Chapter 06 Chapter 6

Today, Beicheng University is particularly talked about.

In various senses.

The Yin creatures hid from the sunlight, pulled their familiar companions, and discussed in groups of two or three where the stern and terrifying ghost energy last night came from. Was it a ghost, a demon, or some mountain god hidden in the world? It turned out that just some Yin energy leaked out, but it could have such a great pressure.

The students of Beicheng University were discussing another topic that sounded very strange: Is their school beauty Xibai planning to change?

The topic can be said to be very strange, but it is not surprising after careful examination.

Although Xibai, who is not deliberately dressed up on weekdays, has always been known for his "beautiful and exquisite" appearance with excellent facial features, this morning's dress style has completely changed.

He has a cotton wristband on his arm.

Although it was just a small accessory, that kind of wristband was used by gymnasts during training. It was pure black with a white logo. In addition, Xibai was a little distracted when he got up early and went out, so he just put on a casual outfit.

As a result, people had the illusion that "Xibai was getting ready to start working out."

[The Divine Calculator: Xibao, do you want to work out? ]

[The Divine Calculator: Ahhhhh no, you don't want to turn into that dark-skinned male 0, ahhh, mom doesn't agree! ]

When Xibai received the message, he was speechless and had no idea what Zhuang Suan was talking about.

But he just wanted to talk to Zhuang Suan about what happened this morning, so the two of them met at the school cafe.

After meeting, Zhuang Suan first took out a brand new amulet from his backpack and handed it over.

"Xibao, this is for you."

Yesterday, Xibai went out with Gu Chi on his birthday, so Zhuang Suan took the opportunity to go home to take care of some things, and at the same time, he took a talisman for Xibai.

After thanking him, Xibai reached out to take it, and out of the corner of his eye he saw an angular object sticking out of Zhuang Suan's backpack, with some horizontal lines and words written on it.

"Hey, did your family pass on the compass to you?"

Even the Heavenly Masters have their own branches, and Zhuang Suan's family line is more proficient in Feng Shui, so the compass is naturally the magic weapon they always carry with them.

"Oh! Yes, that's what I went home for yesterday."

Zhuang Suan is now in his twenties and is much more stable than when he was a child, so his family got him a compass and taught him some simple spells to practice, which is also to lay the foundation for formal inheritance in the future.

He took the compass out of his bag, and Xi Bai finally saw the whole picture.

Overall, it looked like a classic compass.

The wooden outer disk supported the rotatable inner disk. The innate and acquired eight trigrams, the heavenly stems and earthly branches, the five elements and the stars were arranged one by one on the inner disk according to the inherent rules. In the center of the inner disk was the Tianchi. A compass was fixed under the glass cover and rotated with Zhuang Suan's movements.

In Zhuang Suan's family, the young Tianshi got his first compass, which represented the recognition and inheritance of the family's immortals and gods, and was also the honor of the Tianshi.

"Look, Xibao, based on the inner disk, you can infer the current perpetual calendar and the five elements..."

Zhuang Suan excitedly introduced his compass, and Xi Bai listened with great support.

Pointing at the compass needle in the center of the compass, Zhuang Suan said, "This is the most convenient. Normally, the needle points to the south, but as soon as an evil spirit approaches, the compass needle will emit red light, turn and tremble to warn. The direction of the needle tip is the direction of the evil spirit!"

Xi Bai listened and subconsciously reached out.

Before Zhuang Suan finished speaking, he saw that the needle tip, which was originally pointing to the south quietly and steadily, suddenly seemed to be disturbed by the magnetic field, and it started to rotate irregularly at a speed that was difficult to capture with the naked eye!

"Huh?!" Zhuang Suan opened his mouth wide.

The needle rotated clockwise and counterclockwise for dozens of times without any regularity, as if there was an invisible hand secretly messing around!

The next moment, a red light came on, the compass vibrated, and the equally bright red needle slowly stopped.

The direction of the needle tip was exactly the hand wearing the cotton wristband that Xibai stretched out!

Zhuang Suan:? ? ?

Xibai:...

"Well, let me tell you something."

Xibai asked Zhuang Suan out today, actually wanting to talk about the strange things that happened to him in the past few days.

So when Xibai pulled the wristband down a little, revealing the red mark on his wrist to Zhuang Suan, the latter burst into a high-pitched scream.

Countless eyes immediately focused on him.

"Sorry, sorry."

Zhuang Suan quickly apologized to the others in the cafe, and moved the chair gently to Xibai's side, and he lowered his voice.

"Xibao, this, you..."

He stumbled as he spoke.

"You and Gu Chi, are you riding a rocket?"

The beautiful eyes blinked several times quickly, and Xibai's brain circuit took several turns before he understood what Zhuang Suan was talking about.

"What are you thinking about!" Xibai's ears turned red, "It wasn't Gu Chi who bit me."

No wonder he said that Zhuang Suan's eyes were not right just now, what was he thinking about.

But despite what he said, Gu Chi did participate in the dream last night.

After organizing his words, Xibai told Zhuang Suan everything that happened in the past few days, from the ghost king breaking into his dreams, to the frequent out-of-control encounters with ghosts in the past few days, to the dream of the ghost king biting him last night, and then waking up with a circle of teeth marks on his wrist.

Of course, the part where Gu Chi turned into a big dog and licked him was omitted.

After all, it's not important.

Hmm.

"Xibao, this..."

Zhuang Suan's joking expression faded away and he became serious.

"I think the ghost king's matter is not just a dream."

In other words, the ghost king in Xibai's dream really exists.

Xibai nodded. He thought so too. He couldn't concentrate all day because he was thinking about how to solve this problem.

Zhuang Suan looked at Xibai's wrist. His wrist bones were thin and delicate, and his skin was so white that it was a little fragile. He could clearly see the pale blue blood vessels underneath. In this contrast, the circle of bright red teeth marks was extremely clear, as if a stamp was placed on Xibai's wrist.

The red marks were large and ostentatious, with a strong sense of occupation that made it difficult to breathe.

The compass placed on the table still shone with a bright red light until this moment. The pointer followed the direction of Xibai's wrist movement, and the trembling pointer was like Xibai's heartbeat, which was also a little confused at this moment.

As a family of heavenly masters, Zhuang Suan had seen many cases of being entangled by ghosts in the family ghost hunting journals, and basically the endings were not good.

Those were just little ghosts, but Xibai encountered the ghost king.

"Let me ask my brother!"

Zhuang Suan's brother Zhuang Shu is five years older than them.

According to Zhuang Suan's introduction, his brother is very talented and has been inheriting the family tradition many years ago. To this day, he is also well-known in the world of celestial masters. He can earn six figures a month just by helping wealthy merchants in North City to read Feng Shui.

When the video was connected, Zhuang Shu was lying on the sofa with his legs crossed.

"What do you want to see me for? If you have something to say, come and report. If not, leave!"

Zhuang Suan was very upset and slightly shifted the camera to the side, revealing Xi Bai's face.

"Brother, this is Xi Bai."

Having grown up with his brother, Zhuang Suan knew his brother's temperament best.

Zhuang Shu is a very strange and difficult person. He does things according to his heart, but he has one weakness: he is obsessed with looks and loves beautiful women - the kind that purely admires them.

So just as Zhuang Suan thought, when Xi Bai came into the camera, Zhuang Shu, who was originally slacking off, immediately sat up straight from the sofa.

"Oh! Hello, Xibai, little classmate!"

Zhuang Shu stretched out his hand towards the camera and looked at Xi Bai with a smile.

The other party's serious eyes and the attitude that seemed to be unstoppable until there was a response made Xi Bai have to shake hands with Zhuang Shu in the air.

Seeing that Zhuang Shu withdrew his hand with satisfaction, Xibai secretly glanced at his friend beside him.

Is your brother's painting style like this?

Zhuang Suan squeezed his eyes.

Well, the painting style is a bit strange, but his brother's metaphysical rhetoric is still very good, serious and reliable!

Xibai glanced at the camera and saw a man lighting an incense stick. As a result, the windproof lighter accidentally burned a hole in the cuff of his silk pajamas. After he hurriedly put out the fire, he began to look up at the sky and count on his fingers to tell good or bad luck.

Turning his head, he was silent and stared.

Zhuang Suan: ...

Well, well, it should be reliable most of the time.

"Haha, sorry, there was a little accident. I made Xibai laugh."

Zhuang Shu rolled up his sleeves to cover the black hole that looked very unreliable.

"Why did you call me suddenly? What's the matter?"

The latter sentence was said to Zhuang Suan.

"Brother, Xibai encountered something and wanted to consult you."

Zhuang Suan briefly relayed Xibai's words, and Zhuang Shu's expression gradually became serious.

"Yin Qi materializes."

Zhuang Suan: "What? Please explain it more clearly."

Why did he suddenly use professional terms!

Even he couldn't understand the words, let alone Xi Bai.

Zhuang Shu waved his hand and said concisely: "The so-called Yin Qi materializes does not mean that Yin Qi becomes a real tangible object, but that after contact with Yin Qi, actual and visible traces will be left on the living." "

Then it should be called 'Yin Qi corporealization' to be more accurate!" Zhuang Suan couldn't help but say.

Zhuang Shu rolled his eyes at him: "The first thesis author who proposed this term used 'materialization'. It's their professional terminology. What can I do about it!"

Xi Bai, who was troubled by the small thesis assignment some time ago, instantly caught something.

The Heavenly Master is also going to publish a thesis?

"Yes!" Zhuang Shu finally found an opportunity to show off in front of the beauty, and he did some scientific research.

The composition of the personnel in the Tianshi Association is extremely mixed. In addition to the Tianshi families with a long history like them, and some free-spirited cultivators, there are also many members who have left the sect halfway, and those who have low talent for cultivation and specialize in studying scriptures and theories.

Naturally, academic departments have gradually emerged, and many even go to various universities to study religion.

Gradually, there are also some people in the Tianshi Association who exist specifically to publish papers.

"Fuck, why didn't anyone tell me!"

Zhuang Suan, who hated studying the most, collapsed immediately, grabbing his mobile phone to ask his brother on the other side of the screen.

"There's no such scholar in our family, right?"

He didn't want to be tortured by checking for plagiarism, referencing documents, and data experiments after graduation.

"My father is a tutor and occasionally instructs students... and you didn't come to me for this, did you?"

Zhuang Shu replied casually, and asked his brother to quickly move his big face away, blocking him from looking at Xi Bai.

Zhuang Suan said, remembering that the key now was to solve the problem for Xi Bai.

"You continue, the Yin Qi materializes, and then what?"

In order to prevent his brother from showing off his knowledge, Zhuang Suan also reminded him: "Don't talk about theory, just talk about the results. What is Xi Bao's current situation? Is there any solution?"

The red mark is scary to look at. Even if a real person bites it, it would be a challenge for the teeth.

"The ghost wall you encountered these days, the accident in the teaching building, and the teeth marks on your wrist now... 80% of them are related to the ghost king. The specific reason may be because of your horoscope."

As he spoke, Zhuang Suan, who was obviously serious, seemed to have changed into a different person.

"For those with extremely yin horoscopes, their essence, qi, spirit, blood, flesh, and soul are all great supplements for yin things."

The reason why the ghost king appeared in Xi Bai's dream.

"I'm afraid he has some intentions towards you, such as... wanting to devour your soul."

Zhuang Suan's eyes were wide open, and he grabbed Xi Bai's sleeve.

"Oh my God! Is there any solution?"

Zhuang Shu thought for a while and asked Xi Bai, "How did you get out of these things you encountered these days? Tell me in detail, don't miss any details."

Xi Bai added a little more on the basis of what Zhuang Suan had just recounted. After a few conversations just now, he now has a lot more trust in Zhuang Shu.

Because his memory was a little faded, Xi Bai told the story in reverse order from what happened recently.

When talking about the incident of turning out of the alley outside the North City University and encountering the ghost wall, Zhuang Shu interrupted him for the first time.

"You said you heard the voice of the Ghost King, and then you were bumped by that boy, and then you came out of the ghost wall?"

Xi Bai nodded.

If Gu Chi hadn't admitted it himself, he would have even thought that it was the ghost king who bumped into him instead of a human.

"Can you find out the boy's birth date? Ask as soon as possible and tell me!"

Zhuang Shu was unexpectedly excited, his face pressed to the end, then he put down his phone, stood up from the sofa, and began to pace back and forth and talk to himself.

"Well, if I'm not mistaken... it should be, there's no mistake, um..."

Xi Bai and Zhuang Suan beside him looked at each other.

"Ask, don't you have Gu Chi's WeChat?"

Zhuang Suan nudged Xi Bai with his elbow, and as he spoke, an auntie smile began to appear on his face again.

"Hey, remember to buy a gift for him next birthday, so as not to hurt the big dog's heart."

Xibai: "Why would you be sad?"

"You ask a dog what kind of meat and bones he likes to eat, and it turns out that he doesn't feed it to him, do you think he's sad?"

Zhuang Suan said it as a matter of course, with a wink on his face.

Xibai: ...

Under Zhuang Suan's encouragement and Zhuang Shu's gaze, Xibai silently took out his mobile phone.

He is not a nagging person, but he rarely used a nagging opening.

[White: Are you there? Ask you something]

But before Xibai could type the second sentence, Gu Chi replied.

[Gu: Yeah]

[Gu: I'm here]

[Gu: Looking for me? ]

Zhuang Suan: “Oh my~ You’re chasing me so closely~~”

Xibai didn’t think much about it at first, but Zhuang Suan said a few words in a pompous tone, and Xibai really felt like he had just opened the door and was chased by a large dog waiting at home, pestering him and asking for a pat on the head.

Anyway, he asked.

And if they live together in the future, there will definitely be all kinds of dealings and interpersonal relationships.

When Xibai thought of this, he silently added the sentence “Remember to buy a birthday present for Gu Chi” to his to-do list.

[White: Can I ask when your birthday is? ]

After the words were spoken, Xibai turned around and looked at Zhuang Suan belatedly.

“Is it not a good idea to ask so directly?”

If someone asked him about his birthday right away, he would definitely ask why first.

Zhuang Suan: "A man who loves you won't quibble over such small things!"

"His first reaction is to answer your question first, and then ask the reason!"

"You seem to be getting more and more weird..."

Xi Bai wanted to explain that he and Gu Chi had not had any unusual exchanges, even eating was a normal exchange.

They didn't even exchange the bottom of the pot!

As a result, he just opened his mouth and said half a sentence -

[Gu: June 20th]

[White: Is it convenient to ask which year and date of birth? ]

To read the eight characters, you must be accurate to the four pillars of year, month, day and hour. Even Xi Bai felt that he was very rude.

But who knew that Gu Chi really answered one by one, and after answering, he added a sentence at the end of his words.

[Gu: What's wrong? ]

Zhuang Suan: “Hehe.”

Xi Bai: ………

[White: Just asking]

Xi Bai silently added a note behind Gu Chi’s ID, which became “Gu-6.20” On

the other side, Zhuang Shu, who knew Gu Chi’s birthday, tore off a piece of paper and clearly converted the solar calendar into the lunar calendar on it, and marked a bunch of things that Xi Bai couldn’t understand, such as the five elements, the gods of value, and the Na Yin…

Zhuang Shu’s eyes in the camera became brighter and brighter, and finally, he pressed the pen in his hand on the table.

“Brother, how is it?” Zhuang Suan asked immediately.

Although he had just been laughing and teasing Xi Bai, he was still very concerned about the safety of his friend when he returned to the serious matter of the Ghost King.

Zhuang Shu’s answer was concise and to the point.

"Just as I guessed, this boy was born with an extremely yang horoscope."

Yin and Yang counteract each other, but they also generate each other. There are people like Xi Bai with extremely yin horoscopes, and there are naturally people with strong yang horoscopes.

But what Xi Bai didn't expect was that this boy would be Gu Chi.

"He was born on the summer solstice of that year, and the yang wood and yang fire are the most important in the heavenly stems and earthly branches in his horoscope, and there are also yin water and yin soil to nourish him. The five elements in the whole horoscope pattern circulate back and forth, like the endless fire of the sun. He must be an extremely yang fate, that's right."

Zhuang Shu finished reading Gu Chi's horoscope and was now almost certain.

He said to Xi Bai, "Last time you said that this boy bumped into you on the street, and you got out of the dark wall. It was because of his extremely yang fate that he helped you dispel the entangled yin energy."

When the sun sets, the haze will naturally recede.

At this moment, Xi Bai once again remembered the faint scent of pine wood, and Gu Chi's figure seemed to appear in front of him.

"So does that mean that as long as Xi Bao stays with this boy more, he will not be harmed?"

Zhuang Suan was very good at grasping the key points.

"In theory, that's right." Zhuang Shu looked at his younger brother with admiration, "Not bad, little garlic, you're growing up fast."

"Don't call me little garlic!" Zhuang Suan retorted, leaving his brother over there and turned around, "Xi Bao, did you hear that!"

Xibai understood what he meant.

What better way to be with Gu Chi for a long time than being roommates?

"But..."

Xibai simply replied to Gu Chi.

[White: My birthday was a few days ago, not long ago]

After sending another accurate date, Xibai put down his phone and asked Zhuang Shu very seriously: "Brother, I want to confirm one thing."

"You said, I will answer any questions!"

Zhuang Shu felt relieved when Xibai called him "brother". At this moment, he could not refuse any conditions raised by the other party.

"I want to ask..."

"If that boy and I are together for a long time, will he be in danger?"

Xibai's Adam's apple rolled obviously, and his eyes fell on the table. From the camera, he seemed to be in a trance.

But Xibai was looking at his phone.

The interface still remained in the small chat window between him and Gu Chi... or rather, their communication was continuing.

[Gu: December 22?]

[Gu: Almost there]

[White: A few months left]

Although he just wanted to invite Gu Chi to be his roommate.

But the one pestering Xi Bai was not an ordinary little ghost after all, but a ghost king.

No matter how masculine Gu Chi was, he was just an ordinary person, a mortal body. If his arrival angered the ghost king and caused him to get hurt... this was not the result Xi Bai wanted to see.

After listening to Xi Bai's concerns, Zhuang Shu said that they were not unreasonable.

"But I tend to think that this is not a problem to worry about."

Zhuang Shu stood up and pulled out a book with an old cover from the bookshelf. It looked like an ancient book.

After flipping through it, he nodded, "Yes, if I remember correctly, the ghost kings are actually divided into different powers."

The so-called ghost kings are actually stronger than ordinary wandering ghosts, such as the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Ghosts, and the first two Black and White Impermanence - Xie Bian and Fan Wushe, can all be called "ghost kings."

"In the underworld, there are the underworld, countless dead soul mountains, and countless caves and heavens... There are countless cases of occupying a mountain and calling oneself a king."

Zhuang Shu said, and directed the analysis back to Xi Bai.

"Look at you again. If the ghost king who entered your dream is really powerful, why didn't he take you away by force?"

Zhuang Shu closed the book with a snap, and then he raised his legs and said calmly, "To put it bluntly, the ghost king is just a self-proclaimed gimmick. I'm afraid his power is not high."

He also cited several examples he had personally experienced. Zhuang Shu had helped several guests who were haunted by ghosts. Basically, the ghosts could be easily subdued by a talisman or a ritual, but when they threatened his guests, they were all very ferocious.

"They are fierce but weak!" Zhuang Shu concluded, shaking his head.

An experienced Taoist priest's well-reasoned analysis*, as well as the fact that Gu Chi really bumped into him and dispelled the ghost wall, plus the recent more and more frequent out-of-control ghost encounters... all kinds of practical factors are in front of him.

Moreover... Xibai lowered his head again and glanced at his mobile phone.

[Gu: In addition to grilled cold noodles and beef, is there any other restaurant you want to eat? ]

[Gu: Reciprocity]

Xibai exhaled slowly.

Gu Chi asked about his birthday.

And it seemed that it was not just a simple inquiry.

Everything seemed to point to the same choice. At this point, Xibai seemed to have nothing to hesitate about.

[White: Are you planning to find a roommate? ]

Ignoring the strange cry from Zhuang Suan on the side, Xibai continued to type the second sentence and sent it.

[White: If you also want to find a roommate, why not try it with me?]

On the mobile phone screen, Gu Chi's message suddenly became silent.

Zhuang Shu hung up the phone and went to the refrigerator to find a bottle of sparkling water to moisten his throat.

When passing by the living room, Mr. Zhuang, the father of Zhuang Suan and Zhuang Shu, was guiding a student on a paper. Seeing his eldest son passing by, the old man spoke.

"Come, take a look at this one."

"Goodbye, Dad." Zhuang Shu waved his hand quickly, deliberately made a hoarse voice, pointed at himself, and said, "I just helped a beautiful woman solve a puzzle for an hour. Your son really doesn't have any more voice to spare now."

As he said this, Zhuang Shu turned around and ran away.

The hoarse voice lingered from afar.

"Baojuan, my voice, my voice..."

Looking at his eldest son who had escaped, Mr. Zhuang shook his head helplessly.

He glanced at the student beside him, raised his head and gestured: "Go on, where were you just talking about?"

The student nodded, responded very respectfully, and continued to report on his thesis progress.

"Some time ago, I discovered through research that some highly advanced ghosts can actually cultivate human bodies like mountain spirits, earth immortals and other living creatures, and walk in the world of the living. But in order to conceal their whereabouts, they often make their bodies carry enough yang energy, such as at the beginning of summer, summer solstice, etc., to cover up the yin energy they carry..."

At the same time, Xi Bai, who walked out of the cafe with Zhuang Suan, finally waited for Gu Chi's reply.

Gu Chi sent him a picture first, but Xi Bai didn't have time to see it.

[Gu: To apply for the dormitory, both parties need to submit an application form, print it out, sign it, and then send it to the school administration building. Both parties need to be present]

[Gu: North City University dormitory application form (template).pdf]

[Gu: When are you free? ]

"Ahhh Xibao!"

Zhuang Suan started to scream again. There were many people around, so he quickly lowered his voice and whispered something in Xibai's ear.

Xibai's ears immediately turned red.

But he had no way to refute or deny it.

He also thought of what Zhuang Suan just said.

Gu Chi's words sounded like they were going to get their marriage certificate.