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The reason this list left me in a daze was that there were exactly eight people named Jiang Sisi since the records began.
Fortunately, I had kept an eye out and managed to eliminate the person named Lin Qing Neng with the help of Baoshun.
There were a total of five individuals named Lin Qing Neng—four males and one female.
What particularly caught my attention was that our school's previous principal was also named Lin Qing Neng.
Now I had my work cut out for me. By deducing from Lin Qing Neng, I found six Jiang Sisi's from the same period.
Among them were two teachers and four students.
That meant there were still eleven people to investigate. After a whole afternoon of this, my head was spinning, and I could only turn to Shangguan Mingyue, who was idly sitting nearby.
"What should I do? Come on, Yueyue, think of a way for me."
Shangguan Mingyue smiled mysteriously. "Are you sure you want my help?"
The last time she smiled like that, Ruo Qing paid a heavy price. I couldn't help but feel a chill run down my spine; perhaps it was better to hold off for now and think it over some more.
I wrote down the names and details of the eleven individuals on slips of paper and took them into the bathroom where I had fainted, laying them out flat on the sink.
Muttering to myself, I said, "If you want me to help, give me some hints."
After a moment, two drops of blood suddenly fell from above, wetting two of the slips.
This unexpected turn of events made my heart skip a beat as I quickly looked up.
But there was no sign of anything unusual on the Flower Board.
I picked up the two blood-stained notes and understood.
I turned and ran towards the dormitory; I had to find Shangguan Mingyue first.
Bang!
I pushed open the dormitory door, startling Shangguan Mingyue, who was meditating. Her eyes flashed with a sharp glint as she opened them. Once she recognized me, her expression softened, and she asked, "Yan Xi, what’s wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"
I handed the two remaining notes to Shangguan Mingyue.
"How did you find out?" she asked.
I replied, "It was a hint from that female ghost; she gave it to me in the restroom."
After reading the notes, she smirked and said, "Interesting, the principal and the teachers."
I complained, "What kind of joke is this at a time like this? What are we going to do next?"
"What can we do? Since that ghost was able to give you such a hint in the restroom, we should go there and find her. Let this Great Master summon her and get some answers."
Shangguan Mingyue pulled me back into the restroom.
She held a compass in her hand, constantly surveying the area. She explained that as long as the compass needle kept moving, it indicated that there was something wrong with the magnetic field here. The only things that could interfere with the magnetic field were magnetic poles or ghosts; the more violently the needle moved, the stronger the ghost's Yin Qi.
Seeing Shangguan Mingyue frowning continuously, I stepped forward and asked her, "What’s going on?"
"It doesn’t make sense; why isn’t this compass needle moving?"
"Let me take a look." I was anxious and reached out to grab Shangguan Mingyue's compass.
She wouldn't let go, and in the struggle, the compass made a complete one-eighty turn, causing the needle to start jumping erratically.
She stopped moving, her expression serious and silent.
The strange atmosphere made me a bit anxious, my heart pounding as I quietly asked, "What's wrong?"
Shangguan Mingyue pointed at the Flower Board and asked me, "What’s up there?"
This was already the top floor of the teaching building, the fifth level. I replied, "It's a platform."
"Perhaps we need to go up and take a look," Shangguan Mingyue said coldly.
Usually cheerful and playful, she transformed into someone else entirely when faced with a situation. Shangguan Mingyue was hard to read. But I trusted her judgment; she understood this better than I did.
There had been many students who had gone up to that platform under various pressures and never returned. Eventually, the school sealed it off.
As I was feeling frustrated about the locked door in front of me, Shangguan Mingyue pulled out a black hairpin from her hair and began fiddling with the lock.
I exclaimed, "You can do that too?"
She smirked and replied, "A Taoist needs to know more than others."
With a click, the lock opened. Shangguan Mingyue turned back to me with a triumphant smile, ready to teach me.
There was an Insulation Board on the platform, and due to the passage of time, the cement board had become brittle from being baked by the sun.
We carefully maneuvered around, but unexpectedly, I still fell victim to it.
I had intended to walk along the edge for safety, but one misstep caused me to slip and tumble down.
Shangguan Mingyue hurried over to help me, placing the compass on the ground and preparing to pull me up.
However, the needle of the compass began to spin wildly.
We exchanged glances and instantly understood.
I cautiously crawled out, while Shangguan Mingyue's hand with the flashlight moved toward the insulation board.
As I got closer, I noticed something resembling an ashes altar beneath the insulation board, with a yellow talisman affixed on top.
I was about to reach for it when Shangguan Mingyue pressed my hand down.
"What's wrong? Can't I take it?" I asked.
"There must be something suspicious about this. It's better to be cautious," she replied.
Seeing her serious expression, I quietly withdrew my hand and waited for her to figure it out.
To my surprise, she actually asked me to bring out the treasure to check the situation. It was quite a challenge under such bright sunlight.
After the treasure was released and took a spin, it came back to tell me, "Godmother, that lady down there has a monster on her head. We can't mess with that altar."
I didn't quite grasp the meaning behind that at first and had to seek help from Shangguan Mingyue. She instructed me to step back a bit. Then she found a piece of scrap wire nearby and quickly used it to lift the talisman off the ashes altar before swiftly flicking it away.
The moment the talisman flew up, a dark shadow also leaped down from below.
Once it landed, I could see clearly that it was a large spider, completely black. The monster that Bao referred to was this creature. If I had recklessly tried to grab the ashes altar earlier, this black spider would have surely bitten me to death. Thankfully, Shangguan Mingyue had stopped me in time.
The black spider was covered with a handful of talismans by Shangguan Mingyue and then set ablaze until it was dead.
Shangguan Mingyue told me that this talisman and the spider were specifically used to suppress ghosts, preventing them from seeking revenge on their wrongdoers, silencing their voices and rendering their hands unable to write.
However, this was a trick from over a decade ago. Nowadays, with so many advanced technologies, Taoism has evolved and become much more sophisticated with the times.
The two of us brought the Ashes Altar indoors, as the strong light outside was not suitable for a female ghost to appear.
“She’s looking for you; you should call her out,” Shangguan Mingyue said, looking at me.
I shouted a few words at the Ashes Altar, indicating that if she was Jiang Sisi, she should come out quickly.
Slowly, a wisp of blue smoke rose from the Ashes Altar and coalesced into a human form before me, kneeling down.
I asked in surprise, “What are you doing?”
She replied, “Thank you for helping me break this seal.”
“You must have sought help before; it can’t be this simple,” I said, staring at her as she met my gaze.
I had heard a rumor that a teacher named Jiang Sisi had committed suicide at school.
“I hope you can help me take revenge,” Jiang Sisi said, her eyes flashing with a hint of malice.
But she had died by suicide; seeing her now filled with such resentment and having undergone a ritual suggested there were secrets yet to be uncovered.
“Why should I help you?” I countered.
Her demeanor softened instantly as she pleaded, “Because only you can help me. I will definitely repay you.”
I smiled lightly within; she had become a ghost—how could she possibly repay me?
"Why do you think I can help you?"
"Because you helped Ruo Qing. If you could help her, you can definitely help me." Her tone was firm.
I felt a chill run down my spine. It seemed that while we thought our actions were unnoticed, these spirits had been watching all along.
"Alright, how do you want me to help you?"
"Help me take revenge."
Jiang Sisi's voice echoed in my ears, and then I felt myself becoming disoriented, my head spinning. Exhausted, I closed my eyes for a moment. When I opened them again, everything had changed.
A lecherous man with a sycophantic smile lunged at me, his eyes gleaming with malice. I screamed and tried to dodge, only to realize he wasn't coming for me but for a woman cowering in the corner.
There she was, hair disheveled and trembling against the wall, while the man charged at her like a wolf pouncing on its prey, tearing at her clothes.
The woman struggled desperately, and I recognized her face—it was Jiang Sisi.
Could it be that this man trying to harm her was Lin Qing Neng?
I watched as Jiang Sisi was pinned against a table by Lin Qing Neng. She fought back, but he slapped her harshly several times. I wanted to rush in to save her, but my hands passed right through their bodies as if I were transparent.
Tears streamed down Jiang Sisi's face as she cried silently, overwhelmed with sorrow.
The scene shifted again. I saw Jiang Sisi walking despondently down the hallway of the teaching building when a flamboyantly dressed woman rushed over and slapped her hard.
Jiang Sisi fought back, but the two male bodyguards accompanying the woman held her down firmly. The woman, wearing sharp high heels, kicked Jiang Sisi hard in the abdomen.
Jiang Sisi clutched her stomach in pain, but the woman showed no mercy. She crouched down and grabbed Jiang Sisi's hair, cursing, "Dare to flirt with my man? I'll teach you how to write 'death'!"
Jiang Sisi's head was slammed heavily against the ground, and as she fell, the only way for her to vent her inner anger was through her gaze. She glared fiercely at the woman, but the woman merely cast a disdainful glance at her before leaving with her entourage. Lin Qing Neng stepped forward respectfully to follow.
In the third scene, after being beaten, Jiang Sisi ascended the stage. Standing there, she showed no sign of nostalgia; instead, fueled by hatred, she jumped down.
The fourth scene unfolded with Jiang Sisi, now a vengeful spirit, coming to collect debts. However, Lin Qing Neng and the Taoist priest his wife had invited unearthed her tomb and placed it on the teaching building's stage to expose it.
"See this? This is what I've endured."
I heard Jiang Sisi's voice in my ear. I opened my eyes and looked at her, asking, "What do you want me to do?"
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