Chapter 7: The Missing Ghost Hunting Team Look, there's someone wearing flowery clothes...
Lin Zhuyue held the textbook given to her by Fu Xingwei and walked to the back of the classroom.
"Zhuyue, this way!"
Wen Miyan waved to Lin Zhuyue and moved a little inside to make room for her.
"It's surprising that he got directly into our class."
Shi Chan, who was sitting in the front row, turned around and said with a slightly unhappy tone:
"Is the principal your relative?"
Lin Zhuyue looked up at the teammate assigned to her by her homeroom teacher. Even though she was not good at reading people's minds, Lin Zhuyue could tell that this teammate didn't like her very much.
She is not a weak person, nor is she overly naive. She knows that she is not the princess of the universe, and the world does not revolve around her. There must be people in the world who don't like her, and this dislike cannot be solved by her trying hard to please them.
Many times, trying to please others is just a waste of effort.
Lin Zhuyue hit back without hesitation:
"If the principal were my relative, I would have grown up in Tiancheng. If I had received the same education, I wouldn't be much worse than you."
Shi Can sneered and said sarcastically:
"It seems you have some self-awareness and know how miserable your level is."
Wen Miyan said, "Shi Can."
Ye Yangjia, who was sitting on the other side of Wen Miyan, couldn't help it:
"Will you die if you say less?"
Shi Can said with certainty: "He can die. He can die of anger."
Ye Yangjia said unhappily:
"No wonder the seniors always say they want to sew your mouth shut."
The teacher of the first class came. Fu Xingwei, the head teacher, looked at Lin Zhuyue worriedly before leaving the classroom.
The first class this afternoon is Feng Shui, which talks about the Feng Shui of ancestral graves.
Among all the courses, Feng Shui is the most complicated one. It is said that a spiritual master who has truly mastered Feng Shui can also master mountain medicine, fortune-telling and divination.
Lin Zhuyue was confused.
Feng Shui is a complex subject that requires many prerequisite courses, such as the Book of Changes. For Lin Zhuyue, who had barely read a few pages of the Book of Changes, it was too early to study Feng Shui.
During the break, Lin Zhuyue decided to go to the corridor to get some fresh air.
But as soon as she went out, she heard people talking about her.
The news that Lin Zhuyue, who had never received any basic education, was directly assigned to Class 1, Grade 3 of the Advanced Department had spread throughout the academy. Not only were the students in Class 1 surprised, but the students in Class 2 were even more shocked and angry.
Each grade in the senior department has a very special class that brings together the best apprentice spiritualists of that grade, and every student is a leader among their peers. This class is exactly the one that Lin Zhuyue is in.
Although Class 1 and Class 2 are separated by only a wall, the difference in their abilities is enormous. The goal of Class 2 and other classes is to become spiritual masters, while for Class 1, this goal is merely passing. Their goal is to become the best spiritual masters.
Chen Jin, the monitor of Class 2 and the top student in the class, has always wanted to transfer to Class 1 and become a member of this elite class after being promoted to the advanced department.
But no matter how hard he tried, the college did not agree to his application for transfer.
So he changed his approach and wanted to become a regular teammate of Shican, who was ranked first in the class.
The Spiritual Master Academy attaches great importance to the teammate system. Teammates are people who act together and are also people who can rely on each other for life and death.
If Chen Jin can become a teammate of Shican, the first in Class 1, then the academy will definitely provide him with the best education to prevent him from holding Shican back, so that he can qualify to enter Class 1.
But today, everything was shattered.
How could a person who came from outside Tiancheng and had only a vague knowledge of spiritual masters be stuffed into the first class of the academy and become Shican's teammate?
Chen Jin, filled with jealousy, walked up to Lin Zhuyue and asked:
"Are you Lin Zhuyue? From outside Tiancheng? Do you have any secret family skills?"
Lin Zhuyue found this person baffling, but still answered his question:
"No, my family is in business."
Chen Jin asked again: "Did you donate money to the Spiritual Master's Mansion?"
The offensiveness of this statement is very obvious.
Lin Zhuyue frowned and was about to fight back when someone pulled him back.
Wen Miyan pulled Lin Zhuyue behind her.
Ye Yangjia and Shi Can were also there.
"You're such an idiot."
Shi Can sneered and said sarcastically,
"If donating money to the Spiritual Master House could get you into the first class, you would have been in long ago. Although this girl still doesn't understand many basic theories, there is a qualitative difference between her and your upper limit. Can't you see that?"
"Although I really don't want a teammate who hasn't even learned the basics, I have to admit that she will definitely become an excellent spiritualist after completing her theoretical knowledge. And you..."
Shi Can raised his hand, poked Chen Jin's heart, and said,
"You can only quickly accept the marriage arranged by your family and pray to your ancestors and the gods, hoping that you can give birth to one or two gifted children so that they can be assigned to Class 1 when they attend the advanced department of the Spiritual Master Academy."
Chen Jin was choked and his face turned red.
Shi Can turned around and said to Wen Miyan and Lin Zhuyue:
"Let's go back to the classroom. Don't waste your time with this kind of person."
Lin Zhuyue didn't want to bother with Chen Jin, but she also didn't want to bother with Shi Can, even though Shi Can had just helped her. She quickly pulled Wen Miyan back to the classroom and sat down in the back row of the lecture hall.
Lin Zhuyue asked the question that had been on her mind for a long time:
"Miyan, what's going on with this teammate system?"
"Oh, this one."
Wen Miyan replied,
"Ghosts and spirits are also aggressive, and many can kill people. The Spiritual Master House believes that it is dangerous for a student to carry out a mission alone, so they have apprentice spiritual masters team up in pairs. Considering the issue of coordination, once teammates are determined, they cannot be easily replaced."
"In addition to the team system, the Spiritual Master Academy also has a group system. If a task requires a large number of people to complete, it will be formed into a group of two to four teams. The teams within the group can be replaced, but only teams from the same class can be selected."
Lin Zhuyue thought about Wen Miyan's words for a moment.
This system is necessary, but it would be better if teammates could get along better with each other.
Wen Miyan also noticed Lin Zhuyue's dissatisfaction with Shi Can. She lowered her voice and whispered:
"Don't be fooled by Shican's appearance. He's actually quite good. Since the beginning of the Enlightenment Division, he's always been number one and is known as the strongest spiritualist of the new generation. Besides coordinating with others, he's good at everything. And, he's a mantra-caster."
Lin Zhuyue heard another term she didn't understand:
“What is a mantra-holder?”
Wen Miyan seemed to be deliberately throwing out a smokescreen. She smiled at Lin Zhuyue and did not continue to explain:
"If you become his teammate, you'll understand sooner or later."
The second class in the afternoon is the talisman class.
The courses in the Psychic Academy are all coordinated with each other. The Feng Shui class talks about the Feng Shui of ancestral tombs, and the Talisman class teaches groundbreaking talismans and talismans for warding off evil spirits.
The talisman teacher explained several situations where ancestral graves might have feng shui problems, and then taught the students which talismans to use in each case. After that, he began teaching the students how to draw talismans.
Although he still didn't understand, this class didn't leave Lin Zhuyue feeling as powerless as the previous one. As for the talismans, he just had to follow the instructions. Borrowing Wen Miyan's fine brush and cinnabar ink, Lin Zhuyue copied the teacher's strokes on yellow paper.
"No, you can't draw it like that."
The teacher looked at how Lin Zhuyue drew the talisman.
"You must concentrate your mind and energy, pouring your spiritual power into the brush and ink. When drawing the talisman, imagine the spiritual power flowing out along the brush and ink, overflowing with every stroke on the talisman paper."
Lin Zhuyue did as he was told.
The teacher picked up the drawn talisman paper and took a look at it:
"No wonder he was able to transfer directly to Class 1 of the Advanced Department without any foundation. He's truly talented. This talisman is beautifully drawn. It's a very powerful talisman."
Lin Zhuyue was very happy to be praised and thanked him.
The teacher of the talisman class said:
“If you need extra lessons, you can find me in the office.”
After the talisman class was over, the head teacher, Fu Xingwei, walked in from outside the classroom as soon as the talisman teacher left.
"There's an urgent mission."
Fu Xingwei took the folder and said,
"A city detective team disappeared while searching for a spirit. The police conducted a full search but could not find any trace of anyone from the team. The relevant authorities believe this is a paranormal case and have requested assistance from the Spirit Master's House."
"Shichan, take good care of your new partner. Also, you can choose one to three teams to form a group and work together to complete the mission."
The phrase "take good care of the new partner" means that Shi Can should take Lin Zhuyue with him.
Shi Can turned around, knocked on the table, and said to Wen Miyan and Ye Yangjia:
"Let's form a team of the most elite from Class 1, Grade 3 of the Advanced Department?"
Ye Yangjia crossed his arms and shook his head:
"No, I refuse. I don't want to team up with you."
Wen Miyan took the folder and signed on it.
Ye Yangjia: "Hello!"
The team must act in a bundled manner, and Wen Miyan's signature is equivalent to Ye Yangjia's signature.
Wen Miyan handed the folder back to Shi Can and said:
"I followed because I was worried about Zhuyue."
Shi Chan stood up and urged, “Let’s go.”
Lin Zhuyue looked at the class schedule and asked:
"Leaving now? I still have a class this afternoon..."
Shi Can looked at Lin Zhuyue with an amateurish look, and explained patiently:
"Missing people is an emergency. We must arrive at the scene and conduct rescue operations within 24 hours to ensure the survival rate of the rescued person."
Lin Zhuyue understood.
She, Wen Miyan and Ye Yangjia stood up together and went to a lounge at the end of the corridor with Shi Can. Shi Can, Wen Miyan and Ye Yangjia opened the cabinet in the lounge and took out four travel bags. Shi Can threw one of the bags to Lin Zhuyue.
Lin Zhuyue opened the travel bag, which contained talisman paper, cinnabar, small five-emperor coins, a compass, a red rope, a dowsing rod, a walkie-talkie and other items.
Shi Chan walked out while talking on the phone:
"Old Qian, drive the car over to the college. I need it. I want a four-seater."
They went downstairs with their bags and waited for a while before a Mercedes-Benz S680 stopped in front of them and opened the trunk.
The driver got out of the car, handed the car keys to Shi Can, and took the travel bags of Shi Can and others and put them in the trunk. After closing the trunk, Shi Can got in the driver's seat, Ye Yangjia in the passenger seat, and Lin Zhuyue and Wen Miyan in the back seat.
Shi Can stepped on the accelerator, and the S680 sped away from the Spiritual Master Academy and headed towards the dock.
Ye Yangjia and Wen Miyan were not idle either. They opened the folder and began to understand the incident.
Wen Miyan looked through the information:
"This city detective team is searching for ghosts in a residential building in the old city of Nanjiang City. Twenty years ago, a woman working at a dance hall jumped from the building. Since then, ghost stories about the building have never ceased. The residents have moved out one after another, leaving only a few residents."
"To gain traffic, the Urban Detective Team live-streamed their entry into the residential building. The live stream was then interrupted, and the entire team mysteriously disappeared."
Shi Can drove the car into the cruise ship that was already waiting at the dock. While waiting for the cruise ship to arrive at the coast, he said:
"I hate live ghost hunting teams."
"They probably think it's funny, right? They can even make money while live-streaming."
Shi Can stroked the texture of the steering wheel with his fingers and said,
"But in reality, they are like people who insist on climbing in the rain or snow. Not only are they playing with their own lives, but they are also adding unnecessary work and danger to rescuers."
"Things like ghosts and gods are not meant to be used as gimmicks."
Shi Can turned on his phone and threw it to Ye Yangjia.
"Old Fu sent me some photos. I'll send them to a group chat and you guys can study them carefully."
Ye Yangjia formed a small group of four people.
Lin Zhuyue opened her phone and saw the photos in the small group.
The photo was taken during the day, showing a residential building on a street corner. The sign for the street-facing shop on the first floor was still up, but the lights were off behind the glass doors, leaving it empty and closed. Upstairs, probably where the balcony was, there were few laundry hanging, giving the building a desolate and eerie feel.
"Look here on the seventh floor."
Lin Zhuyue saved the photo, opened the editing function, drew a circle on it, and sent it back to the group.
"Is there a woman in a flowery dress?"
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