Chapter 306: The Ahoge Little Taoist Master Gets Stronger Today 01

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「Sir Jin, why did you suddenly space out? 」

A hollow voice came from nearby, Jin Chen came to, opened his eyes, turned around and saw a man wearing a classic white robe.

His gaze moved upward, he was also wearing a white tall hat, on which four characters were conspicuously written: "One Glance Brings Wealth."

The surroundings were endless dark gloom, and the sky was filled with ghostly energy.

Jin Chen: "……"

Oh no, the game starts in the underworld.

「Sir Jin? 」 Bai Wuchang called again, leaning in to peek. "Are you alright?"

「I'm fine. 」 Jin Chen shook his head.

「Could you agree to Sir Xie's request and go to the human realm to capture the fugitive ghost king? 」

Jin Chen hesitated. Experience told him he should agree.

「Fine, you arrange it. 」

「Hey! If you walk a little further ahead, you'll happen upon the day the ghost gates open in July; we've opened a special passage for you. 」

Bai Wuchang flicked his soul-hooking rope, signaling Jin Chen to continue forward.

Following his gaze, Jin Chen saw a faint white light flashing in the distance.

「Then I'll head back; Sir Xie still has orders. 」

Continuing forward, Jin Chen observed the surroundings and passing ghosts, confirming he was indeed in the underworld; shouting "0731" in his mind yielded no response, probably because he was too timid to open his eyes.

The ghost gates opened, the ghosts rejoiced, and surged out.

Jin Chen silently glanced at the crowd of ghosts squeezing out, either losing their heads or arms; his mouth twitched slightly, and he lowered his eyes to his own body.

Not bad, quite intact, just his clothing looked a bit antiquated.

A wisp of green smoke drifted by, and Jin Chen vanished from the spot.

At the same time, night in the human world, inside a dao hall on the outskirts of Didu.

Many portraits were placed on the offering altar; a side portrait suddenly rippled without wind, and the man in the painting became increasingly lifelike.

This strange phenomenon caused An Wuyang, who had been slumped over the table sobbing, to shudder; his ahoge sprang up instantly.

「No way, Ancestral Master... I was just resting here for a while, and you won't even let me? 」

He curled the corner of his mouth, wiped away the tears on his face, and his dao robe was inexplicably stained with blood, looking quite pitiable.

Just then, the portrait suddenly shuddered violently, and green smoke drifted out from within.

An Wuyang took a deep breath, no longer caring about the pain in his body, hurriedly stood up, grabbed three incense sticks, and lit them.

「Don't get excited! I shouldn't be crying here and staining the place with blood; this incense is precious, please have it! 」

As his words fell, the portrait snapped and hit the ground with a bang.

Jin Chen happened to emerge from the green smoke, looked up, and met the startled gaze of An Wuyang.

His gaze followed the ahoge swaying, he tilted his head, sensed his wife's aura, raised an eyebrow and smiled.

Pa—

Now the three incense sticks also fell.

An Wuyang still had his mouth open, lowered his eyes to the now-empty portrait, then lifted his gaze to a man in a full-sleeved green robe, with a jade crown half-binding his hair, who looked almost exactly like the figure in the portrait, and even more handsome and enchanting.

Oh no, what grave mistake has he made, for the Ancestral Master to personally crawl out to reprimand him!

「Ancestral, Ancestral Master? 」

An Wuyang barely found his voice, the tail end trembling.

「Hmm. 」 Jin Chen nodded interestedly, although he had no memory yet, he did not deny it.

「It's over. 」

The last shred of hope was shattered, and An Wuyang was completely frightened stupid.

His master had said that the Ancestral Master hadn't manifested spirit for a long time; if he suddenly did, something major must be happening!

His master also said that the last time the Ancestral Master manifested spirit was during his master's master's youth!

「An Wuyang, the 305th-generation successor of Qinghan Temple, pays respects to the Ancestral Master. 」

An Wuyang, with a worried, grim expression, clasped his fists before his chest and bowed deeply.

Seeing tear stains at the corners of his eyes, noticing his dao robe stained with blood and a wound on his chest, Jin Chen frowned and asked, "Why are you crying here, and why are you wounded so severely?"

「I... I got into a fight and lost. 」 An Wuyang said instinctively.

Yet inexplicably, he felt as if he were tattling to an elder at home.

【Detected villain in this world, Blackening Value unknown, mission requirement: clear Blackening Value, change the villain's tragic ending.】

0731 glanced furtively, realized they had arrived in the human world, and immediately perked up.

【Blackening Value unknown?】

【You'll know once you accept the plot.】

Jin Chen casually sat down, presenting the air of a young noble, and said, "I'm hungry."

An Wuyang picked up the still-burning offering incense from the ground and reverently handed it to him.

Jin Chen: "……"

「I want to eat human food. 」

「Oh. 」 An Wuyang thought, there should still be some food in the kitchen.

「Then I'll go get you some. 」

He hadn't yet recovered, nodded stiffly like a block of wood, turned around, and even politely closed the door.

Jin Chen curled his finger and tapped the table; in this world, the wife is still quite obedient.

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This is a modern world where humans and ghosts coexist.

The antagonist, An Wuyang, orphaned from childhood, studied Daoist techniques with his master at the Azure Cold Temple; after graduating from university his master passed away, and there was another Daoist temple he needed to inherit, so he balanced studying with catching ghosts for hire to earn tuition, while also promoting the reputation of the Daoist hall.

But he is a half-baked practitioner; although he learned the orthodox Heart Method of Spell Technique, he unfortunately cannot break through his strength's bottleneck, and due to rules he cannot engage in deceitful profiteering, so he can barely make a living.

The plot twist sees the protagonist seme Fu Xizhou escaping from the Underworld; he is a ghost king with heavy karmic sins, taking advantage of a leak in the Underworld to flee to the mortal realm, seeking his lover who has already reincarnated—namely the protagonist uke, Cheng Luosheng, the beloved grandson of the president of the Didu Daoist Association.

Cheng Luosheng still has a fragment of soul that remembers Fu Xizhou, so soon after they meet, their feelings rekindle.

Fu Xizhou is fundamentally a ghost, and the Daoist Association's creed is to kill on sight any ghost; moreover, as a ghost king with heavy karmic sins, if he wishes to be with Cheng Luosheng without obstruction, he must possess a human body.

Thus Fu Xizhou set his sights on An Wuyang, who came to the Daoist Association for examination.

An Wuyang is an innate spirit body, born on an extreme yin day; his three hun and seven po all contain pure heavenly-earthly spirit energy, making him a supreme tonic for ghosts.

As long as he consumes his soul, Fu Xizhou can assume a human form for a hundred years and grow old together with Cheng Luosheng.

An Wuyang stood no chance against the ghost king; during his first examination at the Daoist Association, his evil soul was seized, but fortunately someone noticed and he managed to escape.

Afterward, An Wuyang was suddenly exposed for cheating on the exam, and Cheng Luosheng demanded a retest as pretext; Fu Xizhou had a fierce ghost toy with him, and having lost his evil soul he could no longer discern good from evil, he suffered grave injuries and was again drained of his soul.

Yet this very opportunity allowed the despairing An Wuyang, amidst a graveyard swarming with ghosts, to comprehend with his innate spirit body, break the internal seal bottleneck, become a ghost cultivator, and thereafter no longer distinguish good from evil.

He schemed against Fu Xizhou, merely seeking to reclaim his own soul; after becoming a ghost cultivator, An Wuyang's power surged to rival the ghost king, yet he could not overcome the protagonist blessed by the Heavenly Dao, and was finally hunted down by the entire Daoist Association, vanishing completely from the world.