It’s finally here.
Hearing his mother say this, Wu Rong felt that the dust in his heart was settled.
Although the world has changed, his mother still told him about his Grandma at the same time in his last life. At that time, Wu Rong rebelled and lived in a bar. When the mother and son met, they had a big fight, and then they broke up in discord. The matter of going back to her hometown naturally ended. His mother finally got angry and went back alone, but there was an accident on the way. The car overturned in the Duliu River, and the rescue team fished for two days and two nights. The weather was hot, and the body came up white.
Wu Rong didn’t think of anything else when he came back in his life. The first thing was to teach Xun An a lesson about eating at home and outside, and the second was to not let his mother die.
This world of ghosts and monsters was undoubtedly more dangerous than his last life.
Wu Rong didn’t speak. Mother Wu had been used to his temperament. She complained that “three sticks can’t beat a stuffy fart” and decided to settle the matter on her own.
“It’s really the sun coming out of the west. How come you didn’t talk with those bastards today?”
At the end of the sentence, Mother Wu looked at Wu Rong suspiciously: “It’s not that you’re holding farts in your stomach again, right?”
They used to twist each other every day, but they didn’t give each other a step. This time, Wu Rong rarely said nothing, but it made her feel strange. Unexpectedly, she touched Wu Rong’s forehead and mumbled: “It’s really a bad thing, I’ll have to go to the Taole store to buy an album and play it back, you little bastard, you know that you will lose your family’s money…”
“Mom.”
“What? Ask grandpa, can’t not go, that is your grandmother! After so many years of not seeing her, it would be unbecoming not to go back for the 90th birthday—”
“You can stay and oversee the shop. I’ll go back alone.”
Seeing that his mother was stunned in a rare fashion, Wu Rong’s heart had its own measure. Back to Miaojiang to see grandmother, this matter, mother was very firm, nothing can persuade her to move. Even if you change the world, or even change the time, change the car, or the way, the accident will not necessarily change, Wu Rong was uneasy. Besides, ever since the ghost phone call, Wu Rong felt that he should be particularly unlucky because he was targeted by some dangerous ghost.
He is a man who has died once. He was not afraid of death, but he does not want to die so unknowingly. Returning home was an opportunity. In this dangerous world, only with strength could they protect ourselves. Wu Rong had a strong sense of crisis and vigilance. He can’t learn the practices of the Heavenly Master, nor raise and exorcise ghosts. Going back to Miaojiang was also a road to take.
“It’s OK to close the shroud shop for a week and a half. We received pay enough.”
Hearing what he said, Mother Wu softened her tough attitude, but hesitated: “Grandma wrote to let you go back alone, and what test will not be tested. The old lady is also so cruel, to let her only grandson take such a risk… Forget it. I’ll think about it when I have time anyway.”
Mother Wu was a person who acted vigorously. After thinking about it, she immediately stopped talking about it. She urged Wu Rong to have a meal and take a bath, and then sent him upstairs to have a rest. Sitting on the bed, Wu Rong didn’t sleep, and backhanded turned on Zhou Xun’s mobile phone. There were few apps on it, and the icons could be counted with one hand.
“Ding Dong.”
“Caught It sent new information.”
The mobile phone shook, and a red ‘2’ appeared on the light blue APP icon. Wu Rong opened the app called “Caught It”, and found that this app, which was very similar to a takeout app in his previous life, had a chat section in addition to some paid sections for catching ghosts and exorcising ghosts. In the chat bar, he found the information sent by Zhou Xun. In addition to the formulaic greeting and reminder to pay attention to safety, he also sent him a link to the forum.
“This is our internal forum. Xiao Rong, you are very interested in this aspect. Normally, ordinary people can’t contact this. I have secretly registered an account for you. You can only browse on this mobile phone. Don’t tell Mr. Ma.”
“Thank you.”
Wu Rong was in need of a way to systematically understand the world. After logging in according to the account password sent by Zhou Xun, he looked like a sponge absorbing water from the most basic background.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
On July 12, 2045, an inconspicuous news was published in the Liuyang Metropolis Daily that Xiaofang, a girl in bed 4 of 444 dormitory in a vocational high school in Liuyang City, was mysteriously missing. The police immediately followed up and investigated. When they called out the surveillance, they found that only Xiaofang entered the dormitory and did not leave. Xiaofang’s mobile phones, laptops, wallets and other valuables were neatly placed in the dormitory.
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Soon after, more and more strange disappearance cases were found in Liuyang City, and their hair and incomplete body mud were found in the sewers. The victims were both men and women. The only thing in common was that they had seen the news report.
Taking the 712 corpses as an opportunity, more and more global supernatural events erupted in a blowout manner, including the Hong Kong Island ghost house event, the Disney amusement park clown event, the Munich ghost cathedral event, the ghost knock on the door, the ghost phone event, and so on. The number of victims increased from tens to thousands, and all these were just omens of the supernatural recovery.
On the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2048, the Ghost Gate opened, and seven consecutive Tiankengs appeared. With that, the miraculous ghost recovery came completely. The Ghost King was born, and countless small countries were destroyed overnight by the Ghost King. The world was in turmoil and the culture was broken. However, many big countries such as China had the ability to see through the future and make predictions before the tiankeng came, so they prepared in advance to resist the first wave of ghost waves.
Up to now, 2142, nearly 100 years have passed since the tiankengs appeared. Although half of the world’s regions have become ghost lands and have not been recovered, the human security zone had basically stabilized and new rules and systems had been established. In the process of fighting against the ghost waves, when the fate of mankind was still alive and dying, the national boundaries became blurred. Many neighboring countries fought together as one. After the war, the original countries didn’t exist anymore, leaving only four major alliances – the Asian Union, the European Union, the American Union and the African Union.
Some scholars speculated optimistically that human beings and evil spirits would change from a strong enemy to a weak one. Soon, human beings would grow up enough to launch a counterattack and recapture lost territory. They suggested that the 2148 Tiankeng Centennial Day should be set as a new era for human beings.
Wu Rong skipped these historical backgrounds and focused on how to become a competent person. Unfortunately, if you wanted to become a celestial master, the wild way was basically not feasible, you must be educated by the orthodox college. And to become a ghost keeper was an extremely dangerous thing, many people, in order to make their own Yin heavier, would make many harmful things, such as abuse of cats and dogs, digging and eating corpses, sleeping in coffins and so on.
Therefore, ghost keepers should also be subject to strict assessment, and the corresponding sections could only be viewed after reaching the corresponding level. Zhou Xun’s account to Wu Rong was only the lowest level, and most of the sections couldn’t be browsed. The few that could be seen were better than nothing. Wu Rong looked at them and finally turned his eyes to the club section.
Compared with the formal Tianshi College and ghost raising organizations, the online associations were much looser. There weren’t too many requirements, and most of them could be entered by paying. However, they were more lively than the formal ones, just like the rural fairs. There were all kinds of news organizations, but it depended on your own eyesight, whether you have real materials or was cheating people.
After observation and comparison, Wu Rong did not join such popular societies as ‘Photography Agency – camera is god, photography is real, ghosts are visible‘, ‘Spirit Group Agency – soul group takeout, I dare to sell if you dare to buy‘ , but searched for societies related to Miaojiang and Miao Gu.
The Miaojiang in this world was different from the original world, and it also had the characteristics of Gu masters, who were different from ghost keepers and celestial masters. Wu Rong wanted to know as much as possible before returning to the hometown.
However, Miao Gu had been mysterious since ancient times and was still a minority now. Wu Rong searched for a long time and found only a small group called ‘Witch Society‘.
The logo of the club was like a black dog with open teeth and claws. It was really small, but there were only four people, which was enough to establish the standard of the club. The manifesto of the club was: The Wu Miao Research Fellowship welcomes all partners who love the Wu Miao and are interested in joining the Wu Miao.
Witchcraft and Gu breeding was a tradition in Miaojiang, and Wu Miao was another name for a male Gu master. Wu Rong discovered that although this organization called the Witch Society was small, it had some skills. There were four badges hanging under the head of the organization. They were [Ghost King Researcher], [Special Ghost Researcher], [Talisman Specialization], [Nurturing Ghost Specialization], all were elite purple titles. There was a golden G-shaped circle in front of the club, which meant that it was an international club. There are not only members of the Asian League, but also members of the foreign league.
In some ways, these badges were the “ID cards” of associations. Members of associations could only obtain badges if they met the corresponding strength or submited research papers of the corresponding number and grade. That is to say, although the number of members of the association called ‘Witch Society’ was small, there were many powerful people.
I just don’t know how strict the requirements are.
Wu Rong thought about applying to join. Unlike other societies, which needed to pay money and other requirements, the assessment that the sorcery society pop up was to fill in a questionnaire with 23 pages and 1000 questions.
Jingle, jingle.
The alarm clock came from the bedside. Wu Rong shook his wrist and pressed the alarm. He was just filling in the questionnaire of the Witch Society, but only one third of it had been filled. It’s two o’clock in the afternoon and it was time for him to go to the bar. He put away the mobile phone and prepare to fill it later. Wu Rong got up and in the next moment, he found out that the alarm clock hadn’t stopped.
The alarm clock was noisy, and the ringing sound was clear and pleasant. It was boring after a long time. Gradually, the sound gradually blurred, and it sounded more and more like a mobile phone ring.
Wu Rong stepped back quietly, holding Zhou Xun’s mobile phone tightly.
Ringing bell, Zila Zila –
Ringing bell, Zila——
The sound of fuzzy current came from the alarm clock. This time, a layer of water mist gradually floated on the clock face in front of Wu Rong. Without hesitation, Wu Rong immediately dialed Zhou Xun’s number. The voice of the phone rang for an extra long time, but before the other party was connected, the fog on the clock face was deep, and an angry and horrible child’s face had been outlined.
“King…… Why…… Why didn’t you buy a mobile phone……”
“I can’t get through… The phone…”
“King…”
“You should die…”
“I want to find the resident singer of your bar! Let go and let me in!”
On the street in the afternoon, Xun An, whose face was covered with blood dregs disgusted the eyes of pedestrians, smelled of garbage acid, and whose hair was glued into strands by blood, was rudely thrown out by the bar security staff. He fell heavily on the ground, and his back was burning with pain. Xun An dared not break into the bar when he saw the electric stick in the security guard’s hand. He looked at the bar door, angry and helpless.
As he stumbled, Xun An did not care about the eyes of others and went to the roadside to squat down.
“The crossing of the Lantern Ghost King would have turned the entire security zone into a ghost territory, but those third-rate heavenly masters and ghost keepers could not stop it even if they risked their lives.”
Xun An gnashed his teeth nervously: “It was because Fu Qing was there that he resisted the ghost king for so long.”
When Xun An was a freshman at Tianda University in the capital, Fu Qing was already the director of Tianda’s penal department. He was a once-in-a-lifetime genius, the youngest master, a national treasure level celestial master. He could draw the long lost top three mountain rune on gold rune paper at a young age, and even suppressed the ghost king when he displayed it.
He spent his time killing ghost or catching ghost keepers who violated laws and regulations. He occasionally went back to the school to teach a class. People who came to his class could step down the threshold from students to celestial masters of various schools. Xun An never got Fu Qing’s lesson in his last life. He learned about his life experience from the school gossip forum intermittently.
It was said that although Fu Qing was born in the most orthodox Fu family in Hulong Mountain, he had been away for more than ten years due to some accidents. He could not even afford to buy talisman paper when he was in poverty, so he had to go to bars to stay and sing for a living.
Others took this as a joke, but Xun An took it seriously. He was able to move from a poor peasant boy to the capital’s top talent, not only by his gentle and good looks. After his investigation and reflection, Xun An found that this national treasure level heavenly master probably sang in their Yangjiaping when he was poor!
“Otherwise, why Fu Qing had been lost all the time? After the Lantern Ghost King destroyed Yangjiaping, he was found by the Fu family, and the sky rose!”
More importantly, there was a seal character in the amulet Wu Rong gave him when he was fleeing. The seemingly ordinary seal character and later blocked evil spirits several times. Lin Wenwen recognized it as unusual. He took it for identification and found it was Fu Qing’s early handwriting.
Wu Rong grew up in Yangjiaping from childhood, and the intersection between him and Fu Qing could only be in Yangjiaping! However, Xun An remembered that there was a Taoist in this bar for a short time, but he was killed by Wu Rong before he could confirm it.
“Hm, Wu Rong, Fu Qing, wait for me. God has treated me well and let me have a new life. Fu Qing, Lin Wenwen, and the capital are very big. I, Xun An, must hold all of them in my hands!“
Xun An clenched his fists and staggered to the corner where he could see the bar door before the security guards came to drive him away again. He sat down and guarded. But he waited for quite a long time until the sun was setting, and he didn’t even see a person!
“Damn it, where have these people gone?!”
Knock
White jade-like long and clean fingers knocked the door, and no one responded. The visitor waited quietly. He was dressed in a simple Taoist robe, with a peach wood sword on his back. His hair was pulled up by bamboo branches, without any decorations. However, he was really handsome, and his temperament was extraordinary. No matter how ordinary his clothes were, they could also be called immortal.
This was at Laoliang Shouyi Store.
But no one answered.
The visitor seemed to perceive something and frowned slightly. He quietly walked around to the back of the shop, then jumped up. The corner of his robe flew like a white crane and lightly stepped on a branch. Three or two times, he landed on the windowsill on the second floor with one foot. The peach wood sword was picked up and the bolt was opened. The Taoist had no consciousness of breaking into private propriety. He calmly entered the room from the window, facing Wu Rong, who was tense all over and had wide eyes in amazement.
“You gave me too much money the day before yesterday.”
He was caught by the owner when he broke into the house privately. The Taoist priest did not look embarrassed. He opened his mouth with a clear voice: “I said, I only take what I deserve.”
Now that he was out of his predicament, he was coming to pay back the money.
The Taoist lowered his eyes, and his eyelashes were like crow feathers. His black and white eyes looked at Wu Rong, but Wu Rong only looked at his hands. The Taoist priest came from the window, and when he fell to the ground, his white jade carved finger was right on the alarm clock on the bedside table beside the window.
The water mist dissipated, the room temperature warmed up, and the ghost bell that had been ringing all the time just now stopped.
The author has something to say:
Ghost boy: scared to death!
You and I have no relationship, it’s all up to you to spend money [funny]
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The witch and miao research fellowship sounds like an anime otaku chat room 😂
Still getting a bit lost with wtf is happening but it’s interest, thanks for translating 😁
Your guess isn’t actually that far from the truth y’know? They’re quite a nerds
It’s probably my fault it’s all over the place haha. Now MC is searching for ways to become stronger in his 2° life, after he realizes how ordinary people (with no talent to become ghost keepers or celestial masters) are weak and die easily
Since he doesn’t have talent in the typical areas, he’s now searching for Gu, which is a type of insect/animal cultivated for the purpose of harming other
The worldbuilding of this novel is amazing! 😍
Thank you for the chapter
Looks like Fu Qing is his ML? It’s like ghosts, ghost controllers and taosi trying to fight against each other to kill and save Wu Rong. Didn’t Wu Rong know that he was already a ghost king in his previous life? Because I don’t think he’s aware at all. There are some things that are a little confusing but I’m trying to understand it
Looks like Fu Qing is his ML? It’s like ghosts, ghost controllers and taosi trying to fight against each other to kill and save Wu Rong. Didn’t Wu Rong know that he was already a ghost king in his previous life? Because I don’t think he’s aware at all. There are some things that are a little confusing but I’m trying to understan it
There’s another issue with the translator notes.. it cuts the chapter early!! “Wu Rong grew up in Yanjiaping..”
Several times I think it’s because you’re missing a slash to end the Tn
thaankss~~
What happened to Australia?? Did the Emu become ghosts and triumph over Australia for the second time?? 🥲😂
Huh? Didn’t MC family had a shroud shop? How come it become a sushi shop too?
thanks for catching the mistake lmao xddd