Chapter 19 – Suddenly Exposed?

Translator: ChuRen/ YuQiChen

Editor: Xinghe

After receiving the money, Su Ling turned his head as if to run.

Unfortunately, before he could move, a bodyguard suddenly emerged from the villa, waving eagerly at them, saying, “Come in quickly, the boss has changed his mind.”

“Tsk, can’t leave now,” Su Ling sighed regretfully.

The young taoist let out a cold snort from his nose, standing still, looking very arrogant, “Summoned and dismissed at will. Do you think we, Taoists of Sanqing Temple, are just anyone?”

Indeed, the young taoist had the confidence to be angry both logically and emotionally. However…

Just as he finished speaking, Su Ling briskly got out of the car and warmly beckoned Sheng Ze, “Let’s go in.”

The posturing taoists:…

What’s with this guy? Is he a professional scene-stealer?

Sheng Ze locked the car, reluctantly taking a few steps forward.

Seeing his displeasure, Su Ling shook his head disapprovingly and cautioned him with a serious tone, “Aze, taking people’s money and running away, how can you always think about making appearance fees for nothing? Even if you take the money, your conscience won’t be at ease.”

Onlookers: ???

Weren’t you happily taking money just now?

Sheng Ze glanced at him and asked, “They’re being wishy-washy, aren’t you angry?”

“Why be angry about that?” Su Ling responded inexplicably, naturally continuing, “When a customer is buying something, could you really complain if they’re indecisive and keep changing their mind?”

The young taoist felt his face burning with embarrassment.

Unaware of this, Su Ling waved his hand openly to Sheng Ze, “Forget it, as long as we get paid.”

Seeing Su Ling and Sheng Ze entering the house, Second Young Master Qian looked at the two taoists, and cautiously asked, “Taoists?”

The young taoist’s face turned red and then pale alternately. After a while, he stomped his foot in frustration and said, “Let’s go in too!”

Mr. Qian had the appearance of the most common type of wealthy people. Not particularly refined, but not so ugly that one couldn’t look at him. However, his body, which had spent years frequenting bars, was showing signs of aging.

With a beer belly bigger than Maitreya Buddha.

Su Ling’s gaze admirably circled around his belly three times before slowly lifting his head to look at Mr. Qian’s face.

At the sight of it, he was startled once again.

—There was a huge “glutinous rice ball” perched on Mr. Qian’s forehead.

The ball squished softly against his head, looking about the size of a watermelon. The most horrifying part was that the “glutinous rice ball” suddenly opened a large black hole, wriggling as it swallowed Mr. Qian’s entire head.

After a while, the thing moved slowly a few times and then regurgitated Mr. Qian’s wet head.

Su Ling silently took two steps back, clutching his stomach.

—How nauseating and stomach-churning.

Mr. Qian saw Su Ling and his expression slightly brightened, “Mr. Su.”

Su Ling blinked, looking at the fluffy white mass, not daring to move.

At this moment, the two young taoists entered the room again. They couldn’t see the thing on Mr. Qian’s head but were still angry about what had just happened.

“Dad, these are taoists from Sanqing Temple, they can definitely help you solve the problem!” Second Young Master Qian came up from behind, affectionately hugging Mr. Qian’s arm.

Mr. Qian wearily patted his son’s hand on his back and hoarsely said, “Thank you, gentlemen, but really, there’s nothing evil here.”

Su Ling looked at the ‘lump’ on his forehead, noncommittally.

Mr. Qian slowly smiled, tiredly saying, “It’s just that I’ve been under a lot of stress in my business in recent years, not sleeping well, so I’ve been having some hallucinations in my dreams and waking hours.”

The young taoists exchanged a glance, clearly not believing him.

“If there is anything evil, it will be revealed by this lamp.” One of the young taoists took out a small lamp the size of a palm from his backpack. The dim candlelight illuminated the entire room, “This lamp is called the Evil-Exposing Lamp. When it shines upon demons and ghosts, they will be exposed.”

Upon hearing this name, Su Ling’s ears immediately perked up, his eyes widening as he looked at the lamp, feeling intrigued—

So powerful.

So tempting.

Sheng Ze rubbed his forehead, quickly saying, “It’s fake.”

Su Ling turned to look at him, puzzled, “How do you know?”

Because this lamp was something he made a long time ago when he was bored. It was quite decorative but had no practical use besides looking good.

Of course, Sheng Ze couldn’t say anything.

So, Sheng Ze began to fabricate with a straight face, “Look, they still haven’t realized we’re ghosts, showing that this lamp is useless.”

Su Ling nodded knowingly, “Makes sense.”

Just as he finished speaking, the taoists followed the flickering light and slowly turned their gaze towards them.

Taoist number one: “Damn it! Two dark auras!”

Taoist number two: “Oh my goodness! It’s a ghost!”

Su Ling:…

He slowly turned back, accusingly looking at Sheng Ze.

Sheng Ze, unusually bewildered, stared blankly at the lamp, pondering – it really didn’t have this function before, could it have mutated after a hundred or so years?

Su Ling resentfully said, “I should have known better, you’re not someone who knows what you’re doing.”

Sheng Ze fell silent.

The Qian family was shocked by this turn of events, and after a while, they shakily turned to the taoists for help, “Tao… Taoists, has this been found?”

Taoist number one took a deep breath, suddenly realizing, “You two are the scammers from earlier!”

Su Ling was furious, “You’re the scammer! We are legitimate ghost catchers. We have a ghost-catching permit, do you?”

“A ghost-catching permit? What’s that?” The young taoists’ thoughts were momentarily derailed.

“Granted by the King of Hell, only one exists in the mortal world.” Su Ling proudly declared.

The young taoists looked momentarily confused, then suddenly came back to their senses, getting angrier, “Evil spirit, what permit? We’ve never heard of it. Anyway, you dared to come and harm people, don’t blame us for not showing mercy!”

Su Ling pointed innocently at the “lump” on Mr. Qian’s forehead, saying, “Little brothers, don’t arrest me, we haven’t done anything wrong. Instead of that, why not catch the silkworm baby on Mr. Qian’s forehead?”

The “glutinous rice ball” heard the voice, lifted its head in confusion.

Then, with a “guji”, it squelched.

“Who are you calling little brother?!” The young taoist was both flustered and obediently shone the light on Mr. Qian’s forehead.

Mr. Qian looked blankly at everyone, his face empty and spotless.

Su Ling:…

Can this lamp still work at all?

“You scammer!” The young taoist turned back angrily.

Su Ling felt unjustly accused.

Who knew this lamp decided to shine where it shouldn’t and not where it should? Who was the idiot who made this defective product?

Su Ling cursed inwardly.

Behind him, Sheng Ze suddenly rubbed his nose and let out a sneeze.

Author’s note: 

Once, the lonely Ghost King, lonely in his loneliness, skillfully crafted some props that have been passed down to this day.

Su Ling: This Evil-Exposing Lamp looks nice, I want to buy it!

Ghost King: Fake, useless.

After speaking, the Evil-Exposing Lamp immediately revealed their ghostly shadows.

Su Ling: This wooden puppet man looks nice, I want to buy it!

Ghost King: Made of dead wood, can’t move.

After speaking, the wooden man happily started to dance like a puppet.

Su Ling: This demon-repelling wooden fish looks nice, I want to buy it!

Ghost King:…Well, go ahead and buy it.

#After a thousand years, even I don’t know what kind of chaotic functions these props have developed#

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