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My Tenant is a Female Ghost
Once the matters of the evening are settled, it will be time to discuss your marriage with Shui Lian, Elder Ge said.
"Sigh, my master always talks to himself, never giving me a chance to explain. What am I supposed to do?" Bai Zhuo felt quite troubled by Elder Ge's stubbornness. He thought he would definitely have a good talk with his master next time they met. However, the recent phone call left him with an uneasy feeling.
After some consideration, he decided to call Ge Shui Lian.
As soon as he dialed, Ge Shui Lian picked up. She lowered her voice and said to Bai Zhuo, "Why are you calling me, Bai? I'm in class!"
"You’re playing on your phone during class."
"Huh? How did you know I was on my phone?"
Bai Zhuo chuckled, "I’m watching you from outside the window!"
"Ah!" Ge Shui Lian panicked. "Where? Where? I don’t see you! How did you get to our school?"
"Hahaha... Ge Shui Lian, you're so cute," Bai Zhuo laughed.
Realizing she had been tricked, Ge Shui Lian gritted her teeth and asked, "Bai, if you have something to say, just say it!"
"...Ge Shui Lian, can you speak a little more politely?"
"If you don't—I'm hanging up!"
"Wait, wait, let's get to the point. Do you know what your master has planned for tonight?"
"My master?" Ge Shui Lian thought for a moment before replying, "I'm not too sure, but I did stop by the flower shop at noon and saw Zhong Bo."
"Oh? Did they mention anything?" Bai Zhuo asked.
"Well... I went home to grab some things and didn't listen closely, but..."
"But what?"
"I heard something about suppression or something like that. I think it might be related to that? What's going on?"
After hearing this, Bai Zhuo asked again, "Hmm... it's nothing much, just asking. Do you know where your master is headed?"
"It seems to be... Burial Mountain."
"Burial Mountain in the north of the city? Got it." Just as Bai Zhuo was about to hang up, he suddenly remembered something. "Ge Shui Lian, it seems your master is quite concerned about our marriage. Once he wraps up his business tonight, he plans to discuss our marriage. What do you think..."
Before Bai Zhuo could finish his sentence, Ge Shui Lian suddenly slammed her hand on the table and stood up, exclaiming, "What? Our marriage! So soon?" Bai Zhuo could vaguely hear her classmates laughing and a teacher scolding her as Ge Shui Lian hurriedly apologized.
After a while, Ge Shui Lian finally spoke again. "Okay, I'm in the restroom now. Did you just say my grandfather wants to discuss our marriage?"
"Yes... you know I don't really like you. A forced relationship isn't sweet!" Bai Zhuo replied bluntly.
“……” Ge Shui Lian fell silent for a moment and said, “Bai, I suddenly realized how narcissistic you are. You don’t like me? Well, I don’t like you either!”
“Oh, I know you like that hypocrite, Leng Xuanhe. Since you don’t like me, what should we do?”
Ge Shui Lian thought for a moment. “Bai, this marriage thing wasn’t brought up by you, was it?”
Bai Zhuo immediately raised his voice. “Hey, what do you mean by that? You really think too highly of yourself! I brought it up? Dream on!”
“……” Ge Shui Lian felt even more annoyed by Bai Zhuo. “Then why did my grandfather suddenly bring it up?”
“Why are you asking me? Who should I ask? Can’t we just be honest with Master about our marriage? We don’t want to get married…”
“Tsk…” Ge Shui Lian clicked her tongue and muttered, “My grandfather is very old-fashioned. He believes in arranged marriages and insists that elders must take charge of such matters. If you dare to resist, he won’t care who you are; he’ll just hit you!”
“Uh… You’re Master’s granddaughter, so if anyone gets hit, it’ll be you. It has nothing to do with me!”
“You!” Ge Shui Lian was at a loss for words. “Hmph, fine! I won’t care anymore. At most, we’ll just go through the motions. After it’s done, you can live your life and I’ll live mine.”
Bai Zhuo suddenly declared firmly, “No way!”
“Why not?” This was the first time Ge Shui Lian had seen Bai Zhuo so principled, and she asked curiously.
“If I marry you, how am I supposed to pursue Sister Shirei?”
Yes, it turned out that this person had always liked Ouyang Shirei. Ge Shui Lian felt wronged; thinking about it, she had made a significant sacrifice, yet Bai Zhuo not only failed to appreciate it but also took Ouyang Shirei away, which was infuriating.
Ge Shui Lian took a deep breath and said, "I'll explain things to Sister Shirei. That should be acceptable, right?"
"No... that's not acceptable!" Bai Zhuo firmly rejected her.
"Not acceptable? Why not?"
"Well, you see, I am Yang Liu's boyfriend. If I marry you, wouldn't that ruin Yang Liu's plans?"
On the other end of the line, Ge Shui Lian shouted, "What! You're Yang Liu's boyfriend? When did this happen? How come I didn't know anything about it? When did you get involved with Yang Liu?"
Ge Shui Lian bombarded him with questions, and Bai Zhuo moved the phone away from his ear to avoid the noise. Once she finished asking, he replied, "Uh, you misunderstood. I'm not really her boyfriend; I'm just a fake boyfriend. Do you understand?"
Ge Shui Lian calmed down but was still confused. "Fake boyfriend? What does that mean?"
"You know, Yang Liu doesn't actually like Leng Xuanhe at all. In this regard, her judgment is much better than yours. She would rather have me as a fake boyfriend than be with that pretty boy Leng Xuanhe. It's time for you to wake up from your superficiality."
"So you're saying she found you as a shield to get rid of Leng Xuanhe?"
"Yeah, that's pretty much it."
After hearing this, Ge Shui Lian felt strange inside, as if something had been taken from her by someone else, leaving her feeling quite uncomfortable.
Strange, why do I feel this way? Right! Bai Zhuo is my fiancé, and Yang Liu is the third party. What right does she have to take my fiancé? Even if I don't like him, no one has the right to fight for him! It must be like this! Ge Shui Lian thought to herself, her expression darkening as she muttered, "Fine, I understand. Let's leave it at that for now."
Beep beep beep... The call was hung up by Ge Shui Lian. Bai Zhuo glanced at his phone and mumbled, "Weird woman." However, regardless of that, he still managed to gather some useful information from her.
Suppression? Not expulsion, but at Burial Mountain? This feels ominous; it seems I need to head over there... Should I call Zheng Ming?
The afternoon passed quietly. After finishing dinner and preparing himself, Bai Zhuo took a short nap. Around nine o'clock, he stepped out.
Not long after Bai Zhuo left, his tenant, the mysterious female ghost Lin Yao Yao, returned. She appeared and disappeared mysteriously; no one knew what she was up to. This time when she came back, her face showed signs of panic and anxiety. She lingered at home for a moment and didn't even have time to argue with Su Meiniang before hurriedly leaving again.
In the dead of night, looking up from the foot of Burial Mountain at the eerie glow within the mountain made it seem particularly quiet and terrifying. "Public Not Acting Beautifully," he thought as he gazed up at the round moon hanging in the sky. For a yin-yang master, this wasn't a good omen. However, there was one silver lining: walking in the mountains meant he wouldn't need a flashlight.
The first time he came to Burial Mountain, he saved Loli White Peach; the second time, he helped a tragic female ghost find peace and escaped from the clutches of a Lust Demon with her assistance. Although the process wasn't particularly pleasant, at least the outcome was good. Now returning once more to this familiar place, Bai Zhuo hoped for another favorable conclusion.
As autumn set in, the air gradually turned cooler, especially during the mountain nights; it was hard to endure without an extra layer of clothing. Bai Zhuo carried his backpack and shivered as he walked along the mountain path, keeping an eye on his footing. Suddenly, from not far away on the mountainside came sounds of intense fighting! "Here they come!" Bai Zhuo hurriedly ran over and cautiously hid behind a large tree to observe.
In a clearing on the mountainside stood Elder Ge, Zhongli, and Tang Baifu in separate positions. In the center of a formation stood a woman with red eyes and white hair; her appearance was unclear as her white hair stood upright like an evil deity descending. The three exchanged glances and simultaneously formed hand seals—hand seals that Bai Zhuo had never seen before. He could hear them murmuring: "Divine wind stirs chaos; all things return to dust... Suppress a hundred ghosts! Crush ten thousand demons!"
"Borrowing Method: Heaven and Earth, Urgent Command!"
What kind of demon could require all three of them to use Borrowing Method powers simultaneously for suppression?
"Haha, ha ha ha~" The woman suddenly let out a strange laugh. "You think a mere demon-suppressing formation can subdue me? Zheng Qiu is dead; what are you all? Or do you think I am still the same as I was fifty years ago?"
It turned out that this woman was a ghost! Fifty years ago, was she suppressed here by Elder Ge and others? And who was Zheng Qiu?
With a buzzing sound, the formation emitted waves of blue light, enveloping the White-Haired Woman in its center. The blue glow intensified! However, the woman let out a sharp laugh, and the formation shattered like glass!
"This is bad, this Demoness is even stronger than before! How is that possible?"
"Hahaha... I won't show weakness to you. You ants think you can bait me? Since you are here, An Zhi, although Zheng Qiu is already dead, I will take all three of you as payment for my century-long grudge!"
Elder Ge snorted coldly, "Even if I have to risk my life, I will suppress you for another twenty years!"
"Hahaha..." The female ghost laughed long and hard, "Another twenty years of suppression? So what? What about twenty years later? Will you still be around then? Why gamble your life on me? Why not let me go? Who knows, if I’m in a good mood, I might just spare you. You can go your way while I go mine..."
Zhongli spoke up loudly, "Hahaha, what a big joke! You malevolent spirit wreaking havoc in the world, do you think this Demoness can run rampant among humans?"
The Demoness glanced at Zhongli and said, "I know you are a descendant of Zhong Kui. If he were here, I would admit defeat. But you? Hahaha... so useless! Whatever tricks you have, feel free to use them; I’ll take them all!"
Tang Baifu took the initiative and threw out a pink mid-level talisman. Without any visible action, a bolt of dark lightning transformed into an arrow and shot towards the Demoness. However, she was much stronger than expected; she merely raised her hand to block it, and Tang Baifu's powerful lightning arrow vanished in an instant. The Demoness laughed sweetly and said, "Old fool, your skills have diminished greatly. You should just go home and enjoy your old age instead of embarrassing yourself here."
"Too much arrogance!" Tang Baifu roared angrily and immediately recognized a five-colored reddish talisman—an advanced talisman!
"Fire Deity, lend your power to exorcise evil and destroy demons! Urgent Command! Command!" The crimson talisman was eager to explode in mid-air as it shot towards the Demoness like a rocket!
Zhongli and Elder Ge frowned but still took out their advanced talismans to assist Tang Baifu.
“Mystic Thunder Talisman! Thunder God, lend your strength! Urgent Command!”
“Two Instruments and Four Symbols, Five Elements and Eight Trigrams! Zhenxun Wood, from wood all things arise!”
A massive tree trunk rose beneath the Demoness, wrapping around her. For the first time, a hint of panic crossed her face as she cursed, “How dare you!” However, Ge Lao San was focused on the Demoness, and Tang Baifu wasted no time, slapping the Fire Separation Talisman directly onto her! The Demoness knew that if the Mystic Thunder combined with the Fire Separation, even she could not withstand it casually.
The Demoness’s white hair stood on end, her blood-red eyes shedding tears of blood. Her lips split open to reveal sharp fangs, creating an unusual beauty that contrasted with her delicate features and figure.
With a fierce roar, an invisible sound wave rapidly spread out from the Demoness. Bai Zhuo felt his stomach churn as he was caught in its wake, nearly vomiting but managing to hold it back. The sound wave rippled outward, and the Fire Separation Talisman struck the Demoness before the Mystic Thunder Talisman could. It enveloped her like a match thrown into a hot pot, igniting her completely in roaring flames that crackled through the surrounding vegetation while illuminating the mountainside of Burial Mountain.
Then came the thunderous explosions!
Boom! Boom! Boom! The Mystic Thunder Talisman unleashed its power, radiating dazzling lightning as several bolts struck the fireball directly!
Did it succeed? Although Bai Zhuo was not directly involved, he felt anxious for Elder Ge and the others. Elder Ge answered his unspoken question, saying, “Old Tang, why are you so impatient tonight? Now you’ve angered her; this is troublesome.”
Tang Baifu shot him a glance. “Old Ge, are you afraid? This isn’t like you!”
Zhongli interjected, “Enough bickering. Since the Demon Subduing Array isn’t effective against her, we must think of another way. Otherwise, if we let this tiger return to the mountain, it will wreak havoc on humanity. We will be eternal sinners!”
“Hahaha… Without Zheng Qiu that old fool, you three are nothing!” (To be continued.)
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