Folk customs begin with the entire funeral procession

Chapter 117 Two Taels and One Qian of Yin Virtue (Seeking Monthly Tickets~)

"I've had this umbrella inspected by the bureau. It's just ordinary filth, nothing wrong with it. Do you want to keep it or exchange it for a qualification?"

"What qualifications?"

Chen Miao, who was about to take over the black umbrella, asked in surprise.

"Join the Bureau and qualify to become an investigator."

Qi Ning smiled and said, "How is it? The treatment of investigators in Shannan City is quite good. I have seen everything about your situation this time. You could say that all of this is for your two friends."

“You could have chosen not to get involved, but you did it anyway, and you did it very well.”

"In addition, Zhong Cai has a good impression of you, so I can vouch for you and use this filth as an opportunity to join the Bureau and become an investigator."

Upon hearing this, Chen Miao was somewhat tempted.

But he was worried about one thing.

"After becoming an investigator, do I have to be available for deployment at any time?"

Qi Ning nodded.

"That's basically it. Unless you're in command, like in Shannan City, if you're a Class C investigator, you can arrange your own tasks, but you still have to do the tasks."

Chen Miao then asked, "What level do you need to be able to do whatever you want?"

"At least Level B. Hmm, becoming a Level B investigator is very difficult..."

"It's probably about the same difficulty as making your funeral home bigger and the largest funeral home in three or four surrounding cities."

Chen Miao remained silent.

He's still working on how to restore the funeral home's revenue to its previous levels, as for expansion...

"I'll keep it myself then."

Chen Miao reached out and took the black umbrella.

Qi Ning seemed a little regretful, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "If you don't want to be restricted, you can try becoming an external investigator."

"The periphery?"

Chen Miao thought of Hua Yi, Chen Guokun's peripheral investigator. Could he also be a peripheral investigator?

"Yes, peripheral investigators. Ordinary peripheral investigators only report on the situation because they only have the ability to investigate, not solve problems."

“But if people like you and Zhong Cai become peripheral investigators, they can be given the power to directly resolve incidents.”

"Of course, you can solve this problem if you don't become an outsider, but if you do become an outsider, you'll earn more contribution points."

"Once an external investigator is registered, a personal account will be opened, and contribution points can be directly distributed. Apart from having a lower level of authority than a level D investigator, there is not much difference between them."

"You don't need to be transferred; you just need to report or resolve any problems you encounter."

After hearing what Qi Ning said, Chen Miao felt that he could be a peripheral investigator.

However, he thought of Chen Guokun.

"If I become an external investigator, who should I report to? We have investigators in Tianmen County."

Qi Ning smiled.

"Of course you should report to me, because you're taking up one of my peripheral member slots."

Chen Miao asked another question: "If a paranormal event occurs in Tianmen County, and I report it, but the investigators from Tianmen County resolve it first, will that count towards my points?"

Qi Ning shook his head.

"Not counting."

Chen Miao understood.

In that case, he only has one choice left: to solve the problem himself!

Otherwise, the probability that Chen Guokun would not know about the paranormal events in Tianmen County is very small, unless the paranormal event occurred in the funeral home.

Once Chen Guokun finds out and resolves the issue, Chen Miao will have nothing left.

Nevertheless, Chen Miao agreed.

Why wouldn't he take this outsider position if it doesn't do him any harm?
Moreover, even if he discovers a paranormal event, Chen Miao will not hand over the ghosts; he will most likely only receive the basic reward for resolving the paranormal event.

Moreover, becoming an external investigator will make it easier to ask the management bureau to take action in the future.

Otherwise, we'll have to go through the same thing again, finding an investigator and then finding Zhong Cai first.

Seeing that Chen Miao agreed, Qi Ning smiled.

To be honest, he just asked casually, and he didn't expect such a pleasant surprise.

It doesn't matter who gets the peripheral member slots.

It's a great value for Chen Miao!
"Okay, don't leave yet, come with me to record your information."

Then, Chen Miao was taken inside the Shannan City Administration Bureau.

After following Qi Ning around, Chen Miao couldn't see anything different about the Administration Bureau's interior; it was just an ordinary office building.

The reason it's not ordinary might simply be because the building is inhabited by extraordinary people.

Afterwards, Chen Miao filled out an application form, provided fingerprints and iris scans, and had his photo taken, but did not leave a blood sample.

The Administration Bureau is quite discreet when it comes to blood.

After all, many spells are related to blood, whether it is harming the master through blood or the master using blood to harm others.

After it was all over, Chen Miao received a small notebook with a few lines of text written on it.

Emergency Management Bureau

[Name: Chen Miao] [Job Title: External Investigator]

【Item Number: 75D23FX1】

"Your ID can be found in the system. If you encounter any problems, you can show it to them so they can check it."

Chen Miao nodded.

He had experienced this with Chen Guokun and knew how useful identification documents were.

However, Chen Guokun clearly had more documents.

"You're now an external investigator, which means you have an account. I'll send you the app download link. Your username is your name, and your initial password is your ID number."

"Once the outcome of this matter is determined, the points will be directly credited to your account."

Chen Miao nodded in satisfaction.

That way, we won't have to run back and forth anymore.

After leaving the management office, Chen Miao glanced at the time and realized that he hadn't eaten anything all day.

He immediately took out his phone and called Xiang Shang.

"Come out and treat me to dinner!"

Chen Miao spoke with absolute confidence!

……

That evening, Chen Miao left Shannan City and returned to Tianmen Funeral Home.

Xiang Shang originally said he was going to come back and learn to draw talismans from Chen Miao, but because of Li Zi, he told Chen Miao to prepare first and he would come back later.

Chen Miao once again expressed his agreement with a statement.

"Women only slow down the rate at which you become stronger!"

As soon as I got back to the office, Shi Manman brought in some washed fruit.

Looking at Shi Manman, Chen Miao added another sentence after that one.

"Apprentices don't count!"

While enjoying the fruit, Chen Miao took stock of his harvest.

First, there's the consumption. Just in this event alone, five peach charms were consumed, more than the previous one with Yue Na!

In addition to consumption, there are also gifts.

Xiang Shang, Li Zi, and Xiao Bai each gave one, so Chen Miao only had two peach charms left!
Then there are talismans.

I gave Zhong Cai two, and Li Zi and Xiang Shang two for self-defense. I used one high-quality spirit-suppressing talisman to deal with the spirit of the six domestic animals.

The talismans consumed are not many, but it takes some effort to remake them.

After the talisman, the biggest expense comes from incense!

The doll in the secret room used up one qian of incense sticks that represented good karma; Sun Yi and the fake spirit of the six beasts used up five qian of incense sticks; and the last woman used up one qian of good karma.

The incense sticks alone are worth seven coins of merit!
However, it must be said that incense sticks, when used in conjunction with the "Six Secrets of Subduing Truth," are suitable for most scenarios, and while they are effective, their high consumption is inevitable.

Then there's the cost of crafting the Soul-Suppressing Spirit Tablets; three Soul-Suppressing Spirit Tablets cost four coins of Yin Virtue.

Thus, this incident alone cost Chen Miao a full tael and a penny of good karma!
This was only because Chen Miao didn't use incense to pray for Sun Yi's soul to be delivered; otherwise, he would have had to spend even more merit.

"It seems the Seven Star Peach Wood Sword needs to be made as soon as possible, otherwise the consumption of incense sticks will be too great!"

Thinking this, Chen Miao then looked at his haul.

Aside from the four spells and one filthy object, Chapter Five contains a main text and two epilogues, bringing Chen Miao a total of one tael and eight qian of Yin virtue!
Excluding the amount of merit consumed, Chen Miao earned a total of six coins of merit this time!
Thus, the contents of "Notes on Becoming a God in the Secular World" became like this.

……

Name: Chen Miao

【Age: 24】

[Occupation: Funeral Director]

[Virtue in secret: 2.1 taels]

[Current Status: Ice Heart, Telepathic Connection, Yin Gathering (II), Hide and Seek, Perception of Good and Evil, Negative Emotions Temporarily Stored]

……

[Funeral Hall Setup - Introduction]

[Funeral Etiquette Expert]

[Eulogy Writing - Proficient]

Makeup Mastery

[Character Drawing: A Beginner's Guide]

[Riding Skills & Motorcycle Skills - Proficient]

……

"Six Secrets of Subduing the True Ones," "Zhong's Talismans," "Zhong's Secret Records of Corpse Driving," "Curse Dao: Corpse Substitution Technique," "Curse Buddha: Great Compassionate Soul-Suppressing Sutra," "Southern School's Secret Techniques of Corpse Sewing," "Curse Dao: Six Livestock Dolls," "Curse Dao: Six Livestock," "Soul-Dividing Technique," "Six Livestock Soul-Dividing Technique"

……

P.S.: The double monthly pass increase is a bit too fast. I was careless and now I have to grind like crazy again.

(End of this chapter)