Chapter 57: Side Quest Completion Two Sixths

Chapter 57: Side Quest Completion Two Sixths

“Is she in the back mountain warehouse now?”

The principal nodded. “Yes, and she is still giving lectures to many ghosts.”

Although not many of the attending ghosts could actually understand her lessons.

Typical examples included Zhu Yang and Min Yizhou.

The two of them were not in the same field, but Professor An was a vengeful ghost, and vengeful ghosts never reasoned normally, even less so with human logic.

She lectured as she pleased. It did not matter if the other ghosts could not understand, but they were absolutely not allowed to skip class.

Old Xu hesitated. “Then maybe we should pool some money and fix up the warehouse? She is quite clean. She is meticulous in how she dresses and handles things. The back mountain warehouse is too dirty, isn’t it?”

After what happened back then, Old Xu felt ashamed and regretful of his fear at the time. Unfortunately, Professor An had disappeared.

For so many years, he had thought she had already reincarnated, but he never expected to hear news of her again in his lifetime.

“If we really want to clean it up, it is not impossible. We just need to inform Professor An in advance, otherwise misunderstandings would be bad,” the principal said, glancing around nervously as if afraid someone was eavesdropping. After confirming it was safe, he lowered his voice. “Previously, a student accidentally kicked her blackboard and was dragged into long ideological education by her…”

Although that incident involving Zhu Yang was quite tragic, taken on its own, it sounded strangely amusing.

Old Xu gave a bitter smile. “She is young, but her personality is even more rigid than many old scholars. That does sound like her.”

We should go see the back mountain tomorrow and bring her a bouquet of flowers.

At the same time, Pei Ye left the gate of X University accompanied by Zhu Chun’an.

“Senior, are you really sure you do not want to stay at my apartment for the night?”

Pei Ye shook her head. “No. I told my roommate to leave a window open. I will just climb back in through the window at night.”

“A window?”

Pei Ye said, “In the books on your shelf, there is a talisman called the ‘light body talisman’, named for making the body as light as a swallow. I will use it to climb up. It will be fine.”

It was only the fourth floor. Even without the light body talisman, she could climb up in one go.

If she could not even do that, she would be insulting her old profession.

“Senior even knows the light body talisman…” Zhu Chun’an sighed. “Now I finally understand that saying, a single spark of spiritual insight becomes a talisman, while others waste ink and cinnabar.”

Talent, comprehension, and spiritual energy were things that would only drive a person insane if they overthought them.

For beginners, drawing talismans required proper procedure, meaning ritual steps before drawing.

First, one had to recite the three cleansing incantations for mouth, body, and mind several times, then chant blessings for the brush, ink, and paper. One had to choose a quiet place, perform hand seals, step through ritual footwork according to the stars, and chant spells. The procedures were extremely complicated.

Once cultivation advanced and understanding of talismans deepened, these tedious rituals could gradually be simplified.

Drawing talismans in empty air?

That was a trick only the absolute top experts could master.

(⊙_⊙)?

Watching his senior draw talismans in empty air, Zhu Chun’an could not help questioning his life.

Wudaokou Nursing Vocational College was next to X University. Leaving the gate and walking straight down the road would take one there.

“Senior, see you tomorrow.”

“See you tomorrow.”

Pei Ye casually raised her hand in a wave.

Her left hand was in her pocket, and her right hand held her phone with the flashlight on. She walked while looking down at her screen.

She opened the system log, and the latest messages contained a huge amount of information.

At 23:13, player (Your Dad) completed side quest (Investigation of the mysterious disappearance of girls’ dormitory underwear).

At 23:13, side quest (Investigation of the mysterious disappearance of girls’ dormitory underwear) evaluation reached SSS, bonus Merit +100.

At 23:24, player (Your Dad) obtained mysterious item: mysterious person bone fragment +1.

At 23:24, system unlocked final main storyline: collect mysterious item, mysterious person bone fragments, progress 1/10000.

Pei Ye: “…”

Seeing the five-digit total progress, a word suddenly popped into her mind.

Dismembered into ten thousand pieces.

Whoever this “mysterious person” was, their bones were far too thoroughly shattered.

The bone fragment that had originally been in her pocket was gone, replaced by a new “Inventory” button in the game interface.

A small bone fragment lay quietly inside.

“This side quest only gave 100 Merit? Because I did not beat up Professor An, the reward was lower?”

She opened the dungeon task interface again.

Battle! Heroic Gorgeous Waste Celestial Master Has a Red Packet Group!

Team 2/2

Completion 2/6

Investigation of the mystery of the seventy year old woman’s tragic death (completed)

Investigation of the mystery of hundreds of pigs screaming every night (incomplete)

Investigation of the mystery of condoms missing from the convenience store (incomplete)

Investigation of the mystery of girls’ dormitory underwear disappearance (completed)

Investigation of the mystery of stolen bedsheets in the dormitory (incomplete)

Investigation of the mystery of fashionable youth (incomplete)

Looking at the task panel, Pei Ye could not help muttering.

“So they said following Lei Yating would let me lie down and win everything, but she is not even involved at all.”

Where was Lei Yating?

She seemed to have put her skill points in the wrong place. Instead of becoming obsessed with building reputation in the Celestial Master world as in the original story, she was diligently running a legitimate micro business.

The daily spam-like messages of “At XX:XX, someone took slimming pills and lost four hours of lifespan” were impossible to ignore.

Lei Yating was currently focused on making money and developing her business, and had not yet entered the Celestial Master world deeply.

But this world was real. As time passed, the tasks would not remain unchanged.

If she did not actively participate, she might only hear about mission progress through others.

Although that still counted as completion, it was a disaster for someone with obsessive tendencies.

Either all tasks fail, or all tasks achieve SSS completion. Only neat, orderly results were satisfying.

“Ah Zai still needs 324 Merit points to hatch. I wonder what will come out after it hatches.”

Pei Ye poked the motionless egg in the center of the screen.

As she touched it, the egg shook left and right, and a crying emoticon appeared above it.

o(╥﹏╥)o

“One poke and it cries. Such an ungrateful little thing.”

She had gathered 676 Merit points for it in this world, yet it still did not even give her a smile.

Every time she poked it, it was either shy (ω), crying o(╥﹏╥)o, or confused (⊙_⊙)?

With such a delicate personality, it did not feel like something she raised.

However, the emoticon function only appeared after reaching 500 Merit points. Maybe the more Merit it had, the richer its expressions would become.

“But if a raising game character only sends emoticons, is that not too simplistic?”

It did not even send messages, voice calls, or post on social media, at least it should act cute a little.

Pei Ye poked the egg again, pressing and rotating it on the screen.

The expression above it changed.

From crying o(╥﹏╥)o to sobbing (╥╯^╰╥)

Looking at the floating emoticon, Pei Ye sighed.

After playing this game, she probably would never touch a raising game again in her life.

Trauma.

She used an invisibility talisman, then added a light body talisman, and easily leapt onto the windowsill.

At that moment, voices of her roommates chatting came from inside the dorm.