Has the Female Lead Turned Villainous Today? [Quick Transmigration] 81

Chapter 081: World Four [3]

The female ghost shrank her neck, looking meek, but her eyes still couldn’t help but glance at Meng Jiuge’s body. From time to time, she would even slurp her saliva, which scared Meng Jiuge into hiding behind Ling Yilin.

Meng Jiuge’s height was actually not short. At one meter sixty-eight, it was already very good for an eighteen-year-old girl. But compared to the one-meter-eighty-five and muscular Ling Yilin, Meng Jiuge was a little lacking.

Ling Yilin glanced at the female ghost and released a part of her restrained pressure.

“Your… Your Excellency, do you have any other instructions?” The female ghost was not only shrinking her neck now, but she was also starting to tremble, and her solidified soul body even had a tendency to become faint.

“You have killed someone. You didn’t dare to go to the underworld, so you lingered in the human world,” Ling Yilin said. “Since you have the sin of killing on you, it is only right for me to deal with you.”

“Your Excellency, I have been wronged! The person I killed was more than seventy years ago. I was just taking revenge. I did not kill the innocent!” The female ghost directly knelt down and cried out her grievances, telling her origin like pouring out beans.

The female ghost was a female ghost from the last century. She was born and married before the founding of the country, but she had encountered a year of great drought and was sold by her husband as a usable item in exchange for food.

The female ghost’s family was also a small wealthy family before the war. She did not accept her fate. She took advantage of the night to stab her husband to death with a kitchen knife, and then hanged herself in a red dress. It was said that doing so could prevent her from entering hell and becoming a fierce ghost.

The female ghost indeed did not enter hell, but she did not become a very powerful ghost either. After scaring those who had taken advantage of her half to death, she parasitized a retro jewelry box, which was one of the few good things left in her family.

The female ghost was originally not in this themed escape room, but was staying in an old, dilapidated house in the countryside. It was the boss of the escape room who, on a whim, went to the countryside and dug up a pile of things, and thus brought the jewelry box that the female ghost was parasitizing here.

“Although my old house is dilapidated, the feng shui is very good. The spiritual energy around there allows me to become stronger just by lying down. But after being brought here, I am disturbed by people every day, and I am also thrown around. So I jumped out and scared them a little.”

The female ghost said while trembling. Besides her former husband, she had indeed not killed anyone. At most, she had just scared people.

【Master, this female ghost is not lying. If you don’t intervene, Master, the female ghost will absorb a part of the spiritual power from the protagonist’s body, making her body weak and unlucky for a period of time.】

Ling Yilin frowned. Although this matter had not yet happened, she still felt that the female ghost had to be responsible for it.

After taking out her phone from her pocket, Ling Yilin opened a number she had just saved. “Come to the escape room experience hall on the fourth floor of ** Building. There’s a female ghost who is more than seventy years old and has been discovered by many ordinary people.”

After speaking, Ling Yilin hung up the phone.

Before the female ghost and Meng Jiuge could ask anything, Sister Yu’s voice came from a distance. “Little Meng, are you there, Little Meng? Little Meng! Make a sound. Don’t scare your Sister Yu!”

“Um, Your… Your Excellency, my companion is looking for me. Can I leave first?” Meng Jiuge poked her head out and asked, looking meek.

“Do you know what you should say later?” Ling Yilin narrowed her eyes slightly, her gaze locking on the two nuclear-powered flashlights in her hand.

“I got lost because I’m not familiar with the internal structure. I didn’t see anything, and I didn’t hear anything!” Meng Jiuge said, directly raising her hand and swearing.

Ling Yilin did not speak, just moved her gaze away.

Meng Jiuge swallowed. If she didn’t refuse, it should be a tacit approval, right?

After blinking her eyes, Meng Jiuge extended her probing little foot and took two steps towards the exit. Seeing that no one and no ghost was stopping her, she accelerated and ran away in a flash.

Seeing Meng Jiuge’s appearance of slipping away, Ling Yilin couldn’t help but chuckle softly. Only after the other party had completely disappeared did she put away her smile and look at the female ghost.

Ling Yilin was too lazy to say any more nonsense. She directly reached out her hand and, with a virtual grab, balled up the female ghost into a small black ball, put it into an empty bottle prop she had casually picked up, and slowly walked towards the exit.

**

“1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7… 8?!” Sister Yu began to count heads. After discovering that the number was not right, she couldn’t help but tremble. “Why are there eight people? The three of us, plus the four guests, shouldn’t it be seven people?”

“I found that there was a strange movement inside the shop, so I came in to take a look,” Ling Yilin did not let them scare themselves.

Xiao Lin, who had run to the second staff passage, was still lying on the ground with a pale face, his eyes silently looking at the ceiling. If it weren’t for him insisting that he was fine, Sister Yu would have called an ambulance for him.

Compared to Meng Jiuge, who had been chased by the female ghost for a long time, Sister Yu and the four female university students’ experience could be considered very lucky. They were only scared once or twice at the very beginning. Because they adhered to the concept that nothing would happen if they didn’t go out, they really didn’t have any accidents later.

“Sister Yu, I once gave this guest a flyer, so she’s a little curious about our shop,” Meng Jiuge quickly made up for it, to prevent Sister Yu from offending this non-human who even the female ghost was afraid of.

“Oh, oh, so that’s how it is,” Sister Yu didn’t think much of it. After all, humans were indeed full of curiosity.

Before Sister Yu could talk about refunding the tickets, the main door, which was hung with a “Resting” sign, was pushed open again. First, two people in police uniforms walked in, and then a young girl in a cyan T-shirt.

“Hello, we are from the nearby police station. We need you to cooperate with us in our official duties,” the police officer took out his police ID.

“Your Excellency Ling, I am the assistant of the special administration in this area, Ye Simin. You can just call me Little Ye. This is my ID,” the little girl also took out her certificate from the Special Events Administration and began the after-sales work of the female ghost scaring people.

The country’s attitude towards all kinds of mysterious powers had always been like this. Ordinary people had no right to know. After questioning, they would use a spell to blur the related memories and give a relatively reasonable explanation.

If it was a person from the Xuanmen or a person with supernatural abilities, then they would sign a confidentiality agreement. Those who were not registered would register with the Administration.

It was obvious that Sister Yu, Xiao Lin, and the four female university students all belonged to the former, while Meng Jiuge was between the two.

“You said that you hit the female ghost with a flashlight for the first time?” Ye Simin asked, and at the same time, took out an instrument similar to a watch. “Is it convenient for you to cooperate with me for a check?”

Meng Jiuge glanced at Ling Yilin, and then at the police officer standing on the side. “How do I check this?”

“It’s very simple. Just extend your right hand and wear this instrument,” Ye Simin said, showing a friendly smile.

The instrument that Ye Simin took out was a portable detector made by the Administration, which could detect the approximate power of the wearer’s internal force. The principle was a combination of metaphysics and science. There was a detection array inside, as well as a magnetic field detection. The main thing was to keep up with the times.

Seeing that the number on the detector had changed from white to green, Ye Simin’s eyes lit up. Seeing the number soar all the way to 300+, she couldn’t help but open her mouth wide.

The green number represented that the Meng Jiuge in front of her was a human, and the number 300+ represented the concentration of spiritual power in her body.

“You have no master?” Ye Simin asked, unable to resist taking off the instrument and, after changing a hand, checking again.

“No. If there are ghosts in this world, are there also gods? Can you cultivate?” Meng Jiuge keenly noticed the information revealed in Ye Simin’s words.

Ye Simin nodded and did not hide the news that Meng Jiuge would know sooner or later. “You have spiritual power in your body. Generally speaking, a human who has not cultivated can only detect a number below ten. Above ten is considered to have a cultivation talent. Generally, when you reach fifty or above, a master will want you. This number of yours… is almost the same as me, who has cultivated for five years.”

Meng Jiuge couldn’t help but get excited after hearing this. “Then does that mean that my cultivation talent is very high?”

“Hmm, if there’s no problem with the machine, yes,” Ye Simin put away the seriousness in her eyes. After secretly glancing at Ling Yilin, she took out her own phone and began to type.

Noticing that there was still no reply after a minute of sending her message, Ye Simin showed a smile to Meng Jiuge. “Just a moment. I’ll ask my superior.”

Saying that, Ye Simin opened her contact list and directly dialed the number noted as “Master.”

“Hello, Master. Don’t say I have a good…” Ye Simin lowered her voice and walked into the distance.

After Ye Simin had walked far away, Meng Jiuge couldn’t help but return to her obedient sitting posture. After brewing for a little while, she looked at Ling Yilin. “Your Excellency Ling, are you also a cultivator?”

“Me?” Ling Yilin glanced at Meng Jiuge. “I should be a cultivator.”

“Your Excellency Ling must also be a member of the Special Events Administration,” Meng Jiuge said. “May I be so bold as to ask you a few questions, Your Excellency?”

Ling Yilin chuckled softly. “What’s wrong? You’re not afraid of me now? Didn’t you run very fast just now?”

Meng Jiuge rubbed her nose and chuckled twice. “I was scared just now, and my head wasn’t working well. But I’ve calmed down now. Your Excellency must have noticed that there was a ghost in the shop, which is why you came in to save people.”

“It was me who was narrow-minded and speculated on Your Excellency’s actions with malice. I’m very sorry,” Meng Jiuge said, her tone very sincere. She even stood up and cupped her hands in a gesture.

Meng Jiuge’s facial features looked bright and grand. With her sincerity, she looked quite the part, making people temporarily ignore her still-somewhat-immature facial features and feel that the person standing in front of them was a reliable adult.

“Is that so?” Ling Yilin did not fall for this and still had an ambiguous attitude.

Seeing that Meng Jiuge was still looking at her with eager eyes and without a trace of fear, she finally cleared her throat. “What questions do you have?”

“Your Excellency, can a cultivator really fly on a sword and move mountains and fill seas?” Meng Jiuge asked, suppressing her excited tone. “Is there some organization that I don’t know of that is hidden among the crowd?”

“Not everyone can fly on a sword, and there is a rule now that you can’t fly in a crowded place,” Ling Yilin said, pausing for a moment.

Ling Yilin: “As for moving mountains and filling seas, I can indeed do it, but it’s hard to say for other humans. They have a lot of rules to follow. They probably can only use their spells freely in their own sect’s territory.”

“Your Excellency, which sect are you from?” Meng Jiuge’s courage visibly grew, and she even took a step towards Ling Yilin, closing the distance between them.

“Me? I have no sect,” Ling Yilin said, leaning against a counter on the side and looking down at Meng Jiuge. “Human, haven’t you noticed a problem?”

“What?” Meng Jiuge was stunned for a moment. Had she overlooked some crucial point? No, right?

The person who had saved her and the person who had called the police were both the Ling Yilin in front of her. Although her facial features were a little fierce, she probably wouldn’t do anything to her in front of the police, right? After all, these special existences seemed to be all managed by the Administration.

Ling Yilin laughed with a wicked taste, then lowered her head and stuck close to Meng Jiuge’s ear, and said softly, “In our eyes, you are a delicious little snack. Eating you can make us stronger.”

“Little snack, remember to protect yourself well. Otherwise, if you’re alone, you’ll be targeted by many bad people.”

Meng Jiuge subconsciously shivered, but she did not retreat. Instead, she tried hard to stay calm. “Is it because my constitution is very special?”

“Yes~” Ling Yilin dragged out the last syllable. “You haven’t cultivated, but you have so much spiritual power in your body. It’s enough to show how good your talent is.”

“Then as long as I learn to use the spiritual power in my body, I don’t have to worry about any accidents, right?” Meng Jiuge’s heart was very flustered, but she still maintained her surface calmness.

“Hmm, if you can become very strong, you might not have to worry. But cultivation is not something that can be improved in a day or two. When you don’t have enough ability to protect yourself, it’s best to find a reliable bodyguard,” Ling Yilin said, and re-established a distance from Meng Jiuge.

Seeing that the color on her face was a little less than before, Ling Yilin showed a smile of a successful prank and reached out to pat Meng Jiuge’s head.

“Little snack, remember to work hard to become stronger, and don’t be eaten,” Ling Yilin’s tone was raised, and her mood was obviously much happier.

“Okay, I will work hard,” Meng Jiuge didn’t dare to dodge and could only let her head be rubbed, simultaneously making an awkward, speechless expression.

What delicious little snack? She doesn’t want to become the food of a non-human!

**

“Sorry, I talked to my leader for a little too long,” Ye Simin walked over from a distance, the smile on her face deepening a little.

“Comrade Little Meng, do you mind exchanging contact information with me? According to your talent, it’s only a matter of time before you become a cultivator. We will definitely become companions.”

“Okay, okay,” Meng Jiuge took out her phone and added Ye Simin’s WeChat.

“I’ll send you some information first. You can sit and take a look,” the smile on Ye Simin’s face was still brilliant, but it was a little more attentive than before. “If there’s anything you don’t understand, you can ask me. I’ll be here with you for about an hour.”

“Accompany me? I can’t go home yet?” Meng Jiuge asked, subconsciously looking to the other side.

Sister Yu, Xiao Lin, and the others, after signing some agreements, seemed to have been taken away by the police. It was said that they would be sent back to their respective residences.

Since she had signed a confidentiality agreement and didn’t need to have her memory erased, the process should be shorter. Why couldn’t she leave?

Meng Jiuge couldn’t understand and simply asked her confusion.

“Comrade Little Meng, please rest assured. I have no other meaning. I just want to wait for my leader to come over,” Ye Simin cleared her throat. “My leader really wants a disciple with good talent. Comrade Little Meng shouldn’t mind meeting her and chatting for a while, right?”

“Your leader, is she very powerful?” Meng Jiuge asked in a low voice, secretly glancing at Ling Yilin, who was sitting on the front desk chair at some point.

Ye Simin showed a simple and honest smile. “My leader is actually my master. She is a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator and can be considered a main force in the Administration. The area she is in charge of is the entire administrative district of A City.”

“By the way, let me give you a quick primer. A cultivator starts from Qi Condensation, then Foundation Establishment, and then Golden Core. Each major realm can be further divided into early, middle, and late stages.”

Ye Simin: “However, cultivation does not represent strength. In the same major realm, an early-stage cultivator can also be stronger than a late-stage one. It mainly depends on personal strength.”

“For us with low cultivation, the cultivation of our seniors is basically a question mark. We can’t find any information. At this time, the detector comes in handy. A person with low cultivation can use the high and low numbers on the instrument to judge the other’s cultivation.”

“Generally speaking, after successfully condensing qi, the number displayed will be above 100. Between 100 and 500 are mostly in the Qi Condensation stage, between 501 and 2000 are in the Foundation Establishment stage, and above 2000 are in the Golden Core stage. The upper limit of the machine’s recognition is 2000. After that, it will directly display ‘max’.”

“Comrade Little Meng, you have to remember that if you see someone who makes the detector display ‘max’, don’t provoke them. Try to go along with them as much as possible. As long as the green hills remain, there will be no lack of firewood. You have to firmly remember this sentence,” Ye Simin’s tone couldn’t help but become serious.

Although her own master had not yet come, Ye Simin had already treated the Meng Jiuge in front of her as her future little junior sister and had shared a lot of useful dry goods with her.

Meng Jiuge was like a sponge absorbing water. She tried hard to remember what Ye Simin had said. She also did not forget to save the information that the other party had sent her and, at the same time, sent it to the file transfer assistant as a backup.

It wasn’t until Meng Jiuge and Ye Simin were taking a break that she realized that Ling Yilin, who had been in the main hall, had disappeared at some point.

“Sister Little Ye, is that Your Excellency Ling also a member of the Administration?” After the person involved had left, Meng Jiuge dared to directly ask the question that was hidden in her heart.

“Your Excellency Ling, she has a nominal position in the Administration, but she can’t be considered a member of the Administration. Anyway, when we’re giving gifts during the holidays, we must show our attitude. When we need help, we try not to find her if we can,” Ye Simin said according to her memory.

“Why? Is there something different about her?” Meng Jiuge tilted her head and showed a confused expression.

“It’s not that Your Excellency Ling is special. To be precise, what’s special are those great demons who are at the Golden Core stage or above and have lived for more than a thousand years. For these big shots, the Administration has this kind of attitude. As long as the other party doesn’t cause trouble and doesn’t openly violate the most basic ten regulations, it’s fine,” Ye Simin subconsciously lowered her voice.

“To be honest, I didn’t even react when I received the call. The great demons rarely contact our Administration, let alone this kind of almost-helpful contact,” Ye Simin couldn’t help but complain.

“I used to meet these great demons in various illegal cases. Every time I dealt with them, I had to be on my guard, not to offend them, but also not to let them disregard the law.”

**

While Meng Jiuge and Ye Simin were chatting, Ling Yilin had already appeared on the street, wearing a simple shirt and loose long pants, and was walking slowly forward.

【Master, Ye Simin is the second disciple of the master of the Xiaoyao Sect. The Xiaoyao Sect sounds very good, but now the entire sect has only four people in total. The master, her junior sister, her first disciple, and her second disciple.】

【If the protagonist agrees to Ye Simin’s master, Yan Zhiming’s proposal to accept her as a disciple, she will be the fifth person of the Xiaoyao Sect.】

“Is the foundation of the Xiaoyao Sect not good?” Ling Yilin asked.

【The foundation is average. It was glorious four hundred years ago, but with the fall of that dynasty, the Xiaoyao Sect also fell silent. The sect had almost no new disciples and gradually declined.】

Ling Yilin’s footsteps paused. “If I hadn’t interfered, who would have been Meng Jiuge’s master?”

【It would also have been Yan Zhiming, but that would have been a month later. Your intervention has brought their meeting forward by a lot of time.】

After asking a few questions about the Xiaoyao Sect, Ling Yilin temporarily withdrew her attention from Meng Jiuge and began to think about matters related to herself.

She had not planned to go back to the original tiger demon’s home. What Ling Yilin needed from beginning to end was the tiger demon’s identity and memory, which she had already gotten.

Since the tiger demon had refused her proposal to get revenge for her, then Ling Yilin did not plan to be so kind as to help investigate.

Ling Yilin actually didn’t take much of the things in the space ring, just some spirit stones and gold, as her starting capital for the future.

Oh, and there was also a bank card belonging to the tiger demon. Inside seemed to be the salary from the Administration, a fixed sum every month. After more than ten years, it seemed to have reached seven figures.

Thinking of this, Ling Yilin chose a hotel that was pleasing to the eye and walked in, taking out the ID card issued by the Administration.

“A single room, with a better view,” Ling Yilin said.

“Okay. You don’t have a reservation in advance, right?” The front desk put away the surprise in her eyes and quickly took the ID card and began to handle the check-in.

“Yes. I’ll be staying for a week for now,” Ling Yilin knocked on the front desk. “Does the hotel have a buffet?”

“Yes. If you choose a deluxe king-sized room, you can go to the restaurant and enjoy the food freely for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. The opening hours are written on the door. You can pay attention to it.”

The front desk was typing on the keyboard. “Guest, the room with a better location for a king-sized room at the moment is 1806. With a discount, it’s 688 a night. How would you like to pay for the room?”

“Card,” Ling Yilin handed over the card that the Administration had given to the tiger demon.

“This is your ID card and bank card. This is the room card. You can take the elevator by swiping it,” the front desk lady introduced her dutifully.

Ling Yilin nodded, stuffed the things into her pocket, and walked towards the elevator.

【Master, Yan Zhiming has met the protagonist. She has proposed to accept the protagonist as a disciple.】

【The protagonist has agreed. She is preparing to deal with her part-time job and then go back to the sect’s territory with Yan Zhiming to hold the disciple-acceptance ceremony.】

“Yes,” Ling Yilin replied casually. After the elevator doors closed, she subconsciously touched her chest.

Is it an illusion? Why did this phalanx suddenly become so cold just now?