It's time to become a fairy.

She didn't know much about ghosts, but she did know a bit about the procedures of the Demon Suppression Division. If the residual yin energy wasn't cleared away promptly after a ghost was killed, it could easily affect ordinary people.

Yan Ye'an took out a small bead, made a hand seal, and absorbed the remaining yin energy in the room. The yin energy in the entire house immediately dissipated, and a warm feeling returned.

When she arrived at Ye Wenning's room, her eyes suddenly lit up and she said, "I wonder if Miss Ye has any intention of selling the Yin Pearl? This Yin Pearl at the Divine Awakening level has a market price of around 50,000. I can buy it at the price I offer."

Ye Qingge's eyes lit up, and she said, "Okay."

The Yin Pearl was useless to her, but cash was what she needed most right now, so it was a good time to sell it.

Yan Ye'an simply transferred 50,000 yuan to the bank card number Ye Qingge gave him, then took out a small porcelain bottle from his body, carefully put the Yin Pearl into his pocket, and nodded with satisfaction.

She took out a small porcelain bottle and a glass bottle filled with water from her bag and said with a smile, "Consider this a small gift included with this transaction. The small porcelain bottle contains a Yin-dispelling pill, which can help your sister dispel the Yin energy on her body. The glass bottle contains Soul-Suppressing Water, which can be placed near the house to suppress evil spirits."

"Don't rush to refuse. This is something that members of the Demon Suppression Division always have on hand. The Yin Pearl isn't very useful to outsiders, but for me, it can be considered as internal merit points. In fact, I should thank you."

Ye Qingge then accepted the gift, her eyes lingering on the glass bottle for a moment, as a familiar scent of incense wafted from it.

She thought about it carefully and suddenly remembered that she had smelled this smell from the neighborhood near her home since she started school yesterday.

After finishing the cleanup, Yan Ye'an stood up, his expression becoming more serious: "Recently, there have been suspected appearances of vengeful ghosts in the vicinity. The Demon Suppression Division has limited manpower. If any special circumstances arise, I hope Miss Ye can offer some assistance. I will report Miss Ye's actions to the Demon Suppression Division and will not treat Miss Ye unfairly. If there are any problems that cannot be solved, or if there are any traces of vengeful ghosts, you can also notify me at any time."

Ye Qingge nodded, and Yan Ye'an then took his leave.

After pouring out the pills from the small porcelain bottle and sensing them to make sure there were no problems, Ye Qingge fed them to her younger sister.

She stood up, watching Yan Ye'an's departing figure thoughtfully: "Vengeful ghosts don't appear so easily. I didn't smell the incense of the Soul-Suppressing Water when I came home the day before yesterday, but I smelled it when I went to school yesterday. This means that the vengeful ghost may have been active nearby, which is why the Demon Suppression Division had to take action and spray the Soul-Suppressing Water... Is it the vengeful ghost that Kong Simeng mentioned yesterday, the one that killed half a floor of people in the neighboring garden community?"

"However, Kong Simeng said that the other party was killed, but judging from Yan Ye'an's words, it is obviously not that simple... As expected, the rumors that were deleted in seconds on Ningcheng Forum cannot be completely believed!"

Shaking her head to suppress her wild thoughts, Ye Qingge took out a slightly outdated personal computer and sent a communication request to the manager of the milk tea shop.

The crystal brain is similar to a computer in her previous life, while the personal crystal brain is like a communication device for collecting information. After encountering such a situation, she had no intention of continuing her morning and afternoon shifts and was preparing to ask the store manager for leave.

The communication request was quickly connected, and after Ye Qingge explained the reason, she quickly obtained the store manager's approval.

"After something like this, you really should take a good rest. I'll arrange for someone else to keep an eye on things this afternoon. Xiaoqing, you should get some rest first."

The store manager's voice betrayed an undeniable weariness. Considering the situation she encountered that morning, Ye Qingge looked puzzled, but since it was a private matter, she didn't ask any further questions.

After ending the call, Ye Wenning, who had taken the pill, slowly woke up. Seeing Ye Qingge's appearance clearly, she mumbled, "Sister, what are you doing in my room... I think I fell asleep just now. Did something happen?"

"We just encountered a ghost."

Ye Qingge briefly described the appearance of the ghost, and looking at her sister's pale face, she immediately understood. She smiled and said, "Tell me, what did you do?"

Ye Wenning stammered, and under Ye Qingge's intense gaze, she finally let out a mournful cry like a small animal, and intermittently told the story.

"These ghosts can actually come to my house and do something through a picture on the internet... Maybe the post with these pictures was created by someone who cast illusions on the ghosts."

Ye Qingge was extremely vigilant and evenly sprinkled the Soul-Suppressing Water given to her by Yan Ye'an throughout the house.

"Since I've been possessing too many times lately, let's take a break for a few days. Once the Demon Suppression Division has resolved the matter of the vengeful ghost and things have calmed down again, we can resume possession to avoid any accidents. In the next few days, I'll take the time to digest what I've gained from possession, go to the library to look up some information, and see what modern technologies can be used as a stepping stone to open up the world of the Empress."

Having made up her mind, Ye Qingge comforted Ye Wenning for a while, and then skillfully used her personal crystal brain to open the Ningcheng Mall.

Having just received a considerable sum of money, her personal computer, which was bought when her parents were still alive, was due for an upgrade. Due to the family's limited resources, her younger sister didn't have a personal computer yet, and it was time for her to get one as well.

……

……

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

"Has the vengeful ghost finally been dealt with?"

It was school dismissal time when Ye Qingge, who was on her way to work, encountered Yan Ye'an, who was wearing the school uniform of No. 1 Middle School, at a corner. Hearing what Yan Ye'an said, Ye Qingge breathed a sigh of relief.

It has to be said that Yan Ye'an in her school uniform is a completely different person from the one who wore the Demon Suppression Division work coat before. The Yan Ye'an you first met had a simple and straightforward temperament, but the one in the No. 1 Middle School uniform was completely different, with a gentle temperament that made people feel good at first sight.

"This vengeful ghost was very cunning. We searched intensively for three days before we finally found a clue and managed to kill it in one fell swoop."

Yan Ye'an smiled and said, "Well, Xiao Qing, have you thought it through? Do you want to join the Demon Suppression Division? I can take you under my wing."

She clearly hadn't given up yet. After two meetings and chats, their relationship had grown much closer, and she started calling Ye Qingge by her nickname as if they were old friends.

Ye Qingge shook her head, still politely declining Yan Ye'an's offer.

Yan Ye'an looked regretful. After chatting for a few minutes, he quickly said goodbye and left.

Ye Qingge walked towards the milk tea shop where she worked part-time. When she was less than five minutes away from the shop, a small figure suddenly darted out and threw herself into Ye Qingge's arms, her voice trembling with tears: "Sister Ye, please go and see my mom! Something happened to my mom!"

"Something happened to the store manager?"

Ye Qingge's pupils contracted.

At the same time, a faint fluctuation suddenly came from her right hand. Ye Qingge raised the back of her right hand and saw a strange symbol suddenly appear.

Chapter 24 Lost Soul

It was the symbol left on the back of the woman's right hand after Ye Qingge destroyed the woman's ghost!

The symbols resembled Daoist script; although they were two-dimensional, they had a three-dimensional feel. They were somewhat similar to the Daoist script Ye Qingge had seen when she possessed the Empress, but also different. Since Ye Qingge was not currently possessing the Empress, the Empress could not use any skills related to Daoist script, so she could not distinguish them at the moment.

This rune only appeared briefly when it was attached to the back of her hand, and then it disappeared. When she was talking to Yan Ye'an just now, she didn't get any useful information from him. Ordinary ghosts don't produce such runes after they die.

"I need to write this rune down. Next time I possess the Empress, I'll use her skills to see what kind of effect this Dao rune has."

"Besides that, there's another reason why this symbol appeared, it seems... it's because of yin energy?"

Ye Qingge mobilized the divine energy within her body, attaching it to her eyes as she looked at the little girl Zhou Shilan in her arms. The little girl was tainted with a trace of yin energy, and the symbols were activated by this yin energy.

Patting the little girl's head, Ye Qingge comforted her for a few moments and said, "Let's go to the shop and tell me what happened to Sister Zhou so I can figure out a solution."

The little girl sniffed and slowly began to explain, "It seems to have started a couple of days ago after my parents had a fight. My mom hasn't been playing with me much these past two days, and she seems really tired. Today at work, she suddenly fell asleep, and then strange things started happening at the shop..."

The little girl's descriptive abilities were clearly not as strong as an adult's. Through the little girl's intermittent descriptions, Ye Qingge roughly understood the situation.

She thought back carefully and realized that the shop manager's makeup had been much heavier than before in the past few days. She hadn't thought much of it before, but now that she thought about it, it was clear that she was hiding something. In addition, considering the contact three days ago and the little girl's description at this moment, it was very likely that she had encountered an attack by a ghost.

As she walked toward the milk tea shop, she contacted Yan Ye'an using her personal computer and gave him a general account of what had happened.

Yan Ye'an's voice became serious: "I'll come over and check right away. Xiao Qing, you check the situation at the milk tea shop first. If you can't handle it, call me immediately and I'll ask the department for help."

Ye Qingge responded and stopped in her tracks; she had already arrived in front of the milk tea shop.

The milk tea shop is located on a commercial street, not far from No. 3 Middle School, and is usually quite popular.

Today's bubble tea shops feel completely different!

An indescribable chill emanated from the milk tea shop. Ordinary people couldn't detect anything, only feeling that the temperature had dropped significantly, instinctively feeling uncomfortable. Even the surrounding shops seemed to have become much quieter.

The milk tea shop had a transparent glass door, and the bar inside was empty, as was the area behind the counter. It seemed that the staff had gone to the back to handle some business, which was a common situation in milk tea shops with fewer staff. If Ye Qingge didn't work here, she wouldn't have known that a manager with strong management skills and strict work arrangements would not allow this to happen, so she wouldn't have paid much attention to it.

That's why the milk tea shop incident didn't come to light for a while.

Her sense of vigilance intensified, and she leaned down to give a few instructions to Zhou Shilan, the shop manager's daughter, telling her to wait a moment with a familiar female employee from a nearby shop and not to enter the milk tea shop.

Arriving at the milk tea shop, Ye Qingge took a deep breath, took out a delicate knife from her backpack and placed it within easy reach, glancing at her system panel.

Name: Ye Qingge

[Cultivation Level: Second Level of Divine Awakening]

[Skills: Primordial Dao Scripture (Beginner), Five Elements Divine Power Level 1 (Beginner), Soul Devouring Technique (Beginner), Heavenly God Transformation Level 1 (Beginner)]

During these three days, Ye Qingge was not idle. After the last battle, she found her shortcomings and bought a spiritual artifact for self-protection.

After the Empress Possession mission came out, combined with her original savings, her points reached a staggering 7,600. She spent 4,000 points to exchange for a spirit weapon sword used by the city defense army when she possessed Su Qing'er, and spent another 1,000 points to exchange for cultivation pills. Including the points she spent on dealing with the female ghost, she still had more than 1,000 points left for emergencies.

In return, his cultivation level has been completely stabilized at the Divine Awakening Realm, and he has stepped into the second level, making him much stronger than he was three days ago.

With her spiritual energy constantly circulating, she stepped into the shop and went backstage.

If the front desk only feels a bit cold and gloomy, but otherwise feels normal, then the back office is completely different!

The dense, yin energy emanated from the air, as if an air conditioner had been turned on, making the already chilly March weather even colder, as if winter had returned.

Two beautiful female shop assistants were lying on the ground. With the help of the divine vision within her body, Ye Qingge could see the yin energy on their bodies, which clearly caused them to fall into a coma due to the yin energy entering their bodies.

The culprit was the store manager, who was leaning against the wall and barely able to stand.

Wisps of yin energy emanated from the shopkeeper's body, indicating that some unknown changes were taking place within her, and the yin energy she emitted was becoming increasingly dense.

Seemingly sensing Ye Qingge's arrival, she looked up, forced a smile at Ye Qingge, and said, "Xiao, Xiao Qing, you're here."

She was panting heavily after just two sentences, and after a long while she said, "I've been feeling a bit weak these past few days, so I'll have to trouble you to take care of the shop."

"It's all the duty, Sister Zhou, you should get some rest."

Ye Qingge used her inner spirit to observe the shop owner's appearance. Her pupils contracted slightly, but quickly returned to normal. She smiled and reached out to the shop owner, wanting to help him.

The shop manager now looks extremely strange. Under the special perspective of the god within her, most of the whites of her eyes have disappeared, and most of them are covered by a layer of ink-black, as if she has reached the final stage of her transformation.

Ye Qingge's hand touched her clothes, and it felt icy cold, similar to the sensation of the female ghost she had encountered before.

Seemingly sensing the threat, the shop manager's expression suddenly turned ferocious, veins bulging on his face, and his fingernails growing longer. He abruptly flung his hand away from Ye Qingge's, his voice hoarse as he roared, "Don't touch me!"

Ye Qingge snorted coldly, increasing the pressure on her hands and firmly controlling the shopkeeper's body so that he could not move. A ball of flame began to burn, and the spiritual energy in her body surged towards the shopkeeper, rapidly consuming and dissolving the yin energy in the shopkeeper's body.

The Yin energy within the shopkeeper was far less powerful than that of the female ghost. Without needing to use the Heavenly Divine Transformation, Ye Qingge could expel the Yin energy from her body simply by relying on the Fire Element Divine Power.

After the shopkeeper collapsed again, Ye Qingge redeemed a recovery pill from the system shop and took it. Then, footsteps came from outside the door.

Yan Ye'an strode over, glanced at Ye Qingge, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Ye Qingge was not injured. Without asking any questions, he immediately began to check Ye Qingge's belongings.

Once the other person stopped moving, Ye Qingge couldn't help but ask, "How is Sister Zhou?"

"The situation is not optimistic."

Yan Ye'an frowned slightly and said, "The shopkeeper's situation is very special. The human body has three souls and seven spirits, but in the shopkeeper's case, it seems that his soul and spirit have been lost. Just now, he even turned into a ghost. If you hadn't dispelled it in time, he might have directly turned into a ghost, and it would be even more powerful than an ordinary ghost!"

Her face darkened: "Ordinary spirits are born after a person dies. Unless their resentment is extremely deep or someone has done something to them, they are always at their weakest at the beginning. But her situation is different. The fact that she has a physical body and has become a spirit is clearly the work of someone else. If the person behind it is strong enough, she might even become a vengeful ghost..."

"Do you have any clues? Has the store manager been acting strangely lately?"

Ye Qingge pondered for a moment and said, "Sister Zhou has indeed been acting strangely these past few days. She often wears heavy makeup to work to cover up her fatigue. According to Sister Zhou's daughter, it might be related to an argument between Sister Zhou and her husband, but I don't know if it's true... What do you plan to do next?"

Yan Ye'an gave the shop manager a pill, carefully pushed him aside to rest against the wall, and then went to the remaining two shop assistants. After confirming that they were alright, he helped them take the pills. As he got up, he opened his private crystal brain communication and said, "This matter is of great importance. It is suspected that a vengeful ghost was created by someone. We must start investigating immediately."

“This is a special case. I’ll notify my superiors to apply for an investigation order and immediately go to the store manager’s house to investigate. Once we get there, the investigation order should be issued by then… Do you want to come with me?”

She looked at Ye Qingge with some anticipation. The Demon Suppression Division was short-staffed, and she hadn't had a partner for a long time.

By bringing Ye Qingge along this time, he might be able to find an opportunity to bring in a partner. At the very least, having someone to help him this time would make things much easier.

Ye Qingge replied without hesitation, "Go!"