Chapter 60: Your Time of Death Is Approaching

Chapter 60: Your Time of Death Is Approaching

The Min Yizhou family of three were crying loudly with their heads pressed together, while Zhu Yang was being chased all over the place by his mother.

After the chaotic scene gradually settled, both families expressed the desire to take their children back home.

Staying outside as wandering solitary ghosts was too miserable.

Zhu Yang timidly said, “Actually it is not that miserable. We still have Professor An protecting us. I think it is pretty good.”

This only made Zhu Yang’s mother even angrier, and she wanted to hit her son again.

Over the past three years, she had shed so many tears over this disappointing son that she was nearly blind from crying, yet he was still speaking so heartlessly.

“Master, can we take our son home to raise him?”

Zhu Yang’s father was more composed. Although he was asking, his eyes were filled with firm determination.

Pei Ye said, “That is naturally possible, but there are some things to pay attention to. Zhu Yang is fine. After all, he has been a ghost for three years and his soul body is relatively stable. After restraining his yin energy, he does not have much impact on living people. But Min Yizhou has just died and cannot properly control his yin energy. If he stays at home for a long time, it will be harmful to the living.”

Hearing this, Min Yizhou’s already lifeless face turned even more pale and bluish.

“Mom, I think it is fine for me to stay at X University. Professor An’s classes are very beneficial to me.” He very much wanted to go home, but he wanted his mother and sister to be well even more. He did not know how much financial and emotional cost it would take to support a ghost, but it would definitely make an already tight family situation worse. He could not help his family reduce their burden, but he also could not continue adding to it after death. Min Yizhou said seriously, “Mom, I will come back to see you during holidays. Just think of me as still studying outside, alright?”

Min Yizhou’s mother, who had finally stopped crying, immediately burst into tears again.

Although reluctant, she also knew that Min Yizhou’s decision was correct.

Min Yiyuan said hoarsely, “Brother, I will study hard for the college entrance exam and come to X University too!”

Pei Ye said, “The rules of the yin and yang realms are different. Ghosts living at home are not necessarily safe. X University has Professor An. Ordinary fierce ghosts would not dare to cause trouble there.”

Hearing this, Min Yizhou’s mother felt a little better.

Zhu Yang also said, “Dad, Mom, I will also stay at school then. You can come see me when you miss me, or I can come home sometimes.”

Zhu Yang’s father said sternly, “What do you mean? You do not want to go home anymore? Are you trying to anger us to death?”

Zhu Yang hesitated and said, “No, there is still my little sister at home. It is fine for me to be around adults, but not for children. I will just come back occasionally.”

Hearing him mention the baby daughter, both parents hesitated.

Of course, they were not afraid of that bit of yin energy. Even if it might harm their health, they were willing to continue raising their son, but there was still a newborn child in the house.

Zhu Yang raised three fingers to the sky and swore, “Mom and Dad, X University is really good. I have not gone hungry even once since becoming a ghost. If you are worried, you can send me food regularly.”

He had been a ghost for three years and had not eaten anything even once. He was not hungry, but he was craving it.

After struggling for a long time, Zhu Yang’s father sighed and agreed to his suggestion, then turned to ask Pei Ye how to send offerings to the dead.

Pei Ye took out two business cards from her pocket.

One was a Taobao incense and candle shop, and the other was a WeChat QR code.

The first belonged to a colleague of Zhu Chun’an who ran a Taobao incense and candle shop, specializing in business between the yin and yang realms. Living people could place orders and send items to the dead, or buy things and burn them personally for the dead.

The second belonged to Zhu Chun’an’s alchemy colleague, who not only did online sales and sold weight loss pills, but also sold certain pills infused with primordial qi. Ghosts who consumed them could nourish their souls.

Zhu Yang’s father accepted them in a daze.

These experts… seemed a bit different from what he had imagined.

They all seemed surprisingly down to earth.

Min Yiyuan also asked for a copy. Once she earned money in the future, she would burn offerings for her brother every day.

Before the “Opening Eyes Talisman” lost its effect, Min Yizhou told his family the passwords to his bank card and Alipay account.

“There is also more than forty thousand yuan I saved over the years. It can be left for my little sister’s university expenses. Mom, do not overwork yourself… I am an unfilial son…”

After he finished explaining, the effect of the Opening Eyes Talisman was almost gone.

The two families watched as Zhu Yang and Min Yizhou disappeared from sight and immediately broke down crying again.

In Pei Ye’s vision, the two ghosts were still standing there, each trying to comfort their grieving families, but no one could hear them.

The principal sighed and said, “Seeing this kind of thing too often really makes one depressed.”

Officer Tang agreed, but only Pei Ye replied coldly, “Does it? I think it is quite warm.”

The principal and Officer Tang: “……”

Warm?

Where is it warm?

“Seeing with your own eyes that a deceased loved one is living well in another world is something to be happy about. The atmosphere should be festive and warm.”

She did not really understand their way of thinking. Something that should be happy was being cried over instead.

“You are speaking from a position of ease. For Celestial Masters, the boundary between life and death is blurred, but for ordinary people, once a relative dies, they are gone.”

A faint smile appeared on Pei Ye’s lips.

Some things only needed to be understood in one’s own heart. There was no need to force others to feel the same way.

The principal was a man who did what he said he would.

After the Min Yizhou case, he not only gave Pei Ye a five star review, but also wrote a thousand word glowing review.

Zhu Yang’s father also bought ten “Opening Eyes Talismans” from her.

He had originally wanted to order them from the incense and candle Taobao shop together, but the shop owner told him that Opening Eyes Talismans were intermediate level talismans, and drawing one took a lot of time and effort, making them expensive.

So Zhu Yang’s father asked, “Then why can Master Pei draw them so casually with her hand?”

The shop owner replied, “Then should she draw them with her foot?”

Seeing this reply, Zhu Yang’s father was stunned for a moment, then patiently explained what he meant.

The shop owner fell silent for a long time.

“This can only mean that the person who introduced her to you, Pei Ye, is an expert. Her talisman drawing skill is far beyond that of ordinary Celestial Masters.”

A single Opening Eyes Talisman cost twenty five hundred yuan and was still in short supply. Even having money did not guarantee you could buy it, and its effect was not as good as the ones drawn by Pei Ye.

After hearing this, Zhu Yang’s father gave up on buying from the Taobao shop and instead asked the principal, through Zhu Chun’an, for Pei Ye’s contact information.

He bought ten Opening Eyes Talismans at a price of one thousand each.

When Pei Ye returned to the dormitory, Bai Xiaoxiao and the others were chatting enthusiastically.

“The clothes we bought a few days ago are all too big… we have to buy new ones again. My wallet cannot take it…”

“The effect of those weight loss pills is really amazing. I weighed myself this morning and found I lost another three pounds.”

“After two more courses, I will be a perfect ninety plus fairy girl.”

When the door opened, everyone seemed to have their mute button pressed, instantly falling silent and continuing what they were doing.

Pei Ye glanced over them and noticed that all of them had a thick aura of death between their brows. There had been no sign of this two days ago.

“What is wrong? Why are you looking at us like that?”

Pei Ye said calmly, “You are about to die. I am just a little surprised. Am I not allowed to look a bit longer?”

Bai Xiaoxiao’s hand trembled, and her eyeliner pen slipped all the way up to her forehead.

“You… what did you say——”