Chapter 45 Chapter 45 (Two in One) The Ma Family Still Owes You Eight...
The house did not look as if it were in danger.
When Zan Fang heard Bai Qingqing's question, he restrained his movements and expression, put one hand behind his back, stood by the window, and observed the situation in the room.
Bai Muning's aura was not right, and his expression was different from usual. It was obvious that he had been possessed. Bai Qingqing pressed his shoulders and forced him against the bedpost.
Pu Yueling was lying on the inside of the bed, and even the sound of him breaking the window did not wake her up. It must be because her five senses were blocked and she could not perceive the outside world.
Bai Songxu was furious, his silver hair stood up, his eyes were filled with anger and clarity, he shouted at Bai Qingqing: "What do you mean by look like Mu Ning?"
"Bai Qingqing, that's enough, stop acting. You're just relying on the fact that no one will yell 'cut' when you're on a live variety show, right? Look at what you've done to Ningning!"
"Where's the on-site director? Where are the staff? Is this how you protect the guests? You don't even care about the personal safety of the guests for the sake of the show effect!"
Bai Songxu roared angrily.
This metaphysical variety show is notorious. The first season was criticized so much that it was on the hot search list every day. Either the script failed or the guests were fake, which caused a lot of jokes.
When Bai Songxu found out that Mu Ning had signed on for this show, he called her agent to verify it. Unexpectedly, the news turned out to be true!
The first season was so rubbish, how much better can the second season be even if the director and production team are changed?
He doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, and was suddenly brought to this metaphysical variety show by his mother, as if to fill the need for a savior for the program crew.
But the production team’s disregard for the safety of the guests is really infuriating!
Bai Songxu knew that there were many photographers and staff members in places that were not visible at the scene, but after he roared, no one responded to him except for the empty echo coming from all around and Bai Qingqing and Zan Fang looking at his calm face!
Even Mu Ning's face showed a bit of helplessness.
He stepped forward and grabbed his sister's wrist: "Ningning, let's go. We won't be filming this show anymore."
Bai Muning's wrist was very cold and her face was pale. Bai Songxu paused for a moment and looked at her with even more pity, thinking that she was just scared.
Bai Muning seemed a little at a loss as he held his wrist, as if he was a little confused about the current situation, but he still obediently stood up.
"Wait a moment."
Zan Fang sighed softly, held Bai Songxu's hand, bent down slightly, and formed seals with his hands in front of Bai Mu Ning, "Bai Mu Ning is possessed, I need ten yellow coins for her... eh?"
Zan Fang paused suddenly, realizing that the seal in his hand did not arouse the ghost in Bai Mu Ning's body, and he looked carefully: "Is it a regret?"
He had not been in contact with Bai Mu Ning for a long time, but he could see that her eyes were unusual at this moment, her speech and movements were like those of ordinary people, and her behavior was logical. If someone who did not know her saw her, they would think that Bai Mu Ning was like this.
There is a faint negative energy in this house. It must be a ghost. It is rare for the regrets left after a death to appear in front of a living person, let alone possess a body.
What's more, Bai Mu Ning should have the copper coins he left on him. The copper coins contain the vital energy he has cultivated over the years, which is extremely yang and pure. Not to mention the regrets, even ghosts and general evil spirits should not get close to him.
This pity is weird!
Zan Fang's expression became serious, and he reached for his waist out of habit, but found the cloth bag where he usually kept his magic tools, and found it empty. He lowered his head to look at his clothes, then he remembered and took out another yellow talisman from under his belt.
In that split second, Bai Songxu reacted, "Wait, wait, what are you doing again? You are a Taoist priest, right? I'm warning you, we are not going to record this show anymore, put away all your tricks!"
Zan Fang: “…”
He subconsciously looked at Bai Qingqing, and when he thought of Bai Qingqing's expression when he first arrived, he suddenly understood.
The two looked at each other.
Bai Qingqing was in a good mood when she saw Bingkuaiface was frustrated. She smiled and replied, "It's a pity."
Ever since Zan Fang came, she let go of her hands and sat down beside him, supporting herself on the edge of the bed with one hand, leaning her body and crossing her legs, her eyes still looking at Bai Mu Ning, as if she was studying something interesting.
One hand was placed on his knee and tapped lightly. He could not see Bai Songxu, who was so big, sticking out between them. At this moment, he suddenly raised his hand and said casually, "He is a bit in the way, right?"
Zan Fang noticed her raising her hand, not knowing what she was going to do, but he quickly adjusted his expression, stood up and tried to explain to Bai Songxu again: "Look carefully at Bai Mu Ning, is he with your sister..."
Zan Fang was halfway through his words when he suddenly stopped talking, his eyes slightly widened, and for the first time he showed obvious emotions in front of the camera.
Bai Qingqing raised her hand and grabbed Bai Songxu's collar. The movement was so natural that neither of them reacted. After she pulled down hard, she let go and quickly slashed at the back of his neck.
The boy's tall body, over 1.80 meters tall, collapsed before his eyes. With Bai Qingqing's gentle push, he fell onto the bed, apparently having fallen into a coma.
Zan Fang: “You…”
Bai Qingqing smiled up at him, "Master Zan is always direct when he takes action. Why are you still explaining to others?"
Zan Fang remained completely silent towards this family.
After all, they are the Bai family, and now is not a critical moment, so he has to be a little cautious in his actions.
But since it was Bai Qingqing who did it herself, even if it was the Bai family's family affair, he couldn't say anything, so he could only continue: "There's something strange about this remnant, we have to get her out as soon as possible, do you want to do it or should I?"
As he spoke, he raised his hand again, holding the yellow talisman he had just taken out between his fingers.
Bai Qingqing sensed the energy of thunder and fire in the talisman, and the fingertips that had just been lightly placed on her knees began to move again, and she was silent for a while.
Bai Muning was locked in by Zan Fang's gaze from time to time. He sat on the edge of the bed and dared not move, feeling that if he moved, the yellow talisman would fall on him.
When Zan Fang thought Bai Qingqing was speechless and agreed to let him go, he suddenly heard her say, "I'll go first."
[Oh my god, I can’t tell if this is acting or not]
[Brother Wu was knocked unconscious just like that???]
[Just now Bai Songxu said he would not film anymore, is it true or false? ]
There were six guests, five of them gathered in the master bedroom, two of them were already lying down, and one was snoring in the side room.
The live broadcast rooms of several people are gathered in the same scene, bringing the audience's perspectives together.
There has been no sound since Bai Mu Ning's live broadcast room exploded, and no one has repaired it until now. Hundreds of thousands of viewers are waiting inside, and they have been in and out several times, but it's still the same.
Fortunately, many people had two devices and could hear the sounds from other guests' microphones.
The scene was in chaos.
[Does the ghost part just rely on the actors to play it? There were so many foreshadowings in the beginning, I thought it would be real. Maybe I have too high expectations for the second season]
[This is just promoting newcomers. It would be better to let 00 do this role, so she doesn’t have to lie next to him and feel awkward. How long has she been “sleeping”? (laughing and crying)]
[But friends, if it wasn’t an act and we treated him as real, wouldn’t the plot seem much more reasonable? (Whispering)]
[No way, just watch the fun, are there really people who believe in possession?]
[The ghost scene that Mr. Bao saw earlier couldn’t be fake, right? How did he act his heartbeat? A human-shaped white mist was also filmed in the film]
[The health bracelet can be manually controlled by modifying the program. The white fog is the equipment of the program group, plus the lighting effect. My friend is in the crew. It is used directly during filming, which is cheaper than doing it later.]
[Uh…regardless of whether they are real or not, I am possessed by the letter. My roommate was hospitalized for a few days at the beginning of the month. After she came back, she was like a completely different person. Her eyes and personality had changed. She even forgot about her boyfriend.]
[An excuse to break up, hahaha]
[No, they are talking again now]
[That's just the interest of a young couple, you are all just part of her play]
[Excuse me, is there really no one to take care of this microphone? ]
[You guys can act however you want, I'm here to see Ning Mei, but can you at least get your voice back? It shouldn't be that hard to change the microphone!]
[I mean... is there a possibility that Ning Mei is really possessed? Her last cry wasn't that loud. Normally, that volume wouldn't explode the microphone...]
"I'll go first."
After Bai Qingqing finished speaking, she stopped tapping her fingers on her knees, put her legs down and stood up.
When she stood up, she glanced at Bai Mu Ning with a disdainful look that made people dare not move rashly, and then she went to a wooden box beside her and took out a stack of papers.
Zan Fang had no idea what she was going to do, nor did he understand the meaning of "come first". He watched silently from the side, with the yellow talisman still between his fingers, waiting for Bai Qingqing to fail to make a move in time. If the strange and remnant thought wanted to hurt someone, he would directly throw the talisman at her.
Until he saw Bai Qingqing unfold a piece of white paper. Perhaps she thought the paper was too big, so she tore off a piece. With a flick of her fingertips, blood was pressed out and she drew a sloppy...stick man on it.
Bai Qingqing held the little red man in her hand and walked straight towards Bai Muning, then "slapped" it against her forehead.
Bai Mu Ning: "What are you going to do!"
Zan Fang: "What are you going to do?"
The two asked at the same time, but Bai Qingqing didn't answer. The former was so nervous that he held his breath and dared not say a word, while the latter saw that she was concentrating and muttering to herself.
Although he couldn't hear the formula clearly, he saw her with one hand hanging by her side, calculating quickly, and her finger movements quickly drawing on the power of heaven and earth, so he recognized her movements.
"Are you searching her soul?" Zan Fang opened his eyes wide and lost his composure again, "She is a regret, not a ghost! Her three souls and seven spirits have long been scattered, or she may have entered hell and reincarnation."
It is a fantasy for mortals to search their souls!
Even if it could be done, one would have to choose an auspicious day, set up an altar, invite the saints to perform rituals, place offerings, and step on the magic steps. All of this is necessary to invite the gods to come down and search the soul. Bai Qingqing just made hand gestures and chanted spells. Was she trying to perform the actions of a god with the body of a mortal?
Zan Fang couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, but Bai Qingqing seemed not to hear him and was not moved at all.
With one hand he calculated quickly, and with the other he made talismans in the air. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth continuously gathered towards the bedroom, and along with the scattered souls, it gradually took shape through the simple drawing of a little man.
After a moment, a human figure appeared before the two of them, complete with soul.
A flesh-and-blood figure emerged from Bai Mu Ning's body, wearing a white cheongsam, with dignified facial features, a thin back as straight as a bamboo, and a look of panic in his eyes, which soon calmed down and was hidden in his eyes.
Bai Qingqing held her soul thread tightly with one hand and looked at Zan Fang. "Isn't the task of the program to find out the identity of the mysterious figure and solve the mystery? How much can we remember with just one regret? Taoist Zan, don't you agree?"
Zan Fang took a step back when she looked at him, and stepped on a piece of wood that had fallen from the broken window, making a sudden noise.
His tone was difficult, and he felt that he had not heard clearly: "You gathered souls for her to complete the program team's mission?"
The audience in the live broadcast room were also stunned and shocked.
[I’ve been watching! There are only five people in this room! The bed is this small! I saw the sixth person floating out of Ning’s body with my own eyes! ! !]
[This looks so much like a living person, mom…]
[I don't believe it, it must be an illusion, it must be an actor (how can a little girl like me watch this, help me)]
[Is Bai Qingqing so awesome?]
[The Taoist priest was stunned, so she must be very awesome...]
[No, why are you all acting like you're seeing this for the first time? Didn't this female ghost appear in the yard once before?]
[What are you talking about… How on earth does it look like a living person? Am I looking in the wrong place?]
[Me neither, I didn’t even see the white fog mentioned in the comments…]
[Friends who can’t see, congratulations, you are invulnerable to gods and ghosts, so walk boldly on the night road!]
Bai Qingqing shook her head: "Not really, the program mission is just a side job, I just want to ask her..."
She paused for a moment and turned to the woman in front of her: "The Ma family has no descendants, you don't have to be obsessed with this anymore, Shen Yan, do you want to be reincarnated?"
As soon as Bai Qingqing said this, the room became quiet again, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Zan Fang was still immersed in the fact that she had searched her soul for a remnant thought and gathered her three souls and seven spirits. It was as if he had just experienced an illusion, but at this moment the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the room had not yet completely dissipated.
There was a slight noise coming from the bed. Pu Yueling seemed to have a deep sleep. She tilted her head to the side and saw a strange face. She was so startled that she sat up suddenly. Later she realized that she had fallen asleep again.
Bai Muning, who was supposed to sleep beside her, fell at the end of the bed, with his upper body pressing on her legs, and only just woke up at this moment.
The room that was originally occupied by only two people was now bustling with activity. Taoist Zan and Bai Qingqing were both there, and there was also a spirit standing beside them. The few of them almost filled up the small bedroom...
Pu Yueling: "What is the situation now?"
Bai Muning propped herself up and just heard Pu Yueling ask this question. She looked around the room blankly. Except for Chen Ruihao, almost everyone was there. There was also someone she didn't recognize, who looked like an NPC.
The memory still stayed at the time when she and Yue Ling were pretending to sleep in bed.
She also looked at Taoist Zan, hoping to get an answer.
Zan Fang looked at Bai Qingqing and saw that she had no intention of speaking, so he had to explain: "The mysterious figure in the Ma family residence is this lady. We are asking her...if she wants to reincarnate."
Bai Muning: "..."
Pu Yueling: "...It seems like you are progressing smoothly."
Zan Fang nodded.
It was very smooth indeed.
Director team.
I don't know when the backstage of the studio was filled with a deep air of fatigue and death. Many people were asleep. Even those who had their eyes open had numb looks on their faces, as if their souls had flown away long ago.
Suddenly a staff member fell from his chair, and the loud noise woke everyone up.
He adjusted his hat and said, "Director, there is no sound in Mu Ning's live broadcast room. It seems that there is a device failure."
"Huh? Equipment failure? How long has it been?" Wu Weiran opened his eyes and found that he had squinted in the chair. He quickly stood up and drank a sip of water to wake himself up. He quickly looked at the screen, "Xiao Liu, hurry up and bring a microphone over! Bring it, bring it, bring two, bring a few more!"
Xiao Liu was a little confused, but he still took a few more as he was told and hurried out. He heard Director Wu clapping from behind: "Everyone stand up and move around. Wake up! Don't fall asleep!"
*
The mysterious figure in the Ma family’s residence has been found, and the mission has been accomplished in less than twelve hours of filming.
The staff came to change Bai Mu Ning's microphone. Seeing that he had a lot of them in his bag, Bai Qingqing asked for another one. She also requisitioned Xiao Liu's phone, started a live broadcast, connected to her own live broadcast room, and pointed the microphone at Shen Yan: "What's your name?"
Shen Tang took a step back, away from the microphone: "What are you doing?"
Bai Qingqing chased Mai to her mouth: "You're already dead, are you still afraid that I'll hurt you? Beat you to death again? I have nothing to do?"
Shen Tang: “…Shen Tang.”
A voice with impurities came from the phone: "Chen Yan."
"It's OK. I'll be able to listen to it."
Bai Qingqing nodded, dragged a drum stool from the table and sat down, facing the people in the room, and said to Shen Lang: "You should have noticed that the times have changed. It has been more than two hundred years since your time."
"You have killed all the Ma family members. Now there are no more descendants. There is no point for you to stay here."
Shen Yan was stunned when he heard that more than two hundred years had passed. When he heard the last sentence, he suddenly interrupted her: "Are you serious? The Ma family has no descendants? Aren't you the celestial masters hired by the Ma family?"
[What's going on? Why is the NPC laughing? Is there something going on?]
[There must be something wrong with this microphone. I still can't hear clearly. Why didn't you check it before bringing it here? Or replace it with a better one? It's not to highlight the weird atmosphere, is it? (wipes sweat)]
[I still don’t understand QAQ. It’s clearly a live broadcast, how did a mother appear on Ning Mei’s body?]
[Sister, I am the one who is about to cry. I can’t see anything. I showed it to my six-year-old sister. My sister said there is a sister wearing a cheongsam in the picture on the right (crying)]
[No, I am confused as to whether you guys are here to help or for real (laughing and crying).]
[Don’t discuss whether it’s true or not, everyone has come out, I want to see the truth!!]
[Isn’t this Ma family patriarch her reincarnated lover? Why is she so happy to hear that he has no descendants?]
[My sister is seeking revenge on the unfaithful man, so she is happy.]
Bai Qingqing: "It's absolutely true. You will have no descendants. So I ask you again, do you want to reincarnate?"
"Good, good, absolutely great." Shen Yan really laughed out loud, and two lines of tears rolled down from her eyes. Before they fell, they turned into white mist. She stood up and knelt in front of the broken window, causing Zan Fang to step aside several steps and watch her bow to the heaven and earth.
"The mountain bandit Ma Hongfei turned evil into evil. He wiped out all 73 members of my Shen family, occupied my home and property, and killed the women and children of my clan. Dad, mom, I will avenge the Shen family!"
She bowed again: "Chen Yan has avenged his family!"
Chen Jian bowed three times, kowtowed heavily, his soul passed through the broken wood and debris on the ground, and he fell to the ground with his back to the people in the room, unable to get up: "Master Tianshi, Chen Jian killed 65 people from four generations of the Ma family. Now the Ma family has no descendants, and Chen Jian has no more delusions."
She stood up, still kneeling on the ground, turned to look at Bai Qingqing who was sitting at the table, and smiled: "I know my sins are serious, I plead guilty, Master Tianshi, please take me in."
Bai Qingqing didn't say anything, and the others all looked at her. There were faint sobbing sounds coming from the bedside. Pu Yueling understood Shen Yan's story and secretly shed tears.
"Can you please count? Seventy-three people died in your family, sixty-five died in his family, and the Ma family still needs eight lives from you."
After Bai Qingqing said this, the room became even quieter, and even Pu Yueling forgot to cry for a moment.
Several live broadcast rooms fell silent at the same time. They were originally discussing how this story did not match the legend, and now large sections of blank space appeared on the screen.
Shen Yan stood there stupidly, not knowing what to say next.
Bai Qingqing ran over, squatted beside her and whispered a few words, and finally asked her, "Will you reincarnate or not?"
Shen Tang: “Throw!”
"Okay, in exchange, you tell me everything." Bai Qingqing stood up, patted her shoulder, and asked her to stand up as well. She said to Zan Fang, who seemed to have disappeared, "I'm done. It's your turn now. Prepare to help her pass away."
Zan Fang didn't expect that her "I'll go first" meant this, "Miss Bai, aren't you going to come in person?"
Bai Qingqing waved her hands. "The program mission is completed. The time limit is 48 hours. Didn't they say that we have to shoot the full 48 hours?"
Everyone nodded, it seemed like that was the case.
Bai Muning had no idea what Bai Qingqing was up to, and there was caution in his eyes as he looked at her.
Bai Qingqing glanced at her health bracelet with satisfaction. Her teammate Chen Ruihao's heart rate was perfectly maintained at around 57. He had hardly moved for more than half an hour, and it was obvious that his sleep quality was very good.
She found a convenient fixed camera position nearby and put her face close to it. "If there are no other tasks, can I go home now?"
The mission of Ma's House is to find the identity of the mysterious figure and solve the mystery to succeed.
Wu Weiran was stunned behind the monitor. It was the first time he had seen such a guest.
But think about it, since she is the eldest daughter of the Bai family and this is her first time recording a show, so there doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with it. As for the program tasks, she completed them very seriously and even got first place.
Now that the young lady wants to leave work, he certainly can't stop her.
Director Wu had no choice but to turn on the radio and speak into the microphone:
"Ding Dong, congratulations to the 'White Orange' team for completing the 'Mysterious Him' mission in ten hours, forty-one minutes and twenty-two seconds! Congratulations to 'White Orange' for winning the first place points and reward items!
Please clean up the scene, return to the assembly hall, and claim your mission rewards."
The cheerful loli voice echoed in every corner of the Ma family's house, startling the birds from their nests.
Although the sun had already risen during the day, the echoing sound still made the house, which was gradually shrouded in morning light, seem a little scary.
Before leaving, Bai Qingqing waved to Pu Yueling, took one last look at Zan Fang, and threw his precious copper coin back to him: "I'll leave the scene to you, Taoist Zan."
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