My Lady Always Lacks Ambition
Chapter 132 - 131: The Lazy Miss is an Expert at Shirk­ing Work

Chapter 132: Chapter 131: The Lazy Miss is an Expert at Shirk­ing Work

"Achoo, achoo."

Qin Liuxi sneezed twice, rubbed her nose, and said, "Who’s thinking of me behind my back?"

"It’s not someone thinking of you." Qi Huang, holding a cloak in his hand, came over to drape it on her and chided, "The weather has turned even chillier after the autumn festival; you still crave the cool air. Of course, you’re going to catch a cold."

"No, there must be someone talking about me." Qin Liuxi walked into the room, took a few Copper Coins from a small tripod on the shelf, and sat down at the desk to divine.

Qi Huang shook his head, watching from the side.

Qin Liuxi’s fingers pinched her knuckles as she calculated, and soon, her face was full of gloom.

"Miss, the divination is not good?" Seeing her expression off, Qi Huang hurriedly asked.

Qin Liuxi pushed the Copper Coins with both hands and slumped on the table, saying, "Not good, very bad!"

Qi Huang listened and immediately looked solemn, asking, "Is there a great misfortune?"

"Ah, great misfortune? Not that severe." Qin Liuxi shook her head. "It just means someone is coming to seek medical help, suggesting that your Miss has to work hard again. Oh, I’m so tired."

Qi Huang: "..."

Suddenly, a chilly breeze rolled in from outside.

Qin Liuxi stood up and went out, indeed seeing a pair of male and female ghosts standing outside, their pale faces filled with urgency.

"Great one." Upon seeing her, the two ghosts looked as if they had seen their mainstay, yet did not dare to barge into her room rashly.

"What’s the rush?"

The male and female ghosts said, "Following your orders, Great One, we went to look for other Lonely Souls in Li City, but discovered that twenty-five ghosts have disappeared without a trace, quietly, among which five were under our care in the past."

Even in the ghost world, territory mattered. These two were the most formidable around this area, naturally attracting a bunch of little ghosts, but now they were missing.

"Great One, we couldn’t trace them and also asked the other Lonely Souls, who all said they hadn’t seen any Ghost Messengers coming to hook souls. The ghosts just disappeared like that." The male ghost spoke with furrowed brows.

"That’s right, however, we did get some information from another little ghost’s mouth, not sure if it could be of any use to you, Great One." The female ghost also spoke.

"Where is he?"

The two ghosts clapped in the direction of the wall; instantly, a lean, long ghost shadow, with a tongue hanging down to the knees, floated over the top of the wall. He looked flushed in the face, as if he had gotten drunk on something.

It was a hanging ghost.

As it floated over, its long tongue fluttering about, it was hard to watch.

"Can’t you keep that tongue of yours in check?" Qin Liuxi glanced sideways with disdain, "At least tie a knot in it, be mindful of your image. That flailing about, it’s very unsightly!"

Hanging ghost: "..."

What, tie the tongue in a knot?

"Great, Great One..." The hanging ghost belched, the Spiritual Energy in this courtyard was so rich that he had gotten a bit tipsy.

Alright, forget tying the tongue in a knot; his speech was getting tangled.

Unable to hold back, Qin Liuxi flicked her finger, and behold, the opponent’s long tongue seemed to have been wound up in her hand, swiftly twisting around. In just a breath’s time, the long tongue was tied into a knot, a bow to be precise.

Qin Liuxi was very satisfied: "This looks much better."

The hanging ghost was on the verge of tears, save me!

The male and female ghosts looked at the knot, then at Qin Liuxi, and instinctively took a couple of steps back; the Great One was indeed very scary.

The male ghost slapped the hanging ghost on the shoulder: "We told you to tidy it up and you didn’t, now the Great One has to do it for you. Don’t you thank the Great One? Hurry up."

"Oh." The hanging ghost sounded pitiful, slurping up as he tried to retract his tongue, but upon reaching his mouth, he found the knot was stuck.

He felt even more wronged, his renowned smooth and soft tongue in the Hanging Ghost Realm now unable to move freely.

"What can you tell the master?" the female ghost couldn’t face it.

The hanging ghost sighed and said, "Also no stretch..."

"Master, this statement is quite vague, don’t you think?" The male ghost is an impatient one. Seeing that the hanging ghost couldn’t make it clear, he turned to Qin Liuxi.

Please, untie this knot!

Qin Liuxi received several people’s pleading looks. Although she found it amusing, there were priorities to consider, so she performed a magic and untied it.

Once untied, the hanging ghost quickly retracted his tongue and said, "Previously, I was hanging around the mountain top in the Fenzi Territory. One night, I heard some strange flute music, and groggily, along with other ghosts from the Fenzi Territory, I followed the direction of the flute sounds."

"What direction?" Qin Liuxi immediately asked.

"It was towards Qingzhou Tong County."

"Why did you stop then?"

The hanging ghost felt a bit embarrassed and said, "As I passed by a farmhouse, I happened to see their two pigs doing that ’hmm hmm’, and for a moment I got mesmerized."

Qin Liuxi: "?"

The female ghost smacked him on the head, scaring the hanging ghost so much that his tongue flopped out again: "What nonsense are you saying, polluting the master’s ears, do you want to die?"

The hanging ghost felt very wronged: "Wasn’t I just curious?"

Don’t pigs have that right? They also need to reproduce.

Qin Liuxi continued to ask: "And then what?"

The hanging ghost said, "Then? The flute sound faded away, and my consciousness became clear, so I drifted back to the Fenzi Territory. At the time I was also confused, not knowing why I ended up there. It wasn’t until the elder brother came to look for me, that we realized quite a few ghosts had disappeared. Master, it must be this flute music causing trouble, probably those stinking Taoists... Ah, I don’t mean the master, but those Evil Path ones."

"Is there anything else?"

The hanging ghost shook his head.

"Let’s go." Qin Liuxi asked for his name, then had Qi Huang send over some Ingot Candle Incense, delighting the hanging ghost so much that he kept bowing.

Once the hanging ghost left, the male ghost said: "Master, this flute music is strange, and the hanging ghost’s thoughts are reasonable. Could it be some Evil Path using it to capture souls or performing some evil magic?"

"Yes, master, I’ve heard that some girls and children in the city have suddenly become unconscious, some acting as if they’ve lost their souls, acting all crazy. Master, please take charge?" The female ghost also listed which families’ children had issues.

Qin Liuxi waved her hands, "I am young and not in good health, my learning is also not profound, if there really are any Evil Path, how can you rely on me? It’s definitely a task for those senior brothers and the temple master."

"In that case, you go to Qinglan Temple in Qing Province, find the temple master, and tell him this news. He will surely send seniors or personally come to catch that Evil Path in one fell swoop. Otherwise, if you see my master, tell him too."

The male and female ghosts: "?"

Are they being passed the buck?

"Master, we should go?" The male and female ghosts were very nervous; would they be captured for alchemy or sent for reincarnation?

Qinglan Temple is known for being a prominent and overly upright sect.

"Do you expect me to travel thousands of miles on foot? I’m not an upright person. Besides, you ghosts float so you don’t get tired. Hurry up, it’s long been said ’raise ghosts for a thousand days, use them at a critical moment.’ It’s time for you to do some work! If you don’t go, I will have other ghosts perched on this wall!"

What, change ghosts?

How could that be?

The male and female ghosts immediately said, "Master, there’s no need to trouble other ghosts, we’ll go now."

Qin Liuxi was very satisfied and drew a talisman on them. "With this talisman, even if that Evil Path wants to summon you, they won’t be able to do anything."

The two ghosts immediately felt relieved, gave a salute, and vanished in an instant.

Qin Liuxi then went back to the house, and Qi Huang asked, "Miss, you really won’t handle it?"

"Handle what? I am a female daoist, with a weak body, not competing for this job with the senior brothers. Let’s prepare to go out for a walk."

Qi Huang didn’t expose her, probably just evading work, her specialty!

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