Chapter 67: Master
Chapter 67: Master
Pei Ye returned from eating grilled skewers and saw such a bizarre scene.
A tall, fully armed man was pressed against the door like a thief, muttering something under his breath.
A plump female ghost had half her body outside the door and half inside, with her legs flailing in the air.
“Did you see anything?” the man asked in a low voice.
“It is too dark inside, I cannot see anything. Let me go in a bit further...” the female ghost said with some frustration. It was pitch black inside and she could not see clearly.
Pei Ye appeared silently behind the two of them like a ghost and suddenly spoke.
“What are you doing?”
The moment Ye Wei and the others, already tense, heard Pei Ye’s voice, both human and ghost were so startled their expressions cracked.
The female ghost screamed loudly, “Ghost!”
The man clutched his chest harder and said, “You scared the baby to death!”
Pei Ye: “...”
The two of them had no malicious intent, but their behavior still needed to be addressed.
“What are you sneaking around my door in the middle of the night for instead of going home to sleep?”
Pei Ye took out her key card and opened the door. Once the card was inserted, electricity flowed into the room and warm orange light lit up the interior.
Without permission, the man and the female ghost stood outside and did not dare to enter.
He said, “It is like this, my junior sister and I ran into some trouble. We are not sure if the great master is available recently...”
Pei Ye raised an eyebrow and signaled them to come in and talk.
These two would just keep lingering outside otherwise, and they might even get caught by the hotel front desk or security.
“Speak. What trouble did you run into? Price depends on the situation.”
Pei Ye handed the hotel’s two free bottles of mineral water to the human and the ghost, then placed a large bag of grilled skewers and beer on the table.
Cold skewers were not good anymore. She could eat while listening to the client’s story.
The man said, “It is like this... Great master, do you follow the entertainment industry?”
Pei Ye opened a beer bottle cap with one hand. Foam surged up to the neck of the bottle and slowly settled down.
“The entertainment industry?”
She had just received a mission involving movie star Bai Jia recently. What a coincidence.
“I am not interested in the entertainment industry. I have not paid much attention to it. Are you two from the entertainment industry?”
“My name is Gua Nong. This is my junior sister Ye Wei. We were originally extras at a film studio. Later, my junior sister had an accident and became a ghost. Since I can see her and communicate with her, we teamed up to start a studio that specializes in exposing celebrity scandals and gossip. Outsiders commonly call us paparazzi,” the man said cautiously. Seeing that Pei Ye did not show any disgust or rejection, he continued, “We have been tracking movie star Bai Jia these past few days. Bai Jia, have you heard of him, great master? He has been extremely popular these years, the only member of the two hundred billion movie star club. His popularity is very strong, and we think if we can catch a big piece of his scandal, our studio can move to the next level.”
Pei Ye: “...”
This Gua Nong in front of her was quite a capable person.
Running a paparazzi studio in cooperation with a ghost, there would be no celebrity without black material to dig up.
No matter how strong a celebrity’s anti-surveillance skills were, they could not defend against ghosts that could not be seen.
“I am not interested in how you started your business. Get to the point.”
Pei Ye was as cold as ever in front of outsiders. Gua Nong shivered slightly and stammered as he got to the point.
“It is like this. We managed to catch some black material about Bai Jia, but things seem to have gotten a bit out of hand. We are worried Bai Jia might use non scientific means against us.”
Pei Ye said calmly, “That reason does not seem sufficient for you to come find me.”
Compared to supernatural forces, they should be more worried about Bai Jia using real world connections.
A movie star of his level would normally not resort to asking a master to curse someone in return.
Gua Nong gave a bitter smile. “Because we still want to bring Bai Jia down.”
Pei Ye raised an eyebrow. “How?”
“He is accompanied by a female ghost. The black material was obtained by my junior sister from that female ghost. It is absolutely enough to ruin him.”
“Who is that female ghost?”
Gua Nong said, “Bai Jia’s wife, or more accurately, his girlfriend. She had a child with Bai Jia, but both the child and she were killed by Bai Jia. I originally thought the ghost was lying, but after comparing it with rumors from before Bai Jia debuted, the authenticity is over ninety percent.”
As long as it is proven that Bai Jia really committed murder, his downfall would be certain.
Pei Ye asked them, “Aren’t you worried the female ghost might be deceiving you? Sometimes ghosts are the least trustworthy. I have heard that some fans even imagine themselves as a celebrity’s wife, having children with them and being abandoned. Humans lie, and ghosts can lie too.”
Gua Nong and Ye Wei immediately turned pale.
They had never considered that possibility.
Relying on Ye Wei’s connections among ghosts, they had always obtained celebrity gossip very easily and had never made a mistake before.
This time...
It should not go wrong...
right?
Compared to the unease of the two of them, Pei Ye remained very calm.
“The truth will be clear if you keep investigating.”
The game system had issued a side mission related to Bai Jia. If there was nothing unusual about him, that would be strange.
Most importantly, in the novel “The Stunning Trash Celestial Master Has a Red Packet Group”, Bai Jia the movie star was entangled by a vengeful ghost, his fortune extremely poor, and repeated troubles pushed his career into a slump. At that time, by coincidence, Bai Jia met the female protagonist Lei Yating. With Lei Yating’s help, Bai Jia returned to the peak of his career, and in return he helped her become a movie queen.
From a novel perspective, Bai Jia was essentially a guiding NPC and golden finger for Lei Yating’s entry into the entertainment industry, constantly creating highlight moments.
However, if what Gua Nong and the others said was true, and Lei Yating used the Red Packet Group ability to help Bai Jia, would that not count as aiding an evil person?
Was the vengeful ghost incident that caused Bai Jia’s career slump this time the same one?
Pei Ye fell into thought.
“Master, can you handle this matter? I am about to be driven crazy by that female ghost.”
Bai Jia looked sincerely at the master in front of him.
This master was a well known figure in the industry, with many celebrities secretly having connections with him.
Whether it was exorcism, changing fortune, attracting wealth, or harming others, as long as the money was sufficient, he would handle it.
The master looked at the check Bai Jia offered and narrowed his eyes slightly, showing satisfaction on his face.
It was clear that Bai Jia’s wealth impressed him.
“There is indeed a trace of a vengeful ghost on you, but she is not here now. I need to perform a ritual to lure her here and capture her.”
Bai Jia let out a sigh of relief.
He had worked with this master several times and knew his abilities and habits very well.
If the master did not agree, it was either because the money was not enough or the matter was too difficult. But once he agreed, it would definitely be handled properly.
“Then I will trouble you, Master. There will be additional reward after this is resolved.”
The master smiled in satisfaction.
He liked dealing with people like Bai Jia, wealthy and generous.
Summoning the ghost required going to the place where the vengeful ghost had last appeared.
“Master, this is the place. There was a patch of water here before, and that ghost was sitting here looking at me.”
For some reason, Bai Jia felt a chill throughout his body the moment he entered this room again.