"We can take our time with the furniture later, there's no rush. Now let me tell you about my business," Yun Guyuan looked around and pulled Yi Qingqing to sit down at the corridor between the west wing and the main room.
"Qingqing, this may seem incredible or even scary to normal people. Let me tell you a little bit first. If you are afraid, I will not mention this to you in the future. But don't worry, what I did will not affect you in the slightest. Don't treat me as a monster..."
Yi Qingqing kept nodding her head while listening to what was said before, thinking that people should not underestimate her courage. But why did A Yuan become more and more outrageous and even had something to do with monsters?
He doesn't look like he's joking!
"A Yuan, tell me what you think. As long as it's not something that's against the will of heaven or morality, I won't mind!"
Yun Guyuan nodded, his expression still heavy, and squeezed her hand tightly: "Qingqing, have you heard of the underworld and the Black and White Impermanence? What I did is very similar to the Black and White Impermanence, but not as powerful."
After saying that, he stared at her expression, afraid to see a hint of disgust on her face.
"What? Black and White Impermanence? Are you a ghost?" Yi Qingqing's eyes widened. She had even thought that A Yuan was a reincarnated person who traveled through time, but she never thought that he was a ghost.
Yun Guyuan nodded: "Yes, but because my life span has not yet ended, I have not been officially enlisted, so I can only be considered an extra-official ghost messenger. Don't be afraid, I am only responsible for those evil ghosts who died abnormally and lingered in the human world."
"I'm not afraid!" Yi Qingqing shuddered, but her tone was very excited: "A Yuan, can you see a ghost?"
"I have had the ability to see ghosts since I was a child. It is because of this ability that I was able to pick up the Yin Order and gradually become an extra-staff Yin Messenger. The Yin Order is equivalent to a Yin Messenger's work permit." Yun Guyuan felt that she was afraid, but somehow, she didn't look unhappy. "Qingqing, do you think I am unlucky?"
"No, it's so impressive. The underworld is a big company. Others can do it even if they want to!" Yi Qingqing moved her butt towards Yun Guyuan, carefully looked around, and asked in a low voice: "Ayuan, this house is old. Is it full of ghosts?"
If so, when you worship tonight, burn some gold and silver for the old ghosts in the house. It is fate that we live in the same house.
Yun Guyuan now understood that she was curious and afraid. She was not afraid of herself, but was a little afraid of ghosts: "No, it's very clean here, there are no ghosts, there are very few ghosts in the world of the living."
"Ah? No!" Yi Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief but also felt a little regretful. It would be great if she could have an old senior to learn from her on how to restore this old house to its ancient charm.
But without the ghost around, Yi Qingqing felt much more at ease. She stopped suppressing her voice and stopped squeezing in with Yun Guyuan.
But I was still very curious: "A Yuan, today is the Ghost Festival, shouldn't there be a lot of ghosts?"
"After nightfall, the gates of hell open wide and ghosts become more numerous. However, ghosts walk on the ghost path, and the yin and yang are separated, so it is difficult for them to have any impact on the world of the living. Don't be afraid," Yun Guyuan said with a smile in her eyes. She really didn't object to him being a ghost messenger at all, and being able to see ghosts was something she was not afraid of.
"I'm not afraid!" Yi Qingqing emphasized again. She had even been a ghost before and had seen the underworld. How could she be afraid of ghosts? At most, it was because she couldn't see these things now and was worried that she would be powerless to resist if she was hurt. This could only be called insecurity, not fear!
She changed the subject and asked something else: "A Yuan, how much do you get as a ghost messenger? The underworld is such a big company, the salary should be good, right? How does the underworld recruit workers? Is it easy for ghosts to enter the system? Besides ghost messengers, what other positions are there?"
After asking, I was a little worried that they had a confidentiality agreement. "You don't have to tell me everything. Just pick out something to satisfy my curiosity!"
"My application has been approved. There is nothing I cannot say. My salary is not fixed. The work of a non-staff ghost messenger is relatively flexible. There is no fixed soul-collecting mission. I am only responsible for collecting those who have escaped the net and stayed in the world of the living. I get rewards based on the difficulty of the mission. Sometimes, the reward for a mission is only a few hundred thousand ghost money, and sometimes it is millions or even tens of millions. As for the underworld recruiting workers, I have no idea. I am still a living person and cannot enter the underworld." Yun Guyuan told others this for the first time and it felt quite novel, as if he really was just working in a special department.
"Hell money?" Yi Qingqing was surprised: "How are you going to spend it if you only give me hell money?"
Is the underworld so stingy? She can even fold the ghost money, and burn a lot of it every year. Is it true that A Yuan's salary for catching ghosts is just ghost money?
"The living ghost messenger can convert ghost money into money for the living world, or exchange it for some items, and it also brings good karma," Yun Guyuan explained, "I relied on earning ghost money to support myself when I was a child."
Yi Qingqing blinked. She had a bold idea, but she didn't know whether to say it or not: "Um, A Yuan, didn't I tell you before that I also do traditional crafts and trades? In fact, I can make paper-cuts and incense, and I can also make gold and silver ingots. What do you think..."
"Only the ghost money earned from completing tasks can be exchanged for money, the rest can only be saved and spent after death," said Yun Guyuan.
"That's great! If I burn some for you every year and you save it, then a hundred years later, you won't have to worry about money in the underworld, right?" Yi Qingqing suddenly had an idea.
"That's the theory, but living people can't receive burned ghost money." Yun Guyuan patted her hands and said, "Don't worry about not having money to spend in the underworld. When the time comes, I will be officially enlisted, and my salary will increase. I will have more opportunities to make extra money. I will support you then!"
Yi Qingqing blushed: "I don't want you to support me! I can support myself!"
There are people selling gold paper in the underworld, maybe there will be people selling paper figurines too? Who will take care of whom by then?
"Qingqing, I do my work as a ghost messenger at night. During the Ghost Festival a few years ago, there was a lot of noise in your room, so..."
Yun Guyuan thought about it again and again and felt that he should still tell her about this matter.
"So you saw it a long time ago?" Yi Qingqing sat up straight: "Wait, that was a bit loud? Did you see me burning paper? Or something else?"
"And there are also those teachers you worship, as well as the wandering ghosts," Yun Guyuan said.
This was a lot of information, and Yi Qingqing was stunned for a long time: "You mean, when I was worshipping, the teachers really came to collect the money? Please tell me in detail, what happened? Did all the teachers come?"