Chapter 396: 396
When Ming Shu reached Dong Hua City, it was already midnight . The big, bright moon hung high up in the sky . Stars shone and everything seemed desolate .
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She stood along the empty streets . Occasionally, little ghosts would float past her and look at her with dazed expressions .
Spirit guides would not take the spirits away the minute people died . The spirits had seven days on earth . After seven days, if the spirits had not found their way to Hell, the spirit guides would come out to guide them .
Ming Shu’s mood was not good . She was considering what snacks she should eat .
She was a ghost now!
She needed someone to burn snacks for her to eat .
Where on earth would she find someone to burn snacks for her?
Just as Ming Shu was thinking about this important issue, a calm voice suddenly sounded .
“Master An Ge . ”
A young girl appeared out of nowhere . Her hands were folded in front of her chest and her long black hair flowed down her shoulders . She stood in the shadows with an indifferent look .
She was the spirit guide of Dong Hua City—Shen Xianyue .
“Tell me about the situation . ” Ming Shu strode forward .
Shen Xianyue followed behind respectfully . She had an anxious look on her face, as though she was going to meet an evil spirit of a hundred years . Her voice was cold and you couldn’t hear any emotions in it .
“One month ago, the delivery ghost that was supposed to come and collect the packages didn’t appear . I contacted the spirit guide from the city before me and he said that the delivery ghost had left his territory . ”
Shen Xianyue searched the entire Dong Hua City but didn’t manage to find the delivery ghost . She suspected that something had happened so she reported it to the authorities .
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The authorities sent other ghosts to come and investigate . There were no results .
However, the packages needed to be collected so a new delivery ghost was sent over .
Yet, the new delivery ghost disappeared after a while too . Similar to the one before, the delivery ghost vanished after entering the territory of Dong Hua City .
It happened four times . This was the fifth time .
That was why the authorities sent An Ge to come and investigate the issue .
Delivery ghosts were responsible for collecting the packages that contained spirits . A single delivery ghost needed to go to a few cities . You could imagine the number of spirits he had .
“Did anything strange happen recently?” Ming Shu tilted her head and looked at a little ghost squatting in a corner . The Ying Qi of the little ghost was very heavy . He murdered someone in the past .
Ming Shu could tell with one look . This might be the ability of the Host .
The little ghost felt the aura emanating from Ming Shu and shivered in fear as he shrank into a corner .
Shen Xianyue replied with certainty, “No, there is nothing strange that happened recently . ” If there was something wrong, she would have found out by now . The fact that there was nothing strange made the situation weirder .
She followed Ming Shu’s gaze . She raised her hand and made to capture the little ghost .
Spirit guides not only guided spirits, they had to take care of evil ghosts too .
“Little ghost, don’t run!”
A shout made Shen Xianyue stop her actions . A man wearing a shirt with a cross and beach pants appeared from the corner . He held a mahogany sword, which looked out of place on him, and pointed it at the little ghost while running toward it crazily .
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The little ghost was afraid of An Ge and Shen Xianyue so he didn’t run away . He watched the man run toward him .
The man was puzzled . “Huh, what aren’t you running away?”
The little ghost: “…” There are two demons standing behind you . Only a crazy ghost will run away .
The man muttered something and raised his mahogany sword . Then he took out a symbol paper and placed it on the little ghost’s forehead .
The little ghost immediately became a wisp of green smoke . The symbol paper fell slowly to the ground .
“What is he doing?” Ming Shu asked Shen Xianyue .
Shen Xianyue thought for a while . “He should be a Taoist master . The symbol paper is used to capture ghosts . As for the mahogany sword… it was just to seem impressive . ”
Shen Xianyue said the words “seem impressive” with a poker face . For some reason, Ming Shu found it very funny .
Taoist masters were a bunch of people who underwent cultivation and had a license to catch ghosts . Of course, there were other things they could do, such as Feng Shui, etc .
“Strange, why are the ghost today so easy to deal with? They didn’t even retaliate . ” The man took the symbol paper and swing the mahogany sword over his shoulder . He had a puzzled expression on his face . Then, he turned around and saw Ming Shu and Shen Xianyue standing opposite the street . The man jumped on the spot and shouted, “Ghost!”
The corners of Ming Shu’s mouth twitched .
Where did this idiotic little demon come from?
Why is he shouting when he is a Taoist master?
Didn’t you capture a ghost just now!
The man might have realized that he was a Taoist master after he shouted and regained his composure . He hefted the mahogany sword and looked at Ming Shu .
After a while, the man ran over and looked at Shen Xianyue directly . “Are you a spirit guide?”
The Taoist master had never seen a spirit guide before, but they knew of each other’s existence . Sometimes, when they met a ghost that was hard to deal with, spirit guides would combine forces with the Taoist masters .
A high-level Taoist master would be able to recognize a spirit guide . This man looked improper, but he actually had some ability .
Shen Xianyue gave no response .
The man looked at Ming Shu and asked curiously, “What are you?”
A spirit guide actually stood behind her… Also, what was more suspicious was, he couldn’t tell if she was a human or a ghost . There was no sign of life on her, but there wasn’t any Ying Qi either .
Shen Xianyue raised her eyes and looked at the man coldly .
Ming Shu glanced at him and said with a smile, “Can’t you tell that I am a ghost? Did you get your Taoist master’s license through the back door?”
“Ghost?” The man scanned Shen Xianyue and then blinked . After a moment, he pointed the mahogany sword at Ming Shu . “What the shit, don’t tell me that you’re from below!”
The relationship between Hell and Taoist masters was very blurred . It was not good, but it was not bad either . Occasionally, they would work together .
Shen Xianyue’s face turned colder . She raised her hand and pressed down the mahogany sword .
The man felt that it was improper too and withdraw the mahogany sword . He raised his eyebrows and asked with some excitement, “What happened at Dong Hua City to startle those below?”
The man didn’t notice anything strange about Dong Hua City either .
The man was called Xie Hui .
A true breed Taoist master from Dong Hua City . According to him, he was really famous and little ghosts would shiver in fear when they heard his name .
“Strange?” Xie Hui stepped on the shadows and walked backward . “There is nothing strange here . Even the number of ghost became fewer . ”
“The number of ghosts became fewer?” Ming Shu looked at Shen Xianyue .
Without waiting for Shen Xianyue’s reply, Xie Hui laughed . “Spirit guides can only detect ghosts that died within seven days and send them to Hell . If a ghost ran away, they wouldn’t be able to detect them unless they met on the streets . However, we’re different . Our duty is to catch ghosts no matter how long since they’ve died . Recently, the number of ghosts decreased . I only met one ghost after coming out in the middle of the night . ”
Xie Hui felt gloomy after he finished speaking .
“I never noticed that,” Shen Xianyue said, “I was too busy investigating…”
“What are you investigating?” Xie Hui was curious .
What exactly happened to make someone from below come up?
Shen Xianyue couldn’t say it, but Ming Shu could . “The spirits that were supposed to be sent to Hell disappeared . ”
Xie Hui was stunned . “Who dares to contest with Hell? Are they looking for death?”
“I’m very curious too . ” Ming Shu nodded her head seriously . Then she turned and looked at Shen Xianyue . “Can you burn some food for me?”
The topic changed so fast, Shen Xianyue was surprised . There was a hint of expression on her poker face .
Does Master An Ge need to eat?