I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 99 Alas_1

Chapter 99: Chapter 99 Alas_1

"Okay, let’s get down to business," you said with a stern face, "Before university, we were bound by all kinds of restrictions. The education we received was mostly for the college entrance exam. Everyone fought for themselves, and some even treated their desk mates and good friends as enemies to beat for getting into key universities. But after we entered university, no one controlled us. We longed for freedom before, but now, accustomed to freedom and idleness, we don’t even know what we want to do."

Wei Shuxian pushed his glasses and nodded, "I agree with this point."

You continued, "If we want to survive better in this society, we must learn a new rule of survival, which is teamwork. Look at today’s society, no matter what the matter, it’s all about teamwork, because one person can never accomplish a task well on their own."

Yang Kai and the others all watched you quietly, looking like a group of studious students.

But with everyone so earnest, you suddenly found it a bit too much, scratched the back of your head with a laugh and said, "Well, these long-winded lectures can be meaningless if overdone. My point, in fact, is simple. Tonight’s meeting was intended to clarify division of labor among us."

"See, I told you he couldn’t stay cool for more than three seconds."

Yang Kai, Wei Shuxian, and Liao Yong high-fived each other, which made you want to smack them.

"Let’s all talk about it and discuss together."

After more than half an hour of discussion, you all established a preliminary division of labor.

Tao Wenwen, a top student from the Business School, was in charge of the club’s finances; Jin Qi and Zong Wangyue, who liked gossip and had a knack for news, were responsible for drumming up business. Eh, drumming up business may not be the right term, but it doesn’t matter, none of you are normal anyway.

In addition, you, Xiao Feng, Yang Kai, Liao Yong, and Wei Shuxian were responsible for tasks and related matters; as for Wu Qiyi and the other two girls, they were ostensibly in charge of logistics, which meant handling trivial issues like communication and transportation on a daily basis.

"Good, the division of labor is more or less decided. Next, let’s briefly talk about self-protection during paranormal events."

As you spoke, you brandished a bottle of eye drops, "I believe everyone knows that this bottle of eye drops in my hand can allow us to see things that ordinary people can’t. This is an essential item for our supernatural detective society, but it is also a double-edged sword. If you can’t see them on a regular basis, they naturally won’t come looking for you, but once you are able to see them, troubles will follow."

"This issue is also our concern. Although we are members of the detective agency, so far, only Old Shu knows some Taoist magic, and we can’t always just cheer from the sidelines, right?"

Wei Shuxian said, and Yang Kai nodded in agreement, "We have to find a way to solve this problem. We can’t always depend on Old Shu alone. Big problems, like vengeful ghosts or zombies, are beyond us, but we should at least have a way to deal with minor ghosts and scare tactics, right?"

You nodded, "Taoism isn’t something anyone can learn; it’s about having a certain aptitude. Didn’t we all try it recently? Among all of us here, aside from me, only Crazy has the potential, and he has already started learning Taoism."

"Ah, I’m so jealous."

"Husband, with me here, as long as it’s not the Ghost King coming, I can handle it." Nie Ying floated next to Yang, patting her chest firmly.

"Oh, right, Sister Ying is also a major force for us, and I can’t control her when she gets going," you said with a laugh, "If it’s just a general ghost or a simple paranormal event, as long as we know how to communicate with them, we can resolve it. The premise is that we know the channels of communication and how to deal with common ghost arts."

Then, you took a stack of photocopied booklets out of your backpack, distributed them to everyone, and said, "This booklet I printed discusses how to communicate with ghosts, as well as simple methods to counter ghost arts."

Wei Shuxian glanced through it briefly and suddenly looked up to ask, "Old Shu, why doesn’t it include ways to counteract Miao Region’s Gu poison or Nanyang spells?"

You rolled your eyes, "Mate, that stuff can only be handled by real experts. If we encounter such things in our routine, there’s only one thing we can do."

"What is it?"

"Run away!"

While you were talking, the door was suddenly pushed open, and a figure stumbled in: "Boss, Boss! Please help me!"

You all turned your heads, and the visitor turned out to be Zong Wangyue.

"Zongzi, what happened to you?"

You saw Zong Wangyue rush forward and reached out to steady him.

"I don’t know what’s happening. Ever since I came back from home, I keep hearing an old man’s sighs in my ear, just going ’uhhhhh’—it’s so scary!"

Zong Wangyue was not very brave to begin with, and he seemed to have really gotten scared on the way here; his face was extremely pale.

Zong Wangyue’s revelation made everyone look around, but no ghost was in sight.

"Don’t bother looking; he’s right in front of you."

Your words surprised everyone, as they could not see the person you mentioned.

Your left eye warmed slightly, and through it, you saw a simply dressed elderly man with white hair standing before you. He sighed softly, "Uhhh."

"Old man, did my friend do something to upset you?"

As you spoke, the elder suddenly looked startled, then looked up slightly at you and asked, "Young man, can you see me?"

"Yes," you nodded and said with a smile, "Honestly, you really can’t be seen through normal means."

"How can you see me? Am I already dead? And..."

You saw the old man getting a bit agitated and quickly stopped him from speaking further, smiling as you told him, "Take it easy, sir, no need to hurry."

"How can I not hurry," he sighed again.

Yang and the others indeed heard the man’s voice but no matter how hard they looked, they couldn’t see the old man.

Wei Shuxian looked at you and asked, "Old Shu, what’s going on? Wasn’t the potion you brewed supposed to let us see ghosts?"

"Indeed, the potion can let us see ghosts, but the old man isn’t a ghost."

"Then what is he?"

"I’m not sure exactly what he is. He might just be one of the three souls from before he passed away, the Human Soul. The Human Soul is different from a ghost; to become a ghost, it requires some special steps. Generally, if a Human Soul does not turn into a ghost within seven days, it will disappear like smoke," you looked at the old man, asking, "Old sir, do you have any unfulfilled desires?"

The old man nodded his head and sighed again, "Uhhh."