how diligent and studious you are, I didn’t want to disturb you from continuing to do your homework.

“…” Qi Yue was about to go crazy again.

Before Qi Yue could secretly write something down in his notebook, Director Lin continued: It’s hard to explain right now, come over in the evening, and we’ll make a big live broadcast this time.

At this time, Zhou Sheng came and called for dinner, and everyone put these bad things behind them and sat down at the dining table.

Zhou Sheng had been in the kitchen before, but was transferred to the Special Management Bureau because he was found to have stronger inspiration than the average person. Today, he and his colleagues from the Special Management Bureau were busy in the kitchen.

After being discovered by Qi Yue last night, the people from the Special Management Bureau felt that Qi Yue was not as scary as they had imagined and was quite easy to talk to, so they decided to go for it and all came over to help in the kitchen today.

Director Lin felt that they would all be working with Qi Yue in the future, so now was a good opportunity for them to exchange feelings with each other.

Not to mention that Zhou Sheng’s cooking skills are very good. Although the dishes on the table are ordinary home-cooked meals, they are still very satisfying.

It was late at night again and everyone was asleep. After Gu Yunshuang and he reluctantly went back to their room to sleep, Qi Yue immediately split out a Qi Yue black stripe worm and floated into Director Lin's bedroom through the window under the cover of darkness.

Director Lin, who was wearing pajamas and leaning against the head of the bed reading a book, was already used to his look. Not to mention, after looking at him for a long time, he even thought it was pretty ugly-cute.

He didn't say much, but used his tablet to open a live broadcast recording for him to see.

In the video, a bright red coffin was exposed in the pit, and bright red blood was constantly oozing out of the coffin.

The sun was clearly shining brightly, but suddenly a dark cloud came and completely covered the sun. The wind was blowing violently all around, the shadows of the trees were shaking, and there were sparse sounds, as if countless ghosts were whispering.

The atmosphere suddenly became extremely eerie and strange, and even the audience watching through the screen felt a chill on their backs.

This is the atmosphere of a horror ghost story, and it doesn't look like it was created by special effects at all.

The camera changed, and first a pair of slender and powerful hands appeared. The slender fingers held a yellow talisman and casually swung it. The yellow talisman ignited without fire, and a thick lightning fell from the clear sky, splitting the coffin that was constantly oozing blood in the deep pit in front of them. Before others could see the situation in the coffin clearly, another lightning fell from the sky into the coffin. The things in the coffin only had time to let out a very shrill scream before being burned into charcoal by the lightning. The blood on the surface of the coffin immediately faded at a speed visible to the naked eye, and became dull and mottled, as if it had been buried in the soil for a long time.

The young and handsome Taoist priest appears completely in the camera, wearing a retro Tang suit with an embroidered logo of the Yin-Yang Tai Chi Bagua diagram on his chest. He holds a peach wood sword, stands tall and straight, with a pair of black eyes as sharp as an eagle, and looks like a master.

There were two couples and a man in his thirties, all of whom were so thin that they looked like they would fall down with a gust of wind. They happily rushed to the Taoist priest and kowtowed to express their gratitude.

A host introduced to the audience that they were a family of three, and they were the victims who asked a Taoist priest to exorcise ghosts.

A year ago, their son married a beautiful girl from out of town, and everyone was envious at first. But soon after the new daughter-in-law came into the picture, her true nature began to show. She was very restless, never at home, always wanting to run away, and even hooking up with other men.

They had no choice but to lock her up at home. But unexpectedly, the wild man came back to their house and wanted to take the new bride away and all their money, but was caught by their son who just came back.

During the argument, the new bride was accidentally pushed down the stairs by the wild man and fell to her death. The wild man was arrested for manslaughter.

They also adhered to the idea that death is like the extinguishing of a light and that the dead are the most important, and they generously held a relatively lively funeral for the new daughter-in-law so that she could rest in peace.

But the new daughter-in-law not only did not appreciate it, but on the seventh day she turned into a ghost and came back to make trouble.

Since then, this family has never had a moment of peace. No matter where they go, they will be haunted by this female ghost.

At first, they just bled when they turned on the faucet, suffered from sleep paralysis at night, and had nightmares of female ghosts coming to take their lives. Later, it developed to the point where they were almost hit by a car when they went out, and were hit to death by falling advertisements. They would choke when eating or drinking, and were chased and beaten by ghosts at night. No matter how many temples and Taoist temples they visited, or how many masters they consulted, it was of no use. Instead, they spent a lot of money. Almost a year later, the three of them were tortured to the point where they were just skin and bones.

Recently they heard about Master Xue and immediately found him to ask for help.

Master Xue was indeed very powerful. He used a piece of talisman paper to kill the evil female ghost.

The live broadcast room was full of flattery praising the young Taoist priest.

There were a few mocking remarks about the female ghost interspersed among them.

I really feel for this family. Marrying such a woman ruined their entire family, and nearly even their lives. Although the female ghost has been eliminated, their money is gone too. I hope they can get over this soon.

[Thank you Master Xue for getting rid of this evil. This way, the evil spirits that harmed people in life and want to harm people after death will be destroyed.]

[So handsome! Master Xue is absolutely stunning! He has real talent and good looks, yet some people praise a vase actor who has nothing but good looks. Are they blind?]

Everyone, you can see clearly, this is definitely not a special effect. I was there in person. Before the coffin was unearthed, the sun was shining brightly, and I was sweating from the sun. Suddenly, dark clouds covered the sky, and a chilly wind blew. Everyone present was chilled to the point of goose bumps. No matter how advanced the technology is, it's not powerful enough to simulate weather temperatures on a large scale.

Master Xue is truly capable. I've been following him since he started livestreaming online. I can guarantee that the evil spirits he encounters during his livestreams are all real. Master Xue truly is capable.

Master Xue's fortune-telling is quite accurate. Thanks to Master Xue's help, I was able to find my daughter, who had been abducted many years ago. I'm very grateful to Master Xue. If you don't believe me, you can look at my Weibo, where I have a missing person notice I posted for my daughter many years ago.

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[But didn’t the official come out and prove that Master Xue is a liar? ]

What's the real deal? Don't you know what the official approach to science is? Even if there were a ghost, they'd just say it was a projection. Those people don't even know if it's human or ghost!

"I've got a rumor going around: a certain department has long wanted to take over the Celestial Master Association. They're completely unskilled, constantly trying to instruct the experts. They're just blindly giving orders without any knowledge. The Celestial Masters of the Celestial Master Association are all truly capable, and naturally don't want to be blindly told what to do by ignorant amateurs. That could be fatal. They don't want to be accused of insubordination by blindly following their orders. It's clear they're trying to really hurt the Celestial Master Association by suppressing Master Xue. After all, Master Xue is the Celestial Master Association's president's most senior disciple, and the foremost of the younger generation of Celestial Masters."

[Fuck, aren't you afraid of being invited for tea? Is this something you can just arrange?]

"If we don't say anything, are we going to let Master Xue suffer this loss? Master Xue has caught countless ghosts and saved countless lives. He's a hero. Why should we make him bleed and cry?"

More and more people followed suit, supporting Xue Tinghe and the Tianshi Association and cursing the department whose full name was not mentioned.

Qi Yue frowned as he watched, "What kind of idiots are these?"

Director Lin, however, didn't care at all about how harsh the online criticism of a certain department was. He paused the video, tapped the screen, and asked, "What's the problem?"

Qi Yue looked at the coffin he had lit and said thoughtfully, "That evil spirit wasn't so easily killed. After Xue Tinghe injured the female ghost with the thunder talisman, he quietly used a magical tool to subdue her."

His method was extremely secretive. If Qi Yue had not been more familiar with the Qi family's techniques, he would probably not have been able to discover any clues.

Originally, when a celestial master caught a ghost, he didn't necessarily have to smash the ghost to pieces immediately. In order to avoid damaging his own merits, he would just capture it if he could, then find a way to liberate the ghost and send it to reincarnation. He would only smash the ghost to pieces when he had no other choice.

Even though the Tianshi Association is more extreme in dealing with evil spirits, their actions are similar.

But Xue Tinghe pretended that he had already killed the female ghost, but he secretly took her away, which was very problematic.

Director Lin: "I'm afraid you won't believe this, but our Special Management Bureau once captured a fierce ghost that had escaped from the Tianshi Association and was about to die. The ghost actually reported to us that the Tianshi Association had captured the fierce ghost and was claiming to be saving his soul, but in fact they were refining the fierce ghost into soul power for their own cultivation."

Qi Yue was extremely shocked. "A living person absorbing and refining evil spirits to gain soul power for cultivation? This is something even evil cultivators wouldn't dare to do. Are those people in the Heavenly Master Association really going to die?"

The most that evil cultivators can do is refine ordinary ghosts or drive and control evil spirits, but ordinary ghosts do not have much obsession and will dissipate quickly, so there is not much soul power that can be refined. Doing this will be a waste of time and effort, which is not worth it, so evil cultivators will not be stupid enough to do this.

As for evil spirits, their soul power is indeed stronger than that of ordinary ghosts, but evil spirits exist because of resentment, and even their soul power is filled with resentment and various negative emotions. Absorbing such soul power can turn oneself into an evil ghost in minutes, which is simply a desire to die.

Which genius came up with this idea?

Qi Yue suddenly froze, that genius seemed to be himself.

This was a technique he had casually cooked up when he was in middle school. His original intention was that he felt that the existing methods of exorcising evil spirits were too troublesome and time-consuming, so he wanted to figure out a method that could wash away the evil spirits with one click.

Not only did he fail, he almost refined the evil ghost into a soul power without negative energy. Fortunately, he stopped in time and saved the evil ghost's life.

Even though the evil spirit had killed many people, who hadn't suffered all sorts of injustices in their lives and couldn't rest in peace even after death? Furthermore, the people killed by the evil spirit could still be reincarnated after death. The evil spirit's crimes weren't so serious that their souls would be shattered and they wouldn't even have the chance to be reincarnated.

It was also that time that he was beaten the worst by Old Man Qi, and it was useless for Gu's father, Gu's mother and Gu Yunshuang to plead for him.

He later recorded the talisman array in his notes, emphasizing that it was a failure, intending to keep it so he could slowly devise improvements. But then, he lost his chance. The notes also fell into the hands of the Celestial Masters Association.

If the Tianshi Association does this to commit evil, wouldn't all the sins committed be counted on him?

When Qi Yue thought of this, he felt a black screen in front of his eyes.