Chu Yu nodded.
Song Ze looked completely incredulous.
Oh my god, I feel like my entire worldview has collapsed.
He asked anxiously, "What should we do now?"
Chu Yu took out a talisman from her pocket. It was a formation-breaking talisman, which she had just used to break the illusion and allow the car to brake in time, thus avoiding a disaster. The talisman's magic power was exhausted, and it quickly turned to ashes.
"I used a talisman to break the ghost maze, and now we can drive normally."
Song Ze snapped out of his shock at the talisman turning to ash, looked up at the outside, and saw that the surrounding black mist had dissipated, the light was bright, and everything was calm again. It seemed that the ghost wall had indeed been broken.
The way he looked at Chu Yu changed.
He was just looking forward to seeing Chu Yu get humiliated, but unexpectedly, it was he who got humiliated.
Fu Yunche couldn't help but look at Chu Yu with new respect.
He had never believed in ghosts or monsters, but he was truly astonished by what Chu Yu had just done.
Chu Yu didn't want to explain too much and urged, "It's not safe here, let's leave as soon as possible."
Song Ze snapped out of his daze, nodded repeatedly, and drove away.
Twenty minutes later, the car arrived near an urban village, where Chu Yu lived.
After parking, Chu Yu got out of the car, and Song Ze got out, opened the trunk, and helped her take the electric scooter out.
He asked curiously, "Miss Chu, have you studied mystical arts?"
Chu Yu nodded: "I know a little bit."
She stared intently at Song Ze, noticing the dark discoloration on his forehead, a sign of bad luck. After a quick calculation, she said, "Your forehead is dark, and you're surrounded by bad luck. In three days, disaster will befall you. I have some talismans here to ward off misfortune. They cost 20,000 yuan each and will ensure your safety. Do you want one?"
She took a talisman out of her bag.
Song Ze looked at the talisman in her hand and couldn't help but gasp: "Twenty thousand for one, that's so expensive? You're not trying to rip me off, are you?"
Chu Yu calmly explained, "Disaster-avoiding talismans consume a lot of spiritual energy and are troublesome to make, so their price is naturally high."
Song Zecai didn't believe it and snorted coldly.
Charlatans exaggerate when selling talismans; only a fool with a brain full of water would fall for it.
Five minutes later, Song Ze bought a talisman and drove away.
Faced with Fu Yunche's gaze that looked at him like he was an idiot, Song Ze coughed awkwardly and said, "Well, I just wanted to test if it worked. If it doesn't, it means she's a fraud, and I'll ask her for a refund."
Fu Yunche didn't speak, but turned to look out the window, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes.
That girl seems interesting; she's not simple.
...
Chu Yu pushed her electric scooter through a narrow alley and headed toward a small courtyard not far away.
At the age of eighteen, Chu Yu found her relatives in the capital. After recognizing them, she was taken back to the Chu family.
She had thought that she would receive love and care from her family after returning home, but unexpectedly, the Chu family did not like her, especially her biological mother, who repeatedly complained that she grew up in the countryside and did not know manners.
She had a falling out with her family, so she moved out of the Chu family and lived with her fourth senior brother.
Her master, Daoist Changfeng, had five disciples: her and four senior brothers.
My fellow students all have their own careers and are busy in various places.
Her fourth senior brother, Jiang Huai'an, was two years older than her and had just graduated from university. After Chu Yu moved in with him, the two took care of each other.
The small courtyard where they lived was a two-section siheyuan (traditional courtyard house), which was quite old and dilapidated.
The courtyard doesn't belong to them. Jiang Huai'an saved a wealthy businessman before, and in gratitude, the businessman gave them this empty courtyard house to live in for free.
Just as they reached the entrance to the courtyard, a loud bang suddenly rang out, a large hole appeared in the roof behind them, and a ghostly aura shot into the sky.
Chu Yu's eyes widened in shock; something terrible had happened.
She put down her electric scooter and rushed towards the backyard. Just as she reached the backyard gate, she saw a zombie dressed in Qing Dynasty official robes with fangs jump out of the house menacingly.
"You stinky zombie, where do you think you're going!"
A tall, handsome young man dressed in Taoist robes chased after them from the house, carrying a peach wood sword.
The man was none other than Jiang Huai'an, the fourth senior brother.
Jiang Huai'an went to attack the zombie, but was slapped to the ground by the zombie. Before he could get up, the zombie pounced on him, grabbed his neck, and bit him.
In the critical moment, Chu Yu rushed forward and kicked the zombie away.
When Jiang Huai'an saw her, his eyes lit up with joy, and he cried out urgently, "Junior sister, quickly help me catch him!"
The zombie looked at Chu Yu, roared angrily, and pounced on her with its claws outstretched.
A flash of white light appeared in Chu Yu's hand, and a black Demon-Subduing Umbrella engraved with the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams appeared. The Demon-Subduing Umbrella instantly unleashed a powerful force, sending the zombie flying.
Before the zombie could react, Chu Yu flicked her wrist, and the Demon-Subduing Umbrella flew out, hovering above the zombie. It unleashed a powerful demon-subduing force, dispersing the zombie's malevolent aura. The zombie quickly lost its life force and became a stiff corpse.
Chu Yu retracted the Demon-Subduing Umbrella and held it in front of her. The wind blew her long black hair, making her look both beautiful and dashing.
Jiang Huai'an got up from the ground and couldn't help but praise, "Junior sister, your Demon-Subduing Umbrella is still the most powerful."
This demon-subduing umbrella is a family heirloom of the Taoist temple, specially passed down to Chu Yu by Taoist Master Changfeng for subduing demons.
Chu Yu looked around and, seeing no danger, the Demon-Subduing Umbrella in her hand flashed and disappeared. She went to Jiang Huai'an and asked with concern, "Fourth Senior Brother, how are you?"
Jiang Huai'an patted the dust off his clothes, smiled, and said, "I'm fine."
He turned around and looked at the zombie behind him, scratching his head awkwardly. He explained, "I caught this zombie this afternoon and left it at home overnight. I was going to have the association take it away tomorrow morning. But the talisman on his head didn't stick properly and fell off, so he came back to life. Luckily, you helped me subdue him, otherwise I would have had to put in a lot of effort."
After graduating from Jianghuai'an University, he joined a Taoist association and frequently went out to catch ghosts and zombies, earning a fairly high income.
However, he was not very skilled and his magical arts were not very strong. The ghosts and zombies he captured would often break free and escape, causing chaos in his home.
Thinking of this, Chu Yu raised her hand to her forehead and instructed him, "You need to keep a close eye on them and make sure the zombies don't get out and cause any more trouble."
Jiang Huai'an nodded repeatedly in agreement, and then he dragged the zombie into the house and put it in place.
Chu Yu looked at the roof that had been knocked down by the zombies, reached out and took out a repair talisman. The talisman flew over, and the roof quickly returned to its original state.
After finishing her work, Chu Yu pushed the electric scooter into the yard, plugged it in to charge, and then took out a bag of barbecue skewers from the trunk.
She bought the kebabs at the food street before finishing work, and they had gotten cold after so long. She took them to the kitchen to heat them up, then brought them to the living room and told Jiang Huai'an to come and eat after he finished cleaning up.
The aroma of barbecue wafted into the yard on the breeze. The peach tree in the yard, which was full of blossoms, swayed its branches and exclaimed, "Wow, it smells so good, it's barbecue!"
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