Chapter08
Xie was stunned. He was a little suspicious whether he had not woken up yet.
Without waiting for Xie Que to respond, Jing Xiebai continued speaking.
"Also, I looked at your horoscope. If nothing unexpected happens, you were a ghost exorcist in your previous life."
Xie Que: “?”
No, how come he is the reincarnation of a ghost exorcist?
Jing Xiebai knew that Xie Que was unwilling to believe this fact. After all, this incident also meant to some extent that Xie Que was related to the unjust death of his parents. Jing Xiebai was afraid that Xie Que would take the responsibility on himself, but the facts were in front of them and they had to admit it.
"Don't you find it strange?" Jing Xiebai stopped and spoke seriously.
"The yang energy of your family is a bit stronger than that of ordinary people, but it's not so bad that they can be followed by ghosts for a month without any problems, right? If it were an ordinary person, they would have been waiting for reincarnation long ago."
Xie Que also stopped smiling, he understood what Jing Xiebai meant.
He is the reincarnation of a ghost exorcist. He disturbed his family's ancestral grave, and it was because of him that his parents were targeted by the Taoist priest.
Xie wanted to refute, but didn't know what to say.
Jing Xiebai saw his confusion, paused, and decided to tell Xie Que everything.
"That ghost of yours has been following you for so long, yet you're still alive and kicking, even able to stick the talisman on the ghost's face yourself. These aren't powers an ordinary person should possess. Under normal circumstances, you should have died from exhaustion of your yang energy long ago, but not only did you not, you were able to fight the ghost. I realized something was wrong, so I looked at your horoscope."
Jing Xiebai looked at Xie Que, frowning, and said in confusion: "I found out that your life was replaced."
Xie Que: “?”
He didn't quite understand who had exchanged lives with him, and what was the point of exchanging lives with an ordinary person like him?
Jing Xiebai said, "Under normal circumstances, your ancestor would have to wait for some time before reincarnation, but he manipulated the judge and successfully exchanged his life with yours, thus entering reincarnation early."
In fact, Jing Xiebai suspected that Xie Que's life-changing was related to the Taoist's ghost-refining. Otherwise, why would the Taoist have caught Xie's father's attention so coincidentally? But he also felt that this idea was too far-fetched. Anyone who could deceive the judge must be capable of something. His own idea was still too naive.
Xie was silent for a moment and accepted the fact that he was the reincarnation of his ancestor, but there was still one thing he didn't understand.
"Is there any deep meaning behind my ancestor's choice to change my fate?"
Xie Que hadn't felt like there was another person inside him for all these years, meaning this body belonged completely to him. He didn't have any of his ancestors' memories, so what was the point of him exchanging lives? Could he simply be hoping to reincarnate a few years earlier?
Jing Xiebai sighed. This was something he didn't understand. Xie Que's fate had been altered, and the biggest impact of this change on him was that Xie Que possessed more yang energy than most people, a natural exorcist's body. But Xie Que had no experience with exorcism; he couldn't even distinguish between a genuine Taoist priest and a fake one. So, it seemed like his early reincarnation didn't mean much to him.
So what exactly is the exorcist planning?
Jing Xiebai rubbed his face and stopped dwelling on this point. The most urgent task now was to catch the Taoist priest who was refining ghosts. However, Xie believed that this matter could not be rushed. When the time was right, the truth would naturally surface.
Jing Xiebai himself knew that the possibility was extremely low, but he really couldn't spare the energy to think about it now.
He took Xie Que with him and rushed home before dark.
Xie Que was carsick. Before Jing Xiebai stopped the car, he opened the door and ran to the trash can in the parking lot to vomit violently.
Seeing this, Jing Xiebai handed him a bottle of water.
Xie took it and rinsed his mouth.
Jing Xiebai glanced down at him and said, "Let's go to my house. Lu Jueqiu is already here."
Xie Queren was feeling uncomfortable and it took him a while to remember who Lu Jueqiu was. He nodded and followed Jing Xiebai into the house.
"Tsk, Mr. Jing, why are you here so late? Do you know that I've been waiting for you for half an hour?"
There was no light on in the living room, but Xie looked towards the source of the sound.
The boy had long white hair, with bangs that were long enough to cover his eyes. He looked at Jing Xiebai coldly with a pair of fox eyes, and his thin lips were slightly pursed, making people feel dangerous.
“Heh.” The boy threw his phone onto the sofa, took off his earphones, took off the hood of his sweatshirt, and ruffled his messy hair, looking like he was going to beat you up if you don’t explain yourself properly.
Jing Xiebai was startled, hesitated for a moment, and then said with a guilty conscience: "I'll let you live in my apartment in Xiyuan?"
Seeing the hesitation on the boy's face, Jing Xiebai pressed the issue: "Don't worry, I just bought it, no one knows about it, and I won't tell your parents either."
Jing Xiebai knew the habits of this young master. It was normal for him to be half an hour late for appointments. Today, he specially moved up the meeting time by half an hour just so that he could see him as soon as he came back. Who would have thought that the young master would actually show up on time.
I guess the eldest young master had a fight with his family and had nowhere to stay, so he changed his usual behavior and showed up on time.
This wasn't the first time Jing Xiebai had lent Lu Jueqiu his apartment. The two of them often skipped classes during high school, and Jing's parents had no problem with him, since he was out chasing ghosts. Lu Jueqiu, however, wasn't so lucky. Whenever he was caught skipping classes to go to the internet cafe, he'd be scolded. Lu Jueqiu had a bad temper, and whenever he got scolded, he'd sneak out to find Jing Xiebai and stay the night for a few days. Over time, it became a habit.
Lu Jueqiu nodded in satisfaction after hearing Jing Xiebai's assurance. He lay back on the sofa, picked up his phone that had been thrown aside, started a game, and said cheerfully, "Tell me what you want from me?"
Jing Xiebai turned on the light and motioned Xie Que to go in first.
"Didn't I tell you? Someone wants to refine a ghost."
Before Jing Xiebai came, he had already explained the situation clearly to Lu Jueqiu.
Lu Jueqiu scoffed and said casually, "You want me to post a recruitment notice on the forum, right? What should I post? A large reward for the details of the evil spirit?"
Lu Jueqiu and Jing Xiebai grew up together, and they know each other very well. Just by looking at Jing Xiebai, Lu Jueqiu knows what Jing Xiebai is planning.
Jing Xiebai smiled and took a glass of water for Lu Jueqiu.
"Not only that, I want a high-level account from you."
The forum is hierarchical. The higher the level, the more things you can access. The level can only be increased by points earned from exorcising ghosts. This is also a protection for some novice ghost exorcists to prevent them from risking their lives to challenge evil spirits.
The ghost exorcist profession does not place high demands on money. After all, only novices who have just started will accept commissions because they have no money. Ghost exorcists like Jing Xiebai accept commissions for things that money cannot buy.
Lu Jueqiu glanced at Xie Que, who was standing next to him with a pale face, and asked, "Give it to him?"
Xie Que also looked at Jing Xiebai. He was still feeling carsick and had a splitting headache.
Jing Xiebai nodded, knowing that the matter was settled.
"You'll be going with me to find that Taoist priest later, so you need some knowledge of exorcism. Besides, you'll be dealing with powerful ghosts, and if you don't have any way to save your life, you won't have enough lives."
Jing Xiebai took out a few oranges from the refrigerator and handed them to Xie Que: "Have some."
Xie Que didn't bother to be polite with him. He took the orange, broke off a segment and put it into his mouth. The sweet and sour juice filled his mouth, and Xie Que felt a little better.
After finishing the orange in a few bites, Xie asked, "How can I learn to exorcise ghosts?"
However, Xie felt that life was unpredictable. Not long ago, he was still a corporate slave working overtime at the company, but now he has started learning how to exorcise ghosts.
Lu Jueqiu finished a game, heard the words, turned on the computer, and logged into the forum: "Use your phone to write down the URL and account." After saying that, he turned the computer around so that the screen was facing Xie Que.
"The forum is divided into four sections: recruitment, public screen chat, database and Q&A area."
The two of them were a bit far apart, and Lu Jueqiu leaned towards Xie Que, revealing his lean waist. Seeing this, Jing Xiebai took out a coat from the room.
"It's newly bought. Remember to wear it when you go out, so you don't catch a cold." Jing Xiebai threw the clothes on Lu Jueqiu, signaling him to teach Xie Que well while he went to feed the cat at home.
Lu Jueqiu frowned, took his clothes away, and continued to introduce the forum to Xie Que.
"You don't know anything yet, so you can start with the database. Basically, you can find any information you want here, except for sorcery. Once you get started, you can take on commissions worth half a star or one star. If you want more than that, ask Jing Xiebai first. If he agrees, then you can take it."
Xie just said "hmm", showing great interest in the internal forum of the ghost exorcist.
"Then where can I buy the materials for drawing talisman paper?"
However, Xie was still thinking about Jing Xiebai's talisman paper for exorcising ghosts. Now that he had the chance to draw the talisman himself, he would definitely learn it well.
Lu Jueqiu's lips curled up slightly, a hint of amusement flashed in his eyes: "You should find Jing Xiebai, his family is in this business."
How can I leave all the students I brought here to my own charge?
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