Chapter 97: Solving It Herself
A total of two points were marked within the Shahe area: one was the Lotus Pond Water Pavilion, and the other was Lanyue Terrace.
Both of these places were famous check-in spots in Shahe. This was the season when there were many people. The scenery was different during the day and at night, and there were always people around.
Wei Qingyun and Bei Shan went to the Lotus Pond Water Pavilion, while Hua Changge and Tan Wei went to Lanyue Terrace.
There was a swimming pool behind the villa. Dinner was by the pool, with a long table and a sumptuous meal.
“Is the livestream over? So fast. Come on,” Bei Shan waved at Sang Jing and pointed to the seat in front of the hot pot.
In the past, Bei Shan had thought that Sang Jing would eat bland food for the rest of her life. Now, she was also eating spicy and fragrant food. It was good to have a ghost by her side; her taste was not so boring anymore.
Sang Jing brought some incense and talismans, first arranging them for the gluttonous ghost before starting to eat.
Tan Wei sat opposite and saw the red strings tied on Sang Jing and Xie Yu’s hands, the same as the ones on her and Ah Qing’s.
She couldn’t help but ask, “Have you started raising a ghost?”
That’s right! The student of the founder of the Ghost Dao must return to the orthodox path!
In an instant, Tan Wei felt an inexplicable sense of relief.
“Mm,” Sang Jing nodded in acknowledgment.
Bei Shan was curious. “Then are you considered a Celestial Master or a Ghost Master now?”
She had an eight-coin Celestial Master’s certificate and was also raising a ghost.
“Isn’t that simple? A Xuan Master,” Wei Qingyun said, passing the dipping sauce she had prepared to the side.
Hua Changge glanced at it, the corners of her lips flattening. “I don’t eat vinegar.”
Wei Qingyun was stunned for a moment and took the dipping sauce away. “…I’m sorry.”
The response she got was a cold scoff.
It was a little awkward here. For a time, only the slight clatter of bowls and chopsticks could be heard at the dining table.
Halfway through the meal, Wei Qingyun finally broke the silence and brought up the matter of Shahe. “There are a lot of people at the Lotus Pond Water Pavilion. Bei Shan and I haven’t found anything unusual for now.”
Hua Changge: “Lanyue Terrace is also very normal.”
“Could it be that there’s some kind of formation suppressing it, just like the ancient town bridge?” Wenren Jin guessed.
Bei Shan nodded. “It’s very possible.”
After all, the person behind all this was extremely good at formations. The previous three ghost-raising places all had formations in them. Logically, Shahe should also have one.
“I’ll go to Lanyue Terrace tomorrow. Just now on the livestream, someone on the mic asked me to go to Lanyue Terrace,” Sang Jing said, then paused. “I suspect she is Lady Hei.”
Later, she had looked at that person’s avatar carefully and had even gone to Cui Wangshu to confirm. The avatar was indeed the little black snake that had been fed until it was fat.
Cui Wangshu said that she had asked a colleague to send the little black snake back to the snake tomb. When it was time, the little fellow would go to the Special Investigation Team staff to ask for food, acting cute and using all sorts of tricks just for that meal. It was unclear if the Special Investigation Team all had a talent for feeding, but the little black snake was even fatter than when Sang Jing had seen it before.
When Lady Hei had gone out and had come back to see her child so fat, it was not unreasonable for her to have taken a picture and used it as her avatar.
“Lady Hei!” Bei Shan was a little excited.
These past few days, they had been following the map that Lady Hei had given them. For Lady Hei to come and find Sang Jing at this time, was she here to deliver a message!
“Has she been following us all along?” Wei Qingyun was a little wary.
Although they had the map, they still couldn’t be sure if Lady Hei was a friend or a foe. And there were traces of a sealing formation in the snake tomb in Xianling City. It was hard to say if this Lady Hei had committed some crime in the past to be sealed there.
“Then let’s go together tomorrow.”
No one had any objection to Wei Qingyun’s proposal.
After the meal, everyone went back to their respective rooms. Sang Jing first took a shower, then sat at the table on the balcony to look at the map. Xie Yu was holding the textbook and studying hard.
There were small lights hanging on the edge of the balcony, and when they were lit at night, it was very atmospheric.
Sang Jing was still looking for the relationship between the marked points and the lines.
A moment later, Xie Yu came over with the book and sat down beside Sang Jing.
The first step of cultivation was to feel the ghostly energy.
Before, when Xie Yu had lost control or was emotional, she had seen her ghostly energy emerge. But now that she was seriously cultivating, she couldn’t get it out no matter how she tried.
She had wanted to secretly learn it and surprise Sang Jing, and even make a flower for her. But she had failed at the first step.
The book was spread open, and she flopped onto it, looking at Sang Jing opposite her.
Sang Jing felt her gaze and looked up. “What’s wrong?”
“You just gave me a book and then ignored me?” Xie Yu said, pointing at the book and condemning her. “This is what you call irresponsible.”
Sang Jing: “…”
She had also learned metaphysical arts on her own by reading books at the beginning.
“Where don’t you understand?” Sang Jing could see that she was at a loss.
Xie Yu’s eyes curved as she moved her chair closer. “Here.”
Sang Jing looked at the position of her finger.
The first page.
“…”
She glanced at the content again.
Sang Jing didn’t speak but directly hooked Xie Yu’s neck and brought her in front of her. The distance was instantly shortened, and Xie Yu didn’t even dare to blink.
“What… mmph.”
Sang Jing suddenly kissed Xie Yu’s lips, both proactive and passionate.
Xie Yu’s emotions were instantly lifted. Just as she was about to hug Sang Jing and kiss her properly, this person let her go.
Sang Jing saw the ghostly energy emerging from Xie Yu’s body, then looked back at her own map. “Alright, go and learn.”
Xie Yu: “…”
What kind of person is this?
It was unclear if it was because her emotions had not yet calmed down or because she was angry, but the ghostly energy on Xie Yu’s body had not been withdrawn.
Xie Yu learned how to control them, but she always learned on Sang Jing’s body. Her hair, collar, back, and pant legs all had ghostly energy floating on them.
When Sang Jing looked over, Xie Yu said righteously, “I’m just learning. You have to be tolerant.”
A cool wisp of ghostly energy drilled in from the hem of her clothes and wrapped around her waist. Sang Jing’s breathing involuntarily tightened, and then she felt the ghostly energy move up, its target clear.
She had taken a shower and was wearing pajamas, which were completely empty inside.
A warm body was easily stimulated by the cold, and Sang Jing took a deep breath. She looked down at the clothes on her chest being propped up, gritted her teeth, and raised her hand to press down the ghostly energy inside.
Then she turned to glare at Xie Yu. “Take your things back.”
Xie Yu still had a ball of ghostly energy in her hand and was controlling it to change its shape. Hearing Sang Jing’s words, she looked up and saw a wisp of ghostly energy drilling out from her collar. She said in surprise, “Ah, why is there still some on you? I’m so sorry. I’m just learning and I’m not very proficient yet.”
Sang Jing: “…”
This ghost is doing it on purpose.
After the ghostly energy on her upper body was withdrawn, a moment later, Sang Jing felt something wrap around her ankle and crawl up her calf. “…”
“Xie! Yu!”
Sang Jing stood up, walked over, and pinched Xie Yu’s face, shaking it. “Can you be a little more serious?”
“I’m very serious,” Xie Yu said, reaching out and holding a flower made of ghostly energy for her. “Look, how fast I’ve learned.”
Sang Jing glanced at the flower and squinted her eyes.
She can even make a flower. It seems she can control them now.
“You’re doing it on purpose,” Sang Jing said, pinching her face. “And you’re even finding so many excuses.”
Xie Yu was not convinced. “You’ve also deliberately teased me before.”
Sang Jing bent down to look at her. “Didn’t you come to me because you couldn’t do it? Didn’t I help you get the ghostly energy out?”
Xie Yu was at a loss for words for a moment. It seemed that was indeed the case.
But she still felt that Sang Jing was doing it on purpose!
Seeing that she couldn’t speak, Sang Jing let go of her hand and walked into the room. “It’s time to sleep.”
Xie Yu grabbed her and pulled her into her arms with a jerk. Sang Jing sat on Xie Yu’s lap, a little uncomfortable and wanting to stand up. A few hands made of ghostly energy pressed on her shoulders and waist.
Sang Jing smiled. “You’ve grown some guts. You’ve only learned a little and you’re already using it on me.”
“We agreed before. A small section gets a kiss as a reward,” Xie Yu said, hugging her and rubbing her nose against hers. “I’ve just learned three sections.”
The ambiguous atmosphere was broken by a question. “Three sections or three pages?”
Xie Yu sat up straight and took the book, spreading it open. “Three sections! Three sections! Who are you looking down on! I’m also very good at learning.”
Although Sang Jing had not raised a ghost before, she also knew that it was not so easy for a ghost to cultivate.
Xie Yu’s speed… was a little fast. Could it be that ghosts also had a talent for this?
Feeling the ghostly energy, controlling the ghostly energy, and circulating the ghostly energy…
It was indeed three sections.
“Am I very amazing?” Xie Yu hummed proudly.
Sang Jing offered her praise. “Amazing. You’ve learned very quickly.”
Then it would also be very fast for Xie Yu to recover her human five senses.
“Then the promised reward…” Xie Yu looked at Sang Jing with anticipation.
If you learn well, you should be rewarded.
Sang Jing raised her hand and wrapped it around her neck, leaning close to her lips. “I’ll keep my word.”
Xie Yu closed her eyes in satisfaction. The scent of white pear blossoms by her nose was even stronger than before.
So fragrant.
After a deep kiss, Sang Jing was a little breathless. She rested her head on Xie Yu’s shoulder, about to leave, but the hand on her waist was about to press her back.
Their eyes met. Sang Jing raised her hand and stroked Xie Yu’s lips. “We agreed that a small section only gets a kiss. Don’t even think about…”
Xie Yu tilted her head and kissed her fingertip, her eyes smiling. “It is a kiss. Three small sections can be kissed three times. What did you think I was going to do?”
Sang Jing: “…”
Xie Yu was about to say something more but was silenced by Sang Jing’s kiss. She couldn’t say a single word.
They had kissed three times in total. After the kisses, Sang Jing held Xie Yu to calm down. The ghostly energy around them was also much thicker than before, and most of it was on Sang Jing, wrapping around her clothes and hair.
“Can we go to sleep now?” Sang Jing asked in a low voice.
Xie Yu was extremely satisfied. She pressed her hot cheek against Sang Jing’s to cool her down. “Alright.”
“Carry me in,” Sang Jing said again.
Xie Yu blinked her eyes. “Hmm?”
Sang Jing rubbed her ear twice. “Carry me, in.”
After all, she had been thoroughly tutored. Xie Yu was stunned for a moment, then reacted. Sang Jing was so aroused her legs were weak.
She carried her to the side of the bed. Sang Jing rubbed her ear again. “To the bathroom.”
Xie Yu’s thoughts went astray. She was embarrassed for two seconds, then quickly accepted and began to look forward to it.
“If you want to do it there, I’m fine with it.”
A minute later, Xie Yu looked at the closed bathroom door and raised her fist.
The reserved person, she can even endure this kind of thing. What’s there to endure? Isn’t she here?
Could it be that she was uncomfortable last time?
Xie Yu began to reflect and doubt herself.
Sang Jing in the bathroom did not know that the ghost outside was overthinking again. She was taking a shower with warm, cool water, her hand on her lower abdomen.
It was still a little sore.
She had said that Xie Yu was a horny ghost, but she was not much better herself.
Kissing three times could last for more than two hours. Sang Jing was a little beginning to understand why her teacher and teacher’s wife could stay in their room for one or two days at a time.
After coming out of the shower, Sang Jing saw Xie Yu looking at her phone with a serious expression, even more serious than when she had been studying on the balcony just now.
“What are you doing?” she was a little sleepy, and her voice had a nasal tone.
Xie Yu didn’t even look up. “Studying.”
Studying? Studying on her phone?
Sang Jing walked over suspiciously and saw a few pictures of poses that made one’s ears red and heart beat faster.
“Why are you learning this again?”
With that, Sang Jing secretly cursed “horny ghost” in her heart again.
“If I learn well, you won’t have to do it yourself when you’re in the mood,” Xie Yu’s voice was a little muffled, and she sounded very wronged.
“…”
Sang Jing’s mind went blank for a moment. “What did you say?”
“You didn’t let me in just now. Weren’t you solving it yourself?” Xie Yu looked up at her. “Was I not good last time? Do you still think my technique is poor?”
Sang Jing felt hot again, shocked by Xie Yu’s blunt words.
Her face was flushed, and she was not sleepy anymore. “Xie Yu! Who told you that I was… was solving it in the bathroom? I was just taking a shower because I was sweating. Why are you thinking so much?”
Xie Yu held up her phone. “Well, they said so.”
Question: My girlfriend is in the mood but goes to the bathroom alone. Could it be because my technique is poor?
Netizen 1 replied: Yes.
Netizen 2 replied: Yes.
Netizen 3 replied: Yes.
Netizen 4 replied: It must be, it definitely is, it absolutely is!
Netizen 5 replied: Your technique must be so poor that your girlfriend has to solve it herself. Your girlfriend is so pitiful.
“…”
Sang Jing took a deep breath and snatched her phone. “Don’t communicate with the people on here so much.”
Xie Yu: “Was it just a shower?”
Sang Jing snorted. “What else?”
Xie Yu’s eyes were on her phone. Sang Jing’s qi and blood surged. “No!”
“Then were you in the mood just now?” Xie Yu still wanted to ask.
Sang Jing had never thought that she would be talking about this kind of problem with someone face to face. But if she didn’t make it clear tonight, Xie Yu would probably be overthinking it all night.
“…Mm.”
“Then you’re still enduring it,” Xie Yu muttered in a low voice.
Sang Jing turned on her phone screen and showed it to her. “What time is it? Do you want to see what time it is? Can you have a little sense of time?”
2:10 AM.
Xie Yu: “…”
She had thought so much, but it turned out it was because it was too late.
“Go to sleep!”
Sang Jing turned to turn off the lights.
Lying on the bed, a ghost slowly climbed up and hugged her.
“I’m sorry. I won’t ask them next time. Don’t be angry,” Xie Yu’s voice was very low, a little cautious.
Sang Jing’s hand under the blanket reached out and held hers. “Xie Yu, are you very insecure?”
Ever since Xie Yu had remembered some things from before, her temper had subsided a lot.
Just like in the livestream tonight, she had asked Xie Yu to try those few lines. There was obvious resistance in Xie Yu’s eyes. If it were the initial Xie Yu, she would have retorted those people in the bullet comments until they were speechless, and would have even voiced a segment on the spot to prove her strength.
Those memories had still affected her.
Xie Yu held Sang Jing tightly. “I don’t know.”
She just wanted to stay by Sang Jing’s side and hold on to her.
Sang Jing opened her eyes in the darkness and gently kissed Xie Yu’s forehead.
“You are Xie Yu. You can be completely free to be yourself.”
Before the White Whale Live gala, Sang Jing had asked Wenren Jin for the real-name information of the Encounter account. It had indeed always been Xie Yu. Xie Yu was Encounter, but when she had registered her account, she had used Xie Yu’s identity. Then in other places, did Xie Yu also have to live under the name Xie Yu?
In addition, with Xie Yu’s childhood memories and the matter of swapping fates, Sang Jing had a rough idea in her mind.
Xie Yu had been living as Xie Yu since she was a child. After the fate swap, Xie Yu had disappeared, and only Xie Yu was left.
Xie Yu had died, and her ghost had been raised into a ghost king, squeezing out all her value.
Such a vicious plot.
