Chapter 39

"I want to know, why did this ghost appear in the school?

Besides this ghost, are there any other ghosts?"

Mrs. Wood evidently thought of it too; there's an old saying that goes, when you see a cockroach appear in your house, in the dark the cockroaches have actually already gathered into nests.

So.

When you see a cockroach, what you need to do is clean the whole house, check whether cockroaches have already been breeding and multiplying in your corners? Only timely cleaning can curb the development of cockroaches; otherwise, once you let them successfully breed into batches, it'll be troublesome afterwards.

"Mrs. Wood, I'm very sorry, I also don't know how this ghost appeared in the school.

I know even less whether, besides this ghost, in other dormitories or other places in the school there are still ghosts lurking.

But so far, the ghost in this mirror we've seen has already been subdued by us and taken away for handling.

The rest we can only wait until discovered and then deal with!"

Suddenly a vice principal beside them spoke up and asked: "Mr. Wizard, I have a question, are ghosts like this in schools common?"

Uh...

Common? Chen Yaozu thought, in ghost stories they're common, but in reality there shouldn't be any, so how should he answer?

If he answered not common, what reason would he use?

He thought for a moment, then said: "I'm very sorry, sir, previously I've never seen a ghost in a school.

After all, I haven't been in America for long; in our hometown schools it's impossible for ghosts and monsters to appear, which is what you people here commonly call ghosts."

Impossible for ghosts and monsters to appear.

That certain?

Chen Yaozu's certain tone instantly aroused the curiosity of the three principals opposite.

Mrs. Wood directly asked: "Why?"

Chen Yaozu was stunned by the question; he didn't expect the other party to pursue it to the bottom. Suddenly a piece of information flashed through his mind, and his eyes lit up — got it!

It was the talisman detecting his predicament, giving him information support, precisely to deal with these three principals' doubts right now.

No, he also had to add the mother and daughter beside him who were curiously waiting for the answer.

"In the East, schools are originally sacred ground, so there is a certain Qi Luck present! Ordinary demons and monsters, which are all kinds of ghosts and monsters, simply cannot appear in schools.

If any appear, it must be a private school with lax discipline, poor management, and chaotic conduct.

If it's a public school, that's the national system's education system, with the nation's Qi Luck suppressing it; all ghosts and monsters appearing in the school are like organisms appearing in a boiling oil pan.

Additionally, even if it's not a private school within the national education system, as long as it's an elementary school, such ghosts and monsters rarely appear.

Because children haven't lost their virginity yet, meaning they haven't had any behavior between men and women; the males are still virgin boys, the females still virgin girls.

If ghosts and monsters appear in these places, it's no different from seeking death.

Even if there are legendary schools rumored to have them, they can only be high schools, private high schools!

At this time the boys have basically already had virginity-losing behavior, the girls have already had menstruation, even already have boyfriends and girlfriends.

At this time schools might have some dark places, like toilets, like girls' toilets and such, where ghosts and monsters might possibly appear.

This isn't strange! But in the East, studying has a very special status; as long as it's a place where books gather, there will be a certain Qi Luck protection.

So basically you rarely hear of Eastern schools, even private high schools, having incidents like ghosts and such spread!"

This explanation made the five people in front even more unable to understand.

Mrs. Wood asked doubtfully again: "Our Portwater High School is the thirty-sixth ranked public high school in all of Los Angeles. That is to say, a school within the national education system as you said.

Why would a ghost appear?"

Right, the others had this doubt too; from just now when Chen Yaozu said Eastern public schools wouldn't have ghosts and such, they already had this question, because this school is also a public school.

"Because our Eastern big boss was too hardline, while your America isn't that hardline towards this kind of fantasy world of ghosts and such!

Furthermore, thousands of years ago, the East once had a Sage say, 'The Master does not speak of the strange, the violent, the disorderly, or the spiritual.'

There was also a Sage who said, 'Cultivate Haoran Righteous Qi.'

So, in the East, since ancient times schools that teach and nurture people have always been sacred and inviolable.

Over time, in the eyes of Eastern people, this is just how it should be.

Of course, there are also very few of these weird strange things.

This is the Eastern people's confidence! Additionally, distinct from the myriad bizarre legends of Europe and America, in the East there's only one sentence: after the founding of the nation, animals cannot become spirits!

Of course this might just be a joke; we can treat this sentence as a joke, but the creatures of the mysterious world cannot possibly treat this sentence as a joke.

This is also why in the East, incidents similar to ghosts and monsters rarely appear, yet in the West they're easily seen."

Such an explanation, actually explained not very well, but they all understood.

"Alright!"

Mrs. Wu thought for a moment, then asked again: "As I just asked, if right now Portlot High School only has that ghost in the mirror in your hand.

After you suppress it, will the school no longer have ghosts appear?"

Chen Yaozu shook his head: "Mrs. Wood, have you heard of the Broken Window Effect?"

Mrs. Wood very obviously hadn't heard of it; not just her, the others hadn't either, including the cheap mother-in-law and Audrey beside him.

But not knowing and asking is a quality an educator should have.

"What is the Broken Money Effect?"

Since the other party didn't know, Chen Yaozu explained in more detail.

"In our East there's a saying: if someone has 100 yuan in whole bills in their pocket, if they don't break it open, they can keep it for a very long time.

If you break it open and start using it, then that 100 yuan might not even last a morning before it's all spent.

This is the Broken Money Effect.

When it's still a whole number, it might exist for a long time; but once a gap appears, its existence becomes precarious."

Mrs. Wood understood: "You mean to say, before Portwater High School had ghosts appear, it might never have had ghosts appear.

"But once one appears, then two, three, five, ten could all be possible in the future, right?"

Chen Yaozu nodded: "That's how it is!"

"Ok!"

Principal Wood took a deep breath, then asked solemnly: "Then Mr. Chen, I've already looked into your work, it's a bit unstable.

So I want to offer you a job right now! Are you willing to go to Portwater High School and be a teacher?"

(Chapter End)