Chapter 238 : Petty Ghosts are Hard to Deal With 20 (1/2)

From the looks of confusion on their faces, it was clear that most of them didn’t have a clue what an exorcist was.

‘Exorcist Gathering sounds like something you’d read about in some supernatural novel… They don’t exist in real life!’

Shi Sheng wasn’t surprised by the ignorant taoists in front of them. She floated over to An Su’s side and her gaze scanned through the crowd, finally landing on the baby-faced youth—Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai’s clear eyes were currently staring straight at her. Yes, at her, not An Su.

‘He can see me?’

“So you guys really don’t know where the Exorcist Gathering is?” An Su asked again.

“She couldn’t be a mental patient that escaped an asylum, could she?”

“Seems to be the case to me… Exorcist Gathering… Read too many novels?”

Shi Sheng floated over to the clear-eyed young man. Xiao Bai quickly retreated, but his gaze remained fixated upon her.

‘I knew it, he can see me. And he knows I’m a ghost too. Just now, when An Su mentioned the Exorcist Gathering, his expression wasn’t quite right.’

“You know about the Exorcist Gathering?”

Xiao Bai’s clear eyes suddenly misted over; he grabbed the person next to him without warning and started bawling his eyes out.

“There’s a ghost!”

Shi Sheng, “…”

‘Wtf, all that calmness from before was just a sham?’

The person being hugged by Xiao Bai had the expression of someone dealing with a headache as he pried Xiao Bai’s arms off him. “Xiao Bai’s illness has relapsed, and Senior Brother isn’t here. What do we do?”

“There really is a ghost!” Xiao Bai clutched the man’s arm with teary eyes. “Please believe me!”

“Okay, okay, I believe you, I believe you alright? Martial Uncle will get people to protect you, okay? You two, hurry up and bring Xiao Bai back.”

Shi Sheng was speechless.

‘The only one who can see me is treated like a mental patient… Exactly how did this Mt. Tiandu get its golden reputation?!’

Shi Sheng told An Su to find an opportunity to slip away before drifting off to follow the crying young man up the mountain.

But halfway up the path, Shi Sheng felt something off up ahead. She wasn’t able to progress any further.

She fell silent before pulling out a smoke grenade and tossing it at the two on the path ahead.

As the smoke spread out, the three collapsed almost as soon as they made contact it.

“Woah, the effect’s still this good. Looks like it’s got a pretty long shelf-life!” Shi Sheng muttered as she drifted closer to the men. She attempted to possess Xiao Bai, but the moment she got close, she sensed a pure aura just like the one she felt back at the mountain. She could only give up on the idea and use her sword to move him back down the path instead.

When Shi Sheng finally arrived at the spot where she told An Su to go, she was a bit surprised upon seeing her actually there. ‘Looks like her IQ went up; she managed to get away from those people rather quickly.’

“Ghost-jiejie…how come you…” ‘…tied him up?

This is kidnapping! It’s illegal!!!’

“How else am I gonna question him?” Shi Sheng rolled her eyes at An Su. “And don’t talk about how illegal it is. I’m a ghost, what can the law do to me?”

An Su, “…”

‘Okay, I guess there AREN’T any laws directed against ghosts…’

……

Xiao Bai was awakened by someone patting his face. It was the lady he’d seen before. A ghostly figure floated behind her.

An Su quickly held Xiao Bai’s mouth shut with her hand before he could react. “Don’t shout, don’t shout! We won’t hurt you.”

An Su never thought there’d come a day when she’d be doing this kind of thing and saying these kind of lines. She was feeling a bit nervous.

“Mhm, mhm…” Xiao Bai shook his head hard, trying to shake off the hand. Since An Su was holding his mouth shut, he didn’t hesitate and bit her.