While in Hollywood, I used Taoist magic to quell American terrorism.

Coincidentally, she also rose to fame with the movie "Mean Girls".

However, she has much more screen time than Amanda in this movie.

Moreover, she subsequently gained even more attention with the movie "The Notebook".

Next year, her film "Wedding Crashers" became a box office hit, making her a household name.

After that, he received a constant stream of film offers.

But once someone becomes famous, they easily become arrogant.

At the height of her popularity, she received offers from various blockbuster films, but she turned them all down.

She turned down several film offers, including Mission: Impossible III, Casino Royale, and The Devil Wears Prada.

All three films were hugely popular and achieved great success.

After that, her career was never as smooth as before.

Although she tells the public that she has no regrets, only she knows whether she truly regrets it or not.

Cao Kun knocked on the car window: "Did you look for me?"

The car window rolled down, and Rachel looked Cao Kun up and down before asking, "Master Cao?"

"It's me." Cao Kun turned around and unlocked the door. "Come with me."

Cao Kun unlocked the door, pushed it open, and welcomed Rachel inside.

Rachel asked curiously, "Don't you usually open the door?"

Cao Kun put the lock away: "Of course not, I just went on a business trip and only recently got back."

"I see."

Rachel didn't ask any more questions and looked around at the furnishings in Cao Kun's shop.

The furnishings were extremely simple, and there was none of the deliberate sense of mystery that other paranormal culture shops create.

Cao Kun's shop was brightly lit, and everything was clearly visible.

It's not mysterious at all; in fact, it's completely transparent.

Inside the glass display case, they sold small yellow pieces of paper and some unremarkable wooden items.

However, Rachel was shocked when she saw the prices of those items.

Each of those little pieces of paper costs $10.

Items made of wood often cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Cao Kun took out bottled water and several bottles of drinks and placed them on the table: "Help yourself with whatever you want to drink."

Rachel: "I'm not thirsty, thank you."

Cao Kun: "You have some yin energy about you, did you encounter something supernatural?"

Rachel nodded quickly: "Yes, I've been feeling like something in the house is watching me lately. But every time I go looking for it, I can't find it."

But that feeling grew stronger and stronger; I felt that thing was getting closer and closer, about to cause me immense harm.

Cao Kun asked, "When did you start having this feeling?"

Rachel recalled, "About a week ago."

Cao Kun: "Did you just move to your new house?"

Rachel: "No, I moved to a new place two months ago."

Cao Kun: "Then it's not a housing issue."

If there were really a problem with the house, it wouldn't have taken two months to cause an incident.

Cao Kun then asked, "Have you done anything related to the paranormal recently? For example, playing psychic games? Performing any special rituals? Going to any haunted places, such as cemeteries or haunted houses?"

Or perhaps you have shown disrespect to some mysterious beings, spoken ill of them, or even lacked respect for them?

"No, not at all." Rachel shook her head. "I didn't do any of those things."

"That's a bit strange," Cao Kun said, somewhat puzzled.

As the saying goes, ghosts don't haunt someone for no reason; there must be some cause.

Even the most absurd reasons have a basis.

Cao Kun: "Think again, has anything particularly unusual happened recently?"

Rachel tried hard to recall: "Really, no, it was just that suddenly, I felt someone watching me."

If it weren't for the presence of yin energy on Rachel, Cao Kun would have suspected that a peeping tom was secretly watching her.

But now, that's clearly not the case.

Cao Kun: "Since we can't get an answer from them, let's go see for ourselves."

Rachel immediately stood up: "Shall we leave now?"

Cao Kun: "Madam, we should discuss the price first."

"Oh, of course." Rachel sat down again, looking slightly embarrassed. "How much do you charge?"

Cao Kun: "My appearance fee starts at $10. If the ghost isn't too powerful, it's $10."

But if I feel he could pose a danger to me, that's a different price.

Rachel secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The items she had previously looked at in the store all cost at least $10.

I thought Cao Kun's fees would be astronomical.

Although starting at $10 is still not cheap, it's lower than she expected.

Rachel: "Okay."

Cao Kun: "A $2 advance payment is required, with the balance due upon successful completion. If the matter is not resolved, the advance payment will be refunded."

A check for $2 was handed to Cao Kun.

Cao Kun then stood up and said, "Let's go to your house."

Rachel had only recently become famous, and the house she lived in wasn't very nice.

However, for safety reasons, she naturally rented a place in an upscale neighborhood.

After parking the car, Cao Kun did not immediately go inside.

He stood outside and used his aura-gazing technique to take a look.

Under the aura-gazing technique, Rachel's house, just like Rachel herself, was covered with a faint layer of yin energy.

The yin energy was very faint; if it weren't for Cao Kun's aura-observation technique, it would have been completely undetectable.

There are only two possibilities.

First, this thing has relatively shallow cultivation and very little yin energy.

Secondly, this thing is very good at concealing its aura, so only a faint yin energy emanates from it.

Cao Kun doesn't know which one it is yet; he can only make a conclusion after going inside and seeing for himself.

"Let's go."

As Rachel entered the house, Cao Kun did not feel the eerie chill that was typical of ghosts.

"That's interesting."

Cao Kun became interested.

"Take me to see it."

Rachel naturally didn't refuse and led Cao Kun on a tour of the room.

But after looking at the whole thing, everything still seemed normal, and I couldn't see anything wrong with it.

Although the house is not big, the decoration is quite good, and the lighting is excellent, making it bright and spacious without any gloom.

Anyway, this house is definitely not suitable for filming horror movies.

"That's strange."

This was the first time Cao Kun had encountered such a situation.

After a moment's thought, Cao Kun decided to try summoning directly.

After having Rachel draw all the curtains in the house, Cao Kun flipped his hand and took out the magic bell.

The ceremonial bell rang, but no sound was produced.

Cao Kun chanted the following while making a hand seal:

"The mysteries of heaven and earth, the thunder decree moves stealthily."

"The Soul-Capturing General travels throughout the four directions."

"Eastern graves, western mounds, southern demons, northern monsters."

"When the thunderous bells ring, the soul cannot hide."

"The five thunder officials forcefully brought him forward."

……

Previously, Cao Kun had used this spell to summon the wronged souls of the six tragically deceased to meet him.

But now, even though the power has spread out, no one has appeared yet.

Is my power as an eighth-rank geomancer insufficient?

Cao Kun was starting to doubt himself.

[Or perhaps it's because it's daytime and the yang energy is too strong?]

Cao Kun glanced at the window; the curtains were all drawn.

Cao Kun could only tell Rachel, "Let's watch it tonight."

Rachel had no objection: "Okay."

She looked around and said, "Master Cao, since you came, that feeling of being spied on seems to have faded."

"Oh?" Cao Kun asked, "Can you also feel that sense of being watched during the day?"