When Qin Su finally regained her senses, she silently promoted this beautiful girl to the number one most dangerous being in the modern world.
She should never have underestimated the people of this world simply because there were no other cultivators here.
That sonic attack was no weaker than the techniques of sound cultivators.
No…
Sound cultivators killed with beautiful melodies.
This girl simply assaulted people with pure noise.
During those few seconds just now, it would have been enough time for someone to kill her several times over.
She simply could not understand it.
The girl’s speaking voice was so pleasant, as melodious as an oriole singing from a secluded valley, capable of effortlessly stirring people’s hearts.
Yet the moment she started singing, she was hopelessly tone-deaf.
Calling it noise was practically a compliment.
Qin Su kept a perfectly blank expression, doing her utmost to stop the corners of her mouth from twitching.
She looked around.
People had collapsed all over the place.
As far as the eye could see, bodies littered the ground, making the scene look exactly like the aftermath of a mass casualty incident.
The scene was tragic.
Utterly tragic.
Although everyone else could not hear the beautiful girl’s voice directly, they had still been caught in the aftermath of the sonic attack.
A sharp crack echoed through the suddenly silent surroundings.
Qin Su looked up and saw the bulletproof glass window shatter on the spot.
She stared at the young woman in astonishment.
Could she have been a ten-thousand-year-old bat demon in her previous life?
The girl looked around in confusion, completely unaware that she was the culprit behind everything.
“Why did everyone fall over?”
“Yeah, I’d like to know that too,” Qin Su replied dryly.
In her mind, Qianjin was whining pitifully.
“Susu, my head is spinning. I think I need a whole box of salmon to recover.”
Qin Su immediately blocked out its voice.
The girl reached out and grabbed Qin Su’s wrist, her expression unusually serious.
“You’re the first person who’s ever been able to see me.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll protect you!”
“Don’t be afraid!”
Qin Su was actually a little touched.
This was the first time in her life that such a beautiful woman had declared she would protect her.
Seeing the people on the ground gradually waking up, Qin Su picked up her shopping bags again.
They had better leave this place first.
…
Zhang Yunqi was in the kitchen making cola chicken wings and salmon rice bowls.
Qin Su sat on the sofa, while the beautiful girl who had followed her home sat across from her.
“You really don’t remember anything at all?” Qin Su asked.
The girl shook her head, looking dejected.
“I realized three days ago that I’d become a ghost.”
“I don’t know who I am.”
“I don’t remember how I died either.”
Qin Su calmly corrected her.
“No, you’re not dead yet.”
“Your soul has only temporarily left your body.”
“But if you don’t find your body within a month, then you’ll really become a ghost.”
A girl this beautiful should be fairly well known.
She should not be difficult to find.
The girl frowned pitifully.
“But… I can’t sense where my body is.”
That complicated things.
Divination had always been Qin Su’s weakest area.
If she had the girl’s birth date and time, she could at least attempt a calculation.
But under these circumstances, there really was no other method.
After a moment of silence, she said,
“It’s alright.”
“Normally, even if a soul leaves its body, it won’t wander too far away.”
“We’ll just ask around when the time comes.”
“With your looks, there’s no way you’re completely unknown.”
The girl smiled brilliantly, her eyes filled with complete trust.
“Mm, I believe you.”
A strange sense of familiarity washed over Qin Su.
It felt oddly warm and comforting.
Yet no matter how hard she searched her memories, she could not remember where that feeling came from.
At that moment, Zhang Yunqi finished preparing the meal and lit a stick of incense as well.
Since both Zhang Yunqi and the girl were no longer truly human, they could only enjoy food through offerings.
After eating, Qin Su returned to her room to continue cultivating.
Before the final exams arrived, she was determined to reach the Nascent Soul’s out-of-body stage.
…
She sat in the center of the spirit-gathering formation, feeling abundant spiritual energy swirling around her.
After circulating it through several full cycles, she opened her eyes again.
It was already dawn.
Having cultivated throughout the night, she felt full of energy.
Even staying awake for several days would not be a problem.
Qianjin suddenly spoke.
“Susu, I think I remembered who that girl is.”
As Qin Su’s natal artifact, unless Qin Su deliberately blocked it, Qianjin could also access her memories.
“Oh? Who is she?”
Qianjin sounded rather pleased with itself.
“More accurately, she’s someone from the transmigrator’s memories.”
“No wonder you didn’t remember her.”
Although Qin Su had also viewed the transmigrator’s memories, she had essentially watched them on fast-forward and only retained the general outline.
“Her adoptive mother was Xu Xiao’s aunt.”
“After her adoptive mother passed away, she entrusted the girl to Xu Xiao.”
“While the transmigrator was dating Xu Xiao, this girl constantly tried to drive a wedge between them.”
“In the end, the transmigrator exposed her true colors.”
“Xu Xiao kicked her out of K City and left her to fend for herself.”
“Didn’t the transmigrator later find out that she’d undergone plastic surgery?”
With that reminder, Qin Su finally remembered.
This girl’s role was the textbook definition of a vicious supporting female character in a novel.
Her name was…
Tu Qing!
It was the same name as the woman President Niu had publicly confessed to on television today.
Whether they were the same person remained to be seen.
In Qin Su’s opinion, Tu Qing had never really done anything especially evil.
At worst, she had simply spoken ill of the transmigrator.
To retaliate, the transmigrator had even framed her once.
Something was not right.
According to those memories, Tu Qing had indeed been beautiful.
But she had not been so breathtakingly gorgeous that people would never forget her.
Qianjin said,
“The shape of her facial features is somewhat similar.”
“I think she had plastic surgery.”
Qin Su twitched the corner of her mouth.
“What kind of surgeon is that amazing?”
“They even managed to reshape her soul?”
Qianjin curled itself into a fluffy ball on the floor.
“But the facial structure really is quite similar.”
“They’re at least fifty percent alike.”
Qin Su said,
“I’ll ask Xin Ying about it in the next few days.”
She opened the bedroom door, and the aroma of breakfast immediately drifted into her nose.
This morning, Zhang Yunqi had prepared fish fillet congee.
She had started simmering it in a purple clay pot the previous night, allowing it to cook slowly all night.
A rich layer of rice cream floated on top, melting in the mouth.
The fish slices had been cut paper-thin and blended perfectly into the congee, making it exceptionally fresh and delicious.
Taking Zhang Yunqi as her disciple had truly been one of the best decisions she had ever made.
Not only could she handle housework, but she was also an excellent cook.
After breakfast, Qin Su asked the beauty,
“What are your plans?”
The beauty lowered her eyes.
“I’ll walk around nearby.”
“Maybe seeing familiar places will help me remember something.”
“That works too.”
Ignoring Qianjin’s reproachful stare, Qin Su drank half a pot of congee before turning to Zhang Yunqi.
“Yunqi, you don’t look very energetic today.”
“Did something go wrong with your cultivation?”
Zhang Yunqi had been cultivating for at least half a month.
Qin Su had even transformed her room into an environment rich in yin energy that suited ghost cultivation.
By Qin Su’s estimate, it would not be long before Zhang Yunqi laid a solid foundation.
Zhang Yunqi rubbed her eyes.
“Ah…”
“It’s because I had a nightmare while I was sleeping last night.”
That left Qin Su at a complete loss for words.
She was already a ghost, and she could still sleep and have nightmares?
Then again, although Zhang Yunqi had died, she still maintained the same routine she had while alive, eating three meals a day and sleeping every night.
Qin Su asked curiously,
“What kind of nightmare did you have?”
For a ghost to be frightened like this, could it have been the end of the world?
Zhang Yunqi patted her chest.
“I dreamed that ghosts were chasing me. Then I fell off a building.”
“It was terrifying!”
Qin Su could not resist pointing out,
“Don’t forget that you’re a ghost now.”
A ghost who got scared because she dreamed about being chased by ghosts.
She was embarrassing her master.
Zhang Yunqi suddenly realized her mistake and smiled awkwardly.
“I forgot I was already a ghost while I was dreaming.”
Qin Su: “…”
She honestly did not even know where to begin criticizing that.
…
At lunchtime.
Xin Ying held a lavish lunchbox in her hands.
“You want to know about the famous beauties in K City?”
Xin Ying disliked the food in the school cafeteria, so her lunches were always prepared at home and delivered to campus.
Ever since the two of them had become close, Qin Su had frequently benefited from sharing her meals.
Qin Su nodded while picking up a piece of steak.
Xin Ying rolled her eyes.
“How could I possibly remember the name of every beautiful woman?”
“I only remember my romantic rivals.”
Qin Su asked,
“Have you ever met anyone prettier than the two of us?”
Xin Ying thought for a moment before suddenly remembering something.
A gleeful smile spread across her lips.
“Yes.”
“As much as I hate to admit it, the beauty President Niu has been publicly pursuing in those advertisements is indeed prettier than us.”
She sounded slightly disdainful.
“But that beauty is artificial.”
“She wasn’t prettier than me before.”
She added,
“Of course, she wasn’t prettier than you either.”
“She’s probably just the type who’s especially suited for plastic surgery.”
Hearing that, Qin Su immediately had a bad feeling.
“Tu Qing?”
Xin Ying grinned maliciously.
“So it really is because she used to be your romantic rival.”
“You’re awfully sensitive to that name.”
Her reaction confirmed Qianjin’s earlier guess.
This Tu Qing was not merely someone with the same name.
She really was Xu Xiao’s adopted cousin, although the two shared no blood relation.
The grudge between her and the transmigrator had never been a small one.
Xin Ying continued,
“I heard you were the one who drove her out back then.”
“You’d better be careful.”
“Now that she’s returned looking so beautiful, she might be back to get revenge on you.”
“But don’t worry too much.”
“If she really tries anything against you, I’ll definitely help you.”
Qin Su looked up at the sky.
Should she tell Xin Ying that the revenge goddess she was talking about had already entered her home?
She blinked before deciding to make one final test.
“I’d like to meet Tu Qing.”
“Can you get in touch with her?”
Rather than meeting Tu Qing herself, she actually wanted to find Tu Qing’s body.
Xin Ying frowned.
“You’ve already broken up with Xu Xiao.”
“Why get involved in this mess again?”
The young lady’s words were unpleasant, but they made sense.
Qin Su sighed.
If she did not know about it, that would be one thing.
But now that she knew Tu Qing’s condition, she truly could not pretend nothing had happened.
Although Tu Qing and the transmigrator had held grudges against each other, they had merely been petty conflicts between young women.
She had already paid the price.
Her mistakes did not warrant death.
If things continued like this, her apparent death would soon become a real one.
Besides…
Qin Su was genuinely curious.
What kind of incredible ability could alter even a person’s soul?