Pei Ye furrowed her brows.
“What do you mean?
Who’s being unreasonable?”
The young boy’s earnest expression made him look like a primary school student tattling to his teacher.
“That woman who just escaped…
the Magic Artifact in her hands is a bit bizarre, but I can’t quite put my finger on what’s wrong with it.”
Even though it was a Magic Artifact brimming with awe-inspiring righteous energy—highly effective for subduing evil spirits—the boy just felt extremely uncomfortable around it.
It wasn’t that he hadn’t seen a Heavenly Master’s Magic Artifact before, but none had ever repulsed him as much as the one in Lei Yating’s hands.
With just a slight touch, he felt his yin energy churning.
It made him agitated, stirring up an overwhelming ferocity that he couldn’t suppress.
The mute female ghost was far weaker than him, making her easily influenced by it.
If she were to commit murder again, she might get hauled away by yin messengers one day and thrown into the Eighteen Layers of Hell to suffer.
When Heavenly Masters subdued evil spirits, they usually focused on suppression and purification, following a path of peace and moderation.
However, the Magic Artifact in Lei Yating’s hands was far too overbearing.
It gave evil spirits absolutely no chance to repent; once it struck, it was a fight to the death.
Could an evil spirit whose ferocity had been triggered and who had lost all reason still be suppressed and purified?
Impossible.
They would have to fight until one side was beaten to its knees.
Pei Ye grew suspicious, but since it was inconvenient to take out her phone to check the System Record at the moment, she could only suppress her doubts for now.
“Fortunately, it didn’t lead to a major disaster.
Go back to wherever you came from, and don’t frighten ordinary people.”
The boy said earnestly, “You’re very powerful.”
He wasn’t wrong.
Only from up close could he see the dense Evil Qi radiating from Pei Ye—something even a super fierce hospital Ghost King like him couldn’t handle.
If Pei Ye were also a ghost, according to the rules, he would have to revere her as the boss, or at the very least, pay his respects.
It was just a pity that no matter how heavy Pei Ye’s Evil Qi was, she was still a living person.
Therefore, he declared, “Once you die, I’ll be your underling!”
Pei Ye was rendered speechless.
“No, you don’t!” she thought.
The boy sighed, looking like a good leader concerned about his country and its people.
“It’s hard being a ghost these days.
The turf wars between various ghost kings are fierce.
If you became our boss, you’d definitely be the fiercest one in our area.
I guarantee no outside ghosts would dare run wild on our turf, and you could protect ordinary people from harassment.
This is a great thing that benefits the nation and the people!
It perfectly aligns with the core socialist values!”
Pei Ye offered an awkward but polite smile.
“Sorry, but I find living quite comfortable.
I have no plans to die anytime soon.”
If Pei Ye actually died, it wasn’t even certain if she would have a soul anyway.
She then asked the boy ghost, “Did you say you’re the ghost boss of this area?”
The boy puffed out his chest and held his head high, as if the non-existent red scarf around his neck was exceptionally bright.
“I occupy the fiercest morgue in this city!”
Pei Ye said, “Then I have a favor to ask of you.
I wonder if you can help?”
Might made right, and the boy absolutely loved the fierce Evil Qi radiating from Pei Ye.
It gave him a profound sense of security, so he readily agreed.
Pei Ye then explained the car accident at the Five Crossroads and the matter concerning Lan Ying.
The boy frowned deeply, feeling a bit of a blow to his pride.
As the boss of this area, he actually didn’t know that a ghost named Lan Ying, who had taken multiple lives, had appeared on his turf.
“No problem.
I’ll find out the truth as soon as possible.”
He had thousands of wandering ghosts and lonely souls under his command.
With such a vast ghost network, how could he fail to investigate it thoroughly?
As a new ghost in a new era, the boy always kept the core socialist values firmly in his heart.
How could he tolerate such evil deeds happening on his territory?
Zhou Huirong and the others were left speechless.
Listening to Pei Ye and the boy ghost converse amicably with arms slung over each other’s shoulders, they suddenly felt a daze, as if their narrow escape from death moments ago had been merely a figment of their imagination.
When Pei Ye personally opened the window for the two ghosts, the boy was still enthusiastically promising to investigate the matter thoroughly.
The mute female ghost was very sad today.
During the day, she had been slammed around and flushed down the toilet by Pei Ye, and at night, a single cigarette from her had beaten her soul body into instability.
She felt wronged to death.
On the way back, the boy comforted the mute female ghost.
“Sigh, stop crying.
At least you managed to keep your ghostly life.”
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The reasoning was sound, but she still felt miserable inside.
The female ghost hung her head, the word ‘wronged’ written all over her face.
The boy’s expression grew solemn.
Just thinking about the Red Silk Magical Artifact in Lei Yating’s hands made it feel as though that viscous sense of disgust still lingered on him.
He didn’t like dealing with Heavenly Masters.
It wasn’t as if foolishly arrogant Heavenly Masters hadn’t tried to subdue him before, but they had all been sent packing.
However, no matter how much he disliked them, he had never been as repulsed by a Heavenly Master as he was today.
Just thinking about her gave him the illusion that the yin energy in his body was spiraling out of control.
As the two ghosts returned to the hospital together, Pei Ye stayed behind to clean up the mess.
Her series of unorthodox moves left Bai Xiaoxiao and the others with mixed feelings.
To think that the delinquent escort in their eyes could actually subdue fierce ghosts with ease!
With such abilities, why would she need to work as a high-end escort?
Thinking about it now, it seemed that all of Xiao Hong’s past rebellious behaviors could be explained.
She often stayed out all night—perhaps she was actually out subduing Demons.
Didn’t people always say that evil spirits feared the sunlight and only roamed at night?
It was only normal for a profound master to have a different temperament than ordinary people.
Before they could finish letting their imaginations run wild, Pei Ye asked, “Do you feel unwell anywhere?
Do you want to go to the hospital and get checked out?”
Dark bruises from strangulation had surfaced on each of their necks, looking eerily ghastly in the dead of night.
Bai Xiaoxiao and the others shook their heads, until the dorm head, Zhou Huirong, spoke up to break the silence.
“Xiao Hong, just now…
thank you so much for stepping in and saving our lives.
If you ever need anything in the future, just let us know.
Don’t hesitate to ask.”
Another girl chimed in, “From now on, I’ll fetch your hot water and pick up your takeout!”
Since ghosts actually existed in this world, it was only natural to befriend someone who could catch them.
Only then could their sense of security be guaranteed.
“You don’t need to fetch hot water or bring me takeout.
Do you guys have any cigarettes?”
The girls fell silent.
They had forgotten that the person in front of them smoked, drank, fought, and had a full-arm tattoo.
“We don’t!” Bai Xiaoxiao hesitated for a moment before advising, “Smoking is harmful to your health.
It’s better for girls to quit.”
They were all college girls who hadn’t yet entered society.
Even when they had conflicts, it never got too serious—at most, they would just bicker.
After some self-reflection, they felt they didn’t really have any deep-seated grievances with “Xiao Hong.” This was a good opportunity to mend their relationship.
At this moment, another girl, Mi Xiangjun, spoke up timidly.
“A few days ago, I bought a branded e-cigarette for my dad during a sale.
I heard that e-cigarettes taste quite similar to real ones, and they’re less harmful to the body.
Xiao Hong, do you want to use the e-cigarette to hold you over for now?
It’s dark out, and I don’t dare go out to buy you real ones.”
Having just encountered ghosts, who knew if they would run into another one upon stepping outside?
“An e-cigarette works too.”
Pei Ye’s addiction to smoking wasn’t massive, but it wasn’t small either.
In her early years, she used to smoke quite heavily.
Later, considering her personal image, she gradually quit and only occasionally had a drag or two.
Now that she was no longer in the Federation, there was no adjutant monitoring her three hundred and sixty-five days a year without blind spots for smoking, drinking, fighting, and getting tattooed, so she could just do as she pleased.
“I’ll pay you back once I have money.”
The e-cigarette Mi Xiangjun had bought for her dad was from a premium brand and didn’t come cheap.
It seemed she had saved up half a semester’s worth of part-time job earnings to buy it.
Pei Ye wasn’t one to take advantage of others.
Once Zhu Chun’an approved her bonus and subsidies, she would pay Mi Xiangjun back.
Mi Xiangjun shook her head.
“It’s fine, it’s a gift for you.”
She was more than satisfied just to have escaped with her life today.
Even though it seemed those two ghosts had been aiming for Pei Ye in the first place, the group silently swallowed this little fact back into their stomachs.