Her body was thin, but her face had few wrinkles. She raised her eyes and stared sharply at Yao Feiran. She walked with a stagger, but in the blink of an eye, she was in front of Yao Feiran and grabbed her hand.

"He really has opened his third eye."

"grandmother."

Grandma Xu Fenglan suddenly smiled kindly: "Yinyin said you are her friend, so you can stay here with me. But don't blame me if you get scared."

Yao Feiran also said, "Thank you, Grandma."

"Feiran, I'll head back now and pick you up again tonight."

"Okay, thank you for your help."

"It's nothing, I'll visit Grandma often too."

Xu Yueyin's father passed away many years ago, and only her mother lives in the town. Xu's mother seems to dislike Xu Fenglan and has always refused to see her. Yao Feiran remembers that Xu's father was stabbed in the back and died while helping someone.

"After you open your third eye, you will see unclean things and easily attract dangerous things." Xu Fenglan was silent for a long time: "To become a ghost, one must be filled with resentment, and one must kill it no matter what."

Yao Feiran looked at her feigned fierceness and did not refute her.

Under Xu Fenglan's guidance, Yao Feiran finally began to come into contact with the abilities of this world. Celestial Masters need to slay ghosts, Feng Shui Masters influence fortune and prosperity through layout, and Spellcasters use evil spirits to curse others, which is considered evil magic.

The ranks of Celestial Masters are divided into Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow, and the state also has a special department for this.

Every night, Yao Feiran would be chased away by Xu Fenglan. She discovered that Xu Fenglan had sealed a ghost in the cellar, but Yao Feiran didn't ask any further questions.

As summer vacation was drawing to a close, Yao Feiran successfully became a Yellow-level Celestial Master.

"Haven't you learned this before?"

"I am Old Man Yao's granddaughter. We're from the same village. If you've met before, you should already know that."

"Too."

Xu Fenglan sighed. Yao Feiran was incredibly talented, but most importantly, she had the right mindset—neither underestimating nor being afraid. When Xu Fenglan forced her granddaughter to learn, her granddaughter had resisted fiercely, and even had nightmares for a long time after seeing her first ghost.

Having obtained the cultivation method, Yao Feiran finally had the ability to protect herself in this world.

"Someone from the neighboring village died in a car accident. I need to perform a ritual to appease their spirit and prevent them from becoming a vengeful ghost. Come with me."

"There's such a service? How much does it cost per session?" Yao Feiran asked, but then realized it was inappropriate and quickly added, "Grandma, I was just curious."

Xu Fenglan: "...around ten thousand."

Is it legal?

"It's legal. I obtained the necessary documents when the country was founded."

Yao Feiran chuckled twice, surprised that her grandmother was quite up-to-date with the times.

When Xu Yueyin learned that Yao Feiran had gone to the funeral rites with her grandmother, she exclaimed in surprise, "Grandma really thinks highly of you. She took you to practice so soon. She always thought I was too timid and refused to take me."

"Aren't you coming along?"

"No, my mom doesn't want me to get involved in this kind of thing."

After Xu Yueyin's father passed away, for some unknown reason, her mother suddenly hated her grandmother and forbade her to learn these things. So she learned them secretly.

Yao Feiran nodded and followed Xu Fenglan to the funeral.

"I heard he was only in his forties and was killed by a drunk driver. He worked manual labor and had a child at home."

"It is said that his body was smashed to pieces and he couldn't even close his eyes, so they asked Granny Xu to come over."

......

When Xu Fenglan arrived, everyone's eyes fell on her.

"Sprinkle glutinous rice and tea leaves around the coffin."

"it is good."

Yao Feiran walked over and found that the coffin was transparent, probably a freezer. The person inside could not be seen to be damaged through repairs, but as others had said, the eyes refused to close.

Because he was unwilling to die an unnatural death and still had family ties, resentment arose.

Yao Feiran looked at the other person as if her soul was bound inside, and a chilling aura seeped into her bones. She didn't know if it was because of the ice coffin or the resentment.

"Don't just stand around looking around!"

Xu Fenglan reminded her.

At this moment, she took out the copper coin sword, shook the evil-repelling bell, and chanted sutras for salvation.

It is now dark, and it is said that only now will the soul appear.

There were quite a few people around who wanted to join in the fun. Xu Fenglan tried to join in several times but failed. There were also a few bachelors who stared at Yao Feiran for a long time.

"Is this Yao's granddaughter? She's grown so much and is really beautiful."

"Come on, he's a college student, he wouldn't even look at you."

"College students also need to get married, why are you following that old witch Xu and pretending to be a ghost? I don't believe in these things."

These things are forbidden to be promoted in this era, apparently because fear is also food for the demons to level up.

Ignorance is bliss, and those who have experienced it generally hold it in high esteem.

At this moment, Xu Fenglan used the ox tears to open her third eye, and saw the other party's weak soul more clearly. She muttered incantations.

"Liu Wazi, you can rest assured and be reincarnated. Your daughter has already been adopted by relatives, and the person who hit you is in jail."

The deceased's brother also came out: "Yes, little brother, I will take good care of Rui Rui from now on and help her marry into a good family. You can reincarnate in peace."

Before becoming a ghost, it still retained its rationality from its previous life; if it were an ordinary person, it should have let go of it as well.

Yao Feiran, however, sensed something was amiss.

Why does it feel so chilly around here?

After an unknown amount of time, the coffin suddenly exploded open with a bang. Yao Feiran dodged in time, and the coffin lid flew directly onto the head of a bachelor outside, causing him to bleed profusely.

A chilling wind rose from all around. The onlookers scattered like birds and beasts.

Several of the other party's relatives refused to leave.

Xu Fenglan looked at a huge figure in the distance and murmured, "How could it turn into a vengeful ghost so quickly?"

The vengeful ghost is what it looked like before it died, its body torn to pieces, extremely terrifying. The yin energy has materialized and surrounds its entire body. Ordinary people can see it without cow tears. Some relatives fainted immediately after seeing it.

"Feiran, get out of the way."

Xu Fenglan's face was gloomy. The other party had become a vengeful ghost, and it would be difficult to exorcise him. He had lost his rationality and could only kill.

Countless sheets of white paper flew into the sky, interfering with Xu Fenglan's vision.

The vengeful ghost seemed to know to pick on the weak, and rushed towards the ordinary people. Yao Feiran drew her peach wood sword, infused it with spiritual power, and slashed directly at it.

"Slay the evil!"

The vengeful ghost, having had half its body severed, slowly reassembled, its gaze fixed on Yao Feiran with deathly stillness.

Yao Feiran remained calm and composed, mentally processing numerous spells as she began to communicate with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. A massive bolt of lightning gathered in the air, and the vengeful ghost, most afraid of the power of heavenly thunder, slowly retreated back into the coffin.

Yao Feiran hesitated for a moment. After all, although the other party had turned into a vengeful ghost, it had not yet started to harm people. Vengeful ghosts are difficult to exorcise, and she did not have the power to do so yet. If she let it go, it would probably harm people sooner or later.

Xu Fenglan was initially shocked that Yao Feiran had used magic so quickly, but she also noticed her hesitation. She sprayed blood onto the bronze sword, and a lightning talisman flew out. The vengeful ghost uttered a mournful cry, and its originally torn body gradually dissipated.

The sound of sobbing echoed in my ears. It was a little girl calling for her father. She had already accepted her father's death, but she was still experiencing the devastation of losing her soul again.

Xu Fenglan said, "Even the people from the Paranormal Bureau would get the same result."

Is it difficult to perform a ritual to help the deceased pass on to the afterlife?

In her imagination, exorcising vengeful ghosts was as simple as laying down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha on the spot; this world seemed different.

"When a ghost transforms into a vengeful spirit, it loses all its senses. It would take a long time for it to recover or even let go of its obsessions. This is especially true for vengeful spirits that have killed living beings and are tainted by karma. It is even more difficult for them. This is not allowed by the Bureau of Paranormal Affairs, because the longer a vengeful spirit exists, the more dangerous it becomes."

Xu Fenglan seemed to remember something, her expression changing constantly, even flashing with pain. She walked to the coffin, groped around the deceased for a while, and just then saw the ornament hanging around his neck. Her eyes grew even colder.

"The evil bones stained with yin energy are indeed man-made. There's no way Liu Wazi could turn into a vengeful ghost so quickly. Fei Ran, call the police at that special number."

Yao Feiran also noticed the small bone hanging from her neck.

"....good."

The paranormal investigation team arrived the next day and took the piece of the evil bone back for investigation.

One woman and three men arrived. The woman was from the town and seemed to be very familiar with Xu Fenglan. While the two were talking, Xu Fenglan pointed at Yao Feiran and said, "Li Zi, you test and register her as a Yellow-Rank Celestial Master."

Song Li asked in surprise, "Grandma Xu, is this your newly accepted disciple? He's already reached the Yellow Rank so quickly."

"She's not my apprentice; I just taught her a few things."

After a simple test, Song Li completed a brief registration. Yao Feiran asked curiously, "Are your benefits the same as those of civil servants?"

"That's much higher than civil servants, but the mortality rate is high, though the death benefits are quite substantial."

Yao Feiran: "........"

Song Li smiled and said, "Little sister, I'll give you a website later. You can apply for a position in the Paranormal Investigation Bureau after you graduate."

The three male staff members from the county town were not as friendly as Song Li; they took the things and left.

After Yao Feiran returned to town, Xu Yueyin rushed over: "I heard there was a problem with Liu Yi? Are you alright?"

"With your grandma here, how could anything happen?"

Xu Yueyin breathed a sigh of relief: "Has Liu Yi really turned into a vengeful ghost and vanished without a trace?"

"Yes, it seems like someone deliberately accelerated his transformation into a vengeful ghost."

Xu Yueyin's face darkened, as if she had thought of something.

Sometimes people are scarier than ghosts.

After the summer vacation ended, the two returned to school together. Yao Feiran had two thousand yuan in her pocket, which was money that Xu Fengyin had given her. She had initially refused, but Xu Yueyin gave it to her anyway.

After the two returned to school, Yao Feiran realized that she seemed to have ruined the encounter between the male and female protagonists.

Oh well, we'll meet again if fate allows.

Yao Feiran put the matter out of her mind, only to be stopped by Jiang Hezhou that same day.

"I've finally found you, girl. My old man still wants to see you one last time."

Yao Feiran said, "I already have a master."

Although Xu Fenglan didn't say she would take on apprentices, as long as someone taught her, it didn't make much difference to Yao Feiran.

Jiang Hezhou said nonchalantly, "It's nothing, I'm just doing my job."

"Alright."

Yao Feiran now knows that the Jiang family has produced Celestial Masters for generations, and that the old man with the fishing rod was a Level 1 Celestial Master.

Yao Feiran followed her into the car, and Jiang Hezhou drove her through many twists and turns, taking her to increasingly remote areas.

"Where do you want to take me?"

Jiang Hezhou, also looking annoyed, muttered, "I just found out that the old man went fishing again. I don't know where he found this godforsaken place to fish."

Yao Feiran: ......

After a while, the car stopped at the same intersection again. Jiang Hezhou cursed the faulty navigation and turned back the way he came.

After several trips back and forth.

Yao Feiran said, "Don't you think something's wrong?"

"What?"

"It's like being trapped in a maze."

"Sizzle—"

A screeching sound came from the brakes, and Jiang Hezhou's eyes widened: "It's only daytime!"

"So this is a very powerful ghost, or—a group of ghosts."

"Damn it, my cell phone has no signal either."

Jiang Hezhou frantically picked up his phone, as if it were burning his hand, growing increasingly flustered. Yao Feiran asked in confusion, "Aren't you from the Jiang family?"

"I don't know how to exorcise demons either; I'm completely unqualified for it."

Yao Feiran: "...Then let's just wait to die."

"Do you think if I'm killed by a vengeful ghost, I'll become a vengeful ghost too, and then I can take revenge?"

"...You're overthinking it. You weren't a match for ghosts when you were human, and you'll be no different as a ghost. Didn't your elders leave you anything to protect yourself?"

Yao Feiran turned her head and saw a tombstone faintly visible below the road, probably the culprit.

"Yes, but I can't use them; they're all in the trunk."

Jiang Hezhou stopped the car and searched for a long time before taking out some yellow talismans and various other odds and ends.

Yao Feiran noticed that these items seemed to have been blessed and were of decent quality, yet they were haphazardly piled together by Jiang Hezhou.

Yao Feiran picked up several swords, pasted talismans on them, and took out some consecrated items.

"Keep driving, roll down the window."

Jiang Hezhou was confused, but seeing Yao Feiran's serious expression, he obediently carried out the order without realizing it.

Returning to the same route, Yao Feiran saw the tombstone again, with a photo on it, which vaguely showed a girl.

Yao Feiran quickly threw the sword, which accurately pierced the tombstone, and a plume of black smoke slowly rose up.

"Step on the gas and accelerate—"

Jiang Hezhou felt a surge of panic and confusion, so he slammed on the gas and sped off. His vision blurred, and the scenery changed instantly.

Meanwhile, Grandpa Jiang and his group were already standing by, waiting.

The group all looked quite serious, but they visibly relaxed when they saw Jiang Hezhou's car.

Jiang Hezhou gasped for breath, his legs went weak, and Yao Feiran opened the car door and got out.

"Hello, Mr. Jiang, I am Yao Feiran."

"I'm sorry, you've been implicated because of some grudges within the Jiang family."

Yao Feiran thought to herself that this time it was actually done by the Jiang family's enemies, and she had indeed been implicated.

"Little girl, you've already reached the Yellow Rank in just two months."

Grandpa Jiang felt a little regretful. He had already found out that the other party was an ordinary person since childhood, who had only recently opened his third eye and learned magic from Xu Fenglan. He just didn't expect him to have cultivated to this level so quickly. If he had known, he would have taken him as his disciple on the spot.

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