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The evil spirit forcefully occupying the Shen clan’s family villa suddenly ran away on its own, leaving behind the solemnly anticipating trio who stared at each other in silence. They, indeed, couldn’t really understand the current development.

[00, was that ghost scared of me?] Gu Yan, who’d met that evil spirit face to face, thought back to what had happened. From their extremely brief interaction, he’d managed to recognise the emotions within the evil spirit’s gaze. If he wasn’t mistaken, that was a kind of gaze filled with terror and alarm.

[Yes.] 037 gave an affirmative response.

Hearing the acquiescence from his family’s system, Gu Yan lowered his head in deep thought. He might’ve seen it wrongly, but his family’s system would never misjudge a situation.

What was on him that could frighten the evil spirit?

Gu Yan wrapped his mind around this question for a while, yet couldn’t come to any conclusion.

He wasn’t an actual divination master; the body he currently resided in was just a normal person who had needed help to open his divine eye at the last minute. The only unique thing that set him apart from the rest was that this body contained the Primordial energy of chaos, but this primordial energy didn’t have the function of exorcism or an ability to chase ghosts away. At most, he could be described as a living lucky charm.

“We’re done here.” These two juniors were most likely still shocked. As a senior who’d seen many affairs in life, Zhao Xu shook his head and left for the exit first.

The cold yin air around the mansion residence gradually began to dissipate following the evil spirit’s departure and was nearly gone by now. There wasn’t a problem with the Shen clan’s villa’s fengshui in the first place

Although he was an ordinary person, he could still clearly perceive the weakening of the cold yin aura in the ancestral shrine. Having crossed over the original host’s tragic ending so easily, Gu Yan had the feeling as if he’d escaped death too easily.

However, this may also be a good thing. He no longer dwelled on this matter and headed for the exit instead.

Since he couldn’t figure out the reason, he would simply stop trying. As for why the ghost had been terrified of him, the answer may come to him in the future.

Having successfully preserved his life in this brief part of the story, he could now begin to look for his lover. After finding his lover, he would then take his time to carefully ponder over the terrible ending of this world. This way, everyone would be happy.

After deciding his next course of action and having found a tangible goal, Gu Yan adapted to the world’s setting at a speed matching his previous world.

Unsurprisingly, there were people stationed outside the doors of the ancestral shrine. Seeing the people who had entered earlier reappear once more after such a short period of time, a young man dressed in a suit standing behind a group of bodyguards couldn’t help but reveal an expression of doubt.

“It hasn’t even been a few minutes and you’re already done?” This young man was the sole heir of the Shen family’s current master. He’d always turned his nose up at things like divination masters, and these sort of unreliable superstitions. What the heck was fengshui...

What era they were in, why were there people who continued believing in this kind of nonsense?

Unfortunately, the one who believed in this was his own father. For Shen Lin to come along, it was naturally because he wanted to see what sort of lies these ‘divination masters’ were selling them.

“The ancestral shrine doesn’t seem to have any problems with regards to the fengshui. Actually, there was an evil spirit residing in this place that caused it to be haunted with calamities,” The elder who was the first to step out told the Shen family’s master.

Hearing this, the young man beside him sneered, wearing an expression of disbelief. However, he remained silent.

“Then, has that evil spirit been exorcised?” A long time ago, the Shen family’s master had personally experienced an event linked to the spiritual world that caused him to deeply believe the words of this divination master. Especially so, among these three people he had invited over, the elder who was speaking was someone he had spent a great deal of effort and connections to reach.

Just as he said so, Gu Yan felt the white-haired elder pat his shoulders before he was pushed and stumbled forward.

“It was all thanks to this young lad’s help.” Zhao Xu stroked his beard and spoke it as a matter-of-fact.

Those who had such powers, such as divination masters, were more likely to believe that everything was predestined. Therefore, they wouldn’t covet things that didn’t belong to them or attempt to profit more than they should. Because they believed, in the end, what belonged to them would ultimately end up in their hands one day.

The so-called causal loop was exactly this.

“Grandmaster Gu.” He had indeed not misjudged this person. At this time, the Shen family’s master was somewhat glad that this person who he had found was even more powerful than the others recommended by his business partners.

Since Zhao Xu had already said so and Ye Cheng Yu stood at the back in silence, it could be regarded as the truth. The gaze with which the Shen family’s master looked at the dark-haired youth, also grew more sincere.

The corners of Gu Yan’s eyes twitched slightly, at a degree which could not be perceived by others. He had indeed been the one who scared the ghost off, but this manner of exorcising spirits seemed to be rather...

Although this was what was going through his mind, Gu Yan remained expressionless on the surface, adopting the aloof and detached persona of an important person.

Acting required one to take care of even the slightest detail. After dealing with the mess the original host had left behind, Gu Yan decided to not continue this sort of life that relied on fooling others. After all, there were many jobs available, why should he die a miserable death like the original host?

Although this was what Gu Yan thought, there would be things beyond one’s control, and the events that would take place would exceed his expectations.

“Dad, you really believe him? There are no such things as ghosts, these are just stories used to scare little kids. These scammers are obviously here to swindle your money.” The young man whose lips had been pursed the whole time standing by the side could no longer hold back.

If there were truly such things like ghosts, why hadn’t he seen a single one in the 19 years he had lived? The old man aside, these two young people were evidently not much older than him, yet they could actually be called ‘masters’?

“If the young master wishes to see, it’s a small matter for this grandmaster to help you open your divine eye, he’d even do it for free.” As a divination scoundrel, Gu Yan stood between the two legitimate masters of the spiritual world and bullshitted with a straight face.

What is the most important thing when it comes to fooling others? That is to spin a lie that would even be able to fool oneself!

“However, once your divine eye has been opened, it can’t be closed. Therefore, young master Shen needs to think about it carefully.” As someone whose divine eye had been woken only temporarily, Gu Yan lied with a straight face.

It didn’t matter if it’s bullshit, as long as others believed him.

Upon hearing his words, the young man who had been glaring at them earlier suddenly paled and in the end, no longer dared to challenge them. “I-It’s okay.”

“...” The two legitimate divination masters collectively sunk into silence. They could more or less understand how this powerless black-haired youth had managed to fool the Shen family’s master.

Now that the evil spirit in the ancestral shrine had been solved, they properly welcomed the divination masters and remunerated them as promised. With this, the matter was completed.

With a few million dollars added to his account, Gu Yan went back to the original host’s rental apartment in a small city and reclined on the sofa in his living room.

Speaking of remuneration, the Shen family had even prepared a house for him without hesitation. However, Gu Yan felt that the little house which the original host had been living in was rather good and didn’t plan on moving.

As for monetary compensation, its financial value wasn’t too high. Since spiritual jade was the most valuable thing for those in touch with the spiritual world, Gu Yan used it to forge connections. As gratitude for saving his life, he gave the spiritual jade to the two, which they first courteously refused but then ended up accepting.

Gu Yan lay down on the sofa, too lazy to move to his bed. It was currently night, so the living room was completely enveloped in darkness due to the lack of a light source. Resting the back of his hand on his forehead, he squinted in the dark.

Where should he begin looking...

If only it was like how it had been in the previous world where he only needed to call out the words “Qiuqiu” and have his lover appear before him. Unfortunately, such a phenomenon was unlikely to happen a second time.

Hearing its host sigh, 037 watched silently without disturbing him. It knew that its host was currently thinking of that person.

Speaking of which, 037 had the feeling that that person was becoming increasingly unfathomable. Every time it met that existence, 037 could clearly feel his power growing. If this continued, would that person’s power exceed the limit of this plane?

As for what happens if it exceeded the limit; 037 had no way of calculating it.

After making up his mind to change his career, Gu Yan rejected every single person who came to find him for fortune-telling or feng shui guidance. He planned to become a good citizen and no longer wished to be a conman who swindled money like the original host.

Since it was a career change, logically speaking, Gu Yan shouldn’t have any more interactions with the people of the spiritual world.

However, logic often differed from reality.

“The Ghost City...? Why is Senior looking for me? At that time, you already knew I was just a normal person and now, I’ve already decided to turn over a new leaf.” Speaking till the end, Gu Yan let out a light cough. The original host’s past wasn’t something pretty to speak of.

“The primordial energy of chaos has the ability to grant luck to its user and if its master is willing, it can even be a blessing to others.” With such an explanation, Zhao Xu continued, “There is an agreement between the spiritual organisation of the human realm and Ghost City. This time, we’re going there to negotiate some matters. The details are much more complicated and therefore, there is a certain degree of risk. If the Ghost City decides to go against their agreement, the members participating in this mission will be in danger and may not necessarily be able to escape unscathed.”

Having personally witnessed the black-haired youth’s aura of calamity turn into fortune, Zhao Xu finally thought of coming to visit this person at such a critical juncture.

Ah, it’s just for him to act as a lucky mascot. Gu Yan came to this conclusion.

“Of course, it’s up to you whether or not to go. After all, this is a dangerous mission.” Zhao Xu stroked his white beard and waited for the youth’s reply. Recently, the ghosts that had crossed over from the Ghost City had been unsettled and were causing trouble in the Human Realm. Naturally, the spiritual organisation was worried.

“I’ll go.” Gu Yan nodded.

“Truly? Child, you can’t go back on your words once you’ve agreed. You need to think this through. Don’t wait till the last moment to run off, it’ll be too late by then,” Zhao Xu confirmed with him.

“Yes, I won’t go back on my words.” Gu Yan said in a low voice, his mind seemingly having wandered somewhere else and even his brows were slightly creased.

Gu Yan had agreed to his request because he had abruptly thought of the possibility that the person he was looking for might be in the Ghost City rather than the Human Realm. If he missed this chance, wouldn’t it be impossible for him to see that person ever again after becoming a normal person?

That’s why he’d agreed.

The gates to the Ghost City opened once every month and this month, it would open on the night of the 19th. The events that happened during this time could only be perceived by those with special abilities. An evil spirit who had been squatting in the corner in wait for a long time finally stood up and rushed through it the moment a crack formed.

Not long after this evil spirit crossed over, a group of people also gathered in that area.

Two realms separated by a single door. At this moment, the pale and beautiful man who was carefully painting a pair of eyebrows was unaware that the person whose eyes he was currently gazing at would soon appear before him.

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T/n: GY and QQ reunion in the next chapter! feel free to check out my patreon for early access to the next three chapters  ^O^

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