Chapter 120: Ghost King

Chapter 120: Ghost King

“Officer Tang, are you joking?”

What vengeful ghost causing trouble?

The director wore an expression that said, “Are you two teaming up to fool me?”

Although rumors in the entertainment industry often claimed that so and so kept little ghosts or used curses, hearsay is not proof until seen with one’s own eyes. The director had heard plenty but never witnessed any of it, and he had always believed outsiders were exaggerating to scare people. Now, however, a con artist was standing in front of the police promoting feudal superstition and insisting that the strange incidents in the crew over the past few days were caused by a vengeful ghost. The director felt his worldview was being challenged.

Pei Ye held a cigarette in her mouth and said coldly, “If you think I am joking, I can also make a joke out of your crew.”

The director, intimidated by Pei Ye’s aura, felt an ominous premonition rise in his heart.

“What do you mean by that?”

Pei Ye suddenly smiled brightly. Officer Tang looked at it and silently muttered to himself.

These days, why do all Celestial Masters look more and more like villains?

“My meaning is simple, I came here eagerly to help you, but you refuse to believe me, so forget it.” Pei Ye did not get angry at all. After all, the vengeful ghost’s primary target was not the academy students but the crew members. She only needed to ensure the students were safe. “You will come begging me sooner or later.”

With that, Pei Ye waved at Officer Tang in greeting and turned to leave.

The director, left standing there, looked completely confused.

“Has lying now become a personality trait?”

What vengeful ghost, what “you will come begging me sooner or later”, he did not believe it at all.

Officer Tang looked very troubled.

As a police officer, he could not promote feudal superstition to the public, nor could he tell the director that Pei Ye was a capable Celestial Master.

“Comrade police officer, this person is spreading feudal superstition right in front of you, and you are just letting her do it?”

At the very least, she should be taken back for ideological correction, or given a verbal warning.

Officer Tang replied vaguely, “Well, with these kinds of things, hearsay is not as reliable as personal experience.”

The director: “……”

“The police will closely monitor the situation and try to catch the suspect as soon as possible. Please rest assured, Director.”

The director sneered inwardly.

He could not rest assured. He was already stressed to the point of collapse.

If they could not find the stalker fans hiding in the crew and give the actors an explanation, how was he supposed to continue filming?

The defining features of web dramas were fast shooting, short post production, quick release, and fast capital turnover. Now that filming had stopped, every second of delay was real money lost from investors. If Officer Tang could not give a definite result, what could the director use to reassure the crew?

Officer Tang glanced at Pei Ye watching the scene from afar and smiled. “Filming can still continue this afternoon. Let’s pause the night scenes for now.”

The director did not know what gave Officer Tang the confidence to say that, but police officers were usually more persuasive.

“Alright, then we will rush the afternoon shoot and stop at night.”

There was a night scene scheduled, but for safety reasons, it was better to pause for one night.

Once the police resolved the issue, the delayed progress could be squeezed into other shooting times. With some effort, they could still catch up.

Strangely, the afternoon shoot went very smoothly with no accidents at all.

“Maybe the crew became more alert after police intervention, so the infiltrating stalker fans did not find an opportunity to act,” the assistant director guessed. The director felt this explanation made sense.

Little did they know that the so called “liar” in the director’s eyes had been watching the entire afternoon from a distant teaching building.

“Xiao Hong, Xiao Hong, is there really a ghost?”

After filming ended, Pei Ye returned to the dormitory, and her roommates gathered around to gossip.

“There is a vengeful ghost, and it is a difficult one. That crew is in trouble.”

Mi Xiangjun and the others turned pale.

Thinking that a vengeful ghost had infiltrated the school, they did not even dare to go to the bathhouse anymore.

“Could someone die?” someone asked nervously.

Pei Ye lowered her head while playing a game. “Yes.”

“And you…”

Pei Ye lifted her eyelids. “Are you trying to ask why, with such a fierce vengeful ghost, I am still here instead of exorcising it?”

“I did not mean that…”

Pei Ye continued playing her game.

“The director does not believe there is a vengeful ghost and thinks I am a fraud. Since he thinks I am joking, then let him see whether he can still laugh later.” Pei Ye had no habit of begging others for cooperation. The ghost had not targeted the students yet, so she only needed to ensure the academy was not affected. “The crew is almost done filming at the school anyway. If something happens after they leave, it will have nothing to do with me anymore.”

As long as it was harassment and intimidation and had not escalated to murder, there was no need to rush.

After finishing a round of the game, she put her phone into her pocket and prepared to leave.

“I am going out to the nearby university for a bit. I will be back in half an hour.”

Pei Ye went to X University to find Professor An.

As a Ghost King, Professor An was the local overlord within several kilometers. Any disturbance caused by a vengeful ghost would be detected by her immediately.

So why had she not noticed the vengeful ghost acting in the crew?

No, she knew.

“You mean that vengeful ghost? I know about it.”

She was also busy preparing lessons today.

Since her first large lecture of the evening had not started yet, she had time to chat with Pei Ye.

“You know?” Pei Ye asked.

Professor An lifted her bloodied fingers and pushed up her brand new glasses on the bridge of her nose.

“I am not going to deal with it. Its target is not students.”

The principle of the ghost was extremely firm.

Since she had agreed to protect students, she would never interfere in other matters.

Pei Ye: “……”

“So you came to ask me just for this?”

Pei Ye shook her head. “No, I just think this vengeful ghost is a bit strange.”

Professor An turned her ghostly eyes toward her. Even though Pei Ye had perfectly restrained her killing aura, she knew the newly arrived vengeful ghost was no match for her.

“What is strange about it?”

“I checked the lingering yin energy. It feels like a vengeful ghost possessing a living person, but not entirely. The yin energy and yang energy are mixed together…”

Professor An immediately understood.

“You are talking about a ghost child?”

Pei Ye frowned. “Ghost child?”

“A child of a ghost and a human, half human and half ghost. It can appear in human form or as a spirit…”

“A child of a ghost and a human… this is beyond my biology knowledge.”

Humans become pregnant through the combination of sperm and egg. How does it work between a ghost and a human?

Professor An began explaining the concept.

“The birth of a ghost child is special. The mother must be a woman with a very specific birth chart and within one week of pregnancy. At that time, the mother’s body has strong yang energy. If it is combined with a powerful male ghost’s yin energy, the ghost injects its yin energy into the woman’s body, which merges with the yang energy and occupies the embryo. There is a small chance that a ghost child will be born.”

Pei Ye clicked her tongue. “So is a ghost child human or ghost?”

“Neither human nor ghost. Ordinary Celestial Masters do not dare to provoke them.”

“Why?”

“Because they are special. They do not belong to humans, so they do not have a normal lifespan. Their essence is closer to ghosts. To maintain their physical body and continue existing, they require large amounts of yang energy, lifespan, and fortune. Any ghost child that manages to grow up usually has a very powerful backer.”

“In that case, Fengdu would not allow ghost children to exist, right?”

“They are not allowed, of course.”

Pei Ye finished her game of Honor of Kings and put her phone away, preparing to leave.

“I stayed up half the night and woke up at three thirty. I rushed out a chapter, I am going to take a shower to wake my brain up.”