C1 The Starting Point of the Divine Master

The sun was shining on his head, making Zhou Heng, who was sitting on the swing in the park, lazy. He held his forehead with his hand, barely resisting the sunlight.

Zhou Heng took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket, with his temporary address written on it.

"Linhai City and Light Zone, No. 9, Joy Road." Zhou Heng unfolded the note and read the words on it.

"Can't you give me another map?" Zhou Heng complained in his heart with a frown.

He rented this temporary residence from the internet. Due to the rumor of ghosts, Zhou Heng only spent a small amount of rent to successfully get it.

Actually, the park he was in wasn't far from the road. It was just that he wasn't sensitive to directions, so it was difficult for him to recognize the road.

Find someone to ask for directions.

Zhou Heng, who knew his own business, couldn't believe his sense of direction. He walked around the park's lakeside, looking for someone to ask for directions.

He saw a young girl squatting by the lake, seemingly observing his reflection in it.

"Hey!" Zhou Heng shouted from afar.

The girl by the lake did not respond.

"Hey!" Zhou Heng raised his voice.

The young girl was squatting by the lake, her head lowered as she faced the tranquil waters of the lake. She still didn't pay any attention to him.

Zhou Heng walked over quickly and stood beside the girl.

The young girl did not react to his arrival. She stared blankly at the calm surface of the lake, but there was no trace of her on the surface.

Zhou Heng also squatted down, patted the girl's shoulder, and whispered in her ear: "Hey, are you free? Ask for directions. "

Only then did the girl raise her head and look at Zhou Heng with a side profile full of surprise.

It couldn't be a mute!

The other side didn't say anything, which made Zhou Heng feel awkward.

"You can see me?" The young girl spoke.

Zhou Heng rolled his eyes at the girl and asked her, "Do I look like a blind person to you?"

"You can actually see me? Are you dead as well?" The girl asked Zhou Heng as she carefully reached out her hand to touch Zhou Heng's body.

Zhou Heng used his hand to pat the back of the girl's hand and opened her hand. He didn't want to be touched, even by ghosts.

"You, you, you, you're really a ghost?" This was the first time she met a ghost other than herself, so even her words were a bit sloppy. If she encountered a living person, her hands would pierce through their bodies as if through a projection.

Zhou Heng shook his head, "I'm not a ghost, but I can catch ghosts."

"Are you here to capture me?" The girl asked him, her eyes filled with fear.

Zhou Heng said helplessly, "I already said that I'm here to ask for directions." Although the girl in front of him was a ghost, her soul was very pure and she could reincarnate at any time. Zhou Heng wouldn't be able to gain anything from dealing with wandering souls like these.

"Let me ask you," Zhou Heng took out the paper in his pocket and showed it to the girl, "How do I get to the address on this?"

When the girl saw the address, she was stunned. Wasn't this the haunted house near the school? She pointed at the direction behind Zhou Heng: "Go to that direction until you reach the Linhai University, then turn left and reach the same road of light."

Damn, it's the exact opposite of what I expected. Zhou Heng cursed in his heart. Then he stood up and thanked the young girl who was still squatting on the ground. Then he said, "I'm leaving. Don't stay here in a daze. Hurry up and go reincarnate."

The girl also stood up. She said dejectedly, "I was killed by someone. I'm depressed. So I can only wander around the lake. I can't reincarnate."

"Is that so?" Zhou Heng's tone was a little surprised, could it be that he misjudged her? If it was a ghost with a depressed heart, then there should be a quest reminder. Zhou Heng closed his eyes and entered a meditative state.

A female voice system notification sounded in his ear, "System connected to Taoist Master, please verify your identity."

Zhou Heng opened his eyes and a strange light flashed across his iris.

"Authentication successful. Permission level E, Zhou Heng. Welcome to the Taoist Master System."

"Investigate the identity of the female ghost in front of me." Zhou Heng said in his heart.

"Please wait, Taoist Master."

"Sir, what are you doing?" The young girl was curious about Zhou Heng's actions, so she was unable to hear the sound of his voice.

"Nothing." The pupil of Zhou Heng's left eye kept shrinking. Soon, he saw the words "Shen Xinyi, three months ago, jumped into the lake and committed suicide" on the face of the girl in front of him.

"You committed suicide." Zhou Heng frowned. He directly exposed the girl's lie. He didn't like it when ghosts lied to him. It would affect his work efficiency, "Don't try to deceive me."

"I'm not lying to you," the girl said in a tearful voice as she stomped her feet anxiously. "I was tainted by someone, and was abandoned by them. I fell into the lake to commit suicide because I couldn't think straight." Speaking of this, she recalled the past and tears welled up in the corners of her eyes. She was on the verge of tears.

"Ai, so that's how it is." Although he felt regret in his mouth along with her, Zhou Heng's expression didn't change at all. He often had ghosts to talk to about stories of his previous life, so he wasn't in the mood to listen to Shen Xinyi's words, "Don't think too much. Just go and reincarnate early and start a new life." He guided the girl in front of him proficiently.

"Sir, can, can you help me?" Shen Xinyi didn't want to miss out on someone who could see her after much difficulty.

"Ding — —" A melodious sound rang in Zhou Heng's ears.

"New quest triggered." The cold female voice rang out once more.

In Zhou Heng's left eye, there was no change to the "Shen Xinyi, jumped into the lake three months ago" tag. However, a new tag was added at the bottom — "Wandering Soul, a bit of merit".

"Just a little bit of merit." Zhou Heng pursed his lips. Merit was the general currency in Taoist Master's system. As Taoist Master, as long as he completed the quest issued by the system for him, he would be able to earn meritorious service. The more difficult the quest was, the more rewards he could receive.

"Sir, what do you mean?" Shen Xinyi did not understand the meaning behind Zhou Heng's words.

"Don't worry about it." Then, Zhou Heng closed his eyes again.

"Accept the mission." He called out in his heart.

"Iris check complete. E-class Taoist Master, Zhou Heng, accept the quest — — Shen Xinyi's wish. "

Even if Taoist Master registered it, the successful Zhou Heng opened his eyes once again and put on the face of a salesperson: "Alright, I've decided to help you. Tell me your story in detail." He was only short of 10 contribution points to level D, Taoist Master, so he did not want to miss out on such a small mission.

Shen Xinyi nodded gratefully. She had been dead for three months, and during those three months, her soul had been wandering around the lake. Anyone who passed by wouldn't notice her, and she couldn't affect anyone else, so she had to spend her days in solitude and panic. Today, someone had appeared who could see her, speak to her, and be willing to help her. This was the happiest thing that had happened in the past few days.

Shen Xinyi's story was very simple. A young girl in her teens was fooled by a scumbag. For a moment, they were unable to figure out what had happened. Zhou Heng had been in the industry for more than three years. He had heard many similar stories in the past, so even though Shen Xinyi was talking about her, he remained indifferent.

"So, you want me to help you find that loser called Yu Shuai," after Shen Xinyi finished her story, Zhou Heng asked, "Can you let go of the knot in your heart after I teach him a lesson?" All he cared about was how to complete the mission.

Shen Xinyi nodded heavily.

"It's nothing." The task was too simple. Although Zhou Heng's Taoist Master only had E and was still quite a distance away from the highest A, it was more than enough to deal with an ordinary person.

"Let's go." Zhou Heng said.

However, Shen Xinyi shook her head. "I just died, and it's daytime now. Other than this lake, I can't go anywhere else."

She continued, "Why don't we wait until night, then I'll be free to move." If someone could talk to her until evening, it would be a happy thing for her.

Zhou Heng frowned. He didn't want to dawdle around here for so long. He said: "Just stick with me." When possessing a body, it would often cause different degrees of damage to the host according to the strength of the spirit body and the length of time the body was possessed. However, Shen Xinyi had just become a ghost, and Zhou Heng's body was far stronger than an ordinary person's, so it wouldn't cause any harm.

"Can I?" Shen Xinyi asked carefully.

Zhou Heng nodded as if he was getting impatient.

"Sir, you, who are you!" Shen Xinyi could no longer restrain her curiosity as she asked in a low voice.

"Taoist Master," Zhou Heng said, "I'm Taoist Master who caught ghosts."