I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse-Chapter 60 Eating Mud

"Hehe, I knew you were quite the trickster." Yang Kai’s mocking laughter came through the phone, "Geez, you guys might not notice it inside the teaching building, but that thing’s voice is seriously creepy. We got goosebumps just standing outside the wall."

Wei Shuxian pushed Yang Kai away with great distaste and asked, "Old Shu, your voice sounds really tired, are you sure you’re okay?"

"Did you do something dirty inside?"

"Scram!" Xiao Feng and Wei Shuxian kicked him away in unison.

To be honest, at times like this, friends joking around naturally bring a sense of calm to your heart, and a smile appeared on your face.

Afterwards, Xiao Feng, still concerned about you, climbed over the wall with Liao Yong again. When the two reached your side and saw the mess, they couldn’t help but feel a chill.

"Little Yunyun, didn’t you two make quite a ruckus here?"

"A big ruckus? If you guys hadn’t left earlier, you probably would have been in trouble too. That creature was terrifying," you pointed at the wall in front of you, "See that? The hole was made by one punch from that fellow."

Liao Yong stood in front of the hole in the wall, looked inside for a bit, then turned to you and said, "Weird, doesn’t this place feel like it’s lacking yin energy now? It’s completely different from the feeling when we first came in."

Xiao Feng nodded, "I feel the same."

"That so-called Young Taoist Liang had set up two Gathering Yin Formations of different sizes here, which made the whole teaching building especially eerie. Now that the formations are broken, the scattered yin qi and bad energy were directed into the earth and dissipated in the air by the Innate Bagua Formation, naturally making the teaching building much less gloomy."

After resting on the ground for a short while, you regained some of your strength, then slowly stood up and said to Xiao Feng, "Madman, grab that portrait of Madame Curie for me, I have something to ask Meng Lu."

"Now that you mention it, we didn’t see that zombie you immobilized on our way here," pondered Liao Yong.

"Damn, go check if Meng Lu is still there!"

Liao Yong hurried over, and soon Liao Yong’s voice came from the corridor, "It’s gone, even the portrait’s been taken."

You staggered a few steps to Xiao Feng’s side, weakly hooked your arm around his neck, and said, "Let’s go, we’re heading to the third floor."

When you four reached the third floor, you found the bespectacled, refined-looking man already standing at the classroom door, smiling at you.

"Thank you."

The man bowed deeply to you.

Looking at him, you sighed lightly and said, "I just did what I had to do, I’m sorry that your time is running short."

The man shook his head slightly, still smiling, "Actually, I have another favor to ask you."

"Please, go ahead."

"Would you mind speaking to the Ghost on behalf of these children, asking if they can skip the path to Huang Quan and go straight to rebirth through Grandma Meng Soup?"

You scratched your head, somewhat embarrassed, "I’m not sure I can manage that, I’ve only met the Ghost a couple of times, and this idea of skipping Huang Quan Path and going straight to rebirth is new to me."

The man didn’t expect your answer and subconsciously asked, "You don’t know?"

"Know what?"

"Well, never mind, it’s nothing. Just mention it to the Ghost for me."

While you were talking, you once again heard the sound of iron chains dragging on the ground.

This time, two Ghost officials appeared from another corridor. No sooner had they appeared than they were standing right in front of you.

Although Ghost officials are low-ranked clerks in the other world, to you ordinary mortals, none dare take them lightly. You bowed to them and said, "We were just talking about you two, didn’t expect you to show up."

The Ghost holding the ledger returned the courtesy and spoke to you, but what he said was incomprehensible to you.

Seeing your puzzled faces, the Ghost seemed to realize something, smiled, and took out a miniature gold ingot from his pocket. He peeled off the gold ingot’s shell in front of you, revealing a black chocolate.

After the Ghost ate the black chocolate, he apologized with a smile, "Sorry for the oversight earlier, my apologies for the inconvenience."

Xiao Feng nudged you with his elbow and asked quietly, "Does chocolate make it possible for Ghosts to speak with people?"

Hearing Xiao Feng’s words, the Ghost, without waiting for you to explain, continued with an insincere smile, "With the divide between yin and yang, once you enter the realm of Ming, there’s a barrier between the two worlds. Although we seem to be standing here, just a meter or two apart, in fact, we’re very far apart. What I previously said was the language of the underworld, which you living people wouldn’t understand naturally. To make you understand, I had to consume this special product from the underworld, black mud chocolate."

"Oh, I remember now. In Uncle Ying’s movie, there was a scene where he spoke to a Ghost while holding mud in his mouth."

You looked at Xiao Feng with some speechlessness and, too lazy to scold him, bowed once more to the ghosts and said, "Big brothers, I have a rather bold request, and I hope you two could be accommodating."

"Master Li, just say what you want, and if it’s within our ability, we will do our best to help," one of the ghosts responded.

Their attitude made you feel suspicious. You couldn’t understand why they were being so polite—after all, they were ghosts and had no obligation to care about a living person like you.

But you didn’t hesitate too much and pointed to the innocent and lively children in the classroom, "Although these kids died unnatural deaths, I have already dispelled the resentful qi from them. I was hoping you could make an exception and let them avoid walking the Netherworld Path. Instead, let them drink Grandma Meng Soup directly with the local Chenghuang and reincarnate right there."

The ghosts didn’t refuse and agreed readily, "That’s easy to say. Even if Master Li hadn’t mentioned it, we would have done the same because Lord Chenghuang ordered us to."

"Lord Chenghuang knows about this?" you asked with some surprise.

The ghosts nodded, "All matters related to the Underworld within Yuhang are within Lord Chenghuang’s sight. It’s just that there are some matters we don’t interfere with."

"If that’s the case, then I’m grateful to you both," you said.

"No problem, no problem," they replied.

The ghosts nodded, entered the classroom, and soon after, the children’s cheerful laughter echoed out. The man with glasses bowed to you again, then followed them into the classroom with a smile. A man’s distinct voice resounded, "Class, the teacher is now arranging for everyone to go on a field trip..."

The classroom doors slowly closed, and the children’s laughter stopped abruptly, returning the surroundings to tranquility.

The three of you looked at each other and finally exhaled deeply, relieved that the matter was finally resolved.

After leaving the school, at Xiao Feng’s recommendation, the twelve of you drove into a fancier restaurant and booked a large private room, where your foodie group began to voraciously order from the menu.

"Everyone dig in, this meal’s on me!" you announced.

The meal at Songhe Tower before had been free because of Wu Qiyi’s presence, so you had essentially eaten and drunk for nothing.

Since Xiao Feng had promised to treat everyone, he couldn’t escape it this time.

And so, the group sat together, joking and laughing merrily.

"Brothers and sisters..."

Yang Kai was about to raise his glass to make a toast when Hu Meili cut in, "Hey, we’re here too, right?"

"Oh, my apologies, I’ll take a penalty drink for that. Let’s start over!" Yang Kai poured himself another beer and then said, "Sisters and brothers, this is our club’s victory party, celebrating our success in not only passing the challenge but also completing a tremendous feat! So everyone, let’s drink up!"

Yang Kai had his unique way of livening up the atmosphere, which made the setting even more vibrant with his few rounds of banter.

However, among the crowd, you and Wu Qiyi still maintained the necessary calm, you drinking Sprite and her sitting beside you, sipping on jasmine tea in small sips.

While this matter was essentially settled, because of the incident with Young Taoist Liang, you decided to give up the plan of using the teaching building as a base. More importantly, you were concerned about the ghosts’ respectful attitude towards you. Once or twice might be chalked up to their good mood, but from today’s conversation, you keenly felt their reverence for you. This inexplicable attitude made you feel that something wasn’t quite right.

Xiao Feng seemed to see through your mind and slung his arm around your neck with a grin, "Mr. Club President, you really shined tonight. Not only did you act as a Heavenly Master catching ghosts but also played the hero saving the damsel. Tsk tsk tsk, I’m envious!"

"A Heavenly Master catching ghosts, I dare not claim such a title. There’s been too much stumbling into things by chance," you said.

Speaking of catching ghosts, you had absorbed the purest Yin Ghost Qi from the vengeful spirits into your body through your left eye. Although it hadn’t caused any noticeable anomalies in your body so far, there was certainly a lingering concern in your heart, but it wasn’t convenient to investigate at the moment.

You raised your Sprite and said to everyone with a smile, "Starting now, we are truly brothers and sisters!"

Everyone raised their glasses, shouting with joy.

"What’s all this noise! Can’t you give this master some peace!?"

At that moment, a rough male voice came from outside the door, and soon the door was pushed open. Four tall and burly men in black clothes entered, followed by a bald man who sauntered in with an arrogant look, his head tilted back as if he owned the place.

As soon as he entered, he pointed towards your group, "You little brats, didn’t you know that today Tiger Master is entertaining customers?"

"Sorry, sorry, we’ll definitely be more mindful next time."

Yang Kai was the closest to the bald man and quickly stood up, smiling and apologizing earnestly to him.

"Hmph!"

The bald man snorted. As he was about to turn around, his eyes caught sight of Wu Qiyi, and he froze. Suddenly, he burst out laughing, "Haha, what a surprise to see you here! Where have you been these days? Tiger Master has been looking all over for you! Come on, come out with Tiger Master for a walk."

With that, the bald man strode towards Wu Qiyi, extending his thick, ham-like arm toward her.