Before Zhu Yao could even react, Chen Zhen had already pulled her out of the Door to the Underworld, and floated to the vicinity of a farmer's courtyard. The surroundings were pitch-black, and the only source of light was a dim oil lamp inside the farmer's house. A human figure was moving within the house.
"Why are we here?" As a ghost, coming to the mortal realm was always uncomfortable, as the yang energy was too strong.
"Of course it's to scare people." He said with a serious look.
"…" Why did she have to go and scare people out of nowhere, hey!? "What's the benefit of scaring people?"
Chen Zhen was startled. He scanned her from head to toe, and said with a serious look. "As a ghost, if I don't even know how to scare people, wouldn't that be too embarrassing?"
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She completely did not think so.
"Huo Yuanjia, don't be sad." He looked at her with a pitiful look. "It's fine if you don't know how to scare people, big brother can teach you."
"Hoho …" She did not want to learn at all, alright? "Thank you!"
"Don't mention it, we're neighbors after all!" He patted on Zhu Yao's shoulder, and with a shake of his body, he once again returned to that ghost with blood flowing out of his seven orifices. He said with great pride. "Today, big brother will let you witness what is considered an outstanding ghost." As he said that, he confidently floated into the courtyard. "Just you wait, big brother will scare people for you to see."
"…"
Zhu Yao's expression darkened, yet Chen Zhen had already passed through the wall, and carried out his grand plan of scaring people. However, two hours had passed, yet there was not the slightest commotion in the house, let alone any screams or the like.
He couldn't have been taken in by someone, right?
She could not help but feel a little worried. There was still quite a distance between this place and the house. Even if she stretched her head out to take a closer look, she could only see a blurry shadow on the window. "It'll be good if I can see it clearly."
"Here!" A tall and skinny ghost had suddenly appeared at the side. He blinked his left eye at her, and passed her an item. "I'll let you have a look."
Zhu Yao was startled. She thought that he was giving her some sort of visible mystic artifact, or binoculars or something. Lowering her head, she saw a round eye lying in his hand.
"…" What's the use of your eye!? Flips table. Also, can this thing be casually taken out to play?
"You don't want to?" The tall, skinny ghost tilted his head with a look of disappointment. He pressed one hand on his right eye and took out the other eye. "Forget it, I'll lend you both."
The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. I'm not complaining that it's too little, hey.
"No … there's no need for that." Taking a deep breath, Zhang Xuan decided to take a look himself.
He floated into the house.
There was only a woman in the room. She was sitting on a chair and sewing something seriously. It was very quiet all around.
Except …
Chen Zhen was trying his best to make all kinds of faces in front of the woman.
Using both his hands and feet, he stretched his bleeding face into all kinds of shapes. Square, round, flat, uneven, and polygonal. He changed his face almost every two seconds, and there were no repetitions. She gave her best performance to the point that it was touching.
However … the woman didn't react at all! She was sewing the clothes in her hands seriously. Occasionally, she would raise her head, but it was only to pull out the oil lamp beside her.
She … couldn't see at all!
"Sick Dead Ghost Sister, wait a little longer. I'm about to scare her. "Chen Zhen said with a serious look, as he put in even more effort to pull out his face.
This stubbornness, was also … touching!
Just as Zhu Yao was about to remind him.
A gust of cold wind swept past. The tall, skinny ghost who passionately borrowed her eye earlier, floated towards the woman as well. His body was filled with a ghostly aura, as though he was planning to go all out.
Suddenly, in front of the woman, he plucked out two eyeballs, and then, with his two hands, as though he was performing acrobatics, he tossed and caught them.
Zhu Yao: "…" Seriously … so scary!
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"It's you again, the fallen ghost?" Chen Zhen glared at the tall, skinny ghost who suddenly appeared. He was instantly enraged, and angrily shouted out. "It's useless even if you try to snatch them. I will definitely scare her before you do."
"Hmph! Whoever scares her will be the one to blame. "The tall, skinny ghost coldly snorted, and then plucked out another ear. He took turns with the three ears, and threw them with even more effort.
Chen Zhen's fighting spirit seemed to have been stimulated as well, as he worked even harder to make his face. At one moment, he pulled it into an S shape, and at the next, he squeezed it into a B shape.
Zhu Yao: "…" What kind of method was this to scare people?
Did no one realize that the woman basically couldn't see ghosts? She was just a regular mortal, right? She basically hadn't opened her Heavenly Eye, right? It's useless no matter how much you guys try to scare people, hey.
Why do you guys have to conduct such a childish competition?
"Speaking of which …" Zhu Yao probed. "Just how many mortals have you guys scared before?"
Ka …
When her words came out, it was as though she had pressed the pause button for the two of them. The two ghosts stopped at the same time, and changed into awkward expressions.
Zhu Yao suddenly had a bad premonition. "It can't be … Not a single one, right?"
The tall, skinny ghost lowered his head and counted his eyeballs.
Chen Zhen squatted at the corner of the wall and drew circles.
Zhu Yao who had accidentally guessed the truth: "…"
Flips table! You haven't scared a single person before, just where did you get the confidence to teach her to scare people?
"Kuh kuh … Sickly ghost girly." Chen Zhen decided to redeem his dignity as the big brother. "Scaring people is a huge skill, it's not that simple. Furthermore, this woman's strength is too strong, and her will is too firm. She won't be scared that easily."
"…" She basically can't see you guys at all, alright?
"It seems like I have to change my target." Chen Zhen looked around, and his line of sight landed on the infant in the cradle at the side. In an instant, his eyes shone. "Let's change it to him then!"
The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Do you have any shame? You won't even let a child off.
Chen Zhen had already eagerly floated to the side of the cradle. Strangely, the child in the cradle actually chuckled. Holding onto a little wooden horse, he happily waved his little hands at Chen Zhen.
A child's mind was pure, and indeed, he could see many things that adults could not. It was not strange for him to be able to see ghosts.
Chen Zhen was overjoyed, and once again, he tried his best to make scary faces at the child.
Unfortunately, the child did not cry from fright.
The child laughed.
She giggled happily.
Chen Zhen was not discouraged in the slightest. He changed his strategy, turning his face terrifyingly pale and ghastly. Opening his mouth, he stretched out his slightly purple tongue, and it hung straight into the cradle. It stretched out longer and longer …
And then …
It was grabbed by the child.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch …" Chen Zhen was in so much pain that he stomped his feet. After spending a great deal of effort to save his own tongue, he hid far away with a wronged look.
"Let me do it!" The tall and skinny one stood out, and stared straight at the child. Suddenly, he let out a mouthful of Yin energy, and slowly took out both of his eyeballs. He handed them over to the child, and said eerily. "I … don't have eyes."
The child waved his little paw. He instantly smacked his eyes out.
"Ah … My eyes." The tall and skinny one instantly broke down, as he turned around and began to search for the rolling eyeballs.
"…"
Were these two monkeys sent by a clown? Just who was the one scaring who?
Zhu Yao sighed. She turned to look at the child in the cradle. He seemed to have lost interest in the little wooden horse, as he grabbed onto the other eyeball of the tall and skinny one and began to play with it.
"Death-By-Sickness ghost girly, be careful!" Chen Zhen stuck out his tongue, and warned with lingering fear in his heart. "That child is too scary. You won't be able to defeat him."
Zhu Yao could not be bothered with him. After looking for a moment, she immediately reached out her hand and took the eyeball away from the child's hand.
With his toy suddenly missing, the child was stunned for a moment. In an instant, his little face frowned, and with a "wahhh" sound, he cried out in a very sad manner.
The child's cries startled the woman, and she hurriedly came over to carry and comfort him.
Just as Zhu Yao was about to return the eyeball to the tall and skinny one, when she turned her head, she bumped into two admiring faces.
"Death-By-Sickness ghost girly, how did you do it?" Chen Zhen's eyes were glowing with a green light.
"Ah?"
"You scared that child."
"Uh … I didn't do it on purpose."
"Ahhhhhh!" Chen Zhen was so excited that he spun in circles. "You actually scared someone. I've never been scared before? You even scared someone to tears. You're really too amazing. "
"…" Was this something to be proud of?
"If this goes on, you'll be able to scare even more people very soon."
"…" I don't want to scare people in the slightest, alright? "Speaking of which … Just why do I have to scare people?"
"Of course it's to become a ghost errand boy!" Chen Zhen said with a matter-of-fact look.
"Ghost errand boy?" What the hell was that?
"As long as you scare people ten times. You can become a ghost errand boy. Only by becoming a ghost errand boy can you cultivate your spiritual body. "
I have to scare people ten times before I can cultivate my spirit body?
What kind of rule was this? Wasn't this a little too casual? No wonder Chen Zhen showed a sympathetic expression when he found out that she was a ghost who had died of illness. A complete ghost like her, of course, would not be as scary as these ghosts who had opened up their stomachs.
Aren't Netherworld Operatives supposed to be in charge of capturing souls? Since when did it become a part of cultivation?
Zhu Yao felt that her worldview needed to be reconstructed.
He looked at the eyeball in his hand, then at the child who had been put back into the cradle. Wasn't it just ten scares?
He stretched out his hand to pass the eyeball to the child, but when he saw the child reaching out to take it, he immediately retracted his hand.
The child's mouth flattened, and he was just about to cry out. She immediately handed it over and then took it back …
Pass it again …
And so on!
Ten times!
Mission complete.
Title: Bad Auntie
Sure enough, after ten tries, the green "Hell" character in her hand glowed and slowly turned into a white "Substandard" character.
Just like that, he became an Emissary of Hell?
As expected, it was very casual …
"Huo Yuanjia." Chen Zhen and his little companion were dumbfounded. His hands trembled as he pointed at the child, and then pointed at her. "You, you, you … You actually managed to scare people ten times in a single day. This is too unbelievable … You're really a genius!"
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"This is completely easy, alright?" Zhu Yao immediately returned the eyeball to the tall and skinny ghost.
"I have never seen any other ghost do it." Chen Zhen said with a serious look.
A strange feeling flashed in the depths of Zhu Yao's heart. Suddenly, a few crows could be heard.
"The sky is about to brighten." The tall and skinny ghost yawned. "Let's hurry back home and bury them."
After saying that, he floated out.
Chen Zhen pulled Zhu Yao and followed after him. Along the way, his eyes were sparkling when he looked at her, as though he was a fan who saw his idol.
She floated all the way to the Door to the Underworld. The "Substandard" character in her hand had even attracted the pursuit of various ghosts.
"Wah, you're a ghost errand boy. This is the first time I've seen a ghost errand boy."
"That's right, that's right. You've already scared people ten times in such a short period of time. Amazing."
"Lord ghost errand boy, let's be friends?"
"How did you do it? Teach me as well. I … I can let you play with my bones. "
"Me too! I can let you count my intestines. "
"Me too …"
Zhu Yao's expression darkened. I'm completely not interested in your bodies, alright!?
Yet, Chen Zhen still had a proud look. "Go away, all of you. Huo Yuanjia is my neighbour, none of you have a share. If she wants to play, she'll be playing with my body! "
Zhu Yao who was playing with her body: "…"
Zhu Yao escaped home under the passionate gazes of a bunch of ghosts.
Before she entered the house, Chen Zhen was still pulling her reluctantly. He wanted to invite her to stay the night.
"Huo Yuanjia, why don't you stay at my house tonight? That tree of mine is big enough to hang a lot of ghosts, you know?"
"…" I don't want to be a ghost that hangs to death!
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Zhu Yao rejected Chen Zhen, and floated back to her basement.
She lowered her head and studied the "Substandard" character in her hand. When she had just become a ghost errand boy, she clearly felt some sort of energy seeping out from this character, entering her soul. After carefully sensing it, it seemed that her body was even more solid than before.
Could it be that this character could really help in cultivating a spiritual body? Then what was the correct way to use a ghost errand boy?
She had once asked Chen Zhen about it, but he only had a smattering of knowledge. In the end, he only knew that ghost errand boys could cultivate a spiritual body. As for what the process was and how to cultivate it, he couldn't explain it.
Not only him, when she entered the Door to the Underworld, she had asked the other ghosts as well. But without exception, none of them knew.
Zhu Yao faintly felt that there was something wrong with these ghosts, but she could not put her finger on it.
After pondering for a moment, she decided to go to the Boundary Pavilion where she could collect her identity card.
When Zhu Yao arrived at the Door to the Underworld, the sky was already bright. The originally bustling streets were now completely empty. Although this was the Underworld, ghosts never liked to wander around during the day. Adding that she had already been here for two days, she did not encounter any bad things. The security of the Underworld was unexpectedly good, and she had never seen fights or anything like that before.
The pond in the Boundary Pavilion was by the side of the road. Zhu Yao glanced at the reflection in the water, and saw a woman in her twenties. She was extremely familiar with her. Most probably because she had become a ghost, this was her original appearance in the modern era. However, compared to when she saw her in the Underworld back then, her body was evidently a little different. Previously, it was just a faintly discernible shadow. But now, as though it was suddenly colored, it seemed to be a little clearer.
She immediately extended the "Substandard" character in her hand into the pond.
Suddenly, the water surface began to stir. Ripples spread out, and something seemed to be slowly rising from the center of the pond. A moment later, a ray of red light shone, and a circular formation instantly appeared on the surface of the water.
A teleportation formation!
Zhu Yao was startled. Suddenly, a human head popped out from the teleportation formation. When it saw Zhu Yao, its eyes instantly shone, and it said with an excited look. "Finally, someone has awakened their spiritual consciousness. I'm about to be as busy as a dog. Hurry, hurry, hurry, newcomer, follow this daddy to scare ghosts! "
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