One divination a day, a trainee celestial master

Jiang Shou sat on a single sofa chair, looking at the female ghost twisting the hem of her clothes in front of him, without saying a word.

My mind felt like it was filled with a million question marks.

Recalling the scene in his dream where he was driving a Koenigsegg supercar in the pouring rain, pulling her into his arms, and staging that cliché scene of "Woman, you want to escape from me?"

So, all this ridiculous behavior and idiotic dialogue was because of the short CEO romance drama that this 18-year-old female ghost didn't finish watching before she died?!

What kind of outrageous and bizarre obsession is this?!

Shen Xu timidly raised her head and stole a glance at the young Taoist priest sitting on the sofa with an unpredictable expression. She was so frightened that she quickly lowered her head again, not daring to even breathe.

Jiang Shou rubbed his throbbing temples, quickly calculating in his mind how to deal with this troublesome mess.

Let her stay in this villa in Jinshui Bay? Absolutely not. Although she hasn't harmed anyone, the eerie atmosphere of the house and the ghostly wails at night will eventually drive everyone in this villa area insane.

Should I just use the [Resentment-Breaking Talisman] to scatter her? Jiang Shou looked at Shen Xu's innocent, pitiful, and aggrieved appearance, and sighed inwardly.

This girl was just an innocent girl who died tragically in a car accident. She hadn't done anything wrong in her life, and even as a ghost, she was just a homebody who liked to surf the internet and watch dramas. To let her soul perish like this, without even the chance to be reincarnated, would indeed be too cruel. Jiang Shou didn't consider himself the kind of cold-blooded Taoist who would lose his humanity in order to exorcise demons.

"Neither kill nor spare. Then we can only take them with us."

Jiang Shou stroked his chin, then took her back to Cuiwei Mountain to observe her closely. It seemed like a feasible method. He could wait until his cultivation level was higher, or until he found a way to deliver the souls of the dead in the Ancestral Master's Cold Season Decree, then help her break free from her obsession and send her to be reincarnated.

Having made up his mind, Jiang Shou cleared his throat, trying to make his tone sound as serious as possible.

"It's extremely inappropriate for you to stay in a place where living people live like this," Jiang Shou said, looking at Shen Xu. "Putting aside the fact that you've scared the living to death, I'm not the only cultivator in this world. If one day I really attract the attention of a hot-tempered and ruthless monk or Taoist, they won't have the patience to listen to your aggrieved explanation of 'binge-watching,' and they'll just strike you with a bolt of lightning and scatter your soul to pieces."

Upon hearing the phrase "soul scattered," Shen Xu's thin shoulders shrank sharply, but she still muttered a rebuttal in a low voice, somewhat unconvinced:

"But...but this is my home, not theirs. When my uncle sold our house, he didn't ask for our consent at all, and he even took my computer and 65-inch TV..."

Jiang Shou was amused and annoyed by her self-righteous and absurd way of thinking.

"Where is your uncle going to get your family's consent?" Jiang Shou rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Will he burn paper money at the crossroads to ask you? Or will he set up a spirit-summoning array in the middle of the night to invite you up to sign a house sale contract?"

"..." Shen Xu was speechless after being rebuked, and lowered her head without saying a word.

Jiang Shou stood up, dusted off his trousers, and offered his solution: "How about this? I have a Taoist temple on Cuiwei Mountain in the western suburbs. If you're willing, you can come back to the mountain with me for the time being. When the opportunity arises in the future, I'll help you eliminate your obsessions and send you into the cycle of reincarnation. What do you say?"

Shen Xu hovered in mid-air, her expression somewhat hesitant.

She secretly sized up Jiang Shou in front of her. This man was indeed handsome, and his Taoist magic was ridiculously powerful; those few talismans from earlier had terrified her.

But... after all, this was her first time being a ghost, and she didn't have much experience. Don't novels always say that those Taoist priests with profound Taoist skills like to capture wandering ghosts and refine them into mindless "ghost slaves" or "spirits"?

Even if we take a step back and consider the worst-case scenario, for a perfectly innocent girl like myself to go back to the deep mountains and live with a young man without any status or identity, even if I were a ghost now, I would still feel it's a bit too much of a disgrace...

Looking at her conflicted and shifting face, Jiang Shou had no idea what kind of chaotic thoughts were swirling in this young girl's mind...

He was too lazy to waste words and directly unleashed his ultimate move.

Jiang Shou took out his phone from his pocket, waved it in his hand, and casually said:

"My Taoist temple has full-strength 5G network and gigabit WiFi. When you go, you can take my phone and watch any shows you want."

"good!!"

Shen Xu, who had just been full of reserve and defensiveness, made a decisive move without the slightest hesitation.

Forget about watching dramas or not, it's mainly because I like peace and quiet... and I don't want to hurt or frighten anyone anymore...

"Hmm, I really am a kind female ghost..." Shen Xu thought to herself.

……

The two waited in the second-floor corridor for a while until the golden light of the [Yang Qi Lantern Talisman] completely dissipated on her body, and Shen Xu's manifested physical form returned to a semi-transparent phantom state.

Before leaving, Shen Xu floated in mid-air, looking back with some lingering affection at the house that held eighteen years of happy times and her brief years as a ghost, and sighed softly.

As Jiang Shou walked down the stairs, he suddenly remembered the abrupt meow he had heard in his dream.

"Just now in the illusion, it was Gian's 'meow' that woke me up."

Jiang Shou walked to the living room on the first floor and looked around. The floor was a mess, but he didn't see the fat orange figure.

"He probably saw that I was alright and ran back to the Taoist temple on his own."

Jiang Shou stroked his chin, a warm feeling welling up inside him. This arrogant fat cat, who outwardly ignored him and even showed disdain for him, unexpectedly secretly followed him down the mountain to help protect the path at this crucial moment.

"What a kind-hearted comrade with a sharp tongue. Tomorrow we should definitely go to the seafood market and get a few more pounds of salmon to treat it properly."

After leaving the villa, Jiang Shou mounted the blue three-wheeled motorcycle parked by the roadside.

"Rat-a-tat-tat~"

On a deserted asphalt road late at night, a blue three-wheeled motorcycle sped along, billowing blue smoke. Above the back of the motorcycle, a semi-transparent female ghost in a white dress floated along like a human-shaped balloon on a string, heading towards Cuiwei Mountain in the western suburbs.

If this scene were captured by a passing driver with their dashcam, it would probably dominate the local trending topics for a month.

……

Two o'clock in the morning.

The tricycle stalled on Cuiwei Mountain.

Shen Xu floated in mid-air, tilted her head back, and, by the light of the cool moonlight, looked at the three gilded characters above the heavy elm wood gate: "Shouyi Temple".

Jiang Shou took out his key and pushed open the heavy door.

Jiang Shou stepped across the threshold and casually said, "Although you're a spirit now and don't need to sleep, there are still a few empty rooms in the backyard of the Taoist temple. I think we should still prepare one for you, so you don't just wander around the courtyard all day..."

Jiang Shou hadn't finished speaking when he turned around and realized that Shen Xu hadn't followed him in.

She stopped about a foot away from the gate of the Taoist temple, her semi-transparent figure trembling and hesitant, but she dared not take another step forward.

Her pale face was filled with fear, her feet dangling in the air, yet she dared not take another step forward.

In Shen Xu's perception, right at the boundary of the Taoist temple gate, there seemed to be an invisible red line of rules stretching across the area.

This aura showed no active aggression, but there was an underlying sense of order warning her, this Yin Sha spirit:

Anyone who trespasses without permission will be put to death!

This is a natural and instinctive feeling that originates from the spirit.

Jiang Shou stood inside the door, looking at Shen Xu who was trembling and hesitating outside, too afraid to come in, and frowned in surprise.

"Come in! What are you standing there for? Are you acting as a doorman?" Jiang Shou urged, puzzled.

The voice just fell.

As Jiang Shou uttered the words "Come in."

Shen Xu, who was outside the door, immediately sensed that the red line of rules that stretched across the threshold had vanished into thin air in an instant!

Feeling the acceptance of this ancient Taoist temple, she, a visitor from the underworld, at that moment.

Shen Xu exhaled a long breath of cold, yin energy, and forced a smile at Jiang Shou inside the door, revealing a smile that was more like a grimace.

Shen Xu dared not float recklessly in mid-air as she had outside. She slowly descended to the ground, her feet gently stepping on the bluestone slabs, reverting to the posture she had when she was alive. With her head down, she carefully and cautiously walked step by step into the gate of the Taoist temple.

As I stepped across the threshold, the cool moonlight spilled into the courtyard.

Shen Xu looked around curiously. There was no hustle and bustle of the city here, nor the coldness of the Jinshuiwan villa.

The ancient, mottled courtyard walls, the old locust tree in the center of the courtyard that blocks out the sky, and the bronze cauldron covered with rainwater.

Everything seemed so quiet, peaceful, and serene.

At this moment, Shen Xu's restless and anxious heart felt a sense of peace she had never felt before.

Just as she was about to thank Jiang Shoudao.

Shen Xu's gaze inadvertently swept over the high eaves of the main hall.

Just that one glance.

"ah!!"

Shen Xu let out a very short gasp as if she had seen something terrifying!

She darted behind Jiang Shou in a flash, gripping the hem of his Taoist robe tightly, not daring to lift her head even once. The translucent spirit shrank into a ball, its entire body trembling violently like a leaf.

"What's wrong? Why are you so easily startled?"

Jiang Shou was startled by her gaze. Following her line of sight, he looked up in confusion at the eaves of the main hall.

In the cool moonlight, Fat Tiger lay lazily on the green tiles.

From its high vantage point, its cat-like eyes, gleaming with a cold amber light in the darkness, were coldly watching the white-dressed female ghost trembling behind Jiang Shou.