I Only Want to Lie Flat But Am Forced to Cultivate Immortality-Chapter 147 - 96 Nursing Home, Maid

The plot is too deep, the female ghost shed tears.

The embroidery girl collapsed on the ground, closed her eyes, tilted her head back, exposing her slender white neck.

Today she definitely wouldn’t survive, given that, whatever they wanted to do, they should just do it quickly!

"Hiss, it hurts—"

The embroidery girl cried out in pain, clutching her head with both hands, her emotions of heroic sacrifice instantly disrupted.

It was Xu Qing who mercilessly slapped her on the back of the head.

Thank goodness the female ghost had no tears, otherwise, she would have broken down and cried by now.

Thinking back to when she was alive, she was bullied by others, and now even in death as a ghost, hoping to stand up, she still faced bullying.

Seeing the female ghost collapsed and refusing to get up, Xu Qing shouted, "Stand up and speak properly to us, don’t lie down at every moment, if you keep doing this, believe it or not, I’ll whip you!"

The whip Xu Qing referred to was the Corpse-Driving Whip he often used in his daily work.

Upon hearing this, the embroidery girl in her white skirt swiftly stood up, her slender ghostly clawed hands clenched into fists, looking as docile as a quail.

Yizhen, standing by, was speechless. ƒrēenovelkiss.com

Truly, it takes a wicked person to deal with a wicked ghost; when the female ghost was with her, she was never this obedient.

"How does Daoist Yizhen usually handle ghostly matters?"

After disciplining the embroidery girl, Xu Qing turned to the Daoist priestess beside him.

"You might laugh, Daoist friend, but I inherently dislike killing; when encountering demons of good nature, I mostly try to guide them. Occasionally, if fate allows, I bring them back to Five Elders Temple to cultivate. They help guard the monastery’s gate daily..."

Xu Qing continued to ask, "What if you encounter demons of bad nature, how do you deal with them, Daoist Priestess?"

"Golden Simurgh is the nemesis of demons, usually I don’t need to intervene."

Xu Qing deciphered the implied meaning in Yizhen’s words.

This priestess might have a higher mastery than the Golden Chicken!

Xu Qing instinctively stepped half a step to the side; if truly scrutinized, zombies are also a kind of demonic entity, and if the priestess discovered this, it wouldn’t be pleasant.

Thinking of this, Xu Qing became even more cautious with his energy.

"Daoist Xu, do you have plans for this Yin Ghost?" Yizhen noticed Xu Qing’s step back but didn’t think much of it, given her pure heart.

Xu Qing shook his head, "No rush, Daoist Yizhen, if you have no urgent matters, feel free to sit and listen to this female ghost’s story."

"Story?"

Xu Qing fetched two chairs, placed them in front of the bewildered embroidery girl, sitting down like a job interviewer.

"Embroidery girl, weren’t you swearing by the lamplight earlier? Here we have Daoist Yizhen; explain clearly why you sought revenge and harmed people, and do not conceal anything."

At the fourth watch of the night, the Funeral Shop’s lights flickered, and a female ghost recounted her past life.

Xu Qing had heard it once already: an old father and his young daughter relied on each other, lacking strong young men, and were bullied by their relatives.

During these times, any family without male members was easily bullied.

If the male members are still young, sometimes shameless relatives come over to ’assist’ in governance.

Their malicious schemes could even surpass imperial power struggles.

After the embroidery girl’s father passed away, her uncle and aunt proclaimed themselves as her elders and tried to sell her to an old cobbler from the southern city as a wife.

Claiming it was an arranged marriage and obeying parental orders.

An orphaned embroidery girl couldn’t resist the oppression and eventually chose arsenic to kill herself.

The appearance of those who died from poisoning differs from regular corpses; afraid of government investigation, her relatives transported her body outside the village and set it on fire.

With such thorough handling, after a few months, who would know that the world had lost a tailor father and daughter?

"I must avenge the cruel act of burning the corpse; besides this, I have no other thoughts,"

Xu Qing asked if she had killed any innocent people, and the embroidery girl swore by the lamplight that all who were killed were wicked and plotting against her.

"Daoist Yizhen, what do you think of this matter?"

The Daoist priestess pondered, then asked Xu Qing, "Daoist friend, what do you think?"

Xu Qing laughed, "The female ghost has been enlightened by Daoist Yizhen, not inherently bad, just lacking discipline."

"Earlier, Daoist mentioned guiding benign demons to guard the temple gates."

"Speaking of which, aside from this shop, I have a house that lacks a guard. If Daoist doesn’t mind, this female ghost could stay by my side, and I will discipline her."

Yizhen ignored the female ghost’s pleading look, nodded, "Daoist friend has remarkable skills; surely you can discipline this Yin Ghost, I have no objections."

Inside the Funeral Shop, the embroidery girl’s heart completely despaired.

If possible, she would rather follow Daoist Yizhen as a humble temple boy than be Xu Qing’s nursing home enforcer.

The ominous man’s skills were formidable; did he really need her as an enforcer?

More likely, he had other malicious intentions to harm her!

"It’s getting late, Daoist Yizhen, if you don’t mind..."

Yizhen immediately stood up, "I have a place to stay, I won’t disturb Daoist friend further."

"Don’t misunderstand, I’m asking if you don’t mind waiting here; I have something to give you."

Xu Qing remembered the advice from Hu Baosong, briefly explaining to Yizhen, then went to the counter to transcribe the content of the Cave Profound Talisman.